HB620: Dept. of Public Safety; revise laws regarding Office of State Medical Examiner, Forensics Laboratory and various other laws.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Amend Section 45-1-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include The Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division And The Driver Service Bureau As Separate Units Within The Department Of Public Safety; To Amend Section 41-29-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Amend Disciplinary Policy Within The Bureau Of Narcotics To Match Other Units Of The Department Of Public Safety And To Remove Outdated, Unnecessary Language; To Amend Section 41-61-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish The Fee To Be Collected When State Medical Examiners, Physicians And Pathologists Are Subpoenaed To Testify; To Amend Section 41-61-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Testimony Of Employees Of The Mississippi Forensics Laboratory And The Office Of The State Medical Examiner In Criminal Trials To Be Conducted Via Remote Audiovisual Communications In Certain Circumstances; To Amend Section 41-61-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Commissioner Of Public Safety With The Authority To Establish The Minimum Qualifications And Salaries For Employees Of The Mississippi Forensics Laboratory And The Office Of The State Medical Examiner; To Repeal Section 97-35-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires Persons Convicted In Another State Of An Offense That Would Have Been Punishable As A Felony In The State Of Mississippi To Register With The Chief Of Police Of The City Or Sheriff Of The County He Or She Resides In; To Amend Section 45-2-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Certain Revisions To The Law Enforcement Officers And Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund; To Amend Section 45-2-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Certain Revisions To The Other Safety Officials Death Benefits Trust Fund; To Amend Section 63-16-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Uninsured Motorist Identification Fund To Be Transferred To The Other Safety Officials Death Benefits Trust Fund When Needed Due To Insufficient Funds; To Amend Section 45-1-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Mississippi Bureau Of Investigation Shall Have Jurisdiction To Investigate All Incidents Of Officer-involved Shootings, Other Than Shootings Involving One Or More Members Of The Mississippi Bureau Of Investigation, Resulting In Injury Or Death Occurring In The State; To Provide That The Attorney General Shall Designate Another Law Enforcement Agency Or Task Force To Investigate Any Incident Of A Shooting Involving One Or More Members Of The Mississippi Bureau Of Investigations Resulting In Injury Or Death Occurring In The State; To Provide That The Attorney General's Office Shall Be Exclusively Responsible For Presenting All Officer-involved Shootings Resulting In Injury Or Death Occurring In The State To The Appropriate Duly Empaneled Grand Jury And, Upon Indictment By The Grand Jury, Prosecuting Such Matters; And For Related Purposes.