MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2014 Regular Session

To: Judiciary, Division A

By: Senator(s) Tindell, Wiggins, Tollison, Simmons (12th), Doty, Watson, Longwitz, Fillingane

Senate Bill 2530

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-1-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY AND REVISE THE CONTINUANCE WHEN THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION OF A MATTER ON THE MOTION OF AN ATTORNEY WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 11-1-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     11-1-9.  In any cause * * *now pending or which shall hereafter be pending before any court * * * of this state or before any, administrative board, agency * * * or, commission * * *of this state or before any court,  or administrative agency of this state or any county or municipality of this state in which an application for continuance is properly made, predicated upon the ground that the counsel for the party making * * * said the application is a member of the Mississippi Legislature * * * and, if * * *said the application is made * * *at for a time when the Legislature is or will be in session, either regular or extraordinary, * * *or if said legislature will be in session at the time that * * *said the cause would be triable or any motion or other preliminary matter heard, then the continuance shall be granted automatically in all cases without hearing.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

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