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Several new laws will take effect Tuesday
Published Monday, June 30, 2008
JACKSON (AP) — Here is a glance as several new laws that will take effect in Mississippi on Tuesday:
4INMATES: Some Mississippi prisoners will be authorized to do public service work for churches.
4HOME INVASION: Harsher penalties are set for burglarizing a home while someone is there. The penalty for home invasion will be 10 to 25 years in prison. Current law sets a penalty of three to 25 years for home burglary; that remains the same if no one is home during the burglary.
4ETHICS: Will require the Ethics Commission to post elected officials’ financial disclosure forms on its Web site. The only way to check the forms now is to submit a request to the commission’s office.
4HONEY: Anyone who packs or sells fewer than 500 gallons of honey a year will not have to meet state health regulations for food establishments.
4YOUNG HUNTERS: Hunters under the age of 16 will be allowed to hunt deer with regular guns during the Dec. 2-15 primitive weapons season. The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks will regulate the special hunting season. Hunters 16 and over will still be restricted to archery equipment, muzzleloading rifles and certain pre-1900 designed centerfire rifles.
4OPEN RECORDS: Incident reports compiled by law enforcement agencies will be considered public records. The reports give basic information when someone is arrested, such as who is involved and where and when an alleged crime took place. Law officers can withhold names of confidential informants.
4CATFISH: Restaurants will have to disclose whether the catfish they serve is imported or raised in the United States.
Comments
Posted by Krogers (anonymous) on June 30, 2008 at 12:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I like it that mandatory minimum imprisonment for home invasion of an occupied home has gone up, preventing liberal judges from being too soft on those criminals.
Posted by fatherof4 (anonymous) on June 30, 2008 at 1:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I pefer just shooting someone who invades my home while I am there.
Posted by rushinghjr (anonymous) on June 30, 2008 at 2:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Good Point Krogers!
Posted by andy (anonymous) on June 30, 2008 at 2:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
eye in the sky why don't you tell us how much you know about law enforcement you seem to know more than the lawyers, judges and citizens know come on out in the open and see how smart you are if you are indeed a law officer i know you are in trouble for looking at ncic reports and telling police business but what can we expect from you your move
Posted by natchez500 (anonymous) on June 30, 2008 at 2:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
yes you know so much about the law come on eye in the sky now keep breaking it telling police business before it is public record
Posted by jack (anonymous) on June 30, 2008 at 5:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
with you andy on this
Posted by freedom42 (anonymous) on June 30, 2008 at 8 p.m. (Suggest removal)
eyeinthesky - sounds like a pilot to me.
Posted by eyeinthesky (anonymous) on June 30, 2008 at 10:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
what do you want to know andy? I have the authority to look at ncic bozo. and for your information , Mr. i know nothing about how to write a sentence in simple english, i was told about the print out by a deputy. any other questions?
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