Bill Amendment: MS SB2178 | 2018 | Regular Session
Bill Title: Elections; impose residency requirement to run for certain offices.
Status: 2018-03-26 - Died In Conference [SB2178 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2018-SB2178-Senate_Amendment_No_1_Cmte_Sub_.html
Adopted
AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
Cmte Sub for Senate Bill No. 2178
BY: Senator(s) Blackwell
AMEND by striking Section 1 in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:
SECTION *. (1) Any candidate for any state district office shall be a resident of the state district that he or she seeks to represent in such office for five (5) years immediately preceding the day of election.
(2) Any candidate for any statewide office shall be a resident of the state for five (5) years immediately preceding the day of election.
(3) A candidate shall prove in his or her qualifying information that he or she meets the applicable five-year residency requirement or provide absolute proof, subject to no contingencies, that he or she will meet the residency requirement on or before the date of the election at which the candidate could be elected to office. The appropriate election official or executive committee, whichever is applicable, with whom a candidate files qualifying information shall review and determine whether the candidate meets the applicable residency requirement according to the procedures in Section 23-15-299. The appropriate election commission shall review and determine whether a candidate required to file qualifying information with it meets the applicable residency requirement according to the procedures in Section 23-15-359.
(4) If the qualifications for an elected office include a specific residency requirement, the residency requirement in this section shall not apply.
FURTHER AMEND the title to conform.
