MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2001 Regular Session

To: Fees and Salaries of Public Officers

By: Representative Watson

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE SALARIES OF THE CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT AND STATE LAW LIBRARIAN FROM THE OMNIBUS PAY SECTION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 9-3-14 AND 39-1-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE SUPREME COURT TO FIX THE COMPENSATION OF THE CLERK AND STATE LAW LIBRARIAN; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 25-3-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

25-3-33. The annual salaries of the following appointive state and district officials and employees are fixed as follows:

Deputy Attorney General, not to exceed $72,800.00

Assistant Attorneys General shall each

receive annual salaries in an amount

to be fixed by the Attorney General

but not to exceed 68,400.00

Military Department--National Guard:

Adjutant General 80,000.00

Department of Banking and Consumer Finance:

Commissioner...................................85,000.00

Chairman of the State Tax Commission

(Commissioner of Revenue) 91,000.00

Associate Commissioners, each 42,000.00

Director of Emergency Management Agency 65,000.00

Department of Public Safety:

Commissioner of Public Safety 80,000.00

Director, Office of Mississippi

Highway Safety Patrol, or

his successor 70,000.00

Director, Office of Support Services,

or his successor 70,000.00

Department of Human Services:

Director, not to exceed 85,000.00

Workers' Compensation Commission:

Chairman 80,000.00

Members, each 78,000.00

Executive Director 75,000.00

Administrative Judge, each 75,000.00

Archives and History:

Director, not to exceed 70,000.00

State Forester 70,000.00

State Oil and Gas Board:

Secretary-Supervisor 70,000.00

Educational Television Authority:

Executive Director 70,000.00

Director, Mississippi Library Commission,

not to exceed 70,000.00

Executive Secretary, Public Service

Commission 65,000.00

Parole Board:

Chairman 50,000.00

Administrative Assistant for

Parole Matters 42,000.00

Members, each 44,000.00

Governor's State Bond Advisory Division:

Director 55,000.00

Employment Security Commission:

Executive Director, not to exceed 70,000.00

Executive Director, Department of

Mental Health, to be determined by the

State Board of Mental Health, not

to exceed 85,000.00

Director, Division of Medicaid,

not to exceed 85,000.00

Director, State Department of Transportation,

not to exceed 85,000.00

State Entomologist 65,000.00

State Aid Engineer, Division of State

Aid Road Construction 70,000.00

Executive Director, Judicial Performance

Commission 65,000.00

Executive Director, Department of Finance

and Administration 85,000.00

Superintendent, Mississippi School for the

Blind, to be determined by the State

Board of Education, not to exceed 65,000.00

Superintendent, Mississippi School for the Deaf,

to be determined by the State Board

of Education, not to exceed 65,000.00

Executive Director, State Fair Commission 65,000.00

Executive Director, Department of Wildlife,

Fisheries and Parks 80,000.00

Executive Director, Department of Environmental

Quality 85,000.00

Executive Director, Pat Harrison Waterway

District 65,000.00

Executive Director, Pearl River Basin

Development District 61,000.00

Executive Director, Pearl River Valley Water

Supply District 71,000.00

Executive Director, Tombigbee River Valley

Water Management District 61,000.00

Director, Soil and Water Conservation

Commission 60,000.00

Commissioner, Mississippi Department of

Corrections 85,000.00

Executive Director, Mississippi Department of

Information Technology Services 85,000.00

Executive Director, Mississippi Industries

for the Blind 60,000.00

Director, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics 60,000.00

Executive Secretary, State Veterans Affairs

Board 55,000.00

Executive Officer, Veterans' Home Purchase

Board 65,000.00

Chief Administrative Officer, Motor Vehicle

Commission 55,000.00

Stadium Manager, Mississippi Veterans

Memorial Stadium 55,000.00

Executive Director, Mississippi Arts

Commission 55,000.00

Director, Mississippi Board of Nursing 60,000.00

Director, State Board of Pharmacy 60,000.00

Director, State Board of Public Contractors 50,000.00

Director, Real Estate Commission 55,000.00

Director of Support Services, Department

of Rehabilitation Services 80,000.00

Executive Director, State Fire Academy 55,000.00

Executive Director, Law Enforcement

Officers Training Academy 50,000.00

Executive Director, State Board of

Accountancy 60,000.00

Executive Director, Mississippi

Gaming Commission 90,000.00

Executive Director, Mississippi

Department of Marine Resources 70,000.00

Executive Director, State Board of

Registration for Professional

Engineers and Land Surveyors 55,000.00

Executive Director, Public Utilities

Staff 85,000.00

State Personnel Director 75,000.00

Manager, Farmers Central Market,

Department of Agriculture and

Commerce 40,000.00

State Veterinarian 70,000.00

Executive Director, Mississippi Ethics

Commission 70,000.00

SECTION 2. Section 9-3-14, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

9-3-14. The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by majority vote of the Supreme Court and shall serve at the pleasure of the court. The Supreme Court shall fix the compensation of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board.

SECTION 3. Section 39-1-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

39-1-1. (1) There shall be a State Library which shall render law library services to the Supreme Court and other state courts, to state officials and to the general public.

(2) The State Library shall be under the supervision and control of the Mississippi Supreme Court, and the court shall be empowered to promulgate policies and procedures necessary for the efficient operation of the Library.

(3) The Supreme Court shall fix the compensation of the State Law Librarian, subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2001.