MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2015 Regular Session

To: Fees and Salaries of Public Officers; Appropriations

By: Representative Smith (39th)

House Bill 427

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL SALARIES OF THE STATE AND STATE DISTRICT 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................................ $ * * * 122,160.00200,000.00

Attorney General........................  * * * 108,960.00175,000.00

Secretary of State......................  * * * 90,000.00150,000.00

Commissioner of Insurance...............  * * * 90,000.00150,000.00

State Treasurer.........................  * * * 90,000.00150,000.00

State Auditor of Public Accounts........  * * * 90,000.00150,000.00

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce  * * * 90,000.00150,000.00

Transportation Commissioners............  * * * 78,000.00110,000.00

Public Service Commissioners............  * * * 78,000.00110,000.00

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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.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after January 1, 2016.

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