MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2002 Regular Session
To: Fees and Salaries of Public Officers; Appropriations
By: Representative Warren
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE SALARIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND AND DEAF FROM THE OMNIBUS PAY SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 43-5-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO FIX THE COMPENSATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS; 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 exceed70,000.00
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 Commission65,000.00
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 Quality85,000.00
Executive Director, Pat Harrison Waterway District65,000.00
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 Corrections85,000.00
Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services......................... 85,000.00
Director, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics........ 60,000.00
Executive Secretary, State Veterans Affairs Board55,000.00
Executive Officer, Veterans' Home Purchase Board. 65,000.00
Chief Administrative Officer, Motor Vehicle Commission55,000.00
Stadium Manager, Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium55,000.00
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 Commission90,000.00
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 Commission70,000.00
SECTION 2. 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 Public Education, subject to the approval of the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall fix the compensation of the Superintendent of the School for the Blind and the compensation of the Superintendent of the School for the Deaf, subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board, and 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 State Superintendent of Public 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 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2002.