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MS HB711

Bill

Status

Failed

2/21/2018

Primary Sponsor

Thomas Reynolds

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires referendums in each of Mississippi's six transportation districts on November 2018 to approve a 0.50% special sales tax for road improvements, with tax beginning February 1, 2019 if approved by majority vote.

  • Allocates 25% of special sales tax revenue to counties and municipalities within each district and 75% to the Mississippi Department of Transportation, all for road, street, and bridge construction or improvement.

  • Creates a five-member district commission in each district approving the tax, composed of the MDOT district engineer, county engineers representative, county supervisors representative, mayors representative, and a governor-appointed business community representative.

  • Exempts the special sales tax revenue from state and federal fund allocation balancing and prohibits the tax from reducing existing funding levels to any transportation district or local government.

  • Applies existing Mississippi Sales Tax Law provisions to collection, filing, refunds, and penalties for the special district sales tax, with the Department of Revenue administering collection.

Legislative Description

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

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/21/2018

Committee Referrals

Transportation1/9/2018

Full Bill Text

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