MS SB2963

Appropriates $38,322,599.00 from the State General Fund and $24,768,033.00 from special funds to the Mississippi Department of Revenue for fiscal year 2019 (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019).

Allocates funds across five departmental divisions: General Administration ($30,083,716), Tax Administration ($6,472,474), Audit ($8,920,639), Tax Enforcement ($7,002,116), Property & Motor Vehicle Services ($3,731,141), and Alcohol Beverage Control ($6,880,546), with specified authorized positions for each.

Appropriates $80,625,992.00 to reimburse counties, school districts, and municipal separate school districts for tax losses from homestead property tax exemptions under state law.

Appropriates $3,247,190.00 for motor vehicle license tag purchases and $5,100,000.00 from the Capital Expense Fund for design and reissue of motor vehicle license tags.

Establishes restrictions on personnel actions, requires an advisory committee for economic and tax policy coordination, mandates contingent fee contract reporting, and allocates funds to municipal and justice court collections programs.