Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-105 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-105
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is authorized and empowered to adopt necessary rules and regulations consistent with this legislation to facilitate the management of said education trust funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-103 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-103
Status: in_force

The principal of the Education Improvement Trust Fund shall be invested by the investment entity so selected by the State Treasurer, and all purchases shall be made from competitive offerings. Such funds may be invested only as follows:

(a) Bonds, notes, certificates and other valid general obligations of the State of Mississippi, or of any county, or of any city, or of any supervisors district of any county of the State of Mississippi, or of any school district bonds of the State of Mississippi; notes or certificates of indebtedness issued by the Veterans' Home Purchase Board of Mississippi, provided such notes or certificates of indebtedness are secured by the pledge of collateral equal to two hundred percent (200%) of the amount of the loan, which collateral is also guaranteed at least for fifty percent (50%) of the face value by the United States Government, and provided that not more than five percent (5%) of the total investment holdings of the system shall be in Veterans' Home Purchase Board notes or certificates at any time; real estate mortgage loans one hundred percent (100%) insured by the Federal Housing Administration on single family homes located in the State of Mississippi, where monthly collections and all servicing matters are handled by the Federal Housing Administration approved mortgagees authorized to make such loans in the State of Mississippi;

(b) State of Mississippi highway bonds;

(c) Funds may be deposited in federally insured institutions domiciled in the State of Mississippi;

(d) Corporate bonds of Grade A or better as rated by Standard and Poor or by Moody's Investment Service; or corporate short-term obligations of corporations, or of wholly-owned subsidiaries of corporations, whose short term obligations are rated S-3 or better by Standard and Poor or rated P-3 or better by Moody's Investment Service;

(e) Bonds of the Tennessee Valley Authority;

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

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

(h) Interest-bearing bonds or notes which are general obligations of any other state in the United States or of any city or county therein, provided such city or county had a population as shown by the federal census next preceding such investment of not less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) inhabitants, and provided that such state, city or county has not defaulted for a period longer than thirty (30) days in the payment of principal or interest on any of its general obligation indebtedness during a period of ten (10) calendar years immediately preceding such investment;

(i) Certificates of deposit and repurchase agreements. All investments shall be acquired by the investment entity at the highest market rate available for such securities; and

(j) Securities of, or other interests in, any open-end or closed-end management type investment company or investment trust registered under the provisions of 15 USC, Section 80a-1 et seq., provided that the portfolio of such investment company or investment trust is limited to direct obligations issued by the United States of America, United States Government agencies, United States Government instrumentalities or United States Government sponsored enterprises, and to repurchase agreements fully collateralized by direct obligations of the United States of America, United States Government agencies, United States Government instrumentalities or United States Government sponsored enterprises, and the investment company or investment trust takes delivery of such collateral for the repurchase agreement, either directly or through an authorized custodian. The State Treasurer and the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall review and approve the investment companies and investment trusts in which funds invested under this paragraph (j) may be invested. However, at no time shall the funds invested in investment companies and investment trusts under this paragraph (j) exceed twenty percent (20%) of all investments of the Education Improvement Trust Fund under this section.

Any limitations herein set forth shall be applicable only at the time of purchase and shall not require the liquidation of any investment at any time.

Subject to the above terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions, the investment entity shall have power to sell, assign, transfer and dispose of any of the securities and investments of the trust fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-37 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-37
Status: in_force

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

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

If an employee whose position is terminated by virtue of the executive branch reorganization brought about by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” is rehired by the State of Mississippi within three (3) years from the date of his termination, the employee shall have the same benefit date for leave accumulation purposes as he had when his position was terminated. Any accumulated leave benefits not given to the employee at the time his position was eliminated shall be restored to him upon his rehiring.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-40 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-40
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-40
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall have the authority to approve escalations in a budget using special funds pursuant to specific authorization stated in an appropriation bill. Upon written documentation submitted by an agency head, the State Fiscal Officer shall also have the authority to approve escalations to a budget using donated or endowment funds designated for a specific purpose and using insurance proceeds as a result of damage to state property. Such escalations may not exceed the amount of such donated or endowment funds or insurance proceeds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-7 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-7
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds of any agency abolished or affected by this chapter shall be transferred to the appropriate agency according to the merger of their functions under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-47 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-47
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall make to the legislature, at the commencement of each regular, not extraordinary, session, a detailed report of the receipts and expenditures since his last report. He shall present to it the report required of him by Section 115 of the Constitution and, in case of a deficiency of revenue, he shall suggest such increase of taxes as he may consider best suited to supply the deficiency. He shall also make to the legislature, or to either house thereof, such supplemental reports as may be called for.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-21 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-21
Status: in_force

All state officials shall make a detailed report to the State Fiscal Officer and pay into the State Treasury all public funds, as defined in Section 7-7-1 , which are required to be paid into the Treasury. Such funds shall be deposited in the State Treasury by the end of the next business day following the day that such funds are collected, except as provided elsewhere in this section. The State Fiscal Officer and the State Treasurer are authorized to establish clearing accounts in the State Treasury as may be necessary to facilitate the transfer of monies to municipalities, counties and other special fund accounts, as provided by law. The detailed report hereinabove required shall be fully satisfied when any revenue-collecting agency on its applications for received warrants has stated the amount of money which it has collected from any source whatsoever without having to supply the names of the taxpayers who had remitted such money. At the request of any state agency, the State Fiscal Officer, with the advice and consent of the State Treasurer, may by regulation provide for other than daily deposits of accounts by that state agency. The State Fiscal Officer, with the advice and consent of the State Treasurer, shall determine the frequency and method of deposit for the agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-103 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-103
Status: in_force

The principal of the Education Improvement Trust Fund shall be invested by the investment entity so selected by the State Treasurer, and all purchases shall be made from competitive offerings. Such funds may be invested only as follows:

(a) Bonds, notes, certificates and other valid general obligations of the State of Mississippi, or of any county, or of any city, or of any supervisors district of any county of the State of Mississippi, or of any school district bonds of the State of Mississippi; notes or certificates of indebtedness issued by the Veterans' Home Purchase Board of Mississippi, provided such notes or certificates of indebtedness are secured by the pledge of collateral equal to two hundred percent (200%) of the amount of the loan, which collateral is also guaranteed at least for fifty percent (50%) of the face value by the United States Government, and provided that not more than five percent (5%) of the total investment holdings of the system shall be in Veterans' Home Purchase Board notes or certificates at any time; real estate mortgage loans one hundred percent (100%) insured by the Federal Housing Administration on single family homes located in the State of Mississippi, where monthly collections and all servicing matters are handled by the Federal Housing Administration approved mortgagees authorized to make such loans in the State of Mississippi;

(b) State of Mississippi highway bonds;

(c) Funds may be deposited in federally insured institutions domiciled in the State of Mississippi;

(d) Corporate bonds of Grade A or better as rated by Standard and Poor or by Moody's Investment Service; or corporate short-term obligations of corporations, or of wholly-owned subsidiaries of corporations, whose short term obligations are rated S-3 or better by Standard and Poor or rated P-3 or better by Moody's Investment Service;

(e) Bonds of the Tennessee Valley Authority;

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

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

(h) Interest-bearing bonds or notes which are general obligations of any other state in the United States or of any city or county therein, provided such city or county had a population as shown by the federal census next preceding such investment of not less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) inhabitants, and provided that such state, city or county has not defaulted for a period longer than thirty (30) days in the payment of principal or interest on any of its general obligation indebtedness during a period of ten (10) calendar years immediately preceding such investment;

(i) Certificates of deposit and repurchase agreements. All investments shall be acquired by the investment entity at the highest market rate available for such securities; and

(j) Securities of, or other interests in, any open-end or closed-end management type investment company or investment trust registered under the provisions of 15 USC, Section 80a-1 et seq., provided that the portfolio of such investment company or investment trust is limited to direct obligations issued by the United States of America, United States Government agencies, United States Government instrumentalities or United States Government sponsored enterprises, and to repurchase agreements fully collateralized by direct obligations of the United States of America, United States Government agencies, United States Government instrumentalities or United States Government sponsored enterprises, and the investment company or investment trust takes delivery of such collateral for the repurchase agreement, either directly or through an authorized custodian. The State Treasurer and the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall review and approve the investment companies and investment trusts in which funds invested under this paragraph (j) may be invested. However, at no time shall the funds invested in investment companies and investment trusts under this paragraph (j) exceed twenty percent (20%) of all investments of the Education Improvement Trust Fund under this section.

Any limitations herein set forth shall be applicable only at the time of purchase and shall not require the liquidation of any investment at any time.

Subject to the above terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions, the investment entity shall have power to sell, assign, transfer and dispose of any of the securities and investments of the trust fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-3
Status: in_force

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

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

No executive director, division director or any other employee of any agency or department of this state shall be prohibited by the Governor or any other person, whether by written or verbal correspondence or by executive order, from cooperating with the Legislature for purposes of providing information to the Legislature, or any member thereof, regarding the legislative budget process or any other legislative matter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-9
Status: in_force

The Governor shall have the authority to appoint departmental advisory boards where otherwise required by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-43 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-43
Status: in_force

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

(2) For state tax claims, the Commissioner of Revenue is required to furnish the appropriate fiscal officer with notice that state taxes have not been paid. This notice shall serve as a stop order or order for the lesser amount provided in Section 27-7-45(2)(b) , as the case may be, upon any allowance made to, or claim in favor of, any person, his agent, or assignee who shall be indebted to the state, or any political subdivision thereof, or against whom there shall be any balance appearing in favor of the state or any political subdivision thereof. Disregard of the order notice shall create a personal liability against such fiscal officer for the full amount of state taxes due, plus interest and penalty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-41 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-41
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer may promulgate such regulations and procedures as he may deem necessary in regard to preauditing and postauditing claims and issuing warrants covering payments for construction contracts entered into by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, the Department of Finance and Administration, the State Department of Education, or by any other agency now existing or hereafter created, having control and supervision of the awarding and payment of construction contracts.

The State Fiscal Officer shall prescribe rules and regulations concerning the preauditing and postauditing of claims and the issuance of warrants and other forms of payments for all departments, institutions and agencies of the state, more particularly those coming within the provisions of Sections 7-9-41 and 7-9-43 , after full discussion with the fiscal officers thereof, to the end that the most efficient overall state accounting system may be maintained. Such regulations, however, shall be of such nature and application that the State Fiscal Officer shall be able to maintain adequate records in his books of accounts of all fiscal operations of the state, and in no event shall the regular audit of the transactions of such departments, institutions and agencies by the State Department of Audit be suspended.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-23 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-23
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is designated as sole agent to receive on State Fiscal Officer's pay warrant and disburse any and all funds received from sources other than those designated by law on State Fiscal Officer's warrant, which funds are to be expended under the direction and supervision of state officials or agencies for the benefit of the state. The State Treasurer is authorized and directed to receive on State Fiscal Officer's pay warrant any and all funds above specified and to be credited, each fund to a trust account for which the donor intends it. The special trust account shall designate for what purpose it is donated, and the State Fiscal Officer's books and Treasurer's books shall carry it as such. All funds shall be paid out on requisition signed by the proper agent or agents, properly supported by itemized vouchers, designated so to do on a warrant issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon the State Treasurer. Funds intended to be controlled by this section are those coming from the federal government, foundations and individuals to be expended for educational purposes, roads, agriculture, for making economic or social surveys, and for similar purposes. In no way shall this section interfere with or prevent the purpose of the donor. The state agent or official best fitted or qualified to direct the expenditure of a fund for a specified purpose or the official designated by the donor shall expend the funds, and is hereby given authority in the manner outlined herein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-15 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-15
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall secure a sufficient number of suitable and well bound books for each county, so that the lands now or hereafter owned by the state may be complied therein. The books, in addition to the necessary columns on which to list all necessary information with reference to the lands owned, shall contain a column on which to number all patents or contracts issued and any other information. The order of arrangement and all other matters pertaining thereto are hereby specifically left to the discretion of the Secretary of State.

In addition to the foregoing records, the Secretary of State shall provide and cause to be kept a separate register of the several different classes of lands, with appropriate references to other records or documents for information concerning the whole class, and of each parcel, if need be. He may cause correct township maps to be prepared from the field notes of original surveys, with all errors in the location of natural objects, if any there be, corrected, which maps may be supplied to the several counties at reasonable prices; and he may, in like manner, have maps and plats lithographed and sold.

The Secretary of State shall procure a sufficient number of forms of certificates which shall be used by the chancery clerks of each of the various counties in certifying to the Secretary of State's office lands sold to the state for unpaid taxes in his county, and the Secretary of State shall provide such certificates in such form that they may be bond by him and used as a part of the permanent records of his office. The said chancery clerks shall use only such forms of certificates in certifying said lands to the Secretary of State's office, and failure to do so shall subject such chancery clerk so refusing or failing to do so, and his bondsman, to a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00), which penalty shall be collected by the Attorney General in a suit therefor filed in the name of the State of Mississippi. Such certificates, before being filed by the Secretary of State, shall be examined by the Attorney General. The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Attorney General, shall strike from such certificates all lands which, by reason of insufficient description or other cause, in the opinion of the Attorney General are not the property of the state; and the title of the state to such lands as may be thus stricken off shall be thereby relinquished.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-81 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-81
Status: in_force

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

(2) A special fund, to be designated as the “Auditor's Enhanced Accountability Fund,” shall be created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Within the limits of federal law, initial funds shall be deposited from each governing entity receiving monies from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal RESTORE Act, the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, and fees derived from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment pursuant to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, based on a sliding scale to be determined by the State Auditor. Subsequent and additional funds may be deposited from any source made available to the Department of Audit for such purposes. Unexpended monies from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal RESTORE Act, the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, and fees derived from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment pursuant to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund, but shall be held to pay for postaudit and investigative costs for related expenditures and programs. Monies deposited into the fund shall be disbursed, in the discretion of the State Auditor, to pay the allowable costs of additional preaudit, postaudit, investigative, or other allowable or accountability requirements not funded through regular appropriations or special fund billing provided in this section. Monies in the special fund may be used to reimburse reasonable actual and necessary costs incurred by the State Auditor to accomplish objectives under this section. The State Auditor shall maintain a specific accounting of actual costs incurred for each project for which reimbursements are sought and shall provide a report to the Legislature within sixty (60) days from the end of each fiscal year regarding the nature and amounts of all expenditures. The Department of Audit may escalate its budget and expend such funds in accordance with rules and regulations of the Department of Finance and Administration in a manner consistent with the escalation of federal funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-57 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-57
Status: in_force

Upon satisfactory proof being presented to the State Fiscal Officer that any warrant drawn by the State Fiscal Officer upon the State Treasury has been lost or destroyed before having been paid, the State Fiscal Officer may issue a duplicate therefor upon a bond being executed by the State Fiscal Officer with such security as is approved by him, payable to the state in the penalty of double the amount of the warrant, and conditioned to save harmless the state from any loss occasioned by the issuing of the duplicate warrant, together with an affidavit relating the circumstances under which said warrant was lost or destroyed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-40 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-40
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-40
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall have the authority to approve escalations in a budget using special funds pursuant to specific authorization stated in an appropriation bill. Upon written documentation submitted by an agency head, the State Fiscal Officer shall also have the authority to approve escalations to a budget using donated or endowment funds designated for a specific purpose and using insurance proceeds as a result of damage to state property. Such escalations may not exceed the amount of such donated or endowment funds or insurance proceeds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-59 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-59
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all fees collected by the Office of the Secretary of State under Section 75-9-525 shall be deposited in State Treasury Special Fund 3111, and shall be used to operate the activities of the Office of the Secretary of State as necessary to administer the filing and research provisions of Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and to pay to each chancery clerk such amounts as that clerk shall be owed under subsection (2) of this section. The expenditure of the funds deposited in this fund shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon requisition signed by the Office of the Secretary of State.

(2)(a) Through September 30, 2007, for each filing and indexing of a financing statement under Part 5 (Filing) of Title 75, Chapter 9 (Uniform Commercial Code Revised Article 9--Secured Transactions), the Secretary of State shall remit the following fee to the chancery clerk of the Mississippi county, if any, indicated on the face of the financing statement as the domicile of the debtor, or, if no county is so indicated, the Mississippi county of the address of the debtor stated on the financing statement.

(i) Five Dollars ($5.00), when the financing statement is communicated in writing, either in the standard form prescribed by the Secretary of State or not in the standard form so prescribed, plus Two Dollars ($2.00) for each additional debtor name more than one (1) required to be indexed.

(ii) Five Dollars ($5.00) if the financing statement is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.

(b) From and after October 1, 2007, for each filing and indexing of a financing statement under Part 5 (Filing) of Title 75, Chapter 9 (Uniform Commercial Code Revised Article 9--Secured Transactions), the Secretary of State shall remit the following fee to the County Voting Systems Assistance Bond Sinking Fund created under Section 3 of House Bill No. 562, 2006 Regular Session, 1 in such amounts as specified in Section 3 of House Bill No. 562, 2006 Regular Session, and shall distribute the remainder of the fees to the “Help Mississippi Vote Fund” created in Section 23-15-169.7 .

(i) Five Dollars ($5.00), when the financing statement is communicated in writing, either in the standard form prescribed by the Secretary of State or not in the standard form so prescribed, plus Two Dollars ($2.00) for each additional debtor name more than one (1) required to be indexed.

(ii) Five Dollars ($5.00) if the financing statement is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.

(3) The Secretary of State shall remit to each chancery clerk not less than monthly the amount owed under subsection (2) of this section. Each payment shall be accompanied by a detailed accounting of the transactions represented by that payment. However, from and after October 1, 2007, the Secretary of State shall remit to the County Voting Systems Assistance Bond Sinking Fund and the “Help Mississippi Vote Fund” not less than monthly the amount provided under subsection (2) of this section. Each payment shall be accompanied by a detailed accounting of the transactions represented by that payment.

(4) From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of the Office of Secretary of State shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund to the Office of Secretary of State and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law and as determined necessary by the State Fiscal Officer for the purpose of paying principal and interest on bond issues for county voting systems, and shall not be authorized for expenditure by the Secretary of State to reimburse or otherwise defray the expenses of any office administered by the Secretary of State.

(5) From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-5 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-5
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall keep a correct register of all official acts and proceedings of the Governor and take charge of and safely keep in his office the returns of all elections by the people. He shall lay all official documents before either branch of the Legislature when required; he shall receive from the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, and shall carefully keep and preserve in his office, the journals, papers and proceedings of both houses of the Legislature; and he shall carefully keep and preserve the enrolled acts and resolutions of the Legislature, maps, charts and other property of the state remaining at the seat of government, the keeping of which is not otherwise provided for. He shall act as the custodian of the apostille issued by the Department of Authentications Office of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and shall act as the authorizing official for public documents under the Hague agreement of 1961.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-37 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-37
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall write warrants payable to the order of the person, firm, institution or agency entitled thereto for all monies which, by law, are directed to be paid out of the Treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-5 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-5
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers conferred and duties imposed on the Governor by the constitution and by the laws as elsewhere provided, he shall have the powers and perform the duties following:

(a) He is the supreme executive officer of the state.

(b) He is the commander in chief of the militia of the state and may call out the militia to execute the laws, to suppress insurrections or riots, and to repel invasions.

(c) He shall see that the laws are faithfully executed.

(d) He is to supervise the official conduct of all executive and ministerial officers.

(e) He is to see that all offices are filled and the duties of the offices are performed or, in default thereof, apply such remedy as the law allows; and if the remedy is inadequate, he shall inform the Legislature at its next session.

(f) He shall make appointments and fill vacancies as prescribed by law.

(g) Whenever any suit or legal proceeding is pending that affects the title of the state to any property, or that may result in any claim against the state, he may direct the Attorney General to appear on behalf of the state and protect its interest.

(h) He may require the Attorney General, or district attorney of any district, to inquire into the affairs or management of any corporation existing under the laws of this state, or doing business in this state under the laws of the state.

( i ) He may require the Attorney General to aid any district attorney in the discharge of his duties.

(j) He may offer rewards, not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), for persons with mental illness who have escaped and are dangerous, and such other rewards as are authorized by law.

(k) He may require any officer or board to make special reports to him upon demand in writing.

( l ) He shall transact all necessary business with state officers, shall require them to be present at their respective offices at all reasonable business hours, and may require information, in writing, from any such officer relating to the duties of his office.

(m) When deemed advisable upon proceedings for the arrest in this state of fugitives from justice from other states or countries, he may commission a special officer to arrest the fugitive in any part of the state.

(n) He may bring any proper suit affecting the general public interests, in his own name for the State of Mississippi, if after first requesting the proper officer so to do, the officer refuses or neglects to do the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-27 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-27
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and the local board of trustees of a community or junior college shall adopt rules and regulations for institutions under their governance for the waiver of certification that goods or services have been received or performed. These rules and regulations shall be consistent with those established by the Department of Finance and Administration under subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-75 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-75
Status: in_force

All suits by the state auditor under the provisions of Sections 7-7-67 through 7-7-79 shall be in his own name for the use of the state, county, municipality, levee board, or other taxing district interested; and he shall not be liable for costs, and may appeal without bond. Such suits may be tried at the return term and shall take precedence over other suits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-7 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-7
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds of any agency abolished or affected by this chapter shall be transferred to the appropriate agency according to the merger of their functions under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-9
Status: in_force

Any member of any board, commission, council or authority reconstituted under this chapter shall be deemed to have vacated his position thereon if he changes his domicile to another state or to a geographical area other than the one from which he was appointed if the statute specified that he shall be appointed from such designated geographical area. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply in the event the member was appointed from a district the boundaries of which have been altered by statute or court order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-37 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-37
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall, at the request of the governor or other state officer, in person or by his assistant, prosecute suit on any official bond, or any contract in which the state is interested, upon a breach thereof, and prosecute or defend for the state all actions, civil or criminal, relating to any matter connected with either of the state offices. He may require the service or assistance of any district attorney in and about such matters or suits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-209 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-209
Status: in_force

The state auditor, director, and all employees of the department required to travel in the performance of official duties shall be reimbursed for actual subsistence and transportation expenses incurred by them while traveling away from home, as provided by law. The office of the department shall be supplied with all necessary supplies, stationery, printing, furniture, and equipment, which shall be purchased at the lowest and best prices obtainable. All salaries, travel, and other expenses of the department, including costs of purchases as aforesaid, shall be paid monthly out of the state department of audit fund, upon requisitions or vouchers approved by the director or, in his absence, by the assistant director.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-15 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-15
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall transmit, free of cost, one (1) copy of each volume of “Southern Reporter-Mississippi Cases” to the sheriff of each county of the state, for the county library, if the sheriff specifically requests copies of the volumes of “Southern Reporter-Mississippi Cases” in writing; one (1) copy of each volume thereof to each of the following educational institutions: Mississippi State University, Alcorn State University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi College School of Law, Delta State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, and the University of Southern Mississippi; ten (10) copies of each volume thereof to the University of Mississippi; and one (1) copy of each volume to the Library of Congress at Washington, D.C.

The above provisions of this section are made in recognition of benefits received through receipt at depository libraries and elsewhere in the State of Mississippi of public documents of the United States under the provisions of federal and state laws.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-4 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-4
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-4
Status: in_force

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

The state treasurer shall keep his office at the seat of the government, and shall keep the same open Monday through Friday of each week for eight hours each day.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-33 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-33
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall issue disbursement warrants upon satisfactory pre-audit as prescribed by standards and procedures established by the State Fiscal Officer in consultation with the State Auditor's office. Such standards and procedures shall include examination of the bill, invoice, account, payroll or other evidence of the claim, demand or charge and determination that the expenditure or disbursement is regular, legal and correct, and that the claim, demand or charge has not been previously paid. In order to ascertain that goods have been received or services rendered, the State Fiscal Officer may require such evidence as the circumstances may demand. If the expenditure or disbursement is proper, the State Fiscal Officer shall approve the same; otherwise, the State Fiscal Officer shall withhold approval. In order that such regularity and legality may appear, the State Fiscal Officer may return the claim to the department, institution or agency against which the same was issued for correction or amendment and may, by general rule or special order, require such certification or such evidence as the circumstances may demand.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-45 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-45
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer and the State Fiscal Officer shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, check, verify and reconcile the list of the receipts into the Treasury for the previous month, according to the warrants on which they are founded, and in whose name the several receipts have been given, and their respective dates, amounts and numbers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-5 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-5
Status: in_force

(1) The Attorney General shall appoint nine (9) competent attorneys, each of whom shall be designated as an assistant attorney general. The assistants shall each possess all of the qualifications required by law of the Attorney General and shall have power and authority under the direction and supervision of the Attorney General to perform all of the duties required by law of that officer; and each shall be liable to the pains and penalties to which the Attorney General is liable. The assistants shall serve at the will and pleasure of the Attorney General, and they shall devote their entire time and attention to the duties pertaining to the department of justice as required by the general laws. The compensation of all assistants authorized by law shall be fixed by the Attorney General not to exceed the compensation fixed by law.

(2)(a) The Attorney General shall designate three (3) of the assistant attorneys general authorized under subsection (1) of this section to devote their time and attention primarily to defending and aiding in the defense in all courts of any suit, filed or threatened, against the State of Mississippi, against any subdivision thereof, or against any agency or instrumentality of the state or subdivision, including all elected officials and any other officer or employee thereof. When the circumstances permit, the assistants may perform any of the Attorney General's powers and duties, including, but not limited to, engaging in lawsuits outside the state when in his opinion this would help bring about the equal application of federal laws and court decisions in every state and guaranteeing equal protection of the laws as guaranteed every citizen by the United States Constitution.

(b) The Attorney General may employ outside counsel as special assistant attorneys general on a fee or contract basis; the Attorney General shall be the sole judge of the compensation in such cases except as otherwise provided in Section 7-5-8 .

(i) Any contract for services of outside counsel shall require current and complete written time and expense records that describe in detail the time, in increments of no greater than one tenth ( 1 / 10 ) of an hour, and money spent each day in performance of the contract.

(ii) On conclusion of the matter for which the outside legal services were obtained, outside counsel shall provide a complete written statement of all fees and expenses, and the final complete time and expense records.

(3) The Attorney General may discharge any assistant attorney general or special assistant attorney general at his pleasure and appoint another in his stead. The assistant attorneys general shall devote their entire time and attention to the duties pertaining to the Department of Justice under the control and supervision of the Attorney General.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-37 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-37
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall, at the request of the governor or other state officer, in person or by his assistant, prosecute suit on any official bond, or any contract in which the state is interested, upon a breach thereof, and prosecute or defend for the state all actions, civil or criminal, relating to any matter connected with either of the state offices. He may require the service or assistance of any district attorney in and about such matters or suits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-49 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-49
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall furnish to the governor, from time to time when required, a full and complete statement, in tabular form, of the situation of the public finances and full information touching the condition and proceedings of his office. The books of the treasurer shall, at all seasonable times, be open to the inspection of the governor and of the auditor, and the governor shall at all times be permitted to examine and count the money on hand.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-8 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-8
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-8
Status: in_force

The Office of the Secretary of State shall continue to use stationery and other supplies having the seal thereon as it existed before July 1, 2020, until such stationery and other supplies are depleted. The seal as it existed before July 1, 2020, affixed on any public buildings, property or any other item shall remain thereon until the replacement of the seal due to normal wear or until replacement with any nonpublic funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-19 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-19
Status: in_force

The dean of the law school of the University of Mississippi is hereby authorized and empowered, with the approval of the attorney general and secretary of state, to make requisitions to the secretary of state for the departmental reports and “Mississippi Reports” to exchange with other states for similar publications and make the same available in the law school library for the purpose of increasing its facilities.

The secretary of state is hereby authorized and empowered to furnish these publications upon requisition from the dean of the law school of the University of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-11 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-11
Status: in_force

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

The statutory advisor shall be an assistant attorney general, appointed by the Attorney General, in addition to the assistant attorneys general authorized by law, in the same manner and under the same procedure as assistant attorneys general are appointed. His duties, in addition to the duties prescribed herein, shall be the same as that of assistant attorneys general, and his compensation shall be the same, and paid in like manner, as that of assistant attorneys general.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-25 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-25
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall give his opinion in writing, without fee, to the Legislature, or either house or any committee thereof, and to the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Auditor of Public Accounts, the State Treasurer, the Superintendent of Public Education, the Insurance Commissioner, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, the State Geologist, the State Librarian, the Director of Archives and History, the Adjutant General, the State Board of Health, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Public Service Commission, Chairman of the State Tax Commission, the State Forestry Commission, the Transportation Commission, and any other state officer, department or commission operating under the law, or which may be hereafter created; the trustees and heads of any state institution, the trustees and heads of the universities and the state colleges, the district attorneys, the boards of supervisors of the several counties, the sheriffs, the chancery clerks, the circuit clerks, the superintendents of education, the tax assessors, county surveyors, the county attorneys, the attorneys for the boards of supervisors, mayor or council or board of aldermen of any municipality of this state, and all other county officers (and no others), when requested in writing, upon any question of law relating to their respective offices.

When any officer, board, commission, department or person authorized by this section to require such written opinion of the Attorney General shall have done so and shall have stated all the facts to govern such opinion, and the Attorney General has prepared and delivered a legal opinion with reference thereto, there shall be no liability, civil or criminal, accruing to or against any such officer, board, commission, department or 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. However, if a court of competent jurisdiction makes such a judicial declaration about a written opinion of the Attorney General that applies to acts or omissions of any licensee to which Section 63-19-57 , 75-67-137 or 75-67-245 applies, and the licensee has acted in conformity with that written opinion, the liability of the licensee shall be governed by Section 63-19-57 , 75-67-137 or 75-67-245 , as the case may be. No opinion shall be given or considered if the opinion is given after suit is filed or prosecution begun.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-3
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby established a General Accounting Office for the State of Mississippi, the powers and duties of said office to be performed by the Bureau of Budget and Fiscal Management under the administration of the State Fiscal Officer.

(2) The Chief of the Fiscal Management Division, under the supervision of the State Fiscal Officer, shall prescribe and implement in the office of each state agency an adequate accrual accounting system, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, and a system for keeping other essential financial records or, in lieu thereof, may install a state centralized automated accounting system which facilitates reporting the financial position and operations of the state as a whole, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. All such accounting systems so prescribed or installed shall be as uniform as may be practicable for agencies and offices of the same class and character.

Each state agency shall adopt and use the system prescribed and approved for it by the State Fiscal Officer, and the State Fiscal Officer shall have the authority and power to impound all funds of such agency until it complies with the provisions of this section. Said state centralized automated accounting system shall be made available to the agencies of state government through the services of the State Computer Center. The State Fiscal Officer shall conduct training seminars on a regular basis to ensure that agencies have access to persons proficient in the correct use of the statewide automated accounting system.

(3) The State Fiscal Officer shall establish an oversight advisory committee to ensure that the state centralized automated accounting system meets the needs of the agencies served thereby. Said oversight advisory committee shall be composed of qualified public employees proficient in the areas of fiscal management, accounting, data processing and other fields affected by the automated accounting and financial management system. Said committee shall have the following responsibilities:

(a) Provide continual review of laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures which affect the continued successful implementation of the state automated accounting and financial management system;

(b) Coordination among the control agencies of state and federal government to identify required modifications and/or enhancements to the state centralized automated accounting system as required for successful implementation;

(c) Ensure that agencies using the system are in compliance with the requirements of the various control agencies; and

(d) Assign persons knowledgeable in their area of expertise and proper use of the state centralized automated accounting system to help agencies use the system correctly.

(4) The State Fiscal Officer shall provide for the continuing support of the state centralized automated accounting system from funds appropriated therefor by the Legislature and/or from user fees charged to the state agencies and institutions utilizing the system.

The State Fiscal Officer may charge fees to agencies and institutions for services rendered to them in conjunction with the statewide automated accounting system. The amounts of such fees shall be set by the State Fiscal Officer, and all such fees collected shall be paid into the Statewide Automated Accounting System Fund.

(5) There is hereby established within the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the Mississippi Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund. This fund is established for the purpose of developing and maintaining an executive information system within state government. Such a system may include the state centralized automated accounting system, a centralized automated human resource/payroll system for state agencies and the automation of performance programmatic data and other data as needed by the legislative and executive branches to monitor the receipt and expenditure of funds in accordance with desired objectives.

A Steering Committee consisting of the State Fiscal Officer, the Executive Director of the State Personnel Board and the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall establish policies and procedures for the administration of the Mississippi Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund.

All disbursements from this fund shall be made pursuant to appropriation by the Legislature. All interest earned from the investment of monies in this fund shall be credited to such fund.

Any expenditure of funds related to the development of a Mississippi Management and Reporting System by the State Personnel Board, the Department of Finance and Administration and the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, shall be reimbursable from the Mississippi Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund upon its establishment.

The Bond Commission is hereby authorized to grant a noninterest-bearing loan to the Mississippi Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund from the State Treasurer's General Fund/Special Fund Pool in an amount not to exceed Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00).

The Mississippi Management and Reporting System Steering Committee shall appoint an administrator of the Mississippi Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund. The salary of the administrator and all other project administrative expenses shall be disbursed from the revolving fund. The administrator of the fund is hereby authorized to employ or secure personnel service contracts for all personnel required to carry out this project. On or before January 15 of each year, the State Fiscal Officer shall present a report of all expenditures made during the previous fiscal year from the Mississippi Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund to the State Bond Commission and to the Legislature.

Upon implementation of the Mississippi Management and Reporting System, or any part thereof, at any state agency, a repayment schedule shall be determined by the Mississippi Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund administrator for payment back into the Mississippi Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund. This repayment schedule will include direct and indirect expenses of implementing the Mississippi Management and Reporting System at each agency and applied interest charges. Each state agency shall be required to request the amount of its yearly repayment in its annual budget request.

At the completion of the Mississippi Management and Reporting System, the Steering Committee shall recommend to the Legislature an amount to remain in the Mississippi Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund to fund future upgrades and maintenance for the system. The remaining amount, as repaid by the agencies, shall be returned to the General Fund/Special Fund Pool.

Each state agency executive director shall participate in the Mississippi Management and Reporting System (MMRS) project by appointing an agency implementation team leader to represent them on the MMRS project. All agencies will be required to implement the MMRS unless exempted from such by the MMRS Steering Committee. If such an exemption is granted, the MMRS Steering Committee may require selected data to be electronically interfaced into the MMRS.

(6) In addition to his other duties, the Chief of the Fiscal Management Division shall perform the following services:

(a) Maintain a set of control accounts on a double entry accrual basis for each state fund so as to analyze, classify and record all resources, obligations and financial transactions of all state agencies.

(b) Submit to the Governor and to the Legislative Budget Office a monthly report containing the state's financial operations and conditions.

(c) Approve as to form the manner in which all payrolls shall be prepared; and require each state agency to furnish copies of monthly payrolls as required to the State Fiscal Officer. The Chief of the Fiscal Management Division shall study the feasibility of a central payroll system for all state officers and employees, and report his findings and recommendations to the Legislature.

(d) Require of each state agency, through its governing board or executive head, the maintaining of continuous internal audit covering the activities of such agency affecting its revenue and expenditures, and an adequate internal system of preauditing claims, demands and accounts against such agency as to adequately ensure that only valid claims, demands and accounts will be paid, and to verify compliance with the regulations of the State Personal Service Contract Review Board regarding the execution of any personal service or professional service contracts pursuant to Section 25-9-120(3) . The Fiscal Management Division shall report to the State Fiscal Officer any failure or refusal of the governing board or executive head of any state agency to comply with the provisions of this section. The State Fiscal Officer shall notify the said board of trustees or executive head of such violation and, upon continued failure or refusal to comply with the provisions of this section, then the State Fiscal Officer may require said board of trustees or executive head of such state agency to furnish competent and adequate personnel to carry out the provisions of this section, who shall be responsible to the State Fiscal Officer for the performance of such function with respect to such state agency. For failure or refusal to comply with the provisions of this section or the directions of the State Fiscal Officer, any such employee may be deprived of the power to perform such functions on behalf of the Fiscal Management Division.

(7) Every state agency, through the proper officials or employee, shall make such periodic or special reports on forms prescribed by the Chief of the Fiscal Management Division as may be required or necessary to maintain the set of control accounts required. If any officer or employee of any state agency whose duty it is to do so shall refuse or fail to make such periodic or special reports in such form and in such detail and within such time as the Fiscal Management Division may require in the exercise of this authority, the State Fiscal Officer shall prepare or cause to be prepared and submitted such reports and the expense thereof shall be personally borne by said officer or employee and he or she shall be responsible on his or her official bond for the payment of the expense. Provided that a negligently prepared report shall be considered as a refusal or failure under the provisions of this section.

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

(9) From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-17 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-17
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall be assigned an office at the capitol and shall keep the same open Monday through Friday for not less than eight hours each day. He and his assistants shall be there for business during said hours with the exception of such time when the attorney general or his assistants may be required to conduct the state's business at other locations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-1 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-1
Status: in_force

Chapter 544, Laws of 1989, shall be cited as the “Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-205 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-205
Status: in_force

The director, the assistant director, and all accountants and auditors of the department shall be required to execute surety bonds in such amounts as the state auditor may deem sufficient to ensure faithful performance of duties and financial accountability, provided the amount of such bond of the director shall not be less than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00). The costs of such bonds shall be paid out of the department of audit fund in the same manner as other expenses are paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-9
Status: in_force

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

All transactions in public funds, as defined in Section 7-7-1 , shall either be handled directly through the State Fiscal Officer and the State Treasury, or shall be reported to the State Fiscal Officer at the times and in the form prescribed by the State Fiscal Officer and the Legislative Budget Office, so that a complete and comprehensive system of accounts of the fiscal activities of all state governmental agencies shall be made available at all times in the General Accounting Office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-8 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-8
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-8
Status: in_force

(1) Before entering into a contingency fee contract with outside counsel, the state, an arm or agency of the state, or a statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity must first make a written determination that contingency fee representation is both cost-effective and in the public interest. The required written determination shall include specific findings for each of the following factors:

(a) Whether there exist sufficient and appropriate legal and financial resources within the Attorney General's office to handle the matter.

(b) The time and labor required; the novelty, complexity, and difficulty of the questions involved; and the skill requisite to perform the attorney services properly.

(c) The geographic area where the attorney services are to be provided.

(d) The amount of experience desired for the particular kind of attorney services to be provided and the nature of the outside attorney's experience with similar issues or cases.

(2)(a) The state, an arm or agency of the state, or a statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity may not enter into a contingency fee contract that provides for the outside attorney to receive a contingency fee, exclusive of reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the case, which is in excess of the following:

(i) Twenty-five percent (25%) of any recovery of up to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00); plus

(ii) Twenty percent (20%) of any portion of such recovery between Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) and Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00); plus

(iii) Fifteen percent (15%) of any portion of such recovery between Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) and Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00); plus

(iv) Ten percent (10%) of any portion of such recovery between Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) and Twenty-five Million Dollars (25,000,000.00); plus

(v) Five percent (5%) of any portion of such recovery exceeding Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00).

(b) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a contingency fee shall not exceed an aggregate of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), exclusive of reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the case, and irrespective of the number of lawsuits filed or the number of attorneys retained to achieve the recovery.

(c) A contingency fee shall not be based on penalties or civil fines awarded or any amounts attributable to penalties or civil fines.

(3) The limits on fees set forth in subsection (2) of this section shall not apply if:

(a) The state, an arm or agency of the state, or a statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity makes a written determination stating the reasons why a greater fee is necessary, proper, and in the best interests of the state in a particular case; and

(b) The Outside Counsel Oversight Commission approves any terms of the contingency contract that exceed the limits set forth in subsection (2) of this section.

(4) The Outside Counsel Oversight Commission shall consist of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Secretary of State; actions of the commission shall be taken by majority vote. Appeal from a decision of the Outside Counsel Oversight Commission shall be to any court of competent jurisdiction.

(5)(a) Copies of any executed contingency fee contract and the applicable written determination to enter into a contingency fee contract with the outside attorney shall be posted on the Attorney General's website for public inspection within five (5) business days after the date the contract is executed unless the state, arm or agency of the state, or statewide elected officer retaining outside counsel makes a determination, subject to the approval of the Outside Counsel Oversight Commission, that to do so would negatively affect the state's interest, and shall remain posted on the website for the duration of the contingency fee contract, including any extensions or amendments to the contract.

(b) If the determination is made and duly approved that posting the contract will negatively affect the interests of the state, the contract will be posted on the Attorney General's website within five (5) days of the occurrence of the earliest of the following:

(i) Filing of the lawsuit for which the contract was executed;

(ii) Entry of appearance for any pending matter for which the contract was executed; or

(iii) From the time the outside attorney engages in any substantive action on behalf of the state relative to the subject matter for which the contract was executed.

(c) Any payment of contingency fees shall be posted on the Attorney General's website within fifteen (15) days after the payment of the contingency fees to the outside attorney and shall remain posted on the website for at least one (1) year after the date payment is made.

(6) An outside attorney under contract to provide services to the state on a contingency fee basis shall, from the inception of the contract until not less than four (4) years after the contract expires or is terminated, maintain detailed current records, including documentation of all expenses, disbursements, charges, credits, underlying receipts and invoices, and other financial transactions that concern the providing of attorney services. In addition, the outside attorney shall maintain detailed contemporaneous time records for the attorneys and paralegals working on the matter in increments of no greater than one-tenth ( 1 / 10 ) of an hour, and shall promptly provide these records to the Attorney General upon request.

(7)(a) If an arm or agency of the state or a statewide elected officer contracts for outside legal counsel pursuant to Section 7-5-39(3) on a contingency fee basis, the arm or agency of the state or the statewide elected officer shall provide complete and timely information to the Office of the Attorney General as to every requirement of this section for inclusion in the report under this section. The Office of the Attorney General shall post the information as received on its website within five (5) days of receipt.

(b) The arm or agency of the state or statewide elected official responsible for retaining outside counsel shall provide complete and timely information to the Office of the Attorney General as to every requirement of Section 7-5-21 for inclusion in the docket required by that section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-31 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-31
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

Any certified list submitted by the paying agent or agents as to payment and cancellation of bonds and interest coupons shall be accepted as conclusive as to payment and cancellation, and such paying agent or agents shall accept responsibility for proper payment and disposition of all bonds and coupons, and for any duplicate payments, payments to unauthorized persons and nonpayment to authorized persons occurring as a result of cancellation or destruction of bonds and coupons.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-5 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-5
Status: in_force

(1) Effective July 1, 1989, all employees of any agency abolished or affected by the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544] shall be transferred according to the merger of their duties by the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]. All personnel actions initiated as a result of the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544] shall be subject to State Personnel Board procedures.

(2) The executive director of any agency of state government as defined in Section 25-9-107(d) shall have the authority to employ staff and to expend funds authorized to the agency for the performance of the duties and responsibilities accorded to the agency by the laws of the State of Mississippi.

(3) All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds of any agency or department abolished or affected by the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544] shall be transferred to the appropriate agency according to the merger of their functions under the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544].

(4) The executive directors of agencies shall determine which employees shall be bonded, set the amount of bond, which shall be made by a surety company approved by the Secretary of State and the premiums paid as other expenses of administering the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544].

(5) The executive director of any agency, where permitted by the rules, regulations and policies of the board, commission or authority of the agency, if any, shall also have authority to:

(a) Accept on behalf of the state gifts, trusts, bequests, grants, endowments, or transfers of property of any kind to be used for the sole benefit of the state;

(b) Use and expend funds coming to the agency from state, federal and private sources;

(c) Establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544];

(d) Formulate and administer policies of their respective agencies;

(e) Coordinate, supervise and direct all administrative and technical activities of the agency;

(f) Enter into contracts, grants and cooperative agreements with any federal or state agency, department or subdivision thereof, or any public or private institution located inside or outside the State of Mississippi, or any person, corporation or association in connection with the carrying out of the provisions of the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544], provided the agreements do not have a financial cost in excess of the amounts appropriated for such purposes by the Legislature;

(g) Except where otherwise prescribed by law, prepare and deliver to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1 of each year, and at such other times as may be required by the Legislature or Governor, a full report of the work of the agency and the offices thereof, including a detailed statement of expenditures of the agency and any recommendations;

(h) Make provisions for adoption of rules, regulations and policy and provide for public inspection and filing of same; and other requirements set forth in the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law in Section 25-43-1.101 et seq. , except as otherwise provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-217 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-217
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-217
Status: in_force

The state auditor, as ex-officio head of the state department of audit, shall maintain a continuing record of exceptions taken as a result of any and all audits made by the state department of audit, which shall show the name of the state department, agency, or subdivision audited, the date or approximate date when each exception was taken, a brief description of such exception, the immediate steps taken to effect correction or restitution, any subsequent actions taken or recommended to be taken, and the final disposition of such exceptions when such disposition occurs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-3
Status: in_force

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

Provided, however, nothing in this chapter is intended to reduce in any manner the authority of the legislature to appropriate funds or to specify the means by which such funds are to be expended.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-13 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-13
Status: in_force

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

The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all state-owned lands in a separate and well bound book. He is authorized and empowered to request of any board, commission, department or other state agency having under its jurisdiction state-owned lands the records herein required to be recorded in his office, and it shall be the duty of any state agency to comply with the request of the Secretary of State. In the event the Secretary of State determines that due to age, condition or material that the preservation of records is not within the capabilities of his office to be maintained, the Secretary of State may transfer said documents to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History for preservation. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History shall allow the Secretary of State access to said documents or a copy thereof, so as to enable the Secretary of State to fulfill the responsibilities of the State Land Commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-101 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-101
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to employ or enter into a contract for the services of investment advisors, security custodians and/or bank trust departments for the management and investment of the Education Improvement Trust Fund created in Section 206A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890. Compensation or fees for such services shall be paid from the income derived from investment of the principal of the trust fund, subject to appropriation by the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-32 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-32
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-32
Status: in_force

The state treasurer is hereby authorized to destroy all state warrants on which payment has been made according to approved records control schedules. No such records, however, may be destroyed without the approval of the director of the department of archives and history.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-14 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-14
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-14
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is authorized to receive, disburse or transfer public funds under his jurisdiction by means of wire, direct deposit or electronic funds transfer. The State Fiscal Officer is authorized to receive, disburse or transfer public funds between State Treasury accounts without the issuance of warrant. The State Treasurer and State Fiscal Officer shall promulgate the rules, regulations and procedures to substitute an electronic funds transfer or the receipt, disbursement or transfer of public funds between State Treasury accounts for a receipt warrant, requisition and use of a warrant in order to facilitate the collection, transfer, investment and disbursement of public funds. In the instance of electronic transfer of funds, the Treasurer shall provide the State Fiscal Officer the same information as would be required for a requisition and issuance of a warrant. In the instance of receipt, disbursement and transfer between State Treasury accounts, the State Fiscal Officer shall maintain the same information as would be required if an application for a receipt warrant, a requisition for issuance for warrant and a warrant had been issued.

A copy of the record of any electronic funds transfer shall be transmitted by state depositories to the Treasurer who shall file duplicates with the State Fiscal Officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-25 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-25
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall make a report to the legislature at each regular session of all the business transactions in the Secretary of State's office pertaining to public lands for the preceding fiscal year. He shall state therein the monthly sale of land, of what class and where situated, amount of purchase-money received for each, the totals of his monthly reports to the auditor of fees collected; and he shall make such recommendations as may seem proper.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-601 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-601
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-601
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds that:

(a) Compassionate groups of individuals have selflessly aided this state in serving our most vulnerable residents and our most debilitated neighborhoods.

(b) Inspired by faith and civic commitment, these organizations have accomplished much in changing the lives of thousands and resurrecting neighborhoods torn by the strife of crime and poverty.

(c) It is essential that this state cooperate with these organizations in order to provide an opportunity to participate on an equal basis, regardless of each organization's orientation, whether faith-based or secular.

(2) It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to recognize the contributions of these organizations and to encourage opportunities for faith-based and community-based organizations to work cooperatively with government entities in order to deliver services more effectively. The Legislature further intends that the purpose of the council is to advise the Governor and the Legislature on policies, priorities, and objectives to enlist, equip, enable, empower, and expand the work of faith-based, volunteer, and other community organizations to the full extent permitted by law.

(3) There is established within the Office of the Governor the Mississippi Advisory Council on Faith-Based Initiatives.

(4)(a) The council shall be composed of not more than twenty-five (25) members. Council members may include, but need not be limited to, representatives from various faiths, faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, foundations, corporations, and municipalities.

(b) The council shall be composed of the following members:

(i) Seventeen (17) members appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the Governor.

(ii) Four (4) members appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the Lieutenant Governor.

(iii) Four (4) members appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(c) Members of the council shall serve for terms of two (2) years, and may continue to serve after the expiration of their terms until a successor is appointed. Members shall be eligible for reappointment and serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority during their terms.

(d) The Governor shall designate a member of the council to serve as chair for a term of two (2) years at the pleasure of the Governor. The chair may continue to serve after the expiration of the chair's term and shall be eligible for redesignation by the Governor.

(e)(i) The heads of executive departments and agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide the council with information it needs for purposes of carrying out its mission.

(ii) The council may request and collect information, hold hearings, establish task forces consisting of members of the council or other individuals, as necessary to carry out its mission.

(iii) The council may conduct analyses and develop reports or other materials as necessary to perform its mission.

(iv) Members of the council shall serve without compensation.

(f) The principal functions of the council are, to the extent permitted by law:

(i) To develop and coordinate activities of faith-based and community-based programs and initiatives, enhance such efforts in communities, and seek such resources, legislation, and regulatory relief as may be necessary to accomplish these objectives;

(ii) To ensure that state policy decisions take into account the capacity of faith-based and other community-based initiatives to assist in the achievement of state priorities;

(iii) To identify and promote best practices and successful modes of delivering social services through faith-based and other community-based organizations;

(iv) To recommend changes in policies, programs, and practices that affect the delivery of services by such organizations and the needs of low-income and other underserved persons in Mississippi communities;

(v) To coordinate public awareness of faith-based and community nonprofit initiatives, such as demonstration pilot programs or projects, public-private partnerships, volunteerism, and special projects;

(vi) To encourage private charitable giving to support faith-based and community-based initiatives;

(vii) To bring concerns, ideas, and policy options to the Governor and Legislature for assisting, strengthening, and replicating successful faith-based and other community-based programs;

(viii) To develop and implement strategic initiatives to strengthen the institutions of families and communities in this state;

(ix) To showcase and herald innovative grassroots nonprofit organizations and civic initiatives;

(x) To eliminate unnecessary legislative, regulatory, and other bureaucratic barriers that impede effective faith-based and other community-based efforts to address social problems;

(xi) To monitor implementation of state policy affecting faith-based and other community-based organizations;

(xii) To ensure that the efforts of faith-based and other community-based organizations meet objective criteria for performance and accountability.

(g) The council may not make any recommendation that conflicts with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Section 18 of the Mississippi Constitution .

(h) By December 1 of each year, the council shall prepare a written report for the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives containing a summary of activities and recommendations of the council.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-57 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-57
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and make available to the public, either in printed form or on the Secretary of State's website, the text, with an index, of Chapter 9, Title 75, Mississippi Code of 1972 , as amended.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-27 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-27
Status: in_force

Upon being informed by any conservator of the peace of the commitment or admission to bail of any person in this state charged with treason, felony, or other crime in some other state or territory, the governor shall forthwith communicate the information to the executive of the state or territory in which the offense is charged to have been committed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-67 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-67
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the state auditor to investigate the books, accounts, and vouchers of all fiscal officers and depositories of the state and of every county, levee board, and taxing district of every kind, and to sue for, collect, and pay over all money improperly withheld by such fiscal officer or depository. He has the power to sue and right of action against all such officers and depositories and their sureties to collect any such moneys; but if the delinquency appears by a correct open account on the books of the proper accounting officer or depository, the right of the state auditor to sue shall arise only after he has given thirty (30) days' notice to the delinquent officer or depository to pay over the amounts and he fails to do so. If he shall examine the books, accounts, and vouchers of any fiscal officer or depository of the state, county, levee board, or taxing district of any kind and find them correct, he shall give a certificate to that effect to such officer and to the board of supervisors of the proper county, or to the proper levee board, or other taxing district.

The state auditor may, in his discretion, also investigate the books, accounts, and vouchers of any municipality, even though such investigation and inspection has been made by a certified public accountant or an accounting firm; and the state auditor shall have the same authority and powers regarding such municipal inspections as granted herein regarding any other investigation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-49 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-49
Status: in_force

The secretary of state is hereby authorized and directed, in cooperation with the governor, other state officers, and civic and commercial organizations of the state, counties, and municipalities, to assemble the necessary information, facts, and data to be disseminated in such a manner as to advertise the natural resources, advantages, and commercial and industrial opportunities offered by the state of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-211 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-211
Status: in_force

The department shall have the power and it shall be its duty:

(a) To identify and define for all public offices of the state and its subdivisions generally accepted accounting principles or other accounting principles as promulgated by nationally recognized professional organizations and to consult with the State Fiscal Officer in the prescription and implementation of accounting rules and regulations;

(b) To provide best practices, for all public offices of regional and local subdivisions of the state, systems of accounting, budgeting and reporting financial facts relating to said offices in conformity with legal requirements and with generally accepted accounting principles or other accounting principles as promulgated by nationally recognized professional organizations; to assist such subdivisions in need of assistance in the installation of such systems; to revise such systems when deemed necessary, and to report to the Legislature at periodic times the extent to which each office is maintaining such systems, along with such recommendations to the Legislature for improvement as seem desirable;

(c) To study and analyze existing managerial policies, methods, procedures, duties and services of the various state departments and institutions upon written request of the Governor, the Legislature or any committee or other body empowered by the Legislature to make such request to determine whether and where operations can be eliminated, combined, simplified and improved;

(d) To postaudit each year and, when deemed necessary, preaudit and investigate the financial affairs of the departments, institutions, boards, commissions, or other agencies of state government, as part of the publication of a comprehensive annual financial report for the State of Mississippi, or as deemed necessary by the State Auditor. In complying with the requirements of this paragraph, the department shall have the authority to conduct all necessary audit procedures on an interim and year-end basis;

(e) To postaudit and, when deemed necessary, preaudit and investigate separately the financial affairs of (i) the offices, boards and commissions of county governments and any departments and institutions thereof and therein; (ii) public school districts, departments of education and junior college districts; and (iii) any other local offices or agencies which share revenues derived from taxes or fees imposed by the State Legislature or receive grants from revenues collected by governmental divisions of the state; the cost of such audits, investigations or other services to be paid as follows: Such part shall be paid by the state from appropriations made by the Legislature for the operation of the State Department of Audit as may exceed the sum of Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) per man-hour for the services of each staff person engaged in performing the audit or other service plus the actual cost of any independent specialist firm contracted by the State Auditor to assist in the performance of the audit, which sum shall be paid by the county, district, department, institution or other agency audited out of its general fund or any other available funds from which such payment is not prohibited by law. Costs paid for independent specialists or firms contracted by the State Auditor shall be paid by the audited entity through the State Auditor to the specialist or firm conducting the postaudit.

Each school district in the state shall have its financial records audited annually, at the end of each fiscal year, either by the State Auditor or by a certified public accountant approved by the State Auditor. Beginning with the audits of fiscal year 2010 activity, no certified public accountant shall be selected to perform the annual audit of a school district who has audited that district for three (3) or more consecutive years previously. Certified public accountants shall be selected in a manner determined by the State Auditor. The school district shall have the responsibility to pay for the audit, including the review by the State Auditor of audits performed by certified public accountants;

(f) To postaudit and, when deemed necessary, preaudit and investigate the financial affairs of the levee boards; agencies created by the Legislature or by executive order of the Governor; profit or nonprofit business entities administering programs financed by funds flowing through the State Treasury or through any of the agencies of the state, or its subdivisions; and all other public bodies supported by funds derived in part or wholly from public funds, except municipalities which annually submit an audit prepared by a qualified certified public accountant using methods and procedures prescribed by the department;

(g) To make written demand, when necessary, for the recovery of any amounts representing public funds improperly withheld, misappropriated and/or otherwise illegally expended by an officer, employee or administrative body of any state, county or other public office, and/or for the recovery of the value of any public property disposed of in an unlawful manner by a public officer, employee or administrative body, such demands to be made (i) upon the person or persons liable for such amounts and upon the surety on official bond thereof, and/or (ii) upon any individual, partnership, corporation or association to whom the illegal expenditure was made or with whom the unlawful disposition of public property was made, if such individual, partnership, corporation or association knew or had reason to know through the exercising of reasonable diligence that the expenditure was illegal or the disposition unlawful. Such demand shall be premised on competent evidence, which shall include at least one (1) of the following: (i) sworn statements, (ii) written documentation, (iii) physical evidence, or (iv) reports and findings of government or other law enforcement agencies. Other provisions notwithstanding, a demand letter issued pursuant to this paragraph shall remain confidential by the State Auditor until the individual against whom the demand letter is being filed has been served with a copy of such demand letter. If, however, such individual cannot be notified within fifteen (15) days using reasonable means and due diligence, such notification shall be made to the individual's bonding company, if he or she is bonded. Each such demand shall be paid into the proper treasury of the state, county or other public body through the office of the department in the amount demanded within thirty (30) days from the date thereof, together with interest thereon in the sum of one percent (1%) per month from the date such amount or amounts were improperly withheld, misappropriated and/or otherwise illegally expended. In the event, however, such person or persons or such surety shall refuse, neglect or otherwise fail to pay the amount demanded and the interest due thereon within the allotted thirty (30) days, the State Auditor shall have the authority and it shall be his duty to institute suit, and the Attorney General shall prosecute the same in any court of the state to the end that there shall be recovered the total of such amounts from the person or persons and surety on official bond named therein; and the amounts so recovered shall be paid into the proper treasury of the state, county or other public body through the State Auditor. In any case where written demand is issued to a surety on the official bond of such person or persons and the surety refuses, neglects or otherwise fails within one hundred twenty (120) days to either pay the amount demanded and the interest due thereon or to give the State Auditor a written response with specific reasons for nonpayment, then the surety shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount of twelve percent (12%) of the bond, not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), to be deposited into the State General Fund;

(h) To investigate any alleged or suspected violation of the laws of the state by any officer or employee of the state, county or other public office in the purchase, sale or the use of any supplies, services, equipment or other property belonging thereto; and in such investigation to do any and all things necessary to procure evidence sufficient either to prove or disprove the existence of such alleged or suspected violations. The Division of Investigation of the State Department of Audit may investigate, for the purpose of prosecution, any suspected criminal violation of the provisions of this chapter. For the purpose of administration and enforcement of this chapter, the enforcement employees of the Division of Investigation of the State Department of Audit have the powers of a law enforcement officer of this state, and shall be empowered to make arrests and to serve and execute search warrants and other valid legal process anywhere within the State of Mississippi. All enforcement employees of the Division of Investigation of the State Department of Audit hired on or after July 1, 1993, shall be required to complete the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program and shall meet the standards of the program;

(i) To issue subpoenas, with the approval of, and returnable to, a judge of a chancery or circuit court, in termtime or in vacation, to examine the records, documents or other evidence of persons, firms, corporations or any other entities insofar as such records, documents or other evidence relate to dealings with any state, county or other public entity. The circuit or chancery judge must serve the county in which the records, documents or other evidence is located; or where all or part of the transaction or transactions occurred which are the subject of the subpoena;

(j) In any instances in which the State Auditor is or shall be authorized or required to examine or audit, whether preaudit or postaudit, any books, ledgers, accounts or other records of the affairs of any public hospital owned or owned and operated by one or more political subdivisions or parts thereof or any combination thereof, or any school district, including activity funds thereof, it shall be sufficient compliance therewith, in the discretion of the State Auditor, that such examination or audit be made from the report of any audit or other examination certified by a certified public accountant and prepared by or under the supervision of such certified public accountant. Such audits shall be made in accordance with generally accepted standards of auditing, with the use of an audit program prepared by the State Auditor, and final reports of such audits shall conform to the format prescribed by the State Auditor. All files, working papers, notes, correspondence and all other data compiled during the course of the audit shall be available, without cost, to the State Auditor for examination and abstracting during the normal business hours of any business day. The expense of such certified reports shall be borne by the respective hospital, or any available school district funds, subject to examination or audit. The State Auditor shall not be bound by such certified reports and may, in his or their discretion, conduct such examination or audit from the books, ledgers, accounts or other records involved as may be appropriate and authorized by law;

(k) The State Auditor shall have the authority to contract with qualified public accounting firms to perform selected audits required in paragraphs (d), (e), (f) and (j) of this section, if funds are made available for such contracts by the Legislature, or if funds are available from the governmental entity covered by paragraphs (d), (e), (f) and (j). Such audits shall be made in accordance with generally accepted standards of auditing. All files, working papers, notes, correspondence and all other data compiled during the course of the audit shall be available, without cost, to the State Auditor for examination and abstracting during the normal business hours of any business day;

(l) The State Auditor shall have the authority to establish training courses and programs for the personnel of the various state and local governmental entities under the jurisdiction of the Office of the State Auditor. The training courses and programs shall include, but not be limited to, topics on internal control of funds, property and equipment control and inventory, governmental accounting and financial reporting, and internal auditing. The State Auditor is authorized to charge a fee from the participants of these courses and programs, which fee shall be deposited into the Department of Audit Special Fund. State and local governmental entities are authorized to pay such fee and any travel expenses out of their general funds or any other available funds from which such payment is not prohibited by law;

(m) Upon written request by the Governor or any member of the State Legislature, the State Auditor may audit any state funds and/or state and federal funds received by any nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of this state;

(n) To conduct performance audits of personal or professional service contracts by state agencies on a random sampling basis, or upon request of the State Personal Service Contract Review Board under Section 25-9-120(3) ;

(o) At the discretion of the State Auditor, the Auditor may conduct risk assessments, as well as performance and compliance audits based on Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) of any state-funded economic development program authorized under Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 . After risk assessments or program audits, the State Auditor may conduct audits of those projects deemed high-risk, specifically as they identify any potential wrongdoing or noncompliance based on objectives of the economic development program. The Auditor is granted authority to gather, audit and review data and information from the Mississippi Development Authority or any of its agents, the Department of Revenue, and when necessary under this paragraph, the recipient business or businesses or any other private, public or nonprofit entity with information relevant to the audit project. The maximum amount the State Auditor may bill the oversight agency under this paragraph in any fiscal year is One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), based on reasonable and necessary expenses;

(p) To review and approve any independent auditor selected by the Mississippi Lottery Corporation in accordance with Section 27-115-89 , to conduct an annual audit of the corporation; and

(q) To conduct audits or investigations of the Mississippi Lottery Corporation if, in the opinion of the State Auditor, conditions justify such audits or investigations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-17 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-17
Status: in_force

The land records in the Secretary of State's office shall be carefully preserved and valuable records shall be bound and rebound when necessary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-23 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-23
Status: in_force

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

(2) The State Fiscal Officer may approve electronically submitted purchase orders, thereby releasing such purchase orders and recording the encumbrances. For purposes of electronically submitted purchase orders, the State Fiscal Officer may exempt agencies from furnishing a copy of the purchase order to the State Fiscal Officer as required in subsection (1) above.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-63 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-63
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall carefully keep and preserve the books, records, papers and other things belonging to the General Accounting Office. Invoices, statements, bills and other papers of such nature may be disposed of in accordance with approved records control schedules. No records, however, may be destroyed without the approval of the Director of the Department of Archives and History.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-37 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-37
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer shall write warrants payable to the order of the person, firm, institution or agency entitled thereto for all monies which, by law, are directed to be paid out of the Treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-219 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-219
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-219
Status: in_force

A report of exceptions taken by the auditor shall be made by the state auditor to the general legislative investigating committee, or any standing committee of the legislature that may request such reports, and any legislator who may request such reports. Said reports shall be furnished within thirty (30) days after the close of each fiscal year, said report to list all exceptions taken within that fiscal year and exceptions previously taken in which no final disposition has been made. The said report shall summarize each exception listed and provide information appearing on the record referred to in section 7-7-217 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-41 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-41
Status: in_force

(1) All support and maintenance funds appropriated for the operating expenses of all departments, institutions, agencies, boards and commissions, supported wholly or in part by the state, shall be drawn from the State Treasury only upon the issuance of individual warrants by the State Fiscal Officer in direct payment for goods sold or services performed, except where specifically provided otherwise in these statutes. The said State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants only upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers.

(2) In the case of the state institutions of higher learning, meeting with the written approval of the State Fiscal Officer, such funds may be drawn from the Treasury in the manner prescribed hereinbelow, and when such system of withdrawal is approved by the State Fiscal Officer, it shall not be changed except on the approval of both said parties.

The executive heads, together with the secretary or other person in charge of the books and accounts, of the state institutions of higher learning, if they receive such written approval, shall make up, in the form prescribed by the State Fiscal Officer and the State Treasurer, checklists of all salaries, accounts, bills, contracts and claims which shall have accrued during the month. Based upon such statement and in company with it, the state institutions of higher learning, through their proper officers, shall make requisition upon the State Fiscal Officer for only so much money as shall then be needed to pay salaries, accounts, bills, contracts and claims which may then be due, together with a reasonable amount for contingent expenses.

Such requisitions may be drawn upon the State Fiscal Officer's accounts, who shall draw its warrants on the Treasurer from time to time as required, payable to the official depository provided in Section 7-9-43 . In the case of special appropriations made for buildings and permanent improvements, repairs, furniture, fixtures, and special supplies, and in all cases where it is not practicable to furnish a detailed statement, such funds may be drawn in installments at such times and in such amounts as necessity may require, and the requisitions for same must be accompanied by a general statement of the proposed purchases and expenditures.

In all cases where such lump-sum payments are authorized and paid as provided in this section, the proper officer or officers of the state institutions of higher learning shall make such additional reports to the State Fiscal Officer in the manner and at such times as he may require. Such reports shall also include other funds coming into the possession of or for the use and benefit of the state institutions of higher learning, whether such funds are regularly handled through the State Treasury or not.

(3) In the case of the State Department of Public Welfare, lump-sum withdrawals may only be made as provided for in subsection (2) of this section for payments to recipients of services provided by the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-23 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-23
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is designated as sole agent to receive on State Fiscal Officer's pay warrant and disburse any and all funds received from sources other than those designated by law on State Fiscal Officer's warrant, which funds are to be expended under the direction and supervision of state officials or agencies for the benefit of the state. The State Treasurer is authorized and directed to receive on State Fiscal Officer's pay warrant any and all funds above specified and to be credited, each fund to a trust account for which the donor intends it. The special trust account shall designate for what purpose it is donated, and the State Fiscal Officer's books and Treasurer's books shall carry it as such. All funds shall be paid out on requisition signed by the proper agent or agents, properly supported by itemized vouchers, designated so to do on a warrant issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon the State Treasurer. Funds intended to be controlled by this section are those coming from the federal government, foundations and individuals to be expended for educational purposes, roads, agriculture, for making economic or social surveys, and for similar purposes. In no way shall this section interfere with or prevent the purpose of the donor. The state agent or official best fitted or qualified to direct the expenditure of a fund for a specified purpose or the official designated by the donor shall expend the funds, and is hereby given authority in the manner outlined herein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-218 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-218
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-218
Status: in_force

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

(2) If any officer or employee of a state agency or political subdivision refuses or fails to correct any audit finding of substantial noncompliance that has existed for three (3) consecutive years, the State Auditor shall proceed to cause the finding to be made in compliance and publish the findings and action. The expense for such correction and publication of a finding of substantial noncompliance shall be borne by the state agency or political subdivision involved.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-3
Status: in_force

There shall be no more than two (2) deputy attorneys general whose qualifications shall be the same as that of the Attorney General, who shall be appointed by the Attorney General to serve at his will and pleasure and whose compensation shall be fixed by the Legislature. The Attorney General may, in writing filed with the office of the Secretary of State, designate the deputy attorneys general to perform any duties and powers conferred on the Attorney General and to serve in his place and stead on any nonconstitutional board or commission for a particular meeting or series of called or regular meetings; and on such boards or commissions the deputy attorney general's vote, decision or signature thereon shall have the full force and effect and shall be legal and binding on the State of Mississippi as if the Attorney General had personally participated in such meeting or meetings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-39 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-39
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall have published in full each constitutional amendment two (2) weeks previous to an election at which the qualified electors shall vote on said amendments, in each county in each newspaper having a general circulation in the county, as defined in Section 13-3-31 ; or he shall have each amendment posted in three (3) public places in the county if all such newspapers in the county refuse to publish same at the price provided in Section 7-3-41 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-3
Status: in_force

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

Provided, however, nothing in this chapter is intended to reduce in any manner the authority of the legislature to appropriate funds or to specify the means by which such funds are to be expended.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-17 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-17
Status: in_force

The secretary of state, under direction of the governor, shall transmit to the executive or other proper officer of each state and territory of the United States, and to any foreign government or country that will exchange its judicial reports therefor, copies of each volume of the “Mississippi Reports,” not exceeding five.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-37 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-37
Status: in_force

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

For the purpose of the implementation of Section 7-9-14 , the term “Treasurer's check” as used in this section shall mean either a paper check or a paperless entry on an electronic data processing medium at a state depository that substitutes for a paper check for the purpose of debiting or crediting an account and for which a permanent record is made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-207 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-207
Status: in_force

The director of the department shall receive compensation as set by the state auditor which shall not exceed the salary of the state auditor as fixed by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-3
Status: in_force

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

Provided, however, nothing in this chapter is intended to reduce in any manner the authority of the legislature to appropriate funds or to specify the means by which such funds are to be expended.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-29 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-29
Status: in_force

No requisitions or requests for payment drawn against any funds in the Treasury shall be issued by any state agency, official or other person except on forms to be prescribed by the State Fiscal Officer; and none may be presented by the agency, official or other person to any claimant, but all shall be forwarded to the State Fiscal Officer, together with the invoice or invoices covering same, as herein prescribed. The form of all requisitions shall be such as to prevent their being cashed by a bank or other institution, agency or person, it being the intention of the Legislature herein to prevent the payment of state funds to any claimant except upon state warrants regularly and legally issued by the State Fiscal Officer after he shall have submitted the claim to regular audit, examination and verification, as prescribed herein. Payments may be made to claimants on electronic funds transfers without a state warrant as provided under Section 7-9-14 . The Department of Human Services and any other agencies meeting the requirements of Sections 7-9-41 and 7-9-43 , wherein provision is made in certain cases for the withdrawal of funds from the Treasury in lump sums on State Fiscal Officer warrants, shall not be deemed to be in violation of the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-551 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-551
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-551
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “Commission” means the Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness and Sports.

(b) “Physical fitness” means good or improved life-style habits of Mississippi residents through the utilization of recreational opportunities, consistent and medically correct exercise, and leisure time management for the expressed purpose of decreasing stress related maladies, thereby promoting a more healthful environment for the citizens of this state.

(c) “Sports” means those team or individual competitive athletic activities that are participated in on an amateur basis by the citizens of the State of Mississippi for the expressed purposes of enjoyment, exercise and sportsmanship without expectations of financial remuneration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-60 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-60
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-60
Status: in_force

A petty cash fund for offices within the county, municipality or board of education may be established in accordance with regulations set forth by the State Auditor's office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-215 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-215
Status: in_force

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

(2) All audits conducted by the department shall be in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, as promulgated by nationally recognized professional organizations. Audit and investigative reports, work papers and other evidence and related supportive material shall be retained and filed according to an agreement between the State Auditor and the Department of Archives and History. In conducting audits pursuant to this article, the department shall have access to all records, documents, books, papers and other evidence relating to the financial transactions of any governmental entity subject to audit by the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-19 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-19
Status: in_force

In the event adequate office space for the use of the attorney general cannot be provided either in the state capitol building or the state office building to accommodate the additional authorized staff, the attorney general is hereby authorized to rent, on an annual or month-to-month basis on such terms as he may think proper, such office space as may be necessary in the city of Jackson to accommodate the additional enlarged staff, and to purchase such necessary office supplies and equipment as may be needed for the proper administration of said offices.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-41 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-41
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Officer may promulgate such regulations and procedures as he may deem necessary in regard to preauditing and postauditing claims and issuing warrants covering payments for construction contracts entered into by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, the Department of Finance and Administration, the State Department of Education, or by any other agency now existing or hereafter created, having control and supervision of the awarding and payment of construction contracts.

The State Fiscal Officer shall prescribe rules and regulations concerning the preauditing and postauditing of claims and the issuance of warrants and other forms of payments for all departments, institutions and agencies of the state, more particularly those coming within the provisions of Sections 7-9-41 and 7-9-43 , after full discussion with the fiscal officers thereof, to the end that the most efficient overall state accounting system may be maintained. Such regulations, however, shall be of such nature and application that the State Fiscal Officer shall be able to maintain adequate records in his books of accounts of all fiscal operations of the state, and in no event shall the regular audit of the transactions of such departments, institutions and agencies by the State Department of Audit be suspended.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-11 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-11
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the state treasurer to state in the books of the treasury, separately and distinctly, the amount of money received by him on account of state taxes, debts, or on any account whatever for or on behalf of the state, and also an account of the sums he shall pay out of the same, so that the net produce of the whole revenue, and of every branch thereof, and the amount of disbursements and payments of the several demands on the treasury may clearly and distinctly appear.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-31 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-31
Status: in_force

The governor may appoint an agent to demand of the executive authority of any other state or territory any fugitive from justice or other person charged with treason, felony, or other crime in this state. Such agent, if necessary, may employ a sufficient guard or escort to bring such criminal to this state; and the governor may contract other expenses absolutely required in performing the duties of the agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-55 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-55
Status: in_force

The attorney general, or any district attorney or county attorney at his request, may bring and prosecute any action in the name of the state to recover the amount of any past due income, inheritance, and privilege taxes and penalties thereon, but any such action shall be brought in the county or district where the taxpayer resides. In case of a nonresident or foreign corporation, the action may be brought in any county where said nonresident or foreign corporation may now be sued in other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-257 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-257
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-257
Status: in_force

Any reference to the office of the Executive Director of Federal-State Programs or to the Division of Federal-State Programs, Office of the Governor, in any statute or executive order shall be construed to mean the Department of Finance and Administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-47 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-47
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall make to the legislature, at the commencement of each regular, not extraordinary, session, a detailed report of the receipts and expenditures since his last report. He shall present to it the report required of him by Section 115 of the Constitution and, in case of a deficiency of revenue, he shall suggest such increase of taxes as he may consider best suited to supply the deficiency. He shall also make to the legislature, or to either house thereof, such supplemental reports as may be called for.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-5 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-5
Status: in_force

(1) The Attorney General shall appoint nine (9) competent attorneys, each of whom shall be designated as an assistant attorney general. The assistants shall each possess all of the qualifications required by law of the Attorney General and shall have power and authority under the direction and supervision of the Attorney General to perform all of the duties required by law of that officer; and each shall be liable to the pains and penalties to which the Attorney General is liable. The assistants shall serve at the will and pleasure of the Attorney General, and they shall devote their entire time and attention to the duties pertaining to the department of justice as required by the general laws. The compensation of all assistants authorized by law shall be fixed by the Attorney General not to exceed the compensation fixed by law.

(2)(a) The Attorney General shall designate three (3) of the assistant attorneys general authorized under subsection (1) of this section to devote their time and attention primarily to defending and aiding in the defense in all courts of any suit, filed or threatened, against the State of Mississippi, against any subdivision thereof, or against any agency or instrumentality of the state or subdivision, including all elected officials and any other officer or employee thereof. When the circumstances permit, the assistants may perform any of the Attorney General's powers and duties, including, but not limited to, engaging in lawsuits outside the state when in his opinion this would help bring about the equal application of federal laws and court decisions in every state and guaranteeing equal protection of the laws as guaranteed every citizen by the United States Constitution.

(b) The Attorney General may employ outside counsel as special assistant attorneys general on a fee or contract basis; the Attorney General shall be the sole judge of the compensation in such cases except as otherwise provided in Section 7-5-8 .

(i) Any contract for services of outside counsel shall require current and complete written time and expense records that describe in detail the time, in increments of no greater than one tenth ( 1 / 10 ) of an hour, and money spent each day in performance of the contract.

(ii) On conclusion of the matter for which the outside legal services were obtained, outside counsel shall provide a complete written statement of all fees and expenses, and the final complete time and expense records.

(3) The Attorney General may discharge any assistant attorney general or special assistant attorney general at his pleasure and appoint another in his stead. The assistant attorneys general shall devote their entire time and attention to the duties pertaining to the Department of Justice under the control and supervision of the Attorney General.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-3
Status: in_force

It is not lawful for the treasurer or any other person to enter or be in the treasury department between sunset and sunrise, except in case of fire or other like urgent necessity. At five o'clock or sooner in the afternoon, the vaults shall be closed with a timelock set to open at nine o'clock in the forenoon of the next day, unless it be a Sunday or holiday when it shall be set, if possible, to open at that hour on the next business day. During business hours the timelock shall be so adjusted that a person in charge of the office can instantly lock the safe or vault.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-17 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-17
Status: in_force

The governor may appoint one or more commissioners, residing in each of the states and territories of the United States and in the District of Columbia or in any foreign country, who shall hold their office for the term of four years from the date of their commissions. They shall have full power to administer oaths and affirmations, to take and certify depositions and affidavits to be used in this state, and to take and certify the acknowledgment and proof of all instruments of writing to be recorded in this state; and their acts shall be as effectual in law as if done and certified by any officer thereunto duly authorized in this state. Before any commissioner so appointed shall proceed to perform any of the duties of his office, he shall take and subscribe an oath, before an officer authorized to administer oaths in the state or county for which such commissioner may be appointed, that he will faithfully discharge all the duties of the office, which oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state within six months after the taking and subscribing of the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-221 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-221
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-221
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) The clerk shall forward a copy of the published synopsis to the State Auditor within sixty (60) days of its publication. If the synopsis does not substantially satisfy the requirements of this section, the State Auditor is authorized to prepare the synopsis and have it published in accordance with this section at cost to the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-70 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-70
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-70
Status: in_force

(1) There is created and established in the State Treasury a special trust fund to be known as the “Mississippi Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center Fund.” There shall be deposited in such fund (a) all such fees as the State Treasurer is directed to deposit therein under subsection (4) of Section 27-19-56.1 , under subsection (4) of Section 27-19-56.2 and under subsection (5)(b) of Section 27-19-56.4 ; and (b) any gift, donation, bequest, trust, grant, endowment, transfer of money or securities or any other monies from any source whatsoever as may be designated for deposit in the fund.

(2) The principal of the trust fund created under subsection (1) of this section shall remain inviolate and shall be invested as provided by law. Interest and income derived from investment of the principal of the trust fund may be appropriated by the Legislature and expended exclusively for the support and maintenance of the Mississippi Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center.

(3) From and after June 17, 2005, there shall be created in the State Treasury a fund known as the Mississippi Burn Care Fund. The Mississippi Burn Care Fund shall be the Mississippi Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center Fund and any reference to the Mississippi Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center Fund in law shall mean the Mississippi Burn Care Fund. All funds payable to the Mississippi Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center Fund shall, from and after June 17, 2005, be paid to the Mississippi Burn Care Fund. All balances in the Mississippi Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center Fund and the Mississippi Fire Fighters Memorial Fire Fighters Burn Center Escrow Fund shall be transferred to the Mississippi Burn Care Fund on June 17, 2005. All interest earned by funds in the Mississippi Burn Care Fund shall be credited to the fund and not the General Fund. For fiscal year 2006, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Legislature may appropriate interest, income or other funds credited to the Mississippi Burn Care Fund, and there shall be no requirement that the monies deposited to the fund be held inviolate in trust. Any appropriation of funds from the Mississippi Burn Care Fund shall be to the Mississippi Department of Health for the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities established in Section 41-59-5 ; however, after the Mississippi Burn Center established at the University of Mississippi Medical Center under Section 37-115-45 is operational, any appropriation of funds from the Mississippi Burn Care Fund shall be to the University of Mississippi Medical Center for the operation of the Mississippi Burn Center. The Mississippi Burn Care Fund shall be authorized to accept gifts, donations, bequests, appropriations or other grants from any source, governmental or private, for deposit into the fund. The Department of Health, or the University of Mississippi Medical Center after the Mississippi Burn Center is operational, shall be the agency responsible for receiving any such gifts, donations, bequests, appropriations or grants and shall deposit such to the Mississippi Burn Care Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-565 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-565
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-565
Status: in_force

The commission shall make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, including therein suggestions and recommendations for protecting and improving the physical fitness of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-45 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-45
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer and the State Fiscal Officer shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, check, verify and reconcile the list of the receipts into the Treasury for the previous month, according to the warrants on which they are founded, and in whose name the several receipts have been given, and their respective dates, amounts and numbers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-13 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-13
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9-14 of this chapter, it shall not be lawful for the State Treasurer to pay or receive any money on account of the state but on the warrant or certificate of the State Fiscal Officer, issued pursuant to law. When he shall make any disbursement, he shall write or stamp the word “paid” in large characters across the face of the warrant, and shall make an entry in his office of the date of such warrant. The warrant thus cancelled shall be a sufficient voucher for the payment of the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-61 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-61
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the keeping of the general docket as hereinabove required, the Attorney General shall keep in his office a comprehensive set of books showing all receipts and disbursement of funds received by the office from whatever source, including appropriations by the Legislature, the contingent fund, and other funds. He shall deposit all funds received by his office in a state depository in his name as Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, shall not commingle or mix any funds received by him in his official capacity with his personal funds or other funds, and shall make disbursement and distribution thereof within the time and in the manner required by law of state officers. The receipt of funds by the Attorney General pending litigation or final determination as to the proper distribution thereof may be held until such adjudication or determination.

(2) From and after July 1, 2016, the Office of the Attorney General shall not charge another state agency a fee, assessment, or other charge for services or resources received by that agency from the Attorney General.

(3) From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of the Office of the Attorney General shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-59 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-59
Status: in_force

If the examiner report the state treasurer or any tax collector to be a defaulter, it shall be the duty of the governor to notify the attorney general in case of the state treasurer, or the proper district attorney in case of a county officer, of the facts and require him to institute proper proceedings in court for the investigation of such account and the judicial determination of the status thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-5 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-5
Status: in_force

(1) Effective July 1, 1989, all employees of any agency abolished or affected by the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544] shall be transferred according to the merger of their duties by the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]. All personnel actions initiated as a result of the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544] shall be subject to State Personnel Board procedures.

(2) The executive director of any agency of state government as defined in Section 25-9-107(d) shall have the authority to employ staff and to expend funds authorized to the agency for the performance of the duties and responsibilities accorded to the agency by the laws of the State of Mississippi.

(3) All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds of any agency or department abolished or affected by the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544] shall be transferred to the appropriate agency according to the merger of their functions under the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544].

(4) The executive directors of agencies shall determine which employees shall be bonded, set the amount of bond, which shall be made by a surety company approved by the Secretary of State and the premiums paid as other expenses of administering the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544].

(5) The executive director of any agency, where permitted by the rules, regulations and policies of the board, commission or authority of the agency, if any, shall also have authority to:

(a) Accept on behalf of the state gifts, trusts, bequests, grants, endowments, or transfers of property of any kind to be used for the sole benefit of the state;

(b) Use and expend funds coming to the agency from state, federal and private sources;

(c) Establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544];

(d) Formulate and administer policies of their respective agencies;

(e) Coordinate, supervise and direct all administrative and technical activities of the agency;

(f) Enter into contracts, grants and cooperative agreements with any federal or state agency, department or subdivision thereof, or any public or private institution located inside or outside the State of Mississippi, or any person, corporation or association in connection with the carrying out of the provisions of the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544], provided the agreements do not have a financial cost in excess of the amounts appropriated for such purposes by the Legislature;

(g) Except where otherwise prescribed by law, prepare and deliver to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1 of each year, and at such other times as may be required by the Legislature or Governor, a full report of the work of the agency and the offices thereof, including a detailed statement of expenditures of the agency and any recommendations;

(h) Make provisions for adoption of rules, regulations and policy and provide for public inspection and filing of same; and other requirements set forth in the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law in Section 25-43-1.101 et seq. , except as otherwise provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-3 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-3
Status: in_force

It is not lawful for the treasurer or any other person to enter or be in the treasury department between sunset and sunrise, except in case of fire or other like urgent necessity. At five o'clock or sooner in the afternoon, the vaults shall be closed with a timelock set to open at nine o'clock in the forenoon of the next day, unless it be a Sunday or holiday when it shall be set, if possible, to open at that hour on the next business day. During business hours the timelock shall be so adjusted that a person in charge of the office can instantly lock the safe or vault.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-31 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-31
Status: in_force

Should the attorney general fail to attend, in person or by his assistant, any term of the supreme court, the court shall appoint some attorney to act for the state in place of the attorney general. The person so appointed shall receive such compensation as the court may allow, not exceeding one fourth of the annual salary of the attorney general, payable out of his salary; and, on production of the order of the court making said allowance, the auditor shall issue his warrant on the treasurer for the amount and shall charge the same to the account of the attorney general.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-25 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-25
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall make a report to the legislature at each regular session of all the business transactions in the Secretary of State's office pertaining to public lands for the preceding fiscal year. He shall state therein the monthly sale of land, of what class and where situated, amount of purchase-money received for each, the totals of his monthly reports to the auditor of fees collected; and he shall make such recommendations as may seem proper.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-555 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-555
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-555
Status: in_force

The Governor shall appoint twenty-five (25) members, including a chairman, to the commission. The commission members shall be chosen based on their related physical fitness and sports experiences, their education and the areas of expertise that they will contribute to the Governor's commission without expectation of compensation during their appointed terms. These individual members shall be eligible for reimbursement of travel and expenses in the performance of their appointed duties. The first members of the commission shall be appointed for terms as follows:

(a) Six (6) members shall be appointed for terms of one (1) year each;

(b) Six (6) members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years each;

(c) Six (6) members shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years each;

(d) Six (6) members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years each; and

(e) The chairman shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years.

Upon expiration of the aforementioned initial terms, successors to each commission post shall be appointed by the Governor to a four-year term. At the discretion of the Governor, commission appointees shall be eligible for reappointment a second time concurrent to their original term. Subsequent to the second term completion, commission members shall not be eligible to serve again on the commission for a period of one (1) year, at which time eligibility for service to the commission can again be activated at the discretion of the Governor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-9
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the state treasurer to receive and keep the moneys of the state in the manner provided by law, to disburse the same agreeably to law, and to take receipts or vouchers for moneys which he shall disburse. He shall keep regular, fair, and proper accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the public money; he shall keep accounts in his books in the name of the state, in which he shall enter the amount of all money, stock, securities, and all other property in the treasury or which may at any time be received by him, keeping the receipts and disbursements of each fiscal year in separate accounts, and closing the same with the close of the fiscal year; and he shall open and keep accounts in his books for all appropriations of money made by law, so that the appropriation of money and the application thereof in conformity thereto may clearly and distinctly appear on the books of the treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-73 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-73
Status: in_force

When the state auditor shall have reason to believe that a public officer or employee has embezzled any public funds, he shall notify the governor and the proper district attorney, and shall attend the trial as a witness for the state, if necessary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-35
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the number of persons employed by the various departments and agencies as a result of the consolidation required by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall be reduced, but it is the intent of the Legislature that wherever possible, such reduction shall result from attrition of employees, assistance in relocating to other positions in state government for which they are qualified, and by assistance in locating employment in the private sector.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-91 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-91
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-91
Status: in_force

A special fund, to be designated as the “Secretary of State Land Improvement Fund,” is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Monies in the fund shall be disbursed by the Secretary of State, as the state land commissioner, as a grant for use for the purposes described in Section 27-104-371(2) (vvvvvvvvvvv). The fund shall consist of any monies designated for deposit therein from any source. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund. Monies in the fund shall be disbursed, upon appropriation by the Legislature, in the discretion of the Secretary of State, to provide grants for the purposes described in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-57 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-57
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and make available to the public, either in printed form or on the Secretary of State's website, the text, with an index, of Chapter 9, Title 75, Mississippi Code of 1972 , as amended.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-19 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-19
Status: in_force

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

Any officer charged with the duty of collecting such taxes, fees and penalties who willfully fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall forfeit all fees and commissions that may be due him for collecting the same and, in addition, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned for six (6) months, or suffer both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-8 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-8
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-8
Status: in_force

(1) Before entering into a contingency fee contract with outside counsel, the state, an arm or agency of the state, or a statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity must first make a written determination that contingency fee representation is both cost-effective and in the public interest. The required written determination shall include specific findings for each of the following factors:

(a) Whether there exist sufficient and appropriate legal and financial resources within the Attorney General's office to handle the matter.

(b) The time and labor required; the novelty, complexity, and difficulty of the questions involved; and the skill requisite to perform the attorney services properly.

(c) The geographic area where the attorney services are to be provided.

(d) The amount of experience desired for the particular kind of attorney services to be provided and the nature of the outside attorney's experience with similar issues or cases.

(2)(a) The state, an arm or agency of the state, or a statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity may not enter into a contingency fee contract that provides for the outside attorney to receive a contingency fee, exclusive of reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the case, which is in excess of the following:

(i) Twenty-five percent (25%) of any recovery of up to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00); plus

(ii) Twenty percent (20%) of any portion of such recovery between Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) and Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00); plus

(iii) Fifteen percent (15%) of any portion of such recovery between Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) and Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00); plus

(iv) Ten percent (10%) of any portion of such recovery between Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) and Twenty-five Million Dollars (25,000,000.00); plus

(v) Five percent (5%) of any portion of such recovery exceeding Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00).

(b) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a contingency fee shall not exceed an aggregate of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), exclusive of reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the case, and irrespective of the number of lawsuits filed or the number of attorneys retained to achieve the recovery.

(c) A contingency fee shall not be based on penalties or civil fines awarded or any amounts attributable to penalties or civil fines.

(3) The limits on fees set forth in subsection (2) of this section shall not apply if:

(a) The state, an arm or agency of the state, or a statewide elected officer acting in his official capacity makes a written determination stating the reasons why a greater fee is necessary, proper, and in the best interests of the state in a particular case; and

(b) The Outside Counsel Oversight Commission approves any terms of the contingency contract that exceed the limits set forth in subsection (2) of this section.

(4) The Outside Counsel Oversight Commission shall consist of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Secretary of State; actions of the commission shall be taken by majority vote. Appeal from a decision of the Outside Counsel Oversight Commission shall be to any court of competent jurisdiction.

(5)(a) Copies of any executed contingency fee contract and the applicable written determination to enter into a contingency fee contract with the outside attorney shall be posted on the Attorney General's website for public inspection within five (5) business days after the date the contract is executed unless the state, arm or agency of the state, or statewide elected officer retaining outside counsel makes a determination, subject to the approval of the Outside Counsel Oversight Commission, that to do so would negatively affect the state's interest, and shall remain posted on the website for the duration of the contingency fee contract, including any extensions or amendments to the contract.

(b) If the determination is made and duly approved that posting the contract will negatively affect the interests of the state, the contract will be posted on the Attorney General's website within five (5) days of the occurrence of the earliest of the following:

(i) Filing of the lawsuit for which the contract was executed;

(ii) Entry of appearance for any pending matter for which the contract was executed; or

(iii) From the time the outside attorney engages in any substantive action on behalf of the state relative to the subject matter for which the contract was executed.

(c) Any payment of contingency fees shall be posted on the Attorney General's website within fifteen (15) days after the payment of the contingency fees to the outside attorney and shall remain posted on the website for at least one (1) year after the date payment is made.

(6) An outside attorney under contract to provide services to the state on a contingency fee basis shall, from the inception of the contract until not less than four (4) years after the contract expires or is terminated, maintain detailed current records, including documentation of all expenses, disbursements, charges, credits, underlying receipts and invoices, and other financial transactions that concern the providing of attorney services. In addition, the outside attorney shall maintain detailed contemporaneous time records for the attorneys and paralegals working on the matter in increments of no greater than one-tenth ( 1 / 10 ) of an hour, and shall promptly provide these records to the Attorney General upon request.

(7)(a) If an arm or agency of the state or a statewide elected officer contracts for outside legal counsel pursuant to Section 7-5-39(3) on a contingency fee basis, the arm or agency of the state or the statewide elected officer shall provide complete and timely information to the Office of the Attorney General as to every requirement of this section for inclusion in the report under this section. The Office of the Attorney General shall post the information as received on its website within five (5) days of receipt.

(b) The arm or agency of the state or statewide elected official responsible for retaining outside counsel shall provide complete and timely information to the Office of the Attorney General as to every requirement of Section 7-5-21 for inclusion in the docket required by that section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-213 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-213
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) The State Auditor shall deliver a copy of any audit of the fiscal and financial affairs of a county to the chancery clerk of such county and shall deliver a notice stating that a copy of such audit is on file in the chancery clerk's office to some newspaper published in the county to be published. If no newspaper is published in the county, a copy of such notice shall be delivered to a newspaper having a general circulation therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-9
Status: in_force

Any member of any board, commission, council or authority reconstituted under this chapter shall be deemed to have vacated his position thereon if he changes his domicile to another state or to a geographical area other than the one from which he was appointed if the statute specified that he shall be appointed from such designated geographical area. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply in the event the member was appointed from a district the boundaries of which have been altered by statute or court order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-309 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-309
Status: in_force

(1) A person who violates any provision of Section 7-5-303 shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or double the value of the fraud, whichever is greater, or both. Sentences imposed for convictions of separate offenses under Sections 7-5-301 through 7-5-311 may run consecutively.

(2) If the defendant found to have violated any provisions of Section 7-5-303 is an organization, then it shall be subject to a fine of not more than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) for each violation. “ Organization ” for purposes of this subsection means a person other than an individual. The term includes corporations, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, unions, trusts, pension funds, unincorporated organizations, governments and political subdivisions thereof and nonprofit organizations.

(3) In a proceeding for violations under Section 7-5-303 , the court, in addition to the criminal penalties imposed under this section, shall assess against the defendant convicted of such violation double those reasonable costs that are expended by the Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau of the Office of Attorney General or the district attorney's office in the investigation of such case, including, but not limited to, the cost of investigators, process service, court reporters, expert witnesses and attorney's fees. A monetary penalty assessed and levied under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State General Fund, and the Attorney General may institute and maintain proceedings in his name for enforcement of payment in the circuit court of the county of residence of the defendant and, if the defendant is a nonresident, such proceedings shall be in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-19 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-19
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall furnish to any party interested therein a copy or exemplification of any record, patent, plat, diagram, township plat or map, field notes, surveys or other paper or document deposited in the office of the Secretary of State and relating to the selection, location and survey of the public lands or otherwise concerning the same, upon the party paying therefor the fees allowed by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-9
Status: in_force

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

It is not lawful for the treasurer or any other person to enter or be in the treasury department between sunset and sunrise, except in case of fire or other like urgent necessity. At five o'clock or sooner in the afternoon, the vaults shall be closed with a timelock set to open at nine o'clock in the forenoon of the next day, unless it be a Sunday or holiday when it shall be set, if possible, to open at that hour on the next business day. During business hours the timelock shall be so adjusted that a person in charge of the office can instantly lock the safe or vault.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-107 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-107
Status: in_force

Upon request of the investment entity, signed by the proper person, officer or officers, the State Fiscal Management Board shall issue its warrants to authorize the transfer from the Education Improvement Trust Fund created in Section 206A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 such funds as are selected for investment pursuant to Sections 7-9-101 through 7-9-107 , and upon receipt of such warrants the State Treasurer shall immediately transfer such sums to the proper funds or accounts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-221 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-221
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-221
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) The clerk shall forward a copy of the published synopsis to the State Auditor within sixty (60) days of its publication. If the synopsis does not substantially satisfy the requirements of this section, the State Auditor is authorized to prepare the synopsis and have it published in accordance with this section at cost to the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-35
Status: in_force

(1) After the allowance of any claim which is payable out of the State Treasury under any of the provisions of Sections 7-7-1 through 7-7-65 , a warrant shall be issued for the sum to be paid, except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9-14 . A register of all warrants so issued shall be kept by the State Fiscal Officer and a duplicate register shall be kept for the State Treasurer, which duplicate register shall be duly attested to by the State Fiscal Officer, or the employees he may designate for that purpose, and be filed daily with the said Treasurer, or at such periods during the day as may be necessary. All warrants on the Treasurer shall be signed by the State Fiscal Officer, as required elsewhere in these statutes, or by such employees as he may designate for that purpose. Such signature may be made by means of such mechanical or electrical device as the State Fiscal Officer may select, after the same shall have been approved by the State Fiscal Officer. Such device shall be safely kept so that no one shall have access thereto except the State Fiscal Officer and such employees as may be authorized to sign warrants as herein provided. All such warrants shall be delivered by mail, or by messenger, or by personal service to the officer, department, institution or agency against which the claim involving the issuance of such warrant was made, and shall be delivered therefrom to the claimant.

(2) Periodically, such warrants of each department, institution or agency shall be mailed or handed directly to the claimant by someone other than the person preparing the requisition for payment in accordance with the control procedures established by the department, institution or agency. The State Fiscal Officer, at his discretion, may mail or deliver directly to the claimant the warrants for any department, institution or agency, or verify by some other means that delivery was made to the claimant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-301 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-301
Status: in_force

There is created within the Office of the Attorney General an Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau. The duty of the bureau is to investigate and prosecute claims of insurance abuses and crimes involving insurance. The Attorney General may employ the necessary personnel to carry out the provisions of Sections 7-5-301 through 7-5-311 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-17-35
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the number of persons employed by the various departments and agencies as a result of the consolidation required by “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws 1989, Chapter 544]” shall be reduced, but it is the intent of the Legislature that wherever possible, such reduction shall result from attrition of employees, assistance in relocating to other positions in state government for which they are qualified, and by assistance in locating employment in the private sector.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-9 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-9
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall have the power to employ a suitable and competent person or persons who possess professional skill and/or expert knowledge when such employment shall be necessary in order to enable him to efficiently perform the official duties imposed upon him by law, and he may pay such person or persons reasonable compensation as may be agreed upon, provided such compensation shall not exceed the compensation usually paid for similar services by private employers of such persons. The compensation and necessary expenses of such employees shall be paid out of the attorney general's contingent fund or out of funds especially appropriated for such purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-101 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-101
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to employ or enter into a contract for the services of investment advisors, security custodians and/or bank trust departments for the management and investment of the Education Improvement Trust Fund created in Section 206A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890. Compensation or fees for such services shall be paid from the income derived from investment of the principal of the trust fund, subject to appropriation by the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-12 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-12
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-12
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is authorized to establish such clearing accounts in the State Treasury and such bank accounts in public depositories in conjunction with the State Fiscal Officer as may be necessary to facilitate the deposit, collection investment and disbursement of state funds in the State Treasury as required by law.

The State Treasurer and State Fiscal Officer shall also establish such accounts as necessary to facilitate the handling of bad checks paid into the State Treasury.

The State Treasurer may by regulation provide for the establishment of commercial bank accounts by any state agency, which shall serve as the depository for funds which are collected or held by state agencies and required by law to be deposited in the Treasury. Each such account established shall have a maximum balance to be fixed by the State Treasurer. All such accounts shall bear interest which shall be deposited in the General Fund, except for interest on funds in the account of the Mississippi Employment Security Commission designated as the “Mississippi Employment Security Commission Fixed Price Contract Account.” Such interest shall be retained as part of the account to be used by the Mississippi Employment Security Commission solely for Job Training Partnership Act programs.

The State Auditor shall test for compliance with this section in any postaudit, and may, after notice and hearing, levy a civil penalty not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for any violation hereof. The Auditor shall annually report all violations of this section to the Governor and the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-75 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-75
Status: in_force

All suits by the state auditor under the provisions of Sections 7-7-67 through 7-7-79 shall be in his own name for the use of the state, county, municipality, levee board, or other taxing district interested; and he shall not be liable for costs, and may appeal without bond. Such suits may be tried at the return term and shall take precedence over other suits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-31 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-31
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

Any certified list submitted by the paying agent or agents as to payment and cancellation of bonds and interest coupons shall be accepted as conclusive as to payment and cancellation, and such paying agent or agents shall accept responsibility for proper payment and disposition of all bonds and coupons, and for any duplicate payments, payments to unauthorized persons and nonpayment to authorized persons occurring as a result of cancellation or destruction of bonds and coupons.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-29 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-9-29
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer, two (2) weeks before any state bonds or interest coupons become due and payable, to make application to the State Fiscal Officer for his warrant in favor of the State Treasurer, specifying the bond issue and the total amount each of interest and bonds to be paid and when and where due and payable, according to the terms of the bonds. Upon presentation of such application, the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrant in favor of the State Treasurer according to said application.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-305 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-305
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(5) From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-13 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-13
Status: in_force

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

The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all state-owned lands in a separate and well bound book. He is authorized and empowered to request of any board, commission, department or other state agency having under its jurisdiction state-owned lands the records herein required to be recorded in his office, and it shall be the duty of any state agency to comply with the request of the Secretary of State. In the event the Secretary of State determines that due to age, condition or material that the preservation of records is not within the capabilities of his office to be maintained, the Secretary of State may transfer said documents to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History for preservation. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History shall allow the Secretary of State access to said documents or a copy thereof, so as to enable the Secretary of State to fulfill the responsibilities of the State Land Commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-35
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State is authorized and empowered to sell current and future issues, and excess volumes at the cost of printing, binding and mailing. The funds realized by the Secretary of State from any sales of excess volumes shall be paid into the State General Fund in the manner prescribed by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-35 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-35
Status: in_force

(1) After the allowance of any claim which is payable out of the State Treasury under any of the provisions of Sections 7-7-1 through 7-7-65 , a warrant shall be issued for the sum to be paid, except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9-14 . A register of all warrants so issued shall be kept by the State Fiscal Officer and a duplicate register shall be kept for the State Treasurer, which duplicate register shall be duly attested to by the State Fiscal Officer, or the employees he may designate for that purpose, and be filed daily with the said Treasurer, or at such periods during the day as may be necessary. All warrants on the Treasurer shall be signed by the State Fiscal Officer, as required elsewhere in these statutes, or by such employees as he may designate for that purpose. Such signature may be made by means of such mechanical or electrical device as the State Fiscal Officer may select, after the same shall have been approved by the State Fiscal Officer. Such device shall be safely kept so that no one shall have access thereto except the State Fiscal Officer and such employees as may be authorized to sign warrants as herein provided. All such warrants shall be delivered by mail, or by messenger, or by personal service to the officer, department, institution or agency against which the claim involving the issuance of such warrant was made, and shall be delivered therefrom to the claimant.

(2) Periodically, such warrants of each department, institution or agency shall be mailed or handed directly to the claimant by someone other than the person preparing the requisition for payment in accordance with the control procedures established by the department, institution or agency. The State Fiscal Officer, at his discretion, may mail or deliver directly to the claimant the warrants for any department, institution or agency, or verify by some other means that delivery was made to the claimant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-2 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-7-2
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi General Accounting Office and the State Fiscal Officer, acting through the Bureau of Budget and Fiscal Management, shall be the Department of Public Accounts formerly in the Office of the State Auditor of Public Accounts.

(2) The words “State Auditor of Public Accounts,” “State Auditor” and “Auditor” appearing in the laws of this state in connection with the performance of Auditor's functions shall mean the State Fiscal Officer, and, more particularly, such words or terms shall mean the State Fiscal Officer whenever they appear in Sections 5-1-57 , 5-1-59 , 5-3-23 , 7-1-33 , 7-1-63 , 7-3-29 , 7-5-31 , 7-11-25 , 17-13-11 , 9-1-36 , 9-3-7 , 9-3-23 , 9-3-27 , 9-3-29 , 9-3-45 , 11-35-11 , 11-45-1 , 21-33-47 , 21-33-401 , 23-5-215 , 25-1-75 , 25-1-81 , 25-1-95 , 25-1-98 , 25-3-41 , 25-3-51 , 25-3-53 , 25-3-55 , 25-3-57 , 25-3-59 , 25-3-97 , 25-7-7 , 25-7-83 , 25-9-135 , 25-31-8 , 25-31-10 , 25-31-37 , 27-1-35 , 27-3-43 , 27-3-45 , 27-3-57 , 27-3-59 , 27-5-22 , 27-5-103 , 27-7-45 , 27-7-313 , 27-9-49 , 27-11-3 , 27-13-55 , 27-15-203 , 27-15-239 , 27-15-241 , 27-21-13 , 27-29-1 , 27-29-5 , 27-29-11 , 27-29-13 , 27-29-15 , 27-29-17 , 27-29-25 , 27-29-33 , 27-31-109 , 27-33-11 , 27-33-41 , 27-33-45 , 27-33-47 , 27-35-121 , 27-35-149 , 27-37-303 , 27-39-13 , 27-39-319 , 27-41-19 , 27-41-23 , 27-41-25 , 27-41-27 , 27-41-41 , 27-41-75 , 27-45-1 , 27-45-13 , 27-45-19 , 27-49-5 , 27-49-9 , 27-55-19 , 27-55-47 , 27-55-555 , 27-57-35 , 27-59-51 , 27-65-51 , 27-65-53 , 27-67-29 , 27-69-3 , 27-69-73 , 27-69-77 , 27-71-301 , 27-71-305 , 27-71-339 , 27-73-1 , 27-73-7 , 27-73-11 , 27-103-55 , 27-103-67 , 27-105-7 , 27-105-19 , 27-105-21 , 27-105-23 , 27-105-33 , 27-107-11 , 27-107-59 , 27-107-81 , 27-107-101 , 27-107-121 , 27-107-141 , 27-107-157 , 27-107-173 , 29-1-27 , 29-1-79 , 29-1-85 , 29-1-87 , 29-1-93 , 29-1-95 , 29-1-111 , 31-3-17 , 31-7-9 , 31-9-15 , 31-17-3 , 31-17-59 , 31-17-105 , 31-19-17 , 31-19-19 , 31-19-21 , 31-19-23 , 31-5-15 , 33-9-11 , 35-7-45 , 35-9-3 , 35-9-5 , 35-9-27 , 35-9-29 , 35-9-33 , 37-3-7 , 37-3-15 , 37-3-17 , 37-3-39 , 37-13-33 , 37-19-27 , 37-19-29 , 37-19-45 , 37-19-47 , 37-25-27 , 37-27-17 , 37-29-165 , 37-31-41 , 37-33-31 , 37-33-71 , 37-43-47 , 37-101-103 , 37-101-149 , 37-109-25 , 37-113-5 , 37-133-7 , 39-1-31 , 39-3-109 , 41-3-13 , 41-4-19 , 41-7-25 , 41-73-71 , 43-9-35 , 43-13-113 , 43-29-29 , 45-1-11 , 45-1-23 , 47-5-77 , 47-5-155 , 49-1-65 , 49-5-21 , 49-5-97 , 49-17-69 , 49-19-1 , 51-33-77 , 51-33-79 , 51-33-81 , 51-33-87 , 53-1-77 , 55-3-41 , 57-4-21 , 57-9-5 , 57-10-123 , 57-13-7 , 57-13-19 , 57-15-5 , 59-5-53 , 59-7-103 , 59-9-71 , 59-17-47 , 63-19-51 , 65-1-111 , 65-1-117 , 65-9-9 , 65-9-17 , 65-9-25 , 65-11-43 , 65-11-45 , 65-23-107 , 65-26-7 , 65-26-35 , 69-9-5 , 69-15-113 , 71-5-359 , 73-5-5 , 73-6-9 , 73-19-13 , 73-36-17 , 75-75-109 , 77-3-89 , 77-9-493 , 77-11-201 , 81-1-49 , 83-1-13 , 83-1-37 , 83-1-39 , 83-43-7 , 83-43-21 , 89-11-27 , 97-11-29 , 97-21-1 , 97-21-61 and 99-15-19, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-7 — MS Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-13-7
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds of any agency abolished or affected by this chapter shall be transferred to the appropriate agency according to the merger of their functions under this chapter.