MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Universities and Colleges

By: Representative Rotenberry

AN ACT TO REQUIRE ALL STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER IN FOOTBALL TO PLAY IN THE VETERANS MEMORIAL STADIUM IN JACKSON; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall require all football games between two (2) state institutions of higher learning in Mississippi to be played in the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1999.