MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Fees, Salaries and Administration

By: Senator(s) Gordon

Senate Bill 2687

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A CERTAIN ALLOWANCE TO CHANCERY COURT CLERKS IN COUNTIES HAVING TWO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS AND HAVING A REGULARLY APPOINTED DEPUTY CHANCERY COURT CLERK; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

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

SECTION 1. In counties having two (2) judicial districts and having a regularly appointed deputy chancery court clerk, the chancery court clerk may be allowed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month. This amount may be allowed and paid monthly to the chancery court clerk by the board of supervisors of each county affected by this section out of the general fund of the county and may be in addition to all other allowances not provided by law.

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, or from and after October 1, 1998, whichever occurs later.