Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2712
Alcoholic beverage; place restrictions on number of package retailer's permits issued and restrict locations; applicant must be resident.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2017, NOT MORE THAN ONE PACKAGE RETAILER'S PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF A MUNICIPALITY FOR EVERY 6,500 RESIDENTS OF THE MUNICIPALITY ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS; TO PROVIDE THAT PACKAGE RETAILER'S PERMITS THAT WERE ISSUED PRIOR TO JULY 1, 2017, SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT REGARDLESS OF SUCH LIMIT AND MAY BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED BY THE PERMITTEE TO ANY OTHER QUALIFIED APPLICANT AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW; TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, A PACKAGE RETAILER'S PERMIT SHALL NOT BE ISSUED FOR A LOCATION THAT IS WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF AN EXISTING PACKAGE STORE OR, IF THE PACKAGE STORE IS LOCATED IN A MALL OR SHOPPING CENTER, WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF THE MALL OR SHOPPING CENTER; HOWEVER, A PACKAGE RETAILER PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED FOR A LOCATION WITHIN THE TWO-MILE LIMIT IF A WRITTEN WAIVER IS OBTAINED FROM ALL HOLDERS OF PACKAGE RETAIL PERMITS WHO OPERATE PACKAGE STORES WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION; TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-57, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT APPLICANTS FOR A PACKAGE RETAILER'S PERMIT MUST HAVE BEEN A BONA FIDE RESIDENT OF THE STATE FOR ONE YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO PRIOR TO THE DATE OF APPLICATION; 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 16 to January 31, 2017, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.