Adopted

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No.  143

BY: Committee

     Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 21-19-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     21-19-19.  The governing authority of any municipality shall have the power to restrain, prohibit and suppress blind-tigers, bucket-shops, slaughterhouses, houses of prostitution, disreputable houses, hotels and motels renting rooms on an hourly basis, games and gambling houses and rooms, dance houses and rooms, keno rooms, and all kinds of indecency and other disorderly practices, and disturbance of the peace, and to provide for the punishment of the persons engaged therein.

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

     Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 

     AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 21-19-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A MUNICIPALITY TO REGULATE HOTELS AND MOTELS RENTING ROOMS ON AN HOURLY BASIS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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