AN ACT TO REDISTRICT THE CIRCUIT AND CHANCERY COURT DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 152 OF ARTICLE 6 OF THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890 FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR JUDICIAL OFFICERS TO BE CONDUCTED IN NOVEMBER 2026; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD COVINGTON COUNTY, SIMPSON COUNTY, AND SMITH COUNTY TO THE SECOND CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE TWO CHANCELLORS WITH RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECOND CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD CARROLL COUNTY TO THE THIRD CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO REMOVE DESOTO COUNTY FROM THE THIRD CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO DELETE THE SUBDISTRICTS FROM THE THIRD CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE TWO CHANCELLORS FOR THE THIRD CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE CURRENT COUNTIES FROM THE FOURTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO ADD FORREST COUNTY, PERRY COUNTY, AND STONE COUNTY TO THE FOURTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE CARROLL COUNTY FROM THE SIXTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD SUNFLOWER COUNTY TO THE SEVENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO CONFORM THE SUBDISTRICTS IN THE SEVENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT TO THE ADDITION OF SUNFLOWER COUNTY; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE STONE COUNTY FROM THE EIGHTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO REVISE THE SUBDISTRICTS OF THE NINTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE TWO CHANCELLORS IN THE NINTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE SUNFLOWER COUNTY FROM THE NINTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY AND WALTHALL COUNTY TO THE TENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO REMOVE FORREST COUNTY AND PERRY COUNTY FROM THE TENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-36, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CHANCELLORS ELECTED FROM THE TENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD DESOTO COUNTY TO THE THIRTEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE THREE CHANCELLORS FOR THE THIRTEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD LAWRENCE COUNTY TO THE FIFTEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE TWO CHANCELLORS FOR THE FIFTEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE GEORGE COUNTY AND GREENE COUNTY FROM THE SIXTEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-50, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE FOUR CHANCELLORS FOR THE SIXTEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD AMITE COUNTY, FRANKLIN COUNTY AND PIKE COUNTY TO THE SEVENTEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO CREATE SUBDISTRICTS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD GEORGE COUNTY AND GREENE COUNTY TO THE NINETEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE TWO CHANCELLORS FOR THE NINETEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ELECTION OF CHANCELLORS FOR THE NINETEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE CURRENT COUNTIES AND SUBDISTRICTS FROM THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO ADD DESOTO COUNTY TO THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE THREE CIRCUIT JUDGES FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD CLAIBORNE COUNTY, JEFFERSON COUNTY AND PIKE COUNTY TO THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO CREATE SUBDISTRICTS IN THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD YAZOO COUNTY TO THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO CREATE SUBDISTRICTS IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE WAYNE COUNTY FROM THE TENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD SUNFLOWER COUNTY TO THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO DELETE THE SUBDISTRICTS FROM THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-34, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE DELETION OF THE SUBDISTRICTS FROM THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE PIKE COUNTY AND WALTHALL COUNTY FROM THE FOURTEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO ADD COPIAH COUNTY AND LAWRENCE COUNTY TO THE FOURTEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD WALTHALL COUNTY TO THE FIFTEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO REMOVE LAWRENCE COUNTY FROM THE FIFTEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-42, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE JUDGES ELECTED FROM THE FIFTEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT TO CONFORM TO THE REMOVAL OF LAWRENCE COUNTY; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD GEORGE COUNTY, GREENE COUNTY, AND WAYNE COUNTY TO THE EIGHTEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE TWO CIRCUIT JUDGES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE JUDGES ELECTED FOR THE EIGHTEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE GEORGE COUNTY AND GREENE COUNTY FROM THE NINETEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO DELETE LANGUAGE GOVERNING THE AMOUNT OF LOCAL CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT THE NINETEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE YAZOO COUNTY FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO ADD LEFLORE COUNTY AND WASHINGTON COUNTY TO THE TWENTY-FIRST CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE THREE CIRCUIT JUDGES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 9-7-57, 9-7-63 AND 9-7-64, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST AND TWENTY-THIRD CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECTIONS SHALL REPEAL ON A CERTAIN DATE; TO PROVIDE THAT REVISED PRECINCTS ARE FROM THE 2010 CENSUS; TO REQUIRE THE STANDING JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON REAPPORTIONMENT TO ASSIST THE COUNTIES IN IDENTIFYING THE BOUNDARIES OF SUBDISTRICTS; TO AMEND SECTION 25-31-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO THE TWENTY-FIRST CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT THAT WERE AUTHORIZED IN SECTION 25-31-37 WHICH IS REPEALED BY THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE TWO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO THE CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT FOR DESOTO COUNTY; TO AMEND SECTION 25-31-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THE TWENTY-FIRST CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT WITH AN ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR; TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR TO THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT THAT WAS AUTHORIZED IN SECTION 25-31-37 WHICH IS REPEALED BY THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT REVISED PRECINCTS ARE FROM THE 2020 CENSUS; TO PROVIDE SENIOR FULL-TIME LEGAL ASSISTANTS IN THE ELEVENTH AND SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICTS FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE TO FILL THE OFFICES OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE JUDICIAL OFFICES CREATED BY VIRTUE OF THIS ACT; TO REPEAL SECTION 25-31-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 9-5-9, 9-5-11, 9-5-13, 9-5-15, 9-5-21, 9-5-23, 9-5-27, 9-5-31, 9-5-33, 9-5-35, 9-5-36, 9-5-41, 9-5-47, 9-5-49, 9-5-50, 9-5-51, 9-5-55, 9-7-15, 9-7-17, 9-7-21, 9-7-29, 9-7-31, 9-7-33, 9-7-34, 9-7-39, 9-7-41, 9-7-42, 9-7-47, 9-7-49, 9-7-55, 9-7-57, 9-7-63, 9-7-64, 25-31-5, 25-31-10
As Passed by the Senate: 9-5-9, 9-5-11, 9-5-13, 9-5-15, 9-5-21, 9-5-23, 9-5-27, 9-5-31, 9-5-33, 9-5-35, 9-5-36, 9-5-41, 9-5-47, 9-5-49, 9-5-50, 9-5-51, 9-5-55, 9-7-15, 9-7-17, 9-7-21, 9-7-29, 9-7-31, 9-7-33, 9-7-34, 9-7-39, 9-7-41, 9-7-42, 9-7-47, 9-7-49, 9-7-55, 9-7-57, 9-7-63, 9-7-64, 25-31-5, 25-31-10