Bill Text: MS SB2751 | 2023 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Sixteenth Section lands; no law, ordinance or regulation shall prohibit school districts from using for educational facilities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-14 - Approved by Governor [SB2751 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-SB2751-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Senator(s) Hopson, Jackson, Seymour
Senate Bill 2751
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 29-3-132, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO LAW, ORDINANCE OR REGULATION SHALL PROHIBIT, RESTRICT OR INTERFERE WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS' USE OF SIXTEENTH SECTION LANDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF EDUCATIONAL OR EXTRACURRICULAR FACILITIES; 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; provided, however, that such laws, ordinances or regulations shall not 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.
