Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Public Defender Act; revise.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 02/21/00 | (H) | Referred To Judiciary B;Appropriations | |
| 2 | 03/07/00 | (H) | Died In Committee |
| Effective date | ** See Text | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| 3/5ths vote required | No |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Blackmon
Code Sections: A 025-0032-0001, A 025-0032-0003, A 025-0032-0005, A 025-0032-0007, A 025-0032-0009, A 025-0032-0015, A 025-0032-0019, RP 025-0032-0021, A 025-0032-0039, A 025-0032-0047, A 025-0032-0049, A 025-0032-0053, A 025-0032-0065, A 099-0015-0017, RP 025-0032-0031, RP 025-0032-0033, RP 025-0032-0035, RP 025-0032-0041, RP 025-0032-0043, RP 025-0032-0045, RP 025-0032-0057, RP 025-0032-0059, RP 025-0032-0061
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-32-1, 25-32-3, 25-32-5, 25-32-7, 25-32-9, 25-32-15 AND 25-32-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO TRANSFER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES TO THE PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE THAT PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES SHALL BE FUNDED BY THE STATE; TO REVISE THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL FOR THE INDIGENT; TO CODIFY SECTION 25-32-18, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN COUNTIES TO SUPPLEMENT THE SALARY OF PUBLIC DEFENDERS; TO CODIFY SECTION 25-32-20, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS; TO REPEAL SECTION 25-32-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE REPEAL OF SECTIONS 25-32-1 THROUGH 25-32-19; TO AMEND SECTION 25-32-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION; TO AMEND SECTION 25-32-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CONFLICT PROVISIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 25-32-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC DEFENDERS TO PARTICIPATE IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 25-32-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE DUTIES OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION; TO AMEND SECTION 25-32-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; TO AMEND SECTION 99-15-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE SHALL PAY FOR COUNSEL FOR INDIGENTS; TO REPEAL SECTION 21, CHAPTER 575, LAWS OF 1998, WHICH PROVIDES FOR A CONDITIONAL EFFECTIVE PROVISION FOR THE MISSISSIPPI STATEWIDE PUBLIC DEFENDER SYSTEM ACT OF 1998; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 25-32-31, 25-32-33, 25-32-35, 25-32-41, 25-32-43, 25-32-45, 25-32-57, 25-32-59 AND 25-32-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATEWIDE PUBLIC DEFENDER SYSTEM ACT OF 1998; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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