Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Gaming; revise sites upon which gaming establishments may be located in coastal counties.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 09/28 (H) Referred To Gaming;Sel Cmte on Hurricane Recovery | |
| 2 | 10/07 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | Passage | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | None | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Three/Fifths |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Peranich
Additional Authors: Bentz, Fredericks, Guice, Ishee, Janus, Patterson, Simpson
Code Sections: A 087-0001-0005, A 095-0003-0025, A 097-0033-0001, A 097-0033-0007, A 097-0033-0017, A 097-0033-0025, A 097-0033-0027, A 075-0076-0033
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 87-1-5, 95-3-25, 97-33-1, 97-33-7, 97-33-17, 97-33-25 AND 97-33-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE LEGAL GAMING IN STRUCTURES ON SHORE IN ANY OF THE THREE MOST SOUTHERN COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI IN WHICH BETTING, GAMING OR WAGERING ON CRUISE VESSELS HAS NOT BEEN PROHIBITED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 19-3-79, IF NO PART OF THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED MORE THAN 800 FEET FROM A SEAWALL EXISTING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, OR, IF THERE IS NO SEAWALL, NO MORE THAN 800 FEET FROM THE MEAN HIGH-WATER LINE OF THE WATERS WITHIN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI WHICH LIE ADJACENT TO THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF SUCH COUNTIES AND THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED ON LAND THAT, EXCLUDING EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY FOR PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE LANDS ABUTTED BY SUCH SEAWALL OR MEAN HIGH-WATER LINE; TO AMEND SECTION 75-76-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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