Bill Text: MS SB2467 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Military justice; revise the maximum fine imposed by summary courts-martial.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [SB2467 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-SB2467-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Veterans and Military Affairs; Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Parker, DeBar
Senate Bill 2467
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 33-13-159, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MAXIMUM FINE WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED BY SUMMARY COURTS-MARTIAL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 33-13-159, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
33-13-159. (1) Subject to Section 33-13-153 of this code, summary courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, for any offense made punishable by this code.
(2) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction may be brought to trial before a summary
court-martial if he objects thereto. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused, trial may be ordered by special or general court-martial, as may be appropriate.
(3) A summary court-martial
may sentence to a fine of not more than * * * Two Hundred
Fifty Dollars ($250.00) or confinement for not more than twenty-five (25)
days for a single offense and reduction of enlisted personnel to the lowest pay
grade.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.
