47-5-715 - Weekly certification of population figures during state of emergency; termination of state of emergency. [Repealed effective July 1, 2012]. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 47-5-715. Weekly certification of population figures during state of emergency; termination of state of emergency. [Repealed effective July 1, 2012].
 

During the continuation of a state of emergency, the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections shall weekly certify to the Governor the prison system population for each day of the preceding week. The Governor shall declare the state of emergency terminated upon notification that the prison system population has been at or below ninety-five percent (95%) of operating capacity for seven (7) consecutive days. 
 

If no declaration of termination is issued within seven (7) days after the certification of conditions for termination of the state of emergency, the state of emergency is considered terminated as of the seventh day after the certification. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1985, ch. 499, § 8; reenacted, 1986, ch. 413, § 134; reenacted, 1987, ch. 335, § 8; reenacted, 1988, ch. 504, § 51; reenacted, 1990, ch. 315, § 8; reenacted, 1993, ch. 419, § 8; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 537, § 8; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 411, § 8; reenacted without change, Laws, 2002, ch. 615, § 8; reenacted without change, Laws, 2005, ch. 519, § 8; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 395, § 8; reenacted without change, Laws, 2008, ch. 322, § 8, eff from and after passage (approved Mar. 24, 2008.)