Miss. Code Ann. § 25-17-11 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-17-11
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of this section as it pertains to Section 89 of the Internal Revenue Code , “administrator” means any corporation, person or other entity which provides qualification and discrimination testing services in compliance with Section 89 of the Internal Revenue Code .

(2) The State Auditor shall compile a list of administrators he deems acceptable to provide to state agencies and local governmental entities the services described in subsection (1) of this section. To be deemed acceptable, an administrator shall:

(a) Be authorized to do business in this state or be a corporation organized or existing under the laws of this state;

(b) Maintain an office in this state with sufficient staff and equipment to render the services which are subject to this chapter as required by the State Auditor; and

(c) Comply with the guidelines established by the State Auditor pertaining to state agencies' or local governmental entities' compliance with Section 89 of the Internal Revenue Code .

The State Auditor shall revise the list annually unless an earlier revision is necessary to remove an administrator who does not satisfy the requirements set forth in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this subsection.

(3) Only administrators who appear on the most recent list compiled by the State Auditor shall, directly or indirectly, provide qualification and discrimination testing services to a state agency or local governmental entity.

(4) A state agency or local governmental entity shall promptly notify the State Auditor of any complaint against an administrator.

(5) The State Auditor may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-15-16 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 15-16
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-15-16
Status: in_force

The public school districts of the state, in their discretion, may pay with local funds one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of the health insurance premiums of the State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan for all retired members of the Public Employees' Retirement System who are employed as school bus drivers by the school districts. No state funds shall be used for payment of the health insurance premiums under the authority of this section. If a school district chooses to pay the health insurance premiums for school bus drivers under the authority of this section, the district shall be authorized to pay any amount that is one hundred percent (100%) or less of the cost of the health insurance premiums for the school bus drivers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-49 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 34-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-49
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-34-7(2) , the failure of a notarial officer to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this chapter does not invalidate a notarial act performed by the notarial officer. The validity of a notarial act under this chapter does not prevent an aggrieved person from seeking to invalidate the record or transaction that is the subject of the notarial act or from seeking other remedies based on the laws of this state other than this chapter or the laws of the United States. This section does not validate a purported notarial act performed by an individual who does not have the authority to perform notarial acts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-3 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 53-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-3
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the term “ Central Data Processing Authority ” or the term “ authority ,” when referring to the Central Data Processing Authority, is used in any law, rule, regulation, document or elsewhere, it shall be construed to mean the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.

(2) For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “Central Data Processing Authority” and “CDPA” mean “Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)” and the term “authority” means “board of the MDITS.”

(b) “Bureau of Systems Policy and Planning,” “Bureau of Telecommunications,” “Bureau of Central Data Processing” and “bureau” mean “Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.”

(c) “ Computer equipment or services ” means any information technology, computer or computer related telecommunications equipment, electronic word processing and office systems, or services utilized in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, all phases of computer software and consulting services, and insurance on all state-owned computer equipment.

(d) “ Acquisition ” of computer or telecommunications equipment or services means the purchase, lease, rental, or acquisition in any other manner of any such computer or telecommunications equipment or services.

(e) “ Agency ” means and includes all the various state agencies, officers, departments, boards, commissions, offices and institutions of the state.

(f) “ Governing authority ” means boards of supervisors, governing boards of all school districts, all boards of directors of public water supply districts, boards of directors of master public water supply districts, municipal public utility commissions, governing authorities of all municipalities, port authorities, commissioners and boards of trustees of any public hospitals and any political subdivision of the state supported wholly or in part by public funds of the state or political subdivisions thereof.

(g) “ Bid ” means any of the valid source selection techniques and competitive procurement methods appropriate to information technology procurement in the public sector, including, but not limited to, competitive sealed bidding, competitive sealed proposals, simplified small purchase procedures, sole source procurements, and emergency procurements.

(h) “ Telecommunications transmission facility ” means any transmission medium, switch, instrument, inside wiring system or other facility which is used, in whole or part, to provide any transmission.

(i) “ Equipment support contract ” means a contract which covers a single, specific class or classes of telecommunications equipment or service and all features associated with that class, through which state agencies may purchase or lease the item of equipment or service specified by issuing a purchase order under the terms of the contract without the necessity of further competitive bidding.

(j) “ Inside wiring system ” means any wiring which:

(i) Directly or indirectly, interconnects any terminal equipment with any other terminal equipment or with any regulated facility or common carrier services; and

(ii) Is located at the premises of the customer and is not inside any terminal equipment.

(k) “ Procurement ” means the selling, buying, purchasing, renting, leasing or otherwise obtaining telecommunications equipment, system or related services, as well as activities engaged in, resulting in or expected to result in selling, buying, purchasing, renting, leasing or otherwise obtaining telecommunications equipment.

(l) “ Telecommunications equipment, systems, related services ” are limited to the equipment and means to provide:

(i) Telecommunications transmission facilities.

(ii) Telephone systems, including voice processing systems.

(iii) Facsimile systems.

(iv) Radio paging services.

(v) Mobile telephone services, including cellular mobile telephone service.

(vi) Intercom and paging systems.

(vii) Video teleconferencing systems.

(viii) Personal communications networks and services.

(ix) Any and all systems based on emerging and future telecommunications technologies relative to (i) through (viii) above.

(m) “ Telecommunications system lease contract ” means a contract between a supplier of telecommunications systems, including equipment and related services, and the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services through which telecommunications systems, including equipment and related services, may be leased for a term which shall not exceed sixty (60) months for a system lease valued less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) and shall not exceed one hundred twenty (120) months for a system lease valued One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) or more.

(n) “ Tariffed or regulated service ” means telecommunications service offered by common carriers and subject to control by the Mississippi Public Service Commission or the Federal Communications Commission.

(o) “ State Data Center ” means one or more facilities operated by the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services to provide information technology resources requiring enterprise computing resources or any other centrally managed information resources.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-11 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 61-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-11
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to conflict with, amend, repeal or supersede any constitutional law, state or federal statutory law, or decision of a court of this state or the United States which at the time this chapter is effective or thereafter specifically declares a public record to be confidential or privileged, or provides that a public record shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-17-3 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-17-3
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other benefit plan offered to any eligible employee of a state agency or local governmental entity, all state agencies shall, and any local governmental entity may contract for and adopt a benefit plan that meets the requirements of a cafeteria plan as defined in Section 125 et seq. of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , and regulations thereunder, for the benefit of eligible employees and their dependents. However, the maximum benefit available under a health flexible spending account shall be Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per participating employee per plan year, unless federal Internal Revenue Service regulations allow that the available benefit at any point in time may be limited by the premium paid as of that point in time. Any state agency or local governmental entity may contract for insurance to cover its potential for loss under a health flexible spending account.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-7 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 53 / Section 55-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-7
Status: in_force

Such abstracts, copies, minutes, or extracts, or the copy thereof if so procured, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the chancery court and copies recorded and arranged in such form as the board of supervisors may direct. In case the originals have been lost or destroyed, or are not in the power of the party asking to use the same on any trial or other proceedings, copies of such abstracts, copies, minutes, or extracts, or any part thereof, duly certified by the chancery clerk, shall be admissible in evidence, and shall establish prima facie that all deeds or other instruments appearing thereby to have been executed by any person, were executed and acknowledged at the date given, according to law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-47 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-47
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise expressly fixed or provided by law, the heads of the departments hereinabove enumerated shall each select and appoint his or their respective subordinates, and may at any time remove a subordinate and appoint his successor; and the subordinate shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the said head or heads of his department. Unless as to a particular subordinate, some other form of oath is prescribed by law, every subordinate shall take and subscribe an oath well and faithfully to perform all the duties incumbent upon him, which oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-35 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 34-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-35
Status: in_force

(1) A notary public is responsible for the security of the notary public's stamping device and may not allow another individual to use the device to perform a notarial act. On resignation from, or the revocation or expiration of, the notary public's commission, or on the expiration of the date set forth in the stamping device, if any, the notary public must disable the stamping device by destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing or securing it against use in a manner that renders it unusable. On the death or adjudication of incompetency of a notary public, the notary public's personal representative or guardian or any other person knowingly in possession of the stamping device must render it unusable by destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing or securing it against use in a manner that renders it unusable.

(2) If a notary public's stamping device is lost or stolen, the notary public or the notary public's personal representative or guardian must notify promptly the Secretary of State upon discovery that the device is lost or stolen.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-31 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 55-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-31
Status: in_force

A lost, stolen, or destroyed record shall not constitute constructive notice longer than three (3) years from the loss, theft, or destruction thereof, unless within that time the instrument shall be again placed on the record, or proceedings be begun to perfect the record. In all cases where the record of any instrument affecting the title, lien, or interest in real estate is lost or destroyed by tornado, fire, or otherwise, any person claiming to be the owner of or having a legal interest in or title to any real estate described in or affected by said lost or destroyed record may file his petition to the chancery court of the county in which the record has been lost or destroyed, setting forth a description of the land involved, with a statement of petitioner's claim and the nature thereof, the names, places of residence, and post-office addresses of all persons known to the petitioner to have or claim any interest in land by virtue of such lost or destroyed record or having a recordable instrument affecting the title to such land described in or affected by the lost or destroyed instrument or instruments, and giving in clear and succinct language petitioner's claim to or ownership of the land involved, with a prayer that summons be issued and served on all persons named as defendants, whether resident or nonresident. Upon the filing of such petition, the clerk of the chancery court shall issue summons for the defendants as in other cases in equity, returnable at a day not less than four (4) weeks nor more than eight (8) weeks from such filing, and requiring all defendants to appear and plead, answer, or demur to the petition. When the summons has been personally served upon the resident defendants not less than five (5) days before the return-day and proof of publication has been made for any nonresident defendants, as now required by law, and no one of the named defendants appears and contests the petition, then the chancery court or presiding chancellor, either in term time or vacation, may forthwith hear said petition, adjudicate the sufficiency of process, render any and all necessary decrees pro confesso and enter a final decree or decrees disposing of said petition. If any defendant appears and contests the petition, the chancery clerk shall promptly notify the chancellor of the district in writing of the pendency of said petition and the contest thereon, and the chancellor shall then notify the chancery clerk to set the matter for hearing at some future date not less than ten (10) days thereafter. The clerk shall give the parties or their solicitors of record not less than five (5) days' notice by letter addressed to the parties or their solicitors, advising that the matter will be heard on the day named, and on the day set for the hearing the chancellor shall hear and determine the controversy as other suits in chancery and enter a decree in accordance with his finding. The chancellor may by his final decree adjudicate the execution of any lost or destroyed or stolen instruments involved in the proceeding, and may order the final decree recorded as provided by law in other cases affecting land titles.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-11.2 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 61-11.2
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-11.2
Status: in_force

The following information technology (IT) records shall be exempt from the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983:

(a) IT infrastructure details, including network architecture, schematics, and IT system designs;

(b) Source code;

(c) Detailed hardware and software inventories;

(d) Security plans;

(e) Vulnerability reports;

(f) Security risk assessment details;

(g) Security compliance reports;

(h) Authentication credentials;

(i) Security policies and processes;

(j) Security incident reports; and

(k) Any audit, assessment, compliance report, work papers or any combination of these that if disclosed could allow unauthorized access to the state's IT assets.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-11.1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 45 / Section 61-11.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-11.1
Status: in_force

The name, home address, any telephone number or other private information of any person who possesses a weapon permit issued under Section 45-9-101 or Section 97-37-7 shall be exempt from the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-41 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 31-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-41
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund designated as the District Attorneys Operation Fund. The funds shall be administered by the Attorney General. The fund shall consist of monies deposited therein as provided in Section 99-19-72 and monies from any other source designated for deposit into the fund. The Attorney General may also accept monies from any public or private source for deposit into the fund. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned from the investment of monies in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.

(2) Monies in the fund shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature and may only be used for the purpose of assisting district attorneys as determined necessary by the Attorney General. Monies in the fund used for the purposes described in this section shall be in addition to other funds available from any other source for such purposes.

(3) From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of district attorneys shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized by Section 99-19-72(1)(a) and (b) shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law and as determined by the State Fiscal Officer, and charges and fees authorized by Section 99-19-72(1)(c) shall be retained by the circuit clerks for expenditures authorized by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-62-3 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 62-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-62-3
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and subject to subsection (3), a public agency shall not do any of the following:

(a) Require any entity organized under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to provide the public agency with personal information.

(b) If in the possession of personal information, a public agency shall not release, publicize or otherwise disclose that personal information without the express written permission of every identified member, supporter, volunteer or donor of the Section 501(c) entity as well as the Section 501(c) entity that received their membership, support, volunteer time or donations.

(c) Request or require a current or prospective contractor with the public agency to provide the public agency with a list of entities organized under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to which it has provided financial or nonfinancial support.

(2) Personal information shall be exempt from disclosure under the Mississippi Public Records Act.

(3) This chapter does not preclude either of the following:

(a) Any lawful warrant for personal information issued by a court of competent jurisdiction; or

(b) A lawful request for discovery of personal information in litigation if both of the following conditions are met:

(i) The requestor demonstrates a compelling need for the personal information by clear and convincing evidence; and

(ii) The requestor obtains a protective order barring disclosure of personal information to any person not directly involved in the litigation. As used in this subparagraph, “ person ” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity or other legal entity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-113 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 45 / Section 53-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-113
Status: in_force

Each and every agency of the state shall give full cooperation to the bureau in furnishing all information of any kind as it pertains to telecommunications.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-55 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-55
Status: in_force

When a special judge or special judges shall be commissioned to preside in any cause in the Supreme Court, or during any term thereof or during the disability or disqualification of any of the judges of said court, such special judge or judges shall each be entitled to the compensation provided for in Section 9-1-105 . Each judge so serving shall make out an itemized account of the number of days he in good faith served, and make affidavit to same and file it with the Clerk of the Supreme Court. The said clerk shall issue a certificate showing the length of time such special judge or judges served, and the Fiscal Management Board shall issue its warrant therefor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-13-12 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-12
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-13-12
Status: in_force

(1) Any member who is receiving a retirement allowance for service or disability retirement, or any beneficiary thereof, who has received a monthly benefit for at least one (1) full fiscal year, shall be eligible to receive an additional benefit, on December 1 or July 1 of the year as provided in subsection (6) or (7) of this section, equal to the sum of:

(a) An amount equal to three percent (3%) of the annual retirement allowance multiplied by the number of full fiscal years in retirement before the end of the fiscal year in which the member reaches age sixty (60) or the age established in the latest phase that has been implemented under subsection (3) of this section, plus

(b) An additional amount equal to three percent (3%) compounded by the number of full fiscal years in retirement beginning with the fiscal year in which the member reaches age sixty (60) or the age established in the latest phase that has been implemented under subsection (3) of this section, multiplied by the amount of the annual retirement allowance.

(2) The calculation of the beneficiary's additional benefit provided in this section shall be based on the member's age and full fiscal years in retirement as if the member had lived.

(3) From and after July 1, 2003, the board shall begin implementing a reduction in the age at which compounding of the portion of the additional benefit provided in subsection (1)(b) of this section will begin, which changes shall be implemented in phases as set forth in the table in this subsection. The board shall implement the phases systematically upon July 1 after the board's actuary certifies that implementation of a phase will not cause the unfunded accrued actuarial liability amortization period for the retirement system to exceed twenty (20) years. The board shall have the exclusive authority to set the assumptions that are used in the actuarial valuation in accordance with Section 25-13-29 .

IMPLEMENTATION TABLE FOR AGE OF COMPOUNDING THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT

PHASE

AGE AT WHICH COMPOUNDING THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT BEGINS

Phase 1

Age 59

Phase 2

Age 58

Phase 3

Age 57

Phase 4

Age 56

Phase 5

Age 55

(4) If a retiree who is receiving a retirement allowance that will terminate upon the retiree's death is receiving the additional benefit in one (1) payment and dies on or after July 1 but before December 1, the beneficiary designated on the retirement application, if any, shall receive in a single payment a fractional part of the additional benefit based on the number of months in which a retirement allowance was received during the fiscal year. If there is no surviving beneficiary, payment shall be made in accordance with Section 25-13-21.1(1) . Likewise, if a retiree is receiving a retirement allowance that will terminate upon the retiree's death in two (2) to six (6) monthly installments, any remaining payments of the additional benefit will be paid in a lump sum to the beneficiary designated on the application, or if none, in accordance with Section 25-13-21.1(1) . Any similar remaining payments of the additional benefit payable under this section to a deceased beneficiary who was receiving a monthly benefit shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 25-13-21.1(2) . If the additional benefit is being received in one (1) payment each year, the additional benefit shall be prorated based on the number of months in which a retirement allowance was received during the fiscal year when (i) the monthly benefit payable to a beneficiary terminates due to the expiration of an option, remarriage or cessation of dependent status or due to the retiree's return to covered employment, and (ii) the monthly benefit terminates on or after July 1 and before December 1.

(5) Each retired member or beneficiary thereof who receives an annual retirement allowance based on the average compensation for a period of five (5) successive or joined years and who receives a retirement allowance for the month of June 1986, shall receive an ad hoc increase of three percent (3%) in such retirement allowance effective July 1, 1986.

(6) The additional benefit provided in this section shall be paid in one (1) payment in December of each year to those persons who are receiving a retirement allowance on December 1 of that year, unless an election is made under subsection (7) of this section. The board, in its discretion, may allow a retired member or a beneficiary thereof who is receiving the additional benefit in one (1) payment each year to have the additional benefit paid in monthly installments if the retired member or beneficiary submits satisfactory documentation that the continued receipt of the additional benefit in one (1) payment each year will cause a financial hardship to the retired member or beneficiary.

(7) Retired members or beneficiaries thereof who are receiving a retirement allowance may elect by an irrevocable agreement in writing filed in the Office of the Public Employees' Retirement System no less than thirty (30) days before July 1 of any year, to begin receiving the additional benefit provided in this section in twelve (12) equal monthly installments beginning on July 1 of the year. This irrevocable agreement shall be binding on the member and subsequent beneficiaries. Payment of those monthly installments shall not extend beyond the month in which a retirement allowance is due and payable. Any retired member or beneficiary thereof who previously elected to receive the additional annual payment in monthly installments may elect, upon application on a form prescribed by the board, to have that payment made in one (1) payment in December of each year. This written election must be filed in the office of the Public Employees' Retirement System before June 1, 2003, and shall be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. The board, in its discretion, may allow a retired member or a beneficiary thereof who is receiving the additional benefit in monthly installments to have the additional benefit paid in one (1) payment in December of each year if the retired member or beneficiary submits satisfactory documentation that the continued receipt of the additional benefit in monthly installments will cause financial hardship to the retired member or beneficiary.

(8) The additional benefit or benefits provided in this section are for the fiscal year in which they are paid.

(9) The amount of the additional benefit provided in subsection (1)(b) of this section is calculated using the following formula:

[(1.03) n --1] x [annual retirement allowance], where n is the number of full fiscal years in retirement beginning with the fiscal year in which the member reaches age sixty (60) or the age established in the latest phase that has been implemented under subsection (3) of this section.

(10) In the event of death of a retired member or a beneficiary thereof who is receiving the additional annual payment in two (2) to six (6) monthly installments under an election made before July 1, 2002, and who would otherwise be eligible to receive the additional benefit provided in this section in one (1) payment in December of the current fiscal year, any remaining amounts shall be paid in a lump sum to the designated beneficiary.

(11) When a member retires after July 1 and has previously received a retirement allowance for one or more full fiscal years, the retired member shall be eligible immediately for the additional benefit. The additional benefit shall be based on the current retirement allowance and the number of full fiscal years in retirement and shall be prorated and paid in monthly installments based on the number of months a retirement allowance is paid during the fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.113 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-3.113
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.113
Status: in_force

(1) Except to the extent subsection (2) or (3) of this section provides otherwise, each rule adopted after July 1, 2005, becomes effective thirty (30) days after its proper filing in the Office of the Secretary of State.

(2)(a) A rule becomes effective on a date later than that established by subsection (1) of this section if a later date is required by another statute or specified in the rule.

(b) A rule may become effective immediately upon its filing or on any subsequent date earlier than that established by subsection (1) of this section if the agency establishes such an effective date and finds that:

(i) It is required by Constitution, statute or court order;

(ii) The rule only confers a benefit or removes a restriction on the public or some segment thereof;

(iii) The rule only delays the effective date of another rule that is not yet effective; or

(iv) The earlier effective date is necessary because of imminent peril to the public health, safety or welfare.

(c) The finding and a brief statement of the reasons therefor required by paragraph (b) of this subsection must be made a part of the rule. In any action contesting the effective date of a rule made effective under paragraph (b) of this subsection, the burden is on the agency to justify its finding.

(d) A temporary rule may become effective immediately upon its filing or on any subsequent date earlier than that established by subsection (1) of this section.

(e) Each agency shall make a reasonable effort to make known to persons who may be affected by it a rule made effective before any date established by subsection (1) of this section.

(3) This section does not relieve an agency from compliance with any provision of law requiring that some or all of its rules be approved by other designated officials or bodies before they become effective.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-62-3 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 62-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-62-3
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and subject to subsection (3), a public agency shall not do any of the following:

(a) Require any entity organized under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to provide the public agency with personal information.

(b) If in the possession of personal information, a public agency shall not release, publicize or otherwise disclose that personal information without the express written permission of every identified member, supporter, volunteer or donor of the Section 501(c) entity as well as the Section 501(c) entity that received their membership, support, volunteer time or donations.

(c) Request or require a current or prospective contractor with the public agency to provide the public agency with a list of entities organized under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to which it has provided financial or nonfinancial support.

(2) Personal information shall be exempt from disclosure under the Mississippi Public Records Act.

(3) This chapter does not preclude either of the following:

(a) Any lawful warrant for personal information issued by a court of competent jurisdiction; or

(b) A lawful request for discovery of personal information in litigation if both of the following conditions are met:

(i) The requestor demonstrates a compelling need for the personal information by clear and convincing evidence; and

(ii) The requestor obtains a protective order barring disclosure of personal information to any person not directly involved in the litigation. As used in this subparagraph, “ person ” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity or other legal entity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-43 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-43
Status: in_force

(1) When any chancery judge, county judge or circuit judge shall be required to travel in the performance of his official duties, such judge shall receive as expenses of such travel the mileage allowance and a reimbursement for other actual and necessary expenses incurred in such travel as provided for public officers and employees in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972 . This shall be the entire travel allowances or travel expenses received by such judges.

(2) Chancery judges and circuit judges shall direct requests for reimbursement for the travel expenses authorized pursuant to this section to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court shall submit such requests to the Department of Finance and Administration.

(3) The Supreme Court shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations regarding the administration of travel expenses authorized pursuant to this section.

(4) In any county in which is located a State Penitentiary, the board of supervisors, in order to compensate the justice court judges who are required to travel to the State Penitentiary, is authorized to reimburse justice court judges' mileage in the amount authorized by Section 25-3-41 , but not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month, such monies to be paid from the general county fund of such county.

(5) In addition to the regular salary provided by Section 25-3-35 and the mileage reimbursement provided by Section 25-3-41 , each Supreme Court Justice and each judge of the Court of Appeals shall receive an expense allowance as specified in this subsection. The expense allowance shall be equal to the maximum daily expense rate allowable to employees of the federal government for travel in the high rate geographical area of Jackson, Mississippi, as may be established by federal regulations, per day, for each day while actually attending to judicial duties in Jackson, Mississippi, not to exceed twenty (20) days per month.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-43 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 17 / Section 34-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-43
Status: in_force

(1) The Secretary of State may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend or impose a condition on a commission as notary public for any act or omission that demonstrates the individual lacks the honesty, integrity, competence or reliability to act as a notary public, including:

(a) Failure to comply with this chapter;

(b) A fraudulent, dishonest or deceitful misstatement or omission in the application for a commission as a notary public submitted to the Secretary of State;

(c) A conviction of any felony, including a plea of nolo contendere, of the applicant or notary public, unless released from incarceration more than ten (10) years before the commission is to take effect or, if no incarceration is ordered, more than ten (10) years from the conviction date have passed;

(d) A conviction, including a plea of nolo contendere, of the applicant or notary public for any crime determined by the Secretary of State to be of a nature incompatible with the duties of a notary public;

(e) Failure by the notary public to discharge any duty required of a notary public, whether required by this chapter, rules of the Secretary of State or any federal or state law;

(f) Use of false or misleading advertising or representation by the notary public representing that the notary has a duty, right or privilege that the notary does not have;

(g) Violation by the notary public of a rule of the Secretary of State regarding a notary public;

(h) Denial, refusal to renew, revocation, suspension or conditioning of a notary public commission in another state;

(i) Failure of the notary public to maintain an assurance as provided in Section 25-34-41(4) ; or

(j) Failure to maintain and protect the notary's journal as required by this chapter and any rules promulgated by the Secretary of State under this chapter.

(2) If the Secretary of State denies, refuses to renew, revokes, suspends or imposes conditions on a commission as a notary public, the applicant or notary public is entitled to file an appeal in proper form with the Secretary of State within forty-five (45) days after the Secretary of State's action, except that an applicant may not appeal when the Secretary of State, within five (5) years preceding the application, has:

(a) Denied or revoked for disciplinary reasons any previous application, commission or license of the applicant; or

(b) Made a finding under this chapter that the grounds for revocation of the applicant's commission existed.

(3) The authority of the Secretary of State to deny, refuse to renew, suspend, revoke or impose conditions on a commission as a notary public does not prevent a person from seeking and obtaining other criminal or civil remedies provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-121 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-121
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall, from time to time, determine the current requirements for benefit payments and administrative expense which shall be maintained as a cash working balance, except that such cash working balance shall not exceed at any time an amount necessary to meet the current obligations of the system for a period of ninety (90) days. Any amounts in excess of such cash working balance shall be invested, as follows:

(a) Funds may be deposited in any institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation that maintains a facility that takes deposits in the State of Mississippi or a custodial bank;

(b) Corporate bonds and taxable municipal bonds; or corporate short-term obligations of corporations or of wholly owned subsidiaries of corporations, whose short-term obligations are rated A-2 or better by Standard and Poor's, rated P-2 or better by Moody's Investment Service, F-2 or better by Fitch Ratings, Ltd., or the equivalent of these ratings if assigned by another United States Securities and Exchange Commission designated Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization;

(c) Agency and nonagency residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations;

(d) Asset-backed securities;

(e) Bank loans;

(f) Convertible bonds;

(g) Bonds of the Tennessee Valley Authority;

(h) Bonds, notes, certificates and other valid obligations of the United States, and other valid obligations of any federal instrumentality that issues securities under authority of an act of Congress and are exempt from registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

(i) Bonds, notes, debentures and other securities issued by any federal instrumentality and fully guaranteed by the United States;

(j) Interest-bearing revenue bonds or notes or bonds or notes which are general obligations of any state in the United States or of any city or county therein;

(k) Bonds of established non-United States companies and foreign government securities. The board may take requisite action to effectuate or hedge transactions or invest in currency through foreign or domestic banks, including the purchase and sale, transfer, exchange, or otherwise disposal of, and generally deal in foreign exchange through the use of foreign currency, interbank forward contracts, futures contracts, options contracts, swaps and other related derivative instruments, notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contrary;

(l) Shares of stocks, common and/or preferred, of corporations created by or existing under the laws of the United States or any state, district or territory thereof and shares of stocks, common and/or preferred, and convertible securities of non-United States companies; provided:

(i) The maximum investments in stocks shall not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the total book value of the total investment fund of the system;

(ii) The stock of such corporation shall:

1. Be listed on a national stock exchange; or

2. Be traded in the over-the-counter market;

(iii) The outstanding shares of such corporation shall have a total market value of not less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00);

(iv) The amount of investment in any one (1) corporation shall not exceed three percent (3%) of the book value of the assets of the system;

(v) The shares of any one (1) corporation owned by the system shall not exceed five percent (5%) of that corporation's outstanding stock.

The board may take requisite action utilizing foreign currency as an investment vehicle, or to effectuate or hedge transactions for shares of stocks and convertible securities of non-United States companies through foreign or domestic banks, including the purchase and sale, transfer, exchange, or otherwise disposal of, and generally deal in foreign exchange through the use of foreign currency, interbank forward contracts, futures contracts, options contracts, swaps and other related derivative instruments, notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contrary;

(m) Covered call and put options on securities or indices traded on one or more of the regulated exchanges;

(n) Pooled or commingled funds managed by a corporate trustee or by a Securities and Exchange Commission registered investment advisory firm retained as an investment manager by the board of trustees, and shares of investment companies and unit investment trusts registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, where such pooled or commingled funds or shares are comprised of common or preferred stocks, bonds, money market instruments or other investments authorized under this section. Such investment in commingled funds or shares shall be held in trust; provided that the total book value of investments under this paragraph shall at no time exceed five percent (5%) of the total book value of all investments of the system. Any investment manager approved by the board of trustees shall invest such commingled funds or shares as a fiduciary;

(o) Pooled or commingled real estate funds or real estate securities managed by a corporate trustee or by a Securities and Exchange Commission registered investment advisory firm retained as an investment manager by the board of trustees. Such investment in commingled funds or shares shall be held in trust; provided that the total book value of investments under this paragraph shall at no time exceed ten percent (10%) of the total book value of all investments of the system. Any investment manager approved by the board of trustees shall invest such commingled funds or shares as a fiduciary. The ten percent (10%) limitation in this paragraph shall not be subject to the five percent (5%) limitation in paragraph (n) of this subsection;

(p) Types of investments not specifically authorized by this subsection if the investments are in the form of a separate account managed by a Securities and Exchange Commission registered investment advisory firm retained as an investment manager by the board; or a limited partnership or commingled fund approved by the board; provided that the total book value of investments under this paragraph shall at no time exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total book value of all investments of the system. Any person or entity who exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management of the separate account, limited partnership or commingled fund, or who exercises any authority or control respecting management or disposition of the assets of the separate account, limited partnership or commingled fund, shall exercise such authority or control as a fiduciary.

(2) All investments shall be acquired at prices not exceeding the prevailing market values for such investments.

(3) Any limitations herein set forth shall be applicable only at the time of purchase and shall not require the liquidation of any investment at any time. All investments shall be clearly marked to indicate ownership by the system and to the extent possible shall be registered in the name of the system.

(4) Subject to the above terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions, the board shall have power to sell, assign, transfer and dispose of any of the securities and investments of the system, provided that said sale, assignment or transfer has the majority approval of the entire board. The board may employ or contract with investment managers, evaluation services or other such services as determined by the board to be necessary for the effective and efficient operation of the system.

(5) Except as otherwise provided herein, no trustee and no employee of the board shall have any direct or indirect interest in the income, gains or profits of any investment made by the board, nor shall any such person receive any pay or emolument for his services in connection with any investment made by the board. No trustee or employee of the board shall become an endorser or surety, or in any manner an obligor for money loaned by or borrowed from the system.

(6) All interest derived from investments and any gains from the sale or exchange of investments shall be credited by the board to the account of the system.

(7) The board of trustees shall credit regular interest to the annuity savings account monthly. Regular interest shall mean such per centum rate to be compounded annually as set by the board of trustees through regulation.

(8) The board of trustees shall be the custodian of the funds of the system. All retirement allowance payrolls shall be certified by the executive director who shall furnish the board a surety bond in a company authorized to do business in Mississippi in such an amount as shall be required by the board, the premium to be paid by the board from the expense account.

(9) For the purpose of meeting disbursements for retirement allowances, annuities and other payments, cash may be kept available, not exceeding the requirements of the system for a period of ninety (90) days, on deposit in one or more banks or trust companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi or the laws of the United States, provided that the sum on deposit in any one (1) bank or trust company shall not exceed thirty-five percent (35%) of the paid-up capital and regular surplus of such bank or trust company.

(10) The board, the executive director and employees shall discharge their duties with respect to the investments of the system solely for the interest of the system with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent investor acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, including diversifying the investments of the system so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so.

(11) Documentary material or data made or received by the system which consists of trade secrets or commercial or financial information that relates to the investments of the system shall be exempt from the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983 if the disclosure of the material or data is likely to impair the system's ability to obtain such information in the future, or is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the person or entity from whom the information was obtained.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-47 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 34-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-47
Status: in_force

(1) A commission as a notary public does not authorize an individual to:

(a) Assist persons in drafting legal records, give legal advice or otherwise practice law;

(b) Act as an immigration consultant or an expert on immigration matters;

(c) Represent a person in a judicial or administrative proceeding relating to immigration to the United States, United States citizenship or related matters; or

(d) Receive compensation for performing any of the activities listed in this subsection.

(2) A notary public may not engage in false or deceptive advertising.

(3) A notary public who is not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state may not use the term “ notario ” or “ notario publico .”

(4) A notary public who is not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state may not advertise or represent that the notary public may assist persons in drafting legal records, give legal advice or otherwise practice law. If a notary public who is not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state in any manner advertises or represents that the notary public offers notarial services, whether orally or in a record, including broadcast media, print media and the Internet, the notary public must include the following statement, or an alternate statement authorized or required by the Secretary of State, in the advertisement or representation, prominently and in each language used in the advertisement or representation: “I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. I am not allowed to draft legal records, give advice on legal matters, including immigration, or charge a fee for those activities.” If the form of advertisement or representation is not broadcast media, print media or the Internet and does not permit inclusion of the statement required by this subsection because of size, it must be displayed prominently or provided at the place of performance of the notarial act before the notarial act is performed.

(5) Except as otherwise allowed by law, a notary public may not withhold access to or possession of an original record provided by a person that seeks performance of a notarial act by the notary public.

(6) Failure to comply with subsections (1) through (5) constitutes an unfair or deceptive act under Section 75-24-5 .

(7) A person who knowingly and willfully violates subsections (1) through (5) is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

(8) Upon a second conviction of any person under subsections (1) through (5), the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one (1) year or a fine in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.

(9) Upon a third or subsequent conviction of any person for violation of subsections (1) through (5), the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for a period not to exceed five (5) years or a fine in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.

(10) Criminal convictions in other jurisdictions for violations of substantially similar provisions to those contained in subsections (1) through (5) are counted in computing whether a violation under subsections (1) through (5) is a first, second, third or subsequent offense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-13
Status: in_force

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature by Sections 25-45-13 through 25-45-17 to make permitting more effective in order to improve economic development within the State of Mississippi. In accordance with this intent, the Mississippi Department of Economic Development shall coordinate and implement the terms and provisions of Sections 25-45-1 through 25-45-9 , which provide for “one-stop permitting,” and serve as liaison between all agencies of the state affected by those sections in order to implement same, through the functions outlined as follows:

(a) Participating in the initial permit contact with industry;

(b) Providing general permit information;

(c) Arranging meetings with pertinent regulatory agencies;

(d) Acting as industry's advocate in obtaining environmental permits; and

(e) Considering various data bases and other relevant planning information to assist the industrial prospect in the location and permitting process.

(2) A Department of Economic Development representative shall:

(a) Attend all meetings of the permit board created by Section 49-17-28 and all permit considerations by agencies of the State of Mississippi; and

(b) Prepare reports as needed, including incidences of unusual delays in permit issuance, and make recommendations from time to time for improvement of the permit issuance process.

(3) The Department of Economic Development shall prepare and publish:

(a) A directory or inventory of business and industry permits;

(b) A guide to required environmental permits in Mississippi; and

(c) A master permit information form.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 55 / Section 65-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-13
Status: in_force

The university, community/junior college or agency internal audit director shall:

(a) Report directly to the university president or chancellor, community/junior college president or agency head or deputy university official, community/junior college official or agency head.

(b) Conduct financial, compliance, electronic data processing and operational and efficiency audits of university, community/junior college or agency programs, activities and functions and prepare audit reports of findings.

(c) Review and evaluate internal controls over university, community/junior college or agency programs, accounting systems, administrative systems, electronic data processing systems and all other major systems necessary to ensure accountability of the university, community/junior college or state agency.

(d) Develop long-term and annual audit plans to be based on the findings of periodic documented risk assessments. The plan shall show the individual audits to be conducted during each year and the related resources to be devoted to each of the respective audits. The audit plan shall ensure that internal controls are reviewed on a periodic basis. The plan shall be submitted to the university, community/junior college or agency head for approval and the audit committee for comment. A copy of the approved plan shall be available upon request to the State Auditor or other appropriate external auditor to assist in planning and coordination of any external financial, compliance, electronic data processing or performance audit.

(e) The scope and assignment of the audits shall be determined by the university, community/junior college or internal audit director; however, the university president or chancellor, community/junior college president or head of the agency may at any time direct the internal audit director to perform an audit of a special program, activity, function or organizational unit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-9 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-9
Status: in_force

<Text of section effective until December 31, 2027. See, also, section 25-7-9 effective January 1, 2028. >

(1) The clerks of the chancery courts shall charge the following fees:

(a) For the act of certifying copies of filed documents, for each complete document․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 1.00

(b)(i) Recording each deed, will, lease, amendment, subordination, lien, release, cancellation, order, decree, oath, etc., per book and page listed where applicable, each deed of trust, or any other document, for the first five (5) pages․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 25.00

(ii) Each additional page․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 1.00

(c)(i) Recording oil and gas leases, cancellations, etc., including indexing in general indices; for the first five (5) pages․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 25.00

(ii) Recording each oil and gas assignment, amendment of assignment, release, etc., first five (5) pages․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 25.00

per additional assignee․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 18.00

(iii) Each additional page․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 1.00

(iv) Sectional index entries per section or subdivision lot․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 1.00

(v) Archive fee․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 1.00

(vi) Entering marginal notations, if requested on document or by cover letter, pertaining to the recording of any oil and gas document only per book and page․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 4.00

(d)(i) Furnishing copies of any papers of record or on file:

If performed by the clerk or his employee, per page․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ .50

If performed by any other person, per page․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ .25

(ii) Entering marginal notations on documents of record․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 1.00

(e) For attending the board of supervisors' meeting, an annual sum not exceeding․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 2,500.00

(f) For other services as clerk of the board of supervisors an allowance shall be made to him (payable semiannually at the July and January meetings) out of the county treasury, an annual sum not exceeding․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 5,500.00

(g) For each day's attendance on the chancery court, to be approved by the chancellor:

For the first chancellor sitting only, clerk and two (2) deputies, each․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ $ 85.00

For the second chancellor sitting, clerk only․․․․․$ 85.00

Provided that the fees herein prescribed shall be the total remuneration for the clerk and his deputies for attending chancery court.

(h) On order of the court, clerks and not more than two (2) deputies may be allowed five (5) extra days for each term of court for attendance upon the court to get up records.

(i) For public service not otherwise specifically provided for, the chancery court may by order allow the clerk to be paid by the county on the order of the board of supervisors, an annual sum not exceeding․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 5,000.00

(j) For each civil filing, to be deposited into the Civil Legal Assistance Fund․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 5.00

The chancery clerk shall itemize on the original document a detailed fee bill of all charges due or paid for filing, recording and abstracting same. No person shall be required to pay such fees until same have been so itemized, but those fees may be demanded before the document is recorded.

(2) The following fee shall be a total fee for all services performed by the clerk with respect to any civil case filed that includes, but is not limited to, divorce, alteration of birth or marriage certificate, removal of minority, guardianship or conservatorship, estate of deceased, adoption that does not involve the Department of Child Protection Services, land dispute injunction, settlement of small claim, contempt, modification, partition suit, or commitment, which shall be payable upon filing and shall accrue to the chancery clerk at the time of filing. The clerk or his successor in office shall perform all duties set forth without additional compensation or fee․․․․․․․$ 85.00

(3) For every civil case filed:

(a) An additional fee to be deposited to the credit of the Comprehensive Electronic Court Systems Fund established in Section 9-21-14 ․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 10.00

(b) An additional fee to be deposited to the credit of the Judicial System Operation Fund established in Section 9-21-45 ․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․$ 40.00

(4) Cost of process shall be borne by the issuing party. Additionally, should the attorney or person filing the pleadings desire the clerk to pay the cost to the sheriff for serving process on one (1) person or more, or to pay the cost of publication, the clerk shall demand the actual charges therefor, at the time of filing.

(5) For each civil case filed, including an adoption involving the Department of Child Protection Services, the filing shall be exempt from any fee under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-65 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-65
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever used in this section, the term:

(a) “ Covered individual ” means any individual who receives monetary compensation for his or her service as a law enforcement officer or firefighter, including a volunteer firefighter and any individual who receives monetary compensation for his or her service as an emergency medical technician as defined in this section when employed by an employer as defined in this section; it does not include employees of independent contractors.

(b) “ Employer ” means a county or municipality, any state agency, board or commission, public universities and colleges that employ, appoint or otherwise engage the services of covered individuals.

(c) “ Firefighter ” means an individual who is trained for the prevention and control of loss of life and property from fire or other emergencies, who is assigned to firefighting activity, and is required to respond to alarms and performs emergency actions at the location of a fire, hazardous materials or other emergency incident.

(d) “ Law enforcement officer ” means any lawfully sworn officer or employee of the state or any political subdivision of the state whose duties require the officer or employee to investigate, pursue, apprehend, arrest, transport or maintain custody of persons who are charged with, suspected of committing, or convicted of a crime, whether the officer is on regular duty on full-time status, an auxiliary or reserve officer, or is serving on a temporary or part-time status.

(e) “ Cause of death ” means any cause of death that would be covered under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act of 1976, the Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2003, generally codified at 42 USCS Chapter 46 , or the Safeguarding America's First Responders Act of 2020.

(f) “ Emergency medical technician ” means a person licensed under Section 41-59-1 et seq. , to provide emergency medical services as an emergency medical technician-ambulance, emergency medical technician-advanced, emergency medical technician-paramedic, or emergency medical technician-nurse-paramedic and who is employed by a nonprivate entity.

(2)(a)(i) The governing authorities of any municipality, the board of supervisors of any county, any state agency, board or commission, and any public university or college may establish a policy to pay to the covered individual's beneficiary the full amount of the covered individual's regular compensation for up to sixty (60) days when a covered individual, while engaged in the performance of the person's official duties, dies or receives accidental or intentional bodily injury that results in the loss of the covered individual's life and such death is the result of a covered cause of death, provided that the death is not the result of suicide and that the bodily injury is not intentionally self-inflicted.

(ii) If the governing authorities of a municipality, the board of supervisors of a county, any state agency, board or commission or public university or college adopt a policy pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this subsection (2), then within one (1) day after the date of death of a covered individual who dies while in performance of his or her duties, as set under this subsection, the governing authorities of the municipality, or the board of supervisors, the state agency, board or commission, public university or college, as the case may be, may make a payment in the amount set out under subparagraph (i) of this subsection (2) to the beneficiary of the covered individual.

(b) The payment provided for in this subsection shall be made to the beneficiary who was designated in writing by the covered individual, signed by the covered individual and delivered to the employer during the covered individual's lifetime. If no such designation is made, then the payment shall be made to the surviving child or children and spouse in equal portions, and if there is no surviving child or spouse, then to the parent or parents. If a beneficiary is not designated and there is no surviving child, spouse or parent, then the payment shall be made to the covered individual's estate.

(c) The payment made in this subsection is in addition to any workers' compensation or pension benefits or other payments made pursuant to Section 45-2-1 and is exempt from the claims and demands of creditors of the covered individual.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.107 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-3.107
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.107
Status: in_force

(1) An agency shall not adopt a rule that differs from the rule proposed in the notice of proposed rule adoption on which the rule is based unless all of the following apply:

(a) The differences are within the scope of the matter announced in the notice of proposed rule adoption and are in character with the issues raised in that notice;

(b) The differences are a logical outgrowth of the contents of that notice of proposed rule adoption and the comments submitted in response thereto; and

(c) The notice of proposed rule adoption provided fair warning that the outcome of that rulemaking proceeding could be the rule in question.

(2) In determining whether the notice of proposed rule adoption provided fair warning that the outcome of that rulemaking proceeding could be the rule in question, an agency shall consider all of the following factors:

(a) The extent to which persons who will be affected by the rule should have understood that the rulemaking proceeding on which it is based could affect their interests;

(b) The extent to which the subject matter of the rule or issues determined by the rule are different from the subject matter or issues contained in the notice of proposed rule adoption; and

(c) The extent to which the effects of the rule differ from the effects of the proposed rule contained in the notice of proposed rule adoption.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-11 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 41-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-11
Status: in_force

(1) Minutes shall be kept of all meetings of a public body, whether in open or executive session, showing the members present and absent; the date, time and place of the meeting; an accurate recording of any final actions taken at such meeting; and a record, by individual member, of any votes taken; and any other information that the public body requests be included or reflected in the minutes. The minutes shall be recorded within a reasonable time not to exceed thirty (30) days after recess or adjournment and shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours.

(2) Minutes of a meeting conducted by teleconference or video means shall comply with the requirements of Section 25-41-5 .

(3) Minutes of legislative committee meetings shall consist of a written record of attendance and final actions taken at such meetings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 59-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-13
Status: in_force

The transfer of records to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History shall be in accordance with the following:

(a) Agencies and appointed or elected officials are hereby authorized and empowered to turn over to the department any records no longer in current official use and the department is authorized, after conducting appropriate archival appraisal, to accept such records and to provide for their administration and preservation.

(b) All records of state agencies transferred to the department may be held in the records center or placed directly in the Mississippi State Archives as deemed appropriate.

(c) Title to any record placed in the records center shall remain in the agency transferring such records to the department.

(d) Title to any record transferred to the Mississippi State Archives shall be vested in the department.

(e) The department may make certified copies under seal of any records transferred to it upon the application of any person and said certificates signed by the director shall have the same force and effect as if made by the agency from which the records were received.

(f) The department may prescribe and charge reasonable fees for said services, which shall not be less than the actual cost thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-25 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 17 / Section 59-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-25
Status: in_force

(1) No person acting in compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be held personally liable. If it becomes necessary for archivists or records analysts on the staff of the department to inspect closed or restricted records in order to appraise them for archival significance those archivists or records analysts shall not be held liable under law for such inspection. It shall be unlawful for such archivists or records analysts to divulge any information contained in the closed or restricted records.

(2) Whenever laws and regulations prescribe where a record series must be kept, the custodian of such records shall be considered in compliance with those laws, rules and regulations if he transfers the records to a local holding area, a records center or the Mississippi State Archives when he does so in accordance with an approved records control schedule. All local governmental bodies in this state are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to transfer records, after the expiration of time when such bodies no longer have to retain the records, to a public library or to a local historical or archival group which has been incorporated and operates as a private, nonprofit corporation. Any local governmental body which desires to transfer records to a local historical or archival group or public library shall have certification from the department prior to the records being transferred indicating that such entity has satisfied all the rules and regulations of the department and that the department has officially approved such entity as a records depository. The title to all records transferred to any local historical or archival group or public library shall remain in the local governmental body which transfers the records to such entity, and the ultimate authority over the records shall continue to reside with the person charged with the responsibility for making and keeping the records. Any local governmental body may also request certification from the department of the body's own record storage area for records which the body determines to retain in its custody.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-2.102 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / Section 43-2.102
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-2.102
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to other requirements imposed by any provision of law, and subject to any confidentiality provisions established by law, each agency shall make all written final orders available for public inspection and copying and index them by name and subject.

(2) A written final order available for public inspection pursuant to subsection (1) may not be relied on as precedent by an agency to the detriment of any person until it has been made available for public inspection and indexed in the manner described in subsection (1) of this section. This provision is inapplicable to any person who has actual, timely knowledge of the order. The burden of proving that knowledge is on the agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-14-3 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 14-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-14-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term “employee” means any person, whether appointed, elected, or under contract, providing services for the State of Mississippi, state agencies, counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions, for which compensation is paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-7 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 34-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-7
Status: in_force

(1) A notarial officer may perform the following notarial acts:

(a) Take acknowledgments;

(b) Administer oaths and affirmations;

(c) Take verifications on oath or affirmation;

(d) Certify depositions of witnesses;

(e) Witness or attest signatures;

(f) Make or note a protest of a negotiable instrument;

(g) Make an affidavit regarding the truth of any witnesses or attested signatures in question along with any corrected language and, if the authenticity or correctness of language affects real property, file the same in the land records in the office of the chancery clerk where the land is located; and

(h) Any other acts so authorized by the law of this state.

(2) A notarial officer may not perform a notarial act when the officer:

(a) Is a party to the record being notarized;

(b) Is a spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, grandchild, aunt or uncle, or niece or nephew, including a son or daughter-in-law, a mother or father-in-law, a stepchild or stepparent, or a half-sibling, of the person whose signature is being notarized or the person taking a verification on oath or affirmation from the officer; or

(c) Will receive as a direct result any commission, fee, advantage, right, title, beneficial interest, cash, property or other consideration exceeding in value the fees required by rules established by the Secretary of State.

(3) A notarial officer is not disqualified from performing a notarial act by virtue of his or her profession when the officer:

(a) Is an employee performing a notarial act on behalf of, or which benefits, the employer;

(b) Is an attorney who maintains an attorney-client relationship with the person whose signature is the subject of the notarial act; or

(c) Is a shareholder of a corporation or member of a limited liability company which is a party to a record that is the subject of the notarial act.

(4) A notarial act performed in violation of subsection (2) is voidable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-25 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 45 / Section 53-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-25
Status: repealed

(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to imply exemption from the public purchases law, being Section 31-7-1 et seq.

(2) The authority may establish policies and procedures for the purpose of delegating the bidding and contracting responsibilities related to the procurement of computer equipment or services to the purchasing agency. Such policies and procedures must address the following issues:

(a) Establish categories of equipment or services affected;

(b) Establish maximum unit and/or ceiling prices of such procurements;

(c) Establish reporting, monitoring and control of such procurements; and

(d) Establish other such rules and regulations as necessary to fully implement the purposes of this section. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to imply exemption from the public purchases law, being Section 31-7-1 et seq.

(3) Acquisitions of computer equipment and services by institutions of higher learning or junior colleges wholly with federal funds and not with state general funds shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter; however, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to imply an exemption of such acquisitions from the public purchases law, being Section 31-7-1 et seq.

(4) [Repealed]
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-9 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 60 / Section 61-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-9
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Records furnished to public bodies by third parties which contain trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information shall not be subject to inspection, examination, copying or reproduction under this chapter until notice to third parties has been given, but the records shall be released no later than twenty-one (21) days from the date the third parties are given notice by the public body unless the third parties have filed in chancery court a petition seeking a protective order on or before the expiration of the twenty-one-day time period. Any party seeking the protective order shall give notice to the party requesting the information in accordance with the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.

(b) If a court determines that a person or entity has made duplicative requests for public records that are the subject of a protective order under paragraph (a) of this subsection, the court shall order the requesting person or entity to reimburse the third party's costs and attorney's fees for seeking additional protective orders for the same or substantially similar requests for public records.

(2) If any public record which is held to be exempt from disclosure pursuant to this chapter contains material which is not exempt pursuant to this chapter, the public body shall separate the exempt material and make the nonexempt material available for examination or copying, or both, as provided for in this chapter.

(3) Trade secrets and confidential commercial and financial information of a proprietary nature developed by a college, university or public hospital under contract with a firm, business, partnership, association, corporation, individual or other like entity shall not be subject to inspection, examination, copying or reproduction under this chapter.

(4) Misappropriation of a trade secret shall be governed by the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Sections 75 - 26 -1 through 75-26-19.

(5) A waste minimization plan and any updates developed by generators and facility operators under the Mississippi Comprehensive Multimedia Waste Minimization Act of 1990 shall be retained at the facility and shall not be subject to inspection, examination, copying or reproduction under this chapter.

(6) Data processing software obtained by an agency under a licensing agreement that prohibits its disclosure and which software is a trade secret, as defined in Section 75-26-3 , and data processing software produced by a public body which is sensitive must not be subject to inspection, copying or reproduction under this chapter.

As used in this subsection, “ sensitive ” means only those portions of data processing software, including the specifications and documentation, used to:

(a) Collect, process, store, and retrieve information which is exempt under this chapter.

(b) Control and direct access authorizations and security measures for automated systems.

(c) Collect, process, store, and retrieve information, disclosure of which would require a significant intrusion into the business of the public body.

(7) For all procurement contracts awarded by state agencies, the provisions of the contract which contain the commodities purchased or the personal or professional services provided, the unit prices contained within the procurement contracts, the overall price to be paid, and the term of the contract shall not be deemed to be a trade secret or confidential commercial or financial information under this section, and shall be available for examination, copying or reproduction as provided for in this chapter. Any party seeking a protective order for a procurement contract awarded by state agencies shall give notice to and provide the reasons for the protective order to the party requesting the information in accordance with the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure. The notice and reasons for the protective order must be posted on the Mississippi procurement portal for a minimum of seven (7) days before filing the petition seeking the protective order in chancery court. Any party seeking a protective order in violation of this subsection may be barred by a state agency from submitting bids, proposals or qualifications for procurement for a period not to exceed five (5) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-1.106 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 43-1.106
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-1.106
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Whenever, under this chapter, a party or any person is permitted or required to file with an agency any pleading, motion or other document, filing must be made by delivery of the document to the agency, by mailing it to the agency or by transmitting it to the agency by electronic means, including, but not limited to, facsimile transfer or e-mail. Filing by electronic means is complete when the electronic equipment being used by the agency acknowledges receipt of the material. If the equipment used by the agency does not automatically acknowledge transmission, service is not complete until the filing party obtains an acknowledgment from the agency. Filing by mail is complete upon receipt by the agency.

(b) The agency may implement this section by agency rule.

(2)(a) Whenever service is required by this chapter, and whether the service is made by a party, an agency or a presiding officer, service of orders, notices, pleadings, motions and other documents upon a party shall be made by delivering a copy to the party, by transmitting it to the party by electronic means, including, but not limited to, facsimile transfer or e-mail, or by mailing it to the party at the party's last known address. Delivery of a copy means handing it to a party, leaving it at the office of a party with a person in charge thereof, or leaving it at the dwelling house or usual place of abode of the party with some person of suitable age and discretion then residing therein. Service by electronic means is complete when the electronic equipment being used by the party being served acknowledges receipt of the material. If the equipment used by the party being served does not automatically acknowledge the transmission, service is not complete until the sending party obtains an acknowledgment from the recipient. Service by mail is complete upon mailing.

(b) Whenever service is required or permitted to be made upon a party who is represented by an attorney of record in the proceedings, the service shall be made upon such attorney.

(c) Whenever an agency issues an order or serves a notice or other document, the order or notice or other document shall be dated and shall be deemed to have been issued on the day it is served on the parties to the matter. If the order or notice or other document is to be served by mail, it shall be dated and shall be deemed to have been issued on the day it is mailed.

(3)(a) In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this Article 1, by order of an agency, or by any applicable statute or agency rule, the day of the act, event or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday, as defined by statute, or any other day when the agency's office is in fact closed, whether with or without legal authority, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday or any other day when the agency's office is closed. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than seven (7) days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation. In the event any legal holiday falls on a Sunday, the next following day shall be a legal holiday.

(b) Whenever a party has the right or is required to do some act or take some proceedings within a prescribed period after the service of a notice, order, pleading, motion or other paper upon him and the notice or paper is served upon him by mail, three (3) days shall be added to the prescribed period.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-11 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 53-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-11
Status: in_force

The authority shall meet regularly at a place designated by it once each calendar month and shall meet at such other times as may be set upon call of the chairman or a majority of the members of the authority. At its first meeting, the authority shall organize and elect a chairman and vice-chairman and, as soon as practicable thereafter, the authority shall adopt such rules and regulations, not contrary to the provisions of this chapter and the other laws of the State of Mississippi, as shall be necessary and proper to govern its proceedings. The authority may either elect a secretary from among its membership or delegate the executive director or another employee of the authority as its secretary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 34-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-5
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a notarial act performed on or after July 1, 2021.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-31 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 45 / Section 65-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-31
Status: in_force

Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year, the university, community/junior college or agency internal audit director shall issue an annual report which separately lists audit reports issued, and other activities completed or in progress as of the end of the fiscal year. The annual report shall describe accomplishments of the internal audit activities. Copies of the report shall be provided to the governing board or commission and the university president or chancellor, the community/junior college president or the agency head and the audit committee. The annual report shall be provided upon request to the State Auditor or other external auditor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-317 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-317
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-317
Status: in_force

(1) The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the plan and for making effective the provisions hereof are vested in the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi.

(2) The board shall invest all funds in accordance with Section 25-11-121 .

(3) The board shall designate an actuary who shall be the technical advisor of the board on matters regarding the operation of the plan and shall perform such other duties as are required in connection therewith.

(4) At least once in each two-year period following the date of establishment, the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service and compensation experience of the members and beneficiaries of the plan and shall make a valuation of the contingent assets and liabilities of the plan.

(5) On the basis of regular interest and tables last adopted by the board, the actuary shall make biennial valuation of the contingent assets and liabilities of the plan.

(6) The board shall keep such data as shall be necessary for the actuarial valuation of the contingent assets and liabilities of the plan and for checking the experience of the plan.

(7) The board shall determine from time to time the rate of regular interest for use in all calculations, with the rate of five percent (5%) per annum applicable unless changed by the board.

(8) Subject to the limitations hereof, the board from time to time shall establish rules and regulations for the administration of the plan and for the transaction of business.

(9) The board shall keep a record of all its proceedings under this article which shall be open to public inspection, except for individual member records. The system shall not disclose the name, address or contents of any individual member records without the prior written consent of the individual to whom the record pertains.

(10) The Executive Secretary of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi shall serve as the executive secretary of the plan.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-15 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 32 / Section 53-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-15
Status: in_force

Any member of the authority may have his vote on any question before the authority recorded on the minutes thereof at the time of the vote, and a member of the authority who votes against an illegal or unauthorized expenditure of funds may not be held liable therefor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-99 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-99
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-99
Status: in_force

Nothing in Sections 25-3-91 through 25-3-99 shall be construed to deny the payment of leave earned prior to July 1, 1976.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.104 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 43-3.104
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.104
Status: in_force

(1) For at least twenty-five (25) days after proper filing with the Secretary of State of the notice of proposed rule adoption, an agency shall afford persons the opportunity to submit, in writing, argument, data and views on the proposed rule.

(2)(a) An agency, in its discretion, may schedule an oral proceeding on any proposed rule. However, an agency shall schedule an oral proceeding on a proposed rule if, within twenty (20) days after the proper filing of the notice of proposed rule adoption, a written request for an oral proceeding is submitted by a political subdivision, an agency or ten (10) persons. At that proceeding, persons may present oral or written argument, data and views on the proposed rule.

(b) An oral proceeding on a proposed rule, if required, may not be held earlier than twenty (20) days after notice of its location and time is properly filed with the Secretary of State for publication in the administrative bulletin. Within three (3) days after its proper filing with the Secretary of State for publication in the administrative bulletin, the agency shall cause a copy of the notice of the location and time of the oral proceeding to be mailed to each person who has made a timely request to the agency to be placed on the mailing list maintained by the agency of persons who have requested notices of proposed rule adoptions.

(c) The agency, a member of the agency, or another presiding officer designated by the agency shall preside at a required oral proceeding on a proposed rule. Oral proceedings must be open to the public and may be recorded by stenographic or other means.

(d) An agency may issue rules for the conduct of oral rule-making proceedings or prepare reasonable guidelines or procedures for the conduct of any such proceedings. Those rules may include, but not be limited to, provisions calculated to prevent undue repetition in the oral proceedings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-62-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 62-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-62-5
Status: in_force

(1) A person alleging a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief.

(2) A court, in rendering a judgment in an action brought under this section, shall award all or a portion of the costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney fees and witness fees, to the complainant in the action if the court determines that the award is appropriate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-17 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-17
Status: in_force

The salaries provided in Sections 25-3-13 and 25-3-15 shall be payable monthly on the first day of each calendar month during the calendar year following that in which the total assessed valuation is determined; however, the board of supervisors, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, may provide that such salaries shall be paid semimonthly on the first and fifteenth day of each month or every two (2) weeks pursuant to Section 25-3-29 . If a pay date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, salary payments shall be made on the workday immediately preceding the weekend or legal holiday. The chancery clerk shall draw his warrant on the general fund of the county, the county road and bridge fund, or any fund of the county available for such purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-4-21 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-4-21
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receipt of a complaint that complies with Section 25-4-19 , the commission shall authorize a confidential investigation of the complaint. Upon completion of the investigation, the commission shall proceed as follows:

(a) If the complaint concerns a public official in the legislative branch, the commission shall refer the complaint, confidentially, to the public official and to the appropriate committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate having jurisdiction over the ethical conduct of its members and employees.

(b) If the complaint concerns a public official in the judicial branch, the commission shall refer the complaint, confidentially, to the public official and to the Commission on Judicial Performance or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

(c) If the complaint concerns a public official in the executive branch or persons not covered in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection, then the commission shall refer the complaint, confidentially, to the public official and to the head of the department or agency, if the person is in the executive branch, or, for other public officials, to the person about whom the complaint is filed.

(d) The persons, committees or commission receiving complaints referred in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) shall have thirty (30) days within which to respond to the complaint.

(e) After receiving the response to the complaint or, if no response is received after thirty (30) days from the notice of referral, the commission may, in its discretion, terminate the matter or proceed with an investigation as follows:

(i) The commission may terminate any and all proceedings at any stage of its procedure upon a determination that an appropriate disposition of the matter has occurred.

(ii) If the investigation indicates probable cause for belief that a violation of law has occurred, the commission may set a hearing of the matter to be held in accordance with the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure and the Mississippi Rules of Evidence. After the hearing, the commission may order penalties as prescribed in this chapter. The commission may enroll its order as a civil judgment with the circuit clerk in the county of residence of the judgment debtor. The commission may enforce the judgment on behalf of the State General Fund in the same manner as prescribed for other civil judgments, after complying with subsection (2) of this section.

(iii) The commission may refer the complaint with any evidence gathered during the investigation to the Attorney General and to the district attorney having jurisdiction, with a recommendation that it be considered for presentation to the grand jury. The Attorney General and the district attorney shall report back to the commission within ninety (90) days as to what action was taken following receipt of the complaint and recommendations of the commission, including the intent of the Attorney General to seek further civil remedies and the intent of the district attorney to present such matter to the grand jury.

(2) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the commission made pursuant to its hearing procedures may appeal de novo to the Circuit Court for Hinds County and execution of the commission's decision shall be stayed upon the filing of a notice of appeal.

(3) Civil actions taken by the commission shall not bar prosecutions for violations of the criminal law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-23 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 32 / Section 34-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-23
Status: in_force

(1) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in that state is performed by:

(a) A notary public of that state;

(b) A judge, a clerk or a deputy clerk of a court of that state; or

(c) Any other individual authorized by the law of that state to perform the notarial act.

(2) The signature and title of an individual performing a notarial act in another state is prima facie evidence that the signature is genuine and that the individual holds the designated title.

(3) The signature and title of a notarial officer described in subsection (1)(a) or (b) conclusively establish the authority of the officer to perform the notarial act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-60-1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 45 / Section 60-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-60-1
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Local Government Records Committee. The committee shall be composed of the following members: the Attorney General, or his designee; the Secretary of State, or his designee; the State Auditor of Public Accounts, or his designee; the Chairman of the State Tax Commission, or his designee; the Director of the State Department of Archives and History, or his designee; a representative from each of the following organizations, to be designated by the head of each organization for a term of two (2) years with a limit of not more than two (2) terms: the Family Research Association of Mississippi, Inc., the Mississippi Association of Supervisors, The Mississippi Bar, the Mississippi Chancery Clerks' Association, the Mississippi Circuit Clerks' Association, the Mississippi City Clerks' Association, the Mississippi Historical Society, the Mississippi Municipal Association, the Mississippi Sheriffs' Association, the Mississippi Superintendents of Education Association, the Mississippi Tax Assessors' Association and the Mississippi Tax Collectors' Association; and one (1) resident of this state appointed by the Governor for a term of two (2) years with a limit of not more than two (2) terms. The Director of the Department of Archives and History shall be chairman of the committee. Members of the committee shall receive per diem as provided in Section 25-3-69 , and shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses and travel as provided in Section 25-3-41 .

It is the duty of the committee to review, approve, disapprove, amend or modify records control schedules submitted by the Local Government Records Office, municipalities, municipal courts and counties for the disposition of records based on administrative, legal, fiscal or historical value. When the Mississippi Supreme Court designates the Department of Archives and History as the records management agency for courts, it is the duty of the committee to review, approve, disapprove, amend or modify records control schedules submitted by justice, county, circuit and chancery courts. Such records control schedules, once approved, shall be authoritative and directive, and shall have the force and effect of law.

It is the duty of municipalities and counties to cooperate with the committee in complying with the provisions of this section.

The committee is authorized to promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement the authority granted to it in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-9 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-9
Status: in_force

The oath of office may be taken by all officers before any person authorized by law to administer an oath.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-115 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 45 / Section 53-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-115
Status: in_force

No agency shall rent, lease, lease/purchase, purchase or in any way own or pay for the operation of any telecommunications system out of any funds available for the use by that agency without the written approval of the bureau.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-111 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 53-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-111
Status: in_force

The bureau shall have the following additional duties:

(a) To establish and coordinate through either state ownership or commercial leasing, all telecommunications systems and services affecting the management and operations of the state.

(b) To act as the sole centralized customer for the acquisition, billing and record keeping of all telecommunications systems or services provided to state agencies whether obtained through lease or purchase.

(c) To charge respective user agencies for their proportionate cost of the installation, maintenance and operation of the telecommunications systems and services, including the operation of the bureau.

(d) To offer or provide transmission, switch and network services on a reimbursable basis to agencies financed entirely by federal funds, to governing authorities and to other governmental agencies.

(e) To approve or provide state telephone services on a reimbursable basis to full-time students at state institutions of higher learning and junior colleges, including where such services are provided by the state or the institution.

(f) To develop coordinated telecommunications systems or services within and among all state agencies and require, where appropriate, cooperative utilization of telecommunications equipment and services by aggregating users. Where such cooperative utilization of telecommunications system or service would affect an agency authorized to receive information from the National Crime Information Center of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, such plans for cooperative utilization shall first be approved by the National Crime Information Center before implementation of such telecommunications systems or service can proceed.

(g) To review, coordinate, approve or disapprove all requests by state agencies for the procurement, through purchase or contract for lease of telecommunications systems or services including telecommunication proposals, studies and consultation contracts and intra-LATA and inter-LATA transmission channels.

(h) To establish and define telecommunications systems and services specifications and designs so as to assure compatibility of telecommunications systems and services within state government and governing authorities.

(i) To provide a continuous, comprehensive analysis and inventory of telecommunications costs, facilities and systems within state government.

(j) To promote, coordinate or assist in the design and engineering of emergency telecommunications systems, including but not limited to “911” service, emergency medical services and other emergency telecommunications services.

(k) To advise and provide consultation to agencies and governing authorities with respect to telecommunications management planning and related matters and to provide training to users within state government in telecommunications technology and system use.

(l) To develop policies, procedures and long-range plans, consistent with the protection of citizens' rights to privacy and access to information, for the acquisition and use of telecommunications systems, and to base such policies on current information about state telecommunications activities in relation to the full range of emerging technologies.

Any state agency requesting an increase in expenditure of funds for new telecommunications equipment systems or services shall submit to the Legislative Budget Office with its budget request preceding the fiscal year for which funding is requested detailed justification for such request. The justification shall be provided on forms developed by the bureau in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. In addition, all state agencies shall submit to the bureau, when requested, a long-range plan for use of telecommunications equipment, systems and services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-53 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 32 / Section 53-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-53
Status: in_force

Information and data shall be considered public record information and data and receive normal handling and processing unless designated as “confidential information” by the agency and institution originating the data. Information and data designated as “confidential information” will receive special handling based on procedures agreed to by the executive director and the agency or institution head and shall be handled in accordance with the oath subscribed to by the confidentiality officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-7 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 60 / Section 65-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-7
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall only apply (a) to the following universities: (i) Alcorn State University, (ii) Delta State University, (iii) Jackson State University, (iv) Mississippi State University, (v) Mississippi State University Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station, (vi) Mississippi State University Cooperative Extension Service, (vii) Mississippi State University Forest and Wildlife Research Center, (viii) Mississippi State University State Chemical Laboratory, (ix) Mississippi University for Women, (x) Mississippi Valley State University, (xi) The University of Mississippi, (xii) University of Mississippi Medical Center and the (xiii) University of Southern Mississippi; (b) to the following community/junior colleges: (i) Coahoma Community College, (ii) Copiah-Lincoln Community College, (iii) East Central Community College, (iv) East Mississippi Community College, (v) Hinds Community College, (vi) Holmes Community College, (vii) Itawamba Community College, (viii) Jones County Junior College, (ix) Meridian Community College, (x) Mississippi Delta Community College, (xi) Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, (xii) Northeast Mississippi Community College, (xiii) Northwest Mississippi Community College, (xiv) Pearl River Community College and (xv) Southwest Mississippi Community College; and (c) to the following agencies: (i) the Department of Finance and Administration, (ii) the State Tax Commission, (iii) the Department of Education, (iv) the State Department of Health, (v) the Department of Mental Health, (vi) the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, (vii) the Mississippi Development Authority, (viii) the Department of Environmental Quality, (ix) the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, (x) the Department of Corrections, (xi) the Division of Medicaid, (xii) the Department of Rehabilitation Services, (xiii) the Department of Public Safety, (xiv) the Mississippi Employment Security Commission, (xv) the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, (xvi) the Public Employees Retirement System, (xvii) the Mississippi Department of Transportation, (xviii) the Mississippi Gaming Commission and (xix) the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-233 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 53-233
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-233
Status: in_force

The Cyber Security Review Board, hereafter referred to as the “board,” shall consist of the following seven (7) members:

(a) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security, or his or her designee, as chairman of the board;

(b) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, or his or her designee, as vice chairman of the board;

(c) The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, or his or her designee;

(d) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, or his or her designee;

(e) The Adjutant General of the Mississippi National Guard, or his or her designee;

(f) The State Superintendent of Education, as appointed by the Mississippi Board of Education, or his or her designee; and

(g) The Attorney General of Mississippi, or his or her designee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-15 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 55-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-15
Status: in_force

When the assessment rolls of a county, or either of them, shall be stolen, lost, or destroyed, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to obtain certified copies thereof from the office of the state tax commission or the proper custodian thereof, and to pay for the same out of the county treasury. If the assessment have been so recently made that copies thereof are not on file in the auditor's office, then the assessment roll or rolls of the county used the preceding year shall be in force and, if necessary, copies thereof shall in like manner be obtained, and the taxes of the current year collected thereon; but in such case new assessments shall be made for the following year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-17 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 15 / Section 55-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-17
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall have power to re-establish any of its records that may be lost, destroyed, or stolen, in the same manner as other courts. It may, of its own motion and without petition or process, re-establish any levy for taxes or other public or legislative matter and make the same of record; and in all proceedings thereafter in respect thereto the same shall be conclusively presumed to have been correctly re-established, except in respect to rights which may have accrued before the order of re-establishment and, as to such rights, the same shall be prima facie correct.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-1.107 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 17 / Section 43-1.107
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-1.107
Status: in_force

Every agency as defined in this chapter shall, no later than October 1, 2003, file with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House a report which outlines any conflicts between this chapter and any other laws affecting the agency. This report shall include proposed legislation to bring the other laws into conformity with the requirements of this chapter. The Secretary of State shall, no later than December 1, 2003, file with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House a list of sections which the Secretary of State believes conflict with this chapter. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House shall maintain a list of agencies which have complied with this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-25 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 15 / Section 65-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-25
Status: in_force

(1) The university, community/junior college or agency head shall make available to the internal audit director adequate resources specifically appropriated to ensure the professional development and continuing professional education of the internal audit staff.

(2) The internal audit director shall cooperate with the State Auditor or other external auditor in the exchange of technical assistance and access to current information concerning audit techniques, policies and procedures.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-5-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-5-5
Status: in_force

The reasons or causes for removal from office shall be:

Knowingly or wilfully failing, neglecting, or refusing to perform any of the duties required of such officer by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-32-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 32-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-32-5
Status: in_force

Compensation for the public defender shall be fixed by the board of supervisors or boards of supervisors, if two (2) or more counties are acting jointly; provided, however, the compensation for a public defender, who shall be full-time, representing an entire circuit court district shall not be less than the compensation of the district attorney, the compensation for a public defender representing one (1) county shall not be less than the compensation of the county prosecuting attorney and the compensation for a public defender representing two (2) or more counties, but less than the entire circuit court district, shall not be less than the aggregate of the compensation for county prosecuting attorneys of the counties served, but in no event to exceed the compensation of the district attorney. No full-time public defender or full-time assistant public defenders shall engage nor be associated with any person in the private practice of law. Part-time public defenders or part-time assistant public defenders may engage in the private practice of the law as long as such practice does not relate to the prosecution of criminal matters.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-115 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 53-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-115
Status: in_force

No agency shall rent, lease, lease/purchase, purchase or in any way own or pay for the operation of any telecommunications system out of any funds available for the use by that agency without the written approval of the bureau.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-2 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-2
Status: in_force

No county elected official's annual salary established under this chapter shall be reduced during his term of office as a result of a reduction in total assessed valuation or a change in population.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-39 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-39
Status: in_force

The fees chargeable by the surveyor shall be paid by the parties engaging his services. When the services are rendered in obedience to an order of court in a suit therein pending, the surveyor shall state an account of the fees for services, written on the back of one (1) of the plats by him returned to the court, and the same shall be allowed in the bill of costs and taxed as other costs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-9 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 51 / Section 55-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-9
Status: in_force

Where any part of the court record was recorded or enrolled in a book, and the record thereof is stolen, lost or destroyed -- as the record of wills, register of claims, minute-book, judgment-roll, or the like -- the court shall direct its record or enrollment anew, as of the date of its original record or enrollment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-51-7 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 15 / Section 51-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-51-7
Status: in_force

A recorder of documents shall be appointed by the director of the commission in his office, whose functions shall be to administer the provisions of Sections 25-51-1 through 25-51-5, under the supervision of the director of the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-105 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / Section 53-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-105
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall administer the provisions of Sections 25-53-109 through 25-53-125 . The purposes and aims of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services in carrying out said provisions shall be to coordinate and promote efficiency in the acquisition, operation and maintenance of all telecommunications systems and networks being used by agencies of the state and further to coordinate the compatibility of systems and networks to the state with those of governing authorities so as to promote a uniform, compatible telecommunications system for agencies and governing authorities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-40 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-40
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-40
Status: in_force

On July 1, 1978, and each year thereafter, the Mississippi Compensation Plan shall be amended to provide salary increases in such amounts and percentages as might be recommended by the legislative budget office and as may be authorized by funds appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of granting incentive salary increases as deemed possible dependent upon the availability of general and special funds.

It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Mississippi Legislature to implement the minimum wage as enacted by statutory law of the United States Congress subject to funds being available for that purpose. It is the intent and purpose of this section to maximize annual salary increases consistent with the availability of funds as might be determined by the Mississippi Legislature at its regular annual session and that all salary increases hereafter be made consistent with the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-17 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 34-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-17
Status: in_force

(1) A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act if the officer knows or suspects the transaction is illegal, false or deceptive, or if the officer is not satisfied that:

(a) The individual executing the record is competent;

(b) The individual executing the record has the capacity to execute the record;

(c) The individual's signature is knowingly and voluntarily made; or

(d) The notarial act is in compliance with this chapter or with rules issued by the Secretary of State to implement this chapter.

(2) A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act unless refusal is prohibited by any law other than this chapter.

(3) A notary may not be required to perform a notarial act outside the notary's regular workplace or business hours.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-23 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 31-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-23
Status: in_force

The district attorney, at each term of the circuit court, shall carefully examine the minutes of the preceding terms and the execution docket, to see that executions have been issued for all fines, penalties, and forfeitures adjudged at such terms, and that the same have been properly proceeded on and returned, and what fines, penalties, and forfeitures have been collected; and he shall, at the close of every term, make out a statement of all fines, forfeitures, and penalties adjudged and made final at such term; and also of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected or received by the sheriff or other officer, stating each case and the amount, and shall deliver the same to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county. He shall proceed against the officers and their sureties for any neglect of duty of which they may be guilty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-105 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 32 / Section 53-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-105
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall administer the provisions of Sections 25-53-109 through 25-53-125 . The purposes and aims of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services in carrying out said provisions shall be to coordinate and promote efficiency in the acquisition, operation and maintenance of all telecommunications systems and networks being used by agencies of the state and further to coordinate the compatibility of systems and networks to the state with those of governing authorities so as to promote a uniform, compatible telecommunications system for agencies and governing authorities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-15-409 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-409
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-15-409
Status: in_force

(1) The state, municipality, county or fire protection district shall, no later than January 1, 2024, show proof of insurance coverage that meets the requirements of this article to the Commissioner of Insurance, or shall show satisfactory proof of the ability to pay such compensation to ensure adequate coverage for all eligible first responders.

(2) The Commissioner of Insurance shall adopt such rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary to implement the provisions of this article. Such regulations shall include the process by which a first responder files a claim for cancer and the process by which claimants can appeal a denial of benefits.

(3) The Commissioner of Insurance shall adopt rules to establish firefighter cancer prevention best practices as it relates to personal protective equipment, decontamination, fire suppression, apparatus and fire stations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-3 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 45 / Section 61-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-3
Status: in_force

The following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “ Public body ” shall mean any department, bureau, division, council, commission, committee, subcommittee, board, agency and any other entity of the state or a political subdivision thereof, and any municipal corporation and any other entity created by the Constitution or by law, executive order, ordinance or resolution. The term “ public body ” includes the governing board of a charter school authorized by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board. Within the meaning of this chapter, the term “ entity ” shall not be construed to include individuals employed by a public body or any appointed or elected public official.

(b) “ Public records ” shall mean all books, records, papers, accounts, letters, maps, photographs, films, cards, tapes, recordings or reproductions thereof, and any other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, having been used, being in use, or prepared, possessed or retained for use in the conduct, transaction or performance of any business, transaction, work, duty or function of any public body, or required to be maintained by any public body. “Public records” shall not mean “personal information” as defined in Section 25-62-1 .

(c) “ Data processing software ” means the programs and routines used to employ and control the capabilities of data processing hardware, including, but not limited to, operating systems, compilers, assemblers, utilities, library routines, maintenance routines, applications and computer networking programs.

(d) “ Proprietary software ” means data processing software that is obtained under a licensing agreement and is protected by copyright or trade secret laws.

(e) “ Incident report ” means a narrative description, if such narrative description exists and if such narrative description does not contain investigative information, of an alleged offense, and at a minimum shall include the name and identification of each person charged with and arrested for the alleged offense, the time, date and location of the alleged offense, and the property involved, to the extent this information is known.

(f) “ Investigative report ” means records of a law enforcement agency containing information beyond the scope of the matters contained in an incident report, and generally will include, but not be limited to, the following matters if beyond the scope of the matters contained in an incident report:

(i) Records that are compiled in the process of detecting and investigating any unlawful activity or alleged unlawful activity, the disclosure of which would harm the investigation which may include crime scene reports and demonstrative evidence;

(ii) Records that would reveal the identity of informants and/or witnesses;

(iii) Records that would prematurely release information that would impede the public body's enforcement, investigative or detection efforts;

(iv) Records that would disclose investigatory techniques and/or results of investigative techniques;

(v) Records that would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication;

(vi) Records that would endanger the life or safety of a public official or law enforcement personnel, or confidential informants or witnesses;

(vii) Records pertaining to quality control or PEER review activities; or

(viii) Records that would impede or jeopardize a prosecutor's ability to prosecute the alleged offense.

(g) “ Law enforcement agency ” means a public body that performs as one (1) of its principal functions activities pertaining to the enforcement of criminal laws, the apprehension and investigation of criminal offenders, or the investigation of criminal activities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.114 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 43-3.114
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.114
Status: repealed

(1) At least every five (5) years, each agency shall review all of its rules to determine whether any rule should be repealed, amended or a new rule adopted.

(2) At least every three (3) years, each board subject to supervision by the Occupational Licensing Review Commission shall review all of its rules to determine whether any rule should be repealed, amended or a new rule adopted, and shall submit a report of the review to the Occupational Licensing Review Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-15-7 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-15-7
Status: in_force

Such health insurance shall not include expense incurred by or on account of an individual prior to July 1, 1972, as to him; dental care and treatment, except dental surgery and appliances to the extent necessary for the correction of damage caused by accidental injury while covered by the plan, or as a direct result of disease covered by the plan; eyeglasses, hearing aids for individuals over the age of twenty-one (21) years, and examinations for the prescription or fitting thereof; cosmetic surgery or treatment, except to the extent necessary for correction of damage by accidental injury while covered by the plan or as a direct result of disease covered by the plan; services received in a hospital owned or operated by the United States government for which no charge is made; services received for injury or sickness due to war or any act of war, whether declared or undeclared, which war or act of war shall have occurred after July 1, 1972; expense for which the individual is not required to make payment; expenses to the extent of benefits provided under any employer group plan other than this plan, in which the state participates in the cost thereof; and such other expenses as may be excluded by regulations of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 58 / Section 59-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-13
Status: in_force

The transfer of records to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History shall be in accordance with the following:

(a) Agencies and appointed or elected officials are hereby authorized and empowered to turn over to the department any records no longer in current official use and the department is authorized, after conducting appropriate archival appraisal, to accept such records and to provide for their administration and preservation.

(b) All records of state agencies transferred to the department may be held in the records center or placed directly in the Mississippi State Archives as deemed appropriate.

(c) Title to any record placed in the records center shall remain in the agency transferring such records to the department.

(d) Title to any record transferred to the Mississippi State Archives shall be vested in the department.

(e) The department may make certified copies under seal of any records transferred to it upon the application of any person and said certificates signed by the director shall have the same force and effect as if made by the agency from which the records were received.

(f) The department may prescribe and charge reasonable fees for said services, which shall not be less than the actual cost thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-14-15 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 14-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-14-15
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other provision of law to the contrary, any sum deferred under the deferred compensation program shall not be included for the purposes of computation of any taxes withheld on behalf of any employee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-15-201 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-15-201
Status: in_force

The military department is authorized and empowered to procure and pay for group death and dismemberment insurance coverage to protect members of the National Guard and their estates, or their named beneficiaries, to the extent of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) per person, if death or dismemberment occurs while performing authorized state military duty. The premiums on such insurance shall be calculated on a man-day basis and coverage shall be in effect only during such duty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-49 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-49
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer, marshal, county patrolman, or any other state, county, or municipal peace or law enforcement officer to receive any fee as a witness in any criminal case in this state. The provisions of this section shall apply only when such officers are witnesses in the county or district in which such officer is serving.

Any person who shall violate the provisions of this law shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-7 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 17 / Section 55-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-7
Status: in_force

Such abstracts, copies, minutes, or extracts, or the copy thereof if so procured, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the chancery court and copies recorded and arranged in such form as the board of supervisors may direct. In case the originals have been lost or destroyed, or are not in the power of the party asking to use the same on any trial or other proceedings, copies of such abstracts, copies, minutes, or extracts, or any part thereof, duly certified by the chancery clerk, shall be admissible in evidence, and shall establish prima facie that all deeds or other instruments appearing thereby to have been executed by any person, were executed and acknowledged at the date given, according to law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-101 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 53 / Section 53-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-101
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby declares it essential to the creation and maintenance of an efficient, modern, economically feasible, telecommunications system that there should be full cooperation and cohesive planning and effort by and between the several state agencies and that it is the responsibility of the said Legislature to provide statutory authority therefor. The Legislature, therefore, declares and determines that the responsibility for these and other related purposes shall be vested in the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-4-119 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-4-119
Status: in_force

No elected or appointed official shall derive any pecuniary benefit, directly or indirectly, as a result of such elected or appointed official's duties under Sections 21-19-33 , 27-109-1 , 27-109-3 , 27-109-7 , 27-109-9 , 67-1-71 , 87-1-5 , 95-3-25 , 97-33-1 , 97-33-7 , 97-33-9 , 97-33-17 , 97-33-25 , and 97-33-27 . Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished pursuant to the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-17 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-17
Status: in_force

Each agency within the state shall cooperate to the greatest extent possible with other state agencies and the Department of Economic Development in carrying out the terms, provisions and intent of Sections 25-45-13 through 25-45-17 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-139 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-139
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-139
Status: repealed

Any retirement allowance or other annuity or benefit provided by Articles 1 and 3 shall be paid in equal monthly installments for life and shall not be increased, decreased, revoked or repealed, except for error upon detection, regardless of the length of time between the reporting error or the time payment started and the time the board became aware of the error, or except where specifically otherwise provided by said articles. This responsibility is, and has been, the duty of the board since the creation of the retirement system.

Pursuant to Section 25-11-111, Mississippi Code of 1972 , it is and has been the sole responsibility of the member or beneficiary thereof to apply for benefits and no benefits shall be paid for any period prior to the first of the month following the receipt of such application for such benefits, but in no event prior to termination of employment, except as authorized in Section 25-11-114 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-12 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 53 / Section 61-12
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-12
Status: in_force

(1) The home address, any telephone number of a privately paid account or other private information of any law enforcement officer, criminal investigator, judge or district attorney or the spouse or child of the law enforcement officer, criminal investigator, judge or district attorney shall be exempt from the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983. This exemption does not apply to any court transcript or recording if given under oath and not otherwise excluded by law.

(2)(a) When in the possession of a law enforcement agency, investigative reports shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter; however, a law enforcement agency, in its discretion, may choose to make public all or any part of any investigative report.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent any and all public bodies from having among themselves a free flow of information for the purpose of achieving a coordinated and effective detection and investigation of unlawful activity. Where the confidentiality of records covered by this section is being determined in a private hearing before a judge under Section 25-61-13 , the public body may redact or separate from the records the identity of confidential informants or the identity of the person or persons under investigation or other information other than the nature of the incident, time, date and location.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to exempt from public disclosure a law enforcement incident report. An incident report shall be a public record. A law enforcement agency may release information in addition to the information contained in the incident report.

(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the disclosure of information that would reveal the identity of the victim.

(3) Personal information of victims, including victim impact statements and letters of support on behalf of victims that are contained in records on file with the Mississippi Department of Corrections and State Parole Board, shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.

(4) Records of a public hospital board relating to the purchase or sale of medical or other practices or other business operations, and the recruitment of physicians and other health care professionals, shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-32-7 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 15 / Section 32-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-32-7
Status: in_force

(1) The public defender shall be provided with office space, secretarial assistance, and all reasonable expenses of operating the office, at least equal to or more than the county prosecuting attorney, or the district attorney if the public defender represents the entire circuit court district. The compensation and expenses of the public defender's office shall be paid by the county or counties if two (2) or more counties are acting jointly. The funds shall be paid upon allowance by the board of supervisors by order spread upon the minutes of the board.

(2) The public defender is authorized to assign the duties of and exercise supervision over all employees of the office without regard to the source of funding for those employees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-105 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 53-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-105
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall administer the provisions of Sections 25-53-109 through 25-53-125 . The purposes and aims of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services in carrying out said provisions shall be to coordinate and promote efficiency in the acquisition, operation and maintenance of all telecommunications systems and networks being used by agencies of the state and further to coordinate the compatibility of systems and networks to the state with those of governing authorities so as to promote a uniform, compatible telecommunications system for agencies and governing authorities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-21 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 53-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-21
Status: in_force

The executive director shall have the following duties, responsibilities and authority:

(a) He shall conduct continuing studies of all information technology activities carried out by all agencies of the state and shall develop a long-range plan for the efficient and economical performance of such activities in state government. Such plan shall be submitted to the authority for its approval and, having been approved by the authority, shall be implemented by the executive director and all state agencies. Such plan shall be continuously reviewed and modifications thereof shall be proposed to the authority by the executive director as developments in information technology techniques and changes in the structure, activities, and functions of state government may require.

(b) He shall review the purchasing practices of all state agencies in the area of the purchasing of supplies for information technology and make recommendations to the authority and to the Public Procurement Review Board for the institution of purchasing procedures which will ensure the most economical procurement of such supplies commensurate with the efficient operation of all departments and agencies of state government.

(c) He shall see that all reports required of all agencies are promptly and accurately made in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the authority. Either in person or through his authorized agents, he shall make such inspections of information technology operations being conducted by any of the agencies of the state as may be necessary for the performance of his duties.

(d) He shall suggest and cause to be brought about cooperation between the several state agencies in order to provide efficiency in information technology operation. He shall, together with the heads of the agencies involved, reduce to writing and execute cooperative plans for the acquisition and operation of information technology equipment, and any such plan so adopted shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of such plan unless the same shall be amended by the joint action of the executive director and the heads of agencies involved. The executive director shall report to the authority the details of any plan so adopted and all amendments or modifications thereof, and shall otherwise report to the authority and to the Public Procurement Review Board any failure on the part of any agency to carry out the provisions of such plan. In the event the head of any agency involved or the executive director shall propose amendments to a plan so adopted and such amendment is disapproved by the head of another agency involved or the executive director, an appeal may be taken to the authority which may, after full consideration thereof, order the adoption of the proposed amendment or any modification thereof. The executive director shall make decisions on all questions of the division of the cost of information technology operations among the several agencies, but his findings shall be subject to the approval or modification by the authority on appeal to it.

(e) He shall review all contracts for acquisition of computer and/or telecommunications equipment or services now or hereafter in force and may require the renegotiation, termination, amendment or execution of any such contracts in proper form and in accordance with the policies and rules and regulations and subject to the direction of the authority. In the negotiation and execution of such contracts, the executive director may negotiate a limitation on the liability to the state of prospective contractors provided such limitation affords the state reasonable protection and the limitation is approved by the state entity for whom the acquisition is being made.

(f) He shall act as the purchasing and contracting agent for the State of Mississippi in the negotiation and execution of all contracts for the acquisition of computer equipment or services. He shall receive, review, and promptly approve or disapprove all requests of agencies of the state for the acquisition of computer equipment or services, which are submitted in accordance with rules and regulations of the authority. In the event that any such request is disapproved, he shall immediately notify the requesting agency and the members of the authority in writing of such disapproval, stating his reasons therefor. The disapproval of any request by the executive director of the authority may be appealed to the authority or to the Public Procurement Review Board, respectively, in such manner as may be authorized by such reasonable rules and regulations hereby authorized to be adopted by the authority and by the Public Procurement Review Board to govern the same. The executive director shall report the approval of all such requests to the authority in such manner as may be directed by the authority, and shall execute any such contracts only after complying with rules and regulations which may be adopted by the authority in relation thereto. Any contracts for personal or professional services entered into by the executive director shall be exempted from the requirements of Section 25-9-120(3) relating to submission of such contract to the State Personal Service Contract Review Board.

(g) He shall suggest and cause to be brought about cooperation between the several state agencies, departments and institutions in order that work may be done by one agency for another agency, and equipment in one agency may be made available to another agency, and suggest and cause to be brought about such improvements as may be necessary in joint or cooperative information technology operations.

(h) He shall be designated as the “Chief Information Confidentiality Officer” after being duly sworn to the oath of this office by the chairman of the authority and shall be responsible for administering the oath to other qualified officers he may designate.

(i) He shall appoint employees of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, or at his discretion, employees of other state agencies and institutions that are responsible for handling or processing data for any agency or institution other than that for which they are employed, to a position of information custodial care that shall be known as “Information Confidentiality Officer.” The selection and swearing of all officers shall be reported to the authority at the next regular meeting and names, affirmation dates and employment dates shall be recorded in the permanent minutes of the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-15 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 60 / Section 65-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-15
Status: in_force

Audits shall be conducted in accordance with the Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing published by The Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc., and, when required by law, regulation, agreement, contract or policy, in accordance with Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. All audit reports issued by internal audit staff shall include a statement that the audit was conducted pursuant to the appropriate standards.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-239 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 53-239
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-239
Status: in_force

The board shall produce a statewide cybersecurity report, which shall be presented to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and the Chairmen of the Technology Committees of the Mississippi Senate and Mississippi House of Representatives by December 15 each year. The board shall also develop a list of best practices in cybersecurity to disburse throughout the state to various parties as deemed necessary by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-9 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-9
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that “one-stop permitting” shall expedite the decision-making of all agencies having separate but similar, related or interrelated jurisdiction or authority over certain activities performed by or benefits granted to persons within the state without impinging on the jurisdiction or authority of these agencies. The “one-stop permitting” required by this chapter shall not alter the powers, duties and responsibilities of any agency, its expressed purpose being to improve the procedural operations of these agencies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / Section 61-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-13
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Ethics Commission shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter upon a complaint filed by any person denied the right granted under Section 25-61-5 to inspect or copy public records. Upon receiving a complaint, the commission shall forward a copy of the complaint to the head of the public body involved. The public body shall have fourteen (14) days from receipt of the complaint to file a response with the commission. After receiving the response to the complaint or, if no response is received after fourteen (14) days, the commission, in its discretion, may dismiss the complaint or proceed by setting a hearing in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Ethics Commission. The Ethics Commission may order the public body and any individual employees or officials of the public body to produce records or take other reasonable measures necessary, if any, to comply with this chapter. The Ethics Commission may also impose penalties as authorized in this chapter. The Ethics Commission may order a public body to produce records for private review by the commission, its staff or designee. The Ethics Commission shall complete its private review of the records within thirty (30) days after receipt of the records from the public body. Records produced to the commission for private review shall remain exempt from disclosure under this chapter while in the custody of the commission.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the Ethics Commission from mediating or otherwise resolving disputes arising under this chapter, from issuing an order based on a complaint and response where no facts are in dispute, or from entering orders agreed to by the parties. In carrying out its responsibilities under this section, the Ethics Commission shall have all the powers and authority granted to it in Title 25, Chapter 4, Mississippi Code of 1972 , including the authority to promulgate rules and regulations in furtherance of this chapter.

Any party may petition the chancery court of the county in which the public body is located to enforce or appeal any order of the Ethics Commission issued pursuant to this chapter. In any such appeal the chancery court shall conduct a de novo review. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any party from filing a complaint in any chancery court having jurisdiction, nor shall a party be obligated to exhaust administrative remedies before filing a complaint. However, any party filing such a complaint in chancery court shall serve written notice upon the Ethics Commission at the time of filing the complaint. The written notice is for information only and does not make the Ethics Commission a party to the case.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-5
Status: in_force

Each agency of the state is authorized to enter into agreements with other state agencies and federal agencies in order to implement the “one-stop permitting” required by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 41-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-13
Status: in_force

(1) Any public body which holds its meetings at such times and places and by such procedures as are specifically prescribed by statute shall continue to do so and no additional notice of such meetings shall be required except that:

(a) A notice of the place, date, hour and subject matter of any recess meeting, adjourned meeting, interim meeting or any called special meeting shall be posted within one (1) hour after such meeting is called in a prominent place available to examination and inspection by the general public in the building in which the public body normally meets. A copy of the notice shall be made a part of the minutes or other permanent official records of the public body; and

(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, a notice of a called special meeting shall be posted to the public body's website, if the public body has a website and has the capability to update the website, not less than one (1) hour before the meeting. A copy of this notice shall be transmitted via email or facsimile not less than one (1) hour before the meeting to any citizen and any publication, broadcast and digital media with a general circulation or coverage within the public body's jurisdiction, that has submitted in writing its interest to receive these notices. Any public body may, at its discretion, purge any list of publications, broadcasts or digital media that have requested to receive the notices once every twenty-four (24) months. After the purge, any publication, broadcast or digital media may resubmit in writing its interest to receive the notices. Nothing in this paragraph (b) shall add additional notice requirements for meetings of public bodies held in cases of emergencies. The provision of this paragraph (b) requiring notice to be posted on the public body's website shall not apply to municipalities with a population as determined by the latest federal decennial census of less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) inhabitants, and any county with less than fifty thousand (50,000) according to the latest federal decennial census.

(2) Any public body, other than a legislative committee, which does not have statutory provisions prescribing the times and places and the procedures by which its meetings are to be held shall, at its first regular or special meeting after January 1, 1976, spread upon its minutes the times and places and the procedures by which all of its meetings are to be held.

(3) Notice of any regular meeting held by a state agency, other than a legislative committee, shall be submitted to the Department of Finance and Administration at least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting in order to be posted on the department's searchable website created by the Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act, Section 27-104-152 et seq. For purposes of this subsection, the term “ state agency ” means an agency, department, institution, board, commission, council, office, bureau, division, committee or subcommittee of the state. However, the term “state agency” does not include institutions of higher learning, community and junior colleges, counties or municipalities.

(4) During a regular or special session of the Mississippi Legislature, notice of meetings of all committees, other than conference committees, shall be given by announcement on the loudspeaker during sessions of the House of Representatives or Senate or by posting on a bulletin board provided for that purpose by each body.

(5) When not in session, the meeting times and places of all committees shall be kept by the Clerk of the House of Representatives as to House committees and by the Secretary of the Senate as to Senate committees, and shall be available at all times during regular working hours to the public and news media.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-419 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-419
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-419
Status: in_force

Annuity contracts, mutual fund accounts or similar investment products authorized under the optional retirement program and all rights thereto of a participant in the optional retirement program shall be exempt from any state or municipal tax (except to the extent that state income tax is payable under Chapter 7, Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 ), shall be exempt from any levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except as specifically otherwise provided in the contract or account. Annuity contracts issued under the optional retirement program shall be treated under the State Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act in the same manner as contracts qualified under Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code .
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-6 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 31-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-6
Status: in_force

Legal assistants to district attorneys shall be regularly licensed and practicing attorneys having been duly admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi, and shall have the power and authority, under the direction and supervision of the district attorney, to perform all of the duties required of that office. Said legal assistants may be removed at the discretion of the duly elected and acting district attorney, or for cause by the senior circuit judge of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-115 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 53-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-115
Status: in_force

No agency shall rent, lease, lease/purchase, purchase or in any way own or pay for the operation of any telecommunications system out of any funds available for the use by that agency without the written approval of the bureau.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-125 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 53-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-125
Status: in_force

The following general provisions shall apply to all procurements under Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 :

(a) No contracts entered into hereunder shall have an initial effective date earlier than the date on which such contract receives approval as required herein.

(b) All changes, modifications and amendments to any contract hereunder shall be approved in advance by the bureau, in addition to any other approvals required by law.

(c) The bureau shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Law, Section 25-43-1.101, et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 , for the establishment of contract format.

(d) Where written proposals or bids are submitted by vendors, the proposal or bid of the successful vendor shall be incorporated into the final contract consummated with that vendor.

(e) The provisions of Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 shall, with respect to the procurement of telecommunications equipment, systems or related services, supersede specifications of any contradictory or conflicting provisions of Chapter 7, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and other laws with respect to awarding public contracts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-2 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 61-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-2
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state that public records shall be available for inspection by any person unless otherwise provided by this chapter; furthermore, providing access to public records is a duty of each public body and automation of public records must not erode the right of access to those records. As each public body increases its use of, and dependence on, electronic record keeping, each public body must ensure reasonable access to records electronically maintained, subject to records retention.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-4-21 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-4-21
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receipt of a complaint that complies with Section 25-4-19 , the commission shall authorize a confidential investigation of the complaint. Upon completion of the investigation, the commission shall proceed as follows:

(a) If the complaint concerns a public official in the legislative branch, the commission shall refer the complaint, confidentially, to the public official and to the appropriate committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate having jurisdiction over the ethical conduct of its members and employees.

(b) If the complaint concerns a public official in the judicial branch, the commission shall refer the complaint, confidentially, to the public official and to the Commission on Judicial Performance or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

(c) If the complaint concerns a public official in the executive branch or persons not covered in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection, then the commission shall refer the complaint, confidentially, to the public official and to the head of the department or agency, if the person is in the executive branch, or, for other public officials, to the person about whom the complaint is filed.

(d) The persons, committees or commission receiving complaints referred in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) shall have thirty (30) days within which to respond to the complaint.

(e) After receiving the response to the complaint or, if no response is received after thirty (30) days from the notice of referral, the commission may, in its discretion, terminate the matter or proceed with an investigation as follows:

(i) The commission may terminate any and all proceedings at any stage of its procedure upon a determination that an appropriate disposition of the matter has occurred.

(ii) If the investigation indicates probable cause for belief that a violation of law has occurred, the commission may set a hearing of the matter to be held in accordance with the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure and the Mississippi Rules of Evidence. After the hearing, the commission may order penalties as prescribed in this chapter. The commission may enroll its order as a civil judgment with the circuit clerk in the county of residence of the judgment debtor. The commission may enforce the judgment on behalf of the State General Fund in the same manner as prescribed for other civil judgments, after complying with subsection (2) of this section.

(iii) The commission may refer the complaint with any evidence gathered during the investigation to the Attorney General and to the district attorney having jurisdiction, with a recommendation that it be considered for presentation to the grand jury. The Attorney General and the district attorney shall report back to the commission within ninety (90) days as to what action was taken following receipt of the complaint and recommendations of the commission, including the intent of the Attorney General to seek further civil remedies and the intent of the district attorney to present such matter to the grand jury.

(2) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the commission made pursuant to its hearing procedures may appeal de novo to the Circuit Court for Hinds County and execution of the commission's decision shall be stayed upon the filing of a notice of appeal.

(3) Civil actions taken by the commission shall not bar prosecutions for violations of the criminal law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-125 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 53-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-125
Status: in_force

The following general provisions shall apply to all procurements under Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 :

(a) No contracts entered into hereunder shall have an initial effective date earlier than the date on which such contract receives approval as required herein.

(b) All changes, modifications and amendments to any contract hereunder shall be approved in advance by the bureau, in addition to any other approvals required by law.

(c) The bureau shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Law, Section 25-43-1.101, et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 , for the establishment of contract format.

(d) Where written proposals or bids are submitted by vendors, the proposal or bid of the successful vendor shall be incorporated into the final contract consummated with that vendor.

(e) The provisions of Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 shall, with respect to the procurement of telecommunications equipment, systems or related services, supersede specifications of any contradictory or conflicting provisions of Chapter 7, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and other laws with respect to awarding public contracts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-237 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 51 / Section 53-237
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-237
Status: in_force

Within forty-five (45) days of April 8, 2024, the Executive Director of the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security shall call a meeting of the board. The board shall adopt rules which govern the time of meetings, place of meetings, and the manner of conducting the business of the board. The board shall meet at least monthly and select one (1) of the ex officio nonvoting members of the board to serve as secretary, whose role it shall be to maintain minutes of each meeting of the board. After the conclusion of each meeting, the board shall send the minutes of the meeting to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Chairmen of the Technology Committees of the Mississippi Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives.

A quorum shall be a majority of the voting members of the board.

After twelve (12) consecutive monthly meetings, the board may vote to meet less frequently; however, the board shall meet at least once quarterly.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-14-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 14-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-14-13
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any compensation deferred under this chapter shall be considered part of an employee's compensation for purposes of any other employee retirement, pension, or benefit program. No deferral of income under the deferred compensation program shall effect a reduction of any retirement, pension, or other benefit program provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-125 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 15 / Section 53-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-125
Status: in_force

The following general provisions shall apply to all procurements under Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 :

(a) No contracts entered into hereunder shall have an initial effective date earlier than the date on which such contract receives approval as required herein.

(b) All changes, modifications and amendments to any contract hereunder shall be approved in advance by the bureau, in addition to any other approvals required by law.

(c) The bureau shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Law, Section 25-43-1.101, et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 , for the establishment of contract format.

(d) Where written proposals or bids are submitted by vendors, the proposal or bid of the successful vendor shall be incorporated into the final contract consummated with that vendor.

(e) The provisions of Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 shall, with respect to the procurement of telecommunications equipment, systems or related services, supersede specifications of any contradictory or conflicting provisions of Chapter 7, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and other laws with respect to awarding public contracts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-17 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 53 / Section 59-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-17
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Supreme Court may, by rule of the court, provide for the development of records control schedules for the various and several courts in the Mississippi judiciary system, provided that the director of the department of archives and history shall be consulted prior to the destruction of any court records.

The Mississippi Supreme Court may rule that the courts will cooperate with the department in the establishment of records control schedules for the records of the courts.

In the alternative, the courts in the individual counties may cooperate with the board of supervisors in that county in the development of an overall records management program and records control schedules. The director of the department of archives and history shall be consulted prior to the destruction of any county court records. The director shall respond to such requests within sixty (60) days.

The destruction of court records by authorized retention schedules shall not be construed as affecting the status of that court as a court of record.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-1
Status: in_force

(1) The district attorney shall possess all the qualifications of county officers and, in addition thereto, shall be a resident of the district in which he or she seeks election for five (5) years immediately preceding the day of the election, shall be a regular licensed and practicing attorney, and shall have been duly admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi for a period of two (2) years.

(2) The residency requirements specified under this section shall apply to elections held from and after January 1, 2020.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-53 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 53-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-53
Status: in_force

Information and data shall be considered public record information and data and receive normal handling and processing unless designated as “confidential information” by the agency and institution originating the data. Information and data designated as “confidential information” will receive special handling based on procedures agreed to by the executive director and the agency or institution head and shall be handled in accordance with the oath subscribed to by the confidentiality officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-21 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / Section 65-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-21
Status: in_force

(1) No later than six (6) months or less at the discretion of the university president or chancellor, the community/junior college president or state agency director after a financial, compliance, electronic data processing or performance audit is issued, the agency internal audit director shall inform the university president or chancellor, the community/junior college president or the agency head and audit committee of the status of corrective actions taken by the university, community/junior college or agency manager responsible for supervision of the program activity, function or organizational unit audited.

(2) If a follow-up report is issued, the university, community/junior college or agency internal audit director shall submit the report to the head of the university, community/junior college or agency and the audit committee. The follow-up report shall be provided upon request to any member of the Legislature, the State Auditor, the Attorney General, the Governor or other external auditor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-4.107 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / Section 43-4.107
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-4.107
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other law of this state, any agency authorized to assess administrative penalties or administrative fines upon a business may waive or reduce any administrative penalty or administrative fine for a violation of any statute, ordinance, or rules by a small business under the following conditions:

(a) The small business corrects the violation within thirty (30) days or less after receipt of a notice of violation or citation;

(b) The violation was the result of an excusable misunderstanding of an agency's interpretation of a rule; or

(c) The agency determines that the small business is making a good-faith effort to comply with the statute, ordinance or rule.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply when:

(a) A small business fails to exercise good faith in complying with the statute, ordinance or rule;

(b) A violation involves criminal conduct;

(c) A violation results in serious health, safety or environmental impact; or

(d) The penalty or fine is assessed pursuant to a federal law or regulation and for which no waiver or reduction is authorized by the federal law or regulation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-31 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 59-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-31
Status: in_force

In order to provide for an orderly implementation of this chapter, the department shall not disrupt the current microfilming and destruction of public records pursuant to law. Provided, however, that such agencies shall make no further disposition of public records without the approval of the director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated to implement this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-41 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-41
Status: in_force

Rangers shall be entitled to the following fees:

(a)

For taking the information of the taker up of animal, and issuing summons for appraisers

․․․․․․․․$ .50

(b)

For registering the certificate․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․․․․ .50

(c)

Advertising estray․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․․․․1.00

(d)

For making sale․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․․․․ .50

(e)

And ten per centum commissions on the amount of sales.

(f)

For taking proof of title, and order for delivery of estray to the owner․

․․․․․․․․․ .50

(g)

And there shall be allowed to the taker up the sum of five dollars and his necessary expenses for keeping the estray; but if two or more estrays of the same species are taken up by the same person at the same time, they shall be included in one information, registry, and advertisement, and fees shall be allowed to the ranger and taker up as for only one; and when an estray shall be valued at more than Twenty Dollars ($20.00), an allowance shall not be made to the taker up, except the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) herein allowed for taking up the estray, until the same shall be approved by the board of supervisors, and in no case shall the taker up receive more than half of the proceeds of sale.

And allowance shall not be made to the taker up for keeping the estray when the use of the same is equal to the expense of keeping.

(h)

For appraising estrays, to each appraiser․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․․․․ .50
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-8 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 31-8
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-8
Status: in_force

From and after July 1, 2006, in all circuit court districts in this state existing now or hereafter created, the district attorney shall receive from sums appropriated for such purpose from the General Fund or any special fund of the State of Mississippi, an office operating allowance for the necessary expenses of operating the office of the district attorney, including stenographic help, and other items and expenditures necessary and incident to the investigation of criminal cases, the general expenses of the office of the investigation of criminal cases, the general expenses of the office of the district attorney for preparing and/or trying felony cases and all other cases requiring the services of the district attorney, the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for each district, and an additional Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) for each assistant authorized by Section 25-31-5(1) . All expenditures made from such office operating allowances shall be upon written requisition of the duly elected district attorney to the State Auditor, as otherwise provided by law. The district attorney may delegate to the board of supervisors of any county in his district the responsibility and authority to employ and set the salary of not more than one (1) employee for the office of such district attorney, such salary to be paid as other expenditures are paid from the funds provided by this section. Such employee shall be deemed to be appointed and employed by the board of supervisors and the salary shall not be deemed to be a pecuniary benefit provided by the district attorney's office. The district attorney shall be authorized to assign the duties of any employees regardless of the source of funding for such employees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-151 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 53-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-151
Status: in_force

(1) There is established in the State Treasury the “Electronic Government Services Fund,” into which shall be deposited specific funds appropriated by the Legislature for developing and providing electronic government services within the State of Mississippi. Any funds in the Electronic Government Services Fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, but shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year. The funds in the Electronic Government Fund shall be available for expenditure pursuant to specific appropriation by the Legislature beginning in fiscal year 2002, to the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.

(2) There is hereby established an Electronic Government Oversight Committee to oversee the implementation of E-Government and related technology initiatives. Duties of this committee would include: (a) prioritize and make recommendations for all electronic government services, in order to cut across state and local governmental organizational structures; (b) address policy issues such as privacy, security, transaction fees and accessibility; (c) review ongoing fiscal and operational management and support of portal; (d) provide a mechanism for gathering input from citizens, businesses and government entities; (e) encourage self-service models for citizens through state websites and other electronic services; and (f) promote economic development and efficient delivery of government services by encouraging governmental and private sector entities to conduct their business and transactions using electronic media. The Electronic Government Oversight Committee shall be composed of the following: (a) the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, or his designee; (b) the State Auditor, or his designee; (c) the State Treasurer, or his designee; (d) the Secretary of State, or his designee; (e) the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, or his designee; (f) the Commissioner of Public Safety, or his designee; (g) the Commissioner of Revenue, or his designee. The committee shall annually elect one (1) member to serve as chairman and one (1) member to serve as vice chairman, who shall act as chairman in the absence of the chairman. The committee shall meet monthly or upon the call of the chairman, and shall make necessary reports and recommendations to the Legislature and the appropriate agencies of state government. All agencies of state government shall cooperate with the committee in providing requested information, shall work closely with and provide information to the committee and shall report to the committee at its request. The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall provide administrative support for the committee. Nonlegislative members of the committee shall serve without compensation.

(3) The Electronic Government Oversight Committee shall advise and provide direction to the Department of Finance and Administration to develop a procurement portal that will enable potential vendors of goods and services to access relevant and necessary information related to the sale of the following types of goods and services to the State of Mississippi and its agencies:

(a) Commodities, as defined by Section 31-7-1 ;

(b) Contract personnel, as defined by Sections 25-9-107 and 25-9-120 ; and

(c) Computer equipment and services, as defined by Section 25-53-3 .

(4) The procurement portal provided for in subsection (3) must provide potential vendors with the following:

(a) A searchable database of business procurement opportunities with the state which includes a breakdown by product or service and by the organization seeking the product or service;

(b) Listings of the published date and closing date for each business procurement opportunity;

(c) A “Frequently Asked Questions” section regarding doing business with the respective agencies;

(d) A breakdown of “Frequently Asked Questions” regarding the selection process with the respective agencies;

(e) An open-air forum for questions and answers relating to the procurement process, in general, as well as specifically relating to a single contract; and

(f) Links to individual agency websites and contacts to enable potential vendors to obtain more specific information, if necessary.

(5) The procurement portal must be linked to the Transparency Mississippi website established in accordance with Sections 27-104-151 through 27-104-163 . The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall develop and maintain a link to the procurement portal from the state website.

From and after July 1, 2018, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund. In addition, in order to receive the maximum use and benefit from information technology and services, expenses for the provision of statewide shared services that facilitate cost-effective information processing and telecommunication solutions shall be defrayed by pass-through funding and shall be deposited into the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services Revolving Fund unless otherwise specified by the Legislature. These funds shall only be utilized to pay the actual costs incurred by the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services for providing these shared services to state agencies. Furthermore, state agencies shall work in full cooperation with the Board of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS) to identify computer equipment or services to minimize duplication, reduce costs, and improve the efficiency of providing common technology services across agency boundaries.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 55 / Section 61-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-5
Status: repealed

(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided by Sections 25-61-9 , 25-61-11 , 25-61-11.2 and 37-153-7 , all public records are hereby declared to be public property, and any person shall have the right to inspect, copy or mechanically reproduce or obtain a reproduction of any public record of a public body in accordance with reasonable written procedures adopted by the public body concerning the cost, time, place and method of access, and public notice of the procedures shall be given by the public body, or, if a public body has not adopted written procedures, the right to inspect, copy or mechanically reproduce or obtain a reproduction of a public record of the public body shall be provided within one (1) working day after a written request for a public record is made. No public body shall adopt procedures which will authorize the public body to produce or deny production of a public record later than seven (7) working days from the date of the receipt of the request for the production of the record.

(b) If a public body is unable to produce a public record by the seventh working day after the request is made, the public body must provide a written explanation to the person making the request stating that the record requested will be produced and specifying with particularity why the records cannot be produced within the seven-day period. Unless there is mutual agreement of the parties, in no event shall the date for the public body's production of the requested records be any later than fourteen (14) working days from the receipt by the public body of the original request.

(2) If any public record contains material which is not exempted under this chapter, the public agency shall redact the exempted material and make the nonexempted material available for examination. Such public agency shall be entitled to charge a reasonable fee for the redaction of any exempted material, not to exceed the agency's actual cost.

(3) Denial by a public body of a request for access to or copies of public records under this chapter shall be in writing and shall contain a statement of the specific exemption relied upon by the public body for the denial. Each public body shall maintain a file of all denials of requests for public records. Public bodies shall be required to preserve such denials on file for not less than three (3) years from the date such denials are made. This file shall be made available for inspection or copying, or both, during regular office hours to any person upon written request.

(4) Where any public body is preparing or conducting a competitive procurement, the time limitations contained in this section shall be tolled until the public body determines it will not issue the procurement, cancels the procurement or issues a notice naming its intended awardee.

(5) This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2028.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-5-31 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-5-31
Status: in_force

The ballot at said special removal election shall be in the form usually prescribed for special elections, and shall be headed “Official Ballot.” Each ballot shall contain the following instructions to the voters: “Mark a cross (X) or check mark (✓) in the square at the right of ‘yes’ or ‘no’.” Immediately thereunder shall appear the question: “Shall __________ (naming the officer) be removed from the office of __________?” Immediately under such question shall be printed the words “yes” and “no”, and immediately following each of said words shall be placed a square in which the voter may indicate his preference.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.113 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / Section 43-3.113
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.113
Status: in_force

(1) Except to the extent subsection (2) or (3) of this section provides otherwise, each rule adopted after July 1, 2005, becomes effective thirty (30) days after its proper filing in the Office of the Secretary of State.

(2)(a) A rule becomes effective on a date later than that established by subsection (1) of this section if a later date is required by another statute or specified in the rule.

(b) A rule may become effective immediately upon its filing or on any subsequent date earlier than that established by subsection (1) of this section if the agency establishes such an effective date and finds that:

(i) It is required by Constitution, statute or court order;

(ii) The rule only confers a benefit or removes a restriction on the public or some segment thereof;

(iii) The rule only delays the effective date of another rule that is not yet effective; or

(iv) The earlier effective date is necessary because of imminent peril to the public health, safety or welfare.

(c) The finding and a brief statement of the reasons therefor required by paragraph (b) of this subsection must be made a part of the rule. In any action contesting the effective date of a rule made effective under paragraph (b) of this subsection, the burden is on the agency to justify its finding.

(d) A temporary rule may become effective immediately upon its filing or on any subsequent date earlier than that established by subsection (1) of this section.

(e) Each agency shall make a reasonable effort to make known to persons who may be affected by it a rule made effective before any date established by subsection (1) of this section.

(3) This section does not relieve an agency from compliance with any provision of law requiring that some or all of its rules be approved by other designated officials or bodies before they become effective.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-101 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 53-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-101
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby declares it essential to the creation and maintenance of an efficient, modern, economically feasible, telecommunications system that there should be full cooperation and cohesive planning and effort by and between the several state agencies and that it is the responsibility of the said Legislature to provide statutory authority therefor. The Legislature, therefore, declares and determines that the responsibility for these and other related purposes shall be vested in the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-101 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 53-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-101
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby declares it essential to the creation and maintenance of an efficient, modern, economically feasible, telecommunications system that there should be full cooperation and cohesive planning and effort by and between the several state agencies and that it is the responsibility of the said Legislature to provide statutory authority therefor. The Legislature, therefore, declares and determines that the responsibility for these and other related purposes shall be vested in the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-29 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 34-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-29
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “ foreign state ” means a government other than the United States, a state of the United States or a federally recognized Indian tribe.

(2) If a notarial act is performed under authority and in the jurisdiction of a foreign state or constituent unit of the foreign state or is performed under the authority of a multinational or international governmental organization, the act has the same effect under the law of this state as though performed by a notarial officer of this state.

(3) If the title of office and indication of authority to perform notarial acts in a foreign state appears in a digest of foreign law or in a list customarily used as a source for that information, the authority of an officer with that title to perform notarial acts is established conclusively.

(4) The signature and official seal of an individual holding an office described in subsection (3) are prima facie evidence that the signature is genuine and the individual holds the designated title.

(5) An apostille in the form prescribed by the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961, and issued by a foreign state party to the Convention conclusively establishes that the signature of the notarial officer is genuine and that the officer holds the indicated office.

(6) A consular authentication issued by an individual designated by the United States Department of State as a notarizing officer for performing notarial acts overseas and attached to the record with respect to which the notarial act is performed conclusively establishes that the signature of the notarial officer is genuine and that the officer holds the indicated office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-32-17 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 17 / Section 32-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-32-17
Status: in_force

The compensation, administrative staff, office space and secretarial assistance shall not be reduced or diminished but may be increased during the term of the public defender.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-13
Status: in_force

(1) The salaries of the members of the boards of supervisors of the various counties are fixed as full compensation for their services.

The annual salary of each member of the board of supervisors shall be based upon the total assessed valuation of his respective county for the preceding taxable year in the following categories and shall be approved by the board of supervisors up to the following amounts, except as otherwise provided under subsection (2) of this section:

(a) For counties having a total assessed valuation of less than Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Thirty-three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($33,500.00);

(b) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), but less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Thirty-seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($37,500.00);

(c) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), but less than Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Forty Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($40,500.00);

(d) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), but less than One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Forty-one Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($41,500.00);

(e) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), but less than Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Forty-five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00);

(f) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), but less than One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00);

(g) For counties having a total assessed valuation of One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00), but less than Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00), a salary not to exceed Fifty-two Thousand Dollars ($52,000.00);

(h) For counties having a total assessed valuation of Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) or more, a salary not to exceed Fifty-four Thousand Dollars ($54,000.00).

(2) From and after January 1, 2024, the salary of the members of the boards of supervisors may be increased by an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) over the amounts set under subsection (1) of this section, and from and after January 1, 2028, the salary of the members of the boards of supervisors may be increased by an amount not to exceed Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) over the amounts set under subsection (1) of this section. If the board of supervisors approves a salary increase under this subsection effective during any fiscal year, then the members of that board of supervisors are not eligible for any additional salary increases for that fiscal year. The salary of the members of the board of supervisors shall not be increased under this subsection in the last year of the supervisors' term.

(3) The annual salary established for the members of the board of supervisors shall not be reduced as a result of a reduction in total assessed valuation.

(4) The salary of the members of the board of supervisors shall not be increased under this section until the board of supervisors shall have passed a resolution stating the amount of the increase and spread it on its minutes.

(5) No state revenue shall be used to pay any salary increase authorized under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 51 / Section 53-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-13
Status: in_force

In order to have a quorum for a meeting of the authority, at least three (3) members of the authority must be present.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-19-1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-19-1
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “ Eligible employee ” means an employee of a public employer that is not subject to the provisions of Section 25-3-37 and meets the eligibility criteria set forth in the rules and regulations of the public employer.

(b) “ Public employer ” means any agency, board, commission, municipality, governing authority or other instrumentality of state or local government including, but not limited to, an institution of higher learning or a community or junior college.

(2) Any public employer may establish an employer-assisted housing program to provide funds to eligible employees of the public employer to be used for the housing assistance. Funds under this program may be utilized by an eligible employee for rental security deposits, rental subsidies, down payments, closing costs or any other fees or costs associated with the rental or purchase of a home. The housing assistance may be in the form of a grant, forgivable loan or repayable loan. The public employer may contract with one or more public or private entities to provide assistance in implementing and administering the program and shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the program.

(3) If the assistance is structured as a forgivable loan, the participating employee must remain as an employee of the public employer for an agreed upon period of time, as determined by the rules and regulations adopted by the public employer in order to have the loan forgiven. The forgiveness structure, amount of assistance and repayment terms shall be determined by the public employer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-43 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 31-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-43
Status: in_force

Any district attorney, legal assistant to a district attorney or criminal investigator employed by a district attorney who retires under the Public Employees' Retirement System for superannuation or for reason of disability shall be allowed to retain, as his personal property, one (1) sidearm which was issued under authority of Section 97-37-7 . The replacement cost of the sidearm shall come from funds appropriated to the district attorney other than those funds appropriated from State General Funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 51 / Section 59-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-13
Status: in_force

The transfer of records to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History shall be in accordance with the following:

(a) Agencies and appointed or elected officials are hereby authorized and empowered to turn over to the department any records no longer in current official use and the department is authorized, after conducting appropriate archival appraisal, to accept such records and to provide for their administration and preservation.

(b) All records of state agencies transferred to the department may be held in the records center or placed directly in the Mississippi State Archives as deemed appropriate.

(c) Title to any record placed in the records center shall remain in the agency transferring such records to the department.

(d) Title to any record transferred to the Mississippi State Archives shall be vested in the department.

(e) The department may make certified copies under seal of any records transferred to it upon the application of any person and said certificates signed by the director shall have the same force and effect as if made by the agency from which the records were received.

(f) The department may prescribe and charge reasonable fees for said services, which shall not be less than the actual cost thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-5-23 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-5-23
Status: in_force

At the time and place designated in said notice, the Governor shall cause to be convened a removal council to be composed of three chancery judges appointed by the Governor, none of whom shall reside in the district in which the officer under question resides, to hear and determine whether there is substantial basis for a removal election consistently with the provisions of Sections 25-5-3 through 25-5-37 . The senior chancellor shall serve as the presiding judge of the council. The hearing herein provided may continue from day to day and be recessed from time to time, as in the discretion of the council may be ordered. The qualified electors of the county shall likewise be given notice by proclamation of the Governor of the time and place of such hearing. Any interested citizen or citizens may likewise appear at said time and place and make such representations to the council as, in the discretion of the council, may be material to the issues involved. The council shall promulgate rules for such hearings, which shall be in writing, but all representations shall be made under oath, to be administered by some member of the council. It shall not be necessary that a stenographic record be kept of such representations, either for or against removal, but the testimony taken shall be heard as nearly as practicable in compliance with the usually applicable rules of evidence. All decisions of the council on any question, preliminary or final, including the question of whether just cause for an election has been shown, shall be final and not subject to review.

The elective officer concerned shall be entitled to be represented by counsel of his choice at said hearing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-123 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 53-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-123
Status: in_force

(1) The only method of procurement permitted for the acquisition of nonregulated telecommunications systems, including equipment and related services, shall be in conformity with the following requirements: All acquisitions of telecommunications equipment, systems and related services involving the expenditures of funds in excess of the dollar amount established in Section 31-7-13(c) , or rentals or leases in excess of the dollar amount established in Section 31-7-13(c) , for the term of the contract, shall be based upon competitive and open specifications, and contracts therefor shall be entered into only after advertisements for bids are published in one or more daily newspapers having a general circulation in the state not less than fourteen (14) days prior to receiving sealed bids therefor. The authority may reserve the right to reject any or all bids, and if all bids are rejected, the authority may negotiate a contract within the limitations of the specifications so long as the terms of any such negotiated contract are equal to or better than the comparable terms submitted by the lowest and best bidder, and so long as the total cost to the State of Mississippi does not exceed the lowest bid. If the authority accepts one (1) of such bids, it shall be that which is the lowest and best.

(2) When applicable, the bureau may procure equipment, systems and related services in accordance with the law or regulations, or both, which govern the Bureau of Purchasing of the Governor's Office of General Services or which govern the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services procurement of computer equipment, software and services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-19 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 59-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-19
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-61-11.2 , all records created or received in the performance of public duty and paid for by public funds are deemed to be public property and shall constitute a record of public acts.