Bill Text: MS SB2742 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Seventh Chancery District; appoint special or family masters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [SB2742 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2742-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A; Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Walls
Senate Bill 2742
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW THE CHANCELLORS OF THE SEVENTH CHANCERY DISTRICT TO APPOINT SPECIAL OR FAMILY MASTERS; 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, 2011, 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, 2011, provided Laws of 2005, Chapter 501, 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 elected from Subdistrict 7-2 in the Seventh Chancery Court District shall not have the power to name a special master or family master.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.
