MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Game and Fish

By: Representative Rotenberry

House Bill 1635

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-148, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW HANDICAPPED HUNTERS REASONABLE ACCESS ON PUBLIC WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS WITH ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

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

 

SECTION 1. Section 49-7-148, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

49-7-148. The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may provide handicapped hunters reasonable access to hunting areas in public wildlife management areas under its jurisdiction. The department shall also allow restricted use of all-terrain vehicles by handicapped hunters on such areas. The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall promulgate rules and regulations for reasonable access and include a definition of "handicapped hunters" as used in this section.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1998.