Bill Text: MS HB816 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Residence; establish rebuttable presumption that for purposes of homestead exemption is same for purposes of election law.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [HB816 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2016-HB816-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2016 Regular Session

To: Apportionment and Elections

By: Representative Young

House Bill 816

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF CHAPTER 15, TITLE 23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, THERE IS A STRONG REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT THE LOCATION OF PROPERTY THAT A PERSON CLAIMS FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS THE PERSON'S RESIDENCE.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  For the purposes of Chapter 15, Title 23, Mississippi Code of 1972, there is a strong rebuttable presumption that the county, municipality or political subdivision in which a person claims any real property for homestead exemption in accordance with 85-3-21, is also the location of the person's residence.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.