Mississippi House Bill 414 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The "sweetened Beverages And Syrups Tax Law"; To Provide That Distributors Who Receive, Store, Manufacture, Bottle Or Distribute Certain Sweetened Beverage Products For Sale To Retailers In This State Must Obtain From The Department Of Revenue A Permit To Engage In Such Business; To Impose An Excise Tax On Every Distributor For The Privilege Of Selling Certain Sweetened Beverage Products; To Create The Children's Health Promotion Fund; To Provide That Revenue From The Excise Tax Imposed By This Act Shall Be Deposited To The Credit Of The Children's Health Promotion Fund; To Provide For The Allocation Of The Money In Such Fund; To Provide Certain Exemptions From The Tax Levied By This Act; To Provide Penalties For Violations Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Sweetened Beverages and Syrups Tax Law; enact.

Rep. Brad Mayo [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-23		Died In Committee
2011-01-06		Referred To Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0414.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0414IN.htm