Bill Text: MS HB955 | 2020 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

Mississippi House Bill 955 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Hunting or fishing; provide that possession of certain items is prima facie evidence that a person is.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2020-03-12 - Died On Calendar [HB955 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2020-HB955-Comm_Sub.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2020 Regular Session

To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

By: Representative Bounds

House Bill 955

(COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)

AN ACT TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 49-7-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES ARE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF HUNTING AND FISHING, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 49-7-49, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:

49-7-49. For the purpose of this chapter, the fact that any person shall be found in the possession of a trap, fishing tackle, or other device of any description whatsoever used for the purpose of taking wild animals, wild birds or fish in the natural habitat of such animals, birds, or fish, or in the possession of dead bodies of wild birds, wild animals or fish within the field, in the forests or on the public highways or on the waters of this state, shall be prima facie evidence that such person is or has been hunting, trapping, or fishing.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.