Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-81 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-81
Status: in_force

(1) The State Auditor shall have the authority to preaudit or postaudit, conduct performance audits and reviews, investigate projects, entities and their use of any funds provided to the state or any of its agencies or subdivision, or any nonprofit organization, from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the federal RESTORE Act, the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, and fees derived from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment pursuant to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, and their successors. If sufficient resources are available, the State Auditor shall maintain an official Web site and provide public access to copies of audit reports of state and local government entities receiving funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal RESTORE Act, the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, and fees derived from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment pursuant to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, and their successors. The State Auditor shall have the authority to recover costs associated with auditing and investigating such projects and funds within the limits of federal law from any such entity that receives such funds. In addition, the State Auditor shall have the authority to contract with qualified certified public accounting firms to perform selected engagements under this section, if funds are made available for such contracts by the Legislature, the governmental entities covered by this section or by the federal government. All files, working papers, notes, correspondence and any other data compiled by the audit firms in connection with the engagements shall be available upon request, without cost, to the State Auditor for examination and abstracting during the normal business hours of any business day.

(2) A special fund, to be designated as the “Auditor's Enhanced Accountability Fund,” shall be created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Within the limits of federal law, initial funds shall be deposited from each governing entity receiving monies from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal RESTORE Act, the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, and fees derived from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment pursuant to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, based on a sliding scale to be determined by the State Auditor. Subsequent and additional funds may be deposited from any source made available to the Department of Audit for such purposes. Unexpended monies from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal RESTORE Act, the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, and fees derived from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment pursuant to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund, but shall be held to pay for postaudit and investigative costs for related expenditures and programs. Monies deposited into the fund shall be disbursed, in the discretion of the State Auditor, to pay the allowable costs of additional preaudit, postaudit, investigative, or other allowable or accountability requirements not funded through regular appropriations or special fund billing provided in this section. Monies in the special fund may be used to reimburse reasonable actual and necessary costs incurred by the State Auditor to accomplish objectives under this section. The State Auditor shall maintain a specific accounting of actual costs incurred for each project for which reimbursements are sought and shall provide a report to the Legislature within sixty (60) days from the end of each fiscal year regarding the nature and amounts of all expenditures. The Department of Audit may escalate its budget and expend such funds in accordance with rules and regulations of the Department of Finance and Administration in a manner consistent with the escalation of federal funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-7 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-7
Status: in_force

(1) Effective July 1, 1984, all employees of any agency abolished or affected by this chapter shall be transferred according to the merger of their duties by this chapter. All such transfers shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state personnel board.

(2) It is the intent of the legislature that the number of persons employed by the state as the result of the consolidation required by this chapter shall be reduced where possible, but it is the intent of the legislature that such reduction shall result from attrition of employees and not dismissal.

(3) All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds of any agency abolished or affected by this chapter shall be transferred to the appropriate agency according to the merger of their functions under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-105 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-105
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is authorized and empowered to adopt necessary rules and regulations consistent with this legislation to facilitate the management of said education trust funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-161 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-161
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-161
Status: repealed

Sections 7-9-151 through 7-9-159, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall be repealed on July 1, 2014.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-23 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-23
Status: in_force

(1) Purchases of equipment, supplies, materials or services of whatever kind or nature for any department, officer, institution or other agency of the state, the cost of which is to be paid from funds in the State Treasury on State Fiscal Officer disbursement warrants, may be made only by written purchase orders duly signed by the official authorized so to do, on forms prescribed by the State Fiscal Officer. Purchases of such equipment, supplies, materials, or services, as specified herein, made without the issuance of such purchase orders shall not be deemed to be obligations of the state unless the State Fiscal Officer, by general rule or special order, permits certain purchases to be made without same. As many copies of each purchase order shall be prepared as may be prescribed by the State Fiscal Officer, but at least one (1) copy shall be furnished the vendor, one (1) copy shall be furnished the State Fiscal Officer, and one (1) copy shall be retained by the department or agency for whose benefit the purchase is made. The State Fiscal Officer, by general rule or special order, may allow for the submission of purchase orders in a format not requiring a signature. It shall be the duty of the proper official in each department or agency to forward the copy of each purchase order to the State Fiscal Officer on the same day the said order is issued. All purchase orders covering purchases to be paid for out of funds appropriated for any fiscal year shall be executed by June 30 of the fiscal year and shall be filed with and received for recording by the State Fiscal Officer within five (5) working days thereafter, and for electronically submitted purchase orders, the State Fiscal Officer shall issue regulations as to the last filing date required for purchase orders; otherwise, the same shall not be deemed to constitute valid obligations against the state within the meaning of Section 64 of the Constitution . The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to contracts for services of investigators employed by any agency of the state government authorized by law to employ such investigators.

(2) The State Fiscal Officer may approve electronically submitted purchase orders, thereby releasing such purchase orders and recording the encumbrances. For purposes of electronically submitted purchase orders, the State Fiscal Officer may exempt agencies from furnishing a copy of the purchase order to the State Fiscal Officer as required in subsection (1) above.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-33 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-33
Status: in_force

All power, authority, duties and functions of the boards, commissions, departments and agencies abolished by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall, from and after July 1, 1989, vest in and be performed by the departments or agencies to which they are assigned. All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocation or other funds of the abolished departments or agencies, except those transferred elsewhere by other provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”, shall be transferred under the direction of the State Fiscal Officer to the proper department or agency on July 1, 1989. The transfer of segregated or special funds shall be made in such a manner that the relation between program and revenue source as provided by law is retained.

The newly created Department of Economic and Community Development and the newly created Department of Environmental Quality shall continue to use the stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of their predecessor agency or department until such stationery or other supplies are depleted. Such newly created departments shall not expend any funds to purchase stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of the newly created department until such time as the supplies of their predecessor agency or department are depleted as herein provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-39 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-39
Status: in_force

In the event the funds coming into the state treasury are insufficient to pay all claims and debts of the state as they mature or become due, the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to impound or set aside sufficient funds to pay the bonds, short term notes, certificates of indebtedness, and interest coupons as they severally mature and become due.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-213 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-213
Status: in_force

(1) The costs of audits and other services required by Sections 7-7-201 through 7-7-215 , except for those audits and services authorized by Section 7-7-211(k) which shall be funded by appropriations made by the Legislature from such funds as it deems appropriate, shall be paid from a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury, to be known as the State Department of Audit Fund, into which will be paid each year the amounts received for performing audits required by law. Except for any municipality required under this chapter to be audited by the State Auditor, the amounts to be charged for performing audits and other services shall be the actual cost, not to exceed Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) per man hour plus the actual cost of any independent specialist firm contracted by the State Auditor to assist in the performance of the audit. Costs paid for independent specialists or firms contracted by the State Auditor shall be paid by the audited entity through the State Auditor to the specialist or firm conducting the audit. In the event of failure by any unit of government to pay the charges authorized herein, the Department of Audit shall notify the State Fiscal Officer, and upon a determination that the charges are substantially correct, the State Fiscal Officer shall notify the defaulting unit of his determination. If payment is not made within thirty (30) days after such notification, the State Fiscal Officer shall notify the State Treasurer and Department of Public Accounts that no further warrants are to be issued to the defaulting unit until the deficiency is paid.

(2) The cost of any service by the department not required of it under the provisions of the cited sections but made necessary by the willful fault or negligence of an officer or employee of any public office of the state shall be recovered (i) from such officer or employee and/or surety on official bond thereof and/or (ii) from the individual, partnership, corporation or association involved, in the same manner and under the same terms, when necessary, as provided the department for recovering public funds in Section 7-7-211 .

(3) The State Auditor shall deliver a copy of any audit of the fiscal and financial affairs of a county to the chancery clerk of such county and shall deliver a notice stating that a copy of such audit is on file in the chancery clerk's office to some newspaper published in the county to be published. If no newspaper is published in the county, a copy of such notice shall be delivered to a newspaper having a general circulation therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-1 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be cited as the “Mississippi Administrative Reorganization Act of 1984.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-15 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-15
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall register all warrants paid or received in payment of public dues by him, in a book kept for that purpose, noting the number of the warrant, the date, and when paid or received; and the treasurer shall not receive or pay any warrant unless he shall be satisfied that the same is genuine and lawfully issued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-43 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-43
Status: in_force

The state institutions of higher learning and the Department of Human Services, after receiving the written approval of the State Fiscal Officer as provided in Section 7-9-41 , shall select and make a contract with some bank to serve as a depository for funds of the same. Said bank so selected shall qualify to receive said fund and secure the same as required of state depositories under Section 27-105-5 before receiving any funds, except as herein noted in the case of private hospitals. The life of said contract with a depository shall be for five (5) years. Each bank shall enter into a written contract, the terms of which shall be to perform faithfully all acts and duties required of it by this and other laws of the state. As such depository, it shall receive and keep account of all funds and pay out same on the check of the secretary or business manager, countersigned by the president or chairman of the board or institution. Such bank shall receive, keep, disburse and account for all funds of the Department of Human Services and such state institution of higher learning for which it shall be a depository, and turn over all funds and accounts to its legal successor, provided all private hospitals shall be exempted from providing depositories.

All books, accounts and reports made thereon for any funds shall conform to the requirements of the General Accounting Office, and shall be filed with the said General Accounting Office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-43 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-43
Status: in_force

The state institutions of higher learning and the Department of Human Services, after receiving the written approval of the State Fiscal Officer as provided in Section 7-9-41 , shall select and make a contract with some bank to serve as a depository for funds of the same. Said bank so selected shall qualify to receive said fund and secure the same as required of state depositories under Section 27-105-5 before receiving any funds, except as herein noted in the case of private hospitals. The life of said contract with a depository shall be for five (5) years. Each bank shall enter into a written contract, the terms of which shall be to perform faithfully all acts and duties required of it by this and other laws of the state. As such depository, it shall receive and keep account of all funds and pay out same on the check of the secretary or business manager, countersigned by the president or chairman of the board or institution. Such bank shall receive, keep, disburse and account for all funds of the Department of Human Services and such state institution of higher learning for which it shall be a depository, and turn over all funds and accounts to its legal successor, provided all private hospitals shall be exempted from providing depositories.

All books, accounts and reports made thereon for any funds shall conform to the requirements of the General Accounting Office, and shall be filed with the said General Accounting Office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-3
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this chapter to provide that the Governor and the executive branch of the government of the state of Mississippi shall have full authority to execute the laws of Mississippi and to administer and manage the affairs of state government in accordance with the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.

Provided, however, nothing in this chapter is intended to reduce in any manner the authority of the legislature to appropriate funds or to specify the means by which such funds are to be expended.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-35
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Each officer, department or agency subject to the provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall assist with the fullest degree of reasonable cooperation with any other officer, department or agency in carrying out the intent and purpose of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”.

(b) Each officer, department or agency subject to the provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations not in conflict with “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” necessary to accomplish an orderly transition pursuant to “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the number of persons employed by the various departments and agencies as a result of the consolidation required by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall be reduced, but it is the intent of the Legislature that wherever possible, such reduction shall result from attrition of employees, assistance in relocating to other positions in state government for which they are qualified, and by assistance in locating employment in the private sector.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-11 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-11
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall have charge of the swamp and the overflowed lands and indemnity lands in lieu thereof, the internal improvement lands, the lands forfeited to the state for nonpayment of taxes after the time allowed by law for redemption shall have expired, and of all other public lands belonging to or under the control of the state. The regulation, sale and disposition of all such lands shall be made through the secretary of state's office.

The secretary of state shall sign all conveyances and leases of any and all state-owned lands and shall record same in a book kept in his office for such purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-55 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-55
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall maintain accounts to show the name of every county, school district, municipality and every other district of any kind or character receiving funds from the state, in such manner that there may be ascertained therefrom the amounts of state funds appropriated or otherwise contributed thereto. Where reports are necessary from other departments of state government in order for the State Fiscal Officer to do this, the State Fiscal Officer may require such departments to make such reports in the manner and at the times he may prescribe.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-9
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the state treasurer to receive and keep the moneys of the state in the manner provided by law, to disburse the same agreeably to law, and to take receipts or vouchers for moneys which he shall disburse. He shall keep regular, fair, and proper accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the public money; he shall keep accounts in his books in the name of the state, in which he shall enter the amount of all money, stock, securities, and all other property in the treasury or which may at any time be received by him, keeping the receipts and disbursements of each fiscal year in separate accounts, and closing the same with the close of the fiscal year; and he shall open and keep accounts in his books for all appropriations of money made by law, so that the appropriation of money and the application thereof in conformity thereto may clearly and distinctly appear on the books of the treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-361 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-361
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-361
Status: in_force

The division of job development and training, office of the governor, is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of Sections 7-1-351 through 7-1-371 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-9
Status: in_force

Any member of any board, commission, council or authority reconstituted under this chapter shall be deemed to have vacated his position thereon if he changes his domicile to another state or to a geographical area other than the one from which he was appointed if the statute specified that he shall be appointed from such designated geographical area. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply in the event the member was appointed from a district the boundaries of which have been altered by statute or court order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-35
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State is authorized and empowered to sell current and future issues, and excess volumes at the cost of printing, binding and mailing. The funds realized by the Secretary of State from any sales of excess volumes shall be paid into the State General Fund in the manner prescribed by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-49 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-49
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall furnish to the governor, from time to time when required, a full and complete statement, in tabular form, of the situation of the public finances and full information touching the condition and proceedings of his office. The books of the treasurer shall, at all seasonable times, be open to the inspection of the governor and of the auditor, and the governor shall at all times be permitted to examine and count the money on hand.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-33 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-33
Status: in_force

All power, authority, duties and functions of the boards, commissions, departments and agencies abolished by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall, from and after July 1, 1989, vest in and be performed by the departments or agencies to which they are assigned. All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocation or other funds of the abolished departments or agencies, except those transferred elsewhere by other provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”, shall be transferred under the direction of the State Fiscal Officer to the proper department or agency on July 1, 1989. The transfer of segregated or special funds shall be made in such a manner that the relation between program and revenue source as provided by law is retained.

The newly created Department of Economic and Community Development and the newly created Department of Environmental Quality shall continue to use the stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of their predecessor agency or department until such stationery or other supplies are depleted. Such newly created departments shall not expend any funds to purchase stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of the newly created department until such time as the supplies of their predecessor agency or department are depleted as herein provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-77 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-77
Status: in_force

The state auditor shall settle with the proper officers and pay over all moneys collected by him under the provisions of Sections 7-7-67 through 7-7-79 as required by law. He shall make a report to the state treasurer at the end of the fiscal year, giving a full account of all said collections by him during the preceding fiscal year, and of whom and on whose account collected. For a failure to render such account and settle and pay over all such collections made by him as required by law, the state auditor shall be suspended from office by the governor in the same manner as in the case of a defaulting state treasurer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-216 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-216
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-216
Status: in_force

No less than once during each four-year term of the State Auditor, the Legislature shall receive bids from an independent, certified public accounting firm for an opinion and a legal compliance audit of the Office of the State Auditor. Such firm, so selected, shall report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor. The cost of this audit shall be paid from funds appropriated for this purpose by the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-209 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-209
Status: in_force

The state auditor, director, and all employees of the department required to travel in the performance of official duties shall be reimbursed for actual subsistence and transportation expenses incurred by them while traveling away from home, as provided by law. The office of the department shall be supplied with all necessary supplies, stationery, printing, furniture, and equipment, which shall be purchased at the lowest and best prices obtainable. All salaries, travel, and other expenses of the department, including costs of purchases as aforesaid, shall be paid monthly out of the state department of audit fund, upon requisitions or vouchers approved by the director or, in his absence, by the assistant director.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-225 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-225
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-225
Status: in_force

The State Auditor, when conducting agency audits, shall test to determine whether or not the state institutions of higher learning and any state agency which does not draw warrants on the Treasury have either received approval of the Attorney General or complied with the provisions of Section 7-5-39 , with regard to any contract for legal services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-6 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-6
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall appoint a competent attorney to be designated as an assistant secretary of state, who shall have the responsibilities of performing the function of the former state land office in addition to any other duties as assigned by the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State is empowered and authorized to employ such office assistants, clerical employees and field inspectors on either a temporary or permanent basis as shall be necessary to perform the former duties and functions of the state land office. The Assistant Secretary of State hereby created shall be in addition to any other assistant secretaries of state previously designated or heretofore authorized. The State Land Commissioner elected pursuant to Section 7-11-1 shall deliver the seal, all records, reports and other property of the state land office to the Secretary of State prior to the expiration of his term of office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-31 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-31
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall, as soon as he receives such warrant, deposit the amount thereof in the bank or banks where, according to the terms of the bonds, the interest and bonds are to be paid for, or in some state depository for delivery to such bank or banks. He shall keep an account with each such bank or banks where such deposit has been made, charging it with such deposit and crediting it with the amounts of the bonds and interest coupons as the same are delivered to the state treasurer in his office.

The state bond commission shall provide for the method of acceptance and cancellation of bonds and interest coupons duly paid by requiring the paying agent or agents:

(a) To deliver bonds and coupons duly paid and cancelled to the state treasurer; or

(b) To furnish to the state treasurer, at the end of each month in which bonds and interest coupons of a given bond issue have been presented for payment and have been paid, a statement which shall contain a certified list of bonds and coupons duly paid and cancelled, showing for each issue the bond and coupon numbers, the amounts, the dates due, dates paid and such additional information as the state bond commission shall require along with the bonds and coupons paid.

Bonds and interest coupons duly paid shall be properly entered in a bond and interest register of the bond issue to which they belong in the state treasurer's office, and the treasurer shall accept as cancelled those duly paid and cancelled and so delivered by the paying agent or agents.

Any certified list submitted by the paying agent or agents as to payment and cancellation of bonds and interest coupons shall be accepted as conclusive as to payment and cancellation, and such paying agent or agents shall accept responsibility for proper payment and disposition of all bonds and coupons, and for any duplicate payments, payments to unauthorized persons and nonpayment to authorized persons occurring as a result of cancellation or destruction of bonds and coupons.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-37 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-37
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall write warrants payable to the order of the person, firm, institution or agency entitled thereto for all monies which, by law, are directed to be paid out of the Treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-57 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-57
Status: in_force

Whenever requested by the governor or other state officer, the attorney general shall prepare proper drafts for contracts, forms, or other writings which may be wanted for the use of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-33 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-33
Status: in_force

All power, authority, duties and functions of the boards, commissions, departments and agencies abolished by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall, from and after July 1, 1989, vest in and be performed by the departments or agencies to which they are assigned. All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocation or other funds of the abolished departments or agencies, except those transferred elsewhere by other provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”, shall be transferred under the direction of the State Fiscal Officer to the proper department or agency on July 1, 1989. The transfer of segregated or special funds shall be made in such a manner that the relation between program and revenue source as provided by law is retained.

The newly created Department of Economic and Community Development and the newly created Department of Environmental Quality shall continue to use the stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of their predecessor agency or department until such stationery or other supplies are depleted. Such newly created departments shall not expend any funds to purchase stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of the newly created department until such time as the supplies of their predecessor agency or department are depleted as herein provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-29 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-29
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall be remunerated for all expenses necessarily incurred in the distribution and transportation of books and documents, upon a verified statement of the same to the auditor of public accounts, who shall issue a warrant on the treasury for the required sum of money.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-55 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-55
Status: in_force

Said publications and distribution shall be continued or renewed from time to time, in the discretion of the governor, as additional information is available for properly advertising the advantages of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-23 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-23
Status: in_force

The governor shall fix the compensation and travel and expense allowances to be paid investigators and other persons employed under the provisions of Sections 7-1-19 through 7-1-23 , and shall furnish such investigators with such weapons, equipment, materials, articles, and supplies as may be necessary, suitable, and desirable to enable such investigators and other persons to discharge and carry out the duties imposed on them under the provisions of said sections. All expenses incurred hereunder shall be paid out of such funds as are specifically appropriated for the purposes hereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-57 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-57
Status: in_force

Upon satisfactory proof being presented to the State Fiscal Officer that any warrant drawn by the State Fiscal Officer upon the State Treasury has been lost or destroyed before having been paid, the State Fiscal Officer may issue a duplicate therefor upon a bond being executed by the State Fiscal Officer with such security as is approved by him, payable to the state in the penalty of double the amount of the warrant, and conditioned to save harmless the state from any loss occasioned by the issuing of the duplicate warrant, together with an affidavit relating the circumstances under which said warrant was lost or destroyed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-7 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-7
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall appoint such bureau and division heads, contractors and other employees as are necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of the General Accounting Office subject to the provisions of the State Personnel Law. The State Fiscal Officer shall be officially responsible for the acts of all other employees of his office in the same manner as if done by himself.

The State Fiscal Officer shall require bonds of his assistant and other employees at his pleasure. The premiums on said bonds shall be paid for as prescribed elsewhere in the laws of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-209 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-209
Status: in_force

The state auditor, director, and all employees of the department required to travel in the performance of official duties shall be reimbursed for actual subsistence and transportation expenses incurred by them while traveling away from home, as provided by law. The office of the department shall be supplied with all necessary supplies, stationery, printing, furniture, and equipment, which shall be purchased at the lowest and best prices obtainable. All salaries, travel, and other expenses of the department, including costs of purchases as aforesaid, shall be paid monthly out of the state department of audit fund, upon requisitions or vouchers approved by the director or, in his absence, by the assistant director.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-53 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-53
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall safely keep and preserve all moneys, securities, books, records, papers, and other things belonging to his office without waste, embezzlement, or misapplication thereof; and at the expiration of his term, he shall deliver the same to his successor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-27 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-27
Status: in_force

The treasurer of the state of Mississippi shall invest the moneys deposited in the special fund to refund the overpayment of income taxes under the provisions of Section 27-7-313 . The amounts to be invested shall be determined by the treasurer and shall be in the approximate amount of the total moneys deposited in said special fund less the anticipated refunds to be made within the following ninety-day period. Such funds shall be invested by said treasurer in short-term bonds, treasury bills, or other direct obligations of the United States of America, or any national or state banks in the state of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-216 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-216
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-216
Status: in_force

No less than once during each four-year term of the State Auditor, the Legislature shall receive bids from an independent, certified public accounting firm for an opinion and a legal compliance audit of the Office of the State Auditor. Such firm, so selected, shall report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor. The cost of this audit shall be paid from funds appropriated for this purpose by the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-55 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-55
Status: in_force

The examiner shall make report to the governor, under oath, of the result of any examination he may be required to make, and show therein the true condition and state of the books and accounts examined at the time of his examination. Such reports shall be public records.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-15 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-15
Status: in_force

The attorney general is authorized and empowered to employ such secretaries as he may deem necessary for the proper administration of the duties required of his office, and to fix their salaries in such amount as he may deem proper within funds appropriated for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-205 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-205
Status: in_force

The director, the assistant director, and all accountants and auditors of the department shall be required to execute surety bonds in such amounts as the state auditor may deem sufficient to ensure faithful performance of duties and financial accountability, provided the amount of such bond of the director shall not be less than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00). The costs of such bonds shall be paid out of the department of audit fund in the same manner as other expenses are paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-13 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-13
Status: in_force

The governor shall transact all the business of the state, civil and military, with the United States government or with any other state or territory, except in cases otherwise specially provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-45 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-45
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall be required to make the following reports:

(a) The State Fiscal Officer shall, within sixty (60) days after the adjournment of the Legislature, prepare and furnish to the State Auditor a full statement of all moneys expended at such session, specifying the items and amount of each item, and to whom and for what paid, in order that the Auditor may publish the amounts of all appropriations, all as prescribed by Section 113 of the Constitution . Sufficient copies of the report shall be made available to members of the Legislature, state officials, departments, institutions and agencies of the state government, as may be requested by such individual or department; and such others are to be made available for distribution as the State Fiscal Officer or Governor may determine.

(b) The State Fiscal Officer shall, within fifteen (15) days after the commencement of every regular session of the Legislature, make to it a special report on the fiscal affairs of the state as of January 1 of the then current year.

(c) The State Fiscal Officer shall prepare the comprehensive annual financial report as provided for in Section 27-104-4 .

(d) In addition to the other reports herein required, it shall be the duty of the State Fiscal Officer to have available in the State Fiscal Officer's office, for the use of the Governor, the Legislature, the Legislative Budget Office and any other persons, daily reports of each fund account which the State Fiscal Officer is required to maintain, showing thereon balances brought forward, receipts to date, net expenditures to date, the unexpended balances, the amount of unpaid purchase orders, and the unencumbered balances. In addition thereto, the State Fiscal Officer shall be required to have available in its office reports of appropriation accounts, showing thereon the amount appropriated for each purpose, the amount of warrants issued to date, the unexpended appropriation balance, the amount of unpaid purchase orders, and the unencumbered appropriation balance for each such account.

Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the State Fiscal Officer from making such other financial reports, and at such other time as it may deem advisable or for the best interests of the state; nor shall this section be construed as authority for discontinuing any other reports required by law. The cost of printing such reports of the State Fiscal Officer, as required herein, shall be paid from the appropriation made for that purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-29 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-29
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer, two (2) weeks before any state bonds or interest coupons become due and payable, to make application to the State Fiscal Officer for his warrant in favor of the State Treasurer, specifying the bond issue and the total amount each of interest and bonds to be paid and when and where due and payable, according to the terms of the bonds. Upon presentation of such application, the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrant in favor of the State Treasurer according to said application.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-13 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-13
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall cause ten (10) copies of each volume of the “Southern Reporter-Mississippi Cases” and ten (10) copies of the department reports to be provided to the State Library.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-107 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-107
Status: in_force

Upon request of the investment entity, signed by the proper person, officer or officers, the State Fiscal Management Board shall issue its warrants to authorize the transfer from the Education Improvement Trust Fund created in Section 206A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 such funds as are selected for investment pursuant to Sections 7-9-101 through 7-9-107 , and upon receipt of such warrants the State Treasurer shall immediately transfer such sums to the proper funds or accounts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-1 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-1
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall keep his office at the seat of the government, and shall keep the same open Monday through Friday of each week for eight hours each day.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-11 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-11
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall have charge of the swamp and the overflowed lands and indemnity lands in lieu thereof, the internal improvement lands, the lands forfeited to the state for nonpayment of taxes after the time allowed by law for redemption shall have expired, and of all other public lands belonging to or under the control of the state. The regulation, sale and disposition of all such lands shall be made through the secretary of state's office.

The secretary of state shall sign all conveyances and leases of any and all state-owned lands and shall record same in a book kept in his office for such purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-65 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-65
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall submit the accounts and records of the General Accounting Office to the inspection of any member of the Legislature or the Governor when required.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-47 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-47
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall prescribe all regulations and shall prescribe uniform forms that he deems necessary for the performance of the duties required by Sections 7-7-1 through 7-7-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-11 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-11
Status: in_force

For budgetary purposes and organizational hierarchy purposes a common organizational nomenclature shall be used in the structure of state government.

Organizations for such purposes shall be:

(a) Agency -- the principal administrative organization of state government as defined in Section 25-9-107(d) , headed by an executive director or such other official as prescribed by statute;

(b) Office -- the principal organization of an agency; whenever the term “division” or any other term appears to denote the principal organization of a department, it shall mean “office” for purposes of this section;

(c) Bureau -- the principal organization of an office;

(d) Division -- the principal organization of a bureau;

(e) Branch -- the principal organization of a division;

(f) Section -- the principal organization of a branch;

(g) Unit -- the principal organization of a section;

(h) Advisory board -- a body appointed to function on a continuing basis to study and recommend solutions and policy alternatives to problems arising in a specific agency or program of state government.

The nomenclature outlined in this section shall be only for budgetary purposes and organizational hierarchy purposes and shall not define job classifications or salary ranges. The State Personnel Board shall ensure that all agencies within state government as defined in Section 25-9-107(d) conform with the common organization nomenclature provided in this section, except where otherwise provided by law or determined to be necessary by the State Personnel Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-221 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-221
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-221
Status: in_force

(1) As soon as possible after an annual audit of the fiscal and financial affairs of a county by the State Auditor, as the head of the State Department of Audit, has been made and a copy of such report of audit or examination has been filed with the board of supervisors of such county and the clerk thereof, as required in Section 7-7-215 , the clerk of the board of supervisors shall publish a synopsis of such report in a form prescribed by the State Auditor.

(2) The clerk of the board of supervisors shall deliver a copy of the aforesaid synopsis to some newspaper published in the county, and, if no newspaper is published in the county, then to a newspaper having a general circulation therein, to be published.

(3) The cost of publishing the aforesaid synopsis by some newspaper in a county or by some newspaper having a general circulation therein, as hereinbefore provided, shall be paid for out of the general fund of the county upon a detailed itemized statement thereof being furnished to the clerk of the board of supervisors of such county by the publisher of the newspaper, accompanied by one (1) copy of the proof of publication thereof. The cost of such publication shall be based on the rate now fixed by law for publishing legal notices, and it shall be mandatory upon the board of supervisors of the county and the clerk thereof to pay such costs out of the county general fund.

(4) The clerk shall forward a copy of the published synopsis to the State Auditor within sixty (60) days of its publication. If the synopsis does not substantially satisfy the requirements of this section, the State Auditor is authorized to prepare the synopsis and have it published in accordance with this section at cost to the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-57 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-57
Status: in_force

Whenever requested by the governor or other state officer, the attorney general shall prepare proper drafts for contracts, forms, or other writings which may be wanted for the use of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-15 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-15
Status: in_force

Every state department, division, officer, board, commission, institution or other agency owned or controlled by the state, collecting or receiving public funds or monies from any source whatever to be deposited in the State Treasury for the use of the state or any state agency, shall pay such monies to the State Fiscal Officer, who shall issue his warrant or certificate of receipt therefor, specifying the amount and the particular account on which such payment is to be made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-41 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-41
Status: in_force

The said amendments shall be paid for at the prevailing rate per insertion upon proof of publication being furnished to the secretary of state, the printing to be done in eight- or ten-point.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-11 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-11
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall have charge of the swamp and the overflowed lands and indemnity lands in lieu thereof, the internal improvement lands, the lands forfeited to the state for nonpayment of taxes after the time allowed by law for redemption shall have expired, and of all other public lands belonging to or under the control of the state. The regulation, sale and disposition of all such lands shall be made through the secretary of state's office.

The secretary of state shall sign all conveyances and leases of any and all state-owned lands and shall record same in a book kept in his office for such purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-203 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-203
Status: in_force

The State Auditor shall appoint a director for the financial and compliance division and a director for the investigations division of the department. The director of the financial and compliance division shall be a certified public accountant of recognized executive ability and thoroughly familiar with the laws of the state in relation to the financial administration of the public offices thereof. The director of the investigations division shall be a certified law enforcement officer of recognized executive ability and shall be thoroughly familiar with the laws of the state in relation to the financial administration of the public offices thereof.

The State Auditor may appoint deputy auditors; employ attorneys, certified public accountants and other assistants; or contract for any services necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-13 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-13
Status: in_force

All state land records, all levee land records, and all other land records, except assessment rolls, shall be kept in the office of the Secretary of State and be held by him.

The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all state-owned lands in a separate and well bound book. He is authorized and empowered to request of any board, commission, department or other state agency having under its jurisdiction state-owned lands the records herein required to be recorded in his office, and it shall be the duty of any state agency to comply with the request of the Secretary of State. In the event the Secretary of State determines that due to age, condition or material that the preservation of records is not within the capabilities of his office to be maintained, the Secretary of State may transfer said documents to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History for preservation. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History shall allow the Secretary of State access to said documents or a copy thereof, so as to enable the Secretary of State to fulfill the responsibilities of the State Land Commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-39 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-39
Status: in_force

In the event the funds coming into the state treasury are insufficient to pay all claims and debts of the state as they mature or become due, the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to impound or set aside sufficient funds to pay the bonds, short term notes, certificates of indebtedness, and interest coupons as they severally mature and become due.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-45 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-45
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer and the State Fiscal Officer shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, check, verify and reconcile the list of the receipts into the Treasury for the previous month, according to the warrants on which they are founded, and in whose name the several receipts have been given, and their respective dates, amounts and numbers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-17 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-17
Status: in_force

When any payment shall be made into the Treasury in pursuance of any receipt-warrant issued by the State Fiscal Officer, the State Treasurer shall give the person making the payment duplicate receipts, specifying the warrant on which the payment is made, one (1) copy of which shall be filed with the State Fiscal Officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-21 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-21
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall keep a docket of all causes in which he is required to appear, whether through his office or through outside counsel, which is a public record and must show the full style of the case, the cause number of the action, the county, district and court in which the causes have been instituted and tried, and whether the case is civil or criminal. If civil, the docket must show the nature of the demand, the stage of the proceedings, the name and address of any outside counsel, a description of the fee arrangement with any outside counsel, a memorandum of the judgment when prosecuted to judgment, any process issued thereon, whether satisfied or not, and if not satisfied, the return of the sheriff. If criminal, the docket must show the nature of the crime, the mode of prosecution, the stage of the proceedings, a memorandum of the sentence when prosecuted to a sentence, the execution thereof, if executed, and, if not executed, the reasons of delay or prevention.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-11 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-11
Status: in_force

There is created the position of the Mississippi Statutory Advisor. The duties of the statutory advisor shall be to study, compare, and analyze the statute laws of this state and make report on his work to the Joint Committee on the Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation, calling particular attention to errors, duplications, and conflicts found therein, along with recommendations for such corrections thereof as deemed advisable. It shall also be his duty to advise and consult with the joint committee and its counsel in regard to any of the statutes of this state and of the other states or any act of Congress, and on request of any member of the Legislature, he shall give written opinions in regard to the legality and effect of any such statute. Upon request, he shall advise and counsel with legislators in regard to the preparation of any proposed law or resolution for the consideration of the Legislature. At the request of any such member, he shall secure copies of any general law from the other states and give such legislator his opinion thereon and any other information in connection therewith that such legislator may desire in connection with his duties.

The statutory advisor shall be an assistant attorney general, appointed by the Attorney General, in addition to the assistant attorneys general authorized by law, in the same manner and under the same procedure as assistant attorneys general are appointed. His duties, in addition to the duties prescribed herein, shall be the same as that of assistant attorneys general, and his compensation shall be the same, and paid in like manner, as that of assistant attorneys general.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-45 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-45
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall be required to make the following reports:

(a) The State Fiscal Officer shall, within sixty (60) days after the adjournment of the Legislature, prepare and furnish to the State Auditor a full statement of all moneys expended at such session, specifying the items and amount of each item, and to whom and for what paid, in order that the Auditor may publish the amounts of all appropriations, all as prescribed by Section 113 of the Constitution . Sufficient copies of the report shall be made available to members of the Legislature, state officials, departments, institutions and agencies of the state government, as may be requested by such individual or department; and such others are to be made available for distribution as the State Fiscal Officer or Governor may determine.

(b) The State Fiscal Officer shall, within fifteen (15) days after the commencement of every regular session of the Legislature, make to it a special report on the fiscal affairs of the state as of January 1 of the then current year.

(c) The State Fiscal Officer shall prepare the comprehensive annual financial report as provided for in Section 27-104-4 .

(d) In addition to the other reports herein required, it shall be the duty of the State Fiscal Officer to have available in the State Fiscal Officer's office, for the use of the Governor, the Legislature, the Legislative Budget Office and any other persons, daily reports of each fund account which the State Fiscal Officer is required to maintain, showing thereon balances brought forward, receipts to date, net expenditures to date, the unexpended balances, the amount of unpaid purchase orders, and the unencumbered balances. In addition thereto, the State Fiscal Officer shall be required to have available in its office reports of appropriation accounts, showing thereon the amount appropriated for each purpose, the amount of warrants issued to date, the unexpended appropriation balance, the amount of unpaid purchase orders, and the unencumbered appropriation balance for each such account.

Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the State Fiscal Officer from making such other financial reports, and at such other time as it may deem advisable or for the best interests of the state; nor shall this section be construed as authority for discontinuing any other reports required by law. The cost of printing such reports of the State Fiscal Officer, as required herein, shall be paid from the appropriation made for that purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-1 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-1
Status: in_force

Chapter 544, Laws of 1989, shall be cited as the “Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-305 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-305
Status: in_force

(1) To fund the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau, the Workers' Compensation Commission may assess each workers' compensation carrier and self-insurer, in the manner provided in Section 71-3-99 , an amount based upon the proportion that the total gross claims for compensation and medical services and supplies paid by such carrier or self-insurer during the preceding one-year period bore to the total gross claims for compensation and medical services and supplies paid by all carriers and self-insurers during such period. The total amount assessed and collected by the commission from all workers' compensation carriers and self-insurers used to fund the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau during each fiscal year shall be based upon the recommendation of the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau, but shall not exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00). The funds received from the assessment in this subsection (1) shall be used primarily for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting workers' compensation fraud. Within thirty (30) days of receipt, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall transfer such assessment from the Administrative Expense Fund into a special fund of the Office of the Attorney General created in the State Treasury and designated as the “Insurance Integrity Enforcement Fund.”

(2) In addition to the monies collected under the assessment provided in this section to fund the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau, for fiscal year 1999 the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) shall be appropriated by the Legislature to the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Fund from the State General Fund. The funds received from the appropriation in this subsection (2) shall be used primarily for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting insurance fraud other than workers' compensation fraud.

(3) The Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau may accept gifts, grants and appropriations of state and federal funds for deposit in the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Fund. The Insurance Integrity Enforcement Fund shall be used solely to defray the expenses of the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau, and any interest earned on monies in such fund shall be credited to the fund. Expenditures from the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Fund shall be made upon requisition by the Attorney General and subject to appropriation by the Legislature.

(4) From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law and as determined by the State Fiscal Officer.

(5) From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-15 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-15
Status: in_force

Every state department, division, officer, board, commission, institution or other agency owned or controlled by the state, collecting or receiving public funds or monies from any source whatever to be deposited in the State Treasury for the use of the state or any state agency, shall pay such monies to the State Fiscal Officer, who shall issue his warrant or certificate of receipt therefor, specifying the amount and the particular account on which such payment is to be made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-39 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-39
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall not draw warrants without, or in excess of, appropriations of money for the purpose, except in those cases specifically provided for by law; nor shall the State Fiscal Officer draw warrants against budgeted funds until notified by certification that the budget for the current allotment period of the fiscal year for the department, institution, or agency concerned is in compliance with the appropriation, and the amount of the approved budget has been set up in the State Fiscal Officer's records; nor shall the State Fiscal Officer draw warrants in excess of the amount so budgeted and approved, nor shall the State Fiscal Officer draw any warrant in excess of the cash balance then available in the particular fund against which the warrant is chargeable unless the warrant is to be drawn against federal programs in which federal funds are receipted based upon policies and procedures as established by the State Fiscal Officer or in other situations as deemed necessary by the State Fiscal Officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-61 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-61
Status: in_force

The seal used by the State Fiscal Officer shall be the seal prescribed by Section 126 of the Mississippi Constitution . The seal is to be impressed, or printed, upon the face of every disbursement warrant issued by the State Fiscal Officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-35
Status: in_force

When it may be necessary or proper for the enforcement or collection of any judgment or debt in favor of the state, or any officer thereof in his official capacity, or of any county, the attorney general shall institute and prosecute in behalf of the creditor a suit or suits to set aside and annul any conveyance or other device fraudulently made by the debtor, or anyone for him, to hinder, delay, or defraud the creditor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-37 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-37
Status: in_force

All state deposits in any depository in the State of Mississippi shall be subject to payment when demanded by the State Treasurer on his Treasurer's check drawn on the bank for such deposit in payment of a warrant or warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer, or in the transfer of such deposit or any part thereof from one bank to another or other banks or to the State Treasury, in keeping the funds of the state equitably distributed among the state depositories as required by law, and for any other purposes necessary to carry out the provisions of law or to provide for equitable distribution of funds or payment of warrants when drawn by the State Fiscal Officer.

For the purpose of the implementation of Section 7-9-14 , the term “Treasurer's check” as used in this section shall mean either a paper check or a paperless entry on an electronic data processing medium at a state depository that substitutes for a paper check for the purpose of debiting or crediting an account and for which a permanent record is made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-202 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-202
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-202
Status: in_force

The State Auditor shall keep the office of the department at the seat of the government and shall keep it open Monday through Friday of each week for at least eight (8) hours each day. The State Auditor may establish satellite offices at other locations in the state. The State Auditor is authorized to prepare and use an official seal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-35
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Each officer, department or agency subject to the provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall assist with the fullest degree of reasonable cooperation with any other officer, department or agency in carrying out the intent and purpose of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”.

(b) Each officer, department or agency subject to the provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations not in conflict with “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” necessary to accomplish an orderly transition pursuant to “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the number of persons employed by the various departments and agencies as a result of the consolidation required by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall be reduced, but it is the intent of the Legislature that wherever possible, such reduction shall result from attrition of employees, assistance in relocating to other positions in state government for which they are qualified, and by assistance in locating employment in the private sector.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-25 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-25
Status: in_force

All funds and the interest accruing thereon paid into the state treasury, either by the federal government, by any of the counties of the state, or by any road district in the state, for the purpose of constructing what is known as federal-aid highways shall be handled by the state treasury as a special deposit for such purpose. It shall be the duty of the state treasurer immediately upon receipt of such funds to give notice to all banks located in the county in which said funds are to be expended of the fact that such funds are on hand, and that he is ready to receive such proposals as any of them may make for the privilege of keeping such funds until the same are expended in the construction of such highways. The said state treasurer shall deposit said funds with the bank or banks located in the county where same is to be expended, proposing the best terms, having in view the safety of such funds. Security shall be required of like character and amount as provided for in the chapter on depositories, but the amount of such highway funds shall not be included in arriving at 35% limit. Each bank shall be entitled to receive this special highway deposit in addition to the 35% provided for by said chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-63 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-63
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall make reports at the beginning of each regular session of the legislature, of the condition of the public service as administered in his office and under his supervision; and he shall, as a part of his reports, make any recommendation that he may deem proper for the improvement of the service. Not later than the first week of each regular session, he shall file a complete report with the legislature of all moneys received and disbursed by him during the year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-1 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-1
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall give bond to the state in the penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), with two or more sufficient sureties to be approved by the governor, conditioned according to law. When approved, said bond shall be filed and preserved in the office of the clerk of the supreme court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-33 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-33
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall issue disbursement warrants upon satisfactory pre-audit as prescribed by standards and procedures established by the State Fiscal Officer in consultation with the State Auditor's office. Such standards and procedures shall include examination of the bill, invoice, account, payroll or other evidence of the claim, demand or charge and determination that the expenditure or disbursement is regular, legal and correct, and that the claim, demand or charge has not been previously paid. In order to ascertain that goods have been received or services rendered, the State Fiscal Officer may require such evidence as the circumstances may demand. If the expenditure or disbursement is proper, the State Fiscal Officer shall approve the same; otherwise, the State Fiscal Officer shall withhold approval. In order that such regularity and legality may appear, the State Fiscal Officer may return the claim to the department, institution or agency against which the same was issued for correction or amendment and may, by general rule or special order, require such certification or such evidence as the circumstances may demand.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-49 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-49
Status: in_force

The purpose and intent of Sections 7-7-1 through 7-7-65 is hereby declared to be the establishment and maintenance of a modernized and efficient General Accounting Office for the State of Mississippi so that there may be available at all times therein all pertinent information of a fiscal nature concerning the operation of the state government. While the State Fiscal Officer is hereby charged with the primary responsibility of establishing and maintaining such office and making available the information contemplated herein, he is to work in conjunction with other state agencies, not injuring the normal functions thereof, in arriving at the desired end. Full cooperation and cohesive effort is hereby declared to be essential by and between the State Fiscal Officer, the State Treasurer, the Legislative Budget Office, the State Department of Audit, the State Tax Commission, and all other state departments, institutions and agencies, in order that the full purpose and intent of the cited sections may be effected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-63 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-63
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall carefully keep and preserve the books, records, papers and other things belonging to the General Accounting Office. Invoices, statements, bills and other papers of such nature may be disposed of in accordance with approved records control schedules. No records, however, may be destroyed without the approval of the Director of the Department of Archives and History.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-29 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-29
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall be remunerated for all expenses necessarily incurred in the distribution and transportation of books and documents, upon a verified statement of the same to the auditor of public accounts, who shall issue a warrant on the treasury for the required sum of money.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-47 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-47
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall make to the legislature, at the commencement of each regular, not extraordinary, session, a detailed report of the receipts and expenditures since his last report. He shall present to it the report required of him by Section 115 of the Constitution and, in case of a deficiency of revenue, he shall suggest such increase of taxes as he may consider best suited to supply the deficiency. He shall also make to the legislature, or to either house thereof, such supplemental reports as may be called for.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-47 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-47
Status: in_force

(1) On or before April 20 of each year, the Secretary of State shall notify by mail every constable being compensated in whole or in part on a fee basis who has failed to file the report required by Section 7-3-45 ; and on or before May 15 of each year, he will notify the Attorney General of the ones of same by name who still have not filed such report, and the attorney general shall thereupon prosecute such delinquent officers. If such report is not made by July 1 of the year, injunctive action and discovery in the chancery court of the residence of any such delinquent officer shall lie, and the Attorney General shall prosecute an action or actions in such court to obtain the proper information for each delinquent report.

(2) Failure on the part of any such officer to file such report by May 15 or evasion of the cited section, either by failure to report properly or by false entry, shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment as the court may direct.

(3) If any such constable compensated by fees shall fail to file such report by May 1 in any year, all fees, salaries, and other remuneration collected by such official from May 1 until the date when such report is filed shall be forfeited to the general fund of the county. Any such official going out of office at the end of his or her term shall be liable on his or her official bond for the refund of all allowances, fees, salaries, or other remuneration received by him or her from the county treasury during the last year of his or her term of office, if such report is not filed with the Secretary of State by May 1 of the following year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-451 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-451
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-451
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration shall be the Office of General Services and shall retain all powers and duties granted by law to the Office of General Services. Wherever the term “Office of General Services” appears in any law the same shall mean the Department of Finance and Administration. The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration may assign to the appropriate divisions such powers and duties as deemed appropriate to carry out the department's lawful functions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-59 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-59
Status: in_force

A reasonable petty cash fund shall be allowed each state department, institution, board, commission or other agency if, in the judgment of the State Fiscal Officer, such is necessary for the proper operation of the fiscal affairs thereof. The amount of such petty cash fund shall be fixed by the State Fiscal Officer in each case, but these funds shall be reimbursed only upon vouchers audited by the State Fiscal Officer. It shall not be lawful for any petty cash fund to be used for cashing checks or otherwise advancing funds to any officer or employee of any state department or agency.

The State Fiscal Officer may by regulation provide for the establishment of commercial bank accounts by any state agency, which shall serve as the depository for self-generated funds and custodial funds not required by law to be deposited in the State Treasury. The regulations may provide for such accounts to be used for disbursements not required to be made by warrants on the State Treasury. Each such account established shall have a maximum balance to be fixed by the State Fiscal Officer. All such accounts shall bear interest. For self-generated funds, the interest shall be deposited in the General Fund and for custodial funds, the interest shall be deposited in the custodial bank account. The State Auditor shall test for compliance with this section in any postaudit, and may, after notice and hearing, levy a civil penalty not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for any violation hereof. The auditor shall annually report all violations of this section to the Governor and the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-3
Status: in_force

It is the intent of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” to provide that the Governor and the executive branch of the government of the State of Mississippi shall have full authority to execute the laws of Mississippi and to administer and manage the affairs of state government in accordance with the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.

Provided, however, nothing in “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” is intended to reduce in any manner the authority of the Legislature to appropriate funds or to specify the means by which such funds are to be expended.

No executive director, division director or any other employee of any agency or department of this state shall be prohibited by the Governor or any other person, whether by written or verbal correspondence or by executive order, from cooperating with the Legislature for purposes of providing information to the Legislature, or any member thereof, regarding the legislative budget process or any other legislative matter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-8 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-8
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-8
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature that the functions assigned to the Secretary of State by this chapter shall be merged and coordinated with similar functions being exercised by the state land office on January 1, 1980.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-27 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-27
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided otherwise in subsection (2) of this section, all claims against the state as the result of purchases, services, salaries, travel expense, or other encumbrances made or liabilities incurred by any officer, department, division, board, commission, institution or other agency of the state authorized to incur such obligations, whether as the result of the issuance of purchase orders, as hereinabove provided, or not, shall be filed with, certified and approved by the agency incurring such obligation pursuant to rules and regulations established by the Department of Finance and Administration. These rules and regulations shall set forth certain circumstances where certification by the approving officers that the goods and services have been received or performed may be waived by the Department of Finance and Administration. Such waivers may pertain to, but should not be limited to, service contracts of limited time periods for lease of office space and equipment, computer software and subgrantee disbursements under federal grant programs.

(2) The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and the local board of trustees of a community or junior college shall adopt rules and regulations for institutions under their governance for the waiver of certification that goods or services have been received or performed. These rules and regulations shall be consistent with those established by the Department of Finance and Administration under subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-23 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-23
Status: in_force

(1) Purchases of equipment, supplies, materials or services of whatever kind or nature for any department, officer, institution or other agency of the state, the cost of which is to be paid from funds in the State Treasury on State Fiscal Officer disbursement warrants, may be made only by written purchase orders duly signed by the official authorized so to do, on forms prescribed by the State Fiscal Officer. Purchases of such equipment, supplies, materials, or services, as specified herein, made without the issuance of such purchase orders shall not be deemed to be obligations of the state unless the State Fiscal Officer, by general rule or special order, permits certain purchases to be made without same. As many copies of each purchase order shall be prepared as may be prescribed by the State Fiscal Officer, but at least one (1) copy shall be furnished the vendor, one (1) copy shall be furnished the State Fiscal Officer, and one (1) copy shall be retained by the department or agency for whose benefit the purchase is made. The State Fiscal Officer, by general rule or special order, may allow for the submission of purchase orders in a format not requiring a signature. It shall be the duty of the proper official in each department or agency to forward the copy of each purchase order to the State Fiscal Officer on the same day the said order is issued. All purchase orders covering purchases to be paid for out of funds appropriated for any fiscal year shall be executed by June 30 of the fiscal year and shall be filed with and received for recording by the State Fiscal Officer within five (5) working days thereafter, and for electronically submitted purchase orders, the State Fiscal Officer shall issue regulations as to the last filing date required for purchase orders; otherwise, the same shall not be deemed to constitute valid obligations against the state within the meaning of Section 64 of the Constitution . The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to contracts for services of investigators employed by any agency of the state government authorized by law to employ such investigators.

(2) The State Fiscal Officer may approve electronically submitted purchase orders, thereby releasing such purchase orders and recording the encumbrances. For purposes of electronically submitted purchase orders, the State Fiscal Officer may exempt agencies from furnishing a copy of the purchase order to the State Fiscal Officer as required in subsection (1) above.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-81 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-81
Status: in_force

(1) The State Auditor shall have the authority to preaudit or postaudit, conduct performance audits and reviews, investigate projects, entities and their use of any funds provided to the state or any of its agencies or subdivision, or any nonprofit organization, from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the federal RESTORE Act, the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, and fees derived from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment pursuant to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, and their successors. If sufficient resources are available, the State Auditor shall maintain an official Web site and provide public access to copies of audit reports of state and local government entities receiving funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal RESTORE Act, the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, and fees derived from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment pursuant to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, and their successors. The State Auditor shall have the authority to recover costs associated with auditing and investigating such projects and funds within the limits of federal law from any such entity that receives such funds. In addition, the State Auditor shall have the authority to contract with qualified certified public accounting firms to perform selected engagements under this section, if funds are made available for such contracts by the Legislature, the governmental entities covered by this section or by the federal government. All files, working papers, notes, correspondence and any other data compiled by the audit firms in connection with the engagements shall be available upon request, without cost, to the State Auditor for examination and abstracting during the normal business hours of any business day.

(2) A special fund, to be designated as the “Auditor's Enhanced Accountability Fund,” shall be created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Within the limits of federal law, initial funds shall be deposited from each governing entity receiving monies from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal RESTORE Act, the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, and fees derived from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment pursuant to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, based on a sliding scale to be determined by the State Auditor. Subsequent and additional funds may be deposited from any source made available to the Department of Audit for such purposes. Unexpended monies from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal RESTORE Act, the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, and fees derived from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment pursuant to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund, but shall be held to pay for postaudit and investigative costs for related expenditures and programs. Monies deposited into the fund shall be disbursed, in the discretion of the State Auditor, to pay the allowable costs of additional preaudit, postaudit, investigative, or other allowable or accountability requirements not funded through regular appropriations or special fund billing provided in this section. Monies in the special fund may be used to reimburse reasonable actual and necessary costs incurred by the State Auditor to accomplish objectives under this section. The State Auditor shall maintain a specific accounting of actual costs incurred for each project for which reimbursements are sought and shall provide a report to the Legislature within sixty (60) days from the end of each fiscal year regarding the nature and amounts of all expenditures. The Department of Audit may escalate its budget and expend such funds in accordance with rules and regulations of the Department of Finance and Administration in a manner consistent with the escalation of federal funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-5 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-5
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall be entitled to a bookkeeper, a chief clerk, a bond clerk, and a stenographer to assist him in the discharge of the duties of his office; and he may appoint a deputy who shall possess all the powers and may perform any of the duties of the treasurer. If a deputy treasurer be appointed, he shall also perform all the duties of the chief clerk and shall receive the salary of such clerk, and thereafter no chief clerk shall be employed. The bond of the said deputy shall be one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), and the premium thereon shall be paid as other premiums of state officers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-29 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-29
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall attend the supreme court, in person or by his assistant, and prosecute and defend therein all causes to which the state or any officer thereof in his official capacity is a party, and all causes to which any county may be a party unless the interest of the county be adverse to the state, to some officer thereof acting in his official capacity, or to some other county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-53 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-53
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall safely keep and preserve all moneys, securities, books, records, papers, and other things belonging to his office without waste, embezzlement, or misapplication thereof; and at the expiration of his term, he shall deliver the same to his successor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-31 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-31
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 7-7-27 and 7-7-29 , it shall not be necessary that a separate statement, invoice or requisition shall be issued for each person on payrolls for salaries and wages of state employees. Regular forms to be prescribed by the State Fiscal Officer shall be used, covering all employees but listing each name separately and giving all pertinent information such as gross salary, the various withholdings, and the net salary, together with such other information as the State Fiscal Officer may require.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-51 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-51
Status: in_force

If the state treasurer shall misapply, waste, or embezzle any money, stock, securities, or other property in the treasury, it shall be the duty of the attorney general to bring suit on the bond of such treasurer, in the circuit court of the county where the seat of government is situated, for the amount of money, stock, securities, or other property so misapplied, wasted, or embezzled. If a judgment be rendered for the plaintiff, the defendant shall pay double the damages assessed, not exceeding the penalty of the bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-3
Status: in_force

It is the intent of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” to provide that the Governor and the executive branch of the government of the State of Mississippi shall have full authority to execute the laws of Mississippi and to administer and manage the affairs of state government in accordance with the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.

Provided, however, nothing in “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” is intended to reduce in any manner the authority of the Legislature to appropriate funds or to specify the means by which such funds are to be expended.

No executive director, division director or any other employee of any agency or department of this state shall be prohibited by the Governor or any other person, whether by written or verbal correspondence or by executive order, from cooperating with the Legislature for purposes of providing information to the Legislature, or any member thereof, regarding the legislative budget process or any other legislative matter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-33 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-33
Status: in_force

All power, authority, duties and functions of the boards, commissions, departments and agencies abolished by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall, from and after July 1, 1989, vest in and be performed by the departments or agencies to which they are assigned. All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocation or other funds of the abolished departments or agencies, except those transferred elsewhere by other provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”, shall be transferred under the direction of the State Fiscal Officer to the proper department or agency on July 1, 1989. The transfer of segregated or special funds shall be made in such a manner that the relation between program and revenue source as provided by law is retained.

The newly created Department of Economic and Community Development and the newly created Department of Environmental Quality shall continue to use the stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of their predecessor agency or department until such stationery or other supplies are depleted. Such newly created departments shall not expend any funds to purchase stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of the newly created department until such time as the supplies of their predecessor agency or department are depleted as herein provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-63 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-63
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall make reports at the beginning of each regular session of the legislature, of the condition of the public service as administered in his office and under his supervision; and he shall, as a part of his reports, make any recommendation that he may deem proper for the improvement of the service. Not later than the first week of each regular session, he shall file a complete report with the legislature of all moneys received and disbursed by him during the year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-23 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-23
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is designated as sole agent to receive on State Fiscal Officer's pay warrant and disburse any and all funds received from sources other than those designated by law on State Fiscal Officer's warrant, which funds are to be expended under the direction and supervision of state officials or agencies for the benefit of the state. The State Treasurer is authorized and directed to receive on State Fiscal Officer's pay warrant any and all funds above specified and to be credited, each fund to a trust account for which the donor intends it. The special trust account shall designate for what purpose it is donated, and the State Fiscal Officer's books and Treasurer's books shall carry it as such. All funds shall be paid out on requisition signed by the proper agent or agents, properly supported by itemized vouchers, designated so to do on a warrant issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon the State Treasurer. Funds intended to be controlled by this section are those coming from the federal government, foundations and individuals to be expended for educational purposes, roads, agriculture, for making economic or social surveys, and for similar purposes. In no way shall this section interfere with or prevent the purpose of the donor. The state agent or official best fitted or qualified to direct the expenditure of a fund for a specified purpose or the official designated by the donor shall expend the funds, and is hereby given authority in the manner outlined herein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-22 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-22
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-22
Status: in_force

All funds collected by the Office of the Secretary of State, unless otherwise specifically provided for by law, shall be deposited, in accordance with Section 7-9-21, Mississippi Code of 1972 , into a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury. Monies in the special fund shall be expended, pursuant to legislative appropriation, to defray the expenses of the Office of the Secretary of State or as otherwise authorized. All unobligated monies in such special fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be paid over into the General Fund of the State Treasury.

From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.

From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-7 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-7
Status: in_force

The governor of the state of Mississippi, in his discretion, is hereby authorized and empowered to receive and accept lands, gifts, and bequests for the state of Mississippi for hospitals and other public purposes for and on behalf of any agency or institution thereof.

The various state agencies and governing boards of institutions of the state of Mississippi are hereby authorized and empowered to take the necessary action required of such boards or agencies in order to make possible the receipt and utilization of any grants, gifts, or bequests to the state for such agency or institutions thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-204 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-204
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-204
Status: in_force

(1) Within the limits of the funds available to the Office of the State Auditor for such purpose, the State Auditor may grant a paid internship to students pursuing junior or senior undergraduate-level year coursework toward a bachelor's degree in accounting or graduate-level coursework toward a master's degree in accounting. Those applicants deemed qualified shall receive funds that may be used to pay for tuition, books and related fees to pursue their degree. It is the intent of the Legislature that the paid internship program (hereinafter referred to as the program) shall be used as an incentive for accounting students to develop job-related skills and to encourage accounting careers at the Office of the State Auditor.

(2) In order to be eligible for the program, an applicant must:

(a) Attend any college or school approved and designated by the Office of the State Auditor.

(b) Satisfy the following conditions:

(i) Undergraduate stipulations: Applicants must have successfully obtained a minimum of fifty-eight (58) semester hours toward a bachelor of science degree in accounting from a Mississippi institution of higher learning.

Applicants must have achieved a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) on the previously obtained semester hours toward a bachelor of science degree in accounting of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

If accepted into the program, participants shall maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in all coursework counted toward a bachelor of science degree in accounting.

(ii) Graduate stipulations: Applicants must have met the regular admission standards and have been accepted into the master of science accounting program at a Mississippi institution of higher learning.

If accepted into the program, participants shall maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in all coursework counted toward a master of science degree in accounting.

(c) All program participants will be required to work a total of three hundred thirty-six (336) hours each summer at the Office of the State Auditor in Jackson, Mississippi.

(d) Agree to work as an auditor at the Office of the State Auditor upon graduation for a period of time equivalent to the period of time for which the applicant receives compensation, calculated to the nearest whole month, but in no event less than two (2) years.

(3)(a) Before being placed into the program, each applicant shall enter into a contract with the Office of the State Auditor, which shall be deemed a contract with the State of Mississippi, agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the internship shall be granted to him. The contract shall include such terms and provisions necessary to carry out the full purpose and intent of this section. The form of such contract shall be prepared and approved by the Attorney General of this state, and shall be signed by the State Auditor of the Office of the State Auditor and the participant.

(b) Upon entry into the program, participants will become employees of the Office of the State Auditor during their time in the program and shall be eligible for benefits such as medical insurance paid by the agency for the participant; however, in accordance with Section 25-11-105II(b), those participants shall not become members of the Public Employees' Retirement System while participating in the program. Participants shall not accrue personal or major medical leave while they are in the program.

(c) The Office of the State Auditor shall have the authority to cancel any contract made between it and any program participant upon such cause being deemed sufficient by the State Auditor.

(d) The Office of the State Auditor is vested with full and complete authority and power to sue in its own name any participant for any damages due the state on any such uncompleted contract, which suit shall be filed and handled by the Attorney General of the state. The Office of the State Auditor may contract with a collection agency or banking institution, subject to approval by the Attorney General, for collection of any damages due the state from any participant. The State of Mississippi, the Office of the State Auditor and its employees are immune from any suit brought in law or equity for actions taken by the collection agency or banking institution incidental to or arising from their performance under the contract. The Office of the State Auditor, collection agency and banking institution may negotiate for the payment of a sum that is less than full payment in order to satisfy any damages the participant owes the state, subject to approval by the director of the sponsoring facility within the Office of the State Auditor.

(4)(a) Any recipient who is accepted into the program by the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor and who fails to complete undergraduate- or graduate-level coursework toward a degree in accounting, or withdraws from school at any time before completing his or her education, shall be liable to repay the Office of the State Auditor for all monies received during the time the recipient was in the program, at the rate of pay received by the employee while in the program, including benefits paid by the agency for the participant, and monies received for tuition, books and related fees used to pursue their degree with interest accruing at ten percent (10%) per annum from the date the recipient failed or withdrew from school. The recipient also will not be liable for repayment for any money earned during the required summer hours. This money shall be considered earned by the recipient at the federal minimum wage rate.

(b) All paid internship compensation received by the recipient while in school shall be considered earned conditioned upon the fulfillment of the terms and obligations of the paid internship contract and this section. However, no recipient of the paid internship shall accrue personal or major medical leave while the recipient is pursuing junior or senior undergraduate-level year coursework toward a bachelor's degree in accounting or graduate-level coursework toward a master's degree in accounting. The recipient shall not be liable for liquidated damages.

(c) If the recipient does not work as an auditor at the Office of the State Auditor for the period required under subsection (2)(d) of this section, the recipient shall be liable for repayment on demand of the remaining portion of the compensation that the recipient was paid while in the program which has not been unconditionally earned, with interest accruing at ten percent (10%) per annum from the recipient's date of graduation or the date that the recipient last worked at the Office of the State Auditor, whichever is the later date. In addition, there shall be included in any contract for paid student internship a provision for liquidated damages equal to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) which may be reduced on a pro rata basis for each year served under such contract.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-49 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-49
Status: in_force

A commission shall issue to the examiner, vesting in him authority to do and perform the duties for which he may be appointed. He shall have authority to issue subpoenas for witnesses whom he may wish to examine, administer oaths to them, and to compel their attendance; and shall have full authority to require officers whose books and accounts are being examined, and their deputies and clerks, to render him assistance and give him information needed in the prosecution of his investigations. The examiner shall have the same power to punish a witness who fails or refuses to attend and testify before him as conferred by law on justices of the peace; and an officer, his deputy or clerk, failing to give assistance or information to the examiner when required shall be punished as for a failure or refusal to perform official duty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-43 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-43
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the State Fiscal Officer, any chancery or city clerk, or the fiscal officer of any county or separate school district, institution of higher learning, state college, university or state community college, shall not issue any warrant upon any allowance made to, or claim in favor of, any person, his agent, or assignee who shall be indebted to the state, or against whom there shall be any balance appearing in favor of the state; but such officer shall allow such debtor a credit on his account for such allowance or claim.

(2) For state tax claims, the Commissioner of Revenue is required to furnish the appropriate fiscal officer with notice that state taxes have not been paid. This notice shall serve as a stop order or order for the lesser amount provided in Section 27-7-45(2)(b) , as the case may be, upon any allowance made to, or claim in favor of, any person, his agent, or assignee who shall be indebted to the state, or any political subdivision thereof, or against whom there shall be any balance appearing in favor of the state or any political subdivision thereof. Disregard of the order notice shall create a personal liability against such fiscal officer for the full amount of state taxes due, plus interest and penalty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-7 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-7
Status: in_force

Any member of any board, commission, council or authority reconstituted under “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall be deemed to have vacated his position thereon if he changes his residence to another state or to a geographical area other than the one from which he was appointed if the statute specified that he shall be appointed from such designated geographical area. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply in the event the member was appointed from a district the boundaries of which have been altered by statute or court order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-3
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this chapter to provide that the Governor and the executive branch of the government of the state of Mississippi shall have full authority to execute the laws of Mississippi and to administer and manage the affairs of state government in accordance with the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.

Provided, however, nothing in this chapter is intended to reduce in any manner the authority of the legislature to appropriate funds or to specify the means by which such funds are to be expended.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-39 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-39
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall not draw warrants without, or in excess of, appropriations of money for the purpose, except in those cases specifically provided for by law; nor shall the State Fiscal Officer draw warrants against budgeted funds until notified by certification that the budget for the current allotment period of the fiscal year for the department, institution, or agency concerned is in compliance with the appropriation, and the amount of the approved budget has been set up in the State Fiscal Officer's records; nor shall the State Fiscal Officer draw warrants in excess of the amount so budgeted and approved, nor shall the State Fiscal Officer draw any warrant in excess of the cash balance then available in the particular fund against which the warrant is chargeable unless the warrant is to be drawn against federal programs in which federal funds are receipted based upon policies and procedures as established by the State Fiscal Officer or in other situations as deemed necessary by the State Fiscal Officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-55 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-55
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall maintain accounts to show the name of every county, school district, municipality and every other district of any kind or character receiving funds from the state, in such manner that there may be ascertained therefrom the amounts of state funds appropriated or otherwise contributed thereto. Where reports are necessary from other departments of state government in order for the State Fiscal Officer to do this, the State Fiscal Officer may require such departments to make such reports in the manner and at the times he may prescribe.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-79 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-79
Status: in_force

The state auditor shall make a detailed account of the operation of Sections 7-7-67 through 7-7-79 to the governor once each year, and to the legislature at each regular session.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-57 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-57
Status: in_force

Whenever requested by the governor or other state officer, the attorney general shall prepare proper drafts for contracts, forms, or other writings which may be wanted for the use of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-1 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-1
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall give bond to the state in the penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), with two or more sufficient sureties to be approved by the governor, conditioned according to law. When approved, said bond shall be filed and preserved in the office of the clerk of the supreme court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-217 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-217
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-217
Status: in_force

The state auditor, as ex-officio head of the state department of audit, shall maintain a continuing record of exceptions taken as a result of any and all audits made by the state department of audit, which shall show the name of the state department, agency, or subdivision audited, the date or approximate date when each exception was taken, a brief description of such exception, the immediate steps taken to effect correction or restitution, any subsequent actions taken or recommended to be taken, and the final disposition of such exceptions when such disposition occurs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-41 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-41
Status: in_force

The governor shall superintend the offices of the treasurer and auditor of public accounts, and may at any time make a personal inspection of all the books, vouchers, and other official papers in said offices. If he shall at any time discover or have reason to suspect that either of said officers has been guilty of any embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, or fraud in his office, he shall forthwith suspend said officer from office and shall cause legal proceedings to be instituted against him. He shall make a temporary appointment to fill such office until the officer so suspended shall be acquitted of the charge against him, and the officer so suspended shall not receive any salary during the period of his suspension, unless he shall be acquitted.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-17 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-17
Status: in_force

When any payment shall be made into the Treasury in pursuance of any receipt-warrant issued by the State Fiscal Officer, the State Treasurer shall give the person making the payment duplicate receipts, specifying the warrant on which the payment is made, one (1) copy of which shall be filed with the State Fiscal Officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-357 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-357
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-357
Status: in_force

The division of job development and training, office of the governor, is hereby authorized to cooperate with or enter into agreements with any agency, official, educational institution or political subdivision of this state, any agency or official of the government of the United States of America, or any private person, firm, partnership or corporation in order to carry out the provisions of Sections 7-1-351 through 7-1-371 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-6 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-6
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall appoint a competent attorney to be designated as an assistant secretary of state, who shall have the responsibilities of performing the function of the former state land office in addition to any other duties as assigned by the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State is empowered and authorized to employ such office assistants, clerical employees and field inspectors on either a temporary or permanent basis as shall be necessary to perform the former duties and functions of the state land office. The Assistant Secretary of State hereby created shall be in addition to any other assistant secretaries of state previously designated or heretofore authorized. The State Land Commissioner elected pursuant to Section 7-11-1 shall deliver the seal, all records, reports and other property of the state land office to the Secretary of State prior to the expiration of his term of office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-1 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-1
Status: in_force

Chapter 544, Laws of 1989, shall be cited as the “Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-66 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-66
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-66
Status: in_force

The Attorney General is hereby authorized, in his discretion, and on a case by case basis, to prepay all such court costs and filing fees, as are otherwise required of private litigants, when commencing and prosecuting civil actions for the collection and recovery of delinquent sums owed to the Mississippi Guarantee Student Loan Program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-2 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-2
Status: in_force

The office of State Land Commissioner as heretofore existing is hereby abolished, and all the duties, responsibilities and title of said office are transferred to the office of Secretary of State, who shall perform the duties heretofore performed by the elected State Land Commissioner for the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-45 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-45
Status: in_force

Each and every constable being compensated in whole or in part on a fee basis shall file not later than April 15 of each year, with the Secretary of State, a true and accurate annual report on a form to be designed and supplied to each by the State Auditor of Public Accounts immediately after January 1 of each year, said form to include at least information showing gross receipts from all sources accruing as compensation to his office and disbursements occurring as necessary expenses involved solely in complying with laws governing the office. Said report shall be in triplicate, and each copy shall be sworn to and signed, and shall also be spread upon the minutes of the board of supervisors of the respective counties from which the report is made. Each such constable, upon resigning or leaving office otherwise before the expiration of term of office, shall submit a supplemental report as above, covering the final period of his term not included in a previous report.

Any person who shall knowingly and willfully fail to file the report as required by this section, or who shall, although filing such report, knowingly and willfully fail to disclose information required by this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-33 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-33
Status: in_force

All power, authority, duties and functions of the boards, commissions, departments and agencies abolished by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall, from and after July 1, 1989, vest in and be performed by the departments or agencies to which they are assigned. All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocation or other funds of the abolished departments or agencies, except those transferred elsewhere by other provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”, shall be transferred under the direction of the State Fiscal Officer to the proper department or agency on July 1, 1989. The transfer of segregated or special funds shall be made in such a manner that the relation between program and revenue source as provided by law is retained.

The newly created Department of Economic and Community Development and the newly created Department of Environmental Quality shall continue to use the stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of their predecessor agency or department until such stationery or other supplies are depleted. Such newly created departments shall not expend any funds to purchase stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of the newly created department until such time as the supplies of their predecessor agency or department are depleted as herein provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-35
Status: in_force

Within ten (10) days after the appropriation (out of which said warrant shall have been drawn) expires under Section 64 of the State Constitution , the State Treasurer shall withdraw the unexpended balance or balances in such bank or banks and shall turn said money back into the general funds of the State Treasury. He shall give such bank or banks credit for such returned balance or balances. The State Fiscal Officer shall, upon such payment back into the general fund, credit the State Treasurer on its account for such warrant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-37 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-37
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall, at the request of the governor or other state officer, in person or by his assistant, prosecute suit on any official bond, or any contract in which the state is interested, upon a breach thereof, and prosecute or defend for the state all actions, civil or criminal, relating to any matter connected with either of the state offices. He may require the service or assistance of any district attorney in and about such matters or suits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-215 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-215
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the completion of each audit, the department shall prepare a report which shall set forth the facts of such audit in the most comprehensive form, and the original copy of such report shall be filed in the office to which it pertains, as a permanent record; one (1) copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the department, subject to public inspection, and one (1) copy shall be preserved for use by the Governor and/or the Legislature. Other provisions notwithstanding, all work papers associated with an audit shall be confidential, but available to subsequent auditors engaged in performing the entities' subsequent audit. The director shall require such financial reports from every public office and taxing body as he may deem necessary and for such period as he may designate, and at the end of each fiscal year the State Auditor and director shall prepare and publish a report of comparative financial statistics covering all public offices of the state over which the department has accounting and auditing supervision. The Governor may direct the State Auditor and/or the director of the department to make any special report on any subject under their jurisdiction and make any special audit or investigation he may desire, such directives to be issued in writing.

(2) All audits conducted by the department shall be in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, as promulgated by nationally recognized professional organizations. Audit and investigative reports, work papers and other evidence and related supportive material shall be retained and filed according to an agreement between the State Auditor and the Department of Archives and History. In conducting audits pursuant to this article, the department shall have access to all records, documents, books, papers and other evidence relating to the financial transactions of any governmental entity subject to audit by the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-37 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-37
Status: in_force

Upon the decision by a department executive director to eliminate a personnel position, the executive director shall notify the State Personnel Board and the affected employee of the intention to eliminate the position. No employee shall be required to vacate an eliminated position prior to sixty (60) days from the date notice is sent to that employee.

Executive directors hiring personnel to fill existing vacant positions shall first interview persons placed on the reduction in force list maintained by the State Personnel Board to fill positions for which they are qualified. If the executive director does not hire a person on the reduction in force list for a position for which he interviewed and is qualified, the executive director shall provide justification upon request by the interviewed person or the State Personnel Board.

If an employee whose position is terminated by virtue of the executive branch reorganization brought about by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” is rehired by the State of Mississippi within three (3) years from the date of his termination, the employee shall have the same benefit date for leave accumulation purposes as he had when his position was terminated. Any accumulated leave benefits not given to the employee at the time his position was eliminated shall be restored to him upon his rehiring.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-47 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-47
Status: in_force

The governor shall have power to direct and control the examiner and, when he deems it necessary, may require him to examine the accounts of any state or county officer charged with the duty of collecting or disbursing any part of the public revenue. He shall fix compensation at not exceeding seven dollars a day while actually employed, the examiner to pay his own expenses; and the governor shall prescribe the time for which he shall be employed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-47 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-47
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall prescribe all regulations and shall prescribe uniform forms that he deems necessary for the performance of the duties required by Sections 7-7-1 through 7-7-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-45 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-45
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to all power and authority vested in the attorney general of the state of Mississippi by its constitution and statutes and all common law power and authority which may be vested in or exercised by such attorney general as such, the attorney general of the state of Mississippi and his assistants and representatives are hereby authorized upon request made of him to, in his discretion, render such services as the attorney general may deem necessary to assist in advising and in representing, either or both, any officer or employee of any school district, any agricultural high school and junior college, or any institution of higher learning, the respective boards of trustees thereof, the members of said boards of trustees, any school district, junior college district, institution of higher learning, and any state officer, should they or any of them be sued, prosecuted, or proceeded against in any manner in any action in any state or federal court which, or the ultimate purpose of which, challenges or seeks to invalidate any statute or provision of the constitution of the state of Mississippi dealing with the establishment, maintenance, operation, control, financing, or determining what persons or pupils shall attend or be enrolled in any or all of said schools or colleges or institutions of higher learning, as violative of the constitution and laws of the United States of America or the state of Mississippi, or should such officers, employees, and members of such boards of trustees be investigated or called as a witness by the federal civil rights commission, cited to show cause, or charged with contempt, civil or criminal, by any officer, agent, department, or court of the United States government.

The foregoing authority vested in the attorney general as above set out shall not apply to or with respect to any suit, action, hearing, or controversy which may arise between two (2) or more of the aforesaid officers or employees, boards or members thereof, school districts, colleges or institutions of higher learning, or between them or any of them and an agency or officer of the state of Mississippi which, under existing laws of the state of Mississippi, the attorney general is otherwise authorized or required to represent.

(2) Any request made of the attorney general for the assistance above referred to shall be made in writing and, if by an individual, shall be signed by him or her. If by a board as such, there shall be entered upon the minutes of such board an order making such request, and the request from or on behalf of said board to the attorney general for said assistance shall be accompanied by a certified copy of said order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-53 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-53
Status: in_force

The appointment of the examiner is revocable at the discretion of the governor, and the governor may at pleasure appoint a successor. If the exigencies of the public service require it, the governor may appoint two or more examiners.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-307 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-307
Status: in_force

(1) If any workers' compensation provider, health insurance provider, employee of the Workers' Compensation Commission or other person or entity has a belief or has any information that a false or misleading statement or representation or fraud or fraudulent denial has been made in connection with or relating to a workers' compensation claim or in connection with or relating to any insurance claim in relation to an insurance plan as defined in Section 7-5-303 , such person or entity may report such belief to the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau, furnish any information which may be pertinent and cooperate in an investigation conducted by the bureau. Investigators for the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau are authorized law enforcement officers and they are authorized to investigate and exercise such powers as are granted to other authorized law enforcement officers; however, the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau and its investigators and personnel shall not have any authority to impede, interfere with or control the operations and functions of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission.

(2) Prosecutions for violations under Sections 7-5-301 through 7-5-311 or for violations of any other criminal law arising from cases of insurance fraud, may be instituted by the Attorney General, his designee or the district attorney of the district in which the violation occurred, and shall be conducted in the name of the State of Mississippi. In the prosecution of any criminal proceeding in accordance with this subsection by the Attorney General, or his designee, and in any proceeding before a grand jury in connection therewith, the Attorney General, or his designee, shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties which the district attorney would otherwise be authorized or required to exercise or perform. The Attorney General, or his designee, shall have the authority to issue and serve subpoenas in the investigation of any matter which may violate Sections 7-5-301 through 7-5-311 or any matter relating to insurance fraud which may violate any criminal law.

(3) The Attorney General, or his designee, shall notify the Workers' Compensation Commission when the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau opens or closes or otherwise disposes of an investigative file relating to workers' compensation fraud. Such notification shall be confidential and shall not be subject to release to any third party except as otherwise provided by law. After such notification, it is solely within the discretion of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission whether to modify or alter the proceedings in any such workers' compensation claims from the normal course of proceedings.

(4) On or before January 1 of each year, the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau shall file a report with the Senate and House of Representatives Insurance Committees detailing its work during the preceding calendar year and shall include the following:

(a) The number and types of cases or complaints reported to the bureau;

(b) The number and types of cases assigned for investigation;

(c) The number of criminal warrants issued and the types of cases;

(d) The number and types of cases referred to a district attorney for prosecution;

(e) The number and types of cases retained by the Attorney General for prosecution;

(f) The number and types of cases closed without prosecution;

(g) The number and types of cases closed by the district attorney without prosecution;

(h) The number and types of cases pending; and

(i) The amount of actual expenses of the bureau during the preceding year classified by the types of cases.

(5) The jurisdiction of the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau shall not infringe upon any matters under the jurisdiction of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit created in Section 43-13-201 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-207 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-207
Status: in_force

The director of the department shall receive compensation as set by the state auditor which shall not exceed the salary of the state auditor as fixed by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-21 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-21
Status: in_force

All state officials shall make a detailed report to the State Fiscal Officer and pay into the State Treasury all public funds, as defined in Section 7-7-1 , which are required to be paid into the Treasury. Such funds shall be deposited in the State Treasury by the end of the next business day following the day that such funds are collected, except as provided elsewhere in this section. The State Fiscal Officer and the State Treasurer are authorized to establish clearing accounts in the State Treasury as may be necessary to facilitate the transfer of monies to municipalities, counties and other special fund accounts, as provided by law. The detailed report hereinabove required shall be fully satisfied when any revenue-collecting agency on its applications for received warrants has stated the amount of money which it has collected from any source whatsoever without having to supply the names of the taxpayers who had remitted such money. At the request of any state agency, the State Fiscal Officer, with the advice and consent of the State Treasurer, may by regulation provide for other than daily deposits of accounts by that state agency. The State Fiscal Officer, with the advice and consent of the State Treasurer, shall determine the frequency and method of deposit for the agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-218 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-218
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-218
Status: in_force

(1) If any officer or employee of the state or subdivision shall refuse or fail to make any report to the department, the State Auditor shall proceed to make the report or cause the report to be made. The expense for such report shall be personally borne by said officer or employee, and he or she shall be responsible for the payment of the expense incurred.

(2) If any officer or employee of a state agency or political subdivision refuses or fails to correct any audit finding of substantial noncompliance that has existed for three (3) consecutive years, the State Auditor shall proceed to cause the finding to be made in compliance and publish the findings and action. The expense for such correction and publication of a finding of substantial noncompliance shall be borne by the state agency or political subdivision involved.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-1 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-1
Status: in_force

Chapter 544, Laws of 1989, shall be cited as the “Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-45 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-45
Status: in_force

Each and every constable being compensated in whole or in part on a fee basis shall file not later than April 15 of each year, with the Secretary of State, a true and accurate annual report on a form to be designed and supplied to each by the State Auditor of Public Accounts immediately after January 1 of each year, said form to include at least information showing gross receipts from all sources accruing as compensation to his office and disbursements occurring as necessary expenses involved solely in complying with laws governing the office. Said report shall be in triplicate, and each copy shall be sworn to and signed, and shall also be spread upon the minutes of the board of supervisors of the respective counties from which the report is made. Each such constable, upon resigning or leaving office otherwise before the expiration of term of office, shall submit a supplemental report as above, covering the final period of his term not included in a previous report.

Any person who shall knowingly and willfully fail to file the report as required by this section, or who shall, although filing such report, knowingly and willfully fail to disclose information required by this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-45 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-45
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to all power and authority vested in the attorney general of the state of Mississippi by its constitution and statutes and all common law power and authority which may be vested in or exercised by such attorney general as such, the attorney general of the state of Mississippi and his assistants and representatives are hereby authorized upon request made of him to, in his discretion, render such services as the attorney general may deem necessary to assist in advising and in representing, either or both, any officer or employee of any school district, any agricultural high school and junior college, or any institution of higher learning, the respective boards of trustees thereof, the members of said boards of trustees, any school district, junior college district, institution of higher learning, and any state officer, should they or any of them be sued, prosecuted, or proceeded against in any manner in any action in any state or federal court which, or the ultimate purpose of which, challenges or seeks to invalidate any statute or provision of the constitution of the state of Mississippi dealing with the establishment, maintenance, operation, control, financing, or determining what persons or pupils shall attend or be enrolled in any or all of said schools or colleges or institutions of higher learning, as violative of the constitution and laws of the United States of America or the state of Mississippi, or should such officers, employees, and members of such boards of trustees be investigated or called as a witness by the federal civil rights commission, cited to show cause, or charged with contempt, civil or criminal, by any officer, agent, department, or court of the United States government.

The foregoing authority vested in the attorney general as above set out shall not apply to or with respect to any suit, action, hearing, or controversy which may arise between two (2) or more of the aforesaid officers or employees, boards or members thereof, school districts, colleges or institutions of higher learning, or between them or any of them and an agency or officer of the state of Mississippi which, under existing laws of the state of Mississippi, the attorney general is otherwise authorized or required to represent.

(2) Any request made of the attorney general for the assistance above referred to shall be made in writing and, if by an individual, shall be signed by him or her. If by a board as such, there shall be entered upon the minutes of such board an order making such request, and the request from or on behalf of said board to the attorney general for said assistance shall be accompanied by a certified copy of said order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-9
Status: in_force

Any member of any board, commission, council or authority reconstituted under this chapter shall be deemed to have vacated his position thereon if he changes his domicile to another state or to a geographical area other than the one from which he was appointed if the statute specified that he shall be appointed from such designated geographical area. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply in the event the member was appointed from a district the boundaries of which have been altered by statute or court order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-49 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-49
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall furnish to the governor, from time to time when required, a full and complete statement, in tabular form, of the situation of the public finances and full information touching the condition and proceedings of his office. The books of the treasurer shall, at all seasonable times, be open to the inspection of the governor and of the auditor, and the governor shall at all times be permitted to examine and count the money on hand.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-101 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-101
Status: in_force

The governor's office of general services shall provide a governor-elect with office space and office equipment for the period between the election and inauguration.

A special appropriation to the governor's office of general services is hereby authorized to defray the expenses of providing necessary staff employees and for the operation of the office of a governor-elect during the period between the election and inauguration.

The state fiscal management board shall make available to a governor-elect and his designated representatives information on the following: (a) all information and reports used in the preparation of the budget report; and (b) all information and reports on projected income and revenue estimates for the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-53 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-53
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall safely keep and preserve all moneys, securities, books, records, papers, and other things belonging to his office without waste, embezzlement, or misapplication thereof; and at the expiration of his term, he shall deliver the same to his successor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-35
Status: in_force

Within ten (10) days after the appropriation (out of which said warrant shall have been drawn) expires under Section 64 of the State Constitution , the State Treasurer shall withdraw the unexpended balance or balances in such bank or banks and shall turn said money back into the general funds of the State Treasury. He shall give such bank or banks credit for such returned balance or balances. The State Fiscal Officer shall, upon such payment back into the general fund, credit the State Treasurer on its account for such warrant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-17 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-17
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall be assigned an office at the capitol and shall keep the same open Monday through Friday for not less than eight hours each day. He and his assistants shall be there for business during said hours with the exception of such time when the attorney general or his assistants may be required to conduct the state's business at other locations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-55 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-55
Status: in_force

The attorney general, or any district attorney or county attorney at his request, may bring and prosecute any action in the name of the state to recover the amount of any past due income, inheritance, and privilege taxes and penalties thereon, but any such action shall be brought in the county or district where the taxpayer resides. In case of a nonresident or foreign corporation, the action may be brought in any county where said nonresident or foreign corporation may now be sued in other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-32 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-32
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-32
Status: in_force

The state treasurer is hereby authorized to destroy all state warrants on which payment has been made according to approved records control schedules. No such records, however, may be destroyed without the approval of the director of the department of archives and history.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-151 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-151
Status: in_force

A special appropriation to the state fiscal management board is hereby authorized to defray the expenses of providing necessary secretarial assistance and office supplies for a former governor for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed six (6) months from the expiration of said governor's term of office, to enable such ex-governor to wind up his public obligations and responsibilities and to answer his correspondence and close his official files.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-17 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-17
Status: in_force

When any payment shall be made into the Treasury in pursuance of any receipt-warrant issued by the State Fiscal Officer, the State Treasurer shall give the person making the payment duplicate receipts, specifying the warrant on which the payment is made, one (1) copy of which shall be filed with the State Fiscal Officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-9
Status: in_force

The Mississippi General Accounting Office shall maintain a complete system of general accounting to comprehend the financial transactions of every state department, division, officer, board, commission, institution or other agency owned or controlled by the state, except those agencies specifically exempted in Section 7-7-1 , whether at the seat of government or not and whether the funds upon which they operate are channeled through the State Treasury or not, either through regular procedures having to do with the issuance of the State Fiscal Officer receipt warrants and disbursement warrants or through controls maintained through reports filed periodically as required by the State Fiscal Officer in accordance with the reporting provisions contained in said Section 7-7-1 .

All transactions in public funds, as defined in Section 7-7-1 , shall either be handled directly through the State Fiscal Officer and the State Treasury, or shall be reported to the State Fiscal Officer at the times and in the form prescribed by the State Fiscal Officer and the Legislative Budget Office, so that a complete and comprehensive system of accounts of the fiscal activities of all state governmental agencies shall be made available at all times in the General Accounting Office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-23 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-23
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall, at the time of distributing the laws and journals, also transmit to the sheriff of each county, for the county library, one copy of the acts of congress, if there be so many remaining, and such other books, papers, maps, and documents as may be required by the legislature or governor to be distributed to the several counties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-9
Status: in_force

The Governor shall have the authority to appoint departmental advisory boards where otherwise required by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-33 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-33
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall charge the State Treasurer with the amount of each warrant so issued as herein required. The State Treasurer shall prepare duplicate lists of bonds and coupons paid, cancelled and delivered to the Treasurer's office and submit the lists to the State Fiscal Officer, who shall sign a receipt on the lists, with seal affixed, for the bonds and interest coupons so cancelled as paid, shall present one (1) of these receipted lists to the State Treasurer (which shall be filed as his voucher for credit), and shall file the other receipted list in the State Fiscal Officer's office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-27 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-27
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided otherwise in subsection (2) of this section, all claims against the state as the result of purchases, services, salaries, travel expense, or other encumbrances made or liabilities incurred by any officer, department, division, board, commission, institution or other agency of the state authorized to incur such obligations, whether as the result of the issuance of purchase orders, as hereinabove provided, or not, shall be filed with, certified and approved by the agency incurring such obligation pursuant to rules and regulations established by the Department of Finance and Administration. These rules and regulations shall set forth certain circumstances where certification by the approving officers that the goods and services have been received or performed may be waived by the Department of Finance and Administration. Such waivers may pertain to, but should not be limited to, service contracts of limited time periods for lease of office space and equipment, computer software and subgrantee disbursements under federal grant programs.

(2) The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and the local board of trustees of a community or junior college shall adopt rules and regulations for institutions under their governance for the waiver of certification that goods or services have been received or performed. These rules and regulations shall be consistent with those established by the Department of Finance and Administration under subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-41 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-41
Status: in_force

In all suits against the state of Mississippi, any board, bureau, commission, or department thereof required to be defended by the attorney general, a completed copy of the bill of complaint, declaration, or other original pleading shall be mailed by the plaintiff or complainant to the attorney general, postage prepaid, properly addressed to him; and such original pleading shall bear a proper certificate to such effect when it is filed. No decree pro-confesso or default judgment shall be taken against such defendant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-33 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-33
Status: in_force

All power, authority, duties and functions of the boards, commissions, departments and agencies abolished by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall, from and after July 1, 1989, vest in and be performed by the departments or agencies to which they are assigned. All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocation or other funds of the abolished departments or agencies, except those transferred elsewhere by other provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”, shall be transferred under the direction of the State Fiscal Officer to the proper department or agency on July 1, 1989. The transfer of segregated or special funds shall be made in such a manner that the relation between program and revenue source as provided by law is retained.

The newly created Department of Economic and Community Development and the newly created Department of Environmental Quality shall continue to use the stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of their predecessor agency or department until such stationery or other supplies are depleted. Such newly created departments shall not expend any funds to purchase stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of the newly created department until such time as the supplies of their predecessor agency or department are depleted as herein provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-42 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-42
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-42
Status: in_force

Any State of Mississippi warrant issued by the State Fiscal Officer against any fund in the State Treasury which has not been presented to the State Treasurer for payment within one (1) year after the last day of the month in which it was originally issued, shall be null and void, the obligation thereafter shall be unenforceable and the State Fiscal Officer shall not issue an additional warrant.

The State Fiscal Officer is authorized and directed to cancel all outstanding warrants over one (1) year old at the end of each month and shall notify the State Treasurer who shall remove such warrants from his list of outstanding warrants.

The State Fiscal Officer shall transfer the funds reflected by the cancellation of the warrant to the Abandoned Property Fund authorized by Section 89-12-37 of the Unclaimed Property Division of the State Treasury where the funds shall remain for five (5) years. After five (5) years, if the funds are unclaimed, the State Treasurer shall transfer the funds back to the original source of funds.

This section is applicable to warrants issued on and after January 1, 2000.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-47 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-47
Status: in_force

The attorney general or his assistant, when required by the governor, shall institute suits for the benefit of the state on the bond of any state officer in any case in which said officer has been guilty of any neglect or violation of his official duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-505 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-505
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-505
Status: in_force

The commissioners and associate members shall serve until such time as they are removed or their successors are appointed by the aforesaid appointing authorities. In the event that a commissioner or associate member is unable to attend an annual meeting of the conference, the appointing authority shall designate a substitute person to attend the meeting.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-37 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-37
Status: in_force

The governor may convene the senate in the vacation of the legislature for concurrence in appointments by giving ten days' notice thereof by proclamation by mail to each of the senators.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-219 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-219
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-219
Status: in_force

A report of exceptions taken by the auditor shall be made by the state auditor to the general legislative investigating committee, or any standing committee of the legislature that may request such reports, and any legislator who may request such reports. Said reports shall be furnished within thirty (30) days after the close of each fiscal year, said report to list all exceptions taken within that fiscal year and exceptions previously taken in which no final disposition has been made. The said report shall summarize each exception listed and provide information appearing on the record referred to in section 7-7-217 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-49 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-49
Status: in_force

The purpose and intent of Sections 7-7-1 through 7-7-65 is hereby declared to be the establishment and maintenance of a modernized and efficient General Accounting Office for the State of Mississippi so that there may be available at all times therein all pertinent information of a fiscal nature concerning the operation of the state government. While the State Fiscal Officer is hereby charged with the primary responsibility of establishing and maintaining such office and making available the information contemplated herein, he is to work in conjunction with other state agencies, not injuring the normal functions thereof, in arriving at the desired end. Full cooperation and cohesive effort is hereby declared to be essential by and between the State Fiscal Officer, the State Treasurer, the Legislative Budget Office, the State Department of Audit, the State Tax Commission, and all other state departments, institutions and agencies, in order that the full purpose and intent of the cited sections may be effected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-11 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-11
Status: in_force

For budgetary purposes and organizational hierarchy purposes a common organizational nomenclature shall be used in the structure of state government.

Organizations for such purposes shall be:

(a) Agency -- the principal administrative organization of state government as defined in Section 25-9-107(d) , headed by an executive director or such other official as prescribed by statute;

(b) Office -- the principal organization of an agency; whenever the term “division” or any other term appears to denote the principal organization of a department, it shall mean “office” for purposes of this section;

(c) Bureau -- the principal organization of an office;

(d) Division -- the principal organization of a bureau;

(e) Branch -- the principal organization of a division;

(f) Section -- the principal organization of a branch;

(g) Unit -- the principal organization of a section;

(h) Advisory board -- a body appointed to function on a continuing basis to study and recommend solutions and policy alternatives to problems arising in a specific agency or program of state government.

The nomenclature outlined in this section shall be only for budgetary purposes and organizational hierarchy purposes and shall not define job classifications or salary ranges. The State Personnel Board shall ensure that all agencies within state government as defined in Section 25-9-107(d) conform with the common organization nomenclature provided in this section, except where otherwise provided by law or determined to be necessary by the State Personnel Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-79 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-79
Status: in_force

The state auditor shall make a detailed account of the operation of Sections 7-7-67 through 7-7-79 to the governor once each year, and to the legislature at each regular session.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-251 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-251
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-251
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration shall be the Office of the Governor, Division of Federal-State Programs and shall retain all powers and duties granted by law to the Office of the Governor, Division of Federal-State Programs, except for specific duties transferred to other departments under “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”. Wherever the term “Office of the Governor, Federal-State Programs” appears in any law the same shall mean the Department of Finance and Administration. The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration may assign to the appropriate division such powers and duties as deemed appropriate to carry out the lawful functions of this department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-307 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-307
Status: in_force

(1) If any workers' compensation provider, health insurance provider, employee of the Workers' Compensation Commission or other person or entity has a belief or has any information that a false or misleading statement or representation or fraud or fraudulent denial has been made in connection with or relating to a workers' compensation claim or in connection with or relating to any insurance claim in relation to an insurance plan as defined in Section 7-5-303 , such person or entity may report such belief to the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau, furnish any information which may be pertinent and cooperate in an investigation conducted by the bureau. Investigators for the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau are authorized law enforcement officers and they are authorized to investigate and exercise such powers as are granted to other authorized law enforcement officers; however, the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau and its investigators and personnel shall not have any authority to impede, interfere with or control the operations and functions of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission.

(2) Prosecutions for violations under Sections 7-5-301 through 7-5-311 or for violations of any other criminal law arising from cases of insurance fraud, may be instituted by the Attorney General, his designee or the district attorney of the district in which the violation occurred, and shall be conducted in the name of the State of Mississippi. In the prosecution of any criminal proceeding in accordance with this subsection by the Attorney General, or his designee, and in any proceeding before a grand jury in connection therewith, the Attorney General, or his designee, shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties which the district attorney would otherwise be authorized or required to exercise or perform. The Attorney General, or his designee, shall have the authority to issue and serve subpoenas in the investigation of any matter which may violate Sections 7-5-301 through 7-5-311 or any matter relating to insurance fraud which may violate any criminal law.

(3) The Attorney General, or his designee, shall notify the Workers' Compensation Commission when the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau opens or closes or otherwise disposes of an investigative file relating to workers' compensation fraud. Such notification shall be confidential and shall not be subject to release to any third party except as otherwise provided by law. After such notification, it is solely within the discretion of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission whether to modify or alter the proceedings in any such workers' compensation claims from the normal course of proceedings.

(4) On or before January 1 of each year, the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau shall file a report with the Senate and House of Representatives Insurance Committees detailing its work during the preceding calendar year and shall include the following:

(a) The number and types of cases or complaints reported to the bureau;

(b) The number and types of cases assigned for investigation;

(c) The number of criminal warrants issued and the types of cases;

(d) The number and types of cases referred to a district attorney for prosecution;

(e) The number and types of cases retained by the Attorney General for prosecution;

(f) The number and types of cases closed without prosecution;

(g) The number and types of cases closed by the district attorney without prosecution;

(h) The number and types of cases pending; and

(i) The amount of actual expenses of the bureau during the preceding year classified by the types of cases.

(5) The jurisdiction of the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau shall not infringe upon any matters under the jurisdiction of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit created in Section 43-13-201 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-39 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-39
Status: in_force

In the event the funds coming into the state treasury are insufficient to pay all claims and debts of the state as they mature or become due, the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to impound or set aside sufficient funds to pay the bonds, short term notes, certificates of indebtedness, and interest coupons as they severally mature and become due.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-11 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-11
Status: in_force

For budgetary purposes and organizational hierarchy purposes a common organizational nomenclature shall be used in the structure of state government.

Organizations for such purposes shall be:

(a) Agency -- the principal administrative organization of state government as defined in Section 25-9-107(d) , headed by an executive director or such other official as prescribed by statute;

(b) Office -- the principal organization of an agency; whenever the term “division” or any other term appears to denote the principal organization of a department, it shall mean “office” for purposes of this section;

(c) Bureau -- the principal organization of an office;

(d) Division -- the principal organization of a bureau;

(e) Branch -- the principal organization of a division;

(f) Section -- the principal organization of a branch;

(g) Unit -- the principal organization of a section;

(h) Advisory board -- a body appointed to function on a continuing basis to study and recommend solutions and policy alternatives to problems arising in a specific agency or program of state government.

The nomenclature outlined in this section shall be only for budgetary purposes and organizational hierarchy purposes and shall not define job classifications or salary ranges. The State Personnel Board shall ensure that all agencies within state government as defined in Section 25-9-107(d) conform with the common organization nomenclature provided in this section, except where otherwise provided by law or determined to be necessary by the State Personnel Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-31 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-31
Status: in_force

Should the attorney general fail to attend, in person or by his assistant, any term of the supreme court, the court shall appoint some attorney to act for the state in place of the attorney general. The person so appointed shall receive such compensation as the court may allow, not exceeding one fourth of the annual salary of the attorney general, payable out of his salary; and, on production of the order of the court making said allowance, the auditor shall issue his warrant on the treasurer for the amount and shall charge the same to the account of the attorney general.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-65 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-65
Status: in_force

The governor is authorized, in case of casualty or casualties caused by wind, fire, or water leaving people distressed and in destitute circumstances, to borrow money in sums not exceeding Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) in any one case, and to expend the same for the relief of such suffering and on such terms and conditions as he may see fit and proper. There may not be borrowed in any one year more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-53 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-53
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to distribute said printed advertising matter among the several state officers and institutions as may be deemed proper and necessary for thorough dissemination of the information contained therein to the general public within and without the state. Ample supplies of such advertising matter shall be furnished to all civic bodies, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, and other similar organizations in municipalities throughout this state, and other states, when requested or when it is deemed advisable to accomplish the purpose stated in Section 7-3-49 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-33 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-33
Status: in_force

After judgment in any cause represented by him, the attorney general shall direct the issuing of such process as may be necessary to carry the same into execution. He shall account for and pay over to the proper officer all moneys which may come into his possession belonging to the state or any subdivision thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-35
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Each officer, department or agency subject to the provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall assist with the fullest degree of reasonable cooperation with any other officer, department or agency in carrying out the intent and purpose of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”.

(b) Each officer, department or agency subject to the provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations not in conflict with “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” necessary to accomplish an orderly transition pursuant to “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the number of persons employed by the various departments and agencies as a result of the consolidation required by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall be reduced, but it is the intent of the Legislature that wherever possible, such reduction shall result from attrition of employees, assistance in relocating to other positions in state government for which they are qualified, and by assistance in locating employment in the private sector.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-105 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-105
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is authorized and empowered to adopt necessary rules and regulations consistent with this legislation to facilitate the management of said education trust funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-17 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-17
Status: in_force

The land records in the Secretary of State's office shall be carefully preserved and valuable records shall be bound and rebound when necessary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-69 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-69
Status: in_force

It shall be the further duty of the state auditor and he shall have the authority to examine the records, minutes, and allowances of the various boards of supervisors, drainage boards, and all other boards empowered to make allowances of public money under the laws of the state. He shall give notice to such boards of any errors in accounting, of funds credited to any erroneous account, and of funds in public treasuries to an erroneous account; and unless such board shall within thirty (30) days correct such errors or omissions, the members thereof shall be guilty of misfeasance of office and punished accordingly. Should the state auditor discover that any of the boards mentioned in the preceding parts of this section have appropriated any money to the purpose not authorized by law, he shall have authority to bring suit for the amount of such illegal allowance or allowances against the members of such board voting for such illegal allowance on their official bond and against the party receiving such allowance. In the event of recovery, he shall be entitled to recover the amount due, which shall be paid into the fund to which it is due; and he may assess a penalty thereon not to exceed twenty percent (20%), which shall be paid into the general fund in the state treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-202 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-202
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-202
Status: in_force

The State Auditor shall keep the office of the department at the seat of the government and shall keep it open Monday through Friday of each week for at least eight (8) hours each day. The State Auditor may establish satellite offices at other locations in the state. The State Auditor is authorized to prepare and use an official seal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-2 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-2
Status: in_force

The office of State Land Commissioner as heretofore existing is hereby abolished, and all the duties, responsibilities and title of said office are transferred to the office of Secretary of State, who shall perform the duties heretofore performed by the elected State Land Commissioner for the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-43 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-43
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the State Fiscal Officer, any chancery or city clerk, or the fiscal officer of any county or separate school district, institution of higher learning, state college, university or state community college, shall not issue any warrant upon any allowance made to, or claim in favor of, any person, his agent, or assignee who shall be indebted to the state, or against whom there shall be any balance appearing in favor of the state; but such officer shall allow such debtor a credit on his account for such allowance or claim.

(2) For state tax claims, the Commissioner of Revenue is required to furnish the appropriate fiscal officer with notice that state taxes have not been paid. This notice shall serve as a stop order or order for the lesser amount provided in Section 27-7-45(2)(b) , as the case may be, upon any allowance made to, or claim in favor of, any person, his agent, or assignee who shall be indebted to the state, or any political subdivision thereof, or against whom there shall be any balance appearing in favor of the state or any political subdivision thereof. Disregard of the order notice shall create a personal liability against such fiscal officer for the full amount of state taxes due, plus interest and penalty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-61 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-61
Status: in_force

The seal used by the State Fiscal Officer shall be the seal prescribed by Section 126 of the Mississippi Constitution . The seal is to be impressed, or printed, upon the face of every disbursement warrant issued by the State Fiscal Officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-25 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-25
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall make a report to the legislature at each regular session of all the business transactions in the Secretary of State's office pertaining to public lands for the preceding fiscal year. He shall state therein the monthly sale of land, of what class and where situated, amount of purchase-money received for each, the totals of his monthly reports to the auditor of fees collected; and he shall make such recommendations as may seem proper.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-17 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-17
Status: in_force

The secretary of state, under direction of the governor, shall transmit to the executive or other proper officer of each state and territory of the United States, and to any foreign government or country that will exchange its judicial reports therefor, copies of each volume of the “Mississippi Reports,” not exceeding five.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-4 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-4
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-4
Status: in_force

The words “state land commissioner,” “land commissioner,” “state land office” and “land office” shall mean the secretary of state wherever they appear in sections 3-5-11 , 21-33-69 , 21-37-49 , 25-7-83 , 27-3-43 , 27-29-1 , 27-35-65 , 27-35-69 , 27-39-319 , 27-45-21 , 29-1-1 , 29-1-5 , 29-1-7 , 29-1-9 , 29-1-13 , 29-1-17 , 29-1-21 , 29-1-25 , 29-1-27 , 29-1-31 , 29-1-33 , 29-1-35 , 29-1-37 , 29-1-43 , 29-1-49 , 29-1-51 , 29-1-53 , 29-1-55 , 29-1-57 , 29-1-59 , 29-1-61 , 29-1-63 , 29-1-65 , 29-1-67 , 29-1-69 , 29-1-71 , 29-1-77 , 29-1-79 , 29-1-83 , 29-1-85 , 29-1-87 , 29-1-89 , 29-1-91 , 29-1-93 , 29-1-95 , 29-1-99 , 29-1-101 , 29-1-107 , 29-1-111 , 29-1-113 , 29-1-115 , 29-1-119 , 29-1-123 , 29-1-131 , 29-1-133 , 33-11-11 , 49-5-1 , 51-29-81 , 51-29-85 , 51-29-87 , 51-33-43 , 51-33-45 , 51-35-159 , 55-3-9 , 55-7-13 , 55-13-31 , 59-9-21 , 59-9-67 , 89-11-3 , 89-11-15 , 89-11-19 , 89-11-21 , 89-11-27 and 89-11-29, Mississippi Code of 1972, or in any other place where they appear in the laws of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-25 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-25
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be the duty of the governor, on demand made by the executive authority of any other state, territory or district for any person charged, on affidavit or indictment in such other state, territory or district, with a criminal offense and who shall have fled from justice and be found in this state, the demand being accompanied with a copy of the affidavit or indictment certified as authentic by such executive authority, to cause the offender to be arrested and delivered up to the authority of such state, territory or district for removal to the jurisdiction having cognizance of the offense, upon payment of the costs and expenses consequent on arrest; and it shall be the duty of the governor to demand and receive fugitives from justice for offenses committed in this state.

(2) The governor may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person to be found in this state who stands charged in the manner provided in subsection (1) of this section with committing an act in this state, or in a third state, intentionally resulting in a crime in the state whose executive authority is making the demand.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-1 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-1
Status: in_force

Chapter 544, Laws of 1989, shall be cited as the “Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-303 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-303
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “An insurance plan ” means a plan or program that provides health benefits whether directly through insurance or otherwise and includes a policy of life or property and casualty insurance, a contract of a service benefit organization, workers' compensation insurance or any program or plan implemented in accordance with state law or a membership agreement with a health maintenance organization or other prepaid programs.

(b) “ Insurance official ” means:

(i) An administrator, officer, trustee, fiduciary, custodian, counsel, agent or employee of any insurance plan;

(ii) An officer, counsel, agency or employee of an organization, corporation, partnership, limited partnership or other entity that provides, proposes to, or contracts to provide services through any insurance plan; or

(iii) An official, employee or agent of a state or federal agency having regulatory or administrative authority over any insurance plan.

(2) A person or entity shall not, with the intent to appropriate to himself or to another any benefit, knowingly execute, collude or conspire to execute or attempt to execute a scheme or artifice:

(a) To defraud any insurance plan in connection with the delivery of, or payment for, insurance benefits, items, services or claims; or

(b) To obtain by means of false or fraudulent pretense, representation, statement or promise money, or anything of value, in connection with the delivery of or payment for insurance claims under any plan or program or state law, items or services which are in whole or in part paid for, reimbursed, subsidized by, or are a required benefit of, an insurance plan or an insurance company or any other provider.

(3) A person or entity shall not directly or indirectly give, offer or promise anything of value to an insurance official, or offer or promise an insurance official to give anything of value to another person, with intent to influence such official's decision in carrying out any of his duties or laws or regulations.

(4) Except as otherwise allowed by law, a person or entity shall not knowingly pay, offer, deliver, receive, solicit or accept any remuneration, as an inducement for referring or for refraining from referring a patient, client, customer or service in connection with an insurance plan.

(5) A person or entity shall not, in any matter related to any insurance plan, knowingly and willfully falsify, conceal or omit by any trick, scheme, artifice or device a material fact, make any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation or make or use any false writing or document, knowing or having reason to know that the writing or document contains any false or fraudulent statement or entry in connection with the provision of insurance programs.

(6) A person or entity shall not fraudulently deny the payment of an insurance claim.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-39 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-39
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Attorney General shall represent the state, in person or by his assistant, as counsel in all suits against the state in other courts or the Supreme Court at the seat of government, and he shall, in like manner, act as counsel for any of the state officers in suits brought by or against them in their official capacity, touching any official duty or trust.

(2) No civil legal action on behalf of the state, any arm or agency of the state, or any statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity may be taken until seven (7) working days' written notice of the proposed legal action is given to the statewide elected officer or proper person in charge of the arm or agency unless irreparable injury to the state would result by waiting for the expiration of the seven-day period.

(3)(a) The Attorney General shall authorize retention of independent counsel from outside his office by an arm or agency of the state or a statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity if the Attorney General declines representation when requested.

(b)(i) The Attorney General shall authorize retention of independent counsel from outside his office by an arm or agency of the state or a statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity and shall withdraw from representation of the arm or agency of the state or the statewide elected officer if there is a significant disagreement with the Attorney General as to the legal strategy to be used in the matter, and the Outside Counsel Oversight Commission has first approved the retention of outside counsel.

(ii) If an arm or agency of the state or statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity retains outside counsel under this subsection (3), the counsel shall be selected by the arm or agency of the state or the statewide elected officer. Fees of counsel employed on a fee basis shall not exceed recognized bar rates for similar services; any contract for outside counsel employed on a contingency fee basis shall conform to the provisions of Section 7-5-8 .

(4) The Attorney General may pursue the collection of any claim or judgment in favor of the state outside of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-35
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Each officer, department or agency subject to the provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall assist with the fullest degree of reasonable cooperation with any other officer, department or agency in carrying out the intent and purpose of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”.

(b) Each officer, department or agency subject to the provisions of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations not in conflict with “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” necessary to accomplish an orderly transition pursuant to “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]”.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the number of persons employed by the various departments and agencies as a result of the consolidation required by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall be reduced, but it is the intent of the Legislature that wherever possible, such reduction shall result from attrition of employees, assistance in relocating to other positions in state government for which they are qualified, and by assistance in locating employment in the private sector.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-1 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be cited as the “Mississippi Administrative Reorganization Act of 1984.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-15 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-15
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall register all warrants paid or received in payment of public dues by him, in a book kept for that purpose, noting the number of the warrant, the date, and when paid or received; and the treasurer shall not receive or pay any warrant unless he shall be satisfied that the same is genuine and lawfully issued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-9
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall have the power to employ a suitable and competent person or persons who possess professional skill and/or expert knowledge when such employment shall be necessary in order to enable him to efficiently perform the official duties imposed upon him by law, and he may pay such person or persons reasonable compensation as may be agreed upon, provided such compensation shall not exceed the compensation usually paid for similar services by private employers of such persons. The compensation and necessary expenses of such employees shall be paid out of the attorney general's contingent fund or out of funds especially appropriated for such purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-24 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-24
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-24
Status: in_force

Any refund to an agency of the State of Mississippi other than an agency financed entirely by federal funds for excess charges made by a public utility pursuant to rates in effect under bond filed with the Public Service Commission shall be forwarded, forthwith, by the administrative head of such state agency to the State Treasurer for deposit into a special account in the State Treasury to be expended as provided by the Legislature at the 1986 Regular Session.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-3
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall keep his office at the seat of the government, shall keep the same open Monday through Friday of each week for eight hours each day, and shall carefully preserve the official books, library, papers, records, and furniture belonging to his office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-19 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-19
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall furnish to any party interested therein a copy or exemplification of any record, patent, plat, diagram, township plat or map, field notes, surveys or other paper or document deposited in the office of the Secretary of State and relating to the selection, location and survey of the public lands or otherwise concerning the same, upon the party paying therefor the fees allowed by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-225 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-225
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-225
Status: in_force

The State Auditor, when conducting agency audits, shall test to determine whether or not the state institutions of higher learning and any state agency which does not draw warrants on the Treasury have either received approval of the Attorney General or complied with the provisions of Section 7-5-39 , with regard to any contract for legal services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-1 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-1
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall keep his office at the seat of the government, and shall keep the same open Monday through Friday of each week for eight hours each day.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-7 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-7
Status: in_force

Any member of any board, commission, council or authority reconstituted under “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall be deemed to have vacated his position thereon if he changes his residence to another state or to a geographical area other than the one from which he was appointed if the statute specified that he shall be appointed from such designated geographical area. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply in the event the member was appointed from a district the boundaries of which have been altered by statute or court order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-49 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-49
Status: in_force

The purpose and intent of Sections 7-7-1 through 7-7-65 is hereby declared to be the establishment and maintenance of a modernized and efficient General Accounting Office for the State of Mississippi so that there may be available at all times therein all pertinent information of a fiscal nature concerning the operation of the state government. While the State Fiscal Officer is hereby charged with the primary responsibility of establishing and maintaining such office and making available the information contemplated herein, he is to work in conjunction with other state agencies, not injuring the normal functions thereof, in arriving at the desired end. Full cooperation and cohesive effort is hereby declared to be essential by and between the State Fiscal Officer, the State Treasurer, the Legislative Budget Office, the State Department of Audit, the State Tax Commission, and all other state departments, institutions and agencies, in order that the full purpose and intent of the cited sections may be effected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-37 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-37
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall write warrants payable to the order of the person, firm, institution or agency entitled thereto for all monies which, by law, are directed to be paid out of the Treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-9
Status: in_force

Any member of any board, commission, council or authority reconstituted under this chapter shall be deemed to have vacated his position thereon if he changes his domicile to another state or to a geographical area other than the one from which he was appointed if the statute specified that he shall be appointed from such designated geographical area. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply in the event the member was appointed from a district the boundaries of which have been altered by statute or court order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-24 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-24
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-24
Status: in_force

Any refund to an agency of the State of Mississippi other than an agency financed entirely by federal funds for excess charges made by a public utility pursuant to rates in effect under bond filed with the Public Service Commission shall be forwarded, forthwith, by the administrative head of such state agency to the State Treasurer for deposit into a special account in the State Treasury to be expended as provided by the Legislature at the 1986 Regular Session.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-19 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-19
Status: in_force

All taxes, fees and penalties that may be hereafter collected for or in the name of the State of Mississippi shall be paid direct to the Treasurer of the state, as now provided by law, by the officer charged with the duty of collecting the same, with an itemized statement to be filed with the State Fiscal Officer, showing from whom collected and to what account to be credited. All fees and commissions that may be due to any officer for collecting same shall be paid to such officer by the State Treasurer on a warrant issued therefor by the State Fiscal Officer. This section shall not apply to ad valorem taxes, nor to any other collection of taxes by tax collectors of the several counties collecting taxes for the state.

Any officer charged with the duty of collecting such taxes, fees and penalties who willfully fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall forfeit all fees and commissions that may be due him for collecting the same and, in addition, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned for six (6) months, or suffer both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-66 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-66
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-66
Status: in_force

The Attorney General is hereby authorized, in his discretion, and on a case by case basis, to prepay all such court costs and filing fees, as are otherwise required of private litigants, when commencing and prosecuting civil actions for the collection and recovery of delinquent sums owed to the Mississippi Guarantee Student Loan Program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-61 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-61
Status: in_force

The governor shall have the power, and it is his duty, to suspend alleged defaulting tax collectors pending the investigation of their respective accounts, whether made under the foregoing sections or otherwise, and to make temporary appointments of proper persons to fill the offices while such investigations are being made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-43 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-43
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall furnish to any person desiring the same a certificate, under the seal of the state, signed by the governor and countersigned by himself, of the official character of any officer of this state; and such certificate shall be received in evidence in all courts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-57 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-57
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall be credibly alleged to the governor that the state treasurer or any tax collector is a defaulter, the governor shall direct the examiner forthwith to examine the records, books, and accounts of such treasurer or tax collector and, as soon as practicable, to report the condition of such officer's accounts. If the report show such officer to be a defaulter or short in his accounts, the governor shall at once suspend him and appoint some other person to perform the duties of the office pending the investigation of his account.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-21 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-21
Status: in_force

All state officials shall make a detailed report to the State Fiscal Officer and pay into the State Treasury all public funds, as defined in Section 7-7-1 , which are required to be paid into the Treasury. Such funds shall be deposited in the State Treasury by the end of the next business day following the day that such funds are collected, except as provided elsewhere in this section. The State Fiscal Officer and the State Treasurer are authorized to establish clearing accounts in the State Treasury as may be necessary to facilitate the transfer of monies to municipalities, counties and other special fund accounts, as provided by law. The detailed report hereinabove required shall be fully satisfied when any revenue-collecting agency on its applications for received warrants has stated the amount of money which it has collected from any source whatsoever without having to supply the names of the taxpayers who had remitted such money. At the request of any state agency, the State Fiscal Officer, with the advice and consent of the State Treasurer, may by regulation provide for other than daily deposits of accounts by that state agency. The State Fiscal Officer, with the advice and consent of the State Treasurer, shall determine the frequency and method of deposit for the agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-71 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-71
Status: in_force

The state auditor, in the discharge of the official duties imposed upon him by Sections 7-7-67 through 7-7-79 , shall have full power and authority to examine and investigate the books, records, papers, accounts, and vouchers of any state, county, municipal, or other officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-105 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-105
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is authorized and empowered to adopt necessary rules and regulations consistent with this legislation to facilitate the management of said education trust funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-17 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-17
Status: in_force

The land records in the Secretary of State's office shall be carefully preserved and valuable records shall be bound and rebound when necessary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-65 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-65
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter contained shall repeal any of the provisions of chapter 235, laws 1920, in reference to making claim for and recovery of taxes illegally collected by the U.S. government on property in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-201 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-201
Status: in_force

A department of audit is hereby established under the supervision of the State Auditor. He shall exercise such powers and perform such duties incident to the organization and function of the department as are set forth in the subsequent sections of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-65 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-65
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall submit the accounts and records of the General Accounting Office to the inspection of any member of the Legislature or the Governor when required.