MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2021 Regular Session

To: Judiciary, Division B

By: Senator(s) Sparks, England, Suber, McLendon, Boyd, McCaughn

Senate Bill 2552

(COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-15-107, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS CHARGED WITH CRIMES OF FRAUD OR EMBEZZLEMENT EXCEEDING A CERTAIN AMOUNT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PRETRIAL INTERVENTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 99-15-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     99-15-107.  A person shall not be * * * considered eligible for the intervention program provided by Sections 99-15-101 through 99-15-127 if * * * he or she the person has been charged with:

(a)  Any crime of violence * * * pursuant to listed in Section 97-3-2 * * *.;

(b) * * *A person shall not be eligible for acceptance into the intervention program provided by Sections 99‑15‑101 through 99‑15‑127 if such person has been charged with  Any offense pertaining to trafficking in a controlled substance, as provided in Section 41-29-139(f); or

(c)  Any crime of fraud or embezzlement committed in a public office pursuant to Section 97-7-11 or 97-11-31, amounting to or exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.

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