Mississippi Gaming Control Act — Gulf Coast & River County Casino Siting Preemption (MS)
Tracked preemption from the Mississippi overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1990-06-29
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:MS
Other Mississippi preemptions
Mississippi Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup & Redevelopment ActMississippi Coastal Preserves System — Tidelands Trust & MDMR Designated PreservesMississippi Tax Increment Financing Act — Redevelopment & Economic Development TIFMississippi Agricultural Districts & Agricultural Land PreservationMississippi Coastal Wetlands Protection Law — MDMR Permit JurisdictionMississippi Floodplain Management Act — NFIP Compliance & SFHA Construction StandardsMississippi Military Installation Influence — AICUZ Coordination (Keesler AFB, Columbus AFB, NAS Meridian, Stennis Space Center, Camp Shelby)Mississippi Inland Wetlands & Waters — §401 Water Quality Certification
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
AND
parcel.has_active_casino_overlay==True- OR
city.county_fips∈ {28045,28047,28059}parcel.adjacent_to_mississippi_river_navigable_channel==True
Preempted fields
2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
base_districts[*].casino_gaming_use_eligibility | override | state_gaming_commission_license_required | §75-76 vests gaming licensure exclusively with the Mississippi Gaming Commission; local zoning may regulate location but cannot grant or deny a gaming license |
base_districts[*].casino_siting_corridor | override | post_katrina_onshore_within_800_ft_msl_or_existing_riverboat_site | Post-Katrina amendments (§97-33-1 / §27-109-1 amendments, 2005) allow onshore casino development within 800 feet of the mean high-water line in Hancock, Harrison, Jackson; river counties continue to operate dockside/floating per §75-76-33 |
Citation
Authority source
Miss. Code Ann. §§75-76-1 through 75-76-281 (Mississippi Gaming Control Act); §97-33-1 (general gaming prohibition + Gulf Coast/river-county exceptions); 2005 Special Session Ch. 13 (post-Katrina onshore allowance)
§ §§75-76-1 et seq.; §97-33-1
Research notes
Eligible counties under §97-33-1 are the three Gulf Coast counties (Hancock, Harrison, Jackson) plus Mississippi River counties (Adams, Claiborne, Coahoma, DeSoto, Hancock, Issaquena, Jefferson, Tunica, Warren, Washington) where county-level local-option referendum has authorized gaming. Counties that have NOT held or have rejected the local-option vote remain casino-prohibited. Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport, D'Iberville, Tunica, Vicksburg, Greenville, Natchez are the primary casino-siting jurisdictions. Post-Katrina onshore allowance fundamentally changed Gulf Coast casino siting — the prior dockside-only regime had required moored vessels. Gaming Commission location approval is separate from §17-1 zoning approval; both required.