Adopted
AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
Senate Bill No. 2556
BY: Committee
Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
SECTION 1. Section 49-1-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
49-1-15. (1) All appointments of conservation officers shall be under rules adopted and promulgated by the commission. No person shall be appointed from and after July 1, 2001, unless he meets the following requirements:
(a) Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and
(b) Has successfully
completed sixty-four (64) semester hours at an accredited community college or
university or has an associate degree from an accredited community college or
has passed the Law Enforcement Academy and has at least * * * two (2) years experience in law
enforcement.
(2) Each applicant, prior to entering into performance of his duties, at the expense of the department, shall attend and complete an appropriate curriculum in the field of law enforcement at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Training Academy or other training academy whose curriculum complies with requirements of the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training. Conservation officers shall, on a periodic basis, be required to successfully complete additional advanced courses in law enforcement in order that they will be properly improved and trained in the modern, technical advances of law enforcement.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2023.
Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-1-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT AS A CONSERVATION OFFICER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.