MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2004 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative McBride

House Bill 1173

AN ACT TO ALLOW HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS TO RETAIN AN ASSIGNED DOG WHEN THE DOG IS RETIRED FROM SERVICE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  A member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol shall be allowed to retain as his personal property any dog assigned to such member when the dog is retired from service in the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2004.