Bill Text: MS SB2263 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Corrections; clarify prohibition against possessing unauthorized items in correctional facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-05 - Approved by Governor [SB2263 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2263-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Corrections
By: Senator(s) Tollison, Jackson (11th)
Senate Bill 2263
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-193, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSING UNAUTHORIZED ITEMS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 47-5-193, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
47-5-193. It is unlawful for any officer or employee of the department, of any county sheriff's department, of any private correctional facility in this state in which offenders are confined, of any municipal or other correctional facility in this state, or for any other person or offender to possess, furnish, attempt to furnish, or assist in furnishing to any offender confined in this state any weapon, deadly weapon, unauthorized electronic device, contraband item, or cell phone or any of its components or accessories to include, but not limited to, Subscriber Information Module (SIM) cards or chargers * * *. It is unlawful for any person or offender to take, attempt to take, or assist in taking any weapon, deadly weapon, unauthorized electronic device, contraband item, cell phone or any of its components or accessories to include, but not limited to, Subscriber Information Module (SIM) cards or chargers * * * on property within the state belonging to the department, a county, a municipality, or other entity that is occupied or used by offenders, except as authorized by law.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
