Bill Text: MS SB2336 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Drug and paraphernalia possession cases; assess fee of $25.00 per exhibit.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [SB2336 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2336-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Drug Policy
By: Senator(s) Albritton
Senate Bill 2336
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-154, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ASSESS A FEE OF $25.00 PER EXHIBIT IN ANY DRUG OR PARAPHERNALIA POSSESSION CASE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 41-29-154, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
41-29-154. Any controlled substance or paraphernalia seized under the authority of this article or any other law of Mississippi or of the United States, shall be destroyed, adulterated and disposed of or otherwise rendered harmless and disposed of, upon written authorization of the director, after such substance or paraphernalia has served its usefulness as evidence or after such substance or paraphernalia is no longer useful for training or demonstration purposes.
A record of the disposition of such substances and paraphernalia and the method of destruction or adulteration employed along with the names of witnesses to such destruction or adulteration shall be retained by the director.
No substance or paraphernalia shall be disposed of, destroyed or rendered harmless under the authority of this section without an order from the director and without at least two (2) officers or agents of the bureau present as witnesses.
In all misdemeanor and felony drug possession and possession of paraphernalia cases where controlled substances or paraphernalia are seized under the authority of this article, the judges shall assess and the clerks of the appropriate court shall collect a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per exhibit of controlled substance or paraphernalia for the cost of evidence destruction and forward the fee to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.
