Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-139
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Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-139
Official statutory text
The membership of the bar shall establish by the adoption of bylaws and amendments thereto at any annual meeting of the bar the time, method and procedures for the election of officers and members of the board. The names of those persons nominated by any method other than by petition of the general membership shall be published in an official publication of the bar at least thirty (30) days in advance of the deadline for nominations by petition of the general membership to be filed, and the bylaws of the bar shall provide in addition to any other method for the nomination of officers and members of the board the manner and procedure by which the general membership of the bar may make nominations by petition. All bylaws of the bar in existence at the time of the adoption of this section shall continue in full force and effect, until such time as such bylaws may be amended by the membership of the bar in accordance with the provisions of the bar bylaws.
Status: in_force
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