MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Game and Fish

By: Representative Livingston

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-20, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF PROCURING A HUNTING LICENSE BECAUSE OF DISABILITY SHALL NOT BE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF SATISFACTORILY COMPLETING AN APPROVED HUNTER EDUCATION COURSE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 49-7-20, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

49-7-20. (1) It is unlawful for any person born on or after January 1, 1972, to procure any hunting license provided by the department, or to hunt if such person is exempt from the requirement of procuring a hunting license because of disability as authorized under Section 49-7-5(2)(a), unless the person has been issued certification of satisfactory completion of a hunter education course approved by the department.

(2) It is unlawful for any person to issue any license provided by the department to any person born on or after January 1, 1972, unless the purchaser has provided valid certification of satisfactory completion of a hunter education course approved by the department.

(3) It is unlawful for any person to fraudulently obtain a hunter education certification.

(4) The department may revoke any hunting license or hunter education certification upon determination that the holder was not entitled to issuance or obtained the license or certification by any fraudulent means.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1999.