Bill Text: MS HB173 | 2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: MS Windstorm Underwriting Assoc. Reinsur. Assistance Fund; extend repealer on req. that certain tax revenues be deposited into.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2010-03-18 - Allow Governor's Veto to Stand [HB173 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-HB173-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Insurance
By: Representative Warren
House Bill 173
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-34-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF THE REPEALER ON THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PORTION OF THE STATE INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX REVENUE BE DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI WINDSTORM UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION REINSURANCE ASSISTANCE FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 83-34-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
83-34-39. (1) Beginning with fiscal year 2007 through fiscal year 2010, the State Tax Commission shall annually deposit from insurance premium tax revenue collected by it under the provisions of Section 27-15-103 et seq. an amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) for each fiscal year into the special fund created in Section 83-34-37. Each billing statement for essential property insurance written under Section 83-34-1 et seq. shall clearly indicate that by action of the Legislature, during the 2007 Regular Session, Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) is deposited annually for four (4) years into the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association Reinsurance Assistance Fund for the purpose of reducing the premium rates charged for insuring property through the association.
(2) This section shall stand repealed from and after July 1, 2013.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.
