MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2003 Regular Session
To: Apportionment and Elections
By: Representative Flaggs
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 21-15-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT MUNICIPALITIES, INCLUDING MUNICIPALITIES OPERATING UNDER A CHARTER CITY, CODE CHARTER OR SPECIAL CHARTER, SHALL NOT IMPOSE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ON ELECTIVE OFFICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 21-15-2, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
21-15-2. No municipality, including municipalities operating under a charter city, code charter or special charter, shall impose any additional requirements on holding any municipal elective office or receiving compensation for any elective office except as may be provided by law.
SECTION 2. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after October 1, 2003, if it is effectuated on or before that date under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended. If it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended, after October 1, 2003, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.