Bill Text: MS HB879 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Lottery advertisements prohibitions; repeal laws providing.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Failed) 2017-02-09 - Died On Calendar [HB879 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-HB879-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Gaming; Appropriations
By: Representative Bennett
House Bill 879
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTIONS 97-33-33, 97-33-35 AND 97-33-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CONTAIN PROHIBITIONS AGAINST THE ADVERTISING OF A LOTTERY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 97-33-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, which prohibits the advertising of any lottery, is repealed.
SECTION 2. Section 97-33-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, which prohibits any newspaper published or circulated in this state from advertising any lottery, is repealed.
SECTION 3. Section 97-33-37, Mississippi Code of 1972, which prohibits a person from selling any newspaper or other publication containing a lottery advertisement, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.
