Bill Text: MS SB2819 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Lotteries; repeal advertising prohibitions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [SB2819 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-SB2819-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Finance

By: Senator(s) Simmons (12th)

Senate Bill 2819

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 97-33-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS THE ADVERTISING OF LOTTERIES; TO REPEAL SECTION 97-33-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS PUBLICATION OR CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS ADVERTISING A LOTTERY; TO REPEAL SECTION 97-33-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS THE SALE OF NEWSPAPERS CONTAINING A LOTTERY ADVERTISEMENT; 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  Section 97-33-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, which prohibits the advertising of lotteries, is repealed.

     SECTION 2.  Section 97-33-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, which prohibits publication or circulation of newspapers advertising a lottery, is repealed.

     SECTION 3.  Section 97-33-37, Mississippi Code of 1972, which prohibits the sale of newspapers containing a lottery advertisement, is repealed.

     SECTION 4.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.