MS HB1367

Requires municipal judges in municipalities with populations of 10,000 or more to be licensed attorneys.

Allows municipalities with populations of less than 20,000 to appoint municipal judges who are licensed attorneys, adjacent county attorneys, or justice court judges.

Requires mayors serving as municipal judges in smaller municipalities to be attorneys, unless they complete a 12-hour training course from the Mississippi Judicial College.

Mandates that municipal judges pro tempore and substituting justice court judges be attorneys.

Requires submission to the U.S. Attorney General under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and makes the act effective upon approval under Section 5 of that Act.