MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2001 Regular Session
To: Fees, Salaries and Administration; Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Harden
Senate Bill 2583
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-5-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF SHALL RECEIVE AN ANNUAL SALARY TO BE DETERMINED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 43-5-8, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
43-5-8. The Superintendent of the School for the Blind and the Superintendent of the School for the Deaf and all principals and directors shall be selected by and hold office subject to the will and pleasure of the State Superintendent of Education, subject to the approval of the State Board of Education. The Superintendent of the School for the Blind and the Superintendent of the School for the Deaf shall receive an annual salary to be determined by the State Board of Education, with the approval of the State Personnel Board. The State Board of Education may provide housing for the two (2) superintendents so employed either on- or off-campus. Each superintendent shall at all times maintain supervision of the physical properties of the school he serves unless otherwise provided. All other personnel shall be competitively appointed by the state superintendent and shall be dismissed only for cause in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board. The state superintendent, subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board, shall fix the amount of compensation or expenses of any of the personnel of the schools, which shall be paid upon the requisition of the state superintendent and warrant issued thereunder by the State Auditor out of the funds appropriated by the Legislature in a lump sum upon the basis of budgetary requirements submitted by the Superintendent of Education or out of funds otherwise made available. The entire expense of administering the schools shall never exceed the amount appropriated therefor, plus funds received from sources other than state appropriations. For a violation of this provision, the superintendent shall be liable, and he and the sureties on his bond shall be required to restore any excess.
SECTION 2. 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
Clerk of the Supreme Court 60,000.00
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
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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 Law Librarian 60,000.00
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 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2001.