Mississippi Senate Bill 2728 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create A County Court In And For Every County; To Amend Section 9-9-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create County Court Districts; To Amend Section 9-9-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Set Forth The Qualifications Of Judges Of The County Courts; To Amend Section 9-9-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Set Forth The Salary Of The County Court Judges; To Amend Section 9-9-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Terms Of Court; To Amend Section 9-9-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Set Forth The Jurisdiction Of The County Court; To Amend Sections 9-9-23, 9-1-19, 9-1-23, 9-1-25 And 9-1-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 43-21-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform Youth Court Jurisdiction; To Amend Section 43-21-123, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Funding For The County Courts; To Amend Sections 23-15-973 And 23-15-975, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 9-13-1, 9-13-17 And 9-13-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Court Reporter And Conform Provisions Concerning Court Reporters; To Designate The Clerk Of The County Court And The Clerk Of The Youth Court; To Bring Forward Sections 9-13-31 And 43-21-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Sections 43-21-111, 43-21-123, 43-21-125, 43-21-801 And 99-35-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 9-13-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete Archaic Reference To Family Courts; To Repeal Section 9-9-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows For Establishment Of A County Court By Agreement Of Two Or More Counties; To Repeal Section 9-9-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Restricts The Practice Of Law By County Court Judges; To Repeal Section 9-9-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows Municipalities To Supplement County Court Judge Salaries; To Repeal Section 9-9-14, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows An Additional County Court Judge For Harrison County; To Repeal Section 9-9-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows Additional County Court Judges For Hinds County; To Repeal Section 9-9-16, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows An Additional County Court Judge For Washington County; To Repeal Section 9-9-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows An Additional Judge For Jackson County; To Repeal Section 9-9-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows An Additional County Court Judge For Rankin County; To Repeal Section 9-9-18.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows An Additional County Court Judge For Madison County; To Repeal Section 9-9-18.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows A County Court Judge For Pearl River County; To Repeal Section 9-9-18.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows An Additional County Court Judge For Lauderdale County; To Repeal Section 9-9-18.5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows An Additional County Court Judge For Desoto County; To Repeal Sections 9-9-37, 9-9-39, 9-9-41, 9-9-43 And 9-9-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allow Counties To Establish Or Abolish A County Court; And For Related Purposes.

Statewide county court system; create.

Sen. Gray Tollison [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	Senate	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/SB/SB2728.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2728IN.htm