Mississippi Senate Bill 2883 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 27 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-27 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize The Governing Authorities Of Counties And Municipalities To Create Tourism And Visitors Commissions; To Provide For The Appointment And Terms Of Office Of Members Of Such Commissions; To Provide The Powers And Duties Of Such Commissions; To Authorize The Levy Of A Special Tax On The Sales Of Prepared Food And Sales Of Hotels And Motels To Provide Funds For The Purpose Of Carrying Out Programs And Activities Which Are Designated By The Commission To Attract Conventions, Visitors And Tourists To The Municipality Or County; To Provide That Tourism And Visitors Commissions, Convention Bureaus And Any Other Entity Established To Promote Tourism And Conventions By Authority Of Local And Private Legislation Shall Continue To Operate Until The Local And Private Legislation Is Repealed; To Provide That No Tourism And Visitors Commission, Convention Bureau, Or Other Entity Created To Promote Tourism And Conventions Shall Be Enacted Or Reenacted By Local And Private Legislation; To Provide That Any Commission, Bureau, Or Other Entity Authorized By Local And Private Legislation Whose Authority To Operate And Levy Taxes Has Been Repealed May Be Reorganized And Levy Taxes Only As Provided By This Act; To Provide Exceptions To Certain Provisions Of The Act To Any Commission, Board, Or Other Entity Established By Local And Private Legislation Or By General Law That Operates A Convention Center Or Facility, Sports Facility, Or An Industrial Area, Or To Any Commission, Board Or Other Entity Responsible For Promoting Tourism That Has Outstanding Bonded Indebtedness; To Authorize Multiple Municipalities And Counties To Jointly Administer A Tourism And Visitors Commission; To Provide For The Dissolution Of The Commissions Authorized By This Act; To Amend Section 27-3-58, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Special Levies Unit In The Department Of Revenue Which Shall Be Funded By The Revenue Retained Under Such Section And Provide For The Duties Of Such Unit; And For Related Purposes.

Tourism and visitors commissions; authorize creation of local commission by general law.

Sen. Lydia Chassaniol [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-27	Senate	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	Senate	Referred To Finance;Tourism

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2883.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2883IN.htm