MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A; Appropriations

By: Representative Scott (80th)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL JUDGE FOR THE EIGHTEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 9-7-47, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

9-7-47. (1) The Eighteenth Circuit Court District shall be Jones County.

(2) There shall be two (2) judges for the Eighteenth Circuit Court District.

SECTION 2. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi is directed to submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.