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Introduced
02/17/2020
02/17/2020
In Committee
06/03/2020
06/03/2020
Crossed Over
03/12/2020
03/12/2020
Passed
07/02/2020
07/02/2020
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
07/08/2020
07/08/2020
Introduced Session
2020 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An Act To Amend Section 25-31-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Number Of Legal Assistants In The Seventeenth Circuit Court District And To Provide Legal Assistants For The Twenty-third Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 25-31-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Number Of Criminal Investigators For District Attorneys To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Create New Section 9-7-63, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Twenty-third Circuit Court District; To Create New Section 9-7-64, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Judges Of The Twenty-third Circuit District; To Amend Section 9-7-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Number Of Counties In The Seventeenth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-46, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Number Of Judges For The Seventeenth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add One Chancellor To The Third Chancery Court District At A Later Date; To Provide The Procedure To Fill The Judicial Office And Office Of District Attorney For The Twenty-third Circuit Court District And The New Chancellorship For The Third Chancery District; And For Related Purposes.
AI Summary
This bill revises the number of legal assistants and criminal investigators for certain circuit court districts in Mississippi. It creates a new Twenty-third Circuit Court District composed of DeSoto County, with two circuit judges. The bill also adds a fourth chancellor to the Third Chancery Court District starting in 2027. The process for filling the new judicial and district attorney positions is outlined, and drug court funding for the Seventeenth and Twenty-third districts is to be apportioned equally.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Approved by Governor (on 07/08/2020)
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