Bill Text: MS SB2426 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mississippi Election Code; define residency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee [SB2426 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2024-SB2426-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Elections

By: Senator(s) England

Senate Bill 2426

     AN ACT TO CREATE SECTION 23-15-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CODIFY THE DEFINITION OF RESIDENCY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  The following shall be codified as Section 23-15-9, Mississippi Code of 1972:

     23-15-9.  (1)  For the purpose of the Mississippi Election Code:

          (a)  "Residency" shall be synonymous with domicile.

          (b)  "Residency" shall also mean the address that is the principal physical location that is occupied by a person in Mississippi.  A person establishes residency in a location where the person lives and has the intent to remain.  This intent can be evidenced by the address a person uses for Homestead exemption purposes, a person's address on his or her driver's license or other identification issued by the Mississippi Driver Service Bureau, a person's voter registration, legal documents where a person swears by penalty or perjury of law of the address of their residence, and/or a person's address on an automobile registration.

     (2)  A person has changed his or her residency if he or she:

          (a)  Has abandoned his or her prior home; and

          (b)  Has established a new home, has a present intent to make that place his or her home, and has no present intention to leave that place.

     (3)  A spouse may establish a separate domicile.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.