MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Fees and Salaries of Public Officers

By: Representative West

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BOARD MEMBERS TO RECEIVE A SALARY INCREASE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 25-3-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

25-3-13. The salaries of the members of the boards of supervisors of the various counties are hereby fixed as full compensation for their services.

The annual salary of each member of the board of supervisors shall be based upon the total assessed valuation of his respective county for the preceding taxable year in the following categories and for the following amounts:

(a) For counties having a total assessed valuation of less than Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-three Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-nine Dollars ($23,529.00);

(b) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00), but less than Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-four Thousand One Hundred Thirty-seven Dollars ($24,137.00);

(c) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00), but less than Thirty-five Million Dollars ($35,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-four Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-four Dollars ($24,744.00);

(d) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Thirty-five Million Dollars ($35,000,000.00), but less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-six Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-nine Dollars ($26,869.00);

(e) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), but less than Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-eight Thousand Eighty-three Dollars ($28,083.00);

(f) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), but less than One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-four Dollars ($28,994.00);

(g) For counties having a total assessed valuation of One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), but less than Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), a salary of Thirty-three Thousand Five Hundred Forty-eight Dollars ($33,548.00);

(h) For counties having a total assessed valuation of Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00) or more, a salary of Thirty-seven Thousand Three Hundred Forty-three Dollars ($37,343.00).

SECTION 2. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.