Adopted
AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
Cmte Sub for House Bill No. 1544
BY: Representative Guice
AMEND by inserting between lines 438 and 439 the following:
"(r) Requiring the payment of fees, other than license fees, that may be imposed to reimburse the commission for specific services rendered by employees of the commission in the performance of the commission's duties related to the regulation of gaming activities, and prescribing the amount of the fees imposed for specific services and duties by promulgating a schedule of fees for such services and duties."
AMEND between lines 520 and 521 by inserting the following:
"SECTION 13. (1) All fees, other than license fees, imposed by the Mississippi Gaming Commission to reimburse the commission for specific services rendered by its employees in the performance of the commission's duties under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited into the special fund created in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund, to be designated as the "Special Enforcement Fund for the Mississippi Gaming Control Act," to the credit of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. The special fund shall be comprised of the monies required to be deposited into the fund under this section, and any other funds that may be made available for the fund by the Legislature. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state.
(3) Monies in the fund shall be expended by the Mississippi Gaming Commission, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to pay the costs of enforcing the provisions of the Mississippi Gaming Control Act, Section 75-76-1 et seq. Unexpended amounts remaining in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund.
SECTION 14. 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, * * * (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), and (c) the fees, other than license fees, imposed by the Mississippi Gaming Commission to reimburse the commission for specific services rendered by its employees in the performance of the commission's duties under the provisions of this chapter 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. 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. The amount of the fees imposed by the Mississippi Gaming Commission under paragraph (c) of this section, and collected during that month shall be deposited into the special fund created in Section 13 of this act.
[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, and with the exception of any fees imposed by the Mississippi Gaming Commission to reimburse the commission for specific services rendered by its employees in the performance of the commission's duties under the provisions of this chapter 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. The amount of the fees, other than license fees, imposed by the Mississippi Gaming Commission to reimburse the commission for specific services rendered by its employees in the performance of the commission's duties, and collected during that month shall be deposited into the special fund created in Section 13 of this act."
AMEND FURTHER by striking line 521 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof:
"SECTION 15. The provisions of Sections 12 and 13 of this act shall"
AMEND FURTHER the title on line 11 by inserting after the semicolon the following: "TO ALLOW THE COMMISSION TO REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF FEES, OTHER THAN LICENSE FEES, IMPOSED TO REIMBURSE THE COMMISSION FOR SPECIFIC SERVICES RENDERED BY EMPLOYEES OF THE COMMISSION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES RELATED TO THE REGULATION OF GAMING ACTIVITIES; REQUIRING THE COMMISSION TO PROMULGATE A SCHEDULE OF THE FEES AND AMOUNTS THEREOF IMPOSED FOR SPECIFIC SERVICES AND DUTIES; TO CREATE THE "SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT FUND FOR THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING CONTROL ACT"; TO PROVIDE THAT THE FEES IMPOSED BY THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING COMMISSION TO REIMBURSE THE COMMISSION FOR SPECIFIC SERVICES RENDERED BY ITS EMPLOYEES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMMISSION'S DUTIES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING CONTROL ACT SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE SPECIAL FUND; TO SPECIFY THAT MONIES IN THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED BY THE COMMISSION TO PAY THE COSTS OF ENFORCING THE PROVISIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING CONTROL ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 75-76-129, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO;"