MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Fees, Salaries and Administration; Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Gordon, Rayborn, Lee, Furniss, Canon

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL SALARIES OF CERTAIN APPOINTED STATE AND DISTRICT OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES; TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT NO OFFICIAL IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT SHALL RECEIVE A SALARY IN EXCESS OF THE GOVERNOR'S SALARY, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD TO GRANT EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REQUIREMENT THAT NO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE SHALL BE PAID A SALARY IN EXCESS OF THE EXECUTIVE HEAD OF THE AGENCY IN WHICH HE IS EMPLOYED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 25-3-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

25-3-33. The annual salaries of the following appointive state and district officials and employees are hereby fixed as follows:

Deputy Attorney General, not to exceed $72,800.00

Assistant Attorneys General shall each

receive annual salaries in an amount

to be fixed by the Attorney General

but not to exceed 68,400.00

Military Department--National Guard:

Adjutant General 65,000.00

Department of Banking and Consumer Finance:

Commissioner 85,000.00

Chairman of the State Tax Commission

(Commissioner of Revenue) 91,000.00

Associate Commissioners, each 40,000.00

Director of Emergency Management Agency 60,000.00

Highway Safety Patrol:

Commissioner of Public Safety 75,000.00

Chief of Highway Patrol, Director

of Support Services, or his successor 70,000.00

Department of Human Services:

Director, not to exceed 85,000.00

Workers' Compensation Commission:

Members, each 75,000.00

Executive Director 65,000.00

Administrative Judge, each 65,000.00

Archives and History:

Director, not to exceed 70,000.00

State Forester 70,000.00

State Oil and Gas Board:

Secretary-Supervisor 70,000.00

Educational Television Authority:

Executive Director 70,000.00

Director, Mississippi Library Commission,

not to exceed 70,000.00

Executive Secretary, Public Service

Commission 65,000.00

Parole Board:

Chairman 46,000.00

Administrative Assistant for

Parole Matters 39,600.00

Members, each 43,000.00

Governor's State Bond Advisory Division:

Director 55,000.00

Employment Security Commission:

Executive Director, not to exceed 70,000.00

Executive Director, Department of

Mental Health, to be determined by the

State Board of Mental Health, not to

exceed 90,000.00

Director, Division of Medicaid,

not to exceed 85,000.00

Director, State Department of Transportation,

not to exceed 90,000.00

State Entomologist 60,000.00

Clerk of the Supreme Court 60,000.00

State Aid Engineer, Division of State

Aid Road Construction 80,000.00

Executive Director, Judicial Performance

Commission 65,000.00

Executive Director, Department of Finance

and Administration 85,000.00

Superintendent, Mississippi School for the

Blind, to be determined by the State Board

of Education, not to exceed 70,000.00

Superintendent, Mississippi School for the Deaf,

to be determined by the State Board

of Education, not to exceed 70,000.00

Executive Director, State Fair Commission 65,000.00

Executive Director, Department of Wildlife,

Fisheries and Parks 85,000.00

Executive Director, Department of Environmental

Quality 85,000.00

Executive Director, Pat Harrison Waterway

District 53,714.00

Executive Director, Pearl River Basin

Development District 60,000.00

Executive Director, Pearl River Valley Water

Supply District 65,000.00

Executive Director, Tombigbee River Valley

Water Management District 60,000.00

Director, Soil and Water Conservation

Commission 60,000.00

Commissioner, Mississippi Department of

Corrections 85,000.00

Executive Director, Mississippi Department of

Information Technology Services 85,000.00

Executive Director, Mississippi Industries

for the Blind 60,000.00

Director, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics 60,000.00

Executive Secretary, State Veterans Affairs

Board 55,000.00

Executive Officer, Veterans' Home Purchase

Board 68,000.00

Chief Administrative Officer, Motor Vehicle

Commission 60,000.00

Stadium Manager, Mississippi Veterans

Memorial Stadium 60,000.00

Executive Director, Mississippi Arts

Commission 55,000.00

SECTION 2. Section 25-3-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

25-3-39. (1) No public officer, public employee, administrator, or executive head of any arm or agency of the state, in the executive branch of government, shall be paid a salary or compensation, directly or indirectly, in excess of the salary fixed in Section 25-3-31 for the Governor. All academic officials, members of the teaching staffs and employees of the state institutions of higher learning, the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, and community and junior colleges, and licensed physicians who are public employees, shall be exempt from this subsection.

(2) No public officer, employee or administrator shall be paid a salary or compensation, directly or indirectly, in excess of the salary of the executive head of the state agency or department in which he is employed. The State Personnel Board, based upon its findings of fact, may exempt physicians from this subsection when the acquisition of such professional services is precluded based on the prevailing wage in the relevant labor market.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1997.