Bill Text: MS HB846 | 2023 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Sixteenth Section land; revise zoning authority of local governing entities to prohibit restrictions on school districts' ability to build on said lands.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2023-02-28 - Died In Committee [HB846 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-HB846-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Public Property
By: Representative Bell (21st)
House Bill 846
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 29-3-132, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE ZONING AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNING ENTITIES TO PROHIBIT SUCH ENTITIES FROM RESTRICTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS' ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT FACILITIES ON SIXTEENTH SECTION LANDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 29-3-132, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
29-3-132. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or modify any power or authority of a county, municipality, or combination thereof, or any zoning or planning board or agency, or similar public authority, to adopt and enforce zoning or land use laws, ordinances or regulations. However, no such laws, ordinances or regulations shall be used to prohibit, restrict or interfere with school districts' use of Sixteenth Section lands for the construction and operation of educational or extracurricular facilities.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.
