Bill Text: MS HB566 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State boundaries; clarify in statute.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee [HB566 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2020-HB566-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Constitution
By: Representative Brown (20th)
House Bill 566
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 3-3-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
3-3-1. The limits and
boundaries * * * of the State of Mississippi shall consist of all
territory included within the boundaries described in the act of Congress of
March 1, 1817, together with all territory ceded to the State of Mississippi by
later acts of Congress or by compacts or agreements with other states, as such
territory and boundaries may have been or may be modified by the United States
Supreme Court, which extends three (3) miles South of Cat Island,
Ship Island, Horn Island and Petit Bois Island off shore to three (3) Marine
Leagues.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.
