MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Fees, Salaries and Administration; Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Hall

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

SECTION 1. The following provision shall be codified as Section 5-1-44, Mississippi Code of 1972:

5-1-44. Beginning with the 2000 Regular Session of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00). The salary provided for the chairmen under this section shall be in addition to the compensation and expense allowance established for members of the Legislature under Section 5-1-41.

SECTION 2. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi is hereby directed to 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.