MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Marine Resources
By: Representative Eure
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES OF THE TERRITORIAL WATERS 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 territorial waters of the State of Mississippi * * *
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 which extends three (3) miles of
Cat Island, Ship Island, Horn Island and Petit Bois Island off shore to three
(3) Marine Leagues.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.