MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Hopson
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-29-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR VOYEURISM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 97-29-61, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
97-29-61. (1) Any person
who enters upon real property whether the original entry is legal or not, and
thereafter pries or peeps through a window or other opening in a dwelling or
other building structure for the lewd, licentious and indecent purpose of
spying upon the occupants thereof, shall be guilty of a felonious trespass, and
upon conviction shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of
Corrections not more than * * *five (5) ten (10) years.
(2) When one or more
occupants spied upon is a child under sixteen (16) years of age, a person who
violates subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of felonious trespass,
and upon conviction shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of
Corrections not more than * * *ten (10) fifteen (15) years.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.