Bill Text: MS HB657 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Youth courts; require to file all legal documents using MEC.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2023-02-09 - Died On Calendar [HB657 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2023-HB657-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2023 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A

By: Representative Hood

House Bill 657

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-1-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE YOUTH COURTS TO FILE ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTRONIC COURT SYSTEM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 9-1-59, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     9-1-59.  (1)  Each circuit, chancery and county court in this state shall require all pleadings and other papers to be served, filed, signed or verified by electronic means in conformity with the Mississippi Electronic Court System procedures by July 1, 2021.

     (2)  Each youth court in this state shall require all pleadings and other papers to be served, filed, signed or verified by electronic means in conformity with the Mississippi Electronic Court System procedures by July 1, 2024.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.

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