Bill Text: MS HB870 | 2019 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: County prosecuting attorneys; clarify that such attorneys may provide representation in civil cases.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2019-03-05 - Died In Committee [HB870 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2019-HB870-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Baker
House Bill 870
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-23-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT ANY COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY MAY REPRESENT ANY PERSON IN ANY CIVIL CASE WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT OF THE COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 19-23-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
19-23-13. The county prosecuting attorney shall not represent or defend any person in any criminal prosecution in the name of the state, county or municipality of the county, nor shall he give any advice against the state, his county or in a criminal case against a municipality of his county, and shall not represent any person in any case against the state, his county, or in a criminal case arising in a municipal court of his county. Nothing herein shall prohibit any county prosecuting attorney from defending any person in any criminal prosecution in any county not within the circuit court district of such county prosecuting attorney. Nothing herein shall prohibit any county prosecuting attorney from representing any person in any civil case within or outside the circuit court district of such county prosecuting attorney.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.
