Bill Text: MS SB2575 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Alcoholic beverages; qualified resort areas may be established in dry counties only after a countywide vote.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee [SB2575 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2011-SB2575-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Finance
By: Senator(s) Yancey
Senate Bill 2575
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2011, A RESORT AREA MAY NOT BE ESTABLISHED IN A COUNTY THAT HAS NOT VOTED IN FAVOR OF COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DRY LAW UNLESS AN ELECTION IS HELD IN THE COUNTY ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER QUALIFIED RESORT AREAS SHALL BE ALLOWED IN THE COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 67-1-16, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
67-1-16. (1) * * * From and after July 1, 2011, before an area in a county that has not voted in favor of coming out from under the dry law may be designated as a qualified resort area as defined in Section 67-1-5(o)(iii) * * *, an election shall be held, under the election laws applicable to the county, on the question of whether qualified resort areas shall be allowed in the county. An election to determine whether qualified resort areas shall be allowed in the county shall be ordered by the board of supervisors, upon presentation to the board of a petition containing the names of at least twenty percent (20%) of the duly qualified voters of the county asking for the election. An election on the question may not be held by the county more often than once each year.
(2) Thirty (30) days' notice shall be given to the qualified electors of the county, in the manner prescribed by law, on the question of allowing qualified resort areas to be established. The notice shall contain a statement of the question to be voted on at the election. The ballots used in the election shall have the following words printed thereon: "FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF QUALIFIED RESORT AREAS," and next below, "AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT OF QUALIFIED RESORT AREAS." In marking his ballot, the voter shall make a cross (X) opposite the words of his choice.
(3) Qualified resort areas may be established if a majority of the qualified electors voting in the election vote for such establishment. A qualified resort area may not be established if a majority of the qualified electors voting in the election vote against such establishment.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.
