Adopted
AMENDMENT NO 2 PROPOSED TO
House Bill No. 1490
BY: Representative Cockerham
AMEND by deleting Sections 1 through 4 in their entirety and renumbering the succeeding sections.
AMEND FURTHER on lines 169, 170, 228 and 229 by deleting all underlined language and relettering the succeeding paragraph.
AMEND FURTHER on lines 125 and 126 by deleting "three (3)" and inserting in lieu thereof:
"nine (9)"
AMEND FURTHER on lines 271 and 274 by deleting the underlined language.
AMEND FURTHER on line 273 by deleting the comma after the word "Twentieth" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "and".
AMEND FURTHER on line 157 by deleting "four (4)" and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"three (3)"
AMEND FURTHER on line 171 by deleting "three (3)" and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"four (4)"
AMEND FURTHER after line 334 by inserting the following:
"[Until January 1, 2023, this section shall read as follows:]
9-7-46. (1) There shall be four (4) circuit judges for the Seventeenth Circuit Court District.
(2) For the purpose of appointment and election, the four (4) judgeships shall be separate and distinct, and one (1) judge shall be elected from Subdistrict 17-1, two (2) judges shall be elected from Subdistrict 17-2, and one (1) judge shall be elected from every county in the district. The two (2) judgeships in Subdistrict 17-2 shall be denominated as "Place One" and "Place Two," the judgeship in Subdistrict 17-1 shall be denominated as "Place Three," and the at-large judgeship shall be denominated as "Place Four."
[From and after January 1, 2023, this section shall read as follows:]"
AMEND FURTHER after line 121 by inserting the following: "[Until January 1, 2023, this section shall read as follows:]
25-31-5. (1) The following number of full-time legal assistants are authorized in the following circuit court districts:
......... (a) First Circuit Court District........... nine (9)
legal assistants.
......... (b) Second Circuit Court District.......... ten (10)
legal assistants.
......... (c) Third Circuit Court District........... five (5)
legal assistants.
......... (d) Fourth Circuit Court District.......... six (6)
legal assistants.
......... (e) Fifth Circuit Court District........... five (5)
legal assistants.
......... (f) Sixth Circuit Court District........... two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (g) Seventh Circuit Court District......... eleven (11)
legal assistants.
......... (h) Eighth Circuit Court District.......... three (3)
legal assistants.
......... (i) Ninth Circuit Court District............ three (3)
legal assistants.
(j) Tenth Circuit Court District............ four (4)
legal assistants.
......... (k) Eleventh Circuit Court District......... five (5)
legal assistants.
......... (l) Twelfth Circuit Court District.......... five (5)
legal assistants.
(m) Thirteenth Circuit Court District....... four (4)
legal assistants.
......... (n) Fourteenth Circuit Court District....... five (5)
legal assistants.
......... (o) Fifteenth Circuit Court District........ six (6)
legal assistants.
......... (p) Sixteenth Circuit Court District ....... five (5)
legal assistants.
(q) Seventeenth Circuit Court District...... seven (7)
legal assistants.
......... (r) Eighteenth Circuit Court District....... two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (s) Nineteenth Circuit Court District....... six (6)
legal assistants.
......... (t) Twentieth Circuit Court District........ six (6)
legal assistants.
......... (u) Twenty-first Circuit Court District..... three (3)
legal assistants.
(v) Twenty-second Circuit Court District.... three (3)
legal assistants.
(2) In addition to any legal assistants authorized pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the following number of full-time legal assistants are authorized (i) in the following circuit court districts if funds are appropriated by the Legislature to adequately fund the salaries, expenses and fringe benefits of such legal assistants, or (ii) in any of the following circuit court districts in which the board of supervisors of one or more of the counties in a circuit court district adopts a resolution to pay all of the salaries, supplemental pay, expenses and fringe benefits of legal assistants authorized in such district pursuant to this subsection:
......... (a) First Circuit Court District............. two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (b) Second Circuit Court District............ two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (c) Third Circuit Court District............. two (2)
legal assistants.
(d) Fourth Circuit Court District............ two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (e) Fifth Circuit Court District............. two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (f) Sixth Circuit Court District............. two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (g) Seventh Circuit Court District........... two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (h) Eighth Circuit Court District............ two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (i) Ninth Circuit Court District............. two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (j) Tenth Circuit Court District............. two (2)
legal assistants.
(k) Eleventh Circuit Court District.......... two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (l) Twelfth Circuit Court District........... two (2)
legal assistants.
(m) Thirteenth Circuit Court District........ two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (n) Fourteenth Circuit Court District........ two (2)
legal assistants.
(o) Fifteenth Circuit Court District......... two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (p) Sixteenth Circuit Court District......... two (2)
legal assistants.
........ (q) Seventeenth Circuit Court District....... two (2)
legal assistants.
(r) Eighteenth Circuit Court District........ two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (s) Nineteenth Circuit Court District........ two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (t) Twentieth Circuit Court District......... two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (u) Twenty-first Circuit Court District...... two (2)
legal assistants.
......... (v) Twenty-second Circuit Court District..... two (2)
legal assistants.
(3) The board of supervisors of any county may pay all or a part of the salary, supplemental pay, expenses and fringe benefits of any district attorney or legal assistant authorized in the circuit court district to which such county belongs pursuant to this section.
(4) The district attorney of any circuit court district may employ additional legal assistants or criminal investigators, or both, without regard to any limitation on the number of legal assistants authorized in this section or criminal investigators authorized by other provisions of law to the extent that the district attorney's office receives funds from any source. Any source shall include, but is not limited to, office generated funds, funds from a county, a combination of counties, a municipality, a combination of municipalities, federal funds, private grants or foundations, or by means of an Interlocal Cooperative Agreement authorized by Section 17-13-1 which may be expended for those positions in an amount sufficient to pay all of the salary, supplemental pay, expenses and fringe benefits of the positions. Such funds may either be paid out of district attorney accounts, transferred by the district attorney to the Department of Finance and Administration or to one or more of the separate counties comprising the circuit court district, and said funds shall be disbursed to such employees in the same manner as state-funded criminal investigators and full-time legal assistants. The district attorney shall report to the board of supervisors of each county comprising the circuit court district the amount and source of the supplemental salary, expenses and fringe benefits, and the board in each county shall spread the same on its minutes. The district attorney shall also report such information to the Department of Finance and Administration which shall make such information available to the Legislative Budget Office.
(5) The district attorney shall be authorized to assign the duties of a legal assistant regardless of the source of funding for such legal assistants.
[From and after January 1, 2023, this section shall read as follows:]"
AMEND FURTHER after line 268 by inserting the following:
"[Until January 1, 2023, this section shall read as follows:]
25-31-10. (1) Any district attorney may appoint a full-time criminal investigator.
(2) The district attorneys of the Third, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth Circuit Court Districts may appoint one (1) additional full-time criminal investigator for a total of two (2) full-time criminal investigators.
(3) The district attorneys of the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh and Nineteenth Circuit Court Districts may appoint two (2) additional full-time criminal investigators for a total of three (3) full-time criminal investigators.
(4) No district attorney or assistant district attorney shall accept any private employment, civil or criminal, in any matter investigated by such criminal investigators.
(5) The full and complete compensation for all public duties rendered by said criminal investigators shall be not more than Fifty-nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($59,500.00) per annum, to be determined at the discretion of the district attorney based upon the qualifications, education and experience of the criminal investigator, plus necessary travel and other expenses, to be paid in accordance with Section 25-31-8. However, the maximum salary under this subsection for a criminal investigator who has a law degree may be supplemented by the district attorney from other available funds, but not to exceed the maximum salary for a legal assistant to a district attorney.
(6) Any criminal investigator may be designated by the district attorney to attend the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program set forth in Section 45-6-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972. The total expenses associated with attendance by criminal investigators at the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program shall be paid out of the funds of the appropriate district attorney.
(7) The district attorney shall be authorized to assign the duties of criminal investigators regardless of the source of funding for such criminal investigators.
[From and after January 1, 2023, this section shall read as follows:]"
AMEND FURTHER on lines 171 and 230 by deleting "Twenty-fourth" and inserting in lieu thereof: "Twenty-third".
AMEND FURTHER on lines 306, 311 and 371 by deleting "Twenty-fourth" and inserting in lieu thereof: "Twenty-third".
AMEND FURTHER on lines 357 and 358 by deleting "and 3-4".
AMEND FURTHER on line 366 after "Place One," by inserting "and Place Four".
AMEND FURTHER on lines 367, 368 and 369 by deleting all underlined language.
AMEND FURTHER on line 370 by deleting the "s" on the word positions