A new bill passed this legislative session may drastically impact the community if signed by the governor this summer, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson told the Sunflower County Board of Supervisors this week.
Richardson asked the board if they would consider adopting a resolution stating that they are not in agreement with the bill.
“We need to stand together to keep our judges, district attorneys and staff,” Richardson said during the Monday board meeting.
The board did approve a resolution opposing the bill.
According to Mississippi Today, the Legislature “passed the legislation to make changes to the county composition of Mississippi's circuit and chancery court districts. This move broke with decades of the state's policy leaving district boundaries unadjusted. The Republican-majority chamber approved the plan 32-13, and it will go back to the House for more debate. Only Democratic senators voted against the proposal.
