Bill Text: MS SB2661 | 2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Mississippi Senate Bill 2661 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Seventh Chancery District; delay election of third Chancellor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-03-02 - Died In Committee [SB2661 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2661-Engrossed.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Judiciary, Division A

By: Senator(s) Chassaniol

Senate Bill 2661

(As Passed the Senate)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELAY THE ELECTION OF A THIRD JUDGE FOR THE SEVENTH CHANCERY DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 9-5-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

[Until January 1, 2015, this section shall read as follows:]

9-5-25. There shall be two (2) chancellors for the Seventh Chancery Court District. One (1) chancellor shall be elected from each subdistrict.

[From and after January 1, 2015, provided Senate Bill No. 2661, 2010 Regular Session, is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, this section shall read as follows:]

9-5-25. (1) There shall be three (3) chancellors for the Seventh Chancery Court District. The three (3) chancellorships shall be separate and distinct. One (1) chancellor shall be elected from Subdistrict 7-1 and shall be denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as "Place One," and two (2) chancellors shall be elected from Subdistrict 7-2 and shall be denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as "Place Two" and "Place Three."

(2) Chancellors in the Seventh Chancery Court District shall not have the power to name a special master or family master.

SECTION 2. Any candidate for chancellor who has qualified for Position 3 as created in Section 9-5-25 before the effective date of this bill shall be entitled to full refund of any filing fee paid as a part of qualifying to run for that office.

SECTION 3. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.