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2012 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2142

Salaries of judges, district attorneys and assistant district attorneys; increase/establish funding.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, JUDGES OF THE CHANCERY AND CIRCUIT COURTS, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND FULL-TIME LEGAL ASSISTANTS TO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; TO AMEND SECTION 25-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE GENERAL DOCKET FEE FOR FILING AN APPEAL IN A CIVIL OR CRIMINAL CASE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-7-9 AND 25-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR EVERY CIVIL CASE FILED WITH THE CHANCERY AND CIRCUIT CLERK TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE STATE GENERAL FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR JUDICIAL SALARIES; TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-73, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO IMPOSE A STATE ASSESSMENT UPON PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR JUDICIAL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND LEGAL ASSISTANT SALARIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 16 to March 6, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Mar 6 · stopped50 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 16 to Mar 6 · stopped50 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 16 – Mar 6

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency and on Appropriations
  2. Mar 6Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Mar 6Died In CommitteeSenate