MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2000 Regular Session
To: Wildlife and Fisheries
By: Senator(s) Burton
Senate Bill 2227
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-20, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE SUPERVISED HUNT AT THE END OF HUNTER EDUCATION COURSES; 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 unless the person has been issued certification of satisfactory completion of a hunter education course approved by the department. After completion of the course work, the department shall require persons under the age of twenty-one (21) to participate in a simulated hunt as a requirement for certification.
(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, 2000.