House Bill 1365

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-3-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, TO HOLD A NEW TRAINING CLASS FOR APPOINTEES TO THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL WHENEVER THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FALLS BELOW FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 45-3-45, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

45-3-45. The commissioner is hereby authorized to set up a training school for patrolmen. He shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the operation of same and the period of training to be required of appointees to the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. However, the period of training for recruits shall not be less than eighty (80) days. The expense of such training shall be paid in the same manner as other expenses of the patrol. Subject to the availability of funds, the commissioner shall hold a new training class whenever the number of Highway Safety Patrol officers employed by the Department of Public Safety falls below five hundred seventy-five (575).

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2006.