House Bill 234

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 69-5-107, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A DAIRY SHOW SHALL BE HELD EACH FALL AT PONTOTOC IN PONTOTOC COUNTY WHEN FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 69-5-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

69-5-107. Dairy shows shall be held, in addition to the livestock shows, each fall at Verona in Lee County, at Newton in Newton County, Tylertown in Walthall County, * * * at Columbia in Marion County, at Pontotoc in Pontotoc County, when funds become available from any source, and each summer at the Neshoba County Fair in Neshoba County, and any person in the state is entitled to participate in any of the dairy shows. The dairy shows shall be supervised and handled in the same manner as provided for livestock shows in Section 69-5-105, and each of the six (6) dairy shows herein provided for shall receive such part of the monies appropriated for the Mississippi Livestock Show as shall be specified in the act making such appropriation.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2005.