Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 TO AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill No. 2523

BY: Representative Owen

Amend on line 19 by striking "brough forward" and inserting in lieu thereof:  "amended".

Further, amend on line 31 by inserting the following after the period:

"Any person found to be in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined an amount not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days in jail, or both such fine and imprisonment."

Further, amend on line 52 by inserting after the word "who", the following:

", without the owner's permission, enters upon the private property of an owner of lands upon which pecan trees are growing for the purpose of removing pecans from the premises thereof, whether from the grounds or within any facility thereon where the pecans are stored, for his or her own financial benefit which causes financial detriment and other damages or hardships to the owner of the pecan trees,".

Further, amend on line 61 by inserting after the period, the following:

"Whether the felonious crime is prosecuted as petit larceny or grand larceny shall be determined by the amount of the pecan's fair market value at the time the theft of the pecans occurred."

Further, amend on line 63 by striking ", and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2023".

Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety, and inserting in lieu thereof:

     "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 69-33-1, 639-33-3 AND 69-33-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF THE PECAN HARVESTING LAW; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 69-33-5 AND 69-33-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES."