Mississippi House Bill 1565 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Capitol Complex Improvement District; To Establish The Board Of Directors Of The Capitol Complex Improvement District To Implement And Supervise Certain Improvement Projects Within Such District; To Authorize The Board Of Directors To Employ An Executive Director Who Shall Be The Chief Executive Officer Of The Board And Administer The Day-to-day Activities Of The District; To Authorize The Executive Director, Subject To Approval Of The Board Of Directors, To Employ Persons As He Or She Considers Necessary For The Proper Conduct Of Board Business; To Create The Capitol Complex Improvement District Project Advisory Committee; To Provide That The Board Of Directors Shall Develop A Comprehensive Plan For Improvement Projects In The District In Consultation With The Capitol Complex Improvement District Project Advisory Committee; To Provide That Such Plan Shall Attempt To Incorporate The Needs Of The City Of Jackson, The Department Of Finance And Administration, Jackson State University, The University Of Mississippi Medical Center And The Mississippi Department Of Archives And History; To Provide That Any Plan Adopted By The Board Of Directors Must Be Approved By The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Jackson; To Require Improvement Projects Undertaken Under This Act To Comport With The Plan; To Provide That The Plan May Be Updated At Any Time And Shall Be Completely Updated Every Five Years; To Create The Capitol Complex Improvement District Project Fund, Into Which Shall Be Deposited The Money Specified In Section 27-65-75 And Such Other Money As The Legislature May Provide By Appropriation; To Provide That An Amount Not To Exceed Five Percent Of The Amount Deposited Into The Fund May Be Utilized To Fund The Administrative Expenses Of The District; To Provide That An Amount Of Not Less Than 95% Of The Amount Deposited Into The Fund Shall Be Utilized Within The District For Improvement Projects; To Provide That The City Of Jackson Shall Provide Police Coverage For Major Events Conducted Within The District And Shall Maintain All Infrastructure And Completed Improvement Projects Within The District; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Divert 12-1/2% Of The Total Sales Tax Revenue Collected On Business Activities Within The City Of Jackson And To Distribute 15% Of The Revenue So Collected To The City Of Jackson To Compensate The City For General Police And Fire Protection Provided By The City In The Capitol Complex Improvement District And For Police Coverage For Major Events Conducted Within Such District, And To Provide That The Remainder Of Such Revenue So Collected Shall Be Deposited Into The Capitol Complex Improvement District Project Fund; And For Related Purposes.

Capitol Complex Improvement District; create and fund improvement projects within.

Rep. Kimberly Campbell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Revenue and Expenditure General Bills

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB1565.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1565IN.htm