MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2004 Regular Session
To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
By: Representative McCoy
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-38, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ISSUANCE BY THE COMMISSION ON WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS OF SPECIAL LICENSES ALLOWING DISABLED PERSONS TO HUNT WITH A CROSSBOW; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 49-7-38, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
49-7-38. The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a special license to hunt deer, turkey and small game with a crossbow to any person sixty-five (65) years of age or older or to any person having a disability which totally and permanently prevents the person from using a long bow or other conventional archery equipment as first certified bya physician duly licensed to practice medicine in this state or, if the license applicant is a nonresident, in the applicant's state of residence. The physician's certificate shall be on the physician's letterhead or on a form prepared or approved by the commission. The commission shall designate the fee for the license. The commission shall set the crossbow season for small game. A special licensee under this section may take deer or turkey with a crossbow during the respective seasons on deer and turkey.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2004.