MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2005 Regular Session

To: Fees and Salaries of Public Officers

By: Representative Whittington, Perkins, Bailey, Hines, Straughter, Thomas, Reynolds

House Bill 1789

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2, CHAPTER 170, LAWS OF 1922, AS AMENDED, TO REVISE THE AMOUNT OF PER DIEM PROVIDED FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF LEVEE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YAZOO-MISSISSIPPI DELTA; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 2, Chapter 170, Laws of 1922, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 593, Laws of 2002, is amended as follows:

     Section 2.  The salaries or compensation of the president, vice president 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 the Board of Levee Commissioners, other than the president and vice 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.  Members of the board shall receive mileage and expenses as set by Section 25-3-41 incurred in the performance of official duties.

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