Adopted

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No.  400

BY: Committee

     Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 1.  Section 19-25-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     19-25-31.  Each judge of a circuit, chancery or county court, or a court of eminent domain may, in the judge's discretion, by order entered on the minutes of the court, allow the sheriff riding bailiffs to serve in the respective court of such judge, not to exceed four (4) bailiffs.  Any such person so employed shall be paid by the county on allowances of the court on issuance of a warrant therefor in an amount * * * of between Fifty-five Dollars ($55.00) and One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each day, or part thereof, for which he or she serves as bailiff when the court is in session.  No full-time deputy sheriff shall be paid as a riding bailiff of any court.  County court judges shall be limited to one (1) bailiff per each court day.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.

     Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-25-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE INCREASE OF THE SALARY OF RIDING BAILIFFS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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