Mississippi HB 1637: City of Jackson; extend the repeal date on the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and the tax that supports it.

Bill Text

HB1637 (As Sent to Governor) - 2018 Regular Session 

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Local and Private Legislation

By: Representatives Gibbs (72nd), Bell (65th), Clarke, 
Dortch, Holloway, Sykes, Wooten

House Bill 1637

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 909, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 1999, 
AS LAST AMENDED BY CHAPTER 937, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2015, TO REVISE THE 
MEMBERSHIP OF THE JACKSON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU; TO REQUIRE THE JOINT 
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW TO 
CONDUCT AN EVALUATION OF THE BUREAU; TO EXTEND UNTIL JULY 1, 2019, THE REPEAL 
DATE ON THE PROVISIONS OF LAW THAT CREATE THE JACKSON CONVENTION AND VISITORS 
BUREAU AND IMPOSE A TAX ON THE GROSS PROCEEDS OF SALES OF RESTAURANTS, HOTELS 
AND MOTELS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE BUREAU; AND FOR RELATED 
PURPOSES.

���� BE IT ENACTED BY THE 
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

���� SECTION 1.� Chapter 
909, Local and Private Laws of 1999, as amended by Chapter 941, Local and 
Private Laws of 2004, as amended by Chapter 958, Local and Private Laws of 
2008, as amended by Chapter 954, Local and Private Laws of 2011, as amended by 
Chapter 937, Local and Private Laws of 2015, is amended as follows:

���� Section 1.� As used in this act, 
the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section 
unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context in which they are used:

��������� (a)� "Bureau" 
means the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau.

��������� (b)� 
"Council" means the City Council of the City of Jackson, Mississippi.

��������� (c)� "Hotel" 
or "motel" means and includes a place of lodging that at any one time 
will accommodate transient guests on a daily or weekly basis and that is known 
to the trade as such, and which is located within the city limits of Jackson, 
Mississippi.� Such terms shall not include a place of lodging with ten (10) or 
less rental units.

��������� (d)� "Mayor" 
means the Mayor of the City of Jackson, Mississippi.

��������� (e)� 
"Restaurant" means and includes all places where prepared food is 
sold and whose annual gross proceeds of sales or gross income for the preceding 
calendar year equals or exceeds One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), and 
which are located within the city limits of Jackson, Mississippi.� The term 
"restaurant" shall not include any nonprofit organization that is 
exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
Revenue Code.� For the purpose of calculating gross proceeds of sales or gross 
income, the sales or income of all establishments owned, operated or controlled 
by the same person, persons or corporation shall be aggregated.

���� Section 2.� There is hereby 
created the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau to be constituted and 
appointed as provided in Section 3 of this act.

���� Section 3.� (1)� The Jackson 
Convention and Visitors Bureau shall consist of nine (9) members, who shall be 
appointed, qualify and take office within * * * thirty (30) ninety (90) days of the 
enactment of this act, and the appointments to the bureau and the initial terms 
of the appointments shall be as follows:

��������� (a)� Two (2) 
hotel/motel members representing hotel or motel properties located within the 
city limits of Jackson, Mississippi, appointed by the mayor with confirmation 
by the council for terms of two (2) and four (4) years, respectively.� These 
members and their successors shall be appointed by the mayor with confirmation 
by the council after being selected from a panel of two (2) names for each 
membership position submitted by the Jackson Chapter of the Mississippi Hotel 
and Lodging Association.

��������� (b)� Two (2) restaurant 
members appointed by the mayor with confirmation by the council for terms of 
two (2) and four (4) years, respectively.� These members and their successors 
shall be appointed by the mayor with confirmation by the council after being 
selected from a panel of two (2) names for each membership position submitted 
by the Jackson Chapter of the Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant 
Association.

��������� (c)� One (1) member 
representing the business community in the City of Jackson appointed by the 
mayor with confirmation by the council for a term of two (2) years.� This 
member and his or her successors shall be appointed by the mayor with 
confirmation by the council after being selected from a panel of two (2) names 
submitted by the Jackson Chamber of Commerce.� The names submitted by the 
Jackson Chamber of Commerce shall be those of persons who represent businesses 
located within the city limits of Jackson, Mississippi.

��������� (d)� One (1) member 
representing the arts community in the City of Jackson appointed by the mayor 
with confirmation by the council for a term of two (2) years.

��������� (e)� One (1) member 
representing the * * * 
education community in the Cit