Mississippi Senate Bill 2656 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 9-9-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Multicounty County Court District As A Pilot Project; To Amend Sections 9-9-5 And 9-1-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Judge For The District To Reside In A County In The District; To Amend Section 9-9-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Address The Salary Of The Judge; To Amend Section 23-15-977, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Qualifying Deadline For Candidates For The Judge Of The Multicounty District; To Amend Section 9-1-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Issuance Of Remedial Writs; To Amend Section 9-1-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Address The Practice Of Law; To Amend Section 9-1-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Seal For The Court; To Amend Section 9-1-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Office Allowance; To Amend Section 9-9-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The County Court Shall Convene In Each County Of The District; To Bring Forward Section 9-9-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

County courts; create district pilot project.

Sen. Perry Lee [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	Senate	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/SB/SB2656.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2656IN.htm