MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

By: Senator(s) Seymour

Senate Bill 2330

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE FOR HUNTING, FISHING AND TRAPPING VIOLATION PURPOSES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 49-7-49, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     49-7-49. * * *For the purpose of this chapter,  The fact that any person shall be found in the possession * * *of a trap, fishing tackle, or other device of any description whatsoever used for the purpose of taking wild animals, wild birds or fish in the natural habitat of such animals, birds, or fish, or in the possession of dead bodies of wild birds, wild animals or fish within the field, in the forests or * * *on the public highways or on the waters of this state, shall be prima facie evidence that such person is or has been hunting, trapping, or fishing.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.

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