Mississippi House Bill 711 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 21 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-02-21 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That A Referendum Shall Be Held In Each Mississippi Department Of Transportation District At The Election In 2018 On Whether A .50% General Sales Tax Should Be Imposed Within The District To Fund Road Improvements; To Provide That 25% Of The Special Transportation District Sales Tax Revenue Shall Be Distributed To The Counties And Municipalities Within Each District And That 75% Of The Revenue Shall Be Used By The Mississippi Department Of Transportation To Fund Projects Within The District; To Create A District Commission Within Each District That Approves The Referendum To Set The Priority Of Projects That The Mississippi Department Of Transportation Will Undertake With Funds From The Special Sales Tax Designated To The Department; And For Related Purposes.

Transportation funding districts; provide referendum to be held in each to approve sales tax for road improvements.

Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]

Rep. Kathy Sykes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-21	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-09	House	Referred To Transportation;Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0711.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0711IN.htm