Bill Text: MS HR8 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: House Rules; amend to create a new rule to require all House members representing new created circuit judicial districts to agree before adoption of bill.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-04-01 - Died In Committee [HR8 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2021-HR8-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2021 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Representative Arnold
House Resolution 8
A RESOLUTION TO AMEND HOUSE RULES TO CREATE A NEW HOUSE RULE NO. 118 TO REQUIRE AGREEMENT OF ALL MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT A JUDICIAL DISTRICT TO AGREE TO ANY ADDITION OF LEGAL ASSISTANTS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That a new House Rule 118 is created to read as follows:
118. Before any bill that creates an additional circuit judicial district that requires a new district attorney for such newly created judicial district is adopted, all House members that represent the judicial district that is the subject of the bill shall agree to the language drafted in the bill and be signed on as co-authors of the bill.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this amendment to create House Rule 118 shall take effect immediately upon adoption of this resolution by the House of Representatives.
