History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Gaming; revise locations where gaming vessels may be located in Mississippi River counties.
| 1 | 01/07/97 | (H) | Referred To Ways and Means | |
| 2 | 02/04/97 | (H) | Died In Committee |
| Effective date | Passage | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| 3/5ths vote required | No |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Flaggs
Code Sections: A 027-0109-0001, A 097-0033-0001, A 097-0033-0007, A 097-0033-0017, A 097-0033-0025, A 097-0033-0027
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-109-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE WHERE VESSELS MAY BE LOCATED FOR PURPOSES OF DOCKSIDE RIVERBOAT GAMING; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH VESSELS MAY BE LOCATED ONLY ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OR BODIES OF WATER THAT ARE PART OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OR WERE PART OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AS IT EXISTED ON OR AFTER MARCH 1, 1817; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH WATERS MAY BE IMPROVED OR EXTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE DEVELOPMENT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 97-33-1, 97-33-7, 97-33-17, 97-33-25 AND 97-33-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS ACT SHALL NOT AFFECT THE OPERATION OF ANY VESSEL THAT HOLDS A VALID LICENSE ISSUED BY THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING COMMISSION BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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