MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2001 Regular Session

To: Corrections

By: Senator(s) Smith

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-731, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE REPEALER ON THE PRISON OVERCROWDING EMERGENCY POWERS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 47-5-731, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

47-5-731. Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729, Mississippi Code of 1972, which create the Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act, shall stand repealed from and after July 1, 2002.

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