Mississippi House Bill 1234 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 25-3-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Personnel Board To Fix The Salary Of The Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court In An Amount Equal To The Southeastern Average For Chief Justices Of A State's Highest Court; To Provide That The Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court Shall Fix The Salaries Of The Presiding Justice Of The Supreme Court, The Associate Justices Of The Supreme Court, The Chief Judge Of The Court Of Appeals, The Associate Judges Of The Court Of Appeals And All Chancery And Circuit Court Judges, Subject To A Lump Sum Appropriation By The Legislature; To Authorize The Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court To Increase Any Certain Fees As Authorized By Law For The Purpose Of Increasing Funds Available For The Salaries Of Judges That The Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court Is Authorized To Fix; To Amend Sections 25-7-13, 25-7-9, 25-7-3 And 99-19-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

Judicial salaries; revise how are fixed.

Rep. John Lamar [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-20		Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB1234.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1234IN.htm