MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Local and Private Legislation By: Representative Barnett House Bill 1959 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT TO REENACT AND AMEND CHAPTER 958, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2016, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 910, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2020, TO EXTEND THE REPEALER UNTIL JULY 1, 2029, ON THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT AUTHORIZES THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO LEVY AN ASSESSMENT, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER ASSESSMENTS AND COURT COSTS, FOR CIVIL CASES FILED AND MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS IN ITS JUSTICE COURT TO BE USED TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A NEW COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING TO BE KNOWN AS THE "WAYNE COUNTY JUSTICE COMPLEX"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Chapter 958, Local and Private Laws of 2016, as amended by Chapter 910, Local and Private Laws of 2020, is reenacted and amended as follows: Section 1. (1) The Board of Supervisors of Wayne County, Mississippi, in its discretion, is authorized, by resolution duly adopted, to levy an assessment, in addition to any other assessments and court costs in the Justice Court of Wayne County as follows: (a) An amount not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each conviction or nonadjudication under the Mississippi Implied Consent Law; and (b) An amount not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) on each misdemeanor conviction other than those specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection or each civil case filed. (2) The avails of the additional assessment imposed under subsection (1) of this section shall be expended by the Board of Supervisors of Wayne County to fund the construction, operation, maintenance and related needs of a new county office building, to be known as the "Wayne County Justice Complex." (3) This section shall be repealed from and after July 1, * * *2024 2029. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Local and Private Legislation
By: Representative Barnett
# House Bill 1959
## (As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO REENACT AND AMEND CHAPTER 958, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2016, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 910, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2020, TO EXTEND THE REPEALER UNTIL JULY 1, 2029, ON THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT AUTHORIZES THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO LEVY AN ASSESSMENT, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER ASSESSMENTS AND COURT COSTS, FOR CIVIL CASES FILED AND MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS IN ITS JUSTICE COURT TO BE USED TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A NEW COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING TO BE KNOWN AS THE "WAYNE COUNTY JUSTICE COMPLEX"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Chapter 958, Local and Private Laws of 2016, as amended by Chapter 910, Local and Private Laws of 2020, is reenacted and amended as follows:
Section 1. (1) The Board of Supervisors of Wayne County, Mississippi, in its discretion, is authorized, by resolution duly adopted, to levy an assessment, in addition to any other assessments and court costs in the Justice Court of Wayne County as follows:
(a) An amount not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each conviction or nonadjudication under the Mississippi Implied Consent Law; and
(b) An amount not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) on each misdemeanor conviction other than those specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection or each civil case filed.
(2) The avails of the additional assessment imposed under subsection (1) of this section shall be expended by the Board of Supervisors of Wayne County to fund the construction, operation, maintenance and related needs of a new county office building, to be known as the "Wayne County Justice Complex."
(3) This section shall be repealed from and after July 1, * * *2024 2029.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.