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MS Code § 45-33-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-61. Access to Administrative Office of Courts' youth court data management system by sex offenders prohibited

  A person convicted of a sex offense shall not access the Administrative Office of Courts' youth court data management system known as the Mississippi Youth Court Information Delivery System or "MYCIDS."   This section applies to all registered sex offenders without regard to the date of conviction for a registrable offense.
MS Code § 45-39-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 39 - Statewide Crime Stoppers Advisory Council|§ 45-39-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   "Council" means the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council.   "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:   Operates less than statewide; and   Forwards reported information to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
MS Code § 45-39-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 39 - Statewide Crime Stoppers Advisory Council|§ 45-39-3. Creation

 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).
MS Code § 45-39-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 39 - Statewide Crime Stoppers Advisory Council|§ 45-39-5. Duties; powers and authority

  The council may contract with a person to serve as its director or, with the concurrence of the Commissioner of Public Safety, may employ an individual within the Department of Public Safety to serve as director. The council shall establish the authority and responsibilities of the director.   The council shall:   Advise and assist in the creation of local crime stoppers programs;   Foster the detection of crime and encourage persons to report information about criminal acts;   Encourage news and other media to promote local crime stoppers programs and to inform the public of the functions of the council;   Assist local crime stoppers programs in forwarding information about criminal acts to the appropriate law enforcement agencies; and   Help law enforcement agencies detect and combat crime by increasing the flow of information to and between law enforcement agencies.     The council may adopt rules to carry out its duties under this chapter.   The assessments collected under subsection (5) of Section 99-19-73, Mississippi Code of 1972, and any other funds as may be made available through contributions from private or public sources, shall be deposited in a special fund that is hereby created in the State Treasury and designated the State Crime Stoppers Fund. Monies deposited in the fund shall be expended by the council, pursuant to appropriation therefor by the Legislature, for the authorized purposes of the State Crime Stoppers Program established under this chapter, including, but not limited to, providing reward monies for individuals who legitimately report crime activity. Any such funds paid to such individuals shall be kept confidential by the council, and any audit of the fund and the expenditures of the council shall provide for the confidentiality of any expenditures to such individuals. The Department of Public Safety shall have the authority to accept, budget and expend for any proper expenses of the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council any special source funds made available to the Crime Stoppers Program subject to the approval of the Department of Finance and Administration and in accordance with procedures for federal fund escalations as established in Section 27-104-21.   The council shall have the authority to require financial statement reporting from any local crime stoppers program receiving any type of public funding, including, but not limited to, surcharges, assessments, fees or other funds paid directly to a local crime stoppers program by a municipal or county agency, including funds received under Section 45-39-17.
MS Code § 45-39-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 39 - Statewide Crime Stoppers Advisory Council|§ 45-39-7. Records; confidentiality

  Council records relating to reports of criminal acts are confidential.   Evidence of a communication between a person submitting a report of a criminal act to the council or a local crime stoppers program and the person who accepted the report on behalf of the council or local crime stoppers program is not admissible in a court or an administrative proceeding whether the evidence is held by the council or a local crime stoppers program or is held by a telecommunication service provider.   Records of the council or a local crime stoppers program concerning a report of criminal activity and records of a telecommunication service provider relating to a report made to the council or to a local crime stoppers program may not be compelled to be produced before a court or other tribunal except on the motion of a criminal defendant to the court in which the offense is being tried that the records or report contain evidence that is exculpatory to the defendant in the trial of that offense. On motion of a defendant under this subsection, the court may subpoena the records or report. The court shall conduct an in-camera inspection of materials produced under subpoena to determine whether the materials contain evidence that is exculpatory to the defendant. If the court determines that the materials produced contain evidence that is exculpatory to the defendant, the court shall present the evidence to the defendant in a form that does not disclose the identity of the person who was the source of the evidence, unless the state or federal constitution requires the disclosure of that person's identity. The court shall execute an affidavit accompanying the disclosed materials swearing that, in the opinion of the court, the materials disclosed represent the exculpatory evidence the defendant is entitled to receive under this section. The court shall return to the council or to the local crime stoppers program materials that are produced under this section but not disclosed to the defendant. The council or local crime stoppers program shall store the materials until the conclusion of the criminal trial and the expiration of the time for all direct appeals in the case.
MS Code § 45-39-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 39 - Statewide Crime Stoppers Advisory Council|§ 45-39-9. Offenses

 A person who is a member or employee of the council or who accepts a report of criminal activity on behalf of a local crime stoppers program is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person intentionally or knowingly divulges to a person not employed by a law enforcement agency the content of a report of a criminal act or the identity of the person who made the report without the consent of the person who made the report.   A person convicted of an offense under this section shall be punished as provided in Section 99-19-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, and is not eligible for state employment during the five-year period following the date that the conviction becomes final.
MS Code § 45-39-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 39 - Statewide Crime Stoppers Advisory Council|§ 45-39-11. Establishment and operation of a toll-free telephone number for reporting information about criminal acts

 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.
MS Code § 45-39-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 39 - Statewide Crime Stoppers Advisory Council|§ 45-39-13. Intent

 The establishment of any Crime Stoppers Advisory Council shall not impede the intent or process of the Vulnerable Adults Acts of 1986 as provided in Section 43-47-1 et seq.
MS Code § 45-39-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 39 - Statewide Crime Stoppers Advisory Council|§ 45-39-15. Local crime stoppers programs

 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.
MS Code § 45-39-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 39 - Statewide Crime Stoppers Advisory Council|§ 45-39-17. Certain localities authorized to assess surcharge upon persons fined for certain misdemeanors to fund local crime stoppers programs

 In addition to any other monetary penalties and other penalties imposed by law, any county or municipality by ordinance may assess an additional surcharge in an amount not to exceed Two Dollars ($2.00) on each person upon whom a county, justice or municipal court imposes a fine or other penalty for any misdemeanor other than offenses relating to vehicular parking or registration if there is established to the benefit of the citizens of the county or municipality a local crime stoppers program which is not authorized to receive funds under local and private legislation. The proceeds from the surcharge may be used by a county or municipality only to fund that county's or municipality's support of the local crime stoppers program as authorized by Section 45-39-15, Mississippi Code of 1972. The proceeds from the surcharge imposed by this section shall be deposited into a special fund in the Department of Public Safety's Office of Public Safety Planning which shall promulgate rules and procedures relating to the administration of the special fund and the disbursement of monies in the fund to participating counties and municipalities. The maximum amount that a county or municipality may receive from the special fund shall be an amount equal to the deposits made into the fund by that entity, less one percent (1%) to be retained by the Office of Public Safety Planning to defray the costs of administering the special fund. Interest earned on the special fund shall remain in the fund and shall be used by the Office of Public Safety Planning to further defray the costs of administering the special fund.
MS Code § 45-43-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 43 - William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act|§ 45-43-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and cited as the "William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act."
MS Code § 45-43-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 43 - William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act|§ 45-43-5. Applicability

 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).
MS Code § 45-43-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 43 - William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act|§ 45-43-7. Certain property owners or owners associations that own, control or maintain a pool required to completely enclose pool yard

  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.   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.   Openings under the pool yard enclosure may not allow a sphere four (4) inches in diameter to pass under the pool yard enclosure.   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.   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.   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.   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.   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.   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.   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.   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:   Build a pool yard enclosure at specified locations or distances from the pool other than distances for minimum walkways around the pool; or   Conform secondary pool yard enclosures, located inside or outside the primary pool yard enclosure, to the requirements of this chapter.
MS Code § 45-43-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 43 - William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act|§ 45-43-9. Requirements for gates and latches

  Except as otherwise provided by Section 45-43-11, a gate in a fence or wall enclosing a pool yard as required by Section 45-43-7 shall:   Have a self-closing and self-latching device;   Have hardware enabling it to be locked, at the option of whoever controls the gate, by a padlock or a built-in lock operated by key, card, or combination; and   Open outward away from the pool yard.     Except as otherwise provided by subsection (3) of this section and Section 45-43-11, a gate latch must be installed so that it is at least sixty (60) inches above the ground, except that it may be installed lower if:   The latch is installed on the pool yard side of the gate only and is at least three (3) inches below the top of the gate; and   The gate or enclosure has no opening greater than one-half (1/2) inch in any direction within eighteen (18) inches from the latch, including the space between the gate and the gatepost to which the gate latches.     A gate latch may be located forty-two (42) inches or higher above the ground if the gate cannot be opened except by key, card, or combination on both sides of the gate.
MS Code § 45-43-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 43 - William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act|§ 45-43-11. Applicability to existing pool yard enclosures

  If a pool yard enclosure is constructed or modified before July 1, 2012, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply, except that any gate in a pool yard enclosure shall conform to Section 45-43-9 no later than January 1, 2013.   This chapter provides no exemption from any local ordinance that may apply to the pool yard enclosure.   A pool yard enclosure modified on or after July 1, 2012, shall conform with this section and Sections 45-43-7 and 45-43-9 as a part of the modification.
MS Code § 45-43-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 43 - William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act|§ 45-43-13. Requirements regarding doors that open into pool yard

  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.   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.   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:   Latch that automatically engages when the door is closed;   Spring-loaded door-hinge pin, automatic door closer, or similar device to cause the door to close automatically; and   Keyless bolting device that is installed not less than thirty-six (36) inches or more than forty-eight (48) inches above the interior floor.     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 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   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.     If a sliding glass door of a building opens into the pool yard, the sliding glass door must have:   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   A sliding-door pin lock that is installed not more than forty-eight (48) inches above the interior floor.     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.   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.   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.
MS Code § 45-43-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 43 - William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act|§ 45-43-15. Use of a wall of a building as part of pool yard enclosure; when permitted

 A wall of a building constructed before July 1, 2012, may not be used as part of a pool yard enclosure unless each window in the wall has a latch and unless each window screen on a window in the wall is affixed by a window screen latch, screws, or similar means.This section does not require the installation of window screens.A wall of a building constructed on or after July 1, 2012, may not be used as part of a pool yard enclosure unless each ground floor window in the wall is permanently closed and unable to be opened.
MS Code § 45-43-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 43 - William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act|§ 45-43-17. Compliance with Sections 45-43-13 and 45-43-15

 Each door, sliding glass door, window, and window screen of each dwelling unit in a residential building located in the enclosed pool yard must comply with Sections 45-43-13 and 45-43-15.
MS Code § 45-43-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 43 - William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act|§ 45-43-19. Inspection, maintenance, repair and upkeep of pool yard enclosures, gates, windows, doors, latching devices, etc.

  An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care to inspect, maintain, repair and keep in good working order the pool yard enclosures, gates and self-closing and self-latching devices required by this chapter and within the control of the owner or property owners association.   An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care to maintain, repair and keep in good working order the window latches, sliding-door handle latches, sliding-door pin locks, and sliding-door security bars required by this chapter and within the control of the owner or property owners association after request or notice from the tenant that those devices are malfunctioning or in need of repair or replacement.   An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall inspect the pool yard enclosures, gates, and self-closing and self-latching devices on gates no less than once every thirty-one (31) days.   An owner's or property owners association's duty of inspection, repair, and maintenance under this section may not be waived under any circumstances and may not be enlarged except by written agreement with a tenant or occupant of a multiunit rental complex or a member of a property owners association or as may be otherwise allowed by this chapter.