MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Finance
By: Senator(s) Horhn
AN ACT TO CREATE THE CAPITAL CITY SERVICE AREA WITHIN THE CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI; TO CREATE THE CAPITAL CITY SERVICE AREA FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY THAT SHALL BE FUNDED BY A SALES TAX DIVERSION AND ANY OTHER FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE; TO PROVIDE THAT MONEY IN THE FUND SHALL BE PAID TO THE CITY OF JACKSON TO COMPENSATE THE CITY FOR PROVIDING POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE IN THE SERVICE AREA, TO PAY FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SERVICE AREA AND TO PAY DEBT INCURRED FOR PROJECTS IN THE SERVICE AREA; TO CREATE THE CAPITAL CITY SERVICE AREA OVERSIGHT COMMISSION TO BE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND MAYOR OF THE CITY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION MUST APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY SERVICE AREA FUND AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ADOPTED UNDER THIS ACT FOR THE SERVICE AREA; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT 10% OF THE TOTAL SALES TAX REVENUE COLLECTED EACH MONTH ON BUSINESS ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, SHALL BE PAID INTO THE CAPITAL CITY SERVICE AREA FUND CREATED BY THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) There is created the Capital City Service Area which shall consist of the following described area within in the City of Jackson, Mississippi:
Beginning at a point on the west bank of the Pearl River determined by extending the south curb line of High Street east until it meets the bank of the Pearl River; then north along the west bank of the Pearl River (extending along the southern boundary of LeFleur's Bluff State Park) until it reaches the northern curb line of Lakeland Drive (Highway 25); then east along the north curb line of Lakeland Drive until it reaches the northern drainage ditch of Eastover Drive; then west along the northern drainage ditch and curb line of Eastover drive until it reaches the western curb line of the west frontage road of I-55; then south along the west curb line of such frontage road until it reaches the northern curb line of Lakeland Drive; then west along the northern curb line of Lakeland Drive until it reaches the eastern curb line of Old Canton Road; then north along east curb line of Old Canton Road until reach the northern curb line of Fondren Place; then west along the north curb line of Fondren Place to the west curb line of North State Street; then north along the west curb line of North State Street to the north curb line of Mitchell Street; then west along the north curb line of Mitchell Street until it reaches the west curb line of Livingston Road; then south along the west curb line of Livingston Road until it reaches the south curb line of Woodrow Wilson Drive; then east along the south curb line of Woodrow Wilson Drive to a point over the west curb line of Mill Street; then south along the west curb line of Mill Street until it reaches the north curb line of Pearl Street; then west along the north curb line of Pearl Street until it becomes the West Jackson Parkway; then along the north and west curb line of the West Jackson Parkway until it intersects with John R. Lynch Street on the west side of
Jackson State University; then west on John R. Lynch Street until it in reaches the west curb line of Valley Street; then south along the west curb line of Valley Street until it reaches the north curb line of Morehouse Street; then east along the north curb line of Morehouse Street until it reaches the west curb line of Dalton Street; then south along the west curb line of Dalton Street until it reaches the south curb line of Florence Avenue; then east along the south curb line of Florence Avenue until it reaches the east curb line of Terry Road; then north and along the east curb line of Terry Road until it reaches the south curb line of Pascagoula Street; then east along the south curb line of Pascagoula Street until it reaches the western edge of I-55; then north along the western edge of I-55 until it reaches the south curb line of High Street; then east along the south curb line of High Street and extending such line to the Pearl River and the point of the beginning.
(2) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund designated as the "Capital City Service Area Fund" into which shall be deposited money designated for deposit therein by Section 27-65-75 (1)(c) and such other money as the Legislature may provide by appropriation. The money in the fund shall be paid to the City of Jackson, Mississippi, upon appropriation by the Legislature, subject to the conditional provided for in this section and utilized by the city for the purposes provided for in this section. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of the state fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.
(3) Fifteen percent (15%) of the amount paid to the City of Jackson in any fiscal year shall be utilized to compensate the city for police and fire protection services provided within the Capital City Service Area. The remainder of the amounts paid to the city during the fiscal year shall be utilized by the city in the Capital City Service Area for the following purposes:
(a) Street reconstruction and repaving and other maintenance or repairing of roadways, surfaces or curbs and gutters;
(b) Reconstructing, repairing and maintaining surface water drainage systems, including, but not limited to, street drains, ditches, culverts and components of the system;
(c) Installing, replacing and repairing street lighting;
(d) Installing, replacing or repairing traffic signals; (e) Installation of new water and sewer lines and installation of water and sewer lines to replace deteriorated or inadequate lines;
(f) Reconstructing, repairing and maintaining parks, cemeteries and public rights-of-way including all sidewalks along public streets;
(g) Planting, replacing and maintaining landscape materials and trees within public parks and rights-of-way;
(h) Constructing, reconstructing and repairing city-owned buildings used for public performances and the arts; and/or
(i) Paying the principal and interest and other incidental expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of debt by the city to fund projects in the Capital City Service Area; however, not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount received by the city from the fund in any fiscal year may be utilized for this purpose and any debts so incurred shall mature not longer than five (5) years after the date of issuance.
(4) (a) There is created the Capital City Service Area Oversight Commission composed of the following voting members appointed as follows:
(i) Three (3) members appointed by the Governor for initial terms of one (1), two (2) and five (5) years respectively, who shall be residents of the City of Jackson.
(ii) One (1) member appointed by the Lieutenant Governor for an initial term of four (4) years, who shall be a resident of the City of Jackson.
(iii) Three (3) members appointed by the Mayor of the City of Jackson who shall be residents of the City of Jackson for initial terms of one (1), three (3) and five (5) years, respectively.
(b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one (1) nonvoting member who shall be a resident of the City of Jackson and who shall serve on the commission in an advisory capacity.
(c) The terms of all appointments made subsequent to the initial appointments shall be five (5) years. Any vacancy which may occur shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and shall be made for the unexpired term. Each member of the commission shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified.
(d) The commissioners shall serve without compensation.
(e) A quorum shall consist of four (4) voting members and the commission shall adopt such rules and regulations as may govern the time and place for holding meetings, regular and special. The commission shall elect from among its members a chairman and such other officers as it considers necessary.
(f) The commission shall examine any budget adopted by the governing authorities of the City of Jackson under this section and any comprehensive plan adopted under this section.
Any budget and plan must be approved by the commission before it may be implemented.
(5) The governing authorities of the City of Jackson shall adopt an annual budget for the expenditure funds it receives from the Capital City Service Area Fund annually under this section. The commission shall notify the State Treasurer of its approval of the budget before any funds may be paid to the city.
(6) The City of Jackson, in conjunction with the Department of Finance and Administration, Jackson State University, the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, shall develop a plan for the expenditure of money from the Capital City Service Area Fund. The plan must be approved by the commission. Any projects undertaken pursuant to this section shall be in furtherance of the plan. The plan shall be updated and revised every five (5) years and changes to the plan may be implemented at any time.
SECTION 2. Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
27-65-75. On or before the fifteenth day of each month, the revenue collected under the provisions of this chapter during the preceding month shall be paid and distributed as follows:
(1) (a) On or before August 15, 1992, and each succeeding month thereafter through July 15, 1993, eighteen percent (18%) of the total sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter, except that collected under the provisions of Sections 27-65-15, 27-65-19(3) and 27-65-21, on business activities within a municipal corporation shall be allocated for distribution to the municipality and paid to the municipal corporation. On or before August 15, 1993, and each succeeding month thereafter, eighteen and one-half percent (18-1/2%) of the total sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter, except that collected under the provisions of Sections 27-65-15, 27-65-19(3), 27-65-21 and 27-65-24, on business activities within a municipal corporation shall be allocated for distribution to the municipality and paid to the municipal corporation.
A municipal corporation, for the purpose of distributing the tax under this subsection, shall mean and include all incorporated cities, towns and villages.
Monies allocated for distribution and credited to a municipal corporation under this paragraph may be pledged as security for a loan if the distribution received by the municipal corporation is otherwise authorized or required by law to be pledged as security for such a loan.
In any county having a county seat that is not an incorporated municipality, the distribution provided under this subsection shall be made as though the county seat was an incorporated municipality; however, the distribution to the municipality shall be paid to the county treasury in which the municipality is located, and those funds shall be used for road, bridge and street construction or maintenance in the county.
(b) On or before August 15, 2006, and each succeeding month thereafter, eighteen and one-half percent (18-1/2%) of the total sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter, except that collected under the provisions of Sections 27-65-15, 27-65-19(3) and 27-65-21, on business activities on the campus of a state institution of higher learning or community or junior college whose campus is not located within the corporate limits of a municipality, shall be allocated for distribution to the state institution of higher learning or community or junior college and paid to the state institution of higher learning or community or junior college.
(c) On or before August 15, 2015, and each succeeding month thereafter ten percent (10%) of the total sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter, except that collected under the provisions of Sections 27-65-15, 27-65-19(3) and 27-65-21, on business activities within the corporate limits of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, shall be deposited into the Capital City Service Area Fund created in Section 1 of this act.
(2) On or before September 15, 1987, and each succeeding month thereafter, from the revenue collected under this chapter during the preceding month, One Million One Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($1,125,000.00) shall be allocated for distribution to municipal corporations as defined under subsection (1) of this section in the proportion that the number of gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel sold by distributors to consumers and retailers in each such municipality during the preceding fiscal year bears to the total gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel sold by distributors to consumers and retailers in municipalities statewide during the preceding fiscal year. The Department of Revenue shall require all distributors of gasoline and diesel fuel to report to the department monthly the total number of gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel sold by them to consumers and retailers in each municipality during the preceding month. The Department of Revenue shall have the authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as is necessary to determine the number of gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel sold by distributors to consumers and retailers in each municipality. In determining the percentage allocation of funds under this subsection for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987, and ending June 30, 1988, the Department of Revenue may consider gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel sold for a period of less than one (1) fiscal year. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "fiscal year" means the fiscal year beginning July 1 of a year.
(3) On or before September 15, 1987, and on or before the fifteenth day of each succeeding month, until the date specified in Section 65-39-35, the proceeds derived from contractors' taxes levied under Section 27-65-21 on contracts for the construction or reconstruction of highways designated under the highway program created under Section 65-3-97 shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 31-17-127, be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be used to fund that highway program. The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall provide to the Department of Revenue such information as is necessary to determine the amount of proceeds to be distributed under this subsection.
(4) On or before August 15, 1994, and on or before the fifteenth day of each succeeding month through July 15, 1999, from the proceeds of gasoline, diesel fuel or kerosene taxes as provided in Section 27-5-101(a)(ii)1, Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of a special fund designated as the "State Aid Road Fund," created by Section 65-9-17. On or before August 15, 1999, and on or before the fifteenth day of each succeeding month, from the total amount of the proceeds of gasoline, diesel fuel or kerosene taxes apportioned by Section 27-5-101(a)(ii)1, Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) or an amount equal to twenty-three and one-fourth percent (23-1/4%) of those funds, whichever is the greater amount, shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the "State Aid Road Fund," created by Section 65-9-17. Those funds shall be pledged to pay the principal of and interest on state aid road bonds heretofore issued under Sections 19-9-51 through 19-9-77, in lieu of and in substitution for the funds previously allocated to counties under this section. Those funds may not be pledged for the payment of any state aid road bonds issued after April 1, 1981; however, this prohibition against the pledging of any such funds for the payment of bonds shall not apply to any bonds for which intent to issue those bonds has been published for the first time, as provided by law before March 29, 1981. From the amount of taxes paid into the special fund under this subsection and subsection (9) of this section, there shall be first deducted and paid the amount necessary to pay the expenses of the Office of State Aid Road Construction, as authorized by the Legislature for all other general and special fund agencies. The remainder of the fund shall be allocated monthly to the several counties in accordance with the following formula:
(a) One-third (1/3) shall be allocated to all counties in equal shares;
(b) One-third (1/3) shall be allocated to counties based on the proportion that the total number of rural road miles in a county bears to the total number of rural road miles in all counties of the state; and
(c) One-third (1/3) shall be allocated to counties based on the proportion that the rural population of the county bears to the total rural population in all counties of the state, according to the latest federal decennial census.
For the purposes of this subsection, the term "gasoline, diesel fuel or kerosene taxes" means such taxes as defined in paragraph (f) of Section 27-5-101.
The amount of funds allocated to any county under this subsection for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1994 shall not be less than the amount allocated to the county for fiscal year 1994.
Any reference in the general laws of this state or the Mississippi Code of 1972 to Section 27-5-105 shall mean and be construed to refer and apply to subsection (4) of Section 27-65-75.
(5) One Million Six Hundred Sixty-six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-six Dollars ($1,666,666.00) each month shall be paid into the special fund known as the "State Public School Building Fund" created and existing under the provisions of Sections 37-47-1 through 37-47-67. Those payments into that fund are to be made on the last day of each succeeding month hereafter.
(6) An amount each month beginning August 15, 1983, through November 15, 1986, as specified in Section 6 of Chapter 542, Laws of 1983, shall be paid into the special fund known as the Correctional Facilities Construction Fund created in Section 6 of Chapter 542, Laws of 1983.
(7) On or before August 15, 1992, and each succeeding month thereafter through July 15, 2000, two and two hundred sixty-six one-thousandths percent (2.266%) of the total sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter, except that collected under the provisions of Section 27-65-17(2), shall be deposited by the department into the School Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund created under Section 37-61-35. On or before August 15, 2000, and each succeeding month thereafter, two and two hundred sixty-six one-thousandths percent (2.266%) of the total sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter, except that collected under the provisions of Section 27-65-17(2), shall be deposited into the School Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund created under Section 37-61-35 until such time that the total amount deposited into the fund during a fiscal year equals Forty-two Million Dollars ($42,000,000.00). Thereafter, the amounts diverted under this subsection (7) during the fiscal year in excess of Forty-two Million Dollars ($42,000,000.00) shall be deposited into the Education Enhancement Fund created under Section 37-61-33 for appropriation by the Legislature as other education needs and shall not be subject to the percentage appropriation requirements set forth in Section 37-61-33.
(8) On or before August 15, 1992, and each succeeding month thereafter, nine and seventy-three one-thousandths percent (9.073%) of the total sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter, except that collected under the provisions of Section 27-65-17(2), shall be deposited into the Education Enhancement Fund created under Section 37-61-33.
(9) On or before August 15, 1994, and each succeeding month thereafter, from the revenue collected under this chapter during the preceding month, Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) shall be paid into the State Aid Road Fund.
(10) On or before August 15, 1994, and each succeeding month thereafter through August 15, 1995, from the revenue collected under this chapter during the preceding month, Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) shall be deposited into the Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund established in Section 27-51-105.
(11) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, on or before February 15, 1995, and each succeeding month thereafter, the sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of Section 27-65-17(2) and the corresponding levy in Section 27-65-23 on the rental or lease of private carriers of passengers and light carriers of property as defined in Section 27-51-101 shall be deposited, without diversion, into the Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund established in Section 27-51-105.
(12) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, on or before August 15, 1995, and each succeeding month thereafter, the sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of Section 27-65-17(1) on retail sales of private carriers of passengers and light carriers of property, as defined in Section 27-51-101 and the corresponding levy in Section 27-65-23 on the rental or lease of these vehicles, shall be deposited, after diversion, into the Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund established in Section 27-51-105.
(13) On or before July 15, 1994, and on or before the fifteenth day of each succeeding month thereafter, that portion of the avails of the tax imposed in Section 27-65-22 that is derived from activities held on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds Complex shall be paid into a special fund that is created in the State Treasury and shall be expended upon legislative appropriation solely to defray the costs of repairs and renovation at the Trade Mart and Coliseum.
(14) On or before August 15, 1998, and each succeeding month thereafter through July 15, 2005, that portion of the avails of the tax imposed in Section 27-65-23 that is derived from sales by cotton compresses or cotton warehouses and that would otherwise be paid into the General Fund shall be deposited in an amount not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) into the special fund created under Section 69-37-39. On or before August 15, 2007, and each succeeding month thereafter through July 15, 2010, that portion of the avails of the tax imposed in Section 27-65-23 that is derived from sales by cotton compresses or cotton warehouses and that would otherwise be paid into the General Fund shall be deposited in an amount not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) into the special fund created under Section 69-37-39 until all debts or other obligations incurred by the Certified Cotton Growers Organization under the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act before January 1, 2007, are satisfied in full. On or before August 15, 2010, and each succeeding month thereafter through July 15, 2011, fifty percent (50%) of that portion of the avails of the tax imposed in Section 27-65-23 that is derived from sales by cotton compresses or cotton warehouses and that would otherwise be paid into the General Fund shall be deposited into the special fund created under Section 69-37-39 until such time that the total amount deposited into the fund during a fiscal year equals One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). On or before August 15, 2011, and each succeeding month thereafter, that portion of the avails of the tax imposed in Section 27-65-23 that is derived from sales by cotton compresses or cotton warehouses and that would otherwise be paid into the General Fund shall be deposited into the special fund created under Section 69-37-39 until such time that the total amount deposited into the fund during a fiscal year equals One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00).
(15) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, on or before September 15, 2000, and each succeeding month thereafter, the sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of Sections 27-65-19(1)(d)(i)2, and 27-65-19(d)(i)3 shall be deposited, without diversion, into the Telecommunications Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund established in Section 27-38-7.
(16) (a) On or before August 15, 2000, and each succeeding month thereafter, the sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter on the gross proceeds of sales of a project as defined in Section 57-30-1 shall be deposited, after all diversions except the diversion provided for in subsection (1) of this section, into the Sales Tax Incentive Fund created in Section 57-30-3.
(b) On or before August 15, 2007, and each succeeding month thereafter, eighty percent (80%) of the sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter from the operation of a tourism project under the provisions of Sections 57-26-1 through 57-26-5, shall be deposited, after the diversions required in subsections (7) and (8) of this section, into the Tourism Project Sales Tax Incentive Fund created in Section 57-26-3.
(17) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, on or before April 15, 2002, and each succeeding month thereafter, the sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under Section 27-65-23 on sales of parking services of parking garages and lots at airports shall be deposited, without diversion, into the special fund created under Section 27-5-101(d).
(18) [Repealed]
(19) (a) On or before August 15, 2005, and each succeeding month thereafter, the sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter on the gross proceeds of sales of a business enterprise located within a redevelopment project area under the provisions of Sections 57-91-1 through 57-91-11, and the revenue collected on the gross proceeds of sales from sales made to a business enterprise located in a redevelopment project area under the provisions of Sections 57-91-1 through 57-91-11 (provided that such sales made to a business enterprise are made on the premises of the business enterprise), shall, except as otherwise provided in this subsection (19), be deposited, after all diversions, into the Redevelopment Project Incentive Fund as created in Section 57-91-9.
(b) For a municipality participating in the Economic Redevelopment Act created in Sections 57-91-1 through 57-91-11, the diversion provided for in subsection (1) of this section attributable to the gross proceeds of sales of a business enterprise located within a redevelopment project area under the provisions of Sections 57-91-1 through 57-91-11, and attributable to the gross proceeds of sales from sales made to a business enterprise located in a redevelopment project area under the provisions of Sections 57-91-1 through 57-91-11 (provided that such sales made to a business enterprise are made on the premises of the business enterprise), shall be deposited into the Redevelopment Project Incentive Fund as created in Section 57-91-9, as follows:
(i) For the first six (6) years in which payments are made to a developer from the Redevelopment Project Incentive Fund, one hundred percent (100%) of the diversion shall be deposited into the fund;
(ii) For the seventh year in which such payments are made to a developer from the Redevelopment Project Incentive Fund, eighty percent (80%) of the diversion shall be deposited into the fund;
(iii) For the eighth year in which such payments are made to a developer from the Redevelopment Project Incentive Fund, seventy percent (70%) of the diversion shall be deposited into the fund;
(iv) For the ninth year in which such payments are made to a developer from the Redevelopment Project Incentive Fund, sixty percent (60%) of the diversion shall be deposited into the fund; and
(v) For the tenth year in which such payments are made to a developer from the Redevelopment Project Incentive Fund, fifty percent (50%) of the funds shall be deposited into the fund.
(20) On or before January 15, 2007, and each succeeding month thereafter, eighty percent (80%) of the sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter from the operation of a tourism project under the provisions of Sections 57-28-1 through 57-28-5 shall be deposited, after the diversions required in subsections (7) and (8) of this section, into the Tourism Sales Tax Incentive Fund created in Section 57-28-3.
(21) (a) On or before April 15, 2007, and each succeeding month thereafter through June 15, 2013, One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) of the sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited into the MMEIA Tax Incentive Fund created in Section 57-101-3.
(b) On or before July 15, 2013, and each succeeding month thereafter, One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) of the sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited into the Mississippi Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund created in Section 57-1-451.
(22) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, on or before August 15, 2009, and each succeeding month thereafter, the sales tax revenue collected during the preceding month under the provisions of Section 27-65-201 shall be deposited, without diversion, into the Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund established in Section 27-51-105.
(23) The remainder of the amounts collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
(24) It shall be the duty of the municipal officials of any municipality that expands its limits, or of any community that incorporates as a municipality, to notify the commissioner of that action thirty (30) days before the effective date. Failure to so notify the commissioner shall cause the municipality to forfeit the revenue that it would have been entitled to receive during this period of time when the commissioner had no knowledge of the action. If any funds have been erroneously disbursed to any municipality or any overpayment of tax is recovered by the taxpayer, the commissioner may make correction and adjust the error or overpayment with the municipality by withholding the necessary funds from any later payment to be made to the municipality.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.