MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2020 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representatives Read, Foster, McCray

House Bill 265

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2021, THE ANNUAL SALARIES OF THE ELECTED STATE OFFICERS OTHER THAN THE GOVERNOR SHALL BE THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR EACH OF THOSE OFFICERS BY THE LEGISLATURE, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR ANY OF THOSE OFFICERS APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE CURRENT AMOUNT FOR THAT OFFICER OR MORE THAN THREE PERCENT ABOVE THE CURRENT AMOUNT FOR THAT OFFICER; TO PROVIDE THAT FOR EACH OF THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS, THE LEGISLATURE MAY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR ANY OF THOSE OFFICERS BY NOT MORE THAN THREE PERCENT ABOVE THE ANNUAL SALARY AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ANNUAL SALARY APPROPRIATED FOR ANY OF THOSE OFFICERS SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL SALARY OF THE GOVERNOR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1.  Section 25-3-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     25-3-31.  (1)  The annual salary of the Governor shall be One Hundred Twenty-two Thousand One Hundred Sixty Dollars ($122,160.00).

(2)  The annual salaries of the following elected state and district officers are fixed as follows through June 30, 2021:

 * * *Governor $122,160.00

Attorney General..................................... 108,960.00

Secretary of State..............................   90,000.00

Commissioner of Insurance.......................   90,000.00

State Treasurer.................................   90,000.00

State Auditor of Public Accounts................   90,000.00

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.........   90,000.00

Transportation Commissioners....................   78,000.00

Public Service Commissioners....................   78,000.00

 * * * If the person serving as Governor on December 31, 2003, is reelected to the Office of Governor for the term beginning in the year 2004, he may choose not to receive the salary increase authorized by this section, but to receive, instead, an annual salary of One Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($101,800.00) during his new term of office by filing a written request with the Department of Finance and Administration.

(3)  From and after July 1, 2021, the annual salaries of the officers listed in subsection (2) of this section shall be the amounts appropriated for each of those officers by the Legislature, subject to the following limitations:

The amount of the annual salary for any of those officers appropriated by the Legislature for fiscal year 2022 shall not be less than the annual salary amount specified for that officer in subsection (2) or more than three percent (3%) above the annual salary amount specified for that officer in subsection (2).  For each of the next two (2) fiscal years, the Legislature may increase the amount of the annual salary for any of those officers by not more than three percent (3%) above the annual salary amount appropriated for the preceding fiscal year.  However, the annual salary appropriated for any of those officers shall not be more than the amount of the annual salary of the Governor.

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

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