MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2001 Regular Session

To: Conservation and Water Resources

By: Representative Ellington

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 49-15-98, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS OPERATING COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSELS AT NIGHT WITHOUT DISPLAYING THE LIGHTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 49-15-98, Mississippi Code of 1972, which prohibits operating a commercial fishing vessel at night without displaying the lights, is repealed.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2001.