MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Corrections

By: Senator(s) Johnson (19th)

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE WORKING OF INMATES WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF A SCHOOL DURING THE HOURS WHEN CHILDREN ARE PRESENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. No inmate participating in a work program shall be allowed to work within five hundred (500) feet of a school during the hours when children are present.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1999.