MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Education; Public Property
By: Senator(s) Hill
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE AN OFFICIAL DATING STANDARD TO BE USED BY ANY PUBLIC MUSEUM OR PUBLICATION FUNDED BY THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The official dating standard used by any museum or publication funded in whole or in part by the State of Mississippi or any political subdivision thereof shall be "A.D." or "Anno Domini" and "B.C." or "Before Christ." Neither the state nor any subdivision of the state, or official or employee of the state or subdivision of the state, acting in an official capacity, shall use any other designation.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.