MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2013 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A

By: Representatives Brown (20th), Arnold, Currie

House Bill 949

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 3-3-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     3-3-1.  The limits and boundaries of the State of Mississippi * * *are as fixed in  3 of the Constitution of the said state shall consist of all territory included within the boundaries described in the act of Congress of March 1, 1817, together with all territory ceded to the State of Mississippi by later acts of Congress or by compacts or agreements with other states, as such territory and boundaries may have been or may be modified by the United States Supreme Court.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.

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