2017 Regular Session City of Pascagoula; extend repeal date on hotel/motel tax; authorize election on continuance of if protested. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1005, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2004, AS LAST AMENDED BY CHAPTER 912, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2014, TO EXTEND THE REPEAL DATE FROM JULY 1, 2017, TO JULY 1, 2021, ON THE PROVISION OF LAW AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, TO LEVY A TAX UPON THE GROSS PROCEEDS DERIVED FROM HOTEL, MOTEL AND BED-AND-BREAKFAST ROOM RENTALS IN THE CITY; TO REQUIRE THAT WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY SHALL ADOPT A RESOLUTION DECLARING THEIR INTENTION TO CONTINUE THE TAX AND PUBLISH THE RESOLUTION IN A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE COUNTY; TO PROVIDE THAT IF 20% OR 1,500, WHICHEVER IS LESS, OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY FILE A PETITION PROTESTING THE TAX, THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES SHALL CALL AN ELECTION REGARDING THE CONTINUANCE OF THE TAX; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTING AT THE ELECTION VOTE AGAINST CONTINUING THE TAX, THE TAX SHALL BE DISCONTINUED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 03/29/17 at 14:24 H B 1438 House Bill 1438 HB 1438 H Dead None No Three/Fifths Passage Local and Private Legislation F ../../House_cmtes/LP.xml Local and Private F ../../Senate_cmtes/LP.xml Busby ../../House_authors/Busby.xml Anderson ../../House_authors/Anderson.xml 1 01/16 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation 2 02/21 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 03/14 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted 4 03/14 (H) Passed ../../../../2017/pdf/votes/house/0710004.pdf 5 03/15 (H) Transmitted To Senate 6 03/17 (S) Referred To Local and Private 7 03/23 (S) Title Suff Do Pass 8 03/26 (S) Amended 9 03/26 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2017/pdf/votes/senate/0830004.pdf 10 03/26 (S) Immediate Release 11 03/26 (S) Returned For Concurrence 12 03/29 (H) Died On Calendar ../../../../documents/2017/pdf/HB/1400-1499/HB1438PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2017/dt/HB/1400-1499/HB1438PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2017/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1438PS.htm ../../../../documents/2017/pdf/HB/1400-1499/HB1438IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2017/dt/HB/1400-1499/HB1438IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2017/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1438IN.htm ../../../../documents/2017/pdf/HB/1400-1499/HB1438CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2017/dt/HB/1400-1499/HB1438CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2017/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1438CS.htm ../../../../documents/2017/pdf/HB/1400-1499/HB1438PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2017/dt/HB/1400-1499/HB1438PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2017/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1438PS.htm Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1438 ../../../../documents/2017/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1438.pdf ../../../../../documents/2017/html/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1438.htm Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2017/pdf/sam/HB1438_S_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2017/html/sam/HB1438_S_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2017/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB1438.pdf