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MS HB38
Bill
Status
1/31/2017
Primary Sponsor
Bryant Clark
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 43-19-47 of Mississippi Code to provide staff attorneys of the Child Support Unit with additional compensation beyond their base salary.
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Staff attorneys shall receive 10% of any attorney's fees collected by the Child Support Unit for child support cases they work to completion.
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Maintains minimum salaries of $40,000 for staff attorneys and $50,000 for senior attorneys, with annual adjustments based on Attorney General's Office salary surveys.
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Allows the Department of Human Services to enter into cooperative agreements with district attorneys and county attorneys for child support enforcement, with contractual pay commensurate with department staff attorneys.
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Effective date: July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Department of Human Services; child support attorneys shall be paid percentage of attorney's fees collected.
Last Action
Died In Committee
1/31/2017