Withdrawn

SUBSTITUTE NO 1 FOR AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill No. 2543

BY: Senator(s) Chaney

     AMEND by inserting the following after line 295 and renumbering subsequent sections accordingly:

     SECTION *.  Section 75-76-129, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     [Through June 30, 2022, this section shall read as follows:] 

     75-76-129.  On or before the last day of each month all taxes, fees, interest, penalties, damages, fines or other monies collected by the State Tax Commission during that month under the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of (a) the local government fees imposed under Section 75-76-195, and (b) an amount equal to Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) of the revenue collected pursuant to the fee imposed under Section 75-76-177(1)(c), or an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the revenue collected pursuant to the fee imposed under Section 75-76-177(1)(c), whichever is the greater amount, shall be paid by the State Tax Commission to the State Treasurer to be deposited in the State General Fund.  The local government fees shall be distributed by the State Tax Commission pursuant to Section 75-76-197.  Except for the period beginning on July 1, 2004, and through June 30, 2006, an amount equal to Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) of the revenue collected during that month pursuant to the fee imposed under Section 75-76-177(1)(c) shall be deposited by the State Tax Commission into the bond sinking fund created in Section 65-39-3.  Except for the period beginning on July 1, 2004, and through June 30, 2006, the revenue collected during that month pursuant to the fee imposed under Section 75-76-177(1)(c) that is in excess of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00), but is less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of revenue collected during that month, shall be deposited into the State Highway Fund to be used exclusively for the reconstruction and maintenance of highways of the State of Mississippi. 

     For the period beginning on July 1, 2004, and through June 30, 2006, twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of revenue collected during each month pursuant to the fee imposed under Section 75-76-177(1)(c) shall be deposited into the Budget Contingency Fund created in Section 27-103-301.

     [From and after July 1, 2022, this section shall read as follows:]

     75-76-129.  On or before the last day of each month, all taxes, fees, interest, penalties, damages, fines or other monies collected by the State Tax Commission during that month under the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of the local government fees imposed under Section 75-76-195, shall be paid by the State Tax Commission to the State Treasurer to be deposited in the State General Fund.  The local government fees shall be distributed by the State Tax Commission pursuant to Section 75-76-197.

     FURTHER, amend the title to conform.