MS HB1421

Adds a new category (item 16) to the definition of "qualified resort area" for facilities with 500+ person capacity used for private events on specific land in a county where U.S. Highway 45 and U.S. Highway 72 intersect, in a county that has not voted to come out from under the dry law.

Maintains existing prohibitions preventing department approval of qualified resort areas within 2 miles of convents or monasteries in counties traversed by Interstate 55 and U.S. Highway 98, unless the convent or monastery provides written waiver.

Specifies that the status of the new facility category does not require any formal declaration by the department to qualify as a resort area.

Takes effect July 1, 2020.