Mississippi House Bill 1523 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on April 7 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-04-07 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Ridgeland, 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 Municipality Derived From Activities Taxed At The Rate Of 7% Or More Under The Mississippi Sales Tax Law; To Provide Certain Exemptions From The Special Sales Tax Authorized By This Act; To Provide That The Special Sales Tax Shall Not Be Levied Unless Authorized By At Least 3/5 Of The Votes Cast At An Election Called And Held For Such Purpose; To Provide The Purposes For Which The Revenue Collected From The Special Sales Tax May Be Used And Expended; And For Related Purposes.

City of Ridgeland; authorize the city to levy an additional sales tax for certain purposes.

Rep. Mark Baker [R]	Rep. Kimberly Campbell [D]	Rep. Mary Coleman [D]	Rep. William Denny [R]
Rep. Rita Martinson [R]

2011-03-25 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 74 N: 40 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-03-24 - House - House Failed (Y: 65 N: 52 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-07		Died In Committee
2011-03-26		Referred To Local and Private;Finance
2011-03-26		Transmitted To Senate
2011-03-25		Immediate Release
2011-03-25		Passed As Amended
2011-03-25		Amended
2011-03-25		Reconsidered
2011-03-24		Motion to Reconsider Entered (Perkins, Buck (72nd), Flaggs)
2011-03-24		Failed
2011-03-24		Title Suff Do Pass
2011-03-24		DR - TSDP: WM To LP
2011-03-23		DR - TSDP: LP To WM
2011-02-15		Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB1523.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/votes/house/0800005.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/votes/house/0810003.pdf