MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2002 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Flaggs

House Bill 97

(COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-37-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PENALTIES FOR BOMB THREATS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 97-37-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     97-37-21.  It shall be unlawful for any person to report to another by any means that a bomb or other explosive has been, or is to be, placed or secreted in any public or private place, knowing that such report is false.  Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or shall be committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years, or both.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.