Mississippi House Bill 351 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
March 6 2012 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide For A Statewide Special Election For The Purpose Of Allowing The Electorate To Vote On The Issue Of Establishing A State Lottery As A Form Of Legalized Gaming In The State Of Mississippi; To Set The Date Of November 1, 2012, For The Statewide Special Election; To Require The Secretary Of State To Provide The Ballots To The Election Commissioners Of Each County; To Require That Any Individual Or Political Committee Making Certain Contributions Or Expenditures In Support Of A State Lottery Must File Certain Reports Disclosing Those Contributions And Expenditures; To Establish The "mississippi Lottery For Education" If The Election Allows It; To Create A State Lottery To Fund The Mississippi Hope Scholarship Trust Fund; To Provide That The State Lottery Shall Be Administered By The Mississippi Gaming Commission; To Provide The Powers And Duties Of The Mississippi Gaming Commission Regarding The State Lottery; To Create The Mississippi Hope Scholarship Trust Fund To Provide That A Percentage Of The Proceeds Collected From The Sale Of Lottery Tickets Within A County Shall Be Distributed To That County; To Provide That, After Deducting Certain Administrative And Prize Expenses, The Remainder Of The Net Proceeds Shall Be Deposited Into The Mississippi Hope Scholarship Trust Fund; To Amend Sections 23-15-351, 23-15-355, 23-15-805, 37-106-5, 67-1-71, 75-76-3, 75-76-5, 97-33-9, 97-33-11, 97-33-13, 97-33-21, 97-33-23, 97-33-31, 97-33-33, 97-33-35, 97-33-37, 97-33-39, 97-33-41, 97-33-43, 97-33-45, 97-33-47 And 97-33-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education after statewide election on issue.

Rep Holland	Rep Young	Rep Huddleston	Rep Harrison
Rep Bailey	Rep Thomas	Rep Straughter	Rep Read
Rep Middleton	Rep Hines	Rep Buck	Rep Johnson
Rep Myers	Rep Clarke	Rep Dixon

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-13		Referred To Gaming;Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB0351.xml
Text	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0351IN.htm