MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Tourism; Finance
By: Senator(s) Moran (By Request)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-83, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW PACKAGE RETAIL SALES ON SUNDAYS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 67-1-83, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
67-1-83. (1) It shall be unlawful for any permittee or other person to sell or furnish any alcoholic beverage to any person who is visibly intoxicated, or to any person who is known to habitually drink alcoholic beverages to excess, or to any person who is known to be an habitual user of narcotics or other habit-forming drugs. It shall also be unlawful for the holder of any package retailer's permit to sell any alcoholic beverages except by delivery in person to the purchaser at the place of business of the permittee.
(2) It shall be unlawful
for any permittee or other person to sell or furnish any alcoholic beverage to
any person to whom the * * * department has, after investigation, decided to
prohibit the sale of those beverages because of an appeal to the * * * department so to do by the
husband, wife, father, mother, brother, sister, child, or employer of the
person. The interdiction in those cases shall last until removed by the * * * department, but no person
shall be held to have violated this subsection unless he has been informed by
the * * *
department, by registered letter, that it is forbidden to sell to that
individual or unless that fact is otherwise known to the permittee or other
person.
(3) It shall be unlawful
for any holder of a package retailer's permit, or any employee or agent
thereof, engaged solely in the business of package retail sales under this
chapter to sell or furnish any alcoholic beverage before 10:00 a.m. and after
10:00 p.m. or to sell alcoholic beverages on * * * Christmas Day.
(4) Any person who violates
any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more
than six (6) months, or by both that fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the court. In addition, the * * * department shall immediately
revoke the permit of any permittee who violates the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.