MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Local and Private
By: Senator(s) Tate
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER LAW 925, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2020, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL TO JULY 1, 2028, ON THE LAW THAT AUTHORIZES THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO LEVY AN ASSESSMENT, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER ASSESSMENTS AND COURT COSTS, FOR MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS AND/OR NONADJUDICATIONS OBTAINED IN ITS JUSTICE COURT, TO BE USED TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, FURNISHING, TECHNOLOGY, MAINTENANCE AND RELATED NEEDS OF A NEW COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING TO BE KNOWN AS THE "LAUDERDALE COUNTY GOVERNMENT COMPLEX"; TO REMOVE CIVIL CASES FROM THE ASSESSMENT AUTHORIZATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Chapter 925, Local and Private Laws of 2020, is amended as follows:
(1) The Board of Supervisors of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, in its discretion, is authorized, by resolution duly adopted, to levy an assessment, in addition to any other assessments and court costs in the Justice Court of Lauderdale County, as follows:
(a) An amount not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) on each conviction or nonadjudication under the Mississippi Implied Consent Law; and
(b) An amount not to
exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) on each misdemeanor conviction or nonadjudication
other than those specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection * * *.
(2) The avails of the additional assessment imposed under subsection (1) of this section shall be expended by the Board of Supervisors of Lauderdale County to fund the construction, operation, furnishing, technology, maintenance and related needs of a new county office building, to be known as the "Lauderdale County Government Complex."
(3) This section shall be
repealed from and after July 1, * * * 2028.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.