MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
By: The Entire Membership
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL HUNTING SEASON FOR TERMINALLY ILL YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall establish a special hunting season for terminally ill youth under the age of eighteen (18). This season may be any days in length but only for the class of persons deemed terminally ill by the commission. This special hunting season for terminally ill youth may run concurrently with the primitive weapons season on deer or any other seasons. The commission shall select participants, set the cost of permits, if any, the number of permits to be issued and the length of the special seasons.
(2) The commission shall establish and regulate special youth hunts for all nonmigratory game birds and animals outside of the open season on wildlife management areas and on private lands for terminally ill youth under the age of eighteen (18). This season may be any days in length but only for the class of persons deemed terminally ill by the commission. The commission shall select participants, set the cost of permits, if any, the number of permits to be issued and the length of the special seasons.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.