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MS HB423
Bill
Status
2/27/2018
Primary Sponsor
Ken Morgan
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AI Summary
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Deletes the June 30, 2020 repeal date from Section 49-19-115, making the forest acreage tax requirement permanent instead of temporary.
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Requires county boards of supervisors to levy a forest acreage tax of 9 cents per acre on all timbered and uncultivatable lands to support State Forestry Commission fire control efforts.
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Exempts homeowners who qualify for homestead exemptions under Mississippi Code Section 27-33-67(2) from the forest acreage tax.
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Excludes bogs, unreclaimed strip mines, coastal beach sands, marshes, beaver ponds, and flood easements from the definition of uncultivatable lands subject to the tax.
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Takes effect July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Forest acreage tax; delete repeal date on requirement that boards of supervisors levy.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/27/2018