MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Elections

By: Senator(s) Rayborn

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-17-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE FILING LIMITATION ON INITIATIVE PETITIONS BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 23-17-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

23-17-3. * * * A petition is valid for a period of twelve (12) months.

SECTION 2. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi is directed to submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.