MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2002 Regular Session

To: Fees, Salaries and Administration

By: Senator(s) Thames, Furniss, Walls, Carlton, Jordan, Huggins, Simmons, Blackmon

Senate Bill 2542

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2, CHAPTER 25, LAWS OF THE FIRST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF 1963, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 1, CHAPTER 418, GENERAL LAWS OF 1974, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 1, CHAPTER 392, GENERAL LAWS OF 1981, TO REVISE THE AMOUNT OF PER DIEM PAID TO THE MEMBERS OF THE YAZOO-MISSISSIPPI DELTA LEVEE BOARD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 2, Chapter 25, Laws of the First Extraordinary Session of 1963, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 418, General Laws of 1974, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 392, General Laws of 1981, is amended as follows:

     Section 2.  The salaries or compensation of the president of the board and all employees shall be fixed by the board at such amounts and within such limits as, in the opinion of the board, shall be proper for the services rendered.

     Members of said Board of Levee Commissioners, other than the president, shall receive per diem in the amount of Sixty-seven Dollars ($67.00) for each day, or fraction thereof, occupied with the discharge of official duties, for no more than thirty-six (36) days during any one (1) fiscal year, or, in his or her discretion, irrevocably may choose to receive as compensation for his or her services an annual salary in the amount of Two Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($2,400.00), which choice shall remain in force for the remainder of the member's term of office.  Members of the board shall receive mileage and expenses as set by Section 25-3-41 incurred in the performance of official duties.

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     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.