MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: State Affairs
By: Representative Shanks
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF THE REPEALER ON THE AUTHORITY TO EXCEED THE STATUTORY SALARY CAP FOR CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED BY AN ELECTED STATE OR DISTRICT OFFICER; 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. (1) The annual salaries of the following elected state and district officers are fixed as follows:
Governor........................................... $ 160,000.00
Attorney General..................................... 150,000.00
Secretary of State................................... 120,000.00
Commissioner of Insurance............................ 150,000.00
State Treasurer...................................... 120,000.00
State Auditor of Public Accounts..................... 150,000.00
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.............. 120,000.00
Transportation Commissioners......................... 95,000.00
Public Service Commissioners......................... 95,000.00
(2) To assist the elected state
and district officers in subsection (1) of this section in efficiently performing
the official duties imposed upon him or her by law, the officer may employ suitable
and competent persons who possess the professional skill and expert knowledge needed
to fulfill those duties. The State Personnel Board, based upon its findings of
fact, shall exempt those persons from the provisions of Section 25-3-39 when the
acquisition of such professional services is precluded based upon the prevailing
wage in the relevant labor market. This subsection (2) shall stand repealed on
July 1, * * *
2027.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.