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AMENDMENT NO 2 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No. 1004

BY: Senator(s) Chism

     AMEND by inserting after line 327 the following language and renumbering subsequent subsections:

(5)  Any person required to register under this section is prohibited from living in campus student housing at an institution of higher learning or community college supported in whole or in part by the State of Mississippi.

(6)  Civil liability:

(a)  A person may assert a violation of subsection (5) of this section as a claim or defense in a judicial or administrative proceeding and obtain compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief or any other appropriate relief.  Such claim may be brought against any applicable governmental entity for each building under its ownership, control or lease which caused or contributed to a violation of this subsection (6).

(b)  A person under eighteen (18) years of age may bring an action throughout their minority through a parent or next friend and may bring an action in their own name upon reaching the age of majority.

(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action under this subsection (6) may be commenced, and relief may be granted, in a judicial proceeding without regard to whether the person commencing the action has sought or exhausted available administrative remedies.

(d)  In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of this subsection (6), a prevailing party who establishes a violation of this subsection (6) shall recover reasonable attorney's fees.

FURTHER, AMEND the title to conform.