Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Office of Indigent Appeals; create.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/03 (H) Referred To Judiciary B;Appropriations | |
| 2 | 01/30 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2001 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Blackmon
Code Section: A 099-0019-0073
Title: AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF INDIGENT APPEALS AND SPECIFY ITS PERSONNEL; TO PROVIDE FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR ATTORNEYS IN THE OFFICE; TO PROVIDE FOR COMPENSATION; TO SPECIFY OFFICE HOURS; TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR TO ACQUIRE OFFICE SPACE, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT; TO REQUIRE THE DIRECTOR TO MAINTAIN A DOCKET; TO AUTHORIZE APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEYS IN SITUATIONS WHERE CONFLICTS ARISE; TO CREATE THE INDIGENT APPEALS SPECIAL FUND; TO PROVIDE FOR PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND EXPENSES FROM THE FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT ATTORNEYS APPOINTED TO THE OFFICE SHALL BE FULL TIME; TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-73, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN ASSESSMENT ON CERTAIN OFFENSES TO FUND THE MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF INDIGENT APPEALS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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