MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Appropriations A
By: Representatives James-Jones, Hines, Anthony, Bailey, Clark
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2, CHAPTER 170, LAWS OF 1922, AS LAST AMENDED BY SECTION 1, CHAPTER 593, LAWS OF 2002, TO INCREASE FROM $67.00 PER DAY TO $200.00 PER DAY THE PER DIEM FOR COMMISSIONERS OF THE YAZOO-MISSISSIPPI DELTA LEVEE BOARD; 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 of the board 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, shall receive per diem in the
amount of * * * Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) 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.