Bill Text: MS HB500 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Chancery Court; provide additional chancellor for Fourth Chancery Court District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [HB500 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2015-HB500-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2015 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A; Appropriations

By: Representative Mims

House Bill 500

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL CHANCELLOR FOR THE FOURTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 9-5-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     9-5-15.  (1)  The Fourth Chancery Court District shall be comprised of the following counties:

          (a)  Amite County;

          (b)  Franklin County;

          (c)  Pike County; and

          (d)  Walthall County.

     (2)  There shall be two (2) chancellors for the Fourth Chancery Court District.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.

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