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MS Code § 9-11-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Justice Courts|§ 9-11-35. Justice Court Collections Payment Program; purpose; funding of program

  The Department of Revenue shall administer the Justice Court Collections Payment Program. The purpose of the program shall be to provide support for salaries of justice court personnel, for the purchase, operation and maintenance of software and equipment, for facility planning and improvement, and for other expenses incurred for the purpose of collecting fines and assessments within the justice court system. Monies appropriated by the Legislature to the Department of Revenue for the purposes of funding the Justice Court Collections Payment Program shall be expended by the department to each participating county based upon that county's deposits in the Treasury of the monies received under the provisions of Section 99-19-73.   The Department of Revenue shall promulgate rules and procedures relating to the disbursement of monies to participating counties. The department shall promulgate rules and procedures to ensure that the justice court system of a participating county practices proper and effective collection procedures for the collection of fines and other assessments. The county may use monies received from the program to defray the costs associated with collection actions under Section 19-3-41(4) for collection of delinquent fines and other assessments. The county shall participate in collection actions under Section 19-3-41(2) for collection of delinquent fines and other assessments in order to qualify.
MS Code § 9-17-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 17 - Court Administrators|§ 9-17-1. Establishment of office; appointment and compensation of court administrator

  The judges and chancellors of judicial districts, including chancery, circuit and county courts, may, in their discretion, jointly or independently, establish the office of court administrator in any county by an order entered on the minutes of each participating court in the county.  The establishment of the office of court administrator shall be accomplished by vote of a majority of the participating judges and chancellors in the county, and such court administrator shall be appointed by vote of a majority of the judges or chancellors and may be removed by a majority vote of the judges or chancellors. In case of a tie vote, the senior judge or senior chancellor shall cast two (2) votes.    The court administrator shall be provided office space in the same manner as such is afforded the judges and chancellors.   The annual salary of each court administrator appointed pursuant to this section shall be set by vote of the judges and chancellors of each participating county and shall be submitted to the Administrative Office of Courts for approval pursuant to Section 9-1-36. The salary shall be paid in twelve (12) installments on the last working day of the month by the Administrative Office of Courts after it has been authorized by the participating judges and chancellors and an order has been duly placed on the minutes of each participating court.  Any county within a judicial district having a court administrator shall transfer to the Administrative Office of Courts one-twelfth (1/12) of its pro rata cost of authorized compensation as defined in Section 9-1-36 for the court administrator by the twentieth day of each month for the compensation that is to be paid on the last day of that month. The board of supervisors may transfer the pro rata cost of the county from the funds of that county pursuant to Section 9-17-5(2)(b).    For all travel required in the performance of official duties, the court administrator shall be paid mileage by the county in which the duties were performed at the same rate as provided for state employees in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972. The court administrator shall file a certificate of mileage expense incurred during that term with the board of supervisors of each participating county and payment of such expense shall be paid proportionately out of the court administration fund established pursuant to Section 9-17-5.
MS Code § 9-17-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 17 - Court Administrators|§ 9-17-3. Duties of court administrator

 It shall be the duty of the court administrator to:   Perform all nonjudicial tasks of the court;   Maintain all statistical reports;   Serve as liaison with the general public and members of the bar;   Coordinate and assist in the duties of the clerks of the courts of the district related to the judicial duties of the clerks;   Provide general administrative support for all judges and chancellors of the district; and   Perform other duties assigned by the judges.
MS Code § 9-17-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 17 - Court Administrators|§ 9-17-5. Court administration special fund

  In each county where a court administrator has been appointed pursuant to this chapter, a special fund in the county treasury is hereby established to be known as the "court administration fund."     The judges and chancellors may apply their expense allowance in Section 9-1-36, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the court administration fund.   The board of supervisors of any county within a judicial district having a court administrator is authorized to pay its pro rata cost of the salary and furnish an equipped office for the court administrator and his staff from county funds. The board of supervisors is further authorized to accept grants, gifts, donations or federal funds for the benefit of the office of the court administrator.   The board of supervisors of any county within a judicial district having a court administrator is authorized, in its discretion, to charge, in addition to all other costs required by law, an amount not to exceed two dollars ($2.00) for each complaint filed in the chancery, circuit and county courts of such county. Any money collected pursuant to this subsection shall be paid into the court administrator fund.   Money paid into the court administration fund under this chapter shall be applied to the office of the court administrator for the purpose of funding that office.     All expenditures made from the court administration fund shall be upon written requisition of the court administrator approved by a judge or chancellor to the county or counties of the district designated by him, in proportion to the business of his office in the county.
MS Code § 9-19-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-1. Membership

 The Commission on Judicial Performance shall consist of the following members:   One (1) circuit court judge to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi upon the recommendation of the Governor;   One (1) chancellor to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi upon the recommendation of the Lieutenant Governor;   One (1) county court judge to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House;   One (1) justice court judge to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi;   One (1) practicing attorney to be appointed by the Chief Justice upon the recommendation of the Governing Board of The Mississippi Bar; and   Two (2) lay persons who shall not be residents of the same Supreme Court District to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.   An alternate for each member shall be selected at the time and in the manner prescribed for initial appointments in each representative class to replace those members who might be disqualified or absent.
MS Code § 9-19-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-3. Terms of office; prohibited activities of members; chairman

 The terms of office of the commission members shall be for six (6) years, except that the initial terms of office shall be as follows: the circuit court judge member for six (6) years, the chancellor member for five (5) years, the county court judge member for five (5) years, the justice court judge member for four (4) years, one (1) of the lay members for three (3) years, the other lay member for two (2) years, and the attorney member for one (1) year. Members shall not be allowed to succeed themselves after serving a full term. Commission membership terminates if a member ceases to hold the position that qualified the member for appointment. A vacancy shall be filled by the appointing power for the remainder of the term.   No member of the commission, except a justice or judge, shall be eligible for state judicial office so long as he is a member of the commission and for a period of two (2) years thereafter. No member of the commission shall hold office in a political party or participate in any campaign for judicial office and hold public office; provided that a judge may participate in his own campaign for judicial office and hold that office. The commission shall elect one (1) of its members as its chairman.
MS Code § 9-19-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-5. Compensation

 The members of the commission on judicial performance shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary travel expenses and subsistence as may be incurred in the performance of their duties. Members of the commission who are judges shall serve without compensation. Other members of the commission shall receive a per diem in the amount authorized in Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972, for each day or part thereof spent in performing their duties under this chapter.
MS Code § 9-19-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-7. Executive director; administrative staff

 The commission may appoint and remove an executive director and such administrative staff as may be required. This staff shall report each charge filed to the commission.
MS Code § 9-19-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-9. Disqualification of commission member from acting on complaint

 If a complaint is filed against a member of the commission, he shall be disqualified as to that complaint.
MS Code § 9-19-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-11. Private admonishments

 The commission on judicial performance may privately admonish a justice or judge found to have been engaged in improper action or a dereliction of duty affecting the administration of justice; subject to review in the supreme court; provided, however, that all appeals from private admonishments shall remain confidential.
MS Code § 9-19-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-13. Disqualification of judge during pendency of proceedings

 Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-3-36(7), on recommendation of the commission on judicial performance, the Supreme Court may disqualify a judge from exercising any judicial function, without loss of salary, during pendency of proceedings before the commission or in the supreme court. If so disqualified, a special judge shall be appointed to perform his duties, as provided by law.
MS Code § 9-19-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-15. Retirement or disability of judge

 A justice or judge retired by the supreme court or the seven-member tribunal shall be considered to have retired voluntarily. The supreme court's finding of disability shall satisfy any certification of disability required by applicable retirement and disability law.
MS Code § 9-19-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-17. Removed judge as ineligible for judicial office; suspension from practice of law

 A justice or judge removed by the supreme court or the seven-member tribunal is ineligible for judicial office, and pending further order of the court, may be suspended from practicing law in this state.
MS Code § 9-19-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-19. Secrecy of proceedings before commission

 All commission members, staff, witnesses or any other person privy to any hearing before the commission shall take an oath of secrecy concerning all proceedings before the commission, violation of which shall be punishable as contempt.
MS Code § 9-19-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-21. Subpoena of witnesses; inspection of documents and records; information for use in impeachment or recall election; retention of records of complaints outside commission's jurisdiction

  The commission shall be entitled to compel by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses, including the judge as witness, and to provide for the inspection of documents, books, accounts and other records.   If the commission, after investigation of a complaint, determines that there is sufficient evidence to warrant a hearing to determine whether or not there has been a violation under Section 177A, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, the commission may employ counsel to prepare and present the complaint to the commission, a committee of the commission, its master or its factfinder, and to represent the commission before the supreme court.   The commission shall make transcripts of all hearings that are conducted under subsection (2) of this section. Such transcripts shall serve as a record in proceedings before the supreme court.   On request of the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate or the governor, the commission shall make available information for use in consideration of impeachment or recall election, respectively.   No records pertaining to complaints determined by the commission to be outside its jurisdiction shall be retained over twelve (12) months after such determination by the commission.
MS Code § 9-19-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-23. Rules and regulations

 The commission on judicial performance shall make rules implementing this chapter, including rules of practice and procedure concerning receiving, processing and handling of complaints or inquiries and for hearings of the commission, a committee of the commission, its master or its factfinder, and the supreme court, to be approved by the supreme court.
MS Code § 9-19-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-25. Receipt and expenditure of funds

 The commission is authorized and empowered to receive and expend funds appropriated or granted for the purposes of this chapter.
MS Code § 9-19-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-27. Annual report

 The commission shall publish an annual statistical report which shall contain the number of complaints filed and the number of dispositions by type, specifying the number of complaints and dispositions for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, circuit courts, chancery courts, county courts, justice courts, municipal courts and all other courts in existence in Mississippi. The annual report shall also contain all other data the commission deems appropriate; however, no judicial district, county, region or individual judge shall be referred to in the foregoing report. All references shall be only to general court types and shall comply with the applicable confidentiality requirements.
MS Code § 9-19-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-29. Privileged character of complaints; immunity from civil suit

 All complaints filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be absolutely privileged. The Commission on Judicial Performance, its members, executive director, commission counsel, master or fact finder, their assistants, staff and employees, and the members of any committee created under the authority of the Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct shall be immune from civil suit for any conduct arising out of the performance of their official duties.
MS Code § 9-19-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance|§ 9-19-31. Judicial Performance Fund created; purpose; distribution of monies from fund; fund to be a continuing fund; components of fund

 There is created in the State Treasury a special interest-bearing fund to be known as the Judicial Performance Fund. The purpose of the fund shall be to provide supplemental funding to the Commission on Judicial Performance. Monies from the funds derived from assessments under Section 99-19-73 shall be distributed by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the Commission on Judicial Performance. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal-year limitations, and shall consist of: (a) monies appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of funding the Commission on Judicial Performance; (b) the interest accruing to the fund; (c) monies received under the provisions of Section 99-19-73; (d) monies received from the federal government; and (e) monies received from such other sources as may be provided by law.
MS Code § 9-23-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Intervention Courts|§ 9-23-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alyce Griffin Clarke Intervention Court Act."
MS Code § 9-23-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Intervention Courts|§ 9-23-3. Legislative intent

  The Legislature of Mississippi recognizes the critical need for judicial intervention to reduce the incidence of alcohol and drug use, alcohol and drug addiction, and crimes committed as a result of alcohol and drug use and alcohol and drug addiction. It is the intent of the Legislature to facilitate local intervention court alternative orders adaptable to chancery, circuit, county, youth, municipal and justice courts.   The goals of the intervention courts under this chapter include the following:   To reduce alcoholism and other drug dependencies among adult and juvenile offenders and defendants and among respondents in juvenile petitions for abuse, neglect or both;   To reduce criminal and delinquent recidivism and the incidence of child abuse and neglect;   To reduce the alcohol-related and other drug-related court workload;   To increase personal, familial and societal accountability of adult and juvenile offenders and defendants and respondents in juvenile petitions for abuse, neglect or both;   To promote effective interaction and use of resources among criminal and juvenile justice personnel, child protective services personnel and community agencies; and   To use corrections resources more effectively by redirecting prison-bound offenders whose criminal conduct is driven in part by drug and alcohol dependence to intensive supervision and clinical treatment available in the intervention court.
MS Code § 9-23-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Intervention Courts|§ 9-23-5. Definitions

 For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed unless the context clearly requires otherwise:   "Chemical" tests means the analysis of an individual's: (i) blood, (ii) breath, (iii) hair, (iv) sweat, (v) saliva, (vi) urine, or (vii) other bodily substance to determine the presence of alcohol or a controlled substance.   "Crime of violence" means an offense listed in Section 97-3-2.   "Intervention court" means a drug court, mental health court, veterans court or problem-solving court that utilizes an immediate and highly structured intervention process for eligible defendants or juveniles that brings together mental health professionals, substance abuse professionals, local social programs and intensive judicial monitoring.   "Evidence-based practices" means supervision policies, procedures and practices that scientific research demonstrates reduce recidivism.   "Risk and needs assessment" means the use of an actuarial assessment tool validated on a Mississippi corrections population to determine a person's risk to reoffend and the characteristics that, if addressed, reduce the risk to reoffend.
MS Code § 9-23-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Intervention Courts|§ 9-23-7. Administrative Office of Courts to certify and monitor intervention courts

 The Administrative Office of Courts shall be responsible for certification and monitoring of local intervention courts according to standards promulgated by the State Intervention Courts Advisory Committee.
MS Code § 9-23-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Intervention Courts|§ 9-23-9. State Intervention Courts Advisory Committee created; recommendations; rules and regulations

  The State Intervention Courts Advisory Committee is established to develop and periodically update proposed statewide evaluation plans and models for monitoring all critical aspects of intervention courts. The committee must provide the proposed evaluation plans to the Chief Justice and the Administrative Office of Courts. The committee shall be chaired by the Director of the Administrative Office of Courts or a designee of the director and shall consist of eleven (11) members all of whom shall be appointed by the Supreme Court. The members shall be broadly representative of the courts, mental health, veterans affairs, law enforcement, corrections, criminal defense bar, prosecutors association, juvenile justice, child protective services and substance abuse treatment communities.   The State Intervention Courts Advisory Committee may also make recommendations to the Chief Justice, the Director of the Administrative Office of Courts and state officials concerning improvements to intervention court policies and procedures including the intervention court certification process. The committee may make suggestions as to the criteria for eligibility, and other procedural and substantive guidelines for intervention court operation.   The State Intervention Courts Advisory Committee shall act as arbiter of disputes arising out of the operation of intervention courts established under this chapter and make recommendations to improve the intervention courts; it shall also make recommendations to the Supreme Court necessary and incident to compliance with established rules.   The State Intervention Courts Advisory Committee shall establish through rules and regulations a viable and fiscally responsible plan to expand the number of adult and juvenile intervention court programs operating in Mississippi. These rules and regulations shall include plans to increase participation in existing and future programs while maintaining their voluntary nature.   The State Intervention Courts Advisory Committee shall receive and review the monthly reports submitted to the Administrative Office of Courts by each certified intervention court and provide comments and make recommendations, as necessary, to the Chief Justice and the Director of the Administrative Office of Courts.