Mississippi Constitution
Article 14, § 271 — Consolidation of counties
Mississippi Const. art. 14, § 271
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Miss. Const. art. 14, § 271.
Full Text
The Legislature may provide by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the elected members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate for the consolidation of existing counties of the State, provided, however, that such counties combined must be adjoining.
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History
SOURCES: Laws, 1966, ch. 691, eff November 23, 1966. NOTE: The 1966 amendment to Section 271 of the Constitution, which vests the Legislature with exclusive authority to consolidate existing counties, was proposed by House Concurrent Resolution No. 36, adopted at the 1966 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 8, 1966, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 23, 1966, by virtue of the authority vested in him by Section 273 of the Constitution, as amended.