MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2004 Regular Session
To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
By: Representative Watson
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 69-7-614, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES PERSONS SELLING FISH TO MAINTAIN RECORDS OF ALL PURCHASES AND SALES, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL FROM JULY 1, 2004, TO JULY 1, 2006; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 69-7-614, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
69-7-614. All persons selling fish within this state that are regulated by this article shall preserve and maintain all records of their purchases and sales of catfish and other fish for a period of two (2) years after such purchases and sales have occurred. If such records are not kept on the premises, then such person has fourteen (14) days to produce the records. This section shall repeal July 1, 2006.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2004.