Bill Text: MS SB2121 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Legal gaming; limit conduct to counties in which it is already being conducted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [SB2121 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2121-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Finance

By: Senator(s) Yancey

Senate Bill 2121

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-3-79, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT LEGAL GAMING IN COUNTIES OTHER THAN THOSE IN WHICH LEGAL GAMING IS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 19-3-79, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     19-3-79.  (1)  Any person, corporation or other legal entity required to obtain a state gaming license to conduct legal gaming aboard a cruise vessel or vessel, as defined in Section 27-109-1, as prescribed by the Mississippi Gaming Control Act shall, before applying for such license, provide the Mississippi Gaming Commission with a written notice of intent to apply for a license.  The "notice of intent to apply for a gaming license" shall be on a form prescribed by the executive director of the commission and shall state the county in which the intending licensee desires to conduct legal gaming aboard a cruise vessel or vessel, as the case may be.  Within ten (10) days after receipt of a notice of intent to apply for a gaming license, the commission shall require such person, corporation or legal entity to publish the notice once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in which the intending licensee desires to conduct legal gaming aboard a cruise vessel or vessel, as the case may be.

     (2)  Legal gaming may be conducted only in counties in which legal gaming is being conducted on the effective date of this act.

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     SECTION 2.  The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.

     SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.


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