***Adopted***

AMENDMENT No. 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill NO. 797

By Representative(s) Committee

AMEND by deleting lines 43 through 45 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"(5) Members of the commission may be reimbursed for expenses as authorized under Section 25-3-41 if sufficient funds are available to the commission for that purpose. However, no state general funds may be used to pay any expenses authorized to be paid under this subsection."

AMEND FURTHER by inserting the following new paragraph (b) after line 91 and re-lettering the succeeding paragraphs:

"(b) Women's health issues;"

AMEND FURTHER by inserting the following new Section 5 after line 144 and renumbering the succeeding section:

"SECTION 5. The commission shall not be an agency of the State of Mississippi, and the commission and its members and employees shall not be subject to the laws and regulations pertaining to the state budget, the state personnel system, the Public Employees' Retirement System and the State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan."