Bill Text: MS HB772 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Counties, roads; authorize to expend county general fund monies for road and bridge construction under certain conditions.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: (Failed) 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee [HB772 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2019-HB772-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Transportation
By: Representatives Oliver, Burnett, Byrd, Ladner, Lamar, Miles, Rushing, Tullos, White, Wilkes
House Bill 772
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-39-303, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE AUTHORIZATION FOR A COUNTY TO USE GENERAL FUND MONIES FOR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION BY DELETING THE THIRTY PERCENT CAP AND AUTHORIZING ANY AMOUNT SUBJECT TO REPLENISHMENT IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR FROM MONIES RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF STATE AID ROAD CONSTRUCTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 27-39-303, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
27-39-303. The board of supervisors of any county is hereby empowered to levy ad valorem taxes on taxable property in the respective counties in any one (1) year, as shown by the assessment roll containing assessments of property made as of January 1 of the year, and the assessment of motor vehicles as made according to the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Law of 1958 (Section 27-51-1 et seq.) for all general county purposes, exclusive only of levies for schools at the rate necessary to fund such purposes.
The board of supervisors of
any county is further empowered to expend the proceeds of this levy for any
purpose authorized for any other levy which the board of supervisors is
authorized to make. The board of supervisors may authorize general fund
expenditures for road and bridge construction; provided that the general
fund expenditures * * *
are replenished by the county in the succeeding fiscal year with funds the
county receives from the Office of State Aid Road Construction; provided
that any general fund expenditures shall be subject to the requirements of
Section 65-15-21, Mississippi Code of 1972; and the board may authorize general
fund expenditures for school purposes when necessary to meet the minimum local
ad valorem tax effort required by Section 37-57-1, Mississippi Code of 1972.
The board of supervisors of any county is further empowered to distribute from the county general fund a portion of the county's share of payments made by the Tennessee Valley Authority to the state in lieu of taxes (a) to the school districts of said county and (b) for construction on the roads and bridges of said county in an amount which bears the same proportion to the total amount of the county's share as the millage for the school fund and road and bridge fund bears to the total millage levied by the county. In the event said in lieu payments are expended for capital improvements, said payments shall not be subject to the increase limitations specified in Section 27-39-321 or 37-57-107, Mississippi Code of 1972.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.
