MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2001 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A

By: Representative Watson

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-19-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE APPOINTMENT OF LAY MEMBERS ON THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 9-19-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

9-19-1. The Commission on Judicial Performance shall consist of the following members:

(a) One (1) circuit court judge to be appointed by the Conference of Circuit Court Judges;

(b) One (1) chancellor to be appointed by the Conference of Chancery Court Judges;

(c) One (1) county court judge to be appointed by the Conference of County Court Judges;

(d) One (1) justice court judge to be appointed by the Mississippi Justice Court Officers Association;

(e) One (1) practicing attorney to be appointed by the Governing Board of the Mississippi State Bar Association; and

(f) Two (2) lay persons who shall not be residents of the same Supreme Court district to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi. * * *

An alternate for each member shall be selected at the time and in the manner prescribed for initial appointments in each representative class to replace those members who might be disqualified or absent.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2001.