MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Constitution

By: Senator(s) Turner

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTIONS 99 AND 106, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO REVISE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE STATE LIBRARIAN; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, TWO-THIRDS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, WHICH TWO-THIRDS CONSISTS OF NOT LESS THAN A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE, That the following amendments to the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 be submitted to the qualified electors of the state for ratification or rejection at an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2000:

Amend Section 99, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, to read as follows:

Section 99. The Legislature shall not elect any other than its own officers * * *.

Amend Section 106, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, to read as follows:

Section 106. There shall be a State Librarian, to serve at the will and pleasure of the Supreme Court, whose duties and compensation shall be as prescribed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State is hereby directed to give public notice of an election in the manner and for the time provided by Section 273 of the Constitution, and an election is hereby called and fixed to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2000, for the purpose of submitting this and other amendments to the Constitution to qualified electors of this state for approval or rejection, with the amendments in this resolution being voted on as one amendment since the proposed amendments pertain to one subject, such election to be conducted and held as provided by law for statewide general elections.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the explanation of the amendment for the ballot shall read as follows: "This proposed constitutional amendment provides for the appointment of the State Librarian by the Supreme Court rather than by the Legislature."