Bill Text: MS HB1069 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi House Bill 1069 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Attorneys in Legislature and staff attorneys; exempt from CLE.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-03-02 - Died In Committee [HB1069 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-HB1069-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A

By: Representative Blackmon

House Bill 1069

AN ACT TO EXEMPT ATTORNEY MEMBERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FROM CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The Lieutenant Governor and all attorney members of the Mississippi Legislature who certify their membership in the Mississippi Senate or the Mississippi House of Representatives shall be exempt from continuing legal education requirements. The Commission on Continuing Legal Education shall include this exemption in Rule 2 of the State of Mississippi Rules and Regulations for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education and the regulations promulgated by the commission shall be revised to reflect this exemption.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.