MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2006 Regular Session

To: Corrections

By: Senator(s) Huggins

Senate Bill 2815

(As Passed the Senate)

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 47-5-731, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE REPEAL OF SECTIONS 47-5-701 THROUGH 47-5-729, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATE 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, which provides for the repeal of Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729, Mississippi Code of 1972, creating the Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act, is repealed.   

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