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HB385Introduced in the House

Civil Legal Assistance Fund; increase certain fees for deposit into and require those monies to be allocated to the Mississippi Center for Legal Services.

Failed

Introduced by Percy Watson, District 103

What does this bill do?

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Official description

An Act To Amend Section 9-21-43, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Monies Remitted By The Clerks Of Each Chancery And Circuit Court To The Civil Legal Assistance Fund To Be Allocated To The Mississippi Center For Legal Services; To Amend Sections 25-7-9 And 25-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Fee Collected By The Clerk Of Each Chancery And Circuit Court For Deposit Into The Fund To Fifteen Dollars; And For Related Purposes.

Where it stands

Died In Committee

February 3, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Referred To Judiciary A;Appropriations A

  2. Died In Committee

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