Bill Text: MS SB2537 | 2022 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Fireworks; reduce offense for violation of law from felony to misdemeanor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-03-09 - Died On Calendar [SB2537 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2022-SB2537-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) England
Senate Bill 2537
(As Passed the Senate)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-13-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE A VIOLATION OF THE ARTICLE THAT REGULATES THE SALE AND STORAGE OF FIREWORKS FROM A FELONY TO A MISDEMEANOR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 45-13-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
45-13-15. Any person, firm,
partnership or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be
guilty of a * * * misdemeanor, and shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) * * *
or imprisonment in the county jail * * * for a term not to
exceed one (1) year, or both a fine and term of imprisonment. In
addition to said criminal penalties, any person, firm, partnership or
corporation violating any provision of this article shall be responsible for
any and all injuries, deaths and property damage caused by or resulting from
illegal fireworks sold by such person, firm, partnership or corporation which
is prohibited by this article within the State of Mississippi, and any injured
person or his legal representatives, shall have a right to bring a civil action
against the dealer, distributor or manufacturer or person who sold said
fireworks, whether said dealer, distributor or manufacturer or person be
located in this state or not. Any dealer, distributor or manufacturer or
person located outside of this state who shall sell fireworks in Mississippi
shall make, constitute and appoint the Secretary of State as their lawful agent
for service of process in any civil proceeding brought under the provisions of
this article, to recover all damages caused or resulting from the sale of any
fireworks prohibited by this article.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.
