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Northeast District; allow greater flexibility regarding where the livestock show may be held., the official text

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2026 Regular Session

To: Agriculture

By: Senator(s) Whaley

Senate Bill 2637

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 69-5-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972,
TO ALLOW GREATER FLEXIBILITY REGARDING WHERE THE NORTHEAST DISTRICT LIVESTOCK
SHOW MAY BE HELD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1.  Section
69-5-103, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

69-5-103.  For the purposes
of this article, the State of Mississippi is hereby divided into five (5)
livestock show districts, as follows:

(a)  The Northwest
District, which shall embrace the Counties of Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada,
Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica and Yalobusha
Counties.  The place for holding the livestock show shall be at Batesville, in
Panola County.

(b)  The North Delta
District, which shall embrace the Counties of Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Holmes,
Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Montgomery, Sharkey, Sunflower and Washington
Counties.  The place for holding the livestock show shall be at Greenwood, in
Leflore County.

(c)  The Northeast
District, which shall embrace the Counties of Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun,
Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Oktibbeha,
Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster and Winston.  The place
for holding the livestock show shall be * * * at Verona, in Lee County within the
Northeast District.

(d)  The Southwest
District, which shall embrace the Counties of Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah,
Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Neshoba, Newton,
Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Walthall, Warren, Wilkinson and Yazoo.
The place for holding the livestock show shall be at Jackson, in Hinds County.

(e)  The Southeast
District, which shall embrace the Counties of Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George,
Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper,
Lamar, Lauderdale, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Stone and Wayne.  The place for
holding the livestock show shall be at Hattiesburg, in Forrest County.

SECTION 2.  This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2026.  This act shall
stand repealed on June 30, 2028.
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