Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Alcoholic beverages and beer; require separate election to allow sale of when a wet city annexes a portion of a dry county.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/17 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections;County Affairs | |
| 2 | 02/01 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | VRA | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Fillingane
Code Sections: A 067-0001-0014, A 067-0003-0009
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS VOTED TO PERMIT THE SALE, AND THE RECEIPT, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE, OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES EXTENDS ITS BOUNDARIES INTO A COUNTY THAT HAS VOTED AGAINST COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DRY LAW, THEN THE SALE, AND THE RECEIPT, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE, OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE PORTION OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY EXTENDED INTO SUCH A COUNTY UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY AN ELECTION HELD FOR THAT PURPOSE AFTER THE DATE THE BOUNDARIES OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY ARE EXTENDED INTO SUCH A COUNTY; TO AMEND SECTION 67-3-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS VOTED TO PERMIT THE SALE, AND THE RECEIPT, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE, OF BEER OF AN ALCOHOLIC CONTENT OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT BY WEIGHT EXTENDS ITS BOUNDARIES INTO A COUNTY THAT HAS VOTED AGAINST ALLOWING THE TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, SALE, DISTRIBUTION, RECEIPT AND/OR MANUFACTURE OF BEER OF AN ALCOHOLIC CONTENT OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT, THEN THE SALE, AND THE RECEIPT, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE, OF BEER OF AN ALCOHOLIC CONTENT OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT BY WEIGHT SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE PORTION OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY EXTENDED INTO SUCH A COUNTY UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY AN ELECTION HELD FOR THAT PURPOSE AFTER THE DATE THE BOUNDARIES OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY ARE EXTENDED INTO SUCH A COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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