2025 Regular SessionMississippi Legislature

HB961: Income tax; codify and extend repealers on tax credits for certain charges for using certain port and airport facilities.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Reenact Sections 27-7-22.7 And 27-7-22.9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide An Income Tax Credit For Income Taxpayers That Use Port Facilities At State, County And Municipal Ports For The Export Of Cargo And Require The Mississippi Development Authority To Report Annually To The Legislature Regarding The Impact Of Such Tax Credit; To Amend Reenacted Section 27-7-22.7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Codify And Extend The Repealer On That Section And Section 27-7-22.9, Mississippi Code Of 1972; To Amend Section 4, Chapter 492, Laws Of 1994, As Last Amended By Section 3, Chapter 467, Laws Of 2022, To Delete The Repealer On Sections 27-7-22.7 And 27-7-22.9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, From The Effective Date Section Of The Chapter Law That Created Those Statutes; To Reenact Section 27-7-22.25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides An Income Tax Credit For Certain Taxpayers That Use The Airport Facilities At Public Airports For Certain Charges Paid By The Taxpayer On The Export Or Import Of Cargo; To Amend Reenacted Section 27-7-22.25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Codify And Extend The Date Of The Repealer On That Section And Section 27-7-22.26, Mississippi Code Of 1972; To Reenact Section 27-7-22.26, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires The Mississippi Development Authority To Report Annually To The Legislature Regarding The Impact Of Such Income Tax Credit; To Repeal Section 3, Chapter 442, Laws Of 2005, As Last Amended By Section 6, Chapter 467, Laws Of 2022, Which Was Not Codified And Which Provides For The Repeal Of Sections 27-7-22.25 And 27-7-22.26, Mississippi Code Of 1972; And For Related Purposes.

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Bill History

1/17/2025
Referred To Ways and Means
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
Title Suff Do Pass
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
Passed
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
Transmitted To Senate
House of Representatives
2/17/2025
Referred To Finance
Senate
3/4/2025
Title Suff Do Pass
Senate
3/10/2025
Passed
Senate
3/11/2025
Returned For Enrolling
Senate
3/12/2025
Enrolled Bill Signed
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Enrolled Bill Signed
Senate
3/18/2025
Approved by Governor

Roll Call Votes

Senate Passed
3/10/2025
50
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Passed
2/11/2025
114
Yea
0
Nay
6
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(3/18/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Fred Shanks
Fred Shanks
Republican

Documents

Enrolled
Bill Text3/12/202516.1 KB
Engrossed
Bill Text2/12/202516.1 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/17/202515.9 KB