MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Highways and Transportation; Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) McLendon
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 65-1-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROVISION FOR MANDATORY COMPENSATION OF TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE THE RECEIPT OF COMPENSATION DISCRETIONARY WITH EACH COMMISSIONER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 65-1-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
65-1-7. The three (3) commissioners chosen as herein provided, and their successors, shall each be entitled to receive as compensation for their services salaries fixed by the Legislature, and in addition shall be allowed all of their actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of their respective official duties.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.