As Amended
SEC. 29-5-77. Jurisdiction to enforce laws on state grounds.
The Office of General Services within the Department of Finance and Administration shall have jurisdiction relative to the enforcement of all laws of the State of Mississippi on the properties set forth in Section 29-5-2 and the Court of Appeals Building. The Office of General Services is authorized and directed through any person or persons appointed by the Office of General Services or through the Department of Public Safety when requested by the Office of General Services, to make arrests for any violation of any law of the State of Mississippi on such grounds of or within such properties. The Office of General Services is hereby empowered and directed to enforce the provisions of Sections 29-5-57 through 29-5-67, 29-5-71 through 29-5-77, and 29-5-81 through 29-5-95, and to prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary therefor.
When in the opinion of the Governor or, in his absence, the Lieutenant Governor, it is readily apparent that an emergency exists which the persons appointed by the Office of General Services are unable to control in the accomplishment of the provisions of Sections 29-5-57 through 29-5-67, 29-5-71 through 29-5-77, and 29-5-81 through 29-5-95 in regard to law enforcement, then the Governor, or in his absence, the Lieutenant Governor, may call upon the Department of Public Safety, members of which shall have power to arrest and detain any persons violating the provisions of the aforesaid sections, until such person can be brought before the proper authorities for trial.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Secs. 8952-28, 8952-29; Laws, 1972, ch. 326, Secs. 29, 30; 1984, ch. 488, Sec. 19, eff from and after July 1, 1984. Laws, 1996, ch. 398, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1996