Bill Text: MS SB2407 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Riding bailiffs; revise per diem.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [SB2407 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-SB2407-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Parker
Senate Bill 2407
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-25-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PAY TO BE PAID TO A RIDING BAILIFF PER DAY OF SERVICE; TO AMEND SECTION 19-19-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 19-25-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
19-25-31. Each judge of a
circuit, chancery or county court, or a court of eminent domain may, in the
judge's discretion, by order entered on the minutes of the court, allow the
sheriff riding bailiffs to serve in the respective court of such judge, not to
exceed four (4) bailiffs. Any such person so employed shall be paid by the
county on allowances of the court on issuance of a warrant therefor in an
amount of * * * Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for each day,
or part thereof, for which he serves as bailiff when the court is in session.
No full-time deputy sheriff shall be paid as a riding bailiff of any court.
County court judges shall be limited to one (1) bailiff per each court day.
SECTION 2. Section 19-19-8, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
19-19-8. A constable * * * who serves as a bailiff in justice
court for criminal cases may be paid by the county in an amount equal to the
allowance paid to riding bailiffs as provided in Section 19-25-31.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.
