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Mississippi Statutes § 23-15-887 Penalties for violation of chapter by member of Mississippi Transportation Commission, member of board of supervisors, or mayor or member of board of aldermen or other governing authority of municipality

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Statute Text

If any member of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, and any member of the board of supervisors, or the mayor or any member of the board of aldermen or other governing authority of any municipality, shall violate the provisions of this article, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Source

Derived from 1942 Code § 3136 [Laws, 1940, ch 156; repealed by Laws, 1970, ch. 506]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 271; Laws, 1987, ch. 499, § 8, eff. 7/24/1987 (the date on which the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).

History

Amended by Laws, 2017 , ch. 441 , HB 467 , 182 , eff. 7/1/2017 .

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