Bill Text: MS SB2187 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Third Circuit District; revise residency requirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [SB2187 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2015-SB2187-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Tollison
Senate Bill 2187
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE SUBDISTRICT RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS IN THE THIRD CIRCUIT DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 9-7-14, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
9-7-14. (1) There shall be three (3) circuit judges for the Third Circuit Court District.
(2) For purposes of
appointment and election, the three (3) judgeships shall be separate and
distinct and denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as
"Place One," "Place Two" and "Place Three." * * *
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after January 1, 2018.