Senate Bill 2756 - Trial Court Redistricting Summary

• Redistributes Mississippi's chancery and circuit court districts following the 2010 federal census, with district boundaries based on Census Bureau's 2010 TIGER/Line Shapefiles released in November 2010.

• Reorganizes 20 chancery court districts and 22 circuit court districts, specifying which counties comprise each district and dividing certain districts into subdistricts based on precinct boundaries.

• Adjusts the number of chancellors and circuit judges for various districts, including creating new judgeships in certain districts and specifying residency requirements for judges elected to specific positions.

• Requires candidates for altered judicial districts to qualify and run in November 2018 elections under new district boundaries effective January 1, 2019, and establishes a special election in November 2015 for certain newly created judgeships with three-year terms.

• Directs the Standing Joint Legislature Committee on Reapportionment to provide counties with necessary information for identifying subdistrict boundaries.