Boating; prohibit enforcement officers from performing vessel stops or boarding a vessel without probable cause.

Summary

The bill amends state statutes so that officers of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources may only stop or board a vessel when they have probable cause to believe a law or regulation has been broken. It also prohibits stops that are done solely for safety or marine‑sanitation inspections, and extends the probable‑cause requirement to chemical‑testing actions. The change is intended to protect boaters from arbitrary enforcement while preserving the ability to act on legitimate violations.

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