Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-7 - Distribution of general laws and journals, and local and private laws free of charge

(1)
The Office of the Secretary of State shall distribute and transmit, free of cost, the general laws and journals of each session of the Legislature, as follows: One (1) volume of each to the following: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals; Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, Alcorn State University, University of Southern Mississippi, Delta State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, University of Mississippi and University of Mississippi School of Law; the sheriff of each county for the county law library; each member of the Legislature; the Secretary of the Senate; the Clerk of the House; each attorney employed in the Legislative Services Offices of the House of Representatives and the Senate; each legislative committee meeting room in the New Capitol; the Legislative Reference Bureau; the Legislative Budget Office; the Legislative PEER Committee; the Department of Archives and History; and the Library of Congress at Washington, D.C.
The copies of the general laws and journals to be provided to each sheriff, member of the Legislature and the attorneys employed in the Legislative Services Offices of the House and Senate under this subsection (1) shall not be provided unless specifically requested by such sheriff, legislator or attorney in writing, and the copies to be provided for legislative committee meeting rooms in the New Capitol shall not be provided unless specifically requested in writing by the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate for the committee rooms of their respective house. Any other recipient of the general laws and journals listed in this subsection (1) may waive the receipt of the general laws, journals or both by written request to the Office of the Secretary of State.
(2)
The Office of the Secretary of State shall provide, free of cost, one (1) volume of the local and private laws to each attorney employed in the Legislative Services Offices of the House of Representatives and the Senate; each legislative committee meeting room in the New Capitol; the Legislative Reference Bureau; and the Legislative PEER Committee.
The copies of the local and private laws to be provided to the attorneys employed in the Legislative Services Offices of the House and Senate under this subsection (2) shall not be provided unless specifically requested by such attorney in writing, and the copies to be provided for legislative committee meeting rooms in the New Capitol shall not be provided unless specifically requested in writing by the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate for the committee rooms of their respective house.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 19, art. 5 (6); 1857, ch. 6, art. 18; 1871, § 123; 1880, § 209; 1892, § 4090; 1906, § 4642; Hemingway's 1917, § 7480; 1930, § 6940; 1942, § 4200; Laws, 1938, ch. 215; Laws, 1940, ch. 317; Laws, 1978, ch. 458, § 5; Laws, 1988, ch. 486, § 2; Laws, 1992, ch. 543, § 4; Laws, 1993, ch. 430, § 4; Laws, 1993, ch. 518, § 9; Laws, 2004, ch. 473, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 376, § 2; Laws, 2012, ch. 390, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 354, HB 1177,§ 1, eff. 3/17/2021.