History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Youth courts; create 11-county pilot program of state-funded judges and prosecutors.
| 1 | 01/20/97 | (S) | Referred To Juvenile Justice;Appropriations | |
| 2 | 01/30/97 | (S) | DR - TSDP: JJ To AP | |
| 3 | 02/04/97 | (S) | Died In Committee |
| Effective date | *V/R App. Req. | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| 3/5ths vote required | No |
Senate Committees:
Principal Author: Smith
Additional Author: Johnson (19th)
Code Sections: A 009-0001-0105, A 043-0021-0117
Title: AN ACT TO BE ENTITLED THE "YOUTH COURT EMERGENCY RELIEF PILOT PROGRAM ACT"; TO ENACT LEGISLATIVE INTENT; TO CREATE AN ELEVEN-COUNTY PILOT PROJECT TO EXPIRE WITHIN FIVE YEARS THAT WILL ADD JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS TO THE YOUTH COURTS IN THE PILOT PROGRAM COUNTIES; TO AMEND SECTION 9-1-105, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL YOUTH COURT JUDGES BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT; TO ENACT SECTION 7-5-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO APPOINT ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE HANDLING OF CERTAIN YOUTH COURT CASES; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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