Bill Text: MS HB988 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi House Bill 988 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Sex offender propensity; chancery court may order custody in mental health facility.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB988 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-HB988-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Banks

House Bill 988

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CHANCERY COURTS TO ORDER PERSONS WITH SEXUAL OFFENDER PROPENSITIES TO BE HELD PENDING EVALUATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. If the chancery court finds, through evidence and testimony, that a person has a propensity to commit an act that would be considered a sex offense, as defined in Section 45-33-23, then the court shall order such person to be held in a mental health facility. Such person shall remain in the mental health facility until two (2) licensed physicians determine through physical and mental examination that such person no longer has a propensity to commit an act that would be considered a sex offense as defined in Section 45-33-23.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.