Mississippi Legislature
2005 Regular Session

House Bill 1531

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Background

Title

Description: Judicial Reform Act; revise Supreme Court and certain chancery and circuit court districts.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 01/17 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
2 02/01 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateVRA\** See Text
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredThree/Fifths

House Committee:

Principal Author: Franks

Code Sections: A 009-0003-0001, A 009-0003-0011, A 023-0015-0977, A 023-0015-0993, A 009-0005-0007, A 009-0005-0054, A 009-0007-0007, A 009-0007-0014, A 023-0015-0982, A 023-0015-0983

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-3-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR FOUR SUPREME COURT DISTRICTS; TO AMEND SECTION 9-3-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHALL BE ELECTED STATEWIDE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-977 AND 23-15-933, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR POSTS IN THE FIRST CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-54, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR POSTS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR POSTS IN THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR POSTS IN THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-982 AND 23-15-983, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 02/01/05 at 18:17.

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