Bill Text: MS HB697 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi House Bill 697 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Drug testing of law enforcement officer; require when officer kills another person.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [HB697 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2016-HB697-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2016 Regular Session

To: Drug Policy

By: Representative Dixon

House Bill 697

AN ACT TO REQUIRE DRUG TESTING OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO KILLS A PERSON; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Any law enforcement officer who kills a person shall be administered a drug test by the agency that employs such officer immediately after the incident. The drug test shall be performed by a laboratory independent of the jurisdiction for which the officer is employed. The results of the drug test shall be given to the Attorney General, the District Attorney of the county in which the law enforcement officer is employed and the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.