Section 45-9-85 - [Effective upon occurrence of contingency - see note] Alleged offenses under 97-37-1 and 97-37-31 cannot be prosecuted after July 1, 2023; dismissal of charges pending on July 1, 2023An alleged offense under Section 97-37-1, as it existed on June 30, 2023, of concealed carrying of a muffler or silencer for any firearm, or under Section 97-37-31, as it existed on June 30, 2023, of possession of a device that is used to muffle a firearm, may not be prosecuted on or after July 1, 2023. If on July 1, 2023, a criminal action is pending for an offense described in this section, the action is dismissed on that date. However, a final conviction for an offense described in this section which exists on July 1, 2023, is unaffected by Sections 45-9-81 through 45-9-85.
Added by Laws, 2023, ch. 461, HB 912,§ 3.Effective date: Section 7 of Laws, 2023, ch. 461, HB 912, which added this section, provides: "This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date that the United States Supreme Court rules in favor of the Texas Attorney General and the State of Texas and its passage and implementation of Texas House Bill 957, 2021 Regular Session, in any appeal related to that certain case pending in the United States District Court for the North District of Texas and styled Paxton et al v. Richardson (4:22-cv-00143), or after ten (10) days following the date of publication by the Attorney General of Mississippi in the administrative bulletin published by the Secretary of State as provided in Section 25-43-2.101, Mississippi Code of 1972, that the Attorney General of Mississippi has determined that the United States Supreme Court has rendered binding precedent that it is reasonably probable that this act would be upheld by the court as constitutional."