Bill Text: MS HB422 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: First Circuit Court District; increase number of judges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee [HB422 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2024-HB422-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Thompson
House Bill 422
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF JUDGES IN THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 9-7-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE COUNTY COMPOSITION OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 9-7-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
9-7-7. (1) There shall be * * * five (5) judges for the First
Circuit Court District.
(2) The * * * five (5) judgeships shall be
separate and distinct and denominated for purposes of appointment and election
only as "Place One," "Place Two," "Place Three" * * *, "Place Four" and "Place
Five". The judge to fill Place One must reside in Alcorn, Prentiss or
Tishomingo County. The judges to fill Place Two and Place Three must reside in
Itawamba, Lee * * *
or Pontotoc County. The judge to fill Place Four may be a resident of any county
in the district. The judge to fill Place Five must reside in Monroe County.
Election of the * * * five (5) judicial offices * * * shall be by election to be held in
every county within the First Circuit Court District.
SECTION 2. Section 9-7-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
9-7-5. The First Circuit Court District is composed of the following counties:
(a) Alcorn County;
(b) Itawamba County;
(c) Lee County;
(d) Monroe County;
(e) Pontotoc County;
(f) Prentiss County; and
(g) Tishomingo County.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.
