Bill Text: MS SB2646 | 2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend repeal date.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-03-07 - Approved by Governor [SB2646 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2018-SB2646-Enrolled.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Corrections

By: Senator(s) Jackson (32nd), Jackson (11th)

Senate Bill 2646

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-731, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL ON THE PRISON OVERCROWDING EMERGENCY POWERS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 47-5-731, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     47-5-731.  Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729, Mississippi Code of 1972, which create the Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act, shall stand repealed from and after July 1, * * *2018 2020.

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

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