MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B; Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Wiggins
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE LIST OF OFFENSES FOR WHICH AN ASSESSMENT IS IMPOSED TO BENEFIT THE MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 99-19-75, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
99-19-75. In addition to
any monetary penalties and any other penalties imposed by law, there shall be
imposed and collected from each person upon whom a court imposes a fine or
other penalty for any violation of Section 97-3-54 through 97-3-54.9, 97-3-65,
97-3-95, 97-5-1 et seq. or 97-3-7 * * *, when committed
against a minor, an assessment of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to be
deposited into the Mississippi Children's Trust Fund created in Section 93-21-305 * * * using the
procedures described in Section 99-19-73 * * *.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.