MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Fees, Salaries and Administration; Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Farris

Senate Bill 3002

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-19-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE WILL RECEIVE THE SAME SALARY AS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY; TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

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

SECTION 1. Section 9-19-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

9-19-7. The commission may appoint and remove an executive director and such administrative staff as may be required. The salary of the executive director shall be the same as that of a district attorney. This staff shall report each charge filed to the commission.

SECTION 2. 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 $57,200.00

Assistant Attorneys General shall each receive

annual salaries in an amount to be

fixed by the Attorney General but

not to exceed 52,800.00

Military Department - National Guard:

Adjutant General 50,400.00

Department of Banking and Consumer Finance:

Commissioner 59,200.00

Commissioner of Savings Associations 45,600.00

Chairman of the State Tax Commission

(Commissioner of Revenue) 70,000.00

Associate Commissioners, each 38,400.00

Director of Emergency Management Agency 43,600.00

Highway Safety Patrol:

Commissioner of Public Safety 58,000.00

Chief of Highway Patrol 49,600.00

Department of Human Services:

Director, not to exceed 75,421.00

Workers' Compensation Commission:

Members, each 64,000.00

Executive Director 56,600.00

Administrative Judge, each 52,800.00

Archives and History:

Director, not to exceed 58,000.00

State Forester 60,200.00

State Oil and Gas Board:

Secretary-Supervisor 61,600.00

Educational Television Authority:

Executive Director 58,000.00

Director, Mississippi Library Commission,

not to exceed 58,000.00

Executive Secretary, Public

Service Commission 43,600.00

Parole Board:

Chairman 46,000.00

Administrative Assistant for Parole Matters 39,600.00

Members, each 43,000.00

Governor's Office-Federal State Programs:

Coordinator Federal State Programs 55,440.00

Governor's State Bond Advisory Division:

Director 46,200.00

Employment Security Commission:

Executive Director, not to exceed 61,600.00

Executive Director, Department of Mental Health,

to be determined by the State Board of

Mental Health, not to exceed 72,300.00

Director, Division of Medicaid,

not to exceed 66,000.00

Director, State Department of Transportation,

not to exceed 80,125.44

State Entomologist 52,800.00

Clerk of the Supreme Court 47,2000.00

State Aid Engineer, Division of

State Aid Road Construction 59,346.00

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Executive Director, Department of Finance

and Administration 75,760.00

Superintendent, Mississippi School for

the Blind, to be determined by the State Board of

Education, not to exceed 60,000.00

Superintendent, Mississippi School for

the Deaf, to be determined by the State Board of

Education, not to exceed 60,000.00

Executive Director, State Fair Commission 49,599.00

Executive Director, Department of Wildlife,

Fisheries and Parks 71,005.00

Executive Director, Department of

Environmental Quality 71,005.00

Executive Director, Pat Harrison

Waterway District 53,714.00

Executive Director, Pearl River Basin

Development District 51,703.00

Executive Director, Pearl River Valley

Water Supply District 60,836.00

Executive Director, Tombigbee River Valley

Water Management District 52,208.00

Director, Soil and Water Conservation

Commission 40,470.00

Commissioner, Mississippi Department of

Corrections 68,572.00

Executive Director, Mississippi Department of

Information Technology Services 77,294.00

Executive Director, Mississippi Industries

for the Blind 53,109.00

Director, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics 49,121.00

Executive Secretary, State Veterans

Affairs Board 44,723.00

Executive Officer, Veterans' Home

Purchase Board 51,427.00

Chief Administrative Officer,

Motor Vehicle Commission 52,179.00

Stadium Manager, Mississippi Veterans

Memorial Stadium 49,152.00

Executive Director, Mississippi Arts Commission 44,287.00

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