Bill Text: MS SB2013 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Tenth Circuit Court District; create subdistrict and additional judge.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee [SB2013 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2020-SB2013-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A; Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Jackson (32nd)
Senate Bill 2013
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 9-7-31 AND 9-7-32, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE SUBDISTRICTS WITHIN THE TENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT AND TO REVISE THE NUMBER OF CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES IN THAT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE FOR PRECINCT BOUNDARIES; TO PROVIDE FOR CANDIDACY FOR ELECTION FOR JUDGESHIPS BEFORE THE INCEPTION OF THE NEW JUDGESHIP; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 9-7-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
9-7-31. The Tenth Circuit
Court District * * * shall be divided into two (2)
subdistricts as follows:
(a) Subdistrict 10-1 shall consist of Clarke County, Wayne County, and the following precincts in Lauderdale County: 1, 2, 3, 5, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, Andrews Chapel, Bailey, Causeyville, Center Hill, Clarkdale, Collinsville, Culpepper, East Bonita, Martin, Meehan, Mt. Gilead, New Lauderdale, Obadiah, Pickard, Prospect, Sageville, South Nellieburg, Suqualena, Valley, Vimville, West Lauderdale, Whynot and Zero;
(b) Subdistrict 10-2
shall consist of Kemper County * * * and the following precincts in Lauderdale
County: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, Alamucha, Center Ridge, Daleville,
East Lauderdale, East Marion, Kewanee, Marion, Odom, Russell, South Russell,
Toomsuba and West Dalewood.
* * *
SECTION 2. Section 9-7-32, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
9-7-32. (1) There shall be * * * three (3) judges for the Tenth
Circuit Court District.
(2) For purposes of
appointment and election, the * * * three (3) judgeships shall be
separate and distinct, and two (2) judges shall be elected by the
voters of Subdistrict 10-1, and one (1) judge shall be elected by the voters of
Subdistrict 10-2. The two (2) judgeships in Subdistrict 10-1 shall be
denominated for purposes of appointment and election * * * as "Place One" and "Place
Two * * *,"
and the judgeship in Subdistrict 10-2 shall be denominated for purposes of
appointment and election as "Place Three."
SECTION 3. The boundaries of the subdistricts described in Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall be the boundaries of the precincts as those boundaries are contained in Census Bureau's 2010 TIGER/Line Shapefiles released in November 2010.
SECTION 4. The candidates for the three (3) judgeships for the Tenth Circuit Court District as set fourth in Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall qualify and run for those positions in the November 2022 general election under the provisions of Sections 23-15-974 through 23-15-985.
SECTION 5. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect and be in force from and after January 1, 2023, and Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
