Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Cmte Sub for House Bill No. 1427

BY: Representative Sanford

AMEND on lines 21 and 22 by deleting the words and figures "Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00" and inserting "Twenty-eight Million Dollars ($28,000,000.00)"

AMEND FURTHER by deleting lines 50 through 53 in their entirety and inserting the following:

          "(b)  Eligible individuals are all certified, full-time and part-time law enforcement officers and certified, full-time and part-time fire fighters who are serving in the State of Mississippi on the effective date of this act, except those excluded under paragraph (c) of this subsection, and all volunteer fire fighters registered with the State of Mississippi or a political subdivision thereof on a volunteer fire fighting status who have served as a fire fighter in the State of Mississippi from January 1, 2020, through the effective date of this act.  The Commissioner of Insurance shall prescribe the criteria for volunteer fire fighters to be an eligible individual under this paragraph.  If a person is an eligible individual in more than one (1) position covered under this paragraph, that person will only be eligible for one (1) payment of premium pay under paragraph (a) of this subsection."