MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Fees, Salaries and Administration

By: Senator(s) Farris

Senate Bill 2999

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-19-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A PER DIEM FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE WHO ARE NOT JUDGES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

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

 

SECTION 1. Section 9-19-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

9-19-5. The members of the commission on judicial performance shall * * * be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary travel expenses and subsistence as may be incurred in the performance of their duties. Members of the commission who are judges shall serve without compensation. Other members of the commission shall receive a per diem in the amount authorized in Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972, for each day or part thereof spent in performing their duties under this chapter.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1997.