Mississippi House Bill 1256 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-975, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Justice Court Judges In The "nonpartisan Judicial Election Act"; To Amend Section 23-15-1015, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Justice Court Judges Shall Be Elected At The Same Time As Circuit Court Judges And Chancellors; To Amend Sections 23-15-1011 And 23-15-197, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Time For Holding An Election For The Office Of Justice Court Judge; To Amend Sections 23-15-833 And 23-15-849, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Procedure For Filling A Vacancy In The Office Of Justice Court Judge; To Amend Section 23-15-977, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Qualifying Fee For Election To The Office Of Justice Court Judge; To Amend Sections 9-11-2, 23-15-297, 23-15-359, 23-15-973, 23-15-193, 23-15-1021 And 9-11-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-601, 9-11-31 And 23-15-953, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Justice court judges; revise position of to make nonpartisan and part-time.

Rep. Noah Sanford [R]

Rep. Mark Tullos [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1256.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1256IN.htm