Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2747
Alcoholic beverages, light wine and beer; allow municipalities in dry county to vote on legalizing sales of in the municipality.
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 ANY MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF NOT LESS THAN 5,000 ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS THAT IS LOCATED IN A COUNTY THAT HAS VOTED AGAINST COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DRY LAW MAY CONDUCT A LOCAL OPTION ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY BE SOLD OR POSSESSED IN THE MUNICIPALITY; 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 AUTHORIZE ANY CITY TO CONDUCT A LOCAL OPTION ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER LIGHT WINE AND BEER MAY BE SOLD ORPOSSESSED IN THE MUNICIPALITY; 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 18 to February 2, 2010, 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 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 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.