Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 41-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-1
Status: in_force

(1) This section shall be known and cited as the “Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010.”

(2) The Legislature finds that:

(a) Wandering is a common behavior among those persons with dementia or other cognitive impairments that causes great concern for the families and caregivers of this state;

(b) This state is not currently equipped with the systems necessary to locate those with dementia or other cognitive impairments in a timely manner, with the unfortunate result that some individuals are never returned home to their families; and

(c) It is imperative that this state develop a plan to ensure that if an individual with dementia or other cognitive impairments is missing, the appropriate infrastructure is available and can be easily and timely activated to protect the health and safety of these vulnerable citizens.

(3) When used in this section, unless the context requires a different definition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “ E911 ” means Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service or Enhanced 911 Service, which is a telephone exchange communications service by which a Public Safety Answering Point designated by the county or local communication district may receive telephone calls dialed to the telephone number 911.

(b) “ First responders ” means state and local law enforcement personnel, fire department personnel, emergency medical personnel, emergency management personnel and public works personnel who may be deployed to bioterrorism attacks, terrorist attacks, catastrophic or natural disasters and emergencies.

(c) “ Originating local law enforcement agency ” means a local police or sheriff's office that has jurisdiction over the area where a person became missing.

(4)(a) The Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety shall implement a statewide “Silver Alert System” that has the purpose of providing a tiered, rapid response system to notify the public about missing endangered adults, who are age 18 or older, with dementia or other cognitive impairments. The initial response may be local, statewide or national based on available information about the missing person.

(b) A Silver Alert activation request may be made only by a law enforcement agency, and the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety may only activate a Silver Alert after a request is made.

(c) To activate a Silver Alert, all of the following criteria must be met:

(i) The missing adult, age 18 or older, is believed to have dementia or other cognitive impairments;

(ii) The person is believed to be missing and in imminent danger regardless of circumstance;

(iii) The family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person has submitted a missing person's report to the local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction where the person became missing, with all waiting periods being waived; and

(iv) The law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction of where the person became missing reports the incident to the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety through the Mississippi Highway Patrol Headquarters Communication Center.

(d) To initiate a request to activate a Silver Alert, the family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person must file immediately a report of the missing person with the local law enforcement agency where the person became missing that includes the following information:

(i) A description of the missing person including physical characteristics, clothing and photos, if available;

(ii) A description of the known circumstances under which the person became missing including the time, place, direction, possible destinations, whether the person is walking or in a vehicle, and all other pertinent information concerning where the person may have become missing; and

(iii) Updates on the missing person as new information becomes available.

(e) The originating local law enforcement agency, after completing the investigation expeditiously and determining that the case meets the qualifying criteria prescribed in this section, shall:

(i) Waive in the case of a Silver Alert, any waiting periods for a missing person's report in order to galvanize the appropriate communities rapidly to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the missing person;

(ii) Notify the Mississippi Highway Patrol Headquarters Communication Center and electronically send to the center the completed Silver Alert forms and available photos, signed by the police chief, sheriff, commanding officer or his or her designee;

(iii) Enter the information into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC);

(iv) Using a tiered approach based on known circumstances, initiate an alert bulletin to all local law enforcement, E911 and first responder agencies to search the immediate area;

(v) Activate secondary alert systems to residents, businesses, and broadcast media in the immediate area;

(vi) Provide a twenty-four-hour phone number to receive calls while continuing the investigation; and

(vii) Update the family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person as new information becomes available.

(5)(a) After the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety has been contacted by a local law enforcement agency requesting a Silver Alert activation, the Criminal Information Center shall consider before the activation of the Silver Alert procedures by the Silver Alert coordinator, or his or her designee, the information contained in the initial Silver Alert report form to ensure that it meets all criteria specified in subsection (4)(c) of this section. Elements of the missing person case to be considered are:

(i) Threat of imminent harm or death to the missing person because of age, health, mental or physical disability, environmental or weather conditions;

(ii) Time of initial report in relation to the time of disappearance, including whether the disappearance is unexplained, involuntary or is under suspicious circumstances;

(iii) Believed to be walking or in a vehicle;

(iv) Witness information;

(v) Possible domestic dispute involving the missing person; and

(vi) Other facts that indicate the missing person is in danger of serious injury or death, including whether there is possible criminal intent toward the missing person or whether someone witnessed the disappearance.

(b) Each case shall be reviewed on its own merits, and if there are extenuating circumstances, the required criteria in this section may be amended or expanded depending on the merits presented.

(c) Only the Silver Alert coordinator, or his or her designee, may authorize activation of a statewide Silver Alert and if an activation is authorized, the Criminal Information Center shall:

(i) Prepare an announcement concerning the missing person;

(ii) Contact the designated media stations to activate the alert; and

(iii) Request the Mississippi Department of Transportation to activate electronic signs, if appropriate.

(d) If the missing person is believed to be in a vehicle, the Silver Alert coordinator shall send information and available photos via emails and fax to the statewide communications systems, news media and other forms of public communication or electronic resources.

(6)(a) Following the initial alert, a Silver Alert broadcast shall be updated by television and radio stations as necessary until such time that an end of alert message is received from the law enforcement agency that requested the initial Silver Alert.

(b) Local and statewide broadcast stations shall exercise their own independent discretions as to whether to repeat the required broadcasts prescribed in this section more frequently and shall determine the frequency in which the alert is re-broadcast following the initial alert.

(c) The Silver Alert termination notification shall be issued twenty-four (24) hours after the airing of the latest and most current information or when the case has been resolved and verification from the originating local law enforcement agency has been received by the Department of Public Safety.

(7)(a) If the circumstances of a person's disappearance do not meet the criteria for a Silver Alert to activate statewide communication systems, in addition to a local law enforcement agency activating a Purple Alert, the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety may offer an alternate form of mass notification as provided in this section.

(b) The alternate form of mass notification may be an email that includes a photograph and the Silver Alert initial reporting form that is sent through a statewide network of law enforcement and first responder agencies, news media offices and other forms of public communication.

(c) The email authorized in paragraph (b) of this subsection (7) shall contain information taken from the Silver Alert initial reporting form that is submitted by the originating local law enforcement agency.

(d) The email alerting news media and law enforcement agencies of a person's disappearance that does not meet the criteria of a Silver Alert activation shall include the following paragraph at the beginning of the email:

“The (name of law enforcement agency) has requested the following information be provided to the Mississippi news media and law enforcement agencies: At the present time, information being provided to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety by the (name of law enforcement agency) does not meet the criteria to activate a Silver Alert. It is left to the discretion of each law enforcement agency and news department receiving this email as to whether the attached information, regarding the disappearance of this person and/or the photograph of this person, will be released to the public.”

(e) If further investigation into the disappearance produces evidence that may change the initial circumstances as reported to local law enforcement, the Department of Public Safety may reconsider activating a Silver Alert notwithstanding the existence of an active Purple Alert previously initiated by a local law enforcement agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 39-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of a county and the governing authority of a municipality are authorized to contribute funds to a local crime stoppers program from the general fund of the county or municipality or any other available source if the local crime stoppers program is established to operate, in whole or in part, within the boundaries of that county or municipality.

This chapter shall not repeal or affect any local and private act establishing a county or local crime stoppers program providing for the operation and funding of such program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 38-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-18-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 18-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-18-1
Status: in_force

Section 45-18-3 may be cited as the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 34-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-5
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall maintain the registry on the internet, which shall contain a disclaimer informing the public that:

(a) The information contained on the website is obtained from public records, and the department does not guarantee the website's accuracy or completeness;

(b) The list only includes persons convicted in Mississippi state courts of a limited list of crimes. Persons who are convicted in any federal court, or who are convicted of a crime other than a registrable offense will not appear on the registry.

(2) The department and any individual or entity acting at the request or upon the direction of the department are immune from civil liability for damages arising from reporting information under this chapter and will be presumed to have acted in good faith in performing its duties under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-53 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-53
Status: in_force

(1) This section and Section 45-9-51 do not affect the authority that a county or municipality may have under another law:

(a) To require citizens or public employees to be armed for personal or national defense, law enforcement, or another lawful purpose;

(b) To regulate the discharge of firearms within the limits of the county or municipality. A county or municipality may not apply a regulation relating to the discharge of firearms or other weapons in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the county or municipality or in an area annexed by the county or municipality after September 1, 1981, if the firearm or other weapon is:

(i) A shotgun, air rifle or air pistol, BB gun or bow and arrow discharged:

1. On a tract of land of ten (10) acres or more and more than one hundred fifty (150) feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and

2. In a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract; or

(ii) A center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol or a muzzle-loading rifle or pistol of any caliber discharged:

1. On a tract of land of fifty (50) acres or more and more than three hundred (300) feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and

2. In a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract;

(c) To regulate the use of property or location of businesses for uses therein pursuant to fire code, zoning ordinances, or land-use regulations, so long as such codes, ordinances and regulations are not used to circumvent the intent of Section 45-9-51 or paragraph (e) of this subsection;

(d) To regulate the use of firearms in cases of insurrection, riots and natural disasters in which the city finds such regulation necessary to protect the health and safety of the public. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the lawful possession of firearms, ammunition or components of firearms or ammunition;

(e) To regulate the storage or transportation of explosives in order to protect the health and safety of the public, with the exception of black powder which is exempt up to twenty-five (25) pounds per private residence and fifty (50) pounds per retail dealer;

(f) To regulate the carrying of a firearm at: (i) a public park or at a public meeting of a county, municipality or other governmental body; (ii) a political rally, parade or official political meeting; or (iii) a nonfirearm-related school, college or professional athletic event; or

(g) To regulate the receipt of firearms by pawnshops.

(2) The exception provided by subsection (1)(f) of this section does not apply if the firearm was in or carried to and from an area designated for use in a lawful hunting, fishing or other sporting event and the firearm is of the type commonly used in the activity.

(3) This section and Section 45-9-51 do not authorize a county or municipality or their officers or employees to act in contravention of Section 33-7-303 .

(4) No county or a municipality may use the written notice provisions of Section 45-9-101(13) to prohibit concealed firearms on property under their control except:

(a) At a location listed in Section 45-9-101(13) indicating that a license issued under Section 45-9-101 does not authorize the holder to carry a firearm into that location, as long as the sign also indicates that carrying a firearm is unauthorized only for license holders without a training endorsement or that it is a location included in Section 97-37-7(2) where carrying a firearm is unauthorized for all license holders; and

(b) At any location under the control of the county or municipality aside from a location listed in subsection (1)(f) of this section or Section 45-9-101(13) indicating that the possession of a firearm is prohibited on the premises, as long as the sign also indicates that it does not apply to a person properly licensed under Section 45-9-101 or Section 97-37-7(2) to carry a concealed firearm or to a person lawfully carrying a firearm that is not concealed.

(5)(a) A citizen of this state, or a person licensed to carry a concealed pistol or revolver under Section 45-9-101 , or a person licensed to carry a concealed pistol or revolver with the endorsement under Section 97-37-7 , who is adversely affected by an ordinance or posted written notice adopted by a county or municipality in violation of this section may file suit for declarative and injunctive relief against a county or municipality in the circuit court which shall have jurisdiction over the county or municipality where the violation of this section occurs.

(b) Before instituting suit under this subsection, the party adversely impacted by the ordinance or posted written notice shall notify the Attorney General in writing of the violation and include evidence of the violation. The Attorney General shall, within thirty (30) days, investigate whether the county or municipality adopted an ordinance or posted written notice in violation of this section and provide the chief administrative officer of the county or municipality notice of his findings, including, if applicable, a description of the violation and specific language of the ordinance or posted written notice found to be in violation. The county or municipality shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of that notice to cure the violation. If the county or municipality fails to cure the violation within that thirty-day time period, a suit under paragraph (a) of this subsection may proceed. The findings of the Attorney General shall constitute a “Public Record” as defined by the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983, Section 25-61-1 et seq.

(c) If the circuit court finds that a county or municipality adopted an ordinance or posted written notice in violation of this section and failed to cure that violation in accordance with paragraph (b) of this subsection, the circuit court shall issue a permanent injunction against a county or municipality prohibiting it from enforcing the ordinance or posted written notice. Any elected county or municipal official under whose jurisdiction the violation occurred may be civilly liable in a sum not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), plus all reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred by the party bringing the suit. Public funds may not be used to defend or reimburse officials who are found by the court to have violated this section.

(d) It shall be an affirmative defense to any claim brought against an elected county or municipal official under this subsection (5) that the elected official:

(i) Did not vote in the affirmative for the adopted ordinance or posted written notice deemed by the court to be in violation of this section;

(ii) Did attempt to take recorded action to cure the violation as noticed by the Attorney General in paragraph (b) of this subsection; or

(iii) Did attempt to take recorded action to rescind the ordinance or remove the posted written notice deemed by the court to be in violation of this section.

(6) No county or municipality or their officers or employees may participate in any program in which individuals are given a thing of value provided by another individual or other entity in exchange for surrendering a firearm to the county, municipality or other governmental body unless:

(a) The county or municipality has adopted an ordinance authorizing the participation of the county or municipality, or participation by an officer or employee of the county or municipality in such a program; and

(b) Any ordinance enacted pursuant to this section must require that any firearm received shall be offered for sale at auction as provided by Sections 19-3-85 and 21-39-21 to federally licensed firearms dealers, with the proceeds from such sale at auction reverting to the general operating fund of the county, municipality or other governmental body. Any firearm remaining in possession of the county, municipality or other governmental body after attempts to sell at auction may be disposed of in a manner that the body deems appropriate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-81 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-81
Status: in_force

The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “Safety glazing material” shall mean any glazing material such as tempered glass, laminated glass, wire glass or rigid plastic, which meets the test requirements of ANSI standard Z-97.1-1972.

(b) “Hazardous locations” shall mean those installations, glazed or to be glazed, in commercial and public buildings, known as framed or unframed glass entrance doors, and those fixed glazed panels immediately adjacent to entrance or exit doors and which may be mistaken for doors, and those installations, glazed or to be glazed, in residential buildings and other structures used as dwellings, commercial buildings and public buildings, known as sliding glass doors, storm doors, shower doors and bathtub enclosures. Any entrance or exit door, or fixed glazed panel immediately adjacent to entrance or exit doors which may be mistaken for doors, which is fifty percent (50%) or more exposed glass without division frames, or contains a single glass panel with glass of more than sixty (60) inches in height or twenty-four (24) inches in width, will be a hazardous location.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-5
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall only apply to: a pool owned, controlled or maintained by the owner of a multiunit rental complex, property owners association, or private club; and doors and windows of rental dwellings opening into the pool yard of a multiunit rental complex or a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project. This chapter does not apply to any private club that does not allow members or guests under the age of twelve (12) or to any multiunit rental complex that does not allow residents under the age of twelve (12).
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-51 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-51
Status: in_force

Each person employed as a law enforcement officer or agent by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety who retires under the Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System or the Public Employees' Retirement System, for superannuation or for reason of disability or a beneficiary of such law enforcement officer or agent, who is killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain, as his personal property, one (1) sidearm which was issued under authority of Section 45-3-19 or 41-29-159 . Likewise, a beneficiary of any law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain the officer's sidearm.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-43 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 33-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-43
Status: in_force

At the time a person surrenders a driver's license from another jurisdiction or makes an application for a driver's license, temporary driving permit, commercial driver's license or identification card issued under Section 45-35-3 , the department shall provide the applicant with written information on the registration requirements of this chapter and shall require written acknowledgment by the applicant of receipt of the notification.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-71 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-71
Status: in_force

In the interest of public safety, any person who engages in the sale of burglar bars to the public shall comply with 1105.7 of the Standard Building Code of the Southern Building Code Congress International, as revised.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-5
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall maintain the registry on the internet, which shall contain a disclaimer informing the public that:

(a) The information contained on the website is obtained from public records, and the department does not guarantee the website's accuracy or completeness;

(b) The list only includes persons convicted in Mississippi state courts of a limited list of crimes. Persons who are convicted in any federal court, or who are convicted of a crime other than a registrable offense will not appear on the registry.

(2) The department and any individual or entity acting at the request or upon the direction of the department are immune from civil liability for damages arising from reporting information under this chapter and will be presumed to have acted in good faith in performing its duties under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 39-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-1
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Council” means the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council.

(b) “Local crime stoppers program” means the acceptance and spending of donations by a private, nonprofit organization for the awarding of rewards to persons who report information concerning criminal activity to the organization if the organization:

(i) Operates less than statewide; and

(ii) Forwards reported information to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-55 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 35-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-55
Status: in_force

(1) The identification card for persons with disabilities shall be issued to a person with a permanent disability for a period of four (4) years, shall expire at midnight on the cardholder's birthday, and may be renewed any time within six (6) months before the expiration date of the card upon application and payment of the required fee. The identification cards shall be issued to persons with disabilities upon presentation of the current sworn affidavit of at least one (1) medical doctor attesting to such permanent disability. A current affidavit shall be presented at each request for renewal.

(2) The identification card for persons with temporary disabilities shall be issued to a person with a temporary disability upon presentation of a sworn affidavit of at least one (1) medical doctor attesting to the disability and estimating the duration of the disability. Temporary disability identification cards shall be issued for periods of six (6) months. A current affidavit of a medical doctor attesting to the continuance of the disability shall be presented at each request for renewal thereafter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-39 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-39
Status: in_force

No state officer or other person shall utilize at any time any uniform, car, material or equipment of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol for his personal use or for private purposes except in an emergency, and except to the extent authorized by Section 25-1-85, Mississippi Code of 1972 . A breach of this provision shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or thirty (30) days in jail, or both. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed to apply to the Governor or Lieutenant Governor of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-33 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 33-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-33
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The failure of an offender to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, or to provide any registration or other information, including, but not limited to, initial registration, reregistration, change of address information, change of employment, change of name, required notification to a volunteer organization or any other registration duty or submission of information required by this chapter is a violation of this chapter. Additionally, forgery of information or submission of information under false pretenses, whether by the registrant or another person, is also a violation of this chapter.

(b) A person commits a violation of this chapter who:

(i) Knowingly harbors, or knowingly attempts to harbor, or knowingly assists another person in harboring or attempting to harbor a sex offender who is in violation of this chapter;

(ii) Knowingly assists a sex offender in eluding a law enforcement agency that is seeking to find the sex offender to question the sex offender about, or to arrest the sex offender for, noncompliance with the requirements of this chapter; or

(iii) Provides information to a law enforcement agency regarding a sex offender which the person knows to be false.

(c) A registrant who is required to submit to electronic monitoring who does not comply with all the terms and conditions of the electronic monitoring commits a violation of this chapter.

(2)(a) Unless otherwise specified, a violation of this chapter shall be considered a felony and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5) years, or both fine and imprisonment.

(b) A person who is required to register under this chapter who is subsequently convicted for a registration violation under this section, upon release from incarceration, shall submit to mandatory electronic monitoring under the program established under Section 45-33-45 for a period computed by subtracting the time the person spent in actual incarceration from the five-year maximum imprisonment for the offense and the period of post-release monitoring shall not be suspended or reduced by the court or the Department of Corrections.

(3) Whenever it appears that an offender has failed to comply with the duty to register, reregister or submit to electronic monitoring, the department shall promptly notify the sheriff of the county of the last-known address of the offender as well as the sheriff of the county of the last-known location of the offender, if different. Upon notification, the sheriff shall attempt to locate the offender at his last-known address or last-known location.

(a) If the sheriff locates the offender, he shall enforce the provisions of this chapter, including initiation of prosecution if appropriate. The sheriff shall then notify the department with the current information regarding the offender.

(b) If the sheriff is unable to locate the offender, the sheriff shall promptly notify the department and initiate a criminal prosecution against the offender for the failure to register, reregister or comply with electronic monitoring. The sheriff shall make the appropriate transactions into the Federal Bureau of Investigation's wanted-person database and issue a warrant for the offender's arrest. The department shall notify the United States Marshals Service of the offender's noncompliant status and shall update the registry database and website to show the defendant's noncompliant status as an absconder.

(4) A violation of this chapter shall result in the arrest of the offender.

(5) Any prosecution for a violation of this section shall be brought by a prosecutor in the county of the violation.

(6) A person required to register under this chapter who commits any act or omission in violation of this chapter may be prosecuted for the act or omission in the county in which the act or omission was committed, the county of the last registered address of the sex offender, the county in which the conviction occurred for the offense or offenses that meet the criteria requiring the person to register, the county in which he was designated a sex offender, or the county in which the sex offender was found.

(7) The Commissioner of Public Safety or his authorized agent shall suspend the driver's license or driving privilege of any offender failing to comply with the duty to report, register or reregister, submit to monitoring, or who has provided false information.

(8) When a person required to register under this chapter is accused of any registration offense under this section, pretrial release on bond shall be conditioned on the offender's submission to electronic monitoring under the program established under Section 45-33-45 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-7
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created a State Fire Academy for the training and education of persons engaged in municipal, county and industrial fire protection. The Commissioner of Insurance shall appoint an Executive Director of the State Fire Academy who, along with his employees, shall be designated as a division of the Insurance Department. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Insurance. The State Fire Academy shall be under the supervision and direction of the Executive Director of the State Fire Academy. State Fire Academy training programs for fire personnel shall be conducted at the academy with seminars to be conducted in other sections of the state as and when the State Fire Academy Advisory Board considers it necessary and advisable.

The Commissioner of Insurance may establish and charge reasonable fees for the training programs and other services provided by the academy. A record of all funds received pursuant to this paragraph shall be maintained as is required for other monies pursuant to Section 45-11-5 .

The Executive Director of the State Fire Academy is authorized and empowered to purchase, operate and maintain mobile firefighting equipment as he may find necessary and proper for the operation of the academy subject to approval of the Commissioner of Insurance. The equipment may be utilized wherever training sessions may be held at the discretion of the State Fire Academy Advisory Board.

(2) The Commissioner of Insurance shall be authorized to undertake appropriate action to accomplish and fulfill the purposes of the State Fire Academy, including the hiring of instructors and personnel, the lease and purchase of appropriate training equipment and to lease, purchase or construct suitable premises and quarters for conducting annual school and seminars, as the State Fire Academy Advisory Board may deem necessary and required for such purposes. Any contract entered into under and by virtue of the provisions of this section shall first be submitted to and approved by the Public Procurement Review Board, and construction pursuant to the contract shall be under the supervision of the Governor's Office of General Services.

(3) Vouchers for operating expense for the State Fire Academy shall be signed by the Executive Director of the State Fire Academy and payment thereof shall be made from such funds to be derived from a special allocation from the State Fire Academy Fund as provided in Section 45-11-5 .

(4) The State Fire Academy is hereby officially designated as the agency of this state to conduct training for fire personnel on a statewide basis in which members of all duly constituted fire departments may participate. This subsection shall not be construed to affect the authority of any fire department to conduct training for its own personnel.

(5) Each state agency, private agency or federal agency which provides training for the fire service shall coordinate such efforts with the State Fire Academy to prevent duplication of cost and to ensure standardization of training.

(6) The State Fire Academy shall present an appropriate certificate signifying the successful completion of its prescribed courses.

(7) National firefighter standards approved by the Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board shall be used as the basis for classroom instruction at the fire academy.

(8) The Commissioner of Insurance, Executive Director of the State Fire Academy, and the Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board shall coordinate all state programs related to fire department operations.

(9) The Commissioner of Insurance is hereby authorized and empowered to establish standard guidelines for the use of, and accountability for, municipal and county fire protection funds distributed pursuant to the provisions of Sections 83-1-37 and 83-1-39, Mississippi Code of 1972 . Such guidelines shall include requirements for the establishment of record keeping and reports to the Commissioner of Insurance by municipalities and counties relating to the receipt and expenditure of fire protection funds, the training of fire department personnel and the submission to the Commissioner of Insurance of other data reasonably related to local fire protection responsibilities which the Commissioner of Insurance deems necessary for the performance of the duties of the State Fire Academy Advisory Board.

(10) In order that the Commissioner of Insurance may more effectively execute the duties imposed upon him by subsection (9) of this section, there is hereby created within the State Fire Academy a Division of Fire Services Development. The division shall be staffed by a Fire Services Development Coordinator, appointed by the executive director of the academy from his current staff and by such other personnel as deemed by the Commissioner of Insurance. The division shall work with municipal and county fire coordinators to ensure effective implementation of guidelines established pursuant to subsection (9) of this section and shall serve in an advisory capacity for all aspects of fire service improvement. The Fire Service Coordinator shall annually notify the Department of Finance and Administration of those municipalities and counties which are not eligible to receive a portion of fire protection fund distributions because of failure to comply with requirements imposed in Sections 83-1-37 and 83-1-39 as a prerequisite to receipt of such funds.

(11) There is created in the State Treasury a separate account to be known as the “State Fire Academy Construction Fund.” The State Treasurer shall transfer on July 1, 1997, the sum of Six Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($675,000.00) and on July 1, 1998, the sum of Six Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($675,000.00) from the State Fire Academy Fund 3502 into the separate account created in this subsection. Monies in such account shall be expended solely, upon legislative appropriations, to defray expenses related to the construction of capital improvements project known as “Fire Safety and Education Building” and parking areas at the State Fire Academy by the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management of the Office of General Services and to pay any indebtedness incurred to accomplish such construction. Funds not used after the completion of this capital improvements project shall be transferred back into State Fund 3502.

(12) From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.

(13) From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.

(14) The State Fire Academy is designated as an authorized training program for Emergency Medical Response and Emergency Medical Technician, and is authorized to provide initial and national continued competency program training, including Emergency Medical Responder, Emergency Medical Technician-Basic and Emergency Medical Technician-Advanced. The State Fire Academy shall be limited to a total of one hundred twenty (120) students per year for Emergency Medical Technician-Basic and Emergency Medical Technician-Advanced training; however, no limitation shall apply to the number of Emergency Medical Responder students. The training program established by the State Fire Academy shall meet or exceed the requirements of the most current training program national standard curriculum as developed by the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and shall also meet the minimum testing and certification requirements established by the State Board of Health. Successful graduates of the State Fire Academy Emergency Medical Response and Emergency Medical Technician training shall be eligible for certification by the State Board of Health for the training level achieved, provided that their training meets or exceeds the minimum testing and certification requirements established by the State Board of Health for these respective skills, and such certification may be obtained in coordination with the State Board of Health pursuant to Chapters 59 and 60, Title 41, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-31 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-31
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to promote its underlying purpose which is to prevent swimming pool deaths and injuries in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 43-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-5
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall only apply to: a pool owned, controlled or maintained by the owner of a multiunit rental complex, property owners association, or private club; and doors and windows of rental dwellings opening into the pool yard of a multiunit rental complex or a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project. This chapter does not apply to any private club that does not allow members or guests under the age of twelve (12) or to any multiunit rental complex that does not allow residents under the age of twelve (12).
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-13-107 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-13-107
Status: in_force

Any person who has dynamite, nitroglycerine, explosives, gas bombs, dynamite caps, nitroglycerine caps, fuses, detonators or other similar explosives in his possession and being engaged in a lawful business which ordinarily requires the use thereof in the ordinary and usual conduct of such business, and who possesses said articles for the purpose of use in said business, or any seller, dealer, or person transporting said articles, shall keep said articles under his control and secure from theft or pilferage at all times.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-23 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 33-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-23
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “ Conviction ” means that, regarding the person's offense, there has been a determination or judgment of guilt as a result of a trial or the entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere regardless of whether adjudication is withheld. “ Conviction of similar offenses ” includes, but is not limited to, a conviction by a federal or military tribunal, including a court-martial conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States, a conviction for an offense committed on an Indian Reservation or other federal property, a conviction in any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianna 1 Islands or the United States Virgin Islands, and a conviction in a foreign country if the foreign country's judicial system is such that it satisfies minimum due process set forth in the guidelines under Section 111(5)(B) Public Law 109-248.

(b) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Public Safety unless otherwise specified.

(c) “ Jurisdiction ” means any court or locality including any state court, federal court, military court, Indian tribunal or foreign court, the fifty (50) states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianna 1 Islands or the United States Virgin Islands, and Indian tribes that elect to function as registration jurisdictions under Title 1, SORNA Section 127 of the Adam Walsh Child Safety Act.

(d) “ Permanent residence ” means a place where the person abides, lodges, or resides for a period of fourteen (14) or more aggregate days in a six (6) month period.

(e) “ Registration ” means providing information to the appropriate agency within the timeframe specified as required by this chapter.

(f) “ Registration duties ” means obtaining the registration information required on the form specified by the department as well as the photograph, fingerprints and biological sample of the registrant. Biological samples are to be forwarded to the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory pursuant to Section 45-33-37 ; the photograph, fingerprints and other registration information are to be forwarded to the Department of Public Safety immediately.

(g) “ Responsible agency ” is defined as the person or government entity whose duty it is to obtain information from a criminal sex offender upon conviction and to transmit that information to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.

(i) For a criminal sex offender being released from the custody of the Department of Corrections, the responsible agency is the Department of Corrections.

(ii) For a criminal sex offender being released from a county jail, the responsible agency is the sheriff of that county.

(iii) For a criminal sex offender being released from a municipal jail, the responsible agency is the police department of that municipality.

(iv) For a sex offender in the custody of the youth court, the responsible agency is the youth court.

(v) For a criminal sex offender who is being placed on probation, including conditional discharge or unconditional discharge, without any sentence of incarceration, the responsible agency is the sentencing court.

(vi) For an offender who has been committed to a mental institution following an acquittal by reason of insanity, the responsible agency is the facility from which the offender is released. Specifically, the director of the facility shall notify the Department of Public Safety before the offender's release.

(vii) For a criminal sex offender who is being released from a jurisdiction outside this state or who has a prior conviction in another jurisdiction and who is to reside, work or attend school in this state, the responsible agency is both the sheriff of the proposed county of residence and the department.

(h) “ Sex offense ” or “ registrable offense ” means any of the following offenses:

(i) Section 97-3-53 relating to kidnapping, if the victim was below the age of eighteen (18);

(ii) Section 97-3-65 relating to rape; however, conviction or adjudication under Section 97-3-65(1)(a) when the offender was eighteen (18) years of age or younger at the time of the alleged offense, shall not be a registrable sex offense;

(iii) Section 97-3-71 relating to rape and assault with intent to ravish;

(iv) Section 97-3-95 relating to sexual battery; however, conviction or adjudication under Section 97-3-95(1)(c) when the offender was eighteen (18) years of age or younger at the time of the alleged offense, shall not be a registrable sex offense;

(v) Section 97-5-5 relating to enticing a child for concealment, prostitution or marriage;

(vi) Section 97-5-23 relating to the touching of a child, mentally defective or incapacitated person or physically helpless person for lustful purposes;

(vii) Section 97-5-27 relating to the dissemination of sexually oriented material to children;

(viii) Section 97-5-33 relating to the exploitation of children;

(ix) Section 97-5-41 relating to the carnal knowledge of a stepchild, adopted child or child of a cohabiting partner;

(x) Section 97-29-3 relating to sexual intercourse between teacher and student;

(xi) Section 97-29-59 relating to unnatural intercourse;

(xii) Section 43-47-18 relating to sexual abuse of a vulnerable person;

(xiii) Section 97-3-54.1(1)(c) relating to procuring sexual servitude of a minor and Section 97-3-54.3 relating to aiding, abetting or conspiring to violate Section 97-3-54.1(1)(c) ;

(xiv) Section 97-29-61(2) relating to voyeurism when the victim is a child under sixteen (16) years of age;

(xv) Section 97-29-63 relating to filming another without permission where there is an expectation of privacy;

(xvi) Section 97-29-45(1)(a) relating to obscene electronic communication;

(xvii) Section 97-3-104 relating to the crime of sexual activity between law enforcement, correctional or custodial personnel and prisoners;

(xviii) Section 97-5-39(1)(e) relating to contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child, felonious abuse or battery of a child, if the victim was sexually abused;

(xix) Section 97-29-51 relating to procuring or promoting prostitution when the victim is a child under eighteen (18) years of age;

(xx) Section 97-1-7 relating to attempt to commit any of the offenses referenced in this paragraph (h);

(xxi) Any other offense resulting in a conviction in another jurisdiction which, if committed in this state, would be deemed to be such a crime without regard to its designation elsewhere;

(xxii) Any offense resulting in a conviction in another jurisdiction for which registration is required in the jurisdiction where the conviction was had;

(xxiii) Any conviction of conspiracy to commit, accessory to commission, or attempt to commit any offense listed in this section;

(xxiv) Capital murder when one (1) of the above-described offenses is the underlying crime.

(i) “ Temporary residence ” is defined as any place where the person abides, lodges, or resides for a period of seven (7) or more aggregate days in a six (6) month period which is not the person's permanent residence.

(j) “ Address ” means the actual physical street address of a person's permanent or temporary residence. For a person who is homeless but is subject to registration under this chapter, the address information must provide a specific description of where the person habitually lives; the term “homeless” or similar description does not constitute an address within the contemplation of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-10-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 10-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-10-3
Status: in_force

A person may not sell at retail, offer for retail sale or distribute for retail sale or promotion in this state a novelty lighter. A person who violates this section commits a civil violation for which a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) may be imposed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 35-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-9
Status: in_force

(1) If an identification card issued under this chapter is lost, destroyed or mutilated, or a new name or other updated information is required, the person to whom it was issued may obtain a duplicate by furnishing the same identifying data as for an original card and paying the fee prescribed in Section 63-1-43 .

(2) Any person who loses an identification card and who, after obtaining a duplicate, finds the original card shall promptly surrender the original card to the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-53 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-53
Status: in_force

(1) This section and Section 45-9-51 do not affect the authority that a county or municipality may have under another law:

(a) To require citizens or public employees to be armed for personal or national defense, law enforcement, or another lawful purpose;

(b) To regulate the discharge of firearms within the limits of the county or municipality. A county or municipality may not apply a regulation relating to the discharge of firearms or other weapons in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the county or municipality or in an area annexed by the county or municipality after September 1, 1981, if the firearm or other weapon is:

(i) A shotgun, air rifle or air pistol, BB gun or bow and arrow discharged:

1. On a tract of land of ten (10) acres or more and more than one hundred fifty (150) feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and

2. In a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract; or

(ii) A center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol or a muzzle-loading rifle or pistol of any caliber discharged:

1. On a tract of land of fifty (50) acres or more and more than three hundred (300) feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and

2. In a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract;

(c) To regulate the use of property or location of businesses for uses therein pursuant to fire code, zoning ordinances, or land-use regulations, so long as such codes, ordinances and regulations are not used to circumvent the intent of Section 45-9-51 or paragraph (e) of this subsection;

(d) To regulate the use of firearms in cases of insurrection, riots and natural disasters in which the city finds such regulation necessary to protect the health and safety of the public. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the lawful possession of firearms, ammunition or components of firearms or ammunition;

(e) To regulate the storage or transportation of explosives in order to protect the health and safety of the public, with the exception of black powder which is exempt up to twenty-five (25) pounds per private residence and fifty (50) pounds per retail dealer;

(f) To regulate the carrying of a firearm at: (i) a public park or at a public meeting of a county, municipality or other governmental body; (ii) a political rally, parade or official political meeting; or (iii) a nonfirearm-related school, college or professional athletic event; or

(g) To regulate the receipt of firearms by pawnshops.

(2) The exception provided by subsection (1)(f) of this section does not apply if the firearm was in or carried to and from an area designated for use in a lawful hunting, fishing or other sporting event and the firearm is of the type commonly used in the activity.

(3) This section and Section 45-9-51 do not authorize a county or municipality or their officers or employees to act in contravention of Section 33-7-303 .

(4) No county or a municipality may use the written notice provisions of Section 45-9-101(13) to prohibit concealed firearms on property under their control except:

(a) At a location listed in Section 45-9-101(13) indicating that a license issued under Section 45-9-101 does not authorize the holder to carry a firearm into that location, as long as the sign also indicates that carrying a firearm is unauthorized only for license holders without a training endorsement or that it is a location included in Section 97-37-7(2) where carrying a firearm is unauthorized for all license holders; and

(b) At any location under the control of the county or municipality aside from a location listed in subsection (1)(f) of this section or Section 45-9-101(13) indicating that the possession of a firearm is prohibited on the premises, as long as the sign also indicates that it does not apply to a person properly licensed under Section 45-9-101 or Section 97-37-7(2) to carry a concealed firearm or to a person lawfully carrying a firearm that is not concealed.

(5)(a) A citizen of this state, or a person licensed to carry a concealed pistol or revolver under Section 45-9-101 , or a person licensed to carry a concealed pistol or revolver with the endorsement under Section 97-37-7 , who is adversely affected by an ordinance or posted written notice adopted by a county or municipality in violation of this section may file suit for declarative and injunctive relief against a county or municipality in the circuit court which shall have jurisdiction over the county or municipality where the violation of this section occurs.

(b) Before instituting suit under this subsection, the party adversely impacted by the ordinance or posted written notice shall notify the Attorney General in writing of the violation and include evidence of the violation. The Attorney General shall, within thirty (30) days, investigate whether the county or municipality adopted an ordinance or posted written notice in violation of this section and provide the chief administrative officer of the county or municipality notice of his findings, including, if applicable, a description of the violation and specific language of the ordinance or posted written notice found to be in violation. The county or municipality shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of that notice to cure the violation. If the county or municipality fails to cure the violation within that thirty-day time period, a suit under paragraph (a) of this subsection may proceed. The findings of the Attorney General shall constitute a “Public Record” as defined by the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983, Section 25-61-1 et seq.

(c) If the circuit court finds that a county or municipality adopted an ordinance or posted written notice in violation of this section and failed to cure that violation in accordance with paragraph (b) of this subsection, the circuit court shall issue a permanent injunction against a county or municipality prohibiting it from enforcing the ordinance or posted written notice. Any elected county or municipal official under whose jurisdiction the violation occurred may be civilly liable in a sum not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), plus all reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred by the party bringing the suit. Public funds may not be used to defend or reimburse officials who are found by the court to have violated this section.

(d) It shall be an affirmative defense to any claim brought against an elected county or municipal official under this subsection (5) that the elected official:

(i) Did not vote in the affirmative for the adopted ordinance or posted written notice deemed by the court to be in violation of this section;

(ii) Did attempt to take recorded action to cure the violation as noticed by the Attorney General in paragraph (b) of this subsection; or

(iii) Did attempt to take recorded action to rescind the ordinance or remove the posted written notice deemed by the court to be in violation of this section.

(6) No county or municipality or their officers or employees may participate in any program in which individuals are given a thing of value provided by another individual or other entity in exchange for surrendering a firearm to the county, municipality or other governmental body unless:

(a) The county or municipality has adopted an ordinance authorizing the participation of the county or municipality, or participation by an officer or employee of the county or municipality in such a program; and

(b) Any ordinance enacted pursuant to this section must require that any firearm received shall be offered for sale at auction as provided by Sections 19-3-85 and 21-39-21 to federally licensed firearms dealers, with the proceeds from such sale at auction reverting to the general operating fund of the county, municipality or other governmental body. Any firearm remaining in possession of the county, municipality or other governmental body after attempts to sell at auction may be disposed of in a manner that the body deems appropriate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-29 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 43-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-29
Status: in_force

The remedies contained in this chapter are not exclusive and are not intended to affect existing remedies allowed by law or other procedures.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-13 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 35-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-13
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall:

(a) Display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his possession, any cancelled, fictitious, fraudulently altered or fraudulently obtained identification cards;

(b) Lend an identification card to any person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;

(c) Display or represent any identification card not issued to him as being his card;

(d) Permit any unlawful use of an identification card issued to him;

(e) Do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this article;

(f) Photograph, photostat, duplicate or in any way reproduce, manufacture, sell or distribute any identification card or facsimile thereof so that it could be mistaken for a valid identification card; or

(g) Display or have in his possession any photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction or facsimile of an identification card unless authorized by the provisions of this article.

(2) Any person convicted of a violation of any provision of paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (g) of subsection (1) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(3) Any person under twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of this section shall be punished as follows:

(a) A first offense shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(b) A second or subsequent offense, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(4) Any person twenty-one (21) years of age or older at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of this section is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-25 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-25
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Any person having a permanent or temporary residence in this state or who is employed or attending school in this state who has been convicted of a registrable offense in this state or another jurisdiction or who has been acquitted by reason of insanity of a registrable offense in this state or another jurisdiction shall register with the responsible agency and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. Registration shall not be required for an offense that is not a registrable sex offense or for an offender who is under fourteen (14) years of age. The department shall provide the initial registration information as well as every change of name, change of address, change of status at a school, or other change of information as required by the department to the sheriff of the county of the residence address of the registrant, the sheriff of the county of the employment address, and the sheriff of the county of the school address, if applicable, and any other jurisdiction of the registrant through either written notice, electronic or telephone transmissions, or online access to registration information. Further, the department shall provide this information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Additionally, upon notification by the registrant that he intends to reside outside the State of Mississippi, the department shall notify the appropriate state law enforcement agency of any state to which a registrant is moving or has moved.

(b) Any person having a permanent or temporary residence or who is employed or attending school in this state who has been adjudicated delinquent for a registrable sex offense listed in this paragraph that involved use of force against the victim shall register as a sex offender with the responsible agency and shall personally appear at a facility designated by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) business days of registering with the responsible agency:

(i) Section 97-3-71 relating to rape and assault with intent to ravish;

(ii) Section 97-3-95 relating to sexual battery;

(iii) Section 97-3-65 relating to statutory rape; or

(iv) Conspiracy to commit, accessory to the commission of, or attempt to commit any offense listed in this paragraph.

(2) Any person required to register under this chapter shall submit the following information at the time of registration:

(a) Name, including a former name which has been legally changed;

(b) Street address of all current permanent and temporary residences within state or out of state at which the sex offender resides or habitually lives, including dates of temporary lodgings. There is a presumption that a registrant owes a duty of updating registration information if the registrant remains away from a registered address for seven (7) or more aggregate days in a six (6) month period;

(c) Date, place and address of employment, including as a volunteer or unpaid intern or as a transient or day laborer;

(d) Crime for which charged, arrested or convicted;

(e) Date and place of conviction, adjudication or acquittal by reason of insanity;

(f) Aliases used or nicknames, ethnic or tribal names by which commonly known;

(g) Social security number and any purported social security number or numbers;

(h) Date and place of birth and any purported date and place of birth;

(i) Age, race, sex, height, weight, hair and eye colors, and any other physical description or identifying factors;

(j) A brief description of the offense or offenses for which the registration is required;

(k) Driver's license or state or other jurisdiction identification card number, which license or card may be electronically accessed by the Department of Public Safety;

(l) Anticipated future residence;

(m) If the registrant's residence is a motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home or manufactured home, the registrant shall also provide vehicle identification number, license tag number, registration number and a description, including color scheme, of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home or manufactured home; if the registrant's place of residence is a vessel or houseboat, the registrant shall also provide the hull identification number, manufacturer's serial number, name of the vessel or houseboat, registration number and a description, including color scheme, of the vessel or houseboat, including permanent or frequent locations where the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, manufactured home, vessel or houseboat is kept;

(n) Vehicle make, model, color and license tag number for all vehicles owned or operated by the sex offender, whether for work or personal use, and the permanent or frequent locations where a vehicle is kept;

(o) Offense history;

(p) Photograph;

(q) Fingerprints and palm prints;

(r) Documentation of any treatment received for any mental abnormality or personality disorder of the person;

(s) Biological sample;

(t) Name of any public or private educational institution, including any secondary school, trade or professional institution or institution of higher education at which the offender is employed, carries on a vocation (with or without compensation) or is enrolled as a student, or will be enrolled as a student, and the registrant's status;

(u) Copy of conviction or sentencing order for the sex offense for which registration is required;

(v) The offender's parole, probation or supervised release status and the existence of any outstanding arrest warrants;

(w) Every online identity, screen name or username used, registered or created by a registrant;

(x) Professional licensing information which authorizes the registrant to engage in an occupation or carry out a trade or occupation;

(y) Information from passport and immigration documents;

(z) All telephone numbers, including, but not limited to, permanent residence, temporary residence, cell phone and employment phone numbers, whether landlines or cell phones; and

(aa) Any other information deemed necessary.

(3) For purposes of this chapter, a person is considered to be residing in this state if he maintains a permanent or temporary residence as defined in Section 45-33-23 , including students, temporary employees and military personnel on assignment.

(4)(a) A person required to register under this chapter shall not reside within three thousand (3,000) feet of the real property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, a child care facility, a residential child-caring agency, a children's group care home or any playground, ballpark or other recreational facility utilized by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years.

(b) A person residing within three thousand (3,000) feet of the real property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school or a child care facility does not commit a violation of this subsection if any of the following apply:

(i) The person is serving a sentence at a jail, prison, juvenile facility or other correctional institution or facility.

(ii) The person is subject to an order of commitment under Title 41, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(iii) The person established the subject residence before July 1, 2006.

(iv) The school or child care facility is established within three thousand (3,000) feet of the person's residence subsequent to the date the person established residency.

(v) The person established the subject residence between July 1, 2006, and January 1, 2014, in a location at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet from the school or child care facility.

(vi) The person is a minor or a ward under a guardianship.

(c) A person residing within three thousand (3,000) feet of the real property comprising a residential child-caring agency, a children's group care home or any playground, ballpark or other recreational facility utilized by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years does not commit a violation of this subsection if any of the following apply:

(i) The person established the subject residence before July 1, 2008.

(ii) The residential child-caring agency, children's group care home, playground, ballpark or other recreational facility utilized by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years is established within three thousand (3,000) feet of the person's residence subsequent to the date the person established residency.

(iii) The person established the subject residence between July 1, 2008, and January 1, 2014, in a location at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet from the residential child-caring agency, children's group care home, playground, ballpark or other recreational facility utilized by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years.

(iv) Any of the conditions described in subsection (4)(b)(i), (ii) or (vi) exist.

(5) The Department of Public Safety is required to obtain the text of the law defining the offense or offenses for which the registration is required.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-47 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-47
Status: in_force

(1) The selection program for such training school shall consist of application, examination, investigation and interview:

(a) Application. The commissioner shall prescribe an application that shall contain a case history of the applicant, fingerprints, picture of the applicant, certified copies of birth certificate and transcript of school records. Said application may include certified copies of any discharge from the services of the United States government.

(b) Examination. The commissioner shall adopt a standardized test for applicants and each shall be required to take the prescribed examination on a competitive basis. The commissioner shall further require a physical examination by a staff of competent doctors to determine that each applicant selected is in good physical condition, including height-weight ratio as recommended by the United States Air Force, with no deformities.

(c) Investigation. The commissioner shall require an investigation of each applicant to determine that he or she is of good moral character, between the ages of twenty-three (23) and thirty-two (32), that he or she has completed a high school education, and that he or she is honest, reliable, loyal and above reproach.

(d) Interview. The commissioner shall require an interview of each applicant considered for patrol service to be conducted and may require an interview with his family if necessary to determine that the applicant fulfills the requirements as prescribed in paragraph (c), as well as any other rules and regulations that may be prescribed. The commissioner may at his discretion require the services of psychiatrists, doctors, police officers or other professional people in conducting such interviews.

(2) Before any person may be selected to attend a school or be appointed as a member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, the applicant must fulfill all the requirements as prescribed in this section and meet the standards prescribed in this section and meet the standards prescribed by the department, and may be required to submit to a polygraph examination in connection with the employment application.

(3) All applications, birth certificates, transcripts and other records submitted by an applicant shall become the property of the State of Mississippi and the department of public safety, shall be held confidential and shall not be discoverable by judicial process. Such records may be destroyed after five (5) years from the time of application.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 43-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-3
Status: in_force

The following words shall have the following meanings for purposes of this chapter:

(a) “ Self-closing and self-latching device ” means a device that causes a gate to automatically close without human or electrical power after it has been opened and to automatically latch without human or electrical power when the gate closes.

(b) “ Doorknob lock ” means a lock that is in a doorknob and that is operated from the exterior by a key, card, or combination and from the interior without a key, card, or combination.

(c) “ Dwelling ” or “ rental dwelling ” means one or more rooms rented to one or more tenants for use as a permanent residence under a lease. The term does not include a room rented to overnight guests.

(d) “ French doors ” means double doors, sometimes called double-hinged patio doors, that provide access from a dwelling interior to the exterior and in which each of the two (2) doors are hinged and closable so that the edge of one (1) door closes immediately adjacent to the edge of the other door with no partition between the doors. “ French door ” means either one (1) of the two (2) doors.

(e) “ Keyed dead bolt ” means a door lock that is not in the doorknob, that locks by a bolt in the doorjamb, that has a bolt with at least a one-inch throw if installed after July 1, 2012, and that is operated from the exterior by a key, card, or combination and operated from the interior by a knob or lever without a key, card, or combination. The term includes a doorknob lock that contains a bolt with at least a one-inch throw.

(f)(i) “ Keyless bolting device ” means a door lock not in the doorknob that locks:

1. With a bolt with a one-inch throw into a strike plate screwed into the portion of the doorjamb surface that faces the edge of the door when the door is closed or into a metal doorjamb that serves as the strike plate, operable only by knob or lever from the door's interior and not in any manner from the door's exterior, and that is commonly known as a keyless dead bolt;

2. By a drop bolt system operated by placing a central metal plate over a metal doorjamb restraint which protrudes from the doorjamb and which is affixed to the doorjamb frame by means of three (3) case-hardened screws at least three (3) inches in length. One-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the central plate must overlap the interior surface of the door and the other one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the central plate must overlap the doorjamb when the plate is placed over the doorjamb restraint. The drop bolt system must prevent the door from being opened unless the central plate is lifted off of the doorjamb restraint by a person who is on the interior side of the door; or

3. By a metal bar or metal tube that is placed across the entire interior side of the door and secured in place at each end of the bar or tube by heavy-duty metal screw hooks. The screw hooks must be at least three (3) inches in length and must be screwed into the doorframe stud or wall stud on each side of the door. The bar or tube must be capable of being secured to both of the screw hooks and must be permanently attached in some way to the doorframe stud or wall stud. When secured to the screw hooks, the bar or tube must prevent the door from being opened unless the bar or tube is removed by a person who is on the interior side of the door.

(ii) The term does not include a chain latch, flip latch, surface-mounted slide bolt, mortise door bolt, surface-mounted barrel bolt, surface-mounted swing bar door guard, spring-loaded night latch, foot bolt, or other lock or latch.

(g) “ Multiunit rental complex ” means two (2) or more dwelling units in one or more buildings that are under common ownership, managed by the same owner, managing agent, or management company, and located on the same lot or tract of land or adjacent lots or tracts of land. The term includes a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project. The term does not include:

(i) A facility primarily renting rooms to overnight guests; or

(ii) A single-family home or adjacent single-family homes that are not part of a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project.

(h) “ Pool ” means a permanent swimming pool, permanent wading or reflection pool, or permanent hot tub or spa over eighteen (18) inches deep, located at ground level, above ground, below ground, or indoors.

(i) “ Pool yard ” means an area that contains a pool.

(j) “ Pool yard enclosure ” or “ enclosure ” means a fence, wall, or combination of fences, walls, gates, windows, or doors that completely surround a pool.

(k) “ Private club ” means country club, golf club, tennis club, yacht club, gym or any similar association or organization that provides services or facilities to its members and that is not usually open to the public.

(l) “ Property owners association ” means an association of property owners for a residential subdivision, a condominium, cooperative or townhome project, or other project involving residential dwellings.

(m) “ Sliding-door handle latch ” means a latch or lock that is near the handle on a sliding glass door, that is operated with or without a key, and that is designed to prevent the door from being opened.

(n) “ Sliding-door pin lock ” means a pin or rod that is inserted from the interior side of a sliding glass door at the side opposite the door's handle and that is designed to prevent the door from being opened or lifted.

(o) “ Sliding-door security bar ” means a bar or rod that can be placed at the bottom of or across the interior side of the fixed panel of a sliding glass door and that is designed to prevent the sliding panel of the door from being opened.

(p) “ Tenant ” means a person who is obligated to pay rent or other consideration and who is authorized to occupy a dwelling, to the exclusion of others, under a verbal or written lease or rental agreement.

(q) “ Window latch ” means a device on a window or window screen that prevents the window or window screen from being opened and that is operated without a key and only from the interior.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-41 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 23-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-41
Status: in_force

Each company employing special inspectors, except a company operating boilers and/or pressure vessels covered by owner or user inspection service meeting the requirements of Section 45-23-21(b) shall, within thirty (30) days following each certificate inspection made by such inspectors, file a report of such inspection with the chief inspector upon appropriate forms as promulgated by the board. If such report shows that a boiler or pressure vessel is found to comply with the rules and regulations of the board, the owner or user thereof shall pay directly to the board the fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for an annual certificate or Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for a biennial certificate, and the chief inspector or his duly authorized representative shall issue to such owner or user an inspection certificate bearing the date of inspection and specifying the maximum pressure under which the boiler or pressure vessel may be operated. Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 .

Such inspection certificate shall be valid for not more than fourteen (14) months from its date in the case of power boilers and high pressure, high temperature water boilers, and for not more than twenty-six (26) months in the case of heating boilers and pressure vessels.

In the case of those boilers and pressure vessels covered by Section 45-23-33(a) , (b) , (c) and (d) for which the board has established or extended the operating period between required inspections, pursuant to the provisions of Section 45-23-33(g) or (h) , the certificate shall be valid for a period not more than two (2) months beyond the period set by the board.

Certificates shall be posted under glass in the room containing the boiler or pressure vessel inspected. If the boiler or pressure vessel is not located within the building, the certificate shall be posted in a location convenient to the boiler or pressure vessel inspected, or in any place where it will be accessible to interested parties.

Air tanks used to inflate automobile tires shall be exempt from the inspection requirements of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-67 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 14-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-67
Status: in_force

The Mississippi State Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate regulations deemed necessary to implement the provisions of Sections 45-14-51 through 45-14-69 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 14-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-7
Status: in_force

(1) The state board of health is hereby designated as the state agency to administer a statewide radiation protection program consistent with the provisions of this chapter.

(2) There is hereby created and established the Mississippi Radiation Advisory Council as a separate division of the agency. It is made the duty of the council, and it is hereby granted the authority to:

(a) Advise the agency in the development of comprehensive policies and programs for the evaluation, determination and reduction of hazards associated with the use of radiation, and

(b) Assist in the formulation and approval of rules, regulations and standards relating to receipt, possession, use, transfer, ownership, acquisition, manufacture, production, transportation, handling, servicing, installation, storage, disposal, sale, lease or other disposition of sources of radiation as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The recommendation of nationally recognized bodies in the field of radiation protection shall be taken into consideration in the formulation of such rules, regulations and standards.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-29 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-29
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise authorized under this section, it shall be unlawful for any person not authorized so to do to impersonate a state highway safety patrolman, wear or use the insignia or uniform thereof, or to in anywise imitate or impersonate such patrolman. Any person adjudged guilty of violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail, where such offense is committed, for a term not exceeding one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed to prevent or preclude the boards of supervisors of the several counties from employing county highway patrolmen as presently authorized by law, and said county patrolmen shall, when authorized by the commissioner and under rules and regulations with respect thereto, after completing such examinations and meeting such requirements as are specified by the commissioner, be entitled to wear the uniform and insignia of state highway safety patrolmen and discharge the duties thereof.

(2) It shall not be unlawful or a violation of this section for a retired State Highway Safety Patrol officer to wear the uniform and insignia of the State Highway Safety Patrol when making presentations, delivering speeches or addressing public or private audiences for the purpose of entertaining or amusing such audiences provided such retired officer obtains written authorization from the Commissioner of Public Safety before engaging in such events. The approval of the commissioner shall not be required for each separate event but shall remain effective as an authorization for all such events until revoked or rescinded by the commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 43-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-7
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by Section 45-43-11 , the owner of a multiunit rental complex with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall completely enclose the pool yard with a pool yard enclosure.

(2) The height of the pool yard enclosure must be at least forty-eight (48) inches as measured from the ground on the side away from the pool.

(3) Openings under the pool yard enclosure may not allow a sphere four (4) inches in diameter to pass under the pool yard enclosure.

(4) If the pool yard enclosure is constructed with horizontal and vertical members and the distance between the tops of the horizontal members is at least forty-five (45) inches, the openings may not allow a sphere four (4) inches in diameter to pass through the enclosure.

(5) If the pool yard enclosure is constructed with horizontal and vertical members and the distance between the tops of the horizontal members is less than forty-five (45) inches, the openings may not allow a sphere one and three-fourths (1- 3 / 4 ) inches in diameter to pass through the enclosure.

(6) The use of chain-link fencing materials is prohibited entirely for a new pool yard enclosure that is constructed after July 1, 2012. The use of diagonal fencing members that are lower than forty-nine (49) inches above the ground is prohibited for a new pool yard enclosure that is constructed after July 1, 2012.

(7) Decorative designs or cutouts on or in the pool yard enclosure may not contain any openings greater than one and three-fourths (1- 3 / 4 ) inches in any direction.

(8) Indentations or protrusions in a solid pool yard enclosure without any openings may not be greater than normal construction tolerances and tooled masonry joints on the side away from the pool.

(9) Permanent equipment or structures may not be constructed or placed in a manner that makes them readily available for climbing over the pool yard enclosure.

(10) The wall of a building may be part of the pool yard enclosure only if the doors and windows in the wall comply with Sections 45-43-13 and 45-43-15 .

(11) The owner of a multiunit rental complex with a pool, or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool, is not required to:

(a) Build a pool yard enclosure at specified locations or distances from the pool other than distances for minimum walkways around the pool; or

(b) Conform secondary pool yard enclosures, located inside or outside the primary pool yard enclosure, to the requirements of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 39-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-11
Status: in_force

The council shall establish and operate a toll-free telephone service and make the service accessible to persons residing in areas of the state not served by a local crime stoppers program for reporting to the council information about criminal acts. The toll-free service must be available between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Monday through Thursday and from 5:00 p.m. Friday until 8:00 a.m. Monday. The council shall forward the information received to appropriate law enforcement agencies or local crime stoppers programs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-31 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-31
Status: in_force

Any physician, surgeon, dentist, veterinarian, paramedical employee, or nurse, or any employee of a hospital, clinic, or any other medical institution or office where patients regularly receive care, who treats, at any location, any human being suffering from a wound or injury and who has reason to believe or ought to know that the wound or injury was caused by gunshot or knifing, or receiving a request for such treatment, shall report the same immediately to the municipal police department or sheriff's office of the municipality or county in which such treatment is administered or request for such treatment is received. If the wound or injury is the result of a hunting or boating accident, the injury shall be reported immediately to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

Any person making a report or the reports required by this section shall be immune from civil liability for the making of the said reports.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-3
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the State of Mississippi in furtherance of its responsibility to protect the public health and safety:

(a) To institute and maintain a program to permit development and utilization of sources of radiation for purposes consistent with the health and safety of the public, and

(b) To prevent and/or reduce associated harmful effects of radiation upon the public through the institution and maintenance of a regulatory program for all sources of radiation; providing for: (1) a single, effective system of regulation within the state; (2) a system consonant insofar as possible with those of other states, and (3) compatibility with the standards and regulatory programs of the federal government for by-product, source, special nuclear materials, other radioactive materials and other sources of radiation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-33 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 33-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-33
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The failure of an offender to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, or to provide any registration or other information, including, but not limited to, initial registration, reregistration, change of address information, change of employment, change of name, required notification to a volunteer organization or any other registration duty or submission of information required by this chapter is a violation of this chapter. Additionally, forgery of information or submission of information under false pretenses, whether by the registrant or another person, is also a violation of this chapter.

(b) A person commits a violation of this chapter who:

(i) Knowingly harbors, or knowingly attempts to harbor, or knowingly assists another person in harboring or attempting to harbor a sex offender who is in violation of this chapter;

(ii) Knowingly assists a sex offender in eluding a law enforcement agency that is seeking to find the sex offender to question the sex offender about, or to arrest the sex offender for, noncompliance with the requirements of this chapter; or

(iii) Provides information to a law enforcement agency regarding a sex offender which the person knows to be false.

(c) A registrant who is required to submit to electronic monitoring who does not comply with all the terms and conditions of the electronic monitoring commits a violation of this chapter.

(2)(a) Unless otherwise specified, a violation of this chapter shall be considered a felony and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5) years, or both fine and imprisonment.

(b) A person who is required to register under this chapter who is subsequently convicted for a registration violation under this section, upon release from incarceration, shall submit to mandatory electronic monitoring under the program established under Section 45-33-45 for a period computed by subtracting the time the person spent in actual incarceration from the five-year maximum imprisonment for the offense and the period of post-release monitoring shall not be suspended or reduced by the court or the Department of Corrections.

(3) Whenever it appears that an offender has failed to comply with the duty to register, reregister or submit to electronic monitoring, the department shall promptly notify the sheriff of the county of the last-known address of the offender as well as the sheriff of the county of the last-known location of the offender, if different. Upon notification, the sheriff shall attempt to locate the offender at his last-known address or last-known location.

(a) If the sheriff locates the offender, he shall enforce the provisions of this chapter, including initiation of prosecution if appropriate. The sheriff shall then notify the department with the current information regarding the offender.

(b) If the sheriff is unable to locate the offender, the sheriff shall promptly notify the department and initiate a criminal prosecution against the offender for the failure to register, reregister or comply with electronic monitoring. The sheriff shall make the appropriate transactions into the Federal Bureau of Investigation's wanted-person database and issue a warrant for the offender's arrest. The department shall notify the United States Marshals Service of the offender's noncompliant status and shall update the registry database and website to show the defendant's noncompliant status as an absconder.

(4) A violation of this chapter shall result in the arrest of the offender.

(5) Any prosecution for a violation of this section shall be brought by a prosecutor in the county of the violation.

(6) A person required to register under this chapter who commits any act or omission in violation of this chapter may be prosecuted for the act or omission in the county in which the act or omission was committed, the county of the last registered address of the sex offender, the county in which the conviction occurred for the offense or offenses that meet the criteria requiring the person to register, the county in which he was designated a sex offender, or the county in which the sex offender was found.

(7) The Commissioner of Public Safety or his authorized agent shall suspend the driver's license or driving privilege of any offender failing to comply with the duty to report, register or reregister, submit to monitoring, or who has provided false information.

(8) When a person required to register under this chapter is accused of any registration offense under this section, pretrial release on bond shall be conditioned on the offender's submission to electronic monitoring under the program established under Section 45-33-45 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-23 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 43-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-23
Status: in_force

(1) A tenant of an owner of a multiunit rental complex, a member of a property owners association, a governmental entity, or any other person or the person's representative may maintain an action against the owner or property owners association for failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter. In that action, the person may obtain:

(a) A court order directing the owner or property owners association to comply with this chapter;

(b) A judgment against the owner or property owners association for actual damages resulting from the failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter;

(c) A judgment against the owner or property owners association for attorney's fees if the actual damages to the person were caused by the owner's or property owners association's intentional, malicious or grossly negligent actions; or

(d) A judgment against the owner or property owners association for a civil penalty of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) if the owner or property owners association fails to comply with this chapter within a reasonable time after written notice by a tenant of the multiunit rental complex or a member of the property owners association; the court may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party in an action brought under this subsection (1)(d).

(2) The Attorney General, a local health department, a municipality, or a county having jurisdiction may enforce this chapter by any lawful means, including inspections, permits, fees, civil fines, criminal prosecutions, injunctions, and after required notice, governmental construction or repair of pool yard enclosures that do not exist or that do not comply with this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 41-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-1
Status: in_force

(1) This section shall be known and cited as the “Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010.”

(2) The Legislature finds that:

(a) Wandering is a common behavior among those persons with dementia or other cognitive impairments that causes great concern for the families and caregivers of this state;

(b) This state is not currently equipped with the systems necessary to locate those with dementia or other cognitive impairments in a timely manner, with the unfortunate result that some individuals are never returned home to their families; and

(c) It is imperative that this state develop a plan to ensure that if an individual with dementia or other cognitive impairments is missing, the appropriate infrastructure is available and can be easily and timely activated to protect the health and safety of these vulnerable citizens.

(3) When used in this section, unless the context requires a different definition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “ E911 ” means Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service or Enhanced 911 Service, which is a telephone exchange communications service by which a Public Safety Answering Point designated by the county or local communication district may receive telephone calls dialed to the telephone number 911.

(b) “ First responders ” means state and local law enforcement personnel, fire department personnel, emergency medical personnel, emergency management personnel and public works personnel who may be deployed to bioterrorism attacks, terrorist attacks, catastrophic or natural disasters and emergencies.

(c) “ Originating local law enforcement agency ” means a local police or sheriff's office that has jurisdiction over the area where a person became missing.

(4)(a) The Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety shall implement a statewide “Silver Alert System” that has the purpose of providing a tiered, rapid response system to notify the public about missing endangered adults, who are age 18 or older, with dementia or other cognitive impairments. The initial response may be local, statewide or national based on available information about the missing person.

(b) A Silver Alert activation request may be made only by a law enforcement agency, and the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety may only activate a Silver Alert after a request is made.

(c) To activate a Silver Alert, all of the following criteria must be met:

(i) The missing adult, age 18 or older, is believed to have dementia or other cognitive impairments;

(ii) The person is believed to be missing and in imminent danger regardless of circumstance;

(iii) The family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person has submitted a missing person's report to the local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction where the person became missing, with all waiting periods being waived; and

(iv) The law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction of where the person became missing reports the incident to the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety through the Mississippi Highway Patrol Headquarters Communication Center.

(d) To initiate a request to activate a Silver Alert, the family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person must file immediately a report of the missing person with the local law enforcement agency where the person became missing that includes the following information:

(i) A description of the missing person including physical characteristics, clothing and photos, if available;

(ii) A description of the known circumstances under which the person became missing including the time, place, direction, possible destinations, whether the person is walking or in a vehicle, and all other pertinent information concerning where the person may have become missing; and

(iii) Updates on the missing person as new information becomes available.

(e) The originating local law enforcement agency, after completing the investigation expeditiously and determining that the case meets the qualifying criteria prescribed in this section, shall:

(i) Waive in the case of a Silver Alert, any waiting periods for a missing person's report in order to galvanize the appropriate communities rapidly to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the missing person;

(ii) Notify the Mississippi Highway Patrol Headquarters Communication Center and electronically send to the center the completed Silver Alert forms and available photos, signed by the police chief, sheriff, commanding officer or his or her designee;

(iii) Enter the information into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC);

(iv) Using a tiered approach based on known circumstances, initiate an alert bulletin to all local law enforcement, E911 and first responder agencies to search the immediate area;

(v) Activate secondary alert systems to residents, businesses, and broadcast media in the immediate area;

(vi) Provide a twenty-four-hour phone number to receive calls while continuing the investigation; and

(vii) Update the family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person as new information becomes available.

(5)(a) After the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety has been contacted by a local law enforcement agency requesting a Silver Alert activation, the Criminal Information Center shall consider before the activation of the Silver Alert procedures by the Silver Alert coordinator, or his or her designee, the information contained in the initial Silver Alert report form to ensure that it meets all criteria specified in subsection (4)(c) of this section. Elements of the missing person case to be considered are:

(i) Threat of imminent harm or death to the missing person because of age, health, mental or physical disability, environmental or weather conditions;

(ii) Time of initial report in relation to the time of disappearance, including whether the disappearance is unexplained, involuntary or is under suspicious circumstances;

(iii) Believed to be walking or in a vehicle;

(iv) Witness information;

(v) Possible domestic dispute involving the missing person; and

(vi) Other facts that indicate the missing person is in danger of serious injury or death, including whether there is possible criminal intent toward the missing person or whether someone witnessed the disappearance.

(b) Each case shall be reviewed on its own merits, and if there are extenuating circumstances, the required criteria in this section may be amended or expanded depending on the merits presented.

(c) Only the Silver Alert coordinator, or his or her designee, may authorize activation of a statewide Silver Alert and if an activation is authorized, the Criminal Information Center shall:

(i) Prepare an announcement concerning the missing person;

(ii) Contact the designated media stations to activate the alert; and

(iii) Request the Mississippi Department of Transportation to activate electronic signs, if appropriate.

(d) If the missing person is believed to be in a vehicle, the Silver Alert coordinator shall send information and available photos via emails and fax to the statewide communications systems, news media and other forms of public communication or electronic resources.

(6)(a) Following the initial alert, a Silver Alert broadcast shall be updated by television and radio stations as necessary until such time that an end of alert message is received from the law enforcement agency that requested the initial Silver Alert.

(b) Local and statewide broadcast stations shall exercise their own independent discretions as to whether to repeat the required broadcasts prescribed in this section more frequently and shall determine the frequency in which the alert is re-broadcast following the initial alert.

(c) The Silver Alert termination notification shall be issued twenty-four (24) hours after the airing of the latest and most current information or when the case has been resolved and verification from the originating local law enforcement agency has been received by the Department of Public Safety.

(7)(a) If the circumstances of a person's disappearance do not meet the criteria for a Silver Alert to activate statewide communication systems, in addition to a local law enforcement agency activating a Purple Alert, the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety may offer an alternate form of mass notification as provided in this section.

(b) The alternate form of mass notification may be an email that includes a photograph and the Silver Alert initial reporting form that is sent through a statewide network of law enforcement and first responder agencies, news media offices and other forms of public communication.

(c) The email authorized in paragraph (b) of this subsection (7) shall contain information taken from the Silver Alert initial reporting form that is submitted by the originating local law enforcement agency.

(d) The email alerting news media and law enforcement agencies of a person's disappearance that does not meet the criteria of a Silver Alert activation shall include the following paragraph at the beginning of the email:

“The (name of law enforcement agency) has requested the following information be provided to the Mississippi news media and law enforcement agencies: At the present time, information being provided to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety by the (name of law enforcement agency) does not meet the criteria to activate a Silver Alert. It is left to the discretion of each law enforcement agency and news department receiving this email as to whether the attached information, regarding the disappearance of this person and/or the photograph of this person, will be released to the public.”

(e) If further investigation into the disappearance produces evidence that may change the initial circumstances as reported to local law enforcement, the Department of Public Safety may reconsider activating a Silver Alert notwithstanding the existence of an active Purple Alert previously initiated by a local law enforcement agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-103 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-103
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “ federal prohibited-person information ” means information that identifies an individual as:

(a) A person who has been judicially determined by a court as a person with mental illness or person with an intellectual disability under Title 41, Chapter 21, Mississippi Code of 1972 , whether ordered for inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, day treatment, night treatment or home health services treatment;

(b) A person acquitted in a criminal case by reason of insanity or on a ground of intellectual disability, without regard to whether the person is ordered by a court to receive inpatient treatment or residential care under Section 99-13-7 ;

(c) An adult individual for whom a court has appointed a guardian or conservator under Article 2, 3 or 4 of Title 93, Chapter 20, Mississippi Code of 1972 , based on the determination that the person is incapable of managing his own person or estate; or

(d) A person determined to be incompetent to stand trial by a court pursuant to Rule 9.06 of the Mississippi Rules of Circuit and County Court Practice.

(2) The Department of Public Safety by rule shall establish a procedure to provide federal prohibited-person information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Except as otherwise provided by state law, the department may disseminate federal prohibited-person information under this subsection only to the extent necessary to allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation to collect and maintain a list of persons who are prohibited under federal law from engaging in certain activities with respect to a firearm.

(3) The department shall grant access to a person's own federal prohibited-person information to the person who is the subject of the information.

(4) Federal prohibited-person information maintained by the department is confidential information for the use of the department and, except as otherwise provided by this section and other state law, is not a public record and may not be disseminated by the department.

(5) The department by rule shall establish a procedure to correct department records and transmit those corrected records to the Federal Bureau of Investigation when a person provides:

(a) A copy of a judicial order or finding under Section 93-20-318 or 93-20-430 that a person has been restored to reason;

(b) Proof that the person has obtained notice of relief from disabilities under 18 USC, Section 925 ; or

(c) A copy of a judicial order of relief from a firearms disability under Section 97-37-5(4) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of a county and the governing authority of a municipality are authorized to contribute funds to a local crime stoppers program from the general fund of the county or municipality or any other available source if the local crime stoppers program is established to operate, in whole or in part, within the boundaries of that county or municipality.

This chapter shall not repeal or affect any local and private act establishing a county or local crime stoppers program providing for the operation and funding of such program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-23 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 23-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-23
Status: in_force

(1) The examination for chief, deputy or special inspector shall be in writing and shall be by the merit system of the board under the rules of procedure during the examination. Application for examination shall be in writing on forms provided by the board and shall be accompanied by a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 . Such examination shall be confined to questions, the answers to which will aid in determining the fitness and competency of the applicant for the intended service.

(2) In case an applicant for an inspector's license fails to pass the examination, he may appeal to the merit system of the board for another examination which shall be given by the board within ninety (90) days.

(3) The record of an applicant's examination shall be accessible to the applicant and his employer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-35 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 33-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-35
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Department of Public Safety shall maintain a central registry of sex offender information as defined in Section 45-33-25 and shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section. The responsible agencies shall provide the information required in Section 45-33-25 on a form developed by the department to ensure accurate information is maintained.

(2) Upon conviction, adjudication or acquittal by reason of insanity of any sex offender, if the sex offender is not immediately confined or not sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the clerk of the court which convicted and sentenced the sex offender shall inform the person of the duty to register, including the duty to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, and shall perform the registration duties as described in Section 45-33-23 and forward the information to the department.

(3) Before release from prison or placement on parole, supervised release or in a work center or restitution center, the Department of Corrections shall inform the person of the duty to register, including the duty to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, and shall perform the registration duties as described in Section 45-33-23 and forward the information to the Department of Public Safety.

(4) Before release from a community regional mental health center or from confinement in a mental institution following an acquittal by reason of insanity, the director of the facility shall inform the offender of the duty to register, including the duty to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, and shall perform the registration duties as described in Section 45-33-23 and forward the information to the Department of Public Safety.

(5) Before release from a youthful offender facility, the director of the facility shall inform the person of the duty to register, including the duty to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, and shall perform the registration duties as described in Section 45-33-23 and forward the information to the Department of Public Safety.

(6) In addition to performing the registration duties, the responsible agency shall:

(a) Inform the person having a duty to register that:

(i) The person is required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, at least ten (10) days before changing address.

(ii) Any change of address to another jurisdiction shall be reported to the department by personally appearing at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, not less than ten (10) days before the change of address. The offender shall comply with any registration requirement in the new jurisdiction.

(iii) The person must register in any jurisdiction where the person is employed, carries on a vocation, is stationed in the military or is a student.

(iv) Address verifications shall be made by personally appearing at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within the required time period.

(v) Notification or verification of a change in status of a registrant's enrollment, employment or vocation at any public or private educational institution, including any secondary school, trade or professional institution, or institution of higher education shall be reported to the department by personally appearing at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) business days of the change.

(vi) If the person has been convicted of a sex offense, the person shall notify any organization for which the person volunteers in which volunteers have direct, private or unsupervised contact with minors that the person has been convicted of a sex offense as provided in Section 45-33-32(1) .

(vii) Upon any change of name or employment, a registrant is required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) business days of the change.

(viii) Upon any change of vehicle information, a registrant is required to report the change on an appropriate form supplied by the department within three (3) business days of the change.

(ix) Upon any change of e-mail address or addresses, instant message address or addresses or any other designation used in Internet communications, postings or telephone communications, a registrant is required to report the change on an appropriate form supplied by the department within three (3) business days of the change.

(x) Upon any change of information deemed to be necessary to the state's policy to assist local law enforcement agencies' efforts to protect their communities, a registrant is required to report the change on an appropriate form supplied by the department within three (3) business days of the change.

(b) Require the person to read and sign a form stating that the duty of the person to register under this chapter has been explained.

(c) Obtain or facilitate the obtaining of a biological sample from every registrant as required by this chapter if such biological sample has not already been provided to the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory.

(d) Provide a copy of the order of conviction or sentencing order to the department at the time of registration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-1-37 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-1-37
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Public Safety is hereby authorized and directed to seek reciprocal agreements with bordering states to allow law enforcement officers of the State of Mississippi to enter into such bordering states while in pursuit of persons who have committed crimes for the purpose of apprehending and arresting such persons. Any state who enters into such reciprocal agreement shall be authorized to enter into the State of Mississippi for the same purpose.

(2) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall require the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding, which is negotiated by the Secretary of State, with the registrar of each county for the purpose of providing a Mississippi Voter Identification Card.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-65 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 35-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-65
Status: in_force

The department shall collect a fee for an identification card for persons with disabilities as prescribed in Section 63-1-43 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-13 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 38-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-13
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, this chapter may not be construed as providing a basis for, or being subject to, a private right of action for a violation of this chapter.

(2) If a digital service provider violates this chapter, the parent or guardian of a known minor affected by that violation may bring a cause of action seeking:

(a) A declaratory judgment under Rule 57 of Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure ; or

(b) An injunction against the digital service provider.

(3) A court may not certify an action brought under this section as a class action.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-18-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 18-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-18-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature of the State of Mississippi hereby authorizes the Governor of the State of Mississippi to enter into a compact on behalf of the State of Mississippi with any other state legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows:

This compact is made and entered into by and between the participating member states which enact this compact, hereinafter called party states. For the purposes of this agreement, the term “ states ” is taken to mean the several states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all United States territorial possessions.

The purpose of this compact is to provide for mutual assistance between the states entering into this compact in managing any emergency or disaster that is duly declared by the Governor of the affected state(s), whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster, civil emergency aspects of resources shortages, community disorders, insurgency, or enemy attack.

This compact shall also provide for mutual cooperation in emergency-related exercises, testing, or other training activities using equipment and personnel simulating performance of any aspect of the giving and receiving of aid by party states or subdivisions of party states during emergencies, such actions occurring outside actual declared emergency periods. Mutual assistance in this compact may include the use of the states' National Guard forces, either in accordance with the National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact or by mutual agreement between states.

Each party state entering into this compact recognizes many emergencies transcend political jurisdictional boundaries and that intergovernmental coordination is essential in managing these and other emergencies under this compact. Each state further recognizes that there will be emergencies which require immediate access and present procedures to apply outside resources to make a prompt and effective response to such an emergency. This is because few, if any, individual states have all the resources they may need in all types of emergencies or the capability of delivering resources to areas where emergencies exist.

The prompt, full and effective utilization of resources of the participating states, including any resources on hand or available from the federal government or any other source, that are essential for the safety, care and welfare of the people in the event of any emergency or disaster declared by a party state, shall be the underlying principle on which all articles of this compact shall be understood.

On behalf of the Governor of each state participating in the compact, the legally designated state official who is assigned responsibility for emergency management will be responsible for formulation of the appropriate interstate mutual aid plans and procedures necessary to implement this compact.

A. It shall be the responsibility of each party state to formulate procedural plans and programs for interstate cooperation in the performance of the responsibilities listed in this article. In formulating such plans, and in carrying them out, the party states, insofar as practical, shall:

i. Review individual state hazards analyses and, to the extent reasonably possible, determine all those potential emergencies the party states might jointly suffer, whether due to natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster, emergency aspects of resource shortages, civil disorders, insurgency, or enemy attack.

ii. Review party states' individual emergency plans and develop a plan which will determine the mechanism for the interstate management and provision of assistance concerning any potential emergency.

iii. Develop interstate procedures to fill any identified gaps and to resolve any identified inconsistencies or overlaps in existing or developed plans.

iv. Assist in warning communities adjacent to or crossing the state boundaries.

v. Protect and assure uninterrupted delivery of services, medicines, water, food, energy and fuel, search and rescue, and critical lifeline equipment, services and resources, both human and material.

vi. Inventory and set procedures for the interstate loan and delivery of human and material resources, together with procedures for reimbursement or forgiveness.

vii. Provide, to the extent authorized by law, for temporary suspension of any statutes or ordinances that restrict the implementation of the above responsibilities.

B. The authorized representative of a party state may request assistance of another party state by contacting the authorized representative of that state. The provisions of this agreement shall only apply to requests for assistance made by and to authorized representatives. Requests may be verbal or in writing. If verbal, the request shall be confirmed in writing within thirty (30) days of the verbal request. Requests shall provide the following information:

i. A description of the emergency service function for which assistance is needed, such as, but not limited to, fire services, law enforcement, emergency medical, transportation, communications, public works and engineering, building inspection, planning and information assistance, mass care, resource support, health and medical services, and search and rescue.

ii. The amount and type of personnel, equipment, materials and supplies needed, and a reasonable estimate of the length of time they will be needed.

iii. The specific place and time for staging of the assisting party's response and a point of contact at that location.

C. There shall be frequent consultation between state officials who have assigned emergency management responsibilities and other appropriate representatives of the party states with affected jurisdictions and the United States Government, with free exchange of information, plans and resource records relating to emergency capabilities.

Any party state requested to render mutual aid or conduct exercises and training for mutual aid shall take such action as is necessary to provide and make available the resources covered by this compact in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that it is understood that the state rendering aid may withhold resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable protection for such state. Each party state shall afford to the emergency forces of any party state, while operating within its state limits under the terms and conditions of this compact, the same powers (except that of arrest unless specifically authorized by the receiving state), duties, rights and privileges as are afforded forces of the state in which they are performing emergency services. Emergency forces will continue under the command and control of their regular leaders, but the organizational units will come under the operational control of the emergency services authorities of the state receiving assistance. These conditions may be activated, as needed, only subsequent to a declaration of a state of emergency or disaster by the Governor of the party state that is to receive assistance or commencement of exercises or training for mutual aid and shall continue so long as the exercises or training for mutual aid are in progress, the state of emergency or disaster remains in effect or loaned resources remain in the receiving state(s), whichever is longer.

Whenever any person holds a license, certificate or other permit issued by any party state to the compact evidencing the meeting of qualifications for professional, mechanical or other skills, and when such assistance is requested by the receiving party state, such person shall be deemed licensed, certified or permitted by the state requesting assistance to render aid involving such skill to meet a declared emergency or disaster, subject to such limitations and conditions as the Governor of the requesting state may prescribe by executive order or otherwise.

Officers or employees of a party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be considered agents of the requesting state for tort liability and immunity purposes; and no party state or its officers or employees rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be liable on account of any act or omission in good faith on the part of such forces while so engaged or on account of the maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection therewith. Good faith in this article shall not include willful misconduct, gross negligence or recklessness.

Inasmuch as it is probable that the pattern and detail of the machinery for mutual aid among two (2) or more states may differ from that among the states that are party hereto, this instrument contains elements of a broad base common to all states, and nothing herein contained shall preclude any state from entering into supplementary agreements with another state or affect any other agreements already in force between states. Supplementary agreements may comprehend, but shall not be limited to, provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and other persons and the exchange of medical, fire, police, public utility, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel and equipment and supplies.

Each party state shall provide for the payment of compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency forces of that state and representatives of deceased members of such forces in case such members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid pursuant to this compact, in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within their own state.

Any party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be reimbursed by the party state receiving such aid for any loss or damage to or expense incurred in the operation of any equipment and the provision of any service in answering a request for aid and for the costs incurred in connection with such requests; provided, that any aiding party state may assume in whole or in part such loss, damage, expense or other cost, or may loan such equipment or donate such services to the receiving party state without charge or cost; and provided further, that any two (2) or more party states may enter into supplementary agreements establishing a different allocation of costs among those states. Article VIII expenses shall not be reimbursable under this provision.

Plans for the orderly evacuation and interstate reception of portions of the civilian population as the result of any emergency or disaster of sufficient proportions to so warrant, shall be worked out and maintained between the party states and the emergency management/services directors of the various jurisdictions where any type of incident requiring evacuations might occur. Such plans shall be put into effect by request of the state from which evacuees come and shall include the manner of transporting such evacuees, the number of evacuees to be received in different areas, the manner in which food, clothing, housing and medical care will be provided, the registration of the evacuees, the providing of facilities for the notification of relatives or friends, and the forwarding of such evacuees to other areas or the bringing in of additional materials, supplies and all other relevant factors. Such plans shall provide that the party state receiving evacuees and the party state from which the evacuees come shall mutually agree as to reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred in receiving and caring for such evacuees, for expenditures for transportation, food, clothing, medicines and medical care and like items. Such expenditures shall be reimbursed as agreed by the party state from which the evacuees come. After the termination of the emergency or disaster, the party state from which the evacuees come shall assume the responsibility for the ultimate support of repatriation of such evacuees.

A. This compact shall become operative immediately upon its enactment into law by any two (2) states; thereafter, this compact shall become effective as to any other state upon its enactment by such state.

B. Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until thirty (30) days after the Governor of the withdrawing state has given notice in writing of such withdrawal to the Governors of all other party states. Such action shall not relieve the withdrawing state from obligations assumed hereunder prior to the effective date of withdrawal.

C. Duly authenticated copies of this compact and of such supplementary agreements as may be entered into shall, at the time of their approval, be deposited with each of the party states and with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other appropriate agencies of the United States government.

This compact shall be construed to effectuate the purposes stated in Article I hereof. If any provision of this compact is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Nothing in this compact shall authorize or permit the use of military force by the National Guard of a state at any place outside that state in any emergency for which the President is authorized by law to call into federal service the militia, or for any purpose for which the use of the Army or the Air Force would in the absence of express statutory authorization be prohibited under Section 1385 of Title 18, United States Code .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “ Criminal justice agencies ” means public agencies at all levels of government which perform as their principal function activities relating to the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication or rehabilitation of criminal offenders.

(b) “ Offense ” means an act which is a felony or a misdemeanor.

(c) “ Justice information system ” means those agencies, procedures, mechanisms, media and forms, as well as the information itself, which are or become involved in the origination, transmittal, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information related to reported offenses and offenders, and the subsequent actions related to the events or persons.

(d) “ Criminal justice information ” means the following classes of information:

(i) “ Secret data ,” which includes information dealing with those elements of the operation and programming of the Mississippi Justice Information Center computer system and the communications network and satellite computer systems handling criminal justice information which prevents unlawful intrusion into the system.

(ii) “ Criminal history record information ,” which means information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, affidavits, information or other formal charges and any disposition arising therefrom, sentencing, correctional supervision and release. The term does not include identification information such as fingerprint records or images to the extent that the information does not indicate involvement of the individual in the criminal justice system.

(iii) “ Sensitive data ,” which contains statistical information in the form of reports, lists and documentation which may identify a group characteristic, such as “white” males or “stolen” guns.

(iv) “ Restricted data ,” which contains information relating to data-gathering techniques, distribution methods, manuals and forms.

(v) “ Law enforcement agency ” or “ originating agency ” or “ agency ” which includes a governmental unit or agency composed of one or more persons employed full time or part time by the state as a political subdivision thereof for the following purposes: (A) the administration of criminal justice, which includes the prevention and detection of crime; the apprehension, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders; or the collection, storage and dissemination of criminal history record information; or (B) the enforcement of state laws or local ordinances, which includes making arrests for crimes while acting within the scope of their authority. The agency must perform one or more of the above-described criminal justice duties and allocate a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice.

(e) “ Center ” means the Mississippi Justice Information Center or the Mississippi Criminal Information Center.

(f) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.

(g) “ Conviction information ” means criminal history record information disclosing that a person was found guilty of, or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, a criminal offense in a court of law, together with any sentencing information. This includes a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States, or a conviction for an offense committed on an Indian Reservation or other federal property, or any court of a state of the United States.

(h) “ Nonconviction information ” means arrest without disposition information if an interval of one (1) year has elapsed from the date of arrest and no active prosecution for the charge is pending, as well as all acquittals and all dismissals.

(i) “ Arrest card ” means the initial law enforcement agency documentation of an arrest, whether in physical or digital form, including fingerprint information.

(j) “ Disposition form ” means the form prescribed by rule of the Justice Information Center for a court or law enforcement agency to report the disposition of the case of a person who has been arrested.

(k) “ Disposition ” means the outcome of the case of a person who was arrested and includes, without limitation:

(i) Nonadjudication;

(ii) A verdict or plea of guilt;

(iii) A plea of nolo contendere;

(iv) A verdict of not guilty;

(v) Dismissal;

(vi) Nolle prosequi;

(vii) Remand to the file;

(viii) Expunction; or

(ix) An appeal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-43 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-43
Status: in_force

Each company operating boilers and/or pressure vessels covered by owner or user inspection service meeting the requirements of Section 45-23-21(b) shall maintain in its files an inspection record which shall list, by number and such abbreviated description as may be necessary for identification, each pressure vessel covered by this chapter, the date of the last inspection of each such unit, and for each pressure vessel the approximate date for the next inspection thereof arrived at by applying the appropriate rules therefor to all data available at the time such inspection record is compiled. Such inspection record shall be readily available for examination by the chief inspector or his authorized representative during business hours.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 41-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-3
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the statewide Silver Alert System required under Section 45-41-1 and the Amber Alert System operated by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety, there is established the Purple Alert as a standardized system to be used by local law enforcement agencies to aid in the search of a missing person. A Purple Alert may be in addition to: an active Amber Alert; an active Silver Alert; or any mass notification provided by email regarding a person's disappearance that does not meet the criteria for a Silver Alert, as authorized under Section 45-41-1(7) .

(2) At a minimum, a Purple Alert must:

(a) Be determined by a local law enforcement agency, in an emergency situation, to be a viable means by which a missing person is likely to be returned to safety;

(b) Provide, to the greatest extent possible, for the protection of the privacy, dignity and independence of the missing person by including standards aimed at preventing the inadvertent or unnecessary broadcasting or dissemination of sensitive health and diagnostic information;

(c) Limit the broadcasting and dissemination of alerts and related information to the geographic areas where the missing person could reasonably be, considering the person's circumstances and physical and mental condition, the potential modes of transportation available to the person or suspected to be involved, and the known or suspected circumstances of the person's disappearance; and

(d) Be activated only when a law enforcement agency receives a report of a missing person which includes the information required under Section 45-41-1(4)(d) .

(3) Under a Purple Alert, a local law enforcement agency may broadcast information concerning a missing person:

(a) Who has: a mental or cognitive disability that is not Alzheimer's disease or a dementia-related disorder; an intellectual disability or a developmental disability; a brain injury; another physical, mental or emotional disability that is not related to substance abuse; or a combination of any of these;

(b) Whose disappearance indicates a credible threat of immediate danger or serious bodily harm to himself or herself, as determined by the local law enforcement agency; and

(c) Who most likely cannot be returned to safety without law enforcement intervention.

(4) If a Purple Alert is determined to be necessary and appropriate, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction must notify the media and persons who have subscribed to receive alert notifications in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions where the missing person may be located. The law enforcement agency also must report the person missing to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety.

(5) The Purple Alert system must include procedures to monitor the use, activation and results of alerts and a strategy for informing and educating law enforcement, the media and other stakeholders concerning the alert.

(6) A local law enforcement agency may activate a Purple Alert notwithstanding the existence of an active Silver Alert or Amber Alert for the same missing person if the agency determines that a Purple Alert may improve the chances of finding the person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-45 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-45
Status: in_force

Each such company shall, in addition, file annually with the board a statement, signed by the engineer having supervision over the inspections made during the period covered thereby, stating the number of vessels covered by this chapter inspected during the year and certifying that each such inspection was conducted pursuant to the inspection requirements provided for by this chapter. Such annual statement shall be accompanied by a filing fee in accordance with the following schedule:

(a) For statements covering not more than twenty-five (25) vessels--Three Dollars ($3.00) per vessel.

(b) For statements covering more than twenty-five (25) but less than one hundred one (101) vessels--Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00).

(c) For statements covering more than one hundred (100) but less than five hundred one (501) vessels--One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00).

(d) For statements covering more than five hundred (500) vessels--Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00).

Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 35-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-3
Status: in_force

(1) Any person six (6) years of age or older may be issued an identification card by the department which is certified by the registrant and attested by the commissioner as to true name, correct age and such other identifying data as required by Section 45-35-5 .

(2) The new, renewal or duplicate identification card of a person required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 45-33-25 shall bear a designation identifying the cardholder as a sex offender.

(3) The commissioner is authorized to provide the new, renewal or duplicate identification card to any honorably discharged veteran as defined in Title 38 of the United States Code, and such identification card shall exhibit the letters “Vet” or any other mark identifying the person as a veteran. The veteran requesting the “Vet” designation shall present his DD-214 or equivalent document that includes a notation from the State Veterans Affairs Board that the applicant is a veteran.

(4) Not later than July 1, 2021, the commissioner shall develop and implement an identification card in electronic format as an additional option for card holders. Acceptable electronic formats include display of electronic images on a cellular phone or any other type of electronic device.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-33 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-33
Status: in_force

Every proprietor or keeper of a hotel or lodging house shall, in case of fire therein, give notice of the same to all guests and inmates thereof at once, and do all in his power to rescue them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 35-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-5
Status: in_force

Data for the issuance of an identification card shall include a birth certificate or other document to establish the age and identity of the applicant, the social security number of the applicant, and such other identifying data as is required on an application for issuance of a drivers license.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-49 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-49
Status: in_force

The board or its authorized representative may at any time suspend an inspection certificate when, upon a showing of due cause, the boiler or pressure vessel for which it was issued cannot be operated without menace to the public safety, or when the boiler or pressure vessel is found not to comply with the rules and regulations herein provided. Each suspension of an inspection certificate shall continue in effect until such boiler or pressure vessel shall have been made to conform to the rules and regulations of the board, and until said inspection certificate shall have been reinstated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-29 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-29
Status: in_force

No person shall use, manufacture, produce, transport, transfer, receive, acquire, own or possess radioactive materials until that person shall have procured and filed with the agency such bond, insurance or other security as the agency may by regulation require. Such bond, insurance or other security shall:

(a) run in favor of the State of Mississippi in the amount set by the agency which shall be a reasonable amount commensurate with the possible danger and potential damage which may occur due to the use, manufacture, production, transportation, transfer, receipt, acquisition or possession of radioactive materials; provided, however, that the minimum amounts shall be as follows:

(i) One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for all damages because of bodily injury sustained by one (1) person as the result of any one (1) occurrence and Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for all damages because of bodily injury sustained by two (2) or more persons as the result of any one (1) occurrence;

(ii) One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for all claims arising out of damage to property as the result of any one (1) occurrence including completed operations, with an aggregate limit of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for all property damage to which the policy applied; and

(b) have as guarantor on such bond or insurance a surety company licensed to do business in the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-21 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-21
Status: in_force

(1) The powers and duties of the Highway Safety Patrol shall be, in addition to all others prescribed by law, as follows:

(a) To enforce all of the traffic laws, rules and regulations of the State of Mississippi upon all highways of the state highway system and the rights-of-way of such highways; provided, however, that if any person commits an offense upon the state highway system and be pursued by a member of the Highway Safety Patrol, such patrol officer may pursue and apprehend such offender upon any of the highways or public roads of this state, or to any other place to which such offender may flee.

(b) To enforce all rules and regulations of the commissioner promulgated pursuant to legal authority.

(c) When so directed by the Governor, to enforce any of the laws of this state upon any of the highways or public roads thereof.

(d) Upon the request of the Department of Revenue, and with the approval of the Governor, to enforce all of the provisions of law with reference to the registration, license and taxation of vehicles using the highways of this state, and relative to the sizes, weights and load limits of such vehicles, and to enforce the provisions of all other laws administered by the Department of Revenue upon any of the highways or public roads of this state; and for such purpose the Highway Safety Patrol shall have the authority to collect and receive all taxes which may be due under any of such laws, and to report and remit same to the Department of Revenue in the manner required by law, or the rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue.

(e) Upon request of the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division within the Department of Public Safety, and when so instructed by the commissioner, to enforce the Mississippi Motor Carrier Regulatory Law of 1938 and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(f) To arrest without warrant any person or persons committing or attempting to commit any misdemeanor, felony or breach of the peace within their presence or view, and to pursue and so arrest any person committing such an offense to and at any place in the State of Mississippi where he may go or be. Nothing herein shall be construed as granting the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol general police powers.

(g) To aid and assist any law enforcement officer whose life or safety is in jeopardy. Additionally, officers of the Highway Safety Patrol may arrest without warrant any fugitive from justice who has escaped or who is using the highways of the state in an attempt to flee. With the approval of the commissioner or his designee, officers of the Highway Safety Patrol may assist other law enforcement agencies in manhunts for convicted felons who have escaped and/or for alleged felons where there is probable cause to believe that the person being sought committed the felony and a felony had actually been committed.

(h) To cooperate with the State Forest Service by reporting all forest fires.

(i) Upon request of the sheriff or his designee, or board of supervisors of any county or the chief of police or mayor of any municipality, and when so instructed by the commissioner or his designee, to respond to calls for assistance in a law enforcement incident; such request and action shall be noted and clearly reflected on the radio logs of both the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol district substation and that of the requesting agency, entered on the local NCIC terminal, if available, and a request in writing shall follow within forty-eight (48) hours. Additionally, the time of commencement and termination of the specific law enforcement incident shall be clearly noted on the radio logs of both law enforcement agencies.

(2) The Legislature declares that the primary law enforcement officer in any county in the State of Mississippi is the duly qualified and elected sheriff thereof, but for the purposes of this subsection there is hereby vested in the Department of Public Safety, in addition to the powers hereinabove mentioned and the other provisions of this section under the terms and limitations hereinafter mentioned and for the purpose of insuring domestic tranquility and for the purpose of preventing or suppressing, or both, crimes of violence, acts and conduct calculated to, or which may, provoke or lead to violence and/or incite riots, mobs, mob violence, a breach of the peace, and acts of intimidation or terror, the powers and duties to include the enforcement of all the laws of the State of Mississippi relating to such purposes, to investigate any violation of the laws of the State of Mississippi and to aid in the arrest and prosecution of persons charged with violating the laws of the State of Mississippi which relate to such purposes. Investigators of the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety shall have general police powers to enforce all the laws of the State of Mississippi. All officers of the Department of Public Safety charged with the enforcement of the laws administered by that agency, for the purposes herein set forth, shall have full power to investigate, prevent, apprehend and arrest law violators anywhere in the state, and shall be vested with the power of general police officers in the performance of their duties. The officers of the Department of Public Safety are authorized and empowered to carry and use firearms and other weapons deemed necessary in the discharge of their duties as such and are also empowered to serve warrants and subpoenas issued under the authority of the State of Mississippi. The Governor shall be authorized to offer and pay suitable rewards to persons aiding in the investigation, apprehension and conviction of persons charged with acts of violence, or threats of violence or intimidation or acts of terrorism. The additional powers herein granted to or vested in the Department of Public Safety or any of its officers or employees by this section, excepting investigating powers, and those powers of investigators who shall have general police power, being the investigators in the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety, shall not be exercised by the Department of Public Safety, or any of its officers or employees, except upon authority and direction of the Governor or Acting Governor, by proclamation duly signed, in the following instances, to wit:

(a) When requested by the sheriff or board of supervisors of any county or the mayor of any municipality on the grounds that mob violence, crimes of violence, acts and conduct of terrorism, riots or acts of intimidation, or either, calculated to or which may provoke violence or incite riots, mobs, mob violence, violence, or lead to any breach of the peace, or either, and acts of intimidation or terror are anticipated, and when such acts or conduct in the opinion of the Governor or Acting Governor would provoke violence or any of the foregoing acts or conduct set out in this subsection, and the sheriff or mayor, as the case may be, lacks adequate police force to prevent or suppress the same.

(b) Acting upon evidence submitted to him by the Department of Public Safety, or other investigating agency authorized by the Governor or Acting Governor to make such investigations, because of the failure or refusal of the sheriff of any county or mayor of any municipality to take action or employ such means at his disposal, to prevent or suppress the acts, conduct or offenses provided for in subsection (1) of this section, the Governor or Acting Governor deems it necessary to invoke the powers and authority vested in the Department of Public Safety.

(c) The Governor or Acting Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to issue his proclamation invoking the powers and authority vested by this paragraph, as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, and when the Governor or Acting Governor issues said proclamation in accordance herewith, said proclamation shall become effective upon the signing thereof and shall continue in full force and effect for a period of ninety (90) days, or for a shorter period if otherwise ordered by the Governor or Acting Governor. At the signing of the proclamation by the Governor or Acting Governor, the Department of Public Safety and its officers and employees shall thereupon be authorized to exercise the additional power and authority vested in them by this paragraph. The Governor and Acting Governor may issue additional proclamations for periods of ninety (90) days each under the authority of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (2).

(3) All proclamations issued by the Governor or Acting Governor shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on the next succeeding business day.

(4) It is not the intention of this section to vest the wide powers and authority herein provided for, as general powers of the Department of Public Safety, and the same are not hereby so vested, but to limit these general powers to cases and incidents wherein it is deemed necessary to prevent or suppress the offenses and conditions herein mentioned in this and other subsections of this section, and under the terms and conditions hereinabove enumerated, it being the sense of the Legislature that the prime duties of the Department of Public Safety are to patrol the highways of this state and enforce the highway safety laws.

(5) Patrol officers shall have no interest in any costs in the prosecution of any case through any court; nor shall any patrol officer receive any fee as a witness in any court held in this state, whether a state or federal court.

(6) Provided, however, that the general police power vested by virtue of the terms of subsection (2) of this section is solely for the purposes set out in said subsection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-21 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-21
Status: repealed

This chapter shall be repealed if a federal reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard is adopted and becomes effective.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-13 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-13
Status: in_force

(1) The maximum allowable pressure of a boiler carrying the ASME code symbol or of a pressure vessel carrying the ASME or API-ASME code symbol shall be determined by the applicable sections of the code under which it was constructed and stamped.

(2) The maximum allowable pressure of a boiler or pressure vessel which does not carry the ASME or the API-ASME code symbol shall be computed in accordance with generally accepted nationwide engineering standards as required by the board.

(3) This chapter shall not be construed as in any way preventing the use, sale or reinstallation of a boiler or pressure vessel referred to in subsections (1) and (2), provided it has been made to conform to the rules and regulations of the board governing existing installations and provided, further, it has been found upon inspection to be in a safe condition and that an inspection certificate can be issued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 39-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of a county and the governing authority of a municipality are authorized to contribute funds to a local crime stoppers program from the general fund of the county or municipality or any other available source if the local crime stoppers program is established to operate, in whole or in part, within the boundaries of that county or municipality.

This chapter shall not repeal or affect any local and private act establishing a county or local crime stoppers program providing for the operation and funding of such program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-13 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 43-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-13
Status: in_force

(1) A door, sliding glass door, or French door may not open directly into a pool yard if the date of electrical service for initial construction of the building or pool is on or after July 1, 2012.

(2) A door, sliding glass door, or French door may open directly into a pool yard if the date of electrical service for initial construction of the building or pool is before July 1, 2012, and the pool yard enclosure complies with subsection (3), (4) or (5) of this section, as applicable.

(3) If a door of a building, other than a sliding glass door or screen door, opens into the pool yard, the door must have a:

(a) Latch that automatically engages when the door is closed;

(b) Spring-loaded door-hinge pin, automatic door closer, or similar device to cause the door to close automatically; and

(c) Keyless bolting device that is installed not less than thirty-six (36) inches or more than forty-eight (48) inches above the interior floor.

(4) If French doors of a building open to the pool yard, one (1) of the French doors must comply with subsection (3)(a) of this section and the other door must have:

(a) A keyed dead bolt or keyless bolting device capable of insertion into the doorjamb above the door, and a keyless bolting device capable of insertion into the floor or threshold; or

(b) A bolt with at least a three-fourths ( 3 / 4 ) inch throw installed inside the door and operated from the edge of the door that is capable of insertion into the doorjamb above the door and another bolt with at least a three-fourths ( 3 / 4 ) inch throw installed inside the door and operated from the edge of the door that is capable of insertion into the floor or threshold.

(5) If a sliding glass door of a building opens into the pool yard, the sliding glass door must have:

(a) A sliding-door handle latch or sliding-door security bar that is installed not more than forty-eight (48) inches above the interior floor; and

(b) A sliding-door pin lock that is installed not more than forty-eight (48) inches above the interior floor.

(6) A door, sliding glass door, or French door that opens into a pool yard from an area of a building that is not used by residents and that has no access to an area outside the pool yard is not required to have a lock, latch, dead bolt, or keyless bolting device.

(7) A keyed dead bolt, keyless bolting device, sliding-door pin lock, or sliding-door security bar installed before July 1, 2012, may be installed not more than fifty-four (54) inches from the floor.

(8) A keyed dead bolt or keyless dead bolt, as described by Section 45-43-3 , installed in a dwelling on or after July 1, 2012, must have a bolt with a throw of not less than one (1) inch.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-47-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 47-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-47-1
Status: in_force

(1) Every person who is arrested for the commission or attempted commission of a crime of violence as defined in Section 97-3-2 shall provide a biological sample for DNA testing to jail or detention center personnel upon booking. The analysis shall be performed by the Mississippi Forensics Lab or other entity designated by the Department of Public Safety, and the results shall be maintained by the Forensics Lab according to standard protocols adopted for maintenance of DNA records in conformity to federal guidelines for the maintenance of such records.

(2)(a) A DNA sample shall be collected by an individual who is trained in the collection procedures that the Forensics Laboratory uses.

(b) Upon motion of one (1) of the parties, or sua sponte by the court, the court may direct the Forensics Lab to destroy the sample and delete from the database all records thereof if there is no other pending qualifying warrant or capias for an arrest or felony conviction that would require that the sample remain in the DNA data bank if:

(i) The charge for which the sample was taken is dismissed;

(ii) The defendant is acquitted at trial or convicted of a lesser-included misdemeanor offense that is not an offense listed in this section;

(iii) No charge was filed within the statute of limitations, if any; or

(iv) No conviction has occurred, at least three (3) years have passed since the date of arrest, and there is no active prosecution.

(3)(a) Any person who, without authority, disseminates information contained in the DNA data bank shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Any person who disseminates, receives, or otherwise uses or attempts to use information in the DNA data bank, knowing that the dissemination, receipt or use is for a purpose other than as authorized by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) Except as authorized by law, any person who obtains or attempts to obtain any sample for purposes of having DNA analysis performed shall be guilty of a felony.

(4)(a) Any person convicted under subsection (3)(a) shall be sentenced to a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or confinement in the county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both.

(b) Any person convicted under subsection (3)(b) shall be sentenced to a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or confinement in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months, or both.

(c) Any person convicted under subsection (3)(c) shall be sentenced to a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed two (2) years, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 49-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-9
Status: in_force

(1) The owner or operator shall maintain an incident report log for all rider injuries or illnesses resulting from the operation of an amusement ride, other than minor injuries or illnesses resulting from the operation of an amusement park ride in this state. The recorded information must include, at a minimum, the following:

(a) The date the injury occurred;

(b) The name, address, and telephone number of the injured rider;

(c) The age of the injured rider;

(d) The manufacturer's name and serial number of the amusement ride involved in the injury;

(e) The name of the amusement ride in use at the location of the injury, if different from the manufacturer's name;

(f) A description of the injury including, to the extent known, its cause; and

(g) A description of any first-aid treatment administered to the injured rider.

(2) The owner or operator shall maintain the incident report log for a minimum of three (3) years.

(3) The owner or operator shall report all serious injuries or illnesses resulting from the operation of an amusement ride in this state, that do not result in death to the Mississippi Department of Revenue, in writing, within seventy-two (72) hours of the owner or operator being notified of the serious injury or illness.

(4) The owner or operator shall report all serious injuries or illnesses resulting from the operation of an amusement ride in this state, that result in death to the administrator within two (2) hours of the owner or operator being notified of the death. The owner or operator may initially notify the department verbally via telephone, but shall follow up with a written report of a death within twenty-four (24) hours of the owner or operator being notified of the death.

(5) In the event of a serious injury or illness resulting from the operation of an amusement ride in this state, the owner or operator shall immediately cease operation of the amusement ride except as necessary to prevent imminent harm to any person. The owner or operator shall take all reasonable steps to preserve the condition of the amusement ride pending an investigation by the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-43 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-43
Status: in_force

At the time a person surrenders a driver's license from another jurisdiction or makes an application for a driver's license, temporary driving permit, commercial driver's license or identification card issued under Section 45-35-3 , the department shall provide the applicant with written information on the registration requirements of this chapter and shall require written acknowledgment by the applicant of receipt of the notification.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 49-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-5
Status: in_force

(1) The annual inspection required in Section 45-49-3 must be conducted by a qualified inspector. A qualified inspector must:

(a) Be certified:

(i) By the National Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials at a minimum, as a Level I inspector; or

(ii) By the Amusement Industry Manufacturers and Suppliers International at a level that is equivalent to the certification under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph;

(b) Have twenty-four (24) months of employment experience in the field of amusement ride inspection; and

(c) Not be the owner or operator of the ride or an employee or agent of the owner or operator.

(2) The certificate of inspection shall certify that the ride is in substantial compliance with ASTM International Standard F770-19 concerning practices for ownership, operation, maintenance and inspection of amusement rides and devices.

(3) The owner or operator of an amusement ride shall:

(a) Operate, maintain and inspect all rides in substantial compliance with ASTM International Standard F770-19;

(b) Keep a paper or electronic copy of all required forms or certifications, and of all safety inspections conducted by the owner or operator during the preceding twelve (12) months, or until an inspection is repeated, whichever is longer for each ride:

(i) On or near that ride; or

(ii) At the office of the owner or operator; and

(c) Make those records available to the Mississippi Department of Revenue promptly upon request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 23-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-3
Status: in_force

This chapter, except as otherwise herein provided, shall apply to all boilers and pressure vessels operating or intended for operation in the State of Mississippi or its territories.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-9
Status: in_force

(1) If any person desires to carry on any function, activity, work or operation in closer proximity to any high voltage overhead line than permitted by this chapter, the person responsible for performing the work shall promptly notify the electric utility operating the high voltage overhead line, in writing, on a form to be provided by such electric utility, and shall not perform the work until mutually satisfactory arrangements have been made between such electric utility and the person or business entity responsible for performing the work, to deter contact with the high voltage overhead lines as provided in subsection (2) below, however, this requirement shall not apply to persons lawfully occupying the land where the line is located and engaged in the regular and ordinary functions and activities of farming, ranching or other agricultural pursuits.

(2) The person responsible for performing the work in the vicinity of the high voltage overhead lines shall at no cost, receive a written cost estimate from the utility for providing the necessary safety arrangements. If such person disagrees with the reasonableness of any written cost proposal or believes that the cost proposal calls for more work than is reasonably necessary to protect those working in close proximity to the high voltage overhead lines, the following options are available to such person:

(a) The electric utility shall be directed to commence work under protest; such person shall pay the electric utility for the work in accordance with the cost proposal, but shall be entitled to seek recovery of all or any part of the money paid to the electric utility in binding arbitration as is hereinafter provided; or

(b) Prior to directing the work to be performed, the person responsible for performing the work in the vicinity of high voltage overhead power lines may submit to binding arbitration, as hereinafter provided, to resolve the issues of the reasonableness and necessity of the cost, and the description of the work to be performed by the electric utility under its written cost proposal.

(3) In the event of a disagreement between the electric utility and the person responsible for performing work in the vicinity of the high voltage overhead line regarding the reasonableness or necessity of the price or the work to be performed to deter contact with high voltage overhead lines, the disputes shall be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in Sections 11-15-101 through 11-15-143, Mississippi Code of 1972 . The Public Service Commission shall serve as arbitrator for the purposes of this chapter. The demand for arbitration shall be specifically enforceable in any court of law or equity. The decision of the arbitrators as to the reasonableness or necessity of the cost or the work to be performed shall be final and binding upon the parties.

(4) The electric utility shall commence arrangements as provided herein within five (5) working days of the mutual agreement, notice to proceed under protest, or the decision of the arbitrators. Once initiated, the clearance work will continue without unreasonable interruption to completion. Should the electric utility fail to provide for temporary clearances or safety measures in a timely manner as required by this chapter, the electric utility shall be liable for costs or loss of production of the person requesting assistance to work in close proximity to high voltage overhead lines. In locations where identity of the electric utility operating the high voltage overhead lines is not easily known, the Mississippi Public Service Commission shall, upon request, provide the name, address and telephone number of such utility for notification purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 38-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-45 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-45
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of any county specified in subsection (1) of Section 45-7-41 may pay the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per month for any one (1) county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive in excess of Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($950.00) per month. Said board may also pay a reimbursement for expenses in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month for any one (1) county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive in excess of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month.

(2) The board of supervisors of any county specified in subsection (2) of Section 45-7-41 may pay the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month for any one (1) county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month.

(3) The board of supervisors of any county specified in Section 45-7-41 may furnish said patrol officers means of transportation or reimburse them for their actual and proven transportation expenses, may furnish suitable uniforms, and may acquire radio transmitting and receiving equipment, and such other equipment as may be required for use by said patrol officers in the proper performance of their duties. All salaries and expenses provided for herein shall be paid from the general fund of said county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 43-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-7
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by Section 45-43-11 , the owner of a multiunit rental complex with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall completely enclose the pool yard with a pool yard enclosure.

(2) The height of the pool yard enclosure must be at least forty-eight (48) inches as measured from the ground on the side away from the pool.

(3) Openings under the pool yard enclosure may not allow a sphere four (4) inches in diameter to pass under the pool yard enclosure.

(4) If the pool yard enclosure is constructed with horizontal and vertical members and the distance between the tops of the horizontal members is at least forty-five (45) inches, the openings may not allow a sphere four (4) inches in diameter to pass through the enclosure.

(5) If the pool yard enclosure is constructed with horizontal and vertical members and the distance between the tops of the horizontal members is less than forty-five (45) inches, the openings may not allow a sphere one and three-fourths (1- 3 / 4 ) inches in diameter to pass through the enclosure.

(6) The use of chain-link fencing materials is prohibited entirely for a new pool yard enclosure that is constructed after July 1, 2012. The use of diagonal fencing members that are lower than forty-nine (49) inches above the ground is prohibited for a new pool yard enclosure that is constructed after July 1, 2012.

(7) Decorative designs or cutouts on or in the pool yard enclosure may not contain any openings greater than one and three-fourths (1- 3 / 4 ) inches in any direction.

(8) Indentations or protrusions in a solid pool yard enclosure without any openings may not be greater than normal construction tolerances and tooled masonry joints on the side away from the pool.

(9) Permanent equipment or structures may not be constructed or placed in a manner that makes them readily available for climbing over the pool yard enclosure.

(10) The wall of a building may be part of the pool yard enclosure only if the doors and windows in the wall comply with Sections 45-43-13 and 45-43-15 .

(11) The owner of a multiunit rental complex with a pool, or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool, is not required to:

(a) Build a pool yard enclosure at specified locations or distances from the pool other than distances for minimum walkways around the pool; or

(b) Conform secondary pool yard enclosures, located inside or outside the primary pool yard enclosure, to the requirements of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 34-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-7
Status: in_force

Upon the entry of the order sentencing the offender to probation or parole or upon the date of release of the offender from the physical custody of the responsible agency, the responsible agency shall forward the department a copy of the conviction, sentencing order, name, sex and date of birth of the offender convicted of a registrable offense under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 39-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-3
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council. The council shall be composed of five (5) persons appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. At least three (3) of the foregoing appointees shall be persons who have participated in a local crime stoppers program. Each member of the council shall serve for a term of two (2) years or until his successor is appointed and qualifies. At the first meeting of the council, which shall be called by the Governor, and at the first meeting after the beginning of each new state fiscal year, the council shall elect from among its members a chairman and such other officers as the council deems necessary. Each member of the council shall receive per diem in the amount established in Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for each day or portion thereof spent discharging his duties under this chapter and shall receive mileage and expenses as provided in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

Expenses of the council shall be paid by the Department of Public Safety out of the State Crime Stoppers Fund, created in Section 45-39-5(4) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-37 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-37
Status: in_force

If the inspector can show due cause that a hydrostatic test is necessary it shall be made by the owner or user of the boiler or pressure vessel, at the owner's or user's expense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-41 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-41
Status: in_force

In the construction of school buildings all outside doors shall be made to open outwardly. All buildings of two (2) or more stories in height shall be constructed so as to give easy escape in case of fire, by providing modern fire escapes, or by providing iron ladders, slides or stairways on the outside of such buildings. In case of ladders, slides or stairways on the outside, sufficient platform room at the top of such ladder, slide or stairway and sufficient banisters or railings shall be provided to guarantee the safety of the children in getting out of the building. Provided, however, that in any fireproof school buildings with each floor on the ground level and constructed for more than ten (10) years, the board of trustees of the school or attendance center, in their discretion, may not be required to add fire escapes provided within sixty (60) days immediately following the passage of this section they spread upon their minutes a resolution to that effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-3
Status: in_force

Any individual, organization, corporation or other entity desiring to hold a rock festival in this state shall obtain, at least ten (10) or more days prior to the date upon which such event shall commence or be held, a written permit from the sheriff of the county in which such event is sought to be held. No rock festival shall be held in this state without a valid permit from the sheriff of such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 39-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-1
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Council” means the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council.

(b) “Local crime stoppers program” means the acceptance and spending of donations by a private, nonprofit organization for the awarding of rewards to persons who report information concerning criminal activity to the organization if the organization:

(i) Operates less than statewide; and

(ii) Forwards reported information to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-3
Status: in_force

Whenever the State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal, or his authorized representative, shall be advised by interested persons of a dangerous or hazardous inflammable condition existing in any building that would tend to impair the safety of persons or property, he shall take proper proceedings, including furnishing of all information in regard thereto to the Attorney General who shall, if he finds such evidence sufficient, bring injunctive proceedings to have the condition corrected. Provided that this section may not apply in any instance where local fire departments or other local agencies have the authority to correct such conditions.

From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.

From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-31 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-31
Status: in_force

Any duly authorized representative of the board shall have free access, during reasonable hours, to any premises in the state where a boiler or pressure vessel is being constructed for use in, or is being installed in, this state for the purpose of ascertaining whether such boiler or pressure vessel is being constructed and installed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-19 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-19
Status: in_force

(1) On or before December 31, 2014, the owner or lessee of every conveyance not exempted under this chapter shall register with the Commissioner of Insurance each conveyance owned or operated by the owner or lessee, giving the type, rated load and speed, name of manufacturer, its location, the purpose for which it is used, and such additional information as may be required.

(2) Conveyances placed in service on or after July 1, 2013, shall be registered at the time they are completed and placed in service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-59 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-59
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Any person convicted of a sex offense who is employed in any position, or who contracts with a person to provide personal services, where the employee or contractor will have direct, private and unsupervised contact with minors under the age of eighteen (18) shall notify in writing the employer or the person with whom the person has contracted or is employed of his sex offender status.

(b) The employer shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the parents or guardians of any minors under the age of eighteen (18) with whom the employee or contractor will have direct, private and unsupervised contact of the offender's criminal record.

(2) This section applies to all registered sex offenders regardless of the date of conviction.

(3) An employer acting in good faith in making notification to parents or guardians under this section, or who fails in good faith to make notification, shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action as a result of the notification or failure to notify.

(4) This section does not authorize the employment of a person for a position for which employment of a sex offender is prohibited by any law.

(5) This section does not apply to an employer whose employees have only incidental contact with children because children may be present in the workplace without any formal agreement; casual or incidental contact does not trigger the duty to inform.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-49 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 33-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-49
Status: in_force

(1) Records maintained pursuant to this chapter shall be open to law enforcement agencies which shall be authorized to release relevant and necessary information regarding sex offenders to the public.

(2) The identity of a victim of an offense that requires registration under this chapter shall not be released.

(3) A sheriff shall maintain records for registrants of the county and shall make available to any person upon request the name, address, place of employment, crime for which convicted, date and place of conviction of any registrant, and any other information deemed necessary for the protection of the public. The sheriffs shall be responsible for verifying their respective registries annually against the department's records to ensure current information is available at both levels.

(4)(a) Upon written request, the department shall provide to any person the name, address, photograph, if available, date of photograph, place of employment, crime for which convicted, date and place of conviction of any registrant, hair, eye color, height, race, sex and date of birth of any registrant, and any other information deemed necessary for the protection of the public.

(b)(i) The Department of Public Safety shall maintain an Internet website in a manner that will permit the public to obtain relevant information for each sex offender in the registry as required in this subsection (4). The website shall permit the public to obtain relevant information for each offender by a single query for any given name, zip code, municipality, county or geographic radius set by the user.

(ii) The Department of Public Safety shall participate in the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public website. The information required to be displayed on the public registry website includes the offender's name and all known aliases; a current photograph; a physical description; the offender's residential addresses including the offender's permanent address and any address at which the offender habitually lives; employer address; school address; the current sex offense for which the offender is registered; criminal history of any other sex offenses for which the offender has been convicted; a description of the offender's vehicle including license tag number; and the offender's status if designated as noncompliant or an absconder because of failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter.

(iii) The public website shall not display the identity of a victim of an offense that requires registration under this chapter or the registered sex offender's social security number, travel or immigration document numbers, Internet identifiers, telephone numbers, or any arrests not resulting in conviction.

(5) The Department of Education, the Mississippi Private School Association and the Department of Health shall notify all schools and licensed day care centers annually regarding the availability upon request of this information.

(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent law enforcement officers from notifying members of the public exposed to danger of any circumstances or individuals that pose a danger under circumstances that are not enumerated in this section.

(7) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent law enforcement officers from providing community notification of any circumstances or individuals that pose or could pose a danger under circumstances that are not enumerated in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-9
Status: in_force

(1) If any person desires to carry on any function, activity, work or operation in closer proximity to any high voltage overhead line than permitted by this chapter, the person responsible for performing the work shall promptly notify the electric utility operating the high voltage overhead line, in writing, on a form to be provided by such electric utility, and shall not perform the work until mutually satisfactory arrangements have been made between such electric utility and the person or business entity responsible for performing the work, to deter contact with the high voltage overhead lines as provided in subsection (2) below, however, this requirement shall not apply to persons lawfully occupying the land where the line is located and engaged in the regular and ordinary functions and activities of farming, ranching or other agricultural pursuits.

(2) The person responsible for performing the work in the vicinity of the high voltage overhead lines shall at no cost, receive a written cost estimate from the utility for providing the necessary safety arrangements. If such person disagrees with the reasonableness of any written cost proposal or believes that the cost proposal calls for more work than is reasonably necessary to protect those working in close proximity to the high voltage overhead lines, the following options are available to such person:

(a) The electric utility shall be directed to commence work under protest; such person shall pay the electric utility for the work in accordance with the cost proposal, but shall be entitled to seek recovery of all or any part of the money paid to the electric utility in binding arbitration as is hereinafter provided; or

(b) Prior to directing the work to be performed, the person responsible for performing the work in the vicinity of high voltage overhead power lines may submit to binding arbitration, as hereinafter provided, to resolve the issues of the reasonableness and necessity of the cost, and the description of the work to be performed by the electric utility under its written cost proposal.

(3) In the event of a disagreement between the electric utility and the person responsible for performing work in the vicinity of the high voltage overhead line regarding the reasonableness or necessity of the price or the work to be performed to deter contact with high voltage overhead lines, the disputes shall be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in Sections 11-15-101 through 11-15-143, Mississippi Code of 1972 . The Public Service Commission shall serve as arbitrator for the purposes of this chapter. The demand for arbitration shall be specifically enforceable in any court of law or equity. The decision of the arbitrators as to the reasonableness or necessity of the cost or the work to be performed shall be final and binding upon the parties.

(4) The electric utility shall commence arrangements as provided herein within five (5) working days of the mutual agreement, notice to proceed under protest, or the decision of the arbitrators. Once initiated, the clearance work will continue without unreasonable interruption to completion. Should the electric utility fail to provide for temporary clearances or safety measures in a timely manner as required by this chapter, the electric utility shall be liable for costs or loss of production of the person requesting assistance to work in close proximity to high voltage overhead lines. In locations where identity of the electric utility operating the high voltage overhead lines is not easily known, the Mississippi Public Service Commission shall, upon request, provide the name, address and telephone number of such utility for notification purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-18-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 18-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-18-1
Status: in_force

Section 45-18-3 may be cited as the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-1
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Council” means the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council.

(b) “Local crime stoppers program” means the acceptance and spending of donations by a private, nonprofit organization for the awarding of rewards to persons who report information concerning criminal activity to the organization if the organization:

(i) Operates less than statewide; and

(ii) Forwards reported information to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-52 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-52
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-52
Status: in_force

A member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol or any other certified law enforcement officer shall be allowed to retain as his personal property any dog assigned to such member when the dog is retired from service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 49-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-1
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings as defined in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Amusement ride ” or “ ride ” means a mechanical device that carries or conveys passengers along, around or over a fixed or restricted route or course for the purpose of giving the passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills or excitement. The term “amusement ride” does not include bungee jumping, zip lines, waterslides, or obstacle, challenge or adventure courses.

(b) “ Ride operator ” means the person having direct control of the starting, stopping, or speed of an amusement ride.

(c) “ Owner or operator ” means the person or organization that is responsible for the maintenance and operation of an amusement ride or amusement device.

(d) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Revenue.

(e) “ Serious injuries or illnesses ” means a person's injury or illness that results in death, dismemberment, significant disfigurement, permanent loss of the use of a body organ, member, function, or system, a compound fracture, or other significant injury or illness that requires immediate admission and overnight hospitalization and observation by a licensed physician.

(f) “ Minor injuries or illnesses ” means injuries and illnesses that may or may not require emergency first aid or significant treatment, or both, but cannot be otherwise classified as a serious injury or illness. This term includes incidents where treatment is limited to such things as the dispensation of over-the-counter medication or plastic adhesive strips, cleansing, rest, and other similar duties or assistance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 39-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of a county and the governing authority of a municipality are authorized to contribute funds to a local crime stoppers program from the general fund of the county or municipality or any other available source if the local crime stoppers program is established to operate, in whole or in part, within the boundaries of that county or municipality.

This chapter shall not repeal or affect any local and private act establishing a county or local crime stoppers program providing for the operation and funding of such program.