Bill Text: MS SB2914 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi Senate Bill 2914 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Hunting; increase fines for trespass and conform hunting on lands of another without permission.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [SB2914 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2914-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

By: Senator(s) Gollott

Senate Bill 2914

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-17-93, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR TRESPASS; TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-79, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM HUNTING ON THE LANDS OF ANOTHER WITHOUT PERMISSION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 97-17-93, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

97-17-93. (1) Any person who knowingly enters the lands of another without the permission of or without being accompanied by the landowner or the lessee of the land, or the agent of such landowner or lessee, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Upon conviction of any person for a second or subsequent offense, the offenses being committed within five (5) years of the last offense, such person shall be punished by a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. This section shall not apply to the landowner's or lessee's family, guests, or agents, to a surveyor as provided in Section 73-13-103, or to persons entering upon such lands for lawful business purposes.

(2) (a) It shall be the duty of sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and conservation officers to enforce this section.

(b) Such officers shall enforce this section by issuing a citation to those charged with trespassing under this section.

(3) The provisions of this section are supplementary to the provisions of any other statute of this state.

(4) A prosecution under the provisions of this section shall be dismissed upon the request of the landowner, lessee of the land or agent of such landowner or lessee, as the case may be.

SECTION 2. Section 49-7-79, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

49-7-79. (1) It is unlawful to hunt, shoot, or trap or otherwise trespass on the lands or leases of another without the permission of or without being accompanied by the landowner or the lessee of the land.

(2) A violation of this section is punishable as provided for trespass in Section 97-17-93.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.