MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Jordan
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5-1-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT EACH SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHALL RECEIVE THE STATUTORY OFFICE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE FOR EVERY MONTH OF HIS TERM; 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. Beginning with the
1986 Regular Session of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, 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. Beginning on April 16, 1997, 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. In addition to the above, beginning on * * *
July 1, 2022, 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 * * * month
of his term * * *; 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.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.