***Pending***

AMENDMENT No. 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill NO. 3224

By Representative(s) Committee

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

SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Harrison County, Mississippi, is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to purchase appropriate insurance to provide protection for a loss in tax revenue derived from the operation of cruise vessels on which legal gaming is conducted when such loss in revenue results from a natural disaster that causes such vessels to cease their gaming operations for any period of time.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and shall be repealed on July 1, 2002.