MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Thompson, Carter
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 17-1-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPALITIES TO ASSESS ADMINISTRATIVE OR CIVIL PENALTIES FOR ZONING VIOLATIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 17-1-27, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
17-1-27. Any person, firm
or corporation who shall knowingly and * * * willfully violate the terms,
conditions or provisions of a zoning ordinance adopted under the authority of
Sections 17-1-1 through 17-1-25, inclusive, for violation of which no other administrative,
civil or criminal penalty is prescribed by state or local law, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be sentenced to
pay a fine of not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and in case of
continuing violations without reasonable effort on the part of the defendant to
correct same, each day the violation continues thereafter shall be a separate
offense.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.