Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 75-76-129 - [Effective Until 7/1/2028] Deposit of taxes, fees, interest, etc. into General Fund(1) On or before the last day of each month all taxes, fees, interest, penalties, damages, fines or other monies collected by the Department of Revenue during that month under the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of (a) the local government fees imposed under Section 75-76-195, and (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 revenue collected pursuant to the fee imposed under Section 75-76-177(1)(c) as a result of wagers on sporting events shall be paid by the Department of Revenue to the State Treasurer to be deposited in the State General Fund. The local government fees shall be distributed by the Department of Revenue pursuant to Section 75-76-197.(2) 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 Department of Revenue into the bond sinking fund created in Section 1(3) of Chapter 479, Laws of 2015.(3) Revenue collected pursuant to the fee imposed under Section 75-76-177(1)(c) as a result of wagers on sporting events shall be deposited into the State Highway Fund to be used solely for the repair and maintenance of highways and bridges of the State of Mississippi. This revenue shall be used first for matching funds made available to the state for such purposes pursuant to any federal highway infrastructure program implemented after September 1, 2018.Laws, 1990 Ex Sess, ch. 45, § 65; Laws, 1994, ch. 557, § 42; Laws, 1994, ch. 565, § 2; Laws, 1997, ch. 562, § 3; Laws, 2002, ch. 582, § 2; Laws, 2004, ch. 595, § 23; Laws, 2005, 2nd Ex Sess, ch. 53, § 1, eff. 7/1/2005.Amended by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 1, HB 1,§ 11, eff. 8/29/2018.Added by Laws, 2015, ch. 479, HB 1630, 5, eff. 7/1/2015.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.