MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Elections
By: Senator(s) Doty, Dearing
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FILINGS MAY ESTABLISH A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF A CANDIDATE'S OR ELECTOR'S RESIDENCE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following shall be codified as Section 23-15-4, Mississippi Code of 1972:
23-15-4. For purposes of this chapter, there is a rebuttable presumption that a candidate's or elector's residence is where his homestead exemption is filed.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.