Mississippi House Bill 523 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 9-7-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Composition Of The First Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Judgeships Of The First Circuit Court District To The Preceding Section; To Create New Section 9-7-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Twenty-third Circuit Court District With Certain Counties That Were Formerly In The First Circuit Court District; To Provide For Judges To Serve The Twenty-third Circuit Court District; To Provide For The Appointment And Election Of The District Attorney For The Newly Created Twenty-third Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 25-31-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Number Of Legal Assistants In The First Circuit Court District And To Provide Legal Assistants For The Twenty-third Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 25-31-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Number Of Criminal Investigators For District Attorneys To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.

First Circuit Court District; revise composition of judgeships.

Rep. Nick Bain [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-04	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0523.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0523IN.htm