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House Amendments to Senate Bill No. 2120

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE:

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT THE HOUSE HAS ADOPTED THE AMENDMENTS SET OUT BELOW:

AMENDMENT NO. 1

Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Officer James White and Corporal Zach Moak Act".

SECTION 2. Section 45-9-131, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

45-9-131. Upon approval of the governing authority of the municipality or county, a member of any municipal or county law enforcement agency who retires under any state retirement system or the * * *~~spouse~~ beneficiary of a law enforcement officer who is killed in the line of duty as designated by the law enforcement officer before his or her death or by operation of law for determination of a beneficiary, when no beneficiary is otherwise designated, may be allowed to purchase as his or her personal property one (1) sidearm which was issued to the law enforcement officer by the law enforcement agency from which he or she retired or by whom he or she was employed at the time of death. The governing authority of the municipality or county shall determine the amount to be paid for the firearm by the retiring member of the law enforcement agency or the * * *~~spouse~~ beneficiary of the law enforcement officer.

SECTION 3. Section 45-3-51, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:

45-3-51. Each member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol or agent of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics who retires under the Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System or the Public Employees' Retirement System, for superannuation or for reason of disability or a beneficiary of such member of the Highway Safety Patrol or agent of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics who is killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain, as his personal property, one (1) sidearm which was issued under authority of Section 45-3-19 or 41-29-159. Likewise, a beneficiary of any law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain the officer's sidearm.

SECTION 4. (1) The State Department of Health, in cooperation with the Department of Archives and History and the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management and subject to funds being made available, shall design and cause to be constructed and maintained on state-owned lands at some suitable and appropriate place in or near the City of Jackson, an Emergency Medical Services Memorial to honor those Emergency Medical Services personnel who have given their lives in the performance of their official duties and those who have made a dramatic impact on or substantial contribution to emergency medical services in Mississippi. The Department of Health shall consult with organizations and communities of interest relating to emergency medical services in designing the memorial, and the memorial shall be designed and constructed not later than July 1, 2024.

(2) The Department of Health shall form, and/or collaborate with a private foundation or nonprofit corporation to maintain the memorial in perpetuity and determine the eligibility of those persons to be included on the memorial. The foundation or nonprofit corporation shall solicit and receive funds from public and private sources and donations to carry out its responsibilities under this section.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023, and shall stand repealed June 30, 2023.