MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) McDaniel, Jackson (11th)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 17-3-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ADVERTISE IN PUBLICATIONS SPONSORED BY POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL COMMITTEES OR AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 17-3-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
17-3-3. Advertising pursuant to Section 17-3-1 shall include newspaper and magazine advertising and literature, publicity, expositions, public entertainment or other form of advertising or publicity, which in the judgment of such board or boards will be helpful toward advancing the moral, financial and other interests of such municipality or county; however, such advertising shall not include advertisements in publications sponsored by political parties, political committees or affiliated organizations, as such terms are defined in Section 23-15-801.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.