Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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An act to enact the mississippi freedom boater law; To provide that no enforcement officer or any agent of the mississippi commission on wildlife, fisheries and parks or the department of marine resources shall perform a vessel stop or board a vessel for the sole purpose of performing a safety inspection; To provide that a violation based on the safety equipment carriage and use requirements of a vessel is a secondary offense; To provide that no enforcement officer or any agent of the mississippi commission on wildlife, fisheries and parks or the department of marine resources shall board any vessel or perform a vessel stop in this state unless the officer or agent has probable cause that a primary offense or criminal offense has occurred or is occurring; To require the mississippi commission on wildlife, fisheries and parks to create a "mississippi freedom boater" safety inspection decal for issue at time of registration or renewal, signifying that the vessel is deemed to have met safety equipment carriage and use requirements; To amend section 59-21-127, mississippi code of 1972, to conform; And for related purposes.
