Bill Text: MS SB2916 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi Senate Bill 2916 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Constables; revise compensation when serving as justice court bailiff.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [SB2916 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2916-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

By: Senator(s) Carmichael

Senate Bill 2916

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-19-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION FOR CONSTABLES WHEN SERVING AS JUSTICE COURT BAILIFF; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 19-19-8, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

19-19-8. A constable that serves as a bailiff in justice court for criminal cases may be paid by the county in an amount not to exceed Fifty-five Dollars ($55.00) for each day, or part thereof, for which he serves as bailiff when the court is in session.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.