Bill Text: MS SB2064 | 2022 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: District attorneys; provide for the appointment of part-time legal assistants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-03-09 - Died On Calendar [SB2064 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2022-SB2064-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Fillingane
Senate Bill 2064
(As Passed the Senate)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-31-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF PART-TIME LEGAL ASSISTANTS BY A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-31-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-31-39. * * *
To
the extent the district attorney's office receives funds from any source, the district
attorney may employ one or more part-time legal assistants who shall serve at the
will and pleasure of the district attorney to assist in the performance of the duties
of the district attorney. A part-time legal assistant must not engage in the private
practice of law, and must possess the qualifications and be subject to removal as
provided in Section 25-31-6. The term "any source" has the meaning ascribed
in Section 25-31-5.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2022.
