MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Baker
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-5-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY WHICH COURTS HAVE JURISDICTION TO REVISIT BONDS THAT ARE EXCESSIVE OR INSUFFICIENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 99-5-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
99-5-13. When it shall
appear to the committing court or the court before which any
person charged with a criminal offense has given bail to appear * * * is insufficient or excessive
in any respect, the court may (i) after a hearing, order the issuance of
a revised mittimus reducing the previously set bail; or (ii) order the
issuance of process for the arrest of such person, and may, after a
hearing, require him to give bail as may be ordered, and, in default
thereof, may commit him to jail as in other cases.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.