***Adopted***

AMENDMENT No. 3 TO AMENDMENT No. 1 PROPOSED TO

                             House Bill NO. 2

                             By Senator(s) Robertson

     AMEND by deleting lines 53 through 66 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION *.  Section 11-11-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     11-11-3.  Civil actions of which the circuit court has original jurisdiction shall be commenced * * * in the county where the act or omission giving rise to the cause of action

occurred * * *.  Venue shall be proper as to each and every named defendant and plaintiff.  If the venue is improper as to any party, then the claims involving that party shall be severed and transferred to a county where venue is proper as to such claims, or dismissed without prejudice if there exists no county of proper venue.

     SECTION *.  Sections 11-11-5, 11-11-7, 11-11-11 and 11-11-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provide venue in actions against nonresidents, nonresident motorists, railroads and insurance companies, are hereby repealed.

     FURTHER, AMEND the title to conform.