MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2002 Regular Session
To: Ports and Marine Resources
By: Senator(s) Hewes
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 49-15-85, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS THE TAKING AND POSSESSION OF EGG-BEARING CRABS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 49-15-85, Mississippi Code of 1972, which prohibits the taking and possession of female egg-bearing crabs, is repealed.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.