House Bill 638

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL ON THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT PROVIDES THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 25-3-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

25-3-31. The annual salaries of the following elected state and district officers are fixed as follows:

Governor....................................... $122,160.00

Attorney General............................... 108,960.00

Secretary of State............................. 90,000.00

Commissioner of Insurance...................... 90,000.00

State Treasurer................................ 90,000.00

State Auditor of Public Accounts............... 90,000.00

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce....... 90,000.00

Transportation Commissioners................... 78,000.00

Public Service Commissioners................... 78,000.00

If the person serving as Governor on December 31, 2003, is reelected to the office of Governor for the term beginning in the year 2004, he may choose not to receive the salary increase authorized by this section, but to receive, instead, an annual salary of One Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($101,800.00) during his new term of office by filing a written request with the Department of Finance and Administration.

The above fixed salary of the Governor shall be the reference amount utilized in computing average compensation and earned compensation pursuant to Section 25-11-103(f) and Section 25-11-103(k) and to related sections which require such computations.

This section shall stand repealed from and after January 1, 2009.

SECTION 2. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.