MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A

By: Representative Stringer

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-3-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE RETIRING MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU OF NARCOTICS TO RETAIN THEIR SIDEARMS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 45-3-51, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

45-3-51. Each member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol or the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics who retires under the Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System or the Public Employees' Retirement System, for superannuation or for reason of disability shall be allowed to retain, as his personal property, one (1) sidearm which was issued * * * under authority of Section 45-3-19 or 41-29-159.

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