Mississippi income and taxes

The mortality series includes firearm deaths across intents, including suicide and homicide. Storage rules and firearm regulation concern possible components of injury prevention without proving an effect on deaths. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Mississippi evidence context: Firearm deaths. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

(af) (i) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph (af), retail sales of firearms, ammunition * * *, hunting supplies and firearm safes if sold during the annual Mississippi Second Amendment Weekend holiday beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the last Friday in August and ending at 12:00 midnight the following Sunday. For the purposes of this paragraph (af), "hunting supplies" means tangible personal property used for hunting, including, and limited to, archery equipment, firearm and archery cases, firearm and archery accessories, hearing protection, holsters, belts and slings. Hunting supplies does not include animals used for hunting. For the purposes of this paragraph (af), the term "firearm safe" means a locking container or other enclosure, excluding glass-faced containers, equipped with a padlock, key lock, combination lock, or other locking device that is designed and intended for the secure storage of one (1) or more firearms. (ii) This paragraph (af) shall apply only if one or more of the following occur: 1. Title to and/or possession of an eligible item is transferred from a seller to a purchaser; and/or 2. A purchaser orders and pays for an eligible item and the seller accepts the order for immediate shipment, even if delivery is made after the time period provided in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph (af), provided that the purchaser has not requested or caused the delay in shipment.

The mortality series includes firearm deaths across intents, including suicide and homicide. Storage rules and firearm regulation concern possible components of injury prevention without proving an effect on deaths. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Mississippi evidence context: Firearm deaths. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

(af) (i) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph (af), retail sales of firearms, ammunition * * *, hunting supplies and firearm safes if sold during the annual Mississippi Second Amendment Weekend holiday beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the last Friday in August and ending at 12:00 midnight the following Sunday. For the purposes of this paragraph (af), "hunting supplies" means tangible personal property used for hunting, including, and limited to, archery equipment, firearm and archery cases, firearm and archery accessories, hearing protection, holsters, belts and slings. Hunting supplies does not include animals used for hunting. For the purposes of this paragraph (af), the term "firearm safe" means a locking container or other enclosure, excluding glass-faced containers, equipped with a padlock, key lock, combination lock, or other locking device that is designed and intended for the secure storage of one (1) or more firearms. (ii) This paragraph (af) shall apply only if one or more of the following occur: 1. Title to and/or possession of an eligible item is transferred from a seller to a purchaser; and/or 2. A purchaser orders and pays for an eligible item and the seller accepts the order for immediate shipment, even if delivery is made after the time period provided in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph (af), provided that the purchaser has not requested or caused the delay in shipment.

Natural-gas generation is the numerator and all Mississippi in-state electricity generation, including estimated small-scale solar, is the denominator. Financing conditions for renewable generation concern another component of that denominator. An exemption is not an operating plant or measured output. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Mississippi evidence context: Natural-gas share of in-state electricity generation. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 1. Section 27-31-46.1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 27-31-46.1. A project that is eligible for an ad valorem tax exemption under Section 27-31-46, and for which initial construction begins on or after July 1, 2022, but not later than December 31, * * * 2030, may be allowed an exemption from ad valorem taxation as provided in this section. For such a project, one-half (1/2) of the true value of property of the project that is subject to a fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes pursuant to an agreement under Section 27-31-104 may be exempted by a county board of supervisors and/or municipal governing authorities from ad valorem taxation for a period of ten (10) years from and after the date of the expiration of such fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes. Any exemption from ad valorem taxation allowed under this section must be authorized by a county board of supervisors and/or municipal governing authorities before July 1, * * * 2029.

Census household money income is measured before taxes and includes wages and specified cash benefits. Minimum-wage provisions concern earnings; tax credits and in-kind benefits are not themselves increases in this statistic. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Mississippi evidence context: Median household income. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 2. (1) As used in this section, the following words and phrases have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Tipped employee" means an employee engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and regularly receives more than Thirty Dollars ($30.00) a month in tips. (b) "Manual laborers" and "blue collar workers" mean workers who perform work involving repetitive operations with their hands, physical skill and energy, who gain the skills and knowledge required for performance of their routine manual and physical work through apprenticeships and on-the-job training. (2) Every employer shall pay each of its employees wages at the rate of not less than Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per hour, except as otherwise provided in this section. (3) Every employer shall pay each of its tipped employees wages at the rate of not less than Three Dollars Sixty-two Cents ($3.62) per hour. (4) Overtime must be compensated at a rate not less than one and one-half (1-1/2) times the regular rate at which the employee is actually employed. The regular rate of pay at which the employee is employed may in no event be less than the statutory minimum wage rate established in this section. All employees who receive Four Hundred Fifty-five Dollars ($455.00) or less per week, or equivalent amounts for periods of pay longer than one (1) week, are entitled to receive overtime pay. Additionally, the following people are not exempt from receiving overtime pay, regardless of their salary: (a) Manual laborers or other blue collar workers; (b) Police officers, detectives, deputy sheriffs, state troopers, highway patrol officers, investigators, inspectors, correctional officers, parole or probation officers, park rangers, firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, ambulance personnel, rescue workers, hazardous materials workers and similar employees who perform work such as: preventing, controlling or extinguishing fires of any type; rescuing fire, crime or accident victims; preventing or detecting crimes; conducting investigations or inspections for violations of law; performing surveillance; pursuing, restraining and apprehending suspects; detaining or supervising suspected and convicted criminals, including those on probation or parole; interviewing witnesses; interrogating and fingerprinting suspects; preparing investigative reports; or other similar work; (c) An employee whose primary duty is not management of the entity in which the employee is employed; (d) An employee whose primary duty is not the performance of work directly related to the management or general business operations of the employer or the employer's customers; and (e) An employee whose primary duty is not the performance of work requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction or the performance of work requiring invention, imagination, originality or talent in a recognized field of artistic or creative endeavor. (5) Employers and employees who are not specifically mentioned in this section fall under the purview of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The fact measures people under age 65 without health insurance. Eligibility for coverage directly concerns this population; payment for a particular service for people already insured does not itself establish expanded insurance enrollment. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Mississippi evidence context: People under 65 without health insurance. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

(29) Individuals who are under sixty-five (65) years of age, are not pregnant, are not entitled to or enrolled for benefits under Part A or Part B of Medicare, are not eligible for Medicaid under any other paragraph of this section, and whose income is not more than one hundred thirty-three percent (133%) of the federal poverty level applicable to a family of the size involved. Individuals eligible under this paragraph (29) shall receive benchmark coverage described in Section 1937(b)(1) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, or benchmark equivalent coverage described in Section 1937(b)(2) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended. The eligibility of individuals covered under this paragraph shall be determined by the Division of Medicaid.

The fact counts OASDI retirement, survivor and disability beneficiaries in current-payment status. Title II pension-offset and benefit-calculation rules concern that program. SSI, Medicare, tax credits and Social Security number issuance are separate matters. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Mississippi evidence context: Social Security beneficiaries. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET PROVISION.(a) In General.—Section 202(k) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(k)) is amended by striking paragraph (5). (b) Conforming Amendments.—(1) Section 202(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(b)(2)) is amended by striking “subsections (k)(5) and (q)” and inserting “subsection (q)”. (2) Section 202(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)(2)) is amended by striking “subsections (k)(5) and (q)” and inserting “subsection (q)”. (3) Section 202(e)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)(2)(A)) is amended by striking “subsection (k)(5), subsection (q),” and inserting “subsection (q)”. (4) Section 202(f)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)(2)(A)) is amended by striking “subsection (k)(5), subsection (q)” and inserting “subsection (q)”. SEC. 3. REPEAL OF WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISIONS.(a) In General.—Section 215 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415) is amended—(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (7); (2) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (3); and (3) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (9). (b) Conforming Amendments.—Subsections (e)(2) and (f)(2) of section 202 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402) are each amended by striking “section 215(f)(5), 215(f)(6), or 215(f)(9)(B)” in subparagraphs (C) and (D)(i) and inserting “paragraph (5) or (6) of section 215(f)”. SEC. 4. 42 USC 402 note.EFFECTIVE DATE. Applicability.The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to monthly insurance benefits payable under title II of the Social Security Act for months after December 2023. Adjustment.Notwithstanding section 215(f) of the Social Security Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall adjust primary insurance amounts to the extent 138 STAT. 3233 necessary to take into account the amendments made by section 3.