Mississippi House Bill 1745 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 28 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-28 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Fayette, Mississippi, To Impose A Special Sales Tax Of Not More Than Two Percent On The Gross Proceeds Of All Sales Or The Gross Income Of Businesses In The City Derived From Activities Taxed At The Rate Of Seven Percent Under The Mississippi Sales Tax Law; To Provide That The Special Sales Tax Shall Not Be Levied Unless Authorized By At Least Three-fifths Of The Votes Cast At An Election Called And Held For Such Purpose; To Authorize The City Of Fayette To Incur Indebtedness In An Amount Not Greater Than An Amount For Which Debt Service Is Capable Of Being Funded By The Proceeds Of The Special Sales Tax; To Provide That The Revenue Collected From The Special Sales Tax Shall Be Used And Expended By The City Only To Fund Certain Capital Improvement Projects; To Provide For The Discontinuance Of The Special Sales Tax Upon Completion Of The Funding Of The Projects For Which The Tax Was Levied; And For Related Purposes.

City of Fayette; authorize to impose a certain local sales tax.

Rep. America Middleton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-28		Died In Committee
2010-03-19		Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB1745.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1745IN.htm