Bill Text: MS HB737 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Internet; impose fee on new contracts between service providers and consumers, to be used by Attorney General's Cybercrime Unit.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB737 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-HB737-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Coleman (29th)
House Bill 737
AN ACT TO IMPOSE A FEE ON INTERACTIVE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR EACH NEW CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PROVIDER AND A CONSUMER THAT INCLUDES A FEE TO THE CONSUMER FOR ACCESS TO THE INTERNET; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MONIES FROM THE FEES COLLECTED SHALL BE USED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CYBERCRIME UNIT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE INVESTIGATION, EDUCATION AND PROSECUTION OF CYBER CRIMES AND RELATED MATTERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) For the purposes of this section, a "interactive Internet service provider" means a business or person who provides consumers authenticated access to, or presence on, the Internet.
(2) Each interactive Internet service provider doing business in Mississippi shall pay to the Office of the Attorney General a fee equal to Twenty-five Cents (25�) for each new contract between the interactive Internet service provider and a consumer in Mississippi that includes a fee to the consumer for access to the Internet. The fee shall apply to new contracts entered into between an interactive Internet service provider and a consumer on or after July 1, 2010, and does not apply to a contract entered into before July 1, 2010, that is renewed or upgraded on or after July 1, 2010.
(3) The monies from the
fees collected under this section shall be deposited into a special fund that
is created in the State Treasury to the credit of the Attorney General's
Cybercrime Unit, and shall be used by the Cybercrime Unit exclusively for the
investigation, education and prosecution of cyber crimes and related matters.
Any monies remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse
into the State General Fund, and any interest earned from the investment of
monies in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.
(4) The fees collected under this section shall not supplant or reduce in
any way the general fund appropriation to the Attorney General's office.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.
