Bill Text: MS SB2154 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Fifteenth Circuit Court District; allocate local contributions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [SB2154 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-SB2154-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Doty
Senate Bill 2154
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-42, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOCATE THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE FIFTEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 9-7-42, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
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9-7-42. (1) There shall be three (3) judges for the Fifteenth Circuit Court District.
(2) The three (3) judgeships shall be separate and distinct and denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as "Place One," "Place Two," and "Place Three." The judge to fill Place One must be a resident of Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence or Marion County. The judge to fill Place Two may be a resident of any county in the district. The judge to fill Place Three must be a resident of Pearl River County.
(3) The local contribution required for the maintenance of the Fifteenth Circuit Court District shall not exceed, as to Jefferson Davis, Lawrence and Marion Counties, the amount of each county's 2015 Fiscal Year local contribution to the circuit court district, and any excess shall be paid by Lamar and Pearl River Counties.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after January 1, 2016.
