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AMENDMENT NO 4 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

 

House Bill No. 1020

 

BY: Senator(s) Simmons (12th), Blackmon, Blount, Frazier, Hickman, Horhn, Simmons (13th), Turner-Ford, Norwood

 

     AMEND by striking SECTION 1 in its entirety and renumber subsequent sections accordingly.

     FURTHER, AMEND by striking lines 102 through 106 and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

     (3)  On January 1, 2026, there shall be two (2) circuit judges for the Seventh Circuit Court District in addition to the judges authorized in subsection (1) of this section.  The judges authorized under this subsection shall be elected from the subdistricts as provided by Section 9-7-23(2)(e) through (f).

     FURTHER, AMEND on lines 132 and 133 by striking "January 1, 2026" and inserting "March 31, 2023" in lieu thereof.

     FURTHER, AMEND by inserting the following language below line 133:

          (f)  Subdistrict 7-6 shall consist of the precincts in Hinds County to be determined by the Legislature before March 31, 2023.

     FURTHER, AMEND by striking the language on lines 257 through 260 and inserting the following language in lieu thereof:

The terms of the office of the circuit court judgeships authorized in Section 9-7-25(2) shall begin on January 1, 2024, and their initial terms shall continue for three (3) years with a full four-year term to begin on January 1, 2027, as is otherwise provided by law.

     FURTHER, AMEND by striking SECTION 10 in its entirety and inserting the following language in lieu thereof:

     SECTION 10.  Sections 6, 7 and 9 shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.  Section 8 of this act shall take effect and be in force from and after October 1, 2023.  The remainder of this act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.

     FURTHER, AMEND the title to conform.