Mississippi House Bill 1321 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 10 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-10 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 49-15-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That It Is Unlawful For Any Person, Firm Or Corporation To Use Or Attempt To Use A Purse Seine For The Taking Of Fish Or To Have Such Seine In The Water Within One Mile Of The Shoreline Of Cat Island And Within One Mile Of The Shoreline Of Jackson County, Mississippi; To Repeal Section 49-15-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides That The Commission May Adopt Ordinances Prohibiting The Taking And Catching Of Menhaden Within Certain Limits; To Bring Forward Section 49-15-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establishes The Regulations For The Taking Of Redfish, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 49-15-78, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Use Of A Gill Net, Trammel Net, Entanglement Net, Or Like Contrivances, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Menhaden; prohibit taking of within one mile buffer of Jackson County, Mississippi.

Rep. Charles Busby [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-10	House	Died On Calendar
2022-02-08	House	Read the Third Time
2022-01-26	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2022-01-17	House	Referred To Marine Resources

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
49	15	35	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
49	15	71	New Code	See Bill Text
49	15	78	New Code	See Bill Text
49	15	79	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB1321.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1321IN.htm