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MS HB1418
Bill
Status
Failed
2/11/2010
Primary Sponsor
Henry Zuber
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AI Summary
- Creates a new "cultural, civic or community arts center" permit allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages on the premises, but only during hours when activities, classes, or events are being conducted and only to patrons of those events
- Defines a cultural, civic or community arts center as an establishment located in a building on the National Register of Historic Places, operated by a nonprofit organization, and conducting activities in the visual, performing, literary, musical, media, crafts, or culinary arts
- Establishes a limited exception to the standard 400-foot distance restriction on alcohol sales near churches, schools, kindergartens, and funeral homes for qualifying cultural, civic or community arts centers, though the school exception applies only during hours when the school is not in session
- Sets the annual privilege license tax for the new permit at $225.00, with an additional $250.00 for each $5,000.00 in purchases exceeding the initial $5,000.00 threshold
- Effective date of July 1, 2010, amending Mississippi Code Sections 67-1-5, 67-1-51, and 27-71-5
Legislative Description
Alcoholic beverages; authorize limited sales during events at cultural, civic or community arts center.
Last Action
Died On Calendar
2/11/2010
Full Bill Text
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