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MS Code § 7-7-205 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit|Article 3 - Department of Audit|§ 7-7-205. Surety bonds required

 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.
MS Code § 7-7-207 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit|Article 3 - Department of Audit|§ 7-7-207. Compensation of director

 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.
MS Code § 7-7-209 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit|Article 3 - Department of Audit|§ 7-7-209. Travel and other expenses

 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.
MS Code § 7-7-213 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit|Article 3 - Department of Audit|§ 7-7-213. Payment of costs of audits and other services

  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.   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.   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.
MS Code § 7-7-214 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit|Article 3 - Department of Audit|§ 7-7-214. Payment of costs of audits by governmental entities which receive reimbursement from federal government; disposition of amounts collected

 This section shall apply only to single audits of federal and state funds of governmental entities conducted by the department pursuant to the Single Audit Act of 1984. Notwithstanding any provision of Section 7-7-213 to the contrary, the State Auditor is authorized to charge governmental entities the entire audit cost for which such entities may receive reimbursement from the federal government for the cost of that portion of the single audit that covers the audit requirements associated with federal funds. The costs collected by the department under this section shall be deposited into the State Department of Audit special fund.
MS Code § 7-7-215 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit|Article 3 - Department of Audit|§ 7-7-215. Reports; applicability of generally accepted auditing standards; retention of audit materials; access to records of entities subject to audit

  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.   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.
MS Code § 7-7-216 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit|Article 3 - Department of Audit|§ 7-7-216. Independent audit of office of State Auditor

 No less than once during each four-year term of the State Auditor, the Legislature shall receive bids from an independent, certified public accounting firm for an opinion and a legal compliance audit of the Office of the State Auditor. Such firm, so selected, shall report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor. The cost of this audit shall be paid from funds appropriated for this purpose by the Legislature.
MS Code § 7-7-217 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit|Article 3 - Department of Audit|§ 7-7-217. Record of exceptions taken as result of audits

 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.
MS Code § 7-7-218 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit|Article 3 - Department of Audit|§ 7-7-218. Preparation of report by State Auditor where public officer or employee fails or refuses to make report; correction and publication of finding of substantial noncompliance where public officer or employee fails to correct finding; payment of expenses

  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.   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.
MS Code § 7-7-219 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit|Article 3 - Department of Audit|§ 7-7-219. Report of exceptions to legislative committee

 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.
MS Code § 7-7-221 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit|Article 3 - Department of Audit|§ 7-7-221. Publication of synopsis of county audit report

  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.   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.   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.   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.
MS Code § 7-7-225 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit|Article 3 - Department of Audit|§ 7-7-225. Contract for legal services

 The State Auditor, when conducting agency audits, shall test to determine whether or not the state institutions of higher learning and any state agency which does not draw warrants on the Treasury have either received approval of the Attorney General or complied with the provisions of Section 7-5-39, with regard to any contract for legal services.
MS Code § 7-9-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 9 - State Treasurer|General Provisions|§ 7-9-1. Office hours

 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.
MS Code § 7-9-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 9 - State Treasurer|General Provisions|§ 7-9-3. Vaults to operate with timelock

 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.
MS Code § 7-9-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 9 - State Treasurer|General Provisions|§ 7-9-5. Deputy state treasurer and other personnel

 The state treasurer shall be entitled to a bookkeeper, a chief clerk, a bond clerk, and a stenographer to assist him in the discharge of the duties of his office; and he may appoint a deputy who shall possess all the powers and may perform any of the duties of the treasurer. If a deputy treasurer be appointed, he shall also perform all the duties of the chief clerk and shall receive the salary of such clerk, and thereafter no chief clerk shall be employed. The bond of the said deputy shall be one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), and the premium thereon shall be paid as other premiums of state officers.
MS Code § 7-9-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 9 - State Treasurer|General Provisions|§ 7-9-7. Bond clerk

 It shall be the duty of the bond clerk to keep a record of all bonds or other securities coming into the possession of the state treasury and to do and perform any other duties required of him by the treasurer. Said clerk shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a good and sufficient bond payable to the state treasurer, in some surety company authorized to do business in Mississippi, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), said bond to be conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of such clerk and shall be liable for any misfeasance, malfeasance, mistakes, or misappropriations of said clerk, the premium on said bond to be paid as the premium on the state treasurer's bond is paid. The provisions of this section and the bond required shall in no way alter or change the duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of the state treasurer.
MS Code § 7-9-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 9 - State Treasurer|General Provisions|§ 7-9-9. Duties generally

 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.
MS Code § 7-9-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 9 - State Treasurer|General Provisions|§ 7-9-11. Separate and distinct accounts of various sources of revenue

 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.
MS Code § 7-9-12 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 9 - State Treasurer|General Provisions|§ 7-9-12. Establishment of clearing accounts and bank accounts; bad checks

 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.
MS Code § 7-9-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 9 - State Treasurer|General Provisions|§ 7-9-13. Receipts and payments only on warrant; exception for electronic funds transfer

 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.
MS Code § 7-9-14 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 9 - State Treasurer|General Provisions|§ 7-9-14. Electronic funds transfer for withdrawal, transfer, or deposit of funds for investment purposes

 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.
MS Code § 7-9-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 9 - State Treasurer|General Provisions|§ 7-9-15. All warrants paid to be registered

 The state treasurer shall register all warrants paid or received in payment of public dues by him, in a book kept for that purpose, noting the number of the warrant, the date, and when paid or received; and the treasurer shall not receive or pay any warrant unless he shall be satisfied that the same is genuine and lawfully issued.
MS Code § 7-9-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 9 - State Treasurer|General Provisions|§ 7-9-17. Duplicate receipts given when payment made into treasury

 When any payment shall be made into the Treasury in pursuance of any receipt-warrant issued by the State Fiscal Officer, the State Treasurer shall give the person making the payment duplicate receipts, specifying the warrant on which the payment is made, one (1) copy of which shall be filed with the State Fiscal Officer.