MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Malone

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-11-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SHALL BE GUILTY OF EXTORTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

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

SECTION 1. Section 97-11-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

97-11-33. If any judge, justice court judge, sheriff, constable, assessor, collector, clerk, county medical examiner, county medical examiner investigator, employee of the Department of Corrections, or any other officer, shall knowingly demand, take, or collect, under color of his office, any money fee or reward whatever, not authorized by law, or shall demand and receive, knowingly, any fee for service not actually performed, such officer, so offending, shall be guilty of extortion, and, on conviction, shall be punished by fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both, and shall be removed from office.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1997.