Senate Bill 2475

AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES LICENSE HOLDERS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. All records of the Department of Marine Resources relating to applications for and sales of any resident or nonresident licenses issues under Title 49, Chapter 15, Mississippi Code of 1972, and all records related to holders of such license, are exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983, in accordance with Section 25-61-11, and shall be released only upon order of a court having proper jurisdiction over a petition for release of the record or records. However, upon request, the records specified in this section shall be available to all law enforcement agencies.

SECTION 2. Section 1 of this act shall be codified in Title 25, Chapter 61, Mississippi Code of 1972.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.