MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
By: Representative Bounds
AN ACT TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 49-7-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES ARE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF HUNTING AND FISHING, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 49-7-49, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
49-7-49. For the purpose of this chapter, the fact that any person shall be found in the possession of a trap, fishing tackle, or other device of any description whatsoever used for the purpose of taking wild animals, wild birds or fish in the natural habitat of such animals, birds, or fish, or in the possession of dead bodies of wild birds, wild animals or fish within the field, in the forests or on the public highways or on the waters of this state, shall be prima facie evidence that such person is or has been hunting, trapping, or fishing.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.