Mississippi Senate Bill 2903 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on April 1 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-04-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [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.

Sen. William Longwitz [R]

Sen. John Horhn [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-01	Senate	Died In Committee
2015-02-19	Senate	Referred To Local and Private;Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/SB/SB2903.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2903IN.htm