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MS SB2855

Bill

Status

Failed

2/3/2026

Primary Sponsor

Brice Wiggins

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Defines a specific industrial zone in Jackson County near Pascagoula, Mississippi, through detailed boundary descriptions referencing township and section lines extending into the Mississippi Sound
  • Allows operators of qualifying industrial projects to enter into agreements with municipalities for up to 30 years preventing annexation of the project site without written consent from the operator
  • Expands existing anti-annexation protections (previously limited to certain state-designated projects) to include the newly defined industrial zone
  • Makes any such annexation protection agreement binding on future municipal governing authorities for the duration of the agreement term
  • Amends Section 21-1-59 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, which governs municipal boundary changes and annexation procedures

Legislative Description

Industrial project; define and allow to enter 30-year agreement with municipality that municipality shall not annex.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/3/2026

Committee Referrals

Finance1/19/2026

Full Bill Text

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