MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2003 Regular Session
To: Municipalities; County Affairs
By: Senator(s) Posey (By Request)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 17-15-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF PER DIEM AND THE REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES FOR THE MEMBERS OF LOCAL HUMAN RESOURCE BOARDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 17-15-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
17-15-11. The board of supervisors of each county and the municipal governing authority of each municipality comprising a human resource agency shall, in their discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend funds from the general fund or federal revenue sharing funds to defray the administrative expenses incurred in the operation of such human resource agency.
The board of supervisors and the governing authority of a municipality shall compensate the members on the human resource agency board representing their respective county or municipality for each meeting attended at the per diem established in Section 25-3-69, and shall reimburse expenses incurred by their respective members of the human resource board in the discharge of the official duties of such board as provided in Section 25-3-41.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2003.