MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Simmons (13th)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2, CHAPTER 170, LAWS OF 1922, AS AMENDED, TO REVISE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PER DIEM WHICH MAY BE PAID TO COMMISSIONERS OF THE YAZOO-MISSISSIPPI DELTA LEVEE BOARD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 2, Chapter 170, Laws of 1922, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 593, Laws of 2002, is amended as follows:
Section 2. The salaries or compensation of the president of the board and all employees shall be fixed by the board at such amounts and within such limits as, in the opinion of the board, shall be proper for the services rendered.
Members of the Board of
Levee Commissioners, other than the president, shall receive per diem * * * fixed by the board at an amount * * * not less than Sixty-seven Dollars
($67.00) but not more than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) for each
day, or fraction thereof, occupied with the discharge of official duties, for
no more than thirty-six (36) days during any one (1) fiscal year. Members of
the board shall receive mileage and expenses as set by Section 25-3-41 incurred
in the performance of official duties.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.