27-51-105 - Creation of Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund; composition and administration of fund. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 27-51-105. Creation of Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund; composition and administration of fund.
 

(1)  There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund, into which shall be deposited the monies specified in Section 27-65-75(10), (11) and (12), such monies as may be required to be transferred into such fund pursuant to Section 27-38-5, and such other monies as the Legislature may provide by appropriation. The monies in the fund shall be used for the purpose of making payments to counties for the reduction in motor vehicle ad valorem tax revenues incurred by local taxing districts in the county as a result of the ad valorem tax credit for private carriers of passengers and light carriers of property that is provided for by Section 27-51-103. 

(2)  The Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund shall be administered by the State Tax Commission, and monies in the fund shall be expended upon appropriation by the Legislature. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of the state fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1994, ch. 563, § 3; Laws, 2000, ch. 303, § 10, eff from and after July 1, 2000.