Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2070
Alcoholic beverages and beer; require separate election to allow sale of when a wet city annexes a portion of a dry county.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS VOTED TO PERMIT THE SALE, AND THE RECEIPT, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE, OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES EXTENDS ITS BOUNDARIES INTO A COUNTY THAT HAS VOTED AGAINST COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DRY LAW, THEN THE SALE, AND THE RECEIPT, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE, OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE PORTION OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY EXTENDED INTO SUCH A COUNTY UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY AN ELECTION HELD FOR THAT PURPOSE AFTER THE DATE THE BOUNDARIES OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY ARE EXTENDED INTO SUCH A COUNTY; TO AMEND SECTION 67-3-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS VOTED TO PERMIT THE SALE, AND THE RECEIPT, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE, OF BEER OF AN ALCOHOLIC CONTENT OF NOT MORE THAN 5% BY WEIGHT EXTENDS ITS BOUNDARIES INTO A COUNTY THAT HAS VOTED AGAINST ALLOWING THE TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, SALE, DISTRIBUTION, RECEIPT AND/OR MANUFACTURE OF BEER OF AN ALCOHOLIC CONTENT OF NOT MORE THAN 5%, THEN THE SALE, AND THE RECEIPT, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE, OF BEER OF AN ALCOHOLIC CONTENT OF NOT MORE THAN 5% BY WEIGHT SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE PORTION OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY EXTENDED INTO SUCH A COUNTY UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY AN ELECTION HELD FOR THAT PURPOSE AFTER THE DATE THE BOUNDARIES OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY ARE EXTENDED INTO SUCH A COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 14 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 14 to Feb 19 · stopped36 days
FinanceJan 14 to Feb 19 · stopped36 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.