Mississippi Senate Bill 3064 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 28 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-28 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Pearl, Mississippi, To Impose A Special Sales Tax Of Not More Than 1% On The Gross Proceeds Of All Sales Or The Gross Income Of Businesses In The City Derived From Activities Taxed At The Rate Of 7% Under The Mississippi Sales Tax Law; To Provide That The Special Sales Tax Shall Not Be Levied Unless Authorized By At Least 60% Of The Votes Cast At An Election Called And Held For Such Purpose; To Provide That The Revenue Collected From The Special Sales Tax Shall Be Used And Expended By The City Solely For The Purpose Of Improving Infrastructure In The City Including, But Not Limited To, The Overlay And Resurfacing Of City Streets; And For Related Purposes.

City of Pearl; authorize to levy a 1% sales tax to be used solely for infrastructure improvements.

Sen. Dean Kirby [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-28	Senate	Died In Committee
2018-03-05	Senate	Referred To Local and Private;Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/SB/SB3064.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/3000-3099/SB3064IN.htm