MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Hill, Watson, Blackwell
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 49-7-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT RECORDS OF HUNTING, FISHING AND TRAPPING LICENSE APPLICATIONS, OR INFORMATION RELATED TO THE HOLDERS OF SUCH LICENSES FROM THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACT OF 1983; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following shall be codified as Section 49-7-4, Mississippi Code of 1972:
49-7-4. The records of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks relating to applications for and sales of any resident or nonresident licenses issued under this chapter, and all records related to holders of such licenses, are exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983, in accordance with Section 25-61-11, and shall be released only upon order of a court having proper jurisdiction over a petition for release of the record or records. However, upon request, the records specified in this section shall be available to all law enforcement agencies.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.