MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Veterans and Military Affairs; Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Furniss, Johnson (19th), Gollott, Hamilton, Harvey, Rayborn, White (29th)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 35-1-3 AND 35-1-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE VETERANS AFFAIRS BOARD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 35-1-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

35-1-3. The State Veterans Affairs Board shall appoint, to serve at the will and pleasure of the board, and who will be subject to a biennial personnel performance review every two (2) years, an executive director (who shall also serve as Executive Secretary of the State Veterans Affairs Board), a deputy director and * * * division directors * * *. The executive director and deputy director * * * shall be honorably discharged or honorably released veterans of * * * the Armed Forces of the United States * * *. The board may establish additional minimum qualifications for agency positions.

SECTION 2. Section 35-1-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

35-1-5. The members of the State Veterans Affairs board shall receive no salary but shall be entitled to a per diem allowance in the amount provided in Section 25-3-69 while in attendance at any regular or called meeting of the board or while in the performance of other official duties in connection with the work of the board as authorized or directed by the board. The members of the board shall receive, in addition thereto, actual and necessary expenses as provided by law in the performance of such duties.

The compensation of all employees of the board, including the executive director, deputy director and division directors, shall be paid from such monies as the Legislature shall from time to time appropriate.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.