MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Banks
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 9-7-23 AND 9-7-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE FIVE JUDGES IN THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO REVISE THE SUBDISTRICTS OF THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 9-7-23, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
9-7-23. (1) The Seventh Circuit Court District shall be Hinds County.
(2) The Seventh Circuit
Court District shall be divided into * * * five (5) subdistricts in Hinds
County as follows:
(a) Subdistrict 7-1
shall * * *
have the same boundaries as Hinds County Supervisor District 1.
(b) Subdistrict 7-2
shall * * * have the same boundaries as Hinds
County Supervisor District 2.
(c) Subdistrict 7-3
shall * * * have the same boundaries as Hinds
County Supervisor District 3.
(d) Subdistrict 7-4
shall * * *
have the same boundaries as Hinds County Supervisor District 4.
(e) Subdistrict 7-5 shall have the same boundaries as Hinds County Supervisor District 5.
SECTION 2. Section 9-7-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
9-7-25. (1) There shall be * * *
five (5) circuit
judges for the Seventh Circuit Court District. One (1) judge shall be elected
from each subdistrict.
(2) While there shall be no limitation whatsoever upon the powers and duties of the said judges other than as cast upon them by the Constitution and laws of this state, the court in the First Judicial District of Hinds County, in the discretion of the senior circuit judge, may be divided into civil and criminal divisions as a matter of convenience, by the entry of an order upon the minutes of the court.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.