View Amendment Current Amendment: 1 to Bill 3216 Rep. PITTS proposes the following Amendment No. 1 to H. 3216 (COUNCIL\MS\3216C001.MS.AHB15):

Reference is to the bill as introduced.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, Page 1, by deleting Section 4-9-145(B)(2)(a) AND INSERTING:

/            (2)(a)      A litter or animal control officer appointed and commissioned pursuant to subsection (A) may exercise the power of arrest with respect to his primary duties of enforcement of litter or animal control laws and ordinances, and other state and local laws and ordinances as may that arise incidental to the enforcement of his primary duties, only if the officer has been certified as a law enforcement officer pursuant to Article 9, Chapter 6 23, Title 23. Such litter or animal control officers are vested with all the powers and duties according to the officers' corresponding law enforcement officer classification conferred by law and are under the jurisdiction of the appropriate local law enforcement agency. /

Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.