MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2003 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Eads, Pierce, Warren
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-1-56, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES IN CIVIL ACTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 11-1-56, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
11-1-56. Civil actions in circuit * * * and county court shall not be assigned to a judge until at least one (1) defendant has filed a responsive pleading. However, any necessary preliminary matters may be decided by a judge on a separate rotating basis before assignment of the action to a particular judge. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a court district which has a rotation system.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.