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Mississippi Code Title 75. Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments § 75-76-7

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1) Repealed.

(2) From and after October 1, 1993, the Mississippi Gaming Commission, consisting of three (3) members, is hereby created.

(3)(a) Each member of the commission shall be:

(i) A citizen of the United States; and

(ii) A resident of the State of Mississippi.

(b) One (1) member of the commission shall have been a resident for not less than five (5) years of a county in which gaming is authorized at the time of appointment.

(4) No member of the Legislature, no person holding any elective office, nor any officer or official of any political party shall be eligible to appointment to the commission.

(5) It is the intention of the Legislature that the commission shall be composed of the most qualified persons available, preferably no two (2) of whom shall be of the same profession or major field of industry; but no person actively engaged or having a direct pecuniary interest in gaming activities shall be a member of the commission.

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