Sponsored Legislation
City of Water Valley; authorize to enact a tax on restaurants for tourism and parks and recreation.
Water Valley is authorized to adopt a local restaurant tax to fund tourism promotion and parks and recreation; details like rate and exemptions are set by local ordinance.
Mississippi Electronic Court system; provide free access to public defenders and county prosecutors in certain matters.
Requires all circuit, chancery, and county courts to use MEC electronic filing and guarantees public defenders and county prosecutors access to MEC for indigent cases.
Calhoun County; authorize assessments on convictions for improvements to courthouses and pretrial detention facilities.
Calhoun County can levy conviction-based assessments to fund courthouse and pretrial detention facility improvements, creating a local capital-funding stream from defendants.