MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2021 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representatives Darnell, Goodin, Hale
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5-1-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE TO WAIVE ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE COMPENSATION FOR A REGULAR SESSION OR AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION, AND AUTHORIZE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO WAIVE ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE OUT-OF-SESSION MONTHLY OFFICE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE; TO AUTHORIZE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO REVOKE OR REVISE THE AMOUNT OF THEIR WAIVER OF COMPENSATION OR THE MONTHLY OFFICE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE AT ANY TIME; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 5-1-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
5-1-41. (1) * * * Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (2) of this section, each Senator and Representative of the
Legislature shall receive as compensation at each regular session the sum of
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and the mileage allowance provided by Section
25-3-41, for each mile of the distance by the most direct route usually
traveled in coming to and returning from the place where the Legislature sits. * * * Except as
otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, each Senator and
Representative shall receive for attending each extraordinary session or called
session the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) per day and mileage at the
same rate as per regular session. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (2) of this section, in addition to the above, * * * each Senator and
Representative and the Lieutenant Governor shall receive the sum of One
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per month for expenses incidental to
his office for every full month of his term, except any month or major fraction
thereof when the Legislature is convened in regular or extraordinary session;
and payments shall be made to each Senator and Representative and the
Lieutenant Governor by the State Treasurer between the first and tenth day of
each month following the month for which the payments are due.
(2) A Senator or Representative is authorized to waive all or any portion of the compensation for a regular session or an extraordinary session provided for under subsection (1) of this section, and a Senator or Representative or the Lieutenant Governor is authorized to waive all or any portion of the out-of-session monthly office expense allowance provided for under subsection (1) of this section. The manner of the waiver shall be in writing, signed and delivered to the employee of the Senate or House who handles the payment of compensation and expenses for their respective house. A Senator or Representative or the Lieutenant Governor is authorized to revoke or revise the amount of his or her waiver of compensation or the monthly office expense allowance at any time in the same manner as provided for the original waiver.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.