Mississippi House Bill 1623 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 17 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-17 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize Municipalities To Create Special Local Improvement Assessment Districts; To Authorize The Levy Of An Assessment Of Up To Six Mills On Taxable Real Property Located Within Such Assessment Districts; To Provide For The Duties And Powers Of Such Assessment Districts; To Require The Dissolution Of Such Assessment Districts Under Certain Circumstances; To Specify The Use For The Proceeds Of The Special Assessment; To Allow Such Districts To Levy Less Than The Maximum Allowable Assessment Levy; To Authorize The Issuance Of Bonds By A Municipality That Has Created A Special Local Improvement Assessment District Under This Act; To Provide That Bonds Issued By A Municipality Under This Act Shall Be Payable Out Of The Proceeds Of The Special Assessment Authorized Under This Act; To Authorize The Delegation Of Certain Authority Under This Act; To Provide That Bonds Issued Under This Act Shall Be Legal Investments; To Provide That Bonds Issued By A Municipality Under This Act Shall Be Excluded From The Municipality's Debt Limitation; To Amend Section 21-33-303, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Special local improvement assessments district; authorize municipalities to create.

Rep. Credell Calhoun [D]

2015-02-24 - House - House Passed (Y: 103 N: 17 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-17	Senate	Died In Committee
2015-03-04	Senate	Referred To Finance
2015-02-25	House	Transmitted To Senate
2015-02-24	House	Passed
2015-02-24	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2015-02-18	House	Referred To Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB1623.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1623IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1623PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/votes/house/0500008.pdf