Senate Bill 2032

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 2015 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION THE MISSISSIPPI SENATE SHALL CONSIST OF 40 MEMBERS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 5-1-41, 5-1-43, 5-1-45 AND 5-1-46, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE ANNUAL SALARY OF LEGISLATORS AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BY 25%; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 5-1-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

5-1-3. From and after the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January 2016, the number of Senators shall be forty (40) and shall be elected from forty (40) districts adopted by joint resolution as provided in Section 254 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.

SECTION 2. Section 5-1-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

5-1-41. Beginning with the 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, each Senator and Representative of the Legislature shall receive as compensation at each regular session the sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) and the mileage allowance provided by Section 25-3-41, for each mile of the distance by the most direct route usually traveled in coming to and returning from the place where the Legislature sits. Beginning on January 1, 2012, each Senator and Representative shall receive for attending each extraordinary session or called session the sum of Fifty-six Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($56.25) per day and mileage at the same rate as per regular session. In addition to the above, beginning on April 16, 1997, each Senator and Representative and the Lieutenant Governor shall receive the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per month for expenses incidental to his office for every full month of his term, except any month or major fraction thereof when the Legislature is convened in regular or extraordinary session; and payments shall be made to each Senator and Representative and the Lieutenant Governor by the State Treasurer between the first and tenth day of each month following the month for which the payments are due.

SECTION 3. Section 5-1-43, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

5-1-43. (1) Beginning July 1, 2012, the salary of the Lieutenant Governor and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be Forty-five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00) annually, and they shall receive for attending each extraordinary or called session the same compensation and mileage as is provided for members of the Legislature. * * *

(2) On the first day of each month, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall receive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments the compensation provided for pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

SECTION 4. Section 5-1-45, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

5-1-45. Beginning on January 1, 2012, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($11,250.00). The salary provided for the President Pro Tempore under this section shall be in addition to the compensation and expense allowance established for members of the Legislature under Section 5-1-41.

SECTION 5. Section 5-1-46, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

5-1-46. Beginning on January 1, 2012, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($11,250.00). The salary provided for the Speaker Pro Tempore under this section shall be in addition to the compensation and expense allowance established for members of the Legislature under Section 5-1-41.

SECTION 6. 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 7. 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.