Senate Bill 2556

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-5-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO THE STATUTORY PROVISIONS FOR CALLING A RECALL ELECTION BY REFERENDUM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 25-5-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

25-5-3. The Governor is hereby empowered, in accordance with the provisions of Section 139 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, through the procedure and under the regulations prescribed in Sections 25-5-3 through 25-5-37 and for the reasons and causes set forth, to remove any elective county officer in this state, which shall specifically include any elected or appointed local school board member; and every elective officer of any county in this state, including any elected or appointed local school board member, may be removed from office by the Governor at any time when done in compliance with the regulations hereinafter set forth.

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 the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.