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.


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