Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Statewide referendum; require if certain persons apply for a gaming license in a county in which gaming is not being conducted.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 10/05 (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 | Majority |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Bentz
Additional Authors: Carlton, Fillingane
Code Sections: A 019-0003-0079, 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
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-3-79, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT IF A PERSON REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A STATE GAMING LICENSE TO CONDUCT LEGAL GAMING IN A COUNTY IN WHICH GAMING IS NOT ALREADY BEING CONDUCTED APPLIES FOR A GAMING LICENSE, A STATEWIDE REFERENDUM SHALL BE CONDUCTED ON THE QUESTION OF CONDUCTING LEGAL GAMING IN SUCH COUNTY; 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 A STRUCTURE 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 THE STRUCTURE IS OWNED BY A PERSON POSSESSING A GAMING LICENSE TO CONDUCT LEGAL GAMING ON A CRUISE VESSEL AND NO PART OF THE STRUCTURE IN WHICH LICENSED GAMING ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED IS LOCATED 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 FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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