MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Agriculture

By: Representatives Eaton, Stringer, Warren, Robinson (84th), Saucier, Vince, Bozeman, Wallace, Straughter

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 95-5-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE TIME FOR RECOVERY OF DAMAGES FOR CUTTING TREES WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 95-5-29, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

95-5-29. An action for the remedies and penalties provided by Section 95-5-10 may be prosecuted in any court of competent jurisdiction within twenty-four (24) months from the time the injury was committed and not after. All other actions for any specific penalty given by this chapter may be prosecuted in any court of competent jurisdiction within twelve (12) months from the time the injury was committed, and not after; and a recovery of any penalty herein given shall not be a bar to any action for further damages, or to any criminal prosecution for any such offense as herein enumerated. A party, if he so elect, may, under any of the provisions of this chapter, claim less than the penalty given.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.