House Bill 332

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE DEPOSITS PAID INTO THE "VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION 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. (1) 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 97-3-65, 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.

(2) 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 97-3-7, 97-3-54.1, 97-3-65, 97-3-95, 97-5-1 et seq., or 97-29-51, or a felony under Section 99-3-7, an assessment of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and anyone upon whom a court imposes a fine or other penalty for a misdemeanor violation of Section 97-3-7, an assessment of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to be deposited into the "Victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Fund" created in Section 97-3-54.11.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.