Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / Section 53-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-5
Status: repealed

The authority shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:

(a)(i) The authority shall provide for the development of plans for the efficient acquisition and utilization of computer equipment and services by all agencies of state government, and provide for their implementation. In so doing, the authority may use the MDITS' staff, at the discretion of the executive director of the authority, or the authority may contract for the services of qualified consulting firms in the field of information technology and utilize the service of such consultants as may be necessary for such purposes. Pursuant to Section 25-53-1 , the provisions of this section shall not apply to the Department of Human Services for a period of three (3) years beginning on July 1, 2017. Pursuant to Section 25-53-1 , the provisions of this section shall not apply to the Department of Child Protection Services for a period of three (3) years beginning July 1, 2017.

(ii) [Repealed]

(b) The authority shall immediately institute procedures for carrying out the purposes of this chapter and supervise the efficient execution of the powers and duties of the office of executive director of the authority. In the execution of its functions under this chapter, the authority shall maintain as a paramount consideration the successful internal organization and operation of the several agencies so that efficiency existing therein shall not be adversely affected or impaired. In executing its functions in relation to the institutions of higher learning and junior colleges in the state, the authority shall take into consideration the special needs of such institutions in relation to the fields of teaching and scientific research.

(c) Title of whatever nature of all computer equipment now vested in any agency of the State of Mississippi is hereby vested in the authority, and no such equipment shall be disposed of in any manner except in accordance with the direction of the authority or under the provisions of such rules and regulations as may hereafter be adopted by the authority in relation thereto.

(d) The authority shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures governing the acquisition of computer and telecommunications equipment and services which shall, to the fullest extent practicable, ensure the maximum of competition between all manufacturers of supplies or equipment or services. In the writing of specifications, in the making of contracts relating to the acquisition of such equipment and services, and in the performance of its other duties the authority shall provide for the maximum compatibility of all information systems hereafter installed or utilized by all state agencies and may require the use of common computer languages where necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The authority may establish by regulation and charge reasonable fees on a nondiscriminatory basis for the furnishing to bidders of copies of bid specifications and other documents issued by the authority.

(e) The authority shall adopt rules and regulations governing the sharing with, or the sale or lease of information technology services to any nonstate agency or person. Such regulations shall provide that any such sharing, sale or lease shall be restricted in that same shall be accomplished only where such services are not readily available otherwise within the state, and then only at a charge to the user not less than the prevailing rate of charge for similar services by private enterprise within this state.

(f) The authority may, in its discretion, establish a special technical advisory committee or committees to study and make recommendations on technology matters within the competence of the authority as the authority may see fit. Persons serving on the Information Resource Council, its task forces, or any such technical advisory committees shall be entitled to receive their actual and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of such duties, together with mileage as provided by law for state employees, provided the same has been authorized by a resolution duly adopted by the authority and entered on its minutes prior to the performance of such duties.

(g) The authority may provide for the development and require the adoption of standardized computer programs and may provide for the dissemination of information to and the establishment of training programs for the personnel of the various information technology centers of state agencies and personnel of the agencies utilizing the services thereof.

(h) The authority shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations requiring the reporting to the authority through the office of executive director of such information as may be required for carrying out the purposes of this chapter and may also establish such reasonable procedures to be followed in the presentation of bills for payment under the terms of all contracts for the acquisition of computer equipment and services now or hereafter in force as may be required by the authority or by the executive director in the execution of their powers and duties.

(i) The authority shall require such adequate documentation of information technology procedures utilized by the various state agencies and may require the establishment of such organizational structures within state agencies relating to information technology operations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

(j) The authority may adopt such further reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to fully implement the purposes of this chapter. All rules and regulations adopted by the authority shall be published and disseminated in readily accessible form to all affected state agencies, and to all current suppliers of computer equipment and services to the state, and to all prospective suppliers requesting the same. Such rules and regulations shall be kept current, be periodically revised, and copies thereof shall be available at all times for inspection by the public at reasonable hours in the offices of the authority. Whenever possible no rule, regulation or any proposed amendment to such rules and regulations shall be finally adopted or enforced until copies of the proposed rules and regulations have been furnished to all interested parties for their comment and suggestions.

(k) The authority shall establish rules and regulations which shall provide for the submission of all contracts proposed to be executed by the executive director for computer equipment and/or telecommunications or services, including cloud computing, to the authority for approval before final execution, and the authority may provide that such contracts involving the expenditure of less than such specified amount as may be established by the authority may be finally executed by the executive director without first obtaining such approval by the authority.

(l) The authority is authorized to consider new technologies, such as cloud computing, to purchase, lease, or rent computer equipment or services and to operate that equipment and use those services in providing services to one or more state agencies when in its opinion such operation will provide maximum efficiency and economy in the functions of any such agency or agencies.

(m) Upon the request of the governing body of a political subdivision or instrumentality, the authority shall assist the political subdivision or instrumentality in its development of plans for the efficient acquisition and utilization of computer equipment and services. An appropriate fee shall be charged the political subdivision by the authority for such assistance.

(n) The authority shall adopt rules and regulations governing the protest procedures to be followed by any actual or prospective bidder, offerer or contractor who is aggrieved in connection with the solicitation or award of a contract for the acquisition of computer equipment or services. Such rules and regulations shall prescribe the manner, time and procedure for making protests and may provide that a protest not timely filed shall be summarily denied. The authority may require the protesting party, at the time of filing the protest, to post a bond, payable to the state, in an amount that the authority determines sufficient to cover any expense or loss incurred by the state, the authority or any state agency as a result of the protest if the protest subsequently is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been filed without any substantial basis or reasonable expectation to believe that the protest was meritorious; however, in no event may the amount of the bond required exceed a reasonable estimate of the total project cost. The authority, in its discretion, also may prohibit any prospective bidder, offerer or contractor who is a party to any litigation involving any such contract with the state, the authority or any agency of the state to participate in any other such bid, offer or contract, or to be awarded any such contract, during the pendency of the litigation.

(o) The authority shall make a report in writing to the Legislature each year in the month of January. Such report shall contain a full and detailed account of the work of the authority for the preceding year as specified in Section 25-53-29(3) .

All acquisitions of computer equipment and services involving the expenditure 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. Through June 30, 2024, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to acquisitions of information technology equipment and services made by the Mississippi Department of Health and the Mississippi Department of Revenue for the purposes of implementing, administering and enforcing the provisions of the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act.

(p) When applicable, the authority may procure equipment, systems and related services in accordance with the law or regulations, or both, which govern the Bureau of Purchasing of the Office of General Services or which govern the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services procurement of telecommunications equipment, software and services.

(q) The authority is authorized to purchase, lease, or rent information technology and services for the purpose of establishing pilot projects to investigate emerging technologies. These acquisitions shall be limited to new technologies and shall be limited to an amount set by annual appropriation of the Legislature. These acquisitions shall be exempt from the advertising and bidding requirement.

(r) To promote the maximum use and benefit from technology and services now in operation or which will in the future be placed in operation and to identify opportunities, minimize duplication, reduce costs and improve the efficiency of providing common technology services the authority is authorized to:

(i) Enter into master agreements for computer or telecommunications equipment or services, including cloud computing, available for shared use by state agencies, institutes of higher learning and governing authorities; and

(ii) Enter into contracts for the acquisition of computer or telecommunications equipment or services, including cloud computing, that have been acquired by other entities, located within or outside of the State of Mississippi, so long as it is determined by the authority to be in the best interest of the state. The acquisitions provided in this paragraph (r) shall be exempt from the advertising and bidding requirements of Section 25-53-1 et seq.

(s) All fees collected by the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall be deposited into the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services Revolving Fund unless otherwise specified by the Legislature.

(t) The authority shall work closely with the council to bring about effective coordination of policies, standards and procedures relating to procurement of remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) resources. In addition, the authority is responsible for development, operation and maintenance of a delivery system infrastructure for geographic information systems data. The authority shall provide a warehouse for Mississippi's geographic information systems data.

(u) The authority shall manage one or more State Data Centers to provide information technology services on a cost-sharing basis. In determining the appropriate services to be provided through the State Data Center, the authority should consider those services that:

(i) Result in savings to the state as a whole;

(ii) Improve and enhance the security and reliability of the state's information and business systems; and

(iii) Optimize the efficient use of the state's information technology assets, including, but not limited to, promoting partnerships with the state institutions of higher learning and community colleges to capitalize on advanced information technology resources.

(v) The authority shall increase federal participation in the cost of the State Data Center to the extent provided by law and its shared technology infrastructure through providing such shared services to agencies that receive federal funds. With regard to state institutions of higher learning and community colleges, the authority may provide shared services when mutually agreeable, following a determination by both the authority and the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning or the Mississippi Community College Board, as the case may be, that the sharing of services is mutually beneficial.

(w) The authority, in its discretion, may require new or replacement agency business applications to be hosted at the State Data Center. With regard to state institutions of higher learning and community colleges, the authority and the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning or the Mississippi Community College Board, as the case may be, may agree that institutions of higher learning or community colleges may utilize business applications that are hosted at the State Data Center, following a determination by both the authority and the applicable board that the hosting of those applications is mutually beneficial. In addition, the authority may establish partnerships to capitalize on the advanced technology resources of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning or the Mississippi Community College Board, following a determination by both the authority and the applicable board that such a partnership is mutually beneficial.

(x) The authority shall provide a periodic update regarding reform-based information technology initiatives to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Accountability, Efficiency and Transparency Committees.

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 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. § 25-43-3.114 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 25-59-3 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 59-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter:

(a) “Department” shall mean the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

(b) “Public records” shall mean all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, tapes, photographs, films, sound recordings or other materials regardless of physical form or characteristics made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any agency or by any appointed or elected official. Books, periodicals and other published material normally found in a library are excluded from this definition.

(c) “State record” shall mean a record which normally is maintained within the custody or control of a state agency or by any appointed or elected state official or any other record which is designated or treated as a state record according to general law.

(d) “Vital record” shall mean any record vital to the resumption of the legal and financial status of government in the state or to the protection and fulfillment of obligations to the citizens of the state of Mississippi.

(e) “Agency” shall mean any state office, department, division, board, bureau, commission, institution of higher learning or other separate unit or institution of state government created or established by law.

(f) “Mississippi State Archives” shall mean an establishment maintained by the department for the preservation of those public records and other documentary materials that have been determined by the department to have sufficient historical or other enduring value to warrant their continued preservation by the state and that have been accepted by the department for deposit in its custody.

(g) “Records center” shall mean an establishment maintained by the department primarily for the processing, servicing and security of public records that must be retained for varying periods of time but need not be retained in an agency's office, equipment or space.

(h) “Records control schedule” shall mean a set of instructions prescribing how long, where or in what form records shall be kept.

(i) “Records management” shall mean the application of management techniques to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation and disposal of records undertaken to reduce costs and improve efficiency of record-keeping. Records management includes management of filing and microfilm equipment and supplies, filing and information retrieval systems, historical documentation, micrographics, records system scheduling and vital records protection.

(j) “Director” shall mean the director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

(k) “State records committee” shall mean a committee established by this chapter whose duties are to review, approve, disapprove, amend or modify records control schedules submitted by agency heads.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-47 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 25-59-31 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 25-15-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-15-5
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall administer the plan and is authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for its administration, subject to the terms and limitations contained in this article.

(2) The board shall develop a five-year strategic plan for the insurance plan established by Section 25-15-3 et seq. The strategic plan shall address, but not be limited to:

(a) Changing trends in the health care industry, and how they effect delivery of services to members of the plan.

(b) Alternative service delivery systems.

(c) Any foreseeable problems with the present system of delivering and administering health care benefits in Mississippi.

(d) The development of options and recommendations for changes in the plan.

(3) To carry out the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, the board may conduct formal research, including questionnaires and attitudinal surveys of members' needs and preferences with respect to service delivery.

(4) After the board has complied with all provisions of Section 25-15-9 regarding the establishment of the plan, it shall be responsible for fully disclosing to plan members the provisions of the plan. Such disclosure shall consist of the dissemination of educational material on the plan and any proposed changes thereto. The board shall provide members with complete educational materials at least thirty (30) days before the date upon which the plan's members must select a plan option for health care services. The board shall further use the resources of the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television or other state agency, university or college to provide information on proposed changes. The board may also use other state-owned media, as well as public service announcements on private media to disseminate information regarding proposed changes in the plan.

(5) The board shall develop and make available for public review at its offices a comprehensive plan document which documents all benefits for which members of the plan created by Section 25-15-3 et seq. are eligible. This document shall be typed and maintained also at the offices of any administrator contracted with in accordance with Section 25-15-301 .

(6)(a) The board may enter into contracts with accountants, actuaries and other persons from the private sector whose skills are necessary to carry out the purposes of Section 25-15-3 et seq.

(b) Before the board enters into any contract for services as provided in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the board shall first determine that the services are required, and that the staff of the board and personnel of other state agencies are not sufficiently experienced to provide the services.

(c) If the service is to be rendered for a period of in excess of six (6) months, the board shall seek and obtain bids for the service in a manner identical to that provided for in Section 25-15-301, subsection (1)(a) and (b) except for those provisions which specifically state criteria which are applicable only to third-party administrators contracted with in accordance with Section 25-15-3 et seq.

(d) The board is also authorized to procure legal services if it deems these services to be necessary to carry out its responsibilities under Section 25-15-3 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-9 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 15 / Section 34-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-9
Status: in_force

A notarial officer may charge a fee in an amount not to exceed Five Dollars ($5.00) for services rendered unless otherwise prohibited by law or by rules promulgated by the Secretary of State.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-5-15 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-5-15
Status: in_force

Before the submission of the petitions to the governor to be filed by him, all sections of the same shall be consolidated and delivered to the county registrar of the county in which the petition has been circulated. No signatures shall be thereafter added. The county registrar shall compare the signatures of the persons appearing on said petition with the names of the qualified electors appearing on the poll books of said county, and shall attach to said petition, or to each section of the petition if the same has been circulated in sections, the following certificate:

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

County of __________

I, __________, county registrar in and for the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that I have compared the signatures on the preceding sheets of the removal petition attached hereto, and to the best of my knowledge and belief the said petition (or section of petition) contains the signatures of __________ qualified electors of said county (or beat, as case may be), and I have drawn a line in red ink through the names of those signators who appear by the records in my office not to be qualified electors, or who have died. I further certify that as of the date of the petitions there were __________ qualified electors in this county (or beat, as the case may be).

Given under my hand and seal of office, this the ___ day of __________, 20___.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-15 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 59 / 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. § 25-58-3 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 58-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-58-3
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality (both referred to in this section as “governing authority”) are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to borrow money, pursuant to the provisions of this section to create the geographic information system and prepare the multipurpose cadastre authorized in Section 25-58-1 .

(2) Before any money is borrowed under the provisions of this section, the governing authority shall adopt a resolution declaring the necessity for such borrowing and specifying the purpose for which the money borrowed is to be expended, the amount to be borrowed, the date or dates of the maturity thereof, and how such indebtedness is to be evidenced. The resolution shall be certified over the signature of the head of the governing authority.

(3) The borrowing shall be evidenced by negotiable notes or certificates of indebtedness of the governing authority which shall be signed by the principal officer and clerk of such governing authority. All such notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be offered at public sale by the governing authority after not less than ten (10) days' advertising in a newspaper having general circulation within the governing authority. Each sale shall be made to the bidder offering the lowest rate of interest or whose bid represents the lowest net cost to the governing authority; however, the rate of interest shall not exceed that now or hereafter authorized in Section 75-17-101, Mississippi Code of 1972 . No such notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be issued and sold for less than par and accrued interest. All notes or certificates of indebtedness shall mature in approximately equal installments of principal and interest over a period not to exceed ten (10) years from the dates of the issuance thereof. Principal shall be payable annually, and interest shall be payable annually or semiannually; provided, however, that the first payment of principal or interest may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year. Provided, however, if negotiable notes are outstanding from not more than one (1) previous issue authorized under the provisions of this section, then the schedule of payments for a new or supplementary issue may be so adjusted that the schedule of maturities of all notes or series of notes hereunder shall, when combined, mature in approximately equal installments of principal and interest over a period of ten (10) years from the date of the new or supplementary issue, or if a lower interest rate will thereby be secured on notes previously issued and outstanding, a portion of the proceeds of any issue authorized hereunder may be used to refund the balance of the indebtedness previously issued under the authority of this article. Such notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be issued in such form and in such denominations as may be determined by the governing authority and may be made payable at the office of any bank or trust company selected by the governing authority. In such case, funds for the payment of principal and interest due thereon shall be provided in the same manner provided by law for the payment of the principal and interest due on bonds issued by the governing authority.

(4) For the prompt payment of notes or certificates of indebtedness at maturity, both principal and interest, the full faith, credit and resources of the issuing entity are pledged. Furthermore, the governing authority may annually levy a special tax in an amount not to exceed three (3) mills upon all of its taxable property, the avails of which shall be paid into a sinking fund and used exclusively for the payment of principal of and interest on the notes or certificates of indebtedness. Until needed for expenditure, monies in the sinking fund may be invested in the same manner as the governing authority is elsewhere authorized by law to invest surplus funds.

(5) The proceeds of any notes or certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this section shall be placed in a special fund and shall be expended only for the purpose or purposes for which they were issued as shown by the resolution authorizing the issuance thereof. If a balance shall remain of the proceeds of such notes or certificates of indebtedness after the purpose or purposes for which they were issued shall have been accomplished, such balance shall be used to pay such obligations at or before maturity and may be transferred to any sinking fund previously established for the payment thereof.

(6) Proceeds from the sale of notes or certificates of indebtedness not immediately necessary for expenditure shall be invested in the same manner as surplus funds of the governing authority may be invested.

(7) Regardless of the method of paying for the creation of a geographic information system or for the preparation of a multipurpose cadastre, and notwithstanding anything in the Mississippi Public Records Act Section 25-61-1 et seq. , to the contrary, a county or municipality which has created or acquired a geographic information system or prepared a multipurpose cadastre may assess a fee or charge in accordance with the provisions of Section 25-61-7(2) . However, all fees shall be subject to a standard scale adopted by the governing authority. If the governing authority has issued notes or certificates of indebtedness, any fees shall be deposited into the sinking fund and used exclusively for payment of principal and interest on the notes or certificates of indebtedness until paid in full. Thereafter, the fees shall be deposited into the county's or municipality's general fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-1.105 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 43-1.105
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-1.105
Status: in_force

Except to the extent precluded by another provision of law, a person may waive any right conferred upon that person by this chapter, or by any rule made pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-15 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 25-53-15 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / 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. § 25-43-2.104 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-2.104
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-2.104
Status: in_force

In addition to other rule-making requirements imposed by law, each agency shall:

(a) Adopt as a rule a description of the organization of the agency which states the general course and method of its operations and where and how the public may obtain information or make submissions or requests;

(b) Adopt rules of practice setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal proceedings available to the public.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-15 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 59-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-15
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of each state agency and each appointed or elected state official to:

(a) Cooperate with the department in complying with the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Establish and maintain an active and continuing program for the economical and efficient management of records.

(c) Cause to be made and preserved records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures and essential transactions of the agency or office and designed to furnish the information necessary to protect the legal and financial rights of the government and of the persons directly affected by the agency's activities.

(d) Submit to the department for review by the state records committee and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the department, a recommended retention schedule for records in its custody, except schedules for certain types of records common to all agencies or offices which may be established by the department and the state records committee. No records will be scheduled for retention any longer than is absolutely necessary in the performance of the required functions of the agency or office. Records not actively required for the performance of the agency's or official's duties will be transferred to the records center or the Mississippi State Archives in accordance with rules and regulations established by the department. Records which have been identified as archival, or which must be retained permanently, may be transferred directly to the Mississippi State Archives, consistent with the provisions of this chapter.

(e) As of July 1, 1981, state agencies and appointed or elected state officials shall not lease additional space for records storage or renew existing leases for that purpose without approval of the state records committee. Further, with the development of records control schedules, such records now in storage in leased offsite facilities will be removed from them in accordance with the rules and regulations of the department.

(f) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to divest state agency heads or appointed or elected state officials of the authority to determine the nature and form of records acquired in the administration of their several responsibilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 32 / Section 59-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Archives and Records Management Law of 1981.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-1
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the State of Mississippi that each agency of the state shall cooperate to the greatest extent possible with other agencies of the state and agencies of the federal government which have separate but similar, related or interrelated jurisdiction or authority over certain activities performed by or benefits granted to persons or entities within the state, so that (a) the processing and issuing of permits, licenses and other such instruments will be streamlined to reduce costly delays, (b) duplication of effort and unnecessary governmental “red tape” will be reduced, and (c) state policy will be carried out in an effective, efficient, predictable and consistent manner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-31 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 59 / 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. § 25-55-19 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 55-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-19
Status: in_force

Whenever any outstanding bond or warrant of this state or any county, city, town, village, or levee board shall become so far mutilated as to be unfit for circulation, or shall be lost or destroyed, a duplicate thereof may be issued by the officer authorized by law to issue such bonds or warrants, under the regulations and restrictions prescribed in the next section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 55-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-5
Status: in_force

In any county in which the record of deeds, or any material part thereof, may be destroyed, the chancellor may examine into the matter; and if he find any abstracts, copies, minutes, or extracts from said records existing after such destruction, he shall appoint two (2) persons learned in such matters to act with him, and the three (3) shall investigate the same. If they find that the abstracts, copies, minutes, or extracts were fairly made before such destruction of the records, and that they contain material and substantial parts of the destroyed records, they shall so certify to the board of supervisors; and thereupon the board of supervisors shall have power to purchase such abstracts, minutes, copies, or extracts, or any part thereof, or to procure copies thereof and to pay therefor, out of the county treasury, a reasonable compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-119 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 53-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-119
Status: in_force

The bureau shall, subject to the provisions of Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 , have sole authority and responsibility for defining the specific telecommunications equipment, systems and related services to which the provisions of Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 shall be applicable. However, the provisions of Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 shall not be applicable with respect to computer and telecommunications equipment, systems and related services that are only available from a sole source.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.105 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 43-3.105
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.105
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to giving the notice required in Section 25-43-3.103 , each agency proposing the adoption of a rule or significant amendment of an existing rule imposing a duty, responsibility or requirement on any person shall consider the economic impact the rule will have on the citizens of our state and the benefits the rule will cause to accrue to those citizens. For purposes of this section, a “ significant amendment ” means any amendment to a rule for which the total aggregate cost to all persons required to comply with that rule exceeds One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).

(2) Each agency shall prepare a written report providing an economic impact statement for the adoption of a rule or significant amendment to an existing rule imposing a duty, responsibility or requirement on any person, except as provided in subsection (7) of this section. The economic impact statement shall include the following:

(a) A description of the need for and the benefits which will likely accrue as the result of the proposed action;

(b) An estimate of the cost to the agency, and to any other state or local government entities, of implementing and enforcing the proposed action, including the estimated amount of paperwork, and any anticipated effect on state or local revenues;

(c) An estimate of the cost or economic benefit to all persons directly affected by the proposed action;

(d) An analysis of the impact of the proposed rule on small business;

(e) A comparison of the costs and benefits of the proposed rule to the probable costs and benefits of not adopting the proposed rule or significantly amending an existing rule;

(f) A determination of whether less costly methods or less intrusive methods exist for achieving the purpose of the proposed rule where reasonable alternative methods exist which are not precluded by law;

(g) A description of reasonable alternative methods, where applicable, for achieving the purpose of the proposed action which were considered by the agency and a statement of reasons for rejecting those alternatives in favor of the proposed rule; and

(h) A detailed statement of the data and methodology used in making estimates required by this subsection.

(3) No rule or regulation shall be declared invalid based on a challenge to the economic impact statement for the rule unless the issue is raised in the agency proceeding. No person shall have standing to challenge a rule, based upon the economic impact statement or lack thereof, unless that person provided the agency with information sufficient to make the agency aware of specific concerns regarding the statement in an oral proceeding or in written comments regarding the rule. The grounds for invalidation of an agency action, based upon the economic impact statement, are limited to the agency's failure to adhere to the procedure for preparation of the economic impact statement as provided in this section, or the agency's failure to consider information submitted to the agency regarding specific concerns about the statement, if that failure substantially impairs the fairness of the rule-making proceeding.

(4) A concise summary of the economic impact statement must be properly filed with the Secretary of State for publication in the administrative bulletin and the period during which persons may make written submissions on the proposed rule shall not expire until at least twenty (20) days after the date of such proper filing.

(5) The properly filed summary of the economic impact statement must also indicate where persons may obtain copies of the full text of the economic impact statement and where, when and how persons may present their views on the proposed rule and demand an oral proceeding on the proposed rule if one is not already provided.

(6) If the agency has made a good-faith effort to comply with the requirements of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the rule may not be invalidated on the ground that the contents of the economic impact statement are insufficient or inaccurate.

(7) This section does not apply to the adoption of:

(a) Any rule which is required by the federal government pursuant to a state/federal program delegation agreement or contract;

(b) Any rule which is expressly required by state law; and

(c) A temporary rule adopted pursuant to Section 25-43-3.108 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-9 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 65-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-9
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (2) of this section, each university, community/junior college and state agency shall, subject to specific appropriation of available funding, employ an agency internal audit director who shall be appointed by the university president or chancellor, the community/junior college president, elected official or executive director or his counterpart of a state agency without a governing board or commission. The university president or chancellor, the community/junior college president of the agency head shall ensure that the university, community/junior college or agency shall employ, subject to specific funding being appropriated, a sufficient number of professional and support staff to implement an effective program of internal auditing. Compensation, training, job tenure and advancement of internal auditing staff shall be based upon the rules of the State Personnel Board for other business employees in the system. The internal audit organization shall have organizational status outside the agency's staff or line management functions or units subject to audit, and shall be free of operational and management responsibilities that would impair the ability to make independent audits of any aspects of the agency's operations. An agency, university or community/junior college internal audit director may be terminated by the appointing authority in accordance with State Personnel Board rules and regulations for any state employee after a seven (7) day notification period to the State Auditor.

(2) The university president or chancellor, the community/junior college president or agency head of a university, community/junior college or state agency, respectively, may outsource the internal audit function if he determines that it is more cost efficient than establishing the audit personnel and procedures provided in subsection (1) of this section. Internal audit services may not be outsourced to the same firm or individual who performs independent audit or other consulting services to the university, community/junior college or agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-9 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 32 / Section 59-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-9
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History, with respect to the Mississippi Archives and Records Management Law, shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) The department may make and enter into contracts and agreements with other agencies, organizations, associations, corporations and individuals or federal agencies as it may determine are necessary, expedient or incidental to the performance of its duties or the execution of its powers under this chapter.

(b) The department shall adopt such rules and regulations deemed necessary to carry out its duties and responsibilities under this chapter, which rules shall be binding on all agencies and the persons affected thereby. The department shall publish said rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Law, Section 25-43-1.101 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(c) Conduct a records management program including a records center and subject to the availability of staff and funds, conduct a centralized microfilming program for the benefit of all state agencies; and provide advice, assistance and training to all state agencies in matters pertaining to the economical and efficient management of public records.

(d) Cooperate with and assist, insofar as possible, state institutions, departments, agencies, counties, municipalities and individuals engaged in the field of state archives, manuscripts and history.

(e) Establish safeguards against unauthorized or unlawful removal or loss of records.

(f) Initiate appropriate action to recover records removed unlawfully or without authorization.

(g) Establish and maintain a program in cooperation with each agency for the selection and preservation of vital records considered essential to the operation of government and to the protection of the rights and privileges of citizens; make or have made preservation duplicates, or designate existing copies as preservation duplicates to be preserved in a place of safekeeping as prescribed by the department.

(h) Promulgate rules and regulations permitting the storage, use and dissemination of records which are transferred by any local governmental body in this state to a local historical or archival group which has been incorporated and operates as a private, nonprofit corporation. Such rules and regulations shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 25-59-25 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-7 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-7
Status: in_force

Each agency of the state may consult with the Central Data Processing Authority created under the provisions of Section 25-53-1 et seq. in all instances where the Central Data Processing Authority may be of assistance in developing and/or implementing a plan or program for “one-stop permitting.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-29 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 32 / Section 55-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-29
Status: in_force

The mutilation, loss, or destruction of the registration or poll-books in any county shall be remedied as provided in the chapter on “Registration and Elections.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-27 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 59-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-27
Status: in_force

All records for which title has been transferred to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History shall be open for public use at a reasonable time and place under rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History with the exception of those records specifically prohibited from being opened to inspection by state law, federal law, court order, by contractual agreement with a private third party or by agency request consistent with law. Records such as income tax returns, medical records, scholastic records, adoption records and other records which by law are required to be closed to the public shall not be deemed to be made open to the public under the provisions of this chapter, nor shall the definition of public records include those records which it is shown that the public interest is best served by not disclosing to the public. For purposes of records management closed and restricted records may be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the disposal of public records.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-237 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 45 / 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. § 25-5-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-5-13
Status: in_force

Each and every petition, or separately circulated section thereof, containing signatures shall be verified on the last page thereof in substantially the following form:

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

County of __________

I, __________, a qualified elector of said county do now state under oath that every person who signed the foregoing petition signed his or her name thereto in my presence, and that before the signing of said petition the signator was told that after signing the same his or her name could not be removed from said petition; that I believe that each has stated his or her name and precinct correctly, and that so far as I know each signer is a qualified elector of this county, and I further certify that the date appearing on the foregoing petition is the correct date on which the first signature was affixed to said petition or any section thereof.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this _______ day of __________, 20___.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-7 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 41-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-7
Status: in_force

(1) Any public body may enter into executive session for the transaction of public business; however, all meetings of any public body shall commence as an open meeting, and an affirmative vote of three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of all members present shall be required to declare an executive session.

(2) The procedure to be followed by any public body in declaring an executive session shall be as follows: Any member shall have the right to request by motion a closed determination upon the issue of whether or not to declare an executive session. The motion, by majority vote, shall require the meeting to be closed for a preliminary determination of the necessity for executive session. No other business shall be transacted until the discussion of the nature of the matter requiring executive session has been completed and a vote, as required in subsection (1) hereof, has been taken on the issue.

(3) An executive session shall be limited to matters allowed to be exempted from open meetings by subsection (4) of this section. The reason for holding an executive session shall be stated in an open meeting, and the reason so stated shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that any meeting be closed to the public, nor shall any executive session be used to circumvent or to defeat the purposes of this chapter.

(4) A public body may hold an executive session pursuant to this section for one or more of the following reasons:

(a) Transaction of business and discussion of personnel matters relating to the job performance, character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of a person holding a specific position, or matters relating to the terms of any potential or current employment or services agreement with any physicians or other employees of public hospitals, including any discussion of any person applying for medical staff privileges or membership with a public hospital.

(b) Strategy sessions or negotiations with respect to prospective litigation, litigation or issuance of an appealable order when an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the public body.

(c) Transaction of business and discussion regarding the report, development or course of action regarding security personnel, plans or devices.

(d) Investigative proceedings by any public body regarding allegations of misconduct or violation of law.

(e) Any body of the Legislature which is meeting on matters within the jurisdiction of that body.

(f) Cases of extraordinary emergency which would pose immediate or irrevocable harm or damage to persons or property, or both, within the jurisdiction of the public body.

(g) Transaction of business and discussion regarding the prospective purchase, sale or leasing of lands.

(h) Discussions between a school board and individual students who attend a school within the jurisdiction of the school board or the parents or teachers of the students regarding problems of the students or their parents or teachers.

(i) Transaction of business and discussion concerning the preparation of tests for admission to practice in recognized professions.

(j) Transaction of business and discussions or negotiations regarding the location, relocation or expansion of a business, medical service or an industry.

(k) Transaction of business and discussions regarding employment or job performance of a person in a specific position or termination of an employee holding a specific position. The exemption provided by this paragraph includes transaction of business and discussion in executive session by the board of trustees of a public hospital regarding any employee or medical staff member or applicant for medical staff privileges and any such individual's credentialing, health, performance, salary, raises or disciplinary action. The exemption provided by this paragraph includes the right to enter into executive session concerning a line item in a budget which might affect the termination of an employee or employees. All other budget items shall be considered in open meetings and final budgetary adoption shall not be taken in executive session.

(l) Discussions regarding material or data exempt from the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983 pursuant to Section 25-11-121 .

(m) Transaction of business and discussion regarding prospective strategic business decisions of public hospitals, including without limitation, decisions to open a new service line, implement capital improvements, or file applications for certificates of need or determinations of nonreviewability with the State Department of Health.

(n) Transaction of business of the boards of trustees of public hospitals that would require discussion of any identifiable patient information, including without limitation, patient complaints, patients' accounts, patients receiving charity care, or treatment that could be identified to a patient.

(o) Investigative discussions, investigative strategies, probative strategies related to identifiable instances of human trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation, and discussions involving locations of shelters or safe-houses for victims of human trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation.

(p) Transaction of business of committees, subcommittees or boards that would require discussion of any identifiable information of victims of human trafficking or children under eighteen years old who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

(5) The total vote on the question of entering into an executive session shall be recorded and spread upon the minutes of the public body.

(6) Any vote whereby an executive session is declared shall be applicable only to that particular meeting on that particular day.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-117 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 17 / Section 53-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-117
Status: in_force

No agency shall be permitted to obligate the state to any vendor source for a telecommunications system of any kind. All transactions dealing with a telecommunications system shall be conducted through the bureau, and any vendor found in violation of this policy may be prohibited from bidding on such systems for a period of time commensurate with the severity of the violation. Provided, however, that this period shall not exceed twenty-four (24) months.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / 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. § 25-53-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / 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. § 25-65-1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 65-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Internal Audit Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-21 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 59-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-21
Status: in_force

No person may destroy, sell, loan or otherwise dispose of any public record without the consent of the director. The department shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, which shall be binding on all state agencies and appointed and elected state officials, relating to the destruction and disposal of records. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to: procedures for complying and submitting to the department lists and schedules of records proposed for disposal; procedures for the physical destruction or other disposal of records; and standards for the reproduction of records for security and with a view to the disposal of the original record.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-23 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 25-55-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 55-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-13
Status: in_force

If the loss or absence of the record, or any part thereof, be first discovered during the progress of a trial, the cause may be proceeded with notwithstanding the loss; but if a substitute therefor be essential, the trial may be suspended temporarily, and the record or instrument substituted at once, without any other notice than the direction of the court to the parties to proceed to substitute the lost and absent document.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-109 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-109
Status: in_force

No law enforcement agency shall disclose the name of any person arrested for any misdemeanor, issued a citation, or being held for any misdemeanor unless such person shall be formally charged and arrested for the offense, except to other law enforcement agencies or to the Mississippi Department of Human Services, the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services or child day care providers where such information is used to help determine suitability of persons to serve as child care providers or child service workers. No political subdivision nor any employee thereof shall be held liable for the disclosure of any information prohibited by this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-31 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-31
Status: in_force

(1) In any circuit court district bordering on the Gulf Coast wherein U.S. Highway 90 and U.S. Highway 49 intersect, there is hereby created and established the Office of Criminal Records of such district or districts, the affairs of which office shall be managed and controlled by a custodian to be appointed by the senior circuit judge of the district or districts, said appointment to be approved by the district attorney of said district or districts. Said custodian shall be directly responsible to the district attorney and may be removed only by the unanimous consent of the senior circuit judge and the district attorney, and in case of a controversy between said senior circuit judge and district attorney as to the removal of said custodian, then the circuit clerk of said district or districts shall decide the issue.

(2) It shall be the duty of said custodian to perform the duties of maintaining all records of outstanding capiases issued on indictments returned in the circuit court of said district or districts, and to assist the district attorney in the collections of all fines and forfeitures due, in accordance with the duties imposed upon the district attorney's office in Section 25-31-23 . The custodian shall be an adult resident citizen of said district or districts, and shall in addition to other duties imposed herein be required to assist in the preparation of the grand jury dockets, the record for extradition of criminals throughout the State of Mississippi, the coordination of law enforcement problems by and between the sheriffs' offices and the various municipalities, constables, military police, and other peace officers of said district or districts, and to assist all said peace officers, under the direction of the duly elected district attorney of said district or districts, and the county attorneys thereof in investigation of criminal cases and the coordination of the work of investigation between local, state, and federal officers.

(3) It shall be the duty of the person so appointed to assist in the orderly transfer under the direction of the district attorney's office of all criminal records whenever there shall be a change in administration in the sheriffs' offices so as to effect the continuity of the prosecution on the part of the State of Mississippi, and to continue the pursuit of those persons charged with crimes within the said district or districts who have not been apprehended and returned for prosecution and punishment.

(4) The annual salary of such custodian shall be fixed by a majority of the boards of supervisors of the counties composing such district or districts and shall not exceed the annual salary allowed to criminal investigators in the county, payable monthly from the general fund of each county composing such district or districts in proportion to the amount of criminal business and uniform reciprocal support cases originating in each county. The boards of supervisors may pay such other expenses to effectuate the purposes of this section as they may deem necessary to public justice. Said expenses shall be upon requisition of the district attorney, payable in the discretion of the boards.

(5) It is the purpose and intent of this section to enable the collection of fines and forfeitures, as well as to coordinate the orderly investigation, apprehension, prosecution, sentence, and punishment of those persons charged with crimes within such district or districts.

(6) The records compiled by the office created hereunder shall be the property of the district and shall be transferred by the district attorney to his successor in office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-5
Status: in_force

(1) The following number of full-time legal assistants are authorized in the following circuit court districts:

(a) First Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ ten (10) legal assistants.

(b) Second Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ eleven (11) legal assistants.

(c) Third Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ six (6) legal assistants.

(d) Fourth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․six (6) legal assistants.

(e) Fifth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․five (5) legal assistants.

(f) Sixth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ three (3) legal assistants.

(g) Seventh Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․ twelve (12) legal assistants. Effective July 1, 2023, through July 1, 2025, the Seventh Circuit Court District shall have fourteen (14) legal assistants.

(h) Eighth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․three (3) legal assistants.

(i) Ninth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․three (3) legal assistants.

(j) Tenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ five (5) legal assistants.

(k) Eleventh Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․five (5) legal assistants.

(l) Twelfth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․five (5) legal assistants.

(m) Thirteenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․four (4) legal assistants.

(n) Fourteenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․ six (6) legal assistants.

(o) Fifteenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․ seven (7) legal assistants.

(p) Sixteenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․ six (6) legal assistants.

(q) Seventeenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․ four (4) legal assistants.

(r) Eighteenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(s) Nineteenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․ seven (7) legal assistants.

(t) Twentieth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․ seven (7) legal assistants.

(u) Twenty-first Circuit Court District․․․․․․․ four (4) legal assistants.

(v) Twenty-second Circuit Court District․․․․․․ three (3) legal assistants.

(w) Twenty-third Circuit Court District ․․․․․ five (5) legal assistants.

(2) In addition to any legal assistants authorized pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the following number of full-time legal assistants are authorized (i) in the following circuit court districts if funds are appropriated by the Legislature to adequately fund the salaries, expenses and fringe benefits of such legal assistants, or (ii) in any of the following circuit court districts in which the board of supervisors of one or more of the counties in a circuit court district adopts a resolution to pay all of the salaries, supplemental pay, expenses and fringe benefits of legal assistants authorized in such district pursuant to this subsection:

(a) First Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(b) Second Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(c) Third Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(d) Fourth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(e) Fifth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(f) Sixth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(g) Seventh Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(h) Eighth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(i) Ninth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(j) Tenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(k) Eleventh Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(l) Twelfth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(m) Thirteenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(n) Fourteenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(o) Fifteenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(p) Sixteenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(q) Seventeenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(r) Eighteenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(s) Nineteenth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(t) Twentieth Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(u) Twenty-first Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(v) Twenty-second Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(w) Twenty-third Circuit Court District․․․․․․․․two (2) legal assistants.

(3) The board of supervisors of any county may pay all or a part of the salary, supplemental pay, expenses and fringe benefits of any district attorney or legal assistant authorized in the circuit court district to which such county belongs pursuant to this section.

(4) The district attorney of any circuit court district may employ additional legal assistants or criminal investigators, or both, without regard to any limitation on the number of legal assistants authorized in this section or criminal investigators authorized by other provisions of law to the extent that the district attorney's office receives funds from any source. Any source shall include, but is not limited to, office generated funds, funds from a county, a combination of counties, a municipality, a combination of municipalities, federal funds, private grants or foundations, or by means of an Interlocal Cooperative Agreement authorized by Section 17-13-1 which may be expended for those positions in an amount sufficient to pay all of the salary, supplemental pay, expenses and fringe benefits of the positions. Such funds may either be paid out of district attorney accounts, transferred by the district attorney to the Department of Finance and Administration or to one or more of the separate counties comprising the circuit court district, and the funds shall be disbursed to such employees in the same manner as state-funded criminal investigators and full-time legal assistants. The district attorney shall report to the board of supervisors of each county comprising the circuit court district the amount and source of the supplemental salary, expenses and fringe benefits, and the board in each county shall spread the same on its minutes. The district attorney shall also report such information to the Department of Finance and Administration which shall make such information available to the Legislative Budget Office.

(5) The district attorney shall be authorized to assign the duties of a legal assistant regardless of the source of funding for such legal assistants.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-32-15 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-32-15
Status: in_force

The office of public defender may be terminated, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, by entering an order upon the minutes of the board of supervisors six (6) months prior to the expiration of the term of the public defender. Such termination shall be effective at the end of the term of the public defender.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-21 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-21
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as repealing any existing law of this state providing for retirement of public employees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-23 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 25-53-231 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 53-231
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-231
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the “Cyber Security Review Board,” which shall be responsible for ensuring a collaborative effort is made to address the cybersecurity threat posed to the State of Mississippi. Responsibilities of the board include creating a system of reporting cybersecurity attacks within the state, researching and implementing best practices to mitigate cybersecurity risks, and connecting individuals and entities with federal and industry partners.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-2.103 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 43-2.103
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-2.103
Status: in_force

(1) Any person with a substantial interest in the subject matter may make a written request of an agency for a declaratory opinion as to the applicability to specified circumstances of a statute, rule or order within the primary jurisdiction of the agency. Such written request must clearly set forth the specific facts upon which an opinion is asked for and shall be limited to a single transaction or occurrence. An agency, through the agency head or its designee(s) by rule, shall issue a declaratory opinion in response to a written request for that opinion unless the agency determines that issuance of the opinion under the circumstances would be contrary to a rule adopted in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Each agency shall issue rules that provide for: (a) the form, contents and filing of written requests for declaratory opinions; (b) the procedural rights of persons in relation to the written requests; and (c) the disposition of the written requests. Those rules must describe the classes of circumstances in which the agency will not issue a declaratory opinion.

(3) Within forty-five (45) days after receipt of a written request for a declaratory opinion, an agency, in writing, shall:

(a) Issue an opinion declaring the applicability of the statute, rule or order in question to the specified circumstances;

(b) Agree to issue a declaratory opinion by a specified time but no later than ninety (90) days after receipt of the written request; or

(c) Decline to issue a declaratory opinion, stating the reasons for its action.

(4) A copy of all opinions issued in response to a written request for a declaratory opinion must be mailed promptly to the requesting person.

(5)(a) When any person receives a declaratory opinion from an agency and shall have stated all the facts to govern such opinion, the agency shall take no civil or criminal action against such person who, in good faith, follows the direction of such opinion and acts in accordance therewith unless a court of competent jurisdiction, after a full hearing, shall judicially declare that such opinion is manifestly wrong and without any substantial support. No declaratory opinion shall be given or considered if the opinion is requested after suit is filed or prosecution begun. Any declaratory opinion rendered pursuant to this chapter shall not be binding or effective for any third party or person other than the agency issuing the declaratory opinion and the person to whom the opinion is issued and shall not be used as precedent for any other transaction or occurrence beyond that set forth by the requesting person.

(b) The authority of persons to request and receive agency declaratory opinions in no way affects the ability of any person authorized by Section 7-5-25 to request a legal opinion from the Attorney General.

(c) Subject to any confidentiality provisions established by law, each agency shall make all declaratory opinions available for public inspection and copying and shall index them by name and subject, unless information contained within such opinions is confidential by statute or exempt from public disclosure pursuant to another provision of law.

(6) Without in any way limiting a person's right to request and receive a declaratory opinion under this section, or an agency's duty to issue a declaratory opinion under this section, nothing contained in this section shall prohibit an agency from providing informal responses or advice, orally or in writing, to any inquiries or requests for information submitted to the agency. Informal responses shall not be considered a declaratory opinion under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-55 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 53-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-55
Status: in_force

Upon written complaint of any person claiming to be adversely affected by disclosure of confidential information by any information confidentiality officer, the director shall give notice to the information confidentiality officer of the fact that such complaint has been filed and shall give such notice to the Chairman of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, who shall call a meeting of the members of the authority for the purpose of hearing such complaint. The authority shall then conduct an investigation into the matter and shall afford to the complaining party and the information confidentiality officer a hearing, of which reasonable notice shall be given. For purposes of such hearing, the authority, under signature of the secretary of the authority attested by the chairman, shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and documentary or other evidence. After such hearing, if the authority, based upon substantial evidence, shall find that the information confidentiality officer has disclosed confidential information in violation of his oath, the authority shall enter such finding of fact on its minutes and the information confidentiality officer shall be immediately discharged from employment. If the authority shall find that such oath has not been violated, it shall, likewise, enter such finding on its minutes and the complaint shall be dismissed. The finding of the authority shall be prima facie evidence of the truth thereof in any judicial procedure seeking forfeiture of the bond of such information confidentiality officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-19 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 15 / Section 61-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-19
Status: in_force

Within sixty (60) days after the end of each regular session of the Legislature, each agency or department of the State of Mississippi shall include on the Internet website of the agency or department a separate section that provides a legislative update on any legislation enacted at the legislative session that revises the powers and duties of the agency or department. The agency or department shall include a link to the legislative update section on the home page of the website. The legislative update section shall contain a summary of the revisions made to the powers and duties of the agency or department by the legislation, and a contact section or link so that members of the public may comment on or ask questions about the revisions or the effect of the revisions in the legislation. The legislative update section shall remain on the website of the agency or department until January 1st of the following year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-11.2 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 60 / 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. § 25-61-11.2 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 58 / 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. § 25-55-19 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 55-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-19
Status: in_force

Whenever any outstanding bond or warrant of this state or any county, city, town, village, or levee board shall become so far mutilated as to be unfit for circulation, or shall be lost or destroyed, a duplicate thereof may be issued by the officer authorized by law to issue such bonds or warrants, under the regulations and restrictions prescribed in the next section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.108 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 43-3.108
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.108
Status: in_force

If an agency finds that an imminent peril to the public health, safety or welfare requires adoption of a rule upon fewer than twenty-five (25) days' notice and states in writing its reasons for that finding, it may proceed without prior notice of hearing or upon any abbreviated notice and hearing that it finds practicable to adopt an emergency rule. The rule may be effective for a period of not longer than one hundred twenty (120) days, renewable once for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days, but the adoption of an identical rule under this Article III is not precluded.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-7 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 25-55-31 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / 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. § 25-5-9 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-5-9
Status: in_force

The removal petition shall be in substantially the following form:

REMOVAL PETITION

(WARNING.--It is a misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment, for any person to sign any removal petition with any name other than his own, or knowingly to sign his name more than once to such petition, or knowingly to sign such petition when he is not a qualified elector.)

TO THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

We, the undersigned qualified electors of __________ County, State of Mississippi, respectfully demand that __________, holding the office of __________ in said county, be removed from office by the governor for the following reasons, to wit: (Setting out the reasons for removal in not more than two hundred words); that a special election, after lawful notice, be called to permit the qualified electors of said county to vote on the question of whether or not the said officer shall be removed;

That we each for himself say that: I am a qualified elector of said county, and my voting precinct is correctly written after my name, and that it was stated to me prior to the signing of said petition that after signing the same I would not be permitted to remove my name from said petition.

NAME

VOTING PRECINCT

1. __________

__________________

2. __________

__________________

3. __________

__________________
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-7 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / Section 53-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-7
Status: in_force

(1) The membership of the authority shall be composed of five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The initial terms of the members shall be for one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years, respectively, and thereafter all terms shall be for five (5) years. Each member may continue to serve for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months after the expiration of his term if his successor is not duly appointed. The initial appointments to the reconstituted authority shall be made no later than June 30, 1984, for terms to begin on July 1, 1984. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments for the unexpired portion of the term vacated. Each member of the authority shall have a minimum of four (4) years' experience in an information technology-related executive position or prior service as a member of the authority.

(2) Each member of the authority shall be required to furnish a surety bond in the minimum amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to be approved by the Secretary of State, conditioned according to law and payable to the State of Mississippi, before entering upon his duties. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid from any funds available to the authority for such purpose.

(3) No member of the authority, nor its executive director, shall, during his term as such member or director, have any substantial beneficial interest in any corporation or other organization engaged in the information technology business either as manufacturer, supplier, lessor, or otherwise. All members and the executive director shall fully disclose in writing any such beneficial interest, and such disclosure shall be entered on the minutes of the authority.

(4) The Lieutenant Governor may designate one (1) Senator and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may designate one (1) Representative to attend any meeting of the authority. The appointing authorities may designate an alternate member from their respective houses to serve when the regular designee is unable to attend such meetings of the authority. Such legislative designees shall have no jurisdiction or vote on any matter within the jurisdiction of the authority. For attending meetings of the authority, such legislators shall receive per diem and expenses which shall be paid from the contingent expense funds of their respective houses in the same amounts as provided for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session; however, no per diem and expenses for attending meetings of the authority will be paid while the Legislature is in session. No per diem and expenses will be paid except for attending meetings of the authority without prior approval of the proper committee in their respective houses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-193 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 53-193
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-193
Status: in_force

(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “National Security on State Devices and Networks Act.”

(2) For the purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Prohibited technology ” means any information technology deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to the security of the United States and/or the State of Mississippi by Mississippi and/or federal law, regulation, or guidance.

(b) “ State-issued devices ” means any desktop computer, laptop computer, cell phone, tablet or any other device capable of internet connectivity that is issued to a state employee pursuant to his or her employment and for use in carrying out his or her professional duties.

(c) “ State-operated networks ” means any telecommunications network, including, but not limited to, wireless local area networks, wireless guest networks, virtual private networks, or other information technology network systems owned or operated by the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services or any other state agency.

(d) “ State agency ” means any agency, department, commission, board, bureau, institution or other instrumentality of the state.

(e) “ State employee ” means an employee or agent complying with and performing duties on behalf of the state.

(3) No state employee shall download, access, or use a prohibited technology on a state-issued device or a state-operated network.

(4) The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, or any other appropriate state agency, shall restrict the download, access or use of prohibited technologies on state-operated networks. The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall maintain and timely update a publicly available list of such prohibited technologies on its website.

(5) The provisions of this section shall not apply to law enforcement agencies of the state or its political subdivisions when downloading, accessing, or using a prohibited technology is necessary to carry out their official duties for bona fide law enforcement, investigative or public safety purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / 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. § 25-59-25 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / 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. § 25-5-17 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-5-17
Status: in_force

Such certificate by the county registrar shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein and of the qualification of the electors whose signatures are thus certified. The Governor shall consider and count only those signatures on such petition as shall be so certified by the registrar; provided, however, that any officer sought to be removed or any citizen of the county shall have the privilege of submitting evidence in writing, under oath, to the Governor as to the question of whether or not any signator to the petition was in fact a qualified elector at the time of the signing of the petition, or has since died. The decision of the governor as to whether or not any particular person was or was not a qualified elector at the time of the signing of the petition, or whether or not any particular person has since died, shall be final and shall not be subject to review. The status of the signator as to whether or not he or she was a qualified elector at the time of signing the petition shall be determined as of the date of the petition and not by any other date.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-39 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-39
Status: in_force

To the extent the district attorney's office receives funds from any source, the district attorney may employ one or more part-time legal assistants who shall serve at the will and pleasure of the district attorney to assist in the performance of the duties of the district attorney. A part-time legal assistant must not engage in the private practice of law, and must possess the qualifications and be subject to removal as provided in Section 25-31-6 . The term “any source” has the meaning ascribed in Section 25-31-5 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-11 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-11
Status: in_force

The chancery clerk shall itemize on the record, following the instrument recorded by him, a detailed fee bill of all charges due or paid for filing and recording same. A fee bill shall not be allowed him for a receipt given for the deed or other instrument unless the same shall be demanded, and such fee shall not be due until the clerk shall have complied with all the provisions of the law on the subject of the record of instruments.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-58-1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 58-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-58-1
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “ Geographic information system ” means a computerized, spatial coordinate mapping and relational data base technology which (i) captures, assembles, stores, converts, manages, analyzes, amalgamates and records, in the digital mode, all kinds and types of information and data; (ii) transforms such information and data into intelligence; and subsequently (iii) retrieves, presents and distributes that intelligence to a user for use in making the intelligent decisions necessary for sound management of private or political affairs.

(b) “ Data base ” means a collection of available information and data assembled into electronic files for efficient and timely management of county and municipal affairs and functions and the exercise of the powers, duties and responsibilities placed upon the governing authorities of a county or municipality by Mississippi law and the Mississippi Constitution.

(c) “ Multipurpose cadastre ” means a uniformly accepted base map registered to the Mississippi State Plane Coordinate System and depicting boundaries of all public properties.

(d) “ Mississippi State Plane Coordinate System ” means the system of plane rectangular coordinates established by the National Geodetic Survey which system is further identified as North American Datum (NAD) 1983.

(2) The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to do all things necessary and desirable to create a geographic information system for the county or municipality, as appropriate. Data bases for such a system shall be created under the direct supervision of persons who are experienced in and possess a demonstrated knowledge of the preparation of geographic information systems and of the data bases and the other requirements and activities related thereto.

(3) The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality are further authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to prepare, or have prepared, a multipurpose cadastre registered to the accuracy standards promulgated by the Federal Geodetic Control Committee established under the provisions of the United States Office of Management and Budget Memoranda A-16.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-107 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 53-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-107
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the manner in which the authority and duties prescribed by Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 shall be carried out. It shall employ competent personnel necessary to carry out its purposes, under rules promulgated by the State Personnel Board.

(2) The bureau, during a fiscal year, may utilize time-limited escalated positions in order to implement telecommunications enterprise decisions that yield cost avoidance, cost reductions or revenue increases and so long as the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services can provide the necessary funds without such action causing a telephone service rate increase to agency customers. Such employees of the bureau shall be considered nonstate service employees, shall be highly qualified telecommunications professionals and may be compensated at a rate comparable to the prevailing rate of telecommunications personnel in the private sector. Such compensation rates shall be determined by the State Personnel Director. The number of such positions shall be set by annual appropriation legislation. The compensation and classification of such positions and qualifications of employees shall be set by the State Personnel Board upon recommendation by the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services. Nonstate service positions can be recommended for conversion to permanent state service on a case by case basis if the supported function appears long-term in duration, if accomplished in accordance with State Personnel Board procedures, and if properly identified in the state budgetary process.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-4.105 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / Section 43-4.105
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-4.105
Status: in_force

(1) For promulgated regulations, the committee may file a written petition with the agency that has promulgated the regulations opposing all or part of a regulation that has an impact on small business. In addition to distinctly setting forth how the regulation has had an impact on small business, the committee's petition shall address the following factors:

(a) The continued need for the rule;

(b) The nature of complaints or comments received concerning the rule from the public;

(c) The complexity of the rule;

(d) The extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates or conflicts with other federal, state and local governmental laws or rules; and

(e) The length of time since the rule has been evaluated or the degree to which technology, economic conditions or other factors have changed in the area affected by the rule.

The petition may also renew any earlier comments made by the committee when the regulation was first promulgated, as provided by Section 25-43-4.104(3) . Furthermore, the committee's petition shall make a specific recommendation concerning the regulation, including, but not limited to, whether the regulation should be amended, revised or revoked.

(2) The agency shall submit a written response of its determination to the committee within sixty (60) days after receipt of the petition. If the agency determines that the petition merits the amendment, revision, or revocation of a regulation, the agency may initiate proceedings in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law. If the agency determines that the petition is without merit, the committee may submit within thirty (30) days additional data in support of its petition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-23 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 53 / Section 59-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-23
Status: in_force

The theft, or deliberate alienation, alteration or destruction of records by any person or persons in a manner not authorized by an applicable records control schedule, or the unlawful divulging of restricted information under this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and not greater than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-117 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-117
Status: in_force

(1) A member may be paid a refund of the amount of accumulated contributions to the credit of the member in the annuity savings account, provided that the member has withdrawn from state service and has not returned to state service on the date the refund of the accumulated contributions would be paid. That refund of the contributions to the credit of the member in the annuity savings account shall be paid within ninety (90) days from receipt in the office of the retirement system of the properly completed form requesting the payment. In the event of death before retirement of any member whose spouse and/or children are not entitled to a retirement allowance, the accumulated contributions to the credit of the deceased member in the annuity savings account shall be paid to the designated beneficiary on file in writing in the office of the executive director of the board of trustees within ninety (90) days from receipt of a properly completed form requesting the payment. If there is no such designated beneficiary on file for the deceased member in the office of the system, upon the filing of a proper request with the board, the contributions to the credit of the deceased member in the annuity savings account shall be refunded under Section 25-11-117.1(1) . The payment of the refund shall discharge all obligations of the retirement system to the member on account of any creditable service rendered by the member before the receipt of the refund. By the acceptance of the refund, the member shall waive and relinquish all accrued rights in the system.

(2) Under the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 ( Public Law 102-318 (UCA)), a member or the spouse of a member who is an eligible beneficiary entitled to a refund under this section may elect, on a form prescribed by the board under rules and regulations established by the board, to have an eligible rollover distribution of accumulated contributions payable under this section paid directly to an eligible retirement plan, as defined under applicable federal law, or an individual retirement account. If the member or the spouse of a member who is an eligible beneficiary makes that election and specifies the eligible retirement plan or individual retirement account to which the distribution is to be paid, the distribution will be made in the form of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer to the specified eligible retirement plan. A nonspouse beneficiary may elect to have an eligible rollover distribution paid in the form of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer to an individual retirement account established to receive the distribution on behalf of the nonspouse beneficiary. Flexible rollovers under this subsection shall not be considered assignments under Section 25-11-129 .

(3)(a) If any person who has received a refund, reenters the state service and again becomes a member of the system before July 1, 2007, the member may repay all or part of the amounts previously received as a refund, together with regular interest covering the period from the date of refund to the date of repayment; however, the amounts that are repaid by the member and the creditable service related thereto shall not be used in any benefit calculation or determination until the member has remained a contributor to the system for a period of at least four (4) years after the member's reentry into state service. Repayment for that time shall be made beginning with the most recent service for which refund has been made. Upon the repayment of all or part of that refund and interest, the member shall again receive credit for the period of creditable service for which full repayment has been made to the system.

(b) If any person who has received a refund, reenters the state service and again becomes a member of the system on or after July 1, 2007, the member may repay all or part of the amounts previously received as a refund, together with regular interest covering the period from the date of refund to the date of repayment; however, the amounts that are repaid by the member and the creditable service related thereto shall not be used in any benefit calculation or determination until the member has remained a contributor to the system for a period of at least eight (8) years after the member's reentry into state service. Repayment for that time shall be made beginning with the most recent service for which refund has been made. Upon the repayment of all or part of that refund and interest, the member shall again receive credit for the period of creditable service for which full repayment has been made to the system.

(4)(a) In order to provide a source of income to members who have applied for disability benefits under Section 25-11-113 or 25-11-114 , the board may provide, at the employee's election, a temporary benefit to be paid from the member's accumulated contributions, if any, without forfeiting the right to pursue disability benefits, provided that the member has exhausted all personal and medical leave and has terminated his or her employment. The board may prescribe rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this subsection (4).

(b) If a member who has elected to receive temporary benefits under this subsection later applies for a refund of his or her accumulated contributions, all amounts paid under this subsection shall be deducted from the accumulated contributions and the balance will be paid to the member. If a member who has elected to receive temporary benefits under this subsection is later approved for a disability retirement allowance, and a service retirement allowance or survivor benefits are paid on the account, the board shall adjust the benefits in such a manner that no more than the actuarial equivalent of the benefits to which the member or beneficiary was or is entitled shall be paid.

(c) The board may study, develop and propose a disability benefit structure, including short- and long-term disability benefits, provided that it is the actuarial equivalent of the benefits currently provided in Section 25-11-113 or 25-11-114 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-19 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 55-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-19
Status: in_force

Whenever any outstanding bond or warrant of this state or any county, city, town, village, or levee board shall become so far mutilated as to be unfit for circulation, or shall be lost or destroyed, a duplicate thereof may be issued by the officer authorized by law to issue such bonds or warrants, under the regulations and restrictions prescribed in the next section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-51 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-51
Status: in_force

Any officer of this state who receives a salary may, when the duties of his office will best permit, be absent from the state not more than one (1) month in any one (1) year without any deduction from his salary; but the state treasurer, the secretary of state, and auditor of public accounts shall, while absent, leave their offices so attended as to produce no injury to persons having business in said offices. If any officer who receives a salary shall be absent from the state without the consent of the governor for a longer time than one (1) month in any one (1) year, he shall be subject to a pro rata deduction from his salary for the length of time he shall be absent more than one (1) month; and, on his return, before he shall be entitled to any warrant on the treasury for his salary or any part thereof thereafter accruing, he shall make oath to the number of days he shall have been absent beyond one month and file the same in the office of the auditor of public accounts; and it shall be the duty of the auditor to deduct twice the number of days so sworn to from the time for which the salary of such officer may be estimated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-49 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 3 / 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 41 / 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. § 25-51-5 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 17 / Section 51-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-51-5
Status: in_force

Each agency of state government shall furnish annually to the director of the commission a list of all its publications made available for public distribution.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-13 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 17 / Section 34-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-13
Status: in_force

(1) A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity of an individual appearing before the officer if the individual is known personally to the officer through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the individual has the identity claimed.

(2) A notarial officer has satisfactory evidence of the identity of an individual appearing before the officer if the officer can identify the individual by means of inspecting:

(a) An unexpired passport, an unexpired driver's license or a driver's license that has not been expired for more than five (5) years, a government-issued nondriver identification card, a Mississippi voter ID card or an unexpired photographic identification card issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe or nation; or

(b) Another form of government identification issued to an individual which is not expired, contains the signature and a photograph of the individual, and is satisfactory to the officer.

(3) A notarial officer may require an individual to provide additional information or identification credentials necessary to assure the officer of the identity of the individual.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-25 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 34-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-25
Status: in_force

(1) A notarial act performed under the authority and in the jurisdiction of a federally recognized Indian tribe has the same effect under the laws of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in the jurisdiction of the tribe is performed by:

(a) A notary public authorized by the tribe;

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

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

(2) The signature and title of an individual performing a notarial act under the authority of and in the jurisdiction of a federally recognized Indian tribe 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. § 25-34-21 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-21
Status: in_force

(1) A notarial act may be performed in this state by:

(a) A notary public of this state;

(b) An elected judge, a clerk or deputy clerk of a court of this state; or

(c) The Mississippi Secretary of State or a Mississippi Assistant Secretary of State.

(2) The signature and title of an individual performing a notarial act in this state are 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) conclusively establish the authority of the officer to perform the notarial act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-101 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / 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. § 25-53-235 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 53-235
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-235
Status: in_force

(1) Ex officio nonvoting members of the board include:

(a) The President of the Mississippi Municipal League, or his or her designee;

(b) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors staff, or his or her designee; and

(c) The Chairmen of the Technology Committees of the Mississippi Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives, or their designees.

(2) The voting members of the Cyber Security Review Board may vote to expand the board with additional ex officio nonvoting members deemed necessary to provide expertise or access to resources involving cybersecurity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-31 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 17 / Section 31-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-31
Status: in_force

(1) In any circuit court district bordering on the Gulf Coast wherein U.S. Highway 90 and U.S. Highway 49 intersect, there is hereby created and established the Office of Criminal Records of such district or districts, the affairs of which office shall be managed and controlled by a custodian to be appointed by the senior circuit judge of the district or districts, said appointment to be approved by the district attorney of said district or districts. Said custodian shall be directly responsible to the district attorney and may be removed only by the unanimous consent of the senior circuit judge and the district attorney, and in case of a controversy between said senior circuit judge and district attorney as to the removal of said custodian, then the circuit clerk of said district or districts shall decide the issue.

(2) It shall be the duty of said custodian to perform the duties of maintaining all records of outstanding capiases issued on indictments returned in the circuit court of said district or districts, and to assist the district attorney in the collections of all fines and forfeitures due, in accordance with the duties imposed upon the district attorney's office in Section 25-31-23 . The custodian shall be an adult resident citizen of said district or districts, and shall in addition to other duties imposed herein be required to assist in the preparation of the grand jury dockets, the record for extradition of criminals throughout the State of Mississippi, the coordination of law enforcement problems by and between the sheriffs' offices and the various municipalities, constables, military police, and other peace officers of said district or districts, and to assist all said peace officers, under the direction of the duly elected district attorney of said district or districts, and the county attorneys thereof in investigation of criminal cases and the coordination of the work of investigation between local, state, and federal officers.

(3) It shall be the duty of the person so appointed to assist in the orderly transfer under the direction of the district attorney's office of all criminal records whenever there shall be a change in administration in the sheriffs' offices so as to effect the continuity of the prosecution on the part of the State of Mississippi, and to continue the pursuit of those persons charged with crimes within the said district or districts who have not been apprehended and returned for prosecution and punishment.

(4) The annual salary of such custodian shall be fixed by a majority of the boards of supervisors of the counties composing such district or districts and shall not exceed the annual salary allowed to criminal investigators in the county, payable monthly from the general fund of each county composing such district or districts in proportion to the amount of criminal business and uniform reciprocal support cases originating in each county. The boards of supervisors may pay such other expenses to effectuate the purposes of this section as they may deem necessary to public justice. Said expenses shall be upon requisition of the district attorney, payable in the discretion of the boards.

(5) It is the purpose and intent of this section to enable the collection of fines and forfeitures, as well as to coordinate the orderly investigation, apprehension, prosecution, sentence, and punishment of those persons charged with crimes within such district or districts.

(6) The records compiled by the office created hereunder shall be the property of the district and shall be transferred by the district attorney to his successor in office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-32-4 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 32-4
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-32-4
Status: in_force

The public defender of the Seventh Circuit Court District may appoint three (3) full-time assistant public defenders who shall perform duties in the Seventh Circuit Court District and the Capitol Complex Improvement District (CCID) Inferior Court. Such appointments shall be made in addition to those authorized as of July 1, 2023 in Section 25-32-3 . The full-time assistant public defenders shall receive compensation in an amount equal to the compensation paid to full-time assistant public defenders in the Seventh Circuit Court District subject to available funds specifically appropriated by the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-23 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 60 / Section 65-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-23
Status: in_force

(1) The state or other external auditor, in connection with planning independent postaudits of the same agency, shall give appropriate consideration to internal audit reports and the resolution of findings therein.

(2) Appropriate legislative committees may inquire into the reasons or justifications for failure of the university, community/junior college or agency to correct the deficiencies reported in internal audits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-45-17 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / 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. § 25-53-25 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / 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. § 25-34-37 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 34-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-37
Status: in_force

(1) A notary public must maintain a journal in which the notary public chronicles all notarial acts that the notary public performs.

(2) A journal must be created on a tangible or electronic medium. A notary public shall maintain only one (1) journal at a time to chronicle all notarial acts, whether those notarial acts are performed regarding tangible or electronic records. If the journal is tangible, it must be a permanent, bound register with numbered pages. An electronic journal must conform to specifications set forth in rules by the Secretary of State.

(3) An entry in a journal must be made contemporaneously with performance of the notarial act and contain the following information:

(a) The date and time of the notarial act;

(b) A description of the record, if any, and type of notarial act;

(c) The full name and address of each individual for whom the notarial act is performed;

(d) If identity of the individual is based on personal knowledge, a statement to that effect;

(e) If identity of the individual is based on satisfactory evidence, a brief description of the method of identification and the identification credential presented, if any, including the date of issuance and expiration of any identification credential;

(f) The address where the notarial act was performed if not the notary's business address; and

(g) The fee, if any, charged by the notary public.

(4) If the journal of notary public is lost or stolen, the notary public must notify promptly the Secretary of State upon discovery that the journal is lost or stolen.

(5) On resignation from, or the revocation or suspension of, a notary public's commission, the notary public must deposit all journal records with the circuit clerk of the county of residence of the notary public.

(6) Upon the death or adjudication of incompetency of a current or former notary public, the notary public's personal representative or guardian or any other person knowingly in possession of the journal shall:

(a) Notify the Secretary of State of the death or adjudication in writing; and

(b) Within thirty (30) days of death or adjudication of incompetency, transmit all journal records to the circuit clerk of the county of residence of the notary public.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-9 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / 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. § 25-62-7 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 58 / Section 62-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-62-7
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of not more than ninety (90) days or a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-4.106 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / Section 43-4.106
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-4.106
Status: in_force

The committee shall make an annual report by January 15 of each year to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and provide detailed information on the committee's activities during the previous calendar year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-1.102 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 43-1.102
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-1.102
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “ Agency ” means a board, commission, department, officer or other administrative unit of this state, including the agency head, and one or more members of the agency head or agency employees directly or indirectly purporting to act on behalf or under the authority of the agency head. The term does not include the Legislature or any of its component units, the judiciary or any of its component units or the Governor. The term does not include a political subdivision of the state or any of the administrative units of a political subdivision. To the extent it purports to exercise authority subject to any provision of this chapter, an administrative unit otherwise qualifying as an “agency” must be treated as a separate agency even if the unit is located within or subordinate to another agency.

(b) “ Agency head ” or “ head of the agency ” means an individual or body of individuals in whom the ultimate legal authority of the agency is vested by any provision of law.

(c) “ Agency proceeding ” or “ proceeding ” means the process by which an agency considers:

(i) A declaratory opinion pursuant to Section 25-43-2.103 , or

(ii) A rule pursuant to Article III of this chapter.

(d) “ Agency record ” means the official rule-making record of an agency pursuant to Section 25-43-3.112 .

(e) “ Declaratory opinion ” means an agency opinion rendered in accordance with the provisions of Section 25-43-2.103 .

(f) “ Order ” means an agency action of particular applicability that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities or other legal interests of one or more specific persons. An order shall be in writing signed by a person with authority to render the order, or if more than one (1) person has such authority by at least that number of such persons as jointly have the authority to render the order, or by a person authorized to render the order on behalf of all such persons. The term does not include an executive order issued by the Governor pursuant to Section 25-43-1.104 , an opinion issued by the Attorney General pursuant to Section 7-5-25 , an opinion issued by the Ethics Commission pursuant to Section 25-4-17 , or a declaratory opinion rendered in accordance with Section 25-43-2.103 .

(g) “ Person ” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision or unit thereof, or public or private organization or entity of any character, and includes another agency.

(h) “ Provision of law ” or “ law ” means the whole or a part of the federal or state Constitution, or of any federal or state (i) statute, (ii) case law or common law, (iii) rule of court, (iv) executive order, or (v) rule or order of an administrative agency.

(i) “ Rule ” means the whole or a part of an agency regulation or other statement of general applicability that implements, interprets or prescribes:

(i) Law or policy, or

(ii) The organization, procedure or practice requirements of an agency. The term includes the amendment, repeal or suspension of an existing rule. “Rule” does not include:

1. A regulation or statement concerning only the internal management of an agency which does not directly and substantially affect the procedural or substantive rights or duties of any segment of the public;

2. A regulation or statement that establishes criteria or guidelines to be used by the staff of an agency in performing audits, investigations or inspections, settling commercial disputes, negotiating commercial arrangements or in the defense, prosecution or settlement of cases, if disclosure of the criteria or guidelines would:

a. Enable law violators to avoid detection;

b. Facilitate disregard of requirements imposed by law; or

c. Give a clearly improper advantage to persons who are in an adverse position to the state;

3. A regulation or statement that only establishes specific prices to be charged for particular goods or services sold by an agency;

4. A regulation or statement concerning only the physical servicing, maintenance or care of agency owned or operated facilities or property;

5. A regulation or statement relating only to the use of a particular facility or property owned, operated or maintained by the state or any of its subdivisions, if the substance of the regulation or statement is adequately indicated by means of signs or signals to persons who use the facility or property;

6. A regulation or statement directly related only to inmates of a correctional or detention facility, students enrolled in an educational institution or patients admitted to a hospital, if adopted by that facility, institution or hospital;

7. A form whose contents or substantive requirements are prescribed by rule or statute, and instructions for the execution or use of the form;

8. An agency budget;

9. A compact or agreement between an agency of this state and one or more agencies of another state or states; or

10. An opinion of the Attorney General pursuant to Section 7-5-25 , an opinion of the Ethics Commission pursuant to Section 25-4-17 , or an Executive Order of the Governor.

(j) “ Rule-making ” means the process for formulation and adoption of a rule.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-4-111 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-4-111
Status: in_force

(1) An authority head and any other public servant having the authority to appoint a person to a position of public service, regardless of whether or not such appointment requires the approval of the senate or any other body, employee or person, shall take such action as may be ordered by a circuit court of competent jurisdiction with respect to any public employee within his authority or any such appointee upon a finding by such court that such employee or appointee has violated any provision of this article. Such action may include the imposition of the conditions described in subsection (2) of Section 25-4-109 .

(2) Upon a finding by a circuit court of competent jurisdiction that a former public servant or other person has violated any provision of this article or any order promulgated hereunder, such court shall bar or impose reasonable conditions upon:

(a) The appearance before any authority of such former public servant or other person.

(b) The conduct of, or negotiation or competition for, business with any authority by such former public servant or other person for such period of time as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-1.104 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 43-1.104
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-1.104
Status: in_force

(1) To the extent necessary to avoid a denial of funds or services from the United States which would otherwise be available to the state, the Governor, by executive order, may suspend, in whole or in part, one or more provisions of this chapter. The Governor, by executive order, shall declare the termination of a suspension as soon as it is no longer necessary to prevent the loss of funds or services from the United States.

(2) If any provision of this chapter is suspended pursuant to this section, the Governor shall promptly report the suspension to the Legislature. The report may include recommendations concerning desirable legislation that may be necessary to conform this chapter to federal law, including the exemption, if appropriate, of a particular program from the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-115 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / 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. § 25-59-1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 51 / Section 59-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Archives and Records Management Law of 1981.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-19 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 61-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-19
Status: in_force

Within sixty (60) days after the end of each regular session of the Legislature, each agency or department of the State of Mississippi shall include on the Internet website of the agency or department a separate section that provides a legislative update on any legislation enacted at the legislative session that revises the powers and duties of the agency or department. The agency or department shall include a link to the legislative update section on the home page of the website. The legislative update section shall contain a summary of the revisions made to the powers and duties of the agency or department by the legislation, and a contact section or link so that members of the public may comment on or ask questions about the revisions or the effect of the revisions in the legislation. The legislative update section shall remain on the website of the agency or department until January 1st of the following year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-19 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 17 / Section 34-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-19
Status: in_force

If an individual is physically unable to sign a record, the individual may direct an individual other than the notarial officer to sign the individual's name on the record. The notarial officer shall insert “Signature affixed by (name of other individual) at the direction of (name of individual)” or words of similar import.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-10 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 45 / Section 61-10
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-10
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-61-11.2 , any public body that uses sensitive software, as defined in Section 25-61-9 , or proprietary software must not thereby diminish the right of the public to inspect and copy a public record. A public body that uses sensitive software, as defined in Section 25-61-9 , or proprietary software to store, manipulate, or retrieve a public record will not be deemed to have diminished the right of the public if it either: (a) if legally obtainable, makes a copy of the software available to the public for application to the public records stored, manipulated, or retrieved by the software; or (b) ensures that the software has the capacity to create an electronic copy of each public record stored, manipulated, or retrieved by the software in some common format such as, but not limited to, the American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

(2) A public body shall provide a copy of the record in the format requested if the public body maintains the record in that format, and the public body may charge a fee which must be in accordance with Section 25-61-7 .

(3) Before a public body acquires or makes a major modification to any information technology system, equipment, or software used to store, retrieve, or manipulate a public record, the public body shall adequately plan for the provision of public access and redaction of exempt or confidential information by the proposed system, equipment or software.

(4) A public body may not enter into a contract for the creation or maintenance of a public records data base if that contract impairs the ability of the public to inspect or copy the public records of that agency, including public records that are online or stored in an information technology system used by the public body.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-3 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 55 / Section 59-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter:

(a) “Department” shall mean the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

(b) “Public records” shall mean all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, tapes, photographs, films, sound recordings or other materials regardless of physical form or characteristics made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any agency or by any appointed or elected official. Books, periodicals and other published material normally found in a library are excluded from this definition.

(c) “State record” shall mean a record which normally is maintained within the custody or control of a state agency or by any appointed or elected state official or any other record which is designated or treated as a state record according to general law.

(d) “Vital record” shall mean any record vital to the resumption of the legal and financial status of government in the state or to the protection and fulfillment of obligations to the citizens of the state of Mississippi.

(e) “Agency” shall mean any state office, department, division, board, bureau, commission, institution of higher learning or other separate unit or institution of state government created or established by law.

(f) “Mississippi State Archives” shall mean an establishment maintained by the department for the preservation of those public records and other documentary materials that have been determined by the department to have sufficient historical or other enduring value to warrant their continued preservation by the state and that have been accepted by the department for deposit in its custody.

(g) “Records center” shall mean an establishment maintained by the department primarily for the processing, servicing and security of public records that must be retained for varying periods of time but need not be retained in an agency's office, equipment or space.

(h) “Records control schedule” shall mean a set of instructions prescribing how long, where or in what form records shall be kept.

(i) “Records management” shall mean the application of management techniques to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation and disposal of records undertaken to reduce costs and improve efficiency of record-keeping. Records management includes management of filing and microfilm equipment and supplies, filing and information retrieval systems, historical documentation, micrographics, records system scheduling and vital records protection.

(j) “Director” shall mean the director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

(k) “State records committee” shall mean a committee established by this chapter whose duties are to review, approve, disapprove, amend or modify records control schedules submitted by agency heads.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-3 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 65-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-3
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to establish a full-time program of internal auditing to assist in improving university, community/junior college and agency operations, to verify the existence of assets and to identify opportunities for cost savings and revenue enhancement. The university, community/junior college or agency internal audit director shall furnish independent analyses, appraisals and recommendations concerning the adequacy of each university, community/junior college and state agency's systems of internal control, and the efficiency and effectiveness of university, community/junior college and agency management in carrying out assigned responsibilities in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. The internal auditing program shall evaluate and advise the organization in the establishment of controls necessary to accomplish university, community/junior college and agency goals and objectives at reasonable costs. The university, community/junior college or agency internal audit director shall be alert to the possibility of abuse or illegal acts, errors and omissions, and conflict of interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.108 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 43-3.108
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.108
Status: in_force

If an agency finds that an imminent peril to the public health, safety or welfare requires adoption of a rule upon fewer than twenty-five (25) days' notice and states in writing its reasons for that finding, it may proceed without prior notice of hearing or upon any abbreviated notice and hearing that it finds practicable to adopt an emergency rule. The rule may be effective for a period of not longer than one hundred twenty (120) days, renewable once for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days, but the adoption of an identical rule under this Article III is not precluded.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 19 / Section 53-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-1
Status: in_force

The Legislature recognizes that in order for the State of Mississippi to receive the maximum use and benefit from information technology and services now in operation or which will in the future be placed in operation, 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 Legislature to provide statutory authority therefor. The Legislature, therefore, declares and determines that for these and other related purposes there is hereby established an agency of state government to be known as the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS). The Legislature further declares that the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS) shall provide statewide services that facilitate cost-effective information processing and telecommunication solutions. State agencies shall work in full cooperation with the board of MDITS to identify opportunities to minimize duplication, reduce costs and improve the efficiency of providing common technology services across agency boundaries. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the Department of Human Services for a period of three (3) years beginning July 1, 2017. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the Department of Child Protection Services for a period of three (3) years beginning July 1, 2017. Through June 30, 2024, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the Department of Health and the Department of Revenue for the purposes of implementing, administering and enforcing the provisions of the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-121 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 32 / Section 53-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-121
Status: in_force

(1) The types of contracts permitted in the procurement of telecommunications equipment, systems and related services are defined herein, and the provisions in Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 supplement the provisions of Chapter 7, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(2) The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services may, on behalf of any state agency, enter into an equipment support contract with a vendor of telecommunications equipment or services for the purchase or lease of such equipment or services in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) Specifications for equipment support contracts shall be developed in advance and shall conform to the following requirements:

(i) Specifications for equipment support contracts shall cover a specific class or classes of equipment and service and may include all features associated with that class or classes.

(ii) Specifications in the request for proposals for equipment support contracts shall be developed by the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.

(iii) Specifications shall be based on the projected needs of user agencies.

(iv) Specifications for equipment support contracts for purchase or lease of telecommunications equipment may include specifications for the maintenance of the equipment desired.

(b) The initial procurement of an equipment support contract, and procurement of equipment and services to be utilized by agencies under an equipment support contract, shall be as follows:

(i) Equipment support contracts shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding.

(ii) A using agency may procure required telecommunications equipment and service available under an equipment support contract through release of a purchase order for the required equipment and service to the vendor holding an equipment support contract. However, such procurement by purchase order shall be accomplished in accordance with the procedures and regulations prescribed by the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, and shall be subject to all other statutory requirements including approval by the bureau.

(c) The final authority for entering into equipment support contracts shall rest with the bureau, and such contracts shall be executed by the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services in accordance with the procedures and regulations defined by said authority.

(d) Equipment support contracts shall include the following terms and conditions:

(i) Equipment support contracts shall be valid for not more than one (1) fiscal year with the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services having an option to renew for two (2) additional fiscal years. The vendor may vary lease or purchase prices for the optional renewal period(s) by an amount equal to the lesser of the lease or purchase price permitted by that vendor's contract with the General Services Administration of the United States Government for such equipment and services, or any variance in that vendor's published list prices for such equipment and services during that fiscal year, provided that any increase may not exceed five percent (5%) and the variance must have been authorized by the initial equipment and service order contract.

(ii) The prices stated in such contract shall not change for the period of the contract.

(iii) Individual items of telecommunications equipment and service which may be included under an equipment support contract may not have a purchase price greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or a monthly lease price greater than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00). Such price shall not include costs of maintenance, taxes or transportation.

(iv) Equipment support contracts shall include the following annual appropriation dependency clause:

“The continuation of this contract is contingent upon the appropriation of funds to fulfill the requirements of the contract by the Legislature. If the Legislature fails to appropriate sufficient monies to provide for the continuance of the contract, the contract shall terminate on the date of the beginning of the first fiscal year for which funds are not appropriated.”

(3) The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services may on behalf of any state agency enter into contracts for the lease or purchase of telecommunications equipment systems or services in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) The bureau may directly contract for or approve contracts for regulated or tariffed telecommunications services upon determination by the bureau that the application of such service is in the best interests of the State of Mississippi.

(b) All other contracts of this type shall be entered into through request for proposals as defined in Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 .

(c) The justification of such contracts must be presented to the bureau prior to issuance of a request for proposals. Such justification shall identify and consider all cost factors relevant to that contract.

(d) The term of a lease contract 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.

(e) All lease contracts must contain the following annual appropriation dependency clause:

“The continuation of this contract is contingent upon the appropriation of funds to fulfill the requirements of the contract by the Legislature. If the Legislature fails to appropriate sufficient monies to provide for the continuation of a contract, the contract shall terminate on the date of the beginning of the first fiscal year for which funds are not appropriated.”

(f) The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall maintain a list of all such contracts. This list shall show as a minimum the name of the vendor, the annual cost of each contract and the term of the contract or the purchase cost.

(g) Upon the advance written approval of the bureau, state agencies may extend contracts for the lease of telecommunications equipment, systems and related services on a month-to-month basis for a period not to extend more than one (1) calendar year for the stated lease prices.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-25 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 53 / 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. § 25-53-121 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 51 / Section 53-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-121
Status: in_force

(1) The types of contracts permitted in the procurement of telecommunications equipment, systems and related services are defined herein, and the provisions in Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 supplement the provisions of Chapter 7, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(2) The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services may, on behalf of any state agency, enter into an equipment support contract with a vendor of telecommunications equipment or services for the purchase or lease of such equipment or services in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) Specifications for equipment support contracts shall be developed in advance and shall conform to the following requirements:

(i) Specifications for equipment support contracts shall cover a specific class or classes of equipment and service and may include all features associated with that class or classes.

(ii) Specifications in the request for proposals for equipment support contracts shall be developed by the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.

(iii) Specifications shall be based on the projected needs of user agencies.

(iv) Specifications for equipment support contracts for purchase or lease of telecommunications equipment may include specifications for the maintenance of the equipment desired.

(b) The initial procurement of an equipment support contract, and procurement of equipment and services to be utilized by agencies under an equipment support contract, shall be as follows:

(i) Equipment support contracts shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding.

(ii) A using agency may procure required telecommunications equipment and service available under an equipment support contract through release of a purchase order for the required equipment and service to the vendor holding an equipment support contract. However, such procurement by purchase order shall be accomplished in accordance with the procedures and regulations prescribed by the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, and shall be subject to all other statutory requirements including approval by the bureau.

(c) The final authority for entering into equipment support contracts shall rest with the bureau, and such contracts shall be executed by the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services in accordance with the procedures and regulations defined by said authority.

(d) Equipment support contracts shall include the following terms and conditions:

(i) Equipment support contracts shall be valid for not more than one (1) fiscal year with the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services having an option to renew for two (2) additional fiscal years. The vendor may vary lease or purchase prices for the optional renewal period(s) by an amount equal to the lesser of the lease or purchase price permitted by that vendor's contract with the General Services Administration of the United States Government for such equipment and services, or any variance in that vendor's published list prices for such equipment and services during that fiscal year, provided that any increase may not exceed five percent (5%) and the variance must have been authorized by the initial equipment and service order contract.

(ii) The prices stated in such contract shall not change for the period of the contract.

(iii) Individual items of telecommunications equipment and service which may be included under an equipment support contract may not have a purchase price greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or a monthly lease price greater than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00). Such price shall not include costs of maintenance, taxes or transportation.

(iv) Equipment support contracts shall include the following annual appropriation dependency clause:

“The continuation of this contract is contingent upon the appropriation of funds to fulfill the requirements of the contract by the Legislature. If the Legislature fails to appropriate sufficient monies to provide for the continuance of the contract, the contract shall terminate on the date of the beginning of the first fiscal year for which funds are not appropriated.”

(3) The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services may on behalf of any state agency enter into contracts for the lease or purchase of telecommunications equipment systems or services in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) The bureau may directly contract for or approve contracts for regulated or tariffed telecommunications services upon determination by the bureau that the application of such service is in the best interests of the State of Mississippi.

(b) All other contracts of this type shall be entered into through request for proposals as defined in Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 .

(c) The justification of such contracts must be presented to the bureau prior to issuance of a request for proposals. Such justification shall identify and consider all cost factors relevant to that contract.

(d) The term of a lease contract 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.

(e) All lease contracts must contain the following annual appropriation dependency clause:

“The continuation of this contract is contingent upon the appropriation of funds to fulfill the requirements of the contract by the Legislature. If the Legislature fails to appropriate sufficient monies to provide for the continuation of a contract, the contract shall terminate on the date of the beginning of the first fiscal year for which funds are not appropriated.”

(f) The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall maintain a list of all such contracts. This list shall show as a minimum the name of the vendor, the annual cost of each contract and the term of the contract or the purchase cost.

(g) Upon the advance written approval of the bureau, state agencies may extend contracts for the lease of telecommunications equipment, systems and related services on a month-to-month basis for a period not to extend more than one (1) calendar year for the stated lease prices.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.107 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 32 / 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. § 25-61-9 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 58 / 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. § 25-53-117 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 53 / Section 53-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-117
Status: in_force

No agency shall be permitted to obligate the state to any vendor source for a telecommunications system of any kind. All transactions dealing with a telecommunications system shall be conducted through the bureau, and any vendor found in violation of this policy may be prohibited from bidding on such systems for a period of time commensurate with the severity of the violation. Provided, however, that this period shall not exceed twenty-four (24) months.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-1.101 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 34 / Section 43-1.101
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-1.101
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter may be cited as the “Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law.”

(2) This chapter is intended to provide a minimum procedural code for the operation of all state agencies when they take action affecting the rights and duties of the public. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as invalidating any rule or regulation adopted before July 1, 2005, if such rule or regulation was properly adopted in accordance with the law as it existed at the time of adoption. Nothing in this chapter is meant to discourage agencies from adopting procedures providing greater protections to the public or conferring additional rights upon the public; and save for express provisions of this chapter to the contrary, nothing in this chapter is meant to abrogate in whole or in part any statute prescribing procedural duties for an agency which are greater than or in addition to those provided here. This chapter is meant to apply to all rule-making that is not specifically excluded from this chapter or some portion thereof by its express terms or by the express terms of another chapter.

The purposes of the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law are: to provide legislative oversight of powers and duties delegated to administrative agencies; to increase public accountability of administrative agencies; to simplify government by assuring a uniform minimum procedure to which all agencies will be held in the conduct of their most important functions; to increase public access to governmental information; and to increase public participation in the formulation of administrative rules. In accomplishing its objectives, the intention of this chapter is to strike a fair balance between these purposes and the need for efficient, economical and effective government administration. This chapter is not meant to alter the substantive rights of any person or agency. Its impact is limited to procedural rights with the expectation that better substantive results will be achieved in the everyday conduct of state government by improving the process by which those results are attained.

(3) From and after July 1, 2005, any reference to the Mississippi Administrative Procedure Act, the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Act, the Mississippi Administrative Procedure Law, or the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, being Section 25-43-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall be deemed to mean and refer to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-25 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / 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. § 25-65-19 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 59 / Section 65-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-65-19
Status: in_force

(1) At the conclusion of each audit, the internal audit director shall submit preliminary findings and recommendations to the person responsible for supervision of the program, activity, function or organizational unit being audited who shall respond in writing to any findings of the internal audit director within forty-five (45) working days or less at the discretion of the university president or chancellor, the community/junior college president or state agency director after receipt of the findings. Such response and, if necessary, the agency internal audit director's response may be included in the final audit report.

(2) University, community/junior college or the agency internal audit director shall submit the final report, which shall be available to the State Auditor upon request, to the head of the university, community/junior college or agency and the State Auditor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 32 / Section 61-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.” It is the policy of the Legislature that public records must be available for inspection by any person unless otherwise provided by Chapter 453, Laws of 1996. 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 agency increases its use of and dependence on electronic record keeping, each agency must ensure reasonable access to records electronically maintained, subject to the rules of records retention.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-23 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 55-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-55-23
Status: in_force

A duplicate shall not be issued for a mutilated bond or warrant until the original shall be delivered to such officer, and not until an examination has been made by such officer and the treasurer on whom it may be drawn, or who is to pay the same, to see if it be genuine and have not been already paid. If genuine and not previously paid, the duplicate may issue upon the cancellation of the original and the entry of a statement of facts on the proper record or registry of its issuance, with the words “pay duplicate only.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-60-1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 32 / 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. § 25-43-3.109 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 43-3.109
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.109
Status: in_force

(1) Each rule adopted by an agency must contain the text of the rule and:

(a) The date the agency adopted the rule;

(b) An indication of any change between the text of the proposed rule contained in the published notice of proposed rule adoption and the text of the rule as finally adopted, with the reasons for any substantive change;

(c) Any changes to the information contained in the notice of proposed rule adoption as required by subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) of Section 25-43-3.103 ;

(d) Any findings required by any provision of law as a prerequisite to adoption or effectiveness of the rule; and

(e) The effective date of the rule if other than that specified in Section 25-43-3.113(1) .

(2) To the extent feasible, each rule should be written in clear and concise language understandable to persons who may be affected by it.

(3) An agency may incorporate, by reference in its rules and without publishing the incorporated matter in full, all or any part of a code, standard, rule or regulation that has been adopted by an agency of the United States or of this state, another state or by a nationally recognized organization or association, if incorporation of its text in agency rules would be unduly cumbersome, expensive or otherwise inexpedient. The reference in the agency rules must fully identify the incorporated matter with an appropriate citation. An agency may incorporate by reference such matter in its rules only if the agency, organization or association originally issuing that matter makes copies of it readily available to the public. The rules must state if copies of the incorporated matter are available from the agency issuing the rule or where copies of the incorporated matter are available from the agency of the United States, this state, another state or the organization or association originally issuing that matter.

(4) In preparing its rules pursuant to this Article III, each agency shall follow the uniform numbering system, form and style prescribed by the Secretary of State.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-15-303 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 15-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-15-303
Status: in_force

(1) There is created the State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board, which shall administer the State and School Employees Life and Health Insurance Plan provided for under Section 25-15-3 et seq. The State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board, hereafter referred to as the “board,” shall also be responsible for administering all procedures for selecting third-party administrators provided for in Section 25-15-301 .

(2) The board shall consist of the following:

(a) The Chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission or his or her designee;

(b) The State Personnel Director, or his or her designee;

(c) The Commissioner of Insurance, or his or her designee;

(d) The Commissioner of Higher Education, or his or her designee;

(e) The State Superintendent of Public Education, or his or her designee;

(f) The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, or his or her designee;

(g) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Community College Board, or his or her designee;

(h) The Executive Director of the Public Employees' Retirement System, or his or her designee;

(i) Two (2) appointees of the Governor whose terms shall be concurrent with that of the Governor, one (1) of whom shall have experience in providing actuarial advice to companies that provide health insurance to large groups and one (1) of whom shall have experience in the day-to-day management and administration of a large self-funded health insurance group;

(j) The Chairman of the Senate Insurance Committee, or his or her designee;

(k) The Chairman of the House of Representatives Insurance Committee, or his or her designee;

(l) The Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, or his or her designee; and

(m) The Chairman of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, or his or her designee.

The legislators, or their designees, shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the board.

The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be the chairman of the board.

(3) The board shall meet at least monthly and maintain minutes of the meetings. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the authorized voting membership of the board. The board shall have the sole authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing the operations of the insurance plans and shall be vested with all legal authority necessary and proper to perform this function including, but not limited to:

(a) Defining the scope and coverages provided by the insurance plan;

(b) Seeking proposals for services or insurance through competitive processes where required by law and selecting service providers or insurers under procedures provided for by law; and

(c) Developing and adopting strategic plans and budgets for the insurance plan.

The department shall employ a State Insurance Administrator, who shall be responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of the insurance plan. The Department of Finance and Administration shall provide to the board on a full-time basis personnel and technical support necessary and sufficient to effectively and efficiently carry out the requirements of this section.

(4) Members of the board shall not receive any compensation or per diem, but may receive travel reimbursement provided for under Section 25-3-41 except that the legislators shall receive per diem and expenses, which shall be paid from the contingent expense funds of their respective houses in the same amounts as provided for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session; however, no per diem and expenses for attending meetings of the board shall be paid while the Legislature is in session.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.102 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 31 / Section 43-3.102
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-3.102
Status: in_force

(1) Each agency shall maintain a current, public rule-making docket.

(2) The rule-making docket may, but need not, contain a listing of the subject matter of possible rules currently under active consideration within the agency for proposal under Section 25-43-3.103 and the name and address of agency personnel with whom persons may communicate with respect to the matter.

(3) The rule-making docket must list each pending rule-making proceeding. A rule-making proceeding is pending from the time it is commenced, by proper filing with the Secretary of State of a notice of proposed rule adoption, to the time it is terminated by the filing with the Secretary of State of a notice of termination or the rule becoming effective. For each pending rule-making proceeding, the docket must indicate:

(a) The subject matter of the proposed rule;

(b) A citation to all published notices relating to the proceeding;

(c) Where written submissions or written requests for an opportunity to make oral presentations on the proposed rule may be inspected;

(d) The time during which written submissions may be made;

(e) If applicable, where and when oral presentations may be made;

(f) Where any economic impact statement and written requests for the issuance of and other information concerning an economic impact statement of the proposed rule may be inspected;

(g) The current status of the proposed rule;

(h) The date of the rule's adoption; and

(i) When the rule will become effective.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-1 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 25-13-17 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-13-17
Status: in_force

(1) All persons who are covered under the terms of this chapter on July 1, 1958 and who become members of the retirement system shall cease to be members under the provisions of Sections 25-11-101 through 25-11-139 upon July 1, 1958, and shall become members of this retirement system with full credit for all prior service with the Highway Safety Patrol.

(2) In computing the period of service of a member of the Highway Safety Patrol, any member who served on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, or who served in maritime service during periods of hostility in World War II, shall be entitled to creditable service at no cost for his service on active duty in the Armed Forces or in such maritime service, provided he entered state service after his discharge from the Armed Forces or entered state service after he completed such maritime service. The maximum period for such creditable service for all military service as defined in this subsection (2) shall not exceed four (4) years unless positive proof can be furnished by such person that he was retained in the Armed Forces during World War II or in maritime service during World War II, by causes beyond his control and without opportunity of discharge. The member shall furnish proof satisfactory to the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System of certification of military service or maritime service records showing dates of entrance into active duty service and the date of discharge. No creditable service shall be granted for any military service or maritime service to a member who qualifies for a retirement allowance in another public retirement system administered by the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System based in whole or in part on such military or maritime service. In no case shall the member receive creditable service if the member received a dishonorable discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States.

The credit for military service granted in this subsection shall apply to all persons who have retired from the Highway Patrol and who qualify for credit as outlined above, whether they retired before or after July 1, 2000; but this provision shall not operate to require any back payments of retirement.

(3)(a) Any member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System whose membership service is interrupted as a result of qualified military service within the meaning of Section 414(u)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code , and who has received the maximum service credit available under subsection (2) of this section, shall receive creditable service for the period of qualified military service that does not qualify as creditable service under subsection (2) of this section upon reentering membership service in an amount not to exceed five (5) years if:

(i) The member pays the contributions he would have made to the retirement system if he had remained in membership service for the period of qualified military service based upon his salary at the time his membership service was interrupted;

(ii) The member returns to membership service within ninety (90) days of the end of his qualified military service; and

(iii) The employer at the time the member's service was interrupted and to which employment the member returns pays the contributions it would have made into the retirement system for such period based on the member's salary at the time the service was interrupted.

(b) The payments required to be made in paragraph (a)(i) of this subsection may be made over a period beginning with the date of return to membership service and not exceeding three (3) times the member's qualified military service; however, in no event shall such period exceed five (5) years.

(c) The member shall furnish proof satisfactory to the board of trustees of certification of military service showing dates of entrance into qualified service and the date of discharge as well as proof that the member has returned to active employment within the time specified.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-4.108 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 41 / Section 43-4.108
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-4.108
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act shall not apply to proposed permanent rules by an agency to implement a statute or ordinance that does not require an agency to interpret or describe the requirements of the statute or ordinance, such as state legislative or federally mandated provisions which afford the agency no discretion to consider less restrictive alternatives.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-9 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 41-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-9
Status: in_force

Any public body may make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations for the conduct of persons attending its meetings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-25 — MS Code / Title 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 34-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-34-25
Status: in_force

(1) A notarial act performed under the authority and in the jurisdiction of a federally recognized Indian tribe has the same effect under the laws of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in the jurisdiction of the tribe is performed by:

(a) A notary public authorized by the tribe;

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

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

(2) The signature and title of an individual performing a notarial act under the authority of and in the jurisdiction of a federally recognized Indian tribe 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.