MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2005 Regular Session

To: Corrections

By: Senator(s) Huggins

Senate Bill 2969

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2, CHAPTER 502, LAWS OF 2004, TO REMOVE THE REPEALER ON SECTION 47-5-572, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS PRIVATELY OPERATED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES FROM IMPORTING CERTAIN GOODS MANUFACTURED USING INMATE LABOR FROM ANOTHER STATE INTO THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO BE USED BY INMATES HOUSED IN INSTATE FACILITIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 2, Chapter 502, Laws of 2004, is amended as follows:

     Section 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2004 * * *.

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