Mississippi House Bill 351 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - 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. Willie Bailey [D]	Rep. Kelvin Buck [D]	Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]	Rep. Alyce Clarke [D]
Rep. Esther Harrison [D]	Rep. John Hines [D]	Rep. Stephen Holland [D]	Rep. Robert Huddleston [D]
Rep. Robert Johnson [D]	Rep. America Middleton [D]	Rep. David Myers [D]	Rep. John Read [R]
Rep. Rufus Straughter [D]	Rep. Sara Thomas [D]	Rep. Charles Young [D]

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

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