MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Fees, Salaries and Administration

By: Senator(s) Minor

Senate Bill 2961

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-3-29, 25-3-17 AND 25-3-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT COUNTY OFFICIALS MAY BE PAID TWICE A MONTH IN THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1999, STATE EMPLOYEES SHALL BE PAID TWICE PER MONTH; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

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

SECTION 1. Section 25-3-29, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

25-3-29. Except as otherwise therein provided, the salaries mentioned in the foregoing sections shall be paid monthly out of the general county fund, and the said salaries and allowances shall be included in the budget of each county; however, the board of supervisors, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, may provide that such salaries shall be paid semimonthly on the first and fifteenth day of each month. If a pay date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, salary payments shall be made on the workday immediately preceding the weekend or legal holiday.

SECTION 2. Section 25-3-17, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

25-3-17. The salaries provided in Sections 25-3-13 and 25-3-15 shall be payable monthly on the first day of each calendar month during the calendar year following that in which the total assessed valuation is determined; however, the board of supervisors, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, may provide that such salaries shall be paid semimonthly on the first and fifteenth day of each month. If a pay date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, salary payments shall be made on the workday immediately preceding the weekend or legal holiday. The chancery clerk shall draw his warrant on the general fund of the county, the county road and bridge fund, or any fund of the county available for such purposes.

SECTION 3. Section 25-3-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

25-3-19. The chancery clerks, as county auditors, shall receive compensation for their services as such the annual amount of Five Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($5,300.00), payable in equal monthly installments out of the county treasury; however, the board of supervisors, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, may provide that such salaries shall be paid semimonthly on the first and fifteenth day of each month. If a pay date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, salary payments shall be made on the workday immediately preceding the weekend or legal holiday.

SECTION 4. From and after January 1, 1999, all state and nonstate service employees as defined in Section 25-9-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be paid on a delayed basis twice a month. If such employees' payday falls on a state holiday as set forth in Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, or on a Saturday or Sunday, such employees shall be paid on the working day preceding such holiday, Saturday or Sunday.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.