Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the sale and manufacture of wine and liquor in municipalities with 5,000 or fewer residents inside a dry county in the state of Mississippi.

Highlights:

• Authorizes Alcohol Sales in Municipalities with less than 5,000 Residents in Dry Counties (Sec. 1). 

• Alleges that the official policy of the state is in favor of legal alcohol production (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that this act does not apply to counties that have voted to institute a ban on alcoholic beverages (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that counties may hold elections to make alcoholic beverages legal or illegal in the county (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that these elections cannot be held in designated resort areas (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that it is still illegal to sell, bottle, manufacture, or distribute alcohol without obtaining a permit (Sec. 1).

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