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House Bill 49 corrected to adjust legal-assistant counts in multiple circuit districts
Summary
A staff member for Judiciary Division A said House Bill 49, on the governor's call, was corrected to fix drafting errors that misstated numbers of legal assistants in several circuit court districts and to align staffing and criminal-investigator changes with legislative intent.
A staff member for Judiciary Division A said House Bill 49, which is on the governor's call, contains drafting errors that have been corrected to change the number and effective timing of legal assistants in several circuit court districts.
The staff member said the corrections include adding staff for the 14th Circuit Court District through the end of the year and reducing the permanent count in January, fixing an omission for the circuit that covers DeSoto County, and implementing planned changes that take effect in 2027 for other districts. "So what this is doing is, correcting and reflecting what should have been in the bill, when we pass it," the staff member said.
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