Mississippi Legislature
2002 Regular Session

Subject: COURTS

As of 04/30/02 at 14:38

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HB  19  Drug courts; create statewide system.                     Barnett (92nd)
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  27  Justice court judges; base salaries on results of 2000    Compretta
        federal census.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  61  Drug court; establish in all circuit court districts.     Clarke
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 121  Cases under advisement; revise time for ruling.           Reeves
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 175  Board of Contractors; court assistance for fine           Fleming
   %    collection.                                            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 189  County courthouse; authorize sheriff to establish         Fleming
        security policy.                                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 201  Absentee ballots; count and keep at circuit clerk's       Fleming
 *      office.                                                
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB 203  County court judges; establish uniform salary.            Guice
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 260  Courts; appointment procedure when entire Supreme Court   Reeves
        recuses itself.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 294  Sentencing options; authorize courts to impose hard       Cameron
        labor.                                                 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 340  Fifteenth Circuit Court District; provide additional      Simpson
        judge.                                                 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 442  Justice courts; assistant county attorney to attend       Moak
        criminal cases.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 443  Court of Appeals; provide office operating allowance      Moak
        for certain judges.                                    
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 446  Justice court judges; bring under the Nonpartisan         Moak
 *      Judicial Election Act.                                 
           04/05 (S) Conference Report Failed
HB 449  Courts reporters; additional compensation for court       Moak
        administrator duties to be paid from judge's support   
        staff allowance.                                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 491  Venue for indictments by State Grand Jury; extend         Ford
        repealer for one year (RP).                            
           03/13 (S) Died On Calendar
HB 510  Youth Court; parents may be required to make payments     Compretta
        to state training school.                              
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB 564  Justice courts; increase jurisdictional limit.            Holland
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 605  County court; authorize additional judge in Rankin        Rogers
 *      County.                                                
           04/01 Approved by Governor
HB 613  Clerk of Supreme Court and State Law Librarian; delete    Watson
        from omnibus pay section.                              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 653  Justice court judges; base salaries on most recent        Fillingane
        federal decennial census results.                      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 660  Supreme Court; provide for appointed judges.              McBride
   %       02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 708  Circuit Courts; provide for posts in certain districts.   Moak
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 709  Chancery courts; provide for posts in certain             Moak
        districts.                                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 718  Courts; provide for interpreters and transliterators in   Holland
        all state courts.                                      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 720  Justice court judges; require that salaries be based on   Holland
        most recent federal decennial census.                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 730  Chancery court; provide posts in First Chancery Court     Holland
        District.                                              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 750  Trail; defendant may be tried in absentia with proper     Watson
        notice.                                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 757  Judges; revise rent allowance for chancellors and         Watson
        circuit court judges.                                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 758  Judges; revise terms of chancellors and circuit court     Watson
        judges.                                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 759  Judges; revise office allowance for chancellors and       Watson
        circuit court judges.                                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 762  Criminal cases; extend authority for conditional          Eads
        dismissal to justice and municipal courts.             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 813  Court costs; business filing for collection of debt in    Pierce
        justice court pay at conclusion of hearing.            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 853  Family masters; restrict appointment and jurisdiction.    Reeves
 *         03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB 854  Separation of Powers Act; create.                         Howell
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 882  Justice court judges; place under Nonpartisan Judicial    Watson
   %    Election Act.                                          
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 884  Court reporters; revise bond.                             Watson
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 919  Fifteenth Circuit Court District; additional judge,       Frierson
        assistant district attorneys and criminal investigator.
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 932  Criminal assessments; certain counties and cities may     Banks
   %    impose to fund law enforcement.                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 978  Courts; provide additional county court judge for         Reeves
        Rankin County and abolish Pearl, MS youth court.       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 989  Misdemeanors; coordinate offenses eligible for            Simpson
   %    nonadjudication and expunction and allow justice courts
        to expunge certain offenses.                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1149  Criminal investigators; authorize additional in Sixth     Green
        Circuit Court District.                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1210  Retirement; expense allowances and reimbursements of      Watson
        Supreme Court justices included compensation for PERS. 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1234  Crimes; provide enhanced penalty for assault against      Barbour
        municipal judges.                                      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1288  Appellate judges; remove from Nonpartisan Judicial        Snowden
   %    Elections Act.                                         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1295  Mississippi Skill Standards Board; create as advisory     Clark
        board on industry standards.                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1296  County judge; increase salary in DeSoto County.           Robertson
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1323  Supreme Court; withhold justices' per diem for untimely   Reeves
        rendering of decisions.                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1327  County courts; increase jurisdictional limits in          Banks
        largest county.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1328  County courts; increase jurisdictional limit.             Banks
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1330  Circuit clerk; increase fee for each day's attendance     Coleman (29th)
   %    during court term.                                     
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1334  Judges; provide for appointment of appellate judges.      Smith (35th)
   %       02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1335  Judges; appointed judges of Supreme Court and Court of    Banks
        Appeals to serve remainder of term.                    
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1399  Youth courts; delete language prohibiting orders from     Flaggs
        reciting facts on which adjudication is based.         
           03/19 Approved by Governor
HB1402  Court of Appeals; appoint judges.                         Snowden
   %       02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1407  Chancellors and Circuit Court Judges; appointees to       Moak
        serve remainder of term.                               
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1408  Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; appointees to serve   Moak
        remainder of term.                                     
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1411  Youth courts; create uniform system in county courts.     Blackmon
   %       02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1415  Judges; remove appellate judges from Nonpartisan          Snowden
   %    Judicial Election Act.                                 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1423  Appropriation; provide funding for drug courts by         Clarke
        circuit court districts.                               
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1461  Drugs; establish drug courts.                             Scott (80th)
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1490  Mandatory auto liability insurance; authorize municipal   Denny
   %    court clerks to collect costs of court for failure to  
        have.                                                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1503  Supreme and Court of Appeals judges; revise procedure     Reynolds
        for filling vacancies.                                 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1547  Justice courts; jurisdiction of criminal cases with       Reeves
        sheriff.                                               
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1569  State Supreme Court cases; officials designated to        Watson
        receive may decline receipt of.                        
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB1574  Criminal investigator; additional for Sixth Circuit       West
        Court District.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1620  Chancery clerks and circuit clerks; limit income to       Martinson
        Governor's salary.                                     
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1648  First Chancery Court District; establish Places One,      Mitchell
        Two and Three for election purposes only.              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1659  Justice court judges; base salaries on results of 2000    Compretta
        federal census.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1672  George County; authorize to impose assessment in          Maples
   %    justice court to fund construction of county office    
        building.                                              
           04/12 (H) Died In Committee
HB1681  Hinds County; to impose additional court cost to fund     Brown
   %    DARE program.                                          
           04/12 (H) Died In Committee
HB1710  Copiah County, Hazlehurst and Crystal Springs;            Holloway
 * %    authorize payment from court costs or fines to fund    
        Crime Stoppers.                                        
           04/09 Approved by Governor
HB1811  Appropriation; Supreme Court Services.                    Watson
 *         04/11 Law W/out Governor's Signature
HC   1  Amend Constitution; establish time limit on issuing       Reeves
        decisions in the Supreme Court and Appeals Court.      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  40  Amend Constitution; Supreme Court Judges to be            McBride
        appointed.                                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  46  Amend Constitution; revise terms of chancellors and       Watson
        circuit court judges.                                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  52  Amend Constitution; raise educational requirements for    Watson
 *      justice court judges and extend terms.                 
           02/13 (H) Failed
HC  63  Amend Constitution; increase terms of chancellors and     Reynolds
        circuit court judges.                                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  67  Amend constitution; appoint Supreme Court judges.         Snowden
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2029  Judges; revise election of circuit and chancery judges    Nunnelee
        in First District.                                     
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2031  Justice court; revise civil procedure.                    Nunnelee
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2062  Venue; intrastate forum non conveniens.                   Ross
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2099  Judges; appellate to be appointed.                        Ross
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2177  Justice court clerks; establish the minimum salary to     Gordon
        be paid to.                                            
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2213  Circuit court; add judge to Fifteenth District.           Lee
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2253  Judges; provide for posts in certain court districts.     Williamson
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2264  Circuit court; create Twenty-third District.              Chamberlin
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2298  County court; add a judge to Rankin County.               Ross
 *         04/01 (S) Died In Conference
SB2336  County court; add a judge to Rankin County.               Smith
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2349  Circuit clerks; increase fee for attendance upon court    Thames
   %    term.                                                  
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2352  Circuit and chancery clerks; supervisors may pay          Thames
        employer contribution to retirement system.            
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2388  Witnesses; revise court appearance fee.                   Kirby
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2437  County court; revise salary of judge in DeSoto County.    Chamberlin
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2458  Chancery Court; create 21st district.                     Chamberlin
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2490  Child abuse and neglect cases in youth court; county      Huggins
        prosecuting attorney shall represent DHS.              
           02/14 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2512  Youth court; state-funded county courts.                  Walls
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2525  Youth courts; state-funded support staff.                 Walls
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2539  Domestic violence; increase divorce court fee to          Carlton
   %    generate funding for shelters (MCADV).                 
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2558  Kosciusko; allow payment from court costs or fines to     Johnson (19th)
 *      fund drug education program.                           
           04/11 Approved by Governor
SB2606  Judges; revise terms of trial court judges (SCT).         Turner
 *         03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2630  Court reporters; additional compensation for court        Williamson
        administrator duties to be paid from judge's support   
        staff allowance.                                       
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2638  Mississippi Reports; provide to court official only       Turner
        upon request.                                          
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2649  Courts; 6th Chancery and 5th Circuit run by posts.        Johnson (19th)
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2669  Arbitration; provide validity, exceptions.                Turner
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2672  Judges; revise number in 16th circuit district.           Turner
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2679  Justice court judges; increase salary in Tunica County.   Furniss
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2725  Drug courts; create statewide system.                     Hyde-Smith
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2762  Administrative appeals; revise to file certain in Court   Bryan
 *      of Appeals.                                            
           03/13 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2777  Secretary of State; revise distribution of bound court    Turner
     V  decisions (SOS).                                       
           03/30 (S) Veto Referred To Judiciary
SB2793  Garnishment; authorize payments in justice court to go    Posey
        directly to plaintiff or his attorney.                 
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2832  Circuit Court; revise number of judges, ADA's and         Stogner
 *      investigators for Fifteenth.                           
           02/18 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2874  Justice court judges; place under Nonpartisan Judicial    Turner
   %    Election Act (SCT).                                    
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2892  Retirement system; chancery clerks, circuit clerks and    Minor
        constables may withdraw from system.                   
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2923  Automobile liability insurance; authorize municipal       Jordan
        court cost.                                            
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2947  Jurors; may be drawn from entire circuit court district   Stogner
        for trials conducted in circuit court.                 
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2963  Judges, trial; authorize full-time law clerk (SCT).       Turner
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2986  Anti-secrecy for court records; define.                   Williamson
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3007  Board of Contractors; court assistance for fine           Jackson
   %    collection.                                            
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3078  Appropriation; Supreme Court - Trial Judges; Additional   Gordon
 *      FY2002.                                                
           03/20 Approved by Governor
SC 515  Supreme Court; amend Section 145 of MS Constitution to    Ross
        provide for appointment of judges by Governor.         
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 533  Const. 177A; add municipal court judge to Commission on   Mettetal
        Judicial Performance.                                  
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 541  Courts; amend circuit and chancery judge terms (SCT).     Turner
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 543  Constitution 153; increase circuit and chancery judge     Tollison
 *      terms.                                                 
           04/03 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 547  Amend Const. 171; raise educational requirements for      Turner
        justice court judges and extend terms (SCT).           
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee

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