Mississippi 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 R cosponsors

SB 2827 — County Elected Officials Compensation and Fees Task Force; create.

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SB2827 (As Sent to Governor) - 2019 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
SB2827 (As Passed the Senate) - 2019 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
Senator(s) Burton, Moran, Simmons (13th), Younger, Carter, Jackson (32nd) Senate Bill 2827 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-1-43, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE LIMIT ON COMPENSATION OF CHANCERY CLERKS AND CIRCUIT CLERKS;
Senator(s) Burton, Moran, Simmons (13th), Younger, Carter, Jackson (32nd) Senate Bill 2827 (As Passed the Senate) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-1-43, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE LIMIT ON COMPENSATION OF CHANCERY CLERKS AND CIRCUIT CLERKS;
TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES A CAP ON THE SALARIES OF TAX ASSESSORS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT;
TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ANY COUNTY TO PAY A MONTHLY OFFICE ALLOWANCE TO THE ATTORNEY EMPLOYED BY THE BOARD;
TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-60-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR A FILING FEE FOR CERTAIN DOCUMENTS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT;
TO CREATE A COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS COMPENSATION AND FEES TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE STRUCTURE, AMOUNTS AND SOURCES OF THE COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY, AND THE FEES CHARGED AND COLLECTED BY, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE COUNTIES, AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS THE COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY, AND THE FEES CHARGED AND COLLECTED BY, ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS ON A LONG-TERM BASIS;
TO DIRECT THE TASK FORCE TO MAKE A REPORT OF ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE BY DECEMBER 1, 2019;
TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE;
TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TASK FORCE;
TO AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT OF PER DIEM AND EXPENSES FOR ATTENDING MEETINGS OF THE TASK FORCE;
TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ALL FEES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CHANCERY CLERK OR BY THE OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT CLERK IN ANY YEAR ARE INSUFFICIENT TO PAY THE EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE FOR THAT YEAR, THE CLERK SHALL NOTIFY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS;
TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE BOARD MAKES A FINDING AND ENTERS ON ITS MINUTES THE FINDING THAT THE FEES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK ARE INSUFFICIENT TO PAY THE EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE FOR THAT YEAR, THEN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY APPROPRIATE FUNDS OF THE COUNTY TO THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AS NECESSARY TO SUPPLEMENT THE PAYMENT OF THE EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK;
     9-1-43.  (1)  After making deductions for employer contributions paid by the chancery or circuit clerk to the Public Employees' Retirement System under Sections 25-11-106.1 and 25-11-123(f)(4), employee salaries and related salary expenses, and expenses allowed as deductions by Schedule C of the Internal Revenue Code, no office of the chancery clerk or circuit clerk of any county in the state shall receive fees as compensation for the chancery clerk's or circuit clerk's services in excess of * * * Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00) Ninety-four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($94,500.00).  All such fees received by the office of chancery or circuit clerks that are in excess of the salary limitation shall be deposited by such clerk into the county general fund on or before April 15 for the preceding calendar year.  If the chancery clerk or circuit clerk serves less than one (1) year, then he shall not receive as compensation any fees in excess of that portion of the salary limitation that can be attributed to his time in office on a pro rata basis.  Upon leaving office, income earned by any clerk in his last full year of office but not received until after his last full year of office shall not be included in determining the salary limitation of the successor clerk.  There shall be exempted from the provisions of this subsection any monies or commissions from private or governmental sources which:  (a) are to be held by the chancery or circuit clerk in a trust or custodial capacity as prescribed in subsections (4) and (5);
     9-1-43.  (1)  After making deductions for employer contributions paid by the chancery or circuit clerk to the Public Employees' Retirement System under Sections 25-11-106.1 and 25-11-123(f)(4), employee salaries and related salary expenses, and expenses allowed as deductions by Schedule C of the Internal Revenue Code, no office of the chancery clerk or circuit clerk of any county in the state shall receive fees as compensation for the chancery clerk's or circuit clerk's services in excess of * * *Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00) Ninety-nine Thousand Dollars ($99,000.00).  All such fees received by the office of chancery or circuit clerks that are in excess of the salary limitation shall be deposited by such clerk into the county general fund on or before April 15 for the preceding calendar year.  If the chancery clerk or circuit clerk serves less than one (1) year, then he shall not receive as compensation any fees in excess of that portion of the salary limitation that can be attributed to his time in office on a pro rata basis.  Upon leaving office, income earned by any clerk in his last full year of office but not received until after his last full year of office shall not be included in determining the salary limitation of the successor clerk.  There shall be exempted from the provisions of this subsection any monies or commissions from private or governmental sources which:  (a) are to be held by the chancery or circuit clerk in a trust or custodial capacity as prescribed in subsections (4) and (5);
     (2)  It shall be unlawful for any chancery clerk or circuit clerk to use fees in excess of * * * Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00) Ninety-four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($94,500.00), to pay the salaries or actual or necessary expenses of employees who are related to such clerk by blood or marriage within the first degree of kinship according to the civil law method of computing kinship as provided in Sections 1-3-71 and 1-3-73.  However, the prohibition of this subsection shall not apply to any individual who was an employee of the clerk's office prior to the date his or her relative was elected as chancery or circuit clerk.  The spouse and/or any children of the chancery clerk or circuit clerk employed in the office of the chancery clerk may be paid a salary;
     (2)  It shall be unlawful for any chancery clerk or circuit clerk to use fees in excess of * * *Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00) Ninety-nine Thousand Dollars ($99,000.00), to pay the salaries or actual or necessary expenses of employees who are related to such clerk by blood or marriage within the first degree of kinship according to the civil law method of computing kinship as provided in Sections 1-3-71 and 1-3-73.  However, the prohibition of this subsection shall not apply to any individual who was an employee of the clerk's office prior to the date his or her relative was elected as chancery or circuit clerk.  The spouse and/or any children of the chancery clerk or circuit clerk employed in the office of the chancery clerk may be paid a salary;
          (a)  For counties with a total population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000), an amount not to exceed * * * Twenty‑nine Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($29,900.00) Thirty-one Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-five Dollars ($31,395.00), but not less than * * * Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Nine Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Dollars ($9,660.00).
          (a)  For counties with a total population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000), an amount not to exceed * * *Twenty‑nine Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($29,900.00) Thirty-two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-one Dollars ($32,591.00), but not less than * * *Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Ten Thousand Twenty-eight Dollars ($10,028.00).
          (b)  For counties with a total population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) and not more than two hundred thousand (200,000), an amount not to exceed * * * Twenty‑five Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($25,300.00) Twenty-six Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-five Dollars ($26,565.00), but not less than * * * Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Nine Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Dollars ($9,660.00).
          (b)  For counties with a total population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) and not more than two hundred thousand (200,000), an amount not to exceed * * *Twenty‑five Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($25,300.00) Twenty-seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-seven Dollars ($27,577.00), but not less than * * *Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Ten Thousand Twenty-eight Dollars ($10,028.00).
          (c)  For counties with a total population of more than fifty thousand (50,000) and not more than one hundred thousand (100,000), an amount not to exceed * * * Twenty‑three Thousand Dollars ($23,000.00) Twenty-four Thousand One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($24,150.00), but not less than * * * Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Nine Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Dollars ($9,660.00).
          (c)  For counties with a total population of more than fifty thousand (50,000) and not more than one hundred thousand (100,000), an amount not to exceed * * *Twenty‑three Thousand Dollars ($23,000.00) Twenty-five Thousand Seventy Dollars ($25,070.00), but not less than * * *Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Ten Thousand Twenty-eight Dollars ($10,028.00).
          (d)  For counties with a total population of more than thirty-five thousand (35,000) and not more than fifty thousand (50,000), an amount not to exceed * * * Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($20,700.00) Twenty-one Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-five Dollars ($21,735.00), but not less than * * * Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Nine Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Dollars ($9,660.00).
          (d)  For counties with a total population of more than thirty-five thousand (35,000) and not more than fifty thousand (50,000), an amount not to exceed * * *Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($20,700.00) Twenty-two Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-three Dollars ($22,563.00), but not less than * * *Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Ten Thousand Twenty-eight Dollars ($10,028.00).
          (e)  For counties with a total population of more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) and not more than thirty-five thousand (35,000), an amount not to exceed * * * Eighteen Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($18,400.00) Nineteen Thousand Three Hundred Twenty Dollars ($19,320.00), but not less than * * * Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Nine Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Dollars ($9,660.00).
          (e)  For counties with a total population of more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) and not more than thirty-five thousand (35,000), an amount not to exceed * * *Eighteen Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($18,400.00) Twenty Thousand Fifty-six Dollars ($20,056.00), but not less than * * *Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Ten Thousand Twenty-eight Dollars ($10,028.00).
          (f)  For counties with a total population of more than fifteen thousand (15,000) and not more than twenty-five thousand (25,000), an amount not to exceed * * * Sixteen Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($16,100.00) Sixteen Thousand Nine Hundred Five Dollars ($16,905.00), but not less than * * * Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Nine Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Dollars ($9,660.00).
          (f)  For counties with a total population of more than fifteen thousand (15,000) and not more than twenty-five thousand (25,000), an amount not to exceed * * * Sixteen Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($16,100.00) Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Forty-nine Dollars ($17,549.00), but not less than * * *Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Ten Thousand Twenty-eight Dollars ($10,028.00).
          (g)  For counties with a total population of more than ten thousand (10,000) and not more than fifteen thousand (15,000), an amount not to exceed * * * Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($13,800.00) Fourteen Thousand Four Hundred Ninety Dollars ($14,490.00), but not less than * * * Eight Thousand Fifty Dollars ($8,050.00) Eight Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($8,452.50).
          (g)  For counties with a total population of more than ten thousand (10,000) and not more than fifteen thousand (15,000), an amount not to exceed * * *Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($13,800.00) Fifteen Thousand Forty-two Dollars ($15,042.00), but not less than * * *Eight Thousand Fifty Dollars ($8,050.00) Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-four Dollars ($8,774.00).
          (h)  For counties with a total population of more than six thousand (6,000) and not more than ten thousand (10,000), an amount not to exceed * * * Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($11,500.00) Twelve Thousand Seventy-five Dollars ($12,075.00), but not less than * * * Eight Thousand Fifty Dollars ($8,050.00) Eight Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($8,452.50).
          (h)  For counties with a total population of more than six thousand (6,000) and not more than ten thousand (10,000), an amount not to exceed * * *Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($11,500.00) Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-five Dollars ($12,535.00), but not less than * * *Eight Thousand Fifty Dollars ($8,050.00) Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-four Dollars ($8,774.00).
          (i)  For counties with a total population of not more than six thousand (6,000), an amount not to exceed * * * Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Nine Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Dollars ($9,660.00) but not less than * * * Six Thousand Three Hundred Twenty‑five Dollars ($6,325.00) Six Thousand Six Hundred Forty-one Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($6,641.25).
          (i)  For counties with a total population of not more than six thousand (6,000), an amount not to exceed * * *Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) Ten Thousand Twenty-eight Dollars ($10,028.00) but not less than * * *Six Thousand Three Hundred Twenty‑five Dollars ($6,325.00) Six Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-four Dollars ($6,894.00).
     25-3-3.  (1)  The term "total assessed valuation" as used in this section only refers to the ad valorem assessment for the county and, in addition, in counties where oil or gas is produced, the actual value of oil at the point of production, as certified to the counties by the * * * State Tax Commission Department of Revenue under the provisions of Sections 27-25-501 through 27-25-525, and the actual value of gas as certified by the * * * State Tax Commission Department of Revenue under the provisions of Sections 27-25-701 through 27-25-723.
     25-3-3.  (1)  The term "total assessed valuation" as used in this section only refers to the ad valorem assessment for the county and, in addition, in counties where oil or gas is produced, the actual value of oil at the point of production, as certified to the counties by the * * *State Tax Commission Department of Revenue under the provisions of Sections 27-25-501 through 27-25-525, and the actual value of gas as certified by the * * *State Tax Commission Department of Revenue under the provisions of Sections 27-25-701 through 27-25-723.
          (a)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of Three Billion Dollars ($3,000,000,000.00) or more, a salary of Seventy Thousand Five Hundred Sixty Dollars ($70,560.00);
          (a)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of Three Billion Dollars ($3,000,000,000.00) or more, a salary of Seventy-six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($76,250.00);
          ( * * *ab)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) * * * or more but less than Three Billion Dollars ($3,000,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Sixty‑four Thousand Dollars $64,000.00 Sixty-seven Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($67,200.00);
          ( * * *ab)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) * * *or more but less than Three Billion Dollars ($3,000,000,000.00), a salary of * * *Sixty‑four Thousand Dollars $64,000.00 Seventy-three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($73,500.00);
          ( * * *bc)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00) but less than Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Sixty‑one Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($61,500.00 Sixty-four Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($64,575.00);
          ( * * *bc)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00) but less than Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Sixty‑one Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($61,500.00 Seventy Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($70,750.00);
          ( * * *cd)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00) but less than One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Fifty‑eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($58,500.00) Sixty-one Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($61,425.00);
          ( * * *cd)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00) but less than One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00), a salary of * * *Fifty‑eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($58,500.00) Sixty-seven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($67,250.00);
          ( * * *de)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000.00) but less than Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Fifty‑six Thousand Dollars($56,000.00 Fifty-eight Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($58,800.00);
          ( * * *de)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000.00) but less than Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00), a salary of * * *Fifty‑six Thousand Dollars($56,000.00 Sixty-four Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($64,250.00);
          ( * * *ef)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($150,000,000.00) but less than Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Fifty‑four Thousand Dollars ($54,000.00 Fifty-six Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($56,700.00);
          ( * * *ef)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($150,000,000.00) but less than Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000.00), a salary of * * *Fifty‑four Thousand Dollars ($54,000.00 Sixty-two Thousand Dollars ($62,000.00);
          ( * * *fg)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00) but less than One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($150,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Fifty‑two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($52,500.00) Fifty-five Thousand One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($55,125.00);
          ( * * *fg)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00) but less than One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($150,000,000.00), a salary of * * *Fifty‑two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($52,500.00) Sixty Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($60,250.00);
          (h)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of less than * * * Thirty‑five Million Dollars ($35,000,000.00) Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Forty‑one Thousand Five Hundred Dollars (41,500.00 Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-nine Dollars ($50,929.00).
          (h)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of less than * * * Thirty‑five Million Dollars ($35,000,000.00) Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), a salary of * * *Forty‑one Thousand Five Hundred Dollars (41,500.00 Fifty-five Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($55,750.00).
     SECTION 4.  Section 25-3-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     SECTION 4.  Section 25-3-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
     25-3-7.  From the State Treasury shall be paid up to one-fourth (1/4) of the salary of each county assessor, but in no instance shall the payment exceed the figure paid for the fiscal year of 1970-1971 to the assessor, whether or not the offices of assessor and tax collector are combined.
     SECTION 5.  Section 25-3-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
          (a)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of less than Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Twenty‑nine Thousand Dollars ($29,000.00) Twenty-nine Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy Dollars ($29,870.00);
          (a)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of less than Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Twenty‑nine Thousand Dollars ($29,000.00) Thirty-nine Thousand Dollars ($39,000.00);
          (b)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), but less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Thirty‑two Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($32,300.00) Thirty-three Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-nine Dollars ($33,269.00);
          (b)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), but less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Thirty‑two Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($32,300.00) Forty-two Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($42,300.00);
          (c)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), but less than Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Thirty‑three Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($33,700.00) Thirty-four Thousand Seven Hundred Eleven Dollars ($34,711.00);
          (c)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), but less than Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Thirty‑three Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($33,700.00) Forty-three Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($43,700.00);
          (d)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), but less than One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Thirty‑four Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($34,700.00) Thirty-five Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-one Dollars ($35,741.00);
          (d)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), but less than One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Thirty‑four Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($34,700.00) Forty-four Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($44,700.00);
          (e)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), but less than Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Forty Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($40,400.00) Forty-one Thousand Six Hundred Twelve Dollars ($41,612.00);
          (e)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), but less than Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Forty Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($40,400.00) Fifty Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($50,400.00);
          (f)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), but less than One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Forty‑four Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($44,700.00) Forty-six Thousand Forty-one Dollars ($46,041.00);
          (f)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), but less than One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Forty‑four Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($44,700.00) Fifty-four Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($54,700.00);
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          (g)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00), but less than Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Forty‑five Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($45,700.00) Forty-seven Thousand Seventy-one Dollars ($47,071.00);
          (g)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00), but less than Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00), a salary of * * * Forty‑five Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($45,700.00) Fifty-five Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($55,700.00);
          (h)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) or more, a salary of * * * Forty‑six Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($46,700.00) Forty-eight Thousand One Hundred One Dollars ($48,101.00).
          (h)  For counties having a total assessed valuation of Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) or more, a salary of * * * Forty‑six Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($46,700.00) Fifty-six Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($56,700.00).
     SECTION 5.  Section 25-7-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     SECTION 6.  Section 25-7-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
$    1.00 (b) * * *(i)  Recording each deed, will, lease, amendment, subordination, lien, release, cancellation, order, decree, oath, etc., per book and page listed where applicable * * *;, each deed of trust, or any other document, for the first * * *fifteen (15) five (5) pages $ * * *   10.00   25.00 .............
$    1.00 (b) * * *(i)  Recording each deed, will, lease, amendment, subordination, lien, release, cancellation, order, decree, oath, etc., per book and page listed where applicable * * *;, each deed of trust, or any other document, for the first * * *fifteen (15) five (5) pages $ * * *10.00   25.00 .............
$    1.00  * * *(ii)  Sectional index entries per section or subdivision lot $    1.00 (c)  Recording each deed of trust, for the first fifteen (15) pages $   15.00 Each additional page $    1.00 ( * * *dc)  (i)  Recording oil and gas leases, cancellations, etc., including indexing in general indices;
$    1.00  * * *(ii)  Sectional index entries per section or subdivision lot $    1.00 (c)  Recording each deed of trust, for the first fifteen (15) pages $   15.00 Each additional page $    1.00 ( * * *dc)  (i)  Recording oil and gas leases, cancellations, etc., including indexing in general indices;
$ * * *   50.00   85.00 For the second chancellor sitting, clerk only......................................
$ * * *50.00   85.00 For the second chancellor sitting, clerk only......................................
$ * * *   50.00   85.00      Provided that the fees herein prescribed shall be the total remuneration for the clerk and his deputies for attending chancery court.
$ * * *50.00   85.00      Provided that the fees herein prescribed shall be the total remuneration for the clerk and his deputies for attending chancery court.
     (2)  The following * * *fees fee shall be a total fee for all services performed by the clerk with respect to * * * a complaint any civil case filed that includes, but is not limited to, divorce, alteration of birth or marriage certificate, removal of minority, guardianship or conservatorship, estate of deceased, adoption, land dispute injunction, settlement of small claim, contempt, modification, partition suit, or commitment, which shall be payable upon filing and shall accrue to the chancery clerk at the time of filing.  The clerk or his successor in office shall perform all duties set forth without additional compensation or fee * * *...............................................
     (2)  The following * * *fees fee shall be a total fee for all services performed by the clerk with respect to * * *a complaint any civil case filed that includes, but is not limited to, divorce, alteration of birth or marriage certificate, removal of minority, guardianship or conservatorship, estate of deceased, adoption, land dispute injunction, settlement of small claim, contempt, modification, partition suit, or commitment, which shall be payable upon filing and shall accrue to the chancery clerk at the time of filing.  The clerk or his successor in office shall perform all duties set forth without additional compensation or fee * * *...............................................
     SECTION 6.  Section 25-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     SECTION 7.  Section 25-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
$    1.00           (e)  Recording orders, fiats, licenses, certificates, oaths and bonds:
$    1.00           (e)  Recording orders, fiats, licenses, certificates, oaths and bonds:
$ * * *   50.00   75.00 (n)  Summons, each juror to be paid by the county upon the allowance of the court................................
$ * * *50.00   75.00 (n)  Summons, each juror to be paid by the county upon the allowance of the court................................
     SECTION 7.  Section 25-7-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     SECTION 8.  Section 25-7-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
(a)  A uniform total fee in all criminal and civil cases for the service or attempted service of any process, summons, warrant, writ or other notice as may be required by law or the court, each $ * * *   35.00   45.00 (b)  In all cases where there is more than one (1) defendant residing at the same household, service on each additional defendant    $    5.00 (c)  After final judgment has been enrolled, notice of further proceedings involving levy of execution on judgments, and attachment and garnishment proceedings, shall be deemed a new suit and the sheriff shall be entitled to the following fee ..................................
(a)  A uniform total fee in all criminal and civil cases for the service or attempted service of any process, summons, warrant, writ or other notice as may be required by law or the court, each $ * * *35.00   45.00 (b)  In all cases where there is more than one (1) defendant residing at the same household, service on each additional defendant    $    5.00 (c)  After final judgment has been enrolled, notice of further proceedings involving levy of execution on judgments, and attachment and garnishment proceedings, shall be deemed a new suit and the sheriff shall be entitled to the following fee ..................................
$ * * *   35.00   45.00 (d)  Taking bonds of every kind (for purposes of this fee multiple bonds for criminal charges arising out of a single incident or transaction shall be considered a single bond).................................................
$ * * *35.00   45.00 (d)  Taking bonds of every kind (for purposes of this fee multiple bonds for criminal charges arising out of a single incident or transaction shall be considered a single bond).................................................
(g)  For all service of all process of every kind and nature issued from without the county wherein it is to be served, a fee of $ * * *   35.00   45.00      In civil cases, all process sent out of the county, where issued to another county for service, shall be accompanied by a fee of * * * Thirty‑five Dollars ($35.00) Forty-five Dollars ($45.00) to pay the sheriff's fee for his execution of such process unless the clerk or justice shall endorse on the process that the party at whose instance it issued had filed an affidavit of inability to pay costs thereof.  All fees sent and unearned, and the whole of it, shall be unearned if the writ be not legally and properly executed and returned, and shall be remitted by the sheriff with the writ at his own expense.
(g)  For all service of all process of every kind and nature issued from without the county wherein it is to be served, a fee of $ * * *35.00   45.00      In civil cases, all process sent out of the county, where issued to another county for service, shall be accompanied by a fee of * * *Thirty‑five Dollars ($35.00) Forty-five Dollars ($45.00) to pay the sheriff's fee for his execution of such process unless the clerk or justice shall endorse on the process that the party at whose instance it issued had filed an affidavit of inability to pay costs thereof.  All fees sent and unearned, and the whole of it, shall be unearned if the writ be not legally and properly executed and returned, and shall be remitted by the sheriff with the writ at his own expense.
     SECTION 8.  Section 25-7-27, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     SECTION 9.  Section 25-7-27, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
(a)  (i) * * *  A uniform total fee  In all civil and criminal cases, * * * whether contested or uncontested, which shall include all services in connection therewith, except as stated otherwise in this section, each for each service of process, summons, warrant, writ or other notice.....................................
(a)  (i) * * *  A uniform total fee  In all civil and criminal cases, * * * whether contested or uncontested, which shall include all services in connection therewith, except as stated otherwise in this section, each for each service of process, summons, warrant, writ or other notice....................................
 * * *   $35.00   45.00  * * *(ii)  A uniform total fee in all criminal cases, whether contested or uncontested, which shall include all services in connection therewith, except as stated otherwise in this section, each $35.00 ( * * *iiiii)  In all cases where there is more than one (1) defendant residing at the same household, for service on each additional defendant.............................................
$35.00 * * *40.00   45.00  * * *(ii)  A uniform total fee in all criminal cases, whether contested or uncontested, which shall include all services in connection therewith, except as stated otherwise in this section, each $35.00 ( * * *iiiii)  In all cases where there is more than one (1) defendant residing at the same household, for service on each additional defendant.............................................
              (v)  When * * * a complaining party has provided erroneous information to the clerk of the court relating to the service of process on the defendant or defendants and process cannot be served after diligent search and inquiry, process has been attempted in one (1) county but the defendant is not found, and process must be served on that defendant in another county, the clerk shall notify the complaining party that an additional fee or fees must be paid before the process can be delivered to the other county.
              (v)  When * * *a complaining party has provided erroneous information to the clerk of the court relating to the service of process on the defendant or defendants and process cannot be served after diligent search and inquiry, process has been attempted in one (1) county but the defendant is not found, and process must be served on that defendant in another county, the clerk shall notify the complaining party that an additional fee or fees must be paid before the process can be delivered to the other county.
$ * * *   35.00   45.00           (c)  For conveying a person charged with a crime to jail, mileage reimbursement in an amount not to exceed the rate established under Section 25-3-41(2).
$ * * *35.00   45.00           (c)  For conveying a person charged with a crime to jail, mileage reimbursement in an amount not to exceed the rate established under Section 25-3-41(2).
     SECTION 9.  Section 41-61-59, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     SECTION 10.  Section 41-61-59, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     (4)  The chief county medical examiner or chief county medical examiner investigator may receive from the county in which he serves a salary of * * * Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) per month, in addition to the fees specified in Sections 41-61-69 and 41-61-75, provided that no county shall pay the chief county medical examiner or chief county medical examiner investigator less than * * * One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per month as a salary, in addition to other compensation provided by law.  In any county having one or more deputy medical examiners or deputy medical examiner investigators, each deputy may receive from the county in which he serves, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, a salary of not more than Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) per month, in addition to the fees specified in Sections 41-61-69 and 41-61-75;
     (4)  The chief county medical examiner or chief county medical examiner investigator may receive from the county in which he serves a salary of * * *Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) per month, in addition to the fees specified in Sections 41-61-69 and 41-61-75, provided that no county shall pay the chief county medical examiner or chief county medical examiner investigator less than * * *One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per month as a salary, in addition to other compensation provided by law.  In any county having one or more deputy medical examiners or deputy medical examiner investigators, each deputy may receive from the county in which he serves, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, a salary of not more than Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) per month, in addition to the fees specified in Sections 41-61-69 and 41-61-75;
     SECTION 10.  Section 41-61-75, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     SECTION 11.  Section 41-61-75, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
          (a)  A medical examiner or his deputy shall receive * * * One Hundred Twenty‑five Dollars ($125.00) One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) for each completed report of investigation of death, plus the examiner's actual expenses.  In addition to that fee, in cases where the cause of death was sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and the medical examiner provides a SIDS Death Scene Investigation report, the medical examiner shall receive for completing that report an additional Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or an additional One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) if the medical examiner has received advanced training in child death investigations and presents to the county a certificate of completion of that advanced training.  The State Medical Examiner shall develop and prescribe a uniform format and list of matters to be contained in SIDS/Child Death Scene Investigation reports, which shall be used by all county medical examiners and county medical examiner investigators in the state.
          (a)  A medical examiner or his deputy shall receive * * *One Hundred Twenty‑five Dollars ($125.00) One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) for each completed report of investigation of death, plus the examiner's actual expenses.  In addition to that fee, in cases where the cause of death was sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and the medical examiner provides a SIDS Death Scene Investigation report, the medical examiner shall receive for completing that report an additional Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or an additional One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) if the medical examiner has received advanced training in child death investigations and presents to the county a certificate of completion of that advanced training.  The State Medical Examiner shall develop and prescribe a uniform format and list of matters to be contained in SIDS/Child Death Scene Investigation reports, which shall be used by all county medical examiners and county medical examiner investigators in the state.
     (3)  This section shall stand repealed on July 1, * * * 2017 2021.
     (3)  This section shall stand repealed on July 1, * * *  2017 2021.
     SECTION 11.  The board of supervisors of any county in the state is authorized, in its discretion, to pay a monthly office allowance to the attorney employed by the board in an amount not exceeding the amount authorized to be paid for secretarial services for the county prosecuting attorney under Section 19-23-19.
     SECTION 12.  Section 25-60-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
     SECTION 12.  (1)  There is created a County Elected Officials Compensation and Fees Task Force to study the structure, amounts and sources of the compensation received by, and the fees charged and collected by, the elected officials of the counties, and to make recommendations to address the compensation received by, and the fees charged and collected by, elected county officials on a long-term basis.
     25-60-5.  (1)  Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any county or municipal official or employee who accepts documents for filing as public records shall, in addition to any other fee provided elsewhere by law, collect a fee of One Dollar ($1.00) for each document so filed.  In municipalities and counties that collect Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or more per month from the filing fee, the official or employee collecting the fee shall, on or before the last day of each month, deposit the avails of Fifty Cents (50¢) of the fee into the general fund of the county or municipality, as appropriate, and remit the remainder to the State Treasurer who shall deposit it to the credit of a statewide local government records management fund which is hereby created in the State Treasury.  In municipalities and counties that collect less than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per month from the filing fee, the avails of Fifty Cents (50¢) of the fee shall be remitted to the State Treasurer on a quarterly basis for deposit as provided in the previous sentence.  Any monies remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the General Fund of the State Treasury.  Counties and municipalities shall expend monies derived from the fee hereinabove imposed solely to support proper management of their official records in accordance with records management standards established by the Department of Archives and History.  Monies in the Local Government Records Management Fund shall be expended by the Department of Archives and History, pursuant to legislative appropriation, to support the Local Government Records Office of the department and to support a local records management grant program as funds permit.
     (2)  The task force shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature by December 1, 2019, including any recommended legislation.
     (2)  The fee provided in subsection (1) of this section shall not be collected in any county until the board of supervisors, by resolution spread upon its minutes, determines that it will collect the fee.
     (3)  The task force shall be composed of fourteen (14) members, as follows:
     (3)  Each municipality and participating county may collect the filing fee provided for in this section on filings in any court subject to their respective jurisdiction.
          (a)  A representative of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors, designated by the association;
     SECTION 13.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after January 1, 2020, and shall stand repealed from and after December 31, 2019.
          (b)  A representative of the Mississippi Chancery Clerks Association, designated by the association;
          (c)  A representative of the Mississippi Circuit Clerks Association, designated by the association;
          (d)  A representative of the Mississippi Assessors and Collectors Association, designated by the association;
          (e)  A representative of the Mississippi Coroner and Medical Examiners Association, designated by the association;
          (f)  A representative of the Mississippi Constables Association, designated by the association;
          (g)  A representative of the Mississippi Sheriffs' Association, designated by the association;
          (h)  A representative of the Mississippi Justice Court Judges Association, designated by the association;
          (i)  Three (3) members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
and           (j)  Three (3) members of the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.
     (4)  Legislative appointments shall be made within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this section.  Within fifteen (15) days thereafter on a day to be designated jointly by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Lieutenant Governor, the task force shall meet and organize by selecting from its membership a chair and a vice chair.  The vice chair shall also serve as secretary and shall be responsible for keeping all records of the task force.  A majority of the members of the task force shall constitute a quorum.  In the selection of its officers and the adoption of rules, resolutions and reports, an affirmative vote of a majority of the task force shall be required.  All members shall be notified in writing of all meetings, and those notices shall be mailed at least fifteen (15) days before the date on which a meeting is to be held.
     (5)  The members of the task force who are not legislators shall be compensated at the per diem rate authorized by Section 25-3-69 and shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section 25-3-41 for mileage and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.  Legislative members of the task force shall be paid from the contingent expense funds of their respective houses in the same manner as provided for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session.  However, no per diem or expenses for attending meetings of the task force will be paid to legislative members of the task force while the Legislature is in session.  No task force members may incur per diem, travel or other expense unless previously authorized by vote, at a meeting of the task force, which action shall be recorded in the official minutes of the meeting.  The nonlegislative members shall be paid from any funds made available to the task force for that purpose.
     SECTION 13.  If the total amount of all fees received by the office of the chancery clerk or by the office of the circuit clerk in any year are insufficient to pay the expenses of the office for that year, the clerk shall notify the board of supervisors, and if the board of supervisors makes a finding and enters on its minutes the finding that the fees received by the office of the clerk are insufficient to pay the expenses of the office for that year, then the board of supervisors, in its discretion, may appropriate funds from the general fund of the county to the office of the clerk as necessary to supplement the payment of the expenses of the office of the clerk.
     SECTION 14.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after January 1, 2020, except for Section 11, which shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019, and Sections 12 and 13, which shall take effect and be in force from and after the passage of this act.
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  1. Approved by Governor

  2. Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. Conference Report Adopted

  5. Conference Report Adopted

  6. Conference Report Filed

  7. Conference Report Filed

  8. Recommitted For Further Conf

  9. Recommitted For Further Conf

  10. Conference Report Filed

  11. Conference Report Filed

  12. Conferees Named Read,Barton,Sullivan

  13. Conferees Named Clarke,Tollison,Polk

  14. Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

  15. Returned For Concurrence

  16. Passed As Amended

  17. Amended

  18. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  19. Referred To Appropriations

  20. Transmitted To House

  21. Passed

  22. Committee Substitute Adopted

  23. Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

  24. Referred To Appropriations

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Passed 99 Yea · 10 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 36405
Democrat 19001
Unaffiliated 43605
Independent 1000
Total 9910011
% of votes cast 83%8%0%9%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Bain — Yea
Baria — Yea
Beckett — Yea
Bomgar — Nay
Busby — Yea
Calhoun — Yea
Corley — Yea
Criswell — Nay
Denny — Yea
Dixon — Yea
Dortch — Yea
Henley — Nay
Holland — Yea
Hopkins — Nay
Hughes — Yea
McLeod — Yea
McNeal — Not Voting
Mettetal — Yea
Miles — Yea
Myers — Not Voting
Paden — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Reynolds — Not Voting
Shirley — Not Voting
Snowden — Not Voting
Staples — Nay
Straughter — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Sykes — Yea
Walker — Yea
Weathersby — Yea
Willis — Yea
Young — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Huddleston — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson (87th) — Yea
Johnson (94th) — Yea
Rogers (14th) — Yea
Rogers (61st) — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Nays--Anderson — Nay
Yeas--Aguirre — Yea
Baker — Yea
Williams- Barnes — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Yea
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Yea
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Not Voting
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Willie Bailey Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Nay
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Not Voting
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Not Voting
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Not Voting
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Not Voting
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kevin Ford Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Not Voting
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Nay
Stephen A. Horne Republican Nay
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Nay

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Passage as Amended

Passed 93 Yea · 16 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 15200
Republican 34704
Unaffiliated 43705
Independent 1000
Total 931609
% of votes cast 79%14%0%8%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Bain — Yea
Baria — Yea
Beckett — Yea
Bomgar — Nay
Busby — Yea
Calhoun — Yea
Corley — Yea
Criswell — Nay
Denny — Yea
Dixon — Yea
Dortch — Yea
Henley — Nay
Holland — Yea
Hopkins — Nay
Hughes — Yea
McLeod — Yea
McNeal — Yea
Mettetal — Yea
Miles — Yea
Myers — Not Voting
Paden — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Reynolds — Not Voting
Shirley — Nay
Snowden — Not Voting
Staples — Nay
Straughter — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Sykes — Yea
Walker — Yea
Weathersby — Yea
Williams-Barnes — Yea
Willis — Yea
Young — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Yeas--Anthony — Yea
Baker — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Nays--Aguirre — Nay
Absent or those Bailey — Not Voting
Present--Holloway — Not Voting
Bell (65th) — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Huddleston — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson (87th) — Yea
Johnson (94th) — Yea
Rogers (14th) — Yea
Rogers (61st) — Yea
Bo Brown Democrat Nay
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
Jeramey Anderson Democrat Nay
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Yea
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Nay
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Nay
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Not Voting
Donnie Scoggin Republican Nay
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Not Voting
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Nay
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kevin Ford Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Nay
Randy P. Boyd Republican Not Voting
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Nay
Stephen A. Horne Republican Not Voting
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Nay

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Passage

Passed 44 Yea · 2 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 15000
Democrat 6000
Unaffiliated 23206
Total 44206
% of votes cast 85%4%0%12%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Branning — Not Voting
Browning — Yea
Carmichael — Yea
Caughman — Yea
Dawkins — Yea
Doty — Yea
Gollott — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jolly — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Massey — Yea
McDaniel — Nay
Moran — Yea
Polk — Yea
Tollison — Yea
Turner-Ford — Not Voting
Wilemon — Not Voting
Witherspoon — Yea
Yeas--Barnett — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Dearing — Yea
Jackson G. (15th) — Yea
Jackson R. (11th) — Yea
Jackson S. (32nd) — Yea
Parker — Yea
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Yea
Simmons W. (13th) — Yea
Nays--Hill — Nay
Absent and those Burton — Not Voting
Voting Present--Blackmon — Not Voting
Hudson — Not Voting
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea

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Who sponsors SB 2827?
SB 2827 is sponsored by Simmons_(13th), Jackson_(32nd), Burton, Moran, Joel R. Carter, Jr. (Republican), and Chuck Younger (Republican).
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 21, 2019. Enacted.
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