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Committee advances batch of local repealer extensions, court fees and local measures
Summary
A legislative committee reported out a package of local 'repealer' extensions for tourism- and hotel-related sales taxes, several court-cost assessments (including a $25 fee and $50 DUI surcharge), and local contributions totaling $10,500 to food pantries; most items were passed with minimal discussion.
A legislative committee advanced a bundle of local measures Wednesday, reporting most bills out of committee for further consideration. The package included extensions of temporary local sales-tax repealers for multiple cities, proposals to add court-assessment fees, authorization for a local referendum on a 1% hotel/restaurant tax, and a $10,500 contribution to area food pantries.
Speaker 1 introduced the bills in rapid succession, calling up measures that would extend local sales-tax repealers for hotels, motels and restaurants in municipalities including the City of Brookhaven, Greenwood, Louisville, Byram and Olive Branch. Many bills…
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