MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Fees and Salaries of Public Officers
By: Representative Chism (By Request)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO PAY THE SALARIES OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES EVERY TWO WEEKS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-3-29, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-3-29. Except as otherwise therein provided, the salaries mentioned in the foregoing sections shall be paid monthly out of the general county fund, and the said salaries and allowances shall be included in the budget of each county; however, the board of supervisors, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, may provide that such salaries shall be paid semimonthly on the first and fifteenth day of each month or every two weeks. If a pay date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, salary payments shall be made on the workday immediately preceding the weekend or legal holiday.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.