MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
By: Representative Arnold
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-15-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE RIGHTS OF PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO HUNT AND FISH UPON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY OF RECORD WHICH ABUTS A LEVEE STRUCTURE FROM WHICH SUCH ACTIVITIES ARE PROHIBITED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 97-15-27, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
97-15-27. If any person shall hunt or engage in target practice upon any levee structure erected by any board of levee commissioners, the entire landside right-of-way of the levee structure or the riverside right-of-way of the levee structure within a distance of two hundred (200) feet from the toe of the levee structure, the person or persons shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 49-7-141(1) for Class I violations of the game and fish laws.
(2) Nothing in the section shall be construed as limiting or prohibiting private landowners of the right to hunt or fish upon his or her property of record, which may abut a levee structure upon which such activities are prohibited under subsection (1).
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.