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AMENDMENT No. 10 PROPOSED TO

                             House Bill NO. 11

                             By Representative(s) Zuber

     AMEND by striking lines 36 through 108 and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

     SECTION 1.  Section 11-11-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended by House Bill No. 2, Third Extraordinary Session 2002, is amended as follows:

     11-11-3. * * *  Civil actions of which the circuit court has original jurisdiction shall be commenced in the county where the alleged act or omission occurred.  Venue shall be proper as to each and every named plaintiff.  If the venue is improper as to any plaintiff, then the claims involving that plaintiff shall be severed and transferred to a county where venue is proper as to such claims, or dismissed without prejudice if there exists no county of proper venue.

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     SECTION 2.  Sections 11-11-5, 11-11-7, 11-11-11 and 11-11-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provide venue in actions against nonresidents, nonresident motorists, railroads and insurance companies, are repealed.

     AMEND FURTHER by renumbering succeeding sections.

     AMEND FURTHER, the title, by striking the language beginning on line 1 through the semicolon on line 3 and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

     "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-11-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE VENUE IN CIVIL ACTIONS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 11-11-5, 11-11-7, 11-11-11 AND 11-11-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE VENUE IN ACTIONS AGAINST NONRESIDENTS, NONRESIDENT MOTORISTS, RAILROADS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES;"