Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Supreme Court; require position of Chief Justice to be rotated among the court districts.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/20 (H) Referred To Judiciary A | |
| 2 | 02/04 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | Passage | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Fredericks
Code Sections: A 009-0003-0011, A 009-0004-0007
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-3-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MANNER IN WHICH THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT IS DESIGNATED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SENIOR JUSTICES FROM EACH OF THE THREE SUPREME COURT DISTRICTS SHALL SERVE AS CHIEF JUSTICE ON A ROTATING BASIS; TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AS CHIEF JUSTICE SHALL ROTATE FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT EVERY TWO YEARS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SENIOR JUSTICES FROM THE TWO DISTRICTS OTHER THAN THE ONE FROM WHICH THE SENIOR JUSTICE IS SERVING AS CHIEF JUSTICE SHALL SERVE AS PRESIDING JUSTICES; TO AMEND SECTION 9-4-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
End Of Document
2003/html/History/HB/HB1313.htm