MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Judiciary, Division B

By: Senator(s) Branning (By Request)

Senate Bill 2628

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-13-32, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXPAND THE AUTHORITY TO CAUSE A PROCEEDING TO BE RECORDED WHERE AN OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER IS NOT PROVIDED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 9-13-32, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     9-13-32.  Any attorney of record or interested entity in any cause pending in a court, including justice court, which does not provide an official court reporter, may, in the discretion of * * *such the attorney or interested entity, record or have recorded any court proceeding in * * *such the cause by mechanical means or stenographically.  Any expenses incident thereto shall be borne by the party or parties represented by * * *such the entity or attorney of record.  The record of the court proceeding shall be used for impeachment purposes only.  An interested entity includes, but is not limited to, the victim of a crime or a property owner on whose property a crime has been committed.

SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.

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