MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2007 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Doxey
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW STATE AND LOCAL POLICE TO ASSIST FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ENFORCE LAWS AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 45-1-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
45-1-3. (1) When not otherwise specifically provided, the commissioner is authorized to make and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to be coordinated, and carry out the general provisions of the Highway Safety Patrol and Driver's License Law of 1938.
(2) The commissioner is authorized to make and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to receive intelligence from federal authorities relating to homeland security and ensure that, to the extent allowed by law, all appropriate and necessary intelligence and law enforcement of this state assist the federal government relating to immigration and efforts to improve the security of the borders, territorial waters and ports of the United States.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2007.