Senate Bill 2463

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 33-13-613, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW THE ADJUTANT GENERAL TO DESIGNATE THE CONFINEMENT FACILITY WHEN THE SENTENCE OF A COURT-MARTIAL ADJUDGES CONFINEMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 33-13-613, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

33-13-613. (1) In the state military forces not in federal service, the processes and sentences of its courts-martial shall be executed by the civil officers prescribed by the laws of the state.

(2) When the sentence of a court-martial, as approved and ordered executed, adjudges confinement, and the convening authority has approved the same in whole or in part, the reviewing authority, or the commanding officer for the time being, as the case may be, shall issue a warrant of commitment to the sheriff of the county in which such court-martial was held * * *or, where the offense was committed, or of the county in which a confinement facility as designated by the Adjutant General is located, directing such sheriff to take the body of the person so sentenced and confine him in the county jail of such county for the period named in such sentence, as approved, or until he may be directed to release him by proper authority.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.