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MS Code § 5-3-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review|§ 5-3-67. Compensation and expenses

 Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, provided that they shall be entitled to per diem compensation as is authorized by Section 25-3-69 for each day occupied with the discharge of official duties as members of the committee plus the expense allowance equal to the maximum daily expense rate allowable to employees of the federal government for travel in the high rate geographical area of Jackson, Mississippi, as may be established by federal regulations, per day, including mileage as authorized by Section 25-3-41. However, no committee member shall be authorized to receive reimbursement for expenses, including mileage, or per diem compensation unless such authorization appears in the minutes of the committee and is signed by the chairman or vice chairman. The members of the committee shall not receive per diem or expenses while the Legislature is in session. However, members may receive the per diem and expenses authorized by this section when the Legislature is in session but in recess under the terms of a concurrent resolution, or in recess during an extraordinary session. All expenses incurred by and on behalf of the committee shall be paid from a sum to be provided in equal portion from the contingency funds of the Senate and House of Representatives.   The committee staff and employees or contract organizations employed by the committee may continue at the discretion of the committee any investigations, audits or performance evaluation during the time the Legislature is in session.
MS Code § 5-3-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review|§ 5-3-69. Quorum; meetings

 There shall be no business transacted, including adoption of rules or procedure, without the presence of a quorum of the committee, which shall be eight (8) members to consist of four (4) members from the Senate and four (4) members from the House of Representatives, and no action shall be valid unless approved by the majority of those members present and voting, and entered upon the minutes of the committee and signed by the chairman and vice chairman. All actions of the committee shall be approved by at least four (4) Senate members and four (4) House members.   The committee shall meet at the time and place as designated by the majority vote of the members, provided that a special meeting may be called by the chairman or by a petition signed by no less than five (5) members. No action taken by the committee at any special meeting shall be valid unless each member shall have been given at least forty-eight hours' notice of the meeting, along with a statement of the business to be considered, and unless such action be entered upon the minutes of the committee and signed by the chairman.
MS Code § 5-3-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review|§ 5-3-71. Committee to evaluate executive branch of state government; reports

  The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) shall evaluate the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the executive branch of state government as it is affected by the implementation of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Chapter 544, Laws of 1989]."   On October 1, 1989, the Fiscal Management Board or its successor shall report to PEER the following information:   A listing of all agencies in the executive branch of state government before and after the reorganization, regardless of whether they are affected by "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989";   A description of the number, organizational location, and cost savings associated with employment positions eliminated as a direct result of the passage of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989";   A complete accounting of all projected or actual costs or savings associated with reorganization, including transition costs;   Performance measures that can be used to determine the effectiveness of each program affected by the reorganization prior to and following the implementation of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989", which may be the same as performance measures developed for purposes of preparing program budgets; and   Administrative changes or other provisions that have been made to improve the delivery of services. Upon receipt of this report, the PEER Committee shall conduct a hearing or hearings to assist it in evaluating the initial impact of the implementation of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989".     On February 1, 1990, PEER shall report to the Legislature on the initial impact of the reorganization provided for in "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989".   On October 1, 1990, the Fiscal Management Board or its successor shall report to PEER any changes in the information presented in the report required in Subsection (2) of this section. Upon receipt of this report, the PEER Committee shall conduct a hearing or hearings to assist it in evaluating the final impact of the implementation of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989".   On February 1, 1991, PEER shall report to the Legislature the final evaluation of the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the executive branch of state government as it is affected by the implementation of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989".
MS Code § 5-3-72 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review|§ 5-3-72. Committee to biennially evaluate procurement process used by state agencies; report

 The Joint Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) shall evaluate on a biennial basis the procurement process utilized by all state agencies, including, but not limited to, the contract review, reporting and recordkeeping requirements in Section 25-9-120, and the bid requirements in Section 31-7-13. Upon completion of its evaluation, the PEER Committee shall submit a report to the Legislature with recommendations for improving the procurement process. The Department of Finance and Administration and the Personal Service Contract Review Board shall cooperate with the PEER Committee to carry out the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 5-3-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review|§ 5-3-73. Federal unfunded mandates; short title

 This section and Section 5-3-79 shall be known and may be cited as the "Federal Unfunded Mandates Act."
MS Code § 5-3-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Special Joint Committee on Reapportionment|§ 5-3-81. Special joint committee on reapportionment

  The special joint committee on reapportionment, created in the first extraordinary session of the Mississippi Legislature in 1977, is hereby directed to establish a program whereby the State of Mississippi shall cooperate with the bureau of the census, United States Department of Commerce, to obtain 1980 census population data by individual block counts or, in the alternative, to establish any program of census population counts offered by the bureau of the census which, in the determination of the joint committee, is more feasible than the block population counts program for the purpose of facilitating apportionment of representative public bodies in the State of Mississippi.   The joint committee may, in its discretion, submit to the bureau of the census, United States Department of Commerce, a statement or letter of intent that the State of Mississippi does intend to participate in the "Delineation of Enumeration Districts by Local Authorities for Use in the 1980 Census" program upon a determination that such program is appropriate for use in Mississippi for population counting in each decennial census as a means of facilitating any necessary reapportionment of representative public bodies.   The boards of supervisors of the counties within this state are hereby directed to submit on or before September 1, 1977, election district maps drawn pursuant to the metes and bounds requirements of Section 23-5-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the special joint committee on reapportionment. The boards of supervisors shall also, within ten (10) days after a request by the special joint committee on reapportionment, furnish such other information, graphic data and material as the joint committee shall require. The election commission, circuit clerks and chancery clerks of each county and the governing authorities of any governmental unit are hereby specifically empowered and directed to cooperate with the board of supervisors and the joint committee in the same manner upon request of the board and/or the joint committee.   The joint committee shall submit a report of its actions, findings and recommendations and a statement of action necessary to implement the recommendations to the next succeeding regular or extraordinary session of the Mississippi Legislature.
MS Code § 5-3-91 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment|§ 5-3-91. Standing joint legislative committee on reapportionment; membership; organization

 There is hereby created the standing joint legislative committee on reapportionment, to be composed of the chairman and vice chairman of the apportionment and elections committee of the house of representatives and the chairman and vice chairman of the elections committee of the senate; ten (10) members of the house of representatives, two (2) from each congressional district, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and ten (10) members of the senate, two (2) from each congressional district to be appointed by the lieutenant governor. In the event the congressional districts of the state shall change numerically, then the number appointed from the senate and appointed from the house by congressional districts shall be adjusted accordingly. The members shall serve until the end of the term of office for which such member has been elected.   The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of representatives shall call an organizational meeting of the committee and the committee shall elect a chairman and such other officers as they deem necessary. A majority vote of the members of each house shall be required on all votes by the committee.
MS Code § 5-3-93 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment|§ 5-3-93. Committee to draw plan to apportion Mississippi Legislature

 The members of the committee shall draw a plan to apportion, according to constitutional standards, the membership of the Mississippi Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled adjournment of the next regular session of the Legislature following the delivery of the 2000 decennial census data to the state and every ten (10) years thereafter and at such other times as they may be directed by joint resolution of the Mississippi Legislature.   Provided, however, the committee shall not be required to present a plan to the Legislature prior to four (4) months after the publication of census data.
MS Code § 5-3-95 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment|§ 5-3-95. Per diem compensation; expenses and mileage

  The members of the committee shall be entitled to receive compensation as follows:   Per diem compensation for each day engaged in the discharge of official duties at the same rate as compensated during a special session of the Legislature and reimbursement for all actual, necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties, including mileage as authorized by law; or   Per diem compensation for each day engaged in the discharge of official duties in the amount authorized by Section 25-3-69 and a mileage allowance and an expense allowance in the amount authorized by Section 5-1-47.     Prior to receiving any compensation pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, a member of the committee shall give notice in writing to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, of the manner in which he desires to be compensated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.   No compensation shall be paid pursuant to this section for attending meetings of the committee while the Legislature is in session.
MS Code § 5-3-97 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment|§ 5-3-97. State agencies and entities to cooperate with committee; employment of experts and other staff

 All political subdivisions, state agencies, and all other creatures of the state of Mississippi are hereby authorized and directed to assist the committee and to provide it with such professional, technical, and other expertise as each may possess when requested so to do. After an affirmative finding that professional, technical, or other expertise is needed that cannot be provided by the aforesaid political subdivisions, state agencies, and other creatures of the state, then the committee may employ or contract for such professional, technical, or other expertise necessary to accomplish the apportionment. The committee may employ staff personnel as it deems necessary.
MS Code § 5-3-99 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment|§ 5-3-99. Procedure for determining norm to be represented by senators and representatives

  The committee shall divide the number of members of the senate that it recommends within constitutional limitations into the total population of the state as reported in each census to determine the number of persons which constitutes the norm to be represented by a senator.   The committee shall divide the number of members of the house of representatives that it recommends within constitutional limitations into the total population of the state as reported in each census to determine the number of persons which constitutes the norm to be represented by a representative.
MS Code § 5-3-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment|§ 5-3-101. Guidelines and standards for apportionment

 In accomplishing the apportionment, the committee shall follow such constitutional standards as may apply at the time of the apportionment and shall observe the following guidelines unless such guidelines are inconsistent with constitutional standards at the time of the apportionment, in which event the constitutional standards shall control:   Every district shall be compact and composed of contiguous territory and the boundary shall cross governmental or political boundaries the least number of times possible; and   Districts shall be structured, as far as possible and within constitutional standards, along county lines; if county lines are fractured, then election district lines shall be followed as nearly as possible.
MS Code § 5-3-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment|§ 5-3-103. Submission of apportionment plans to legislature

 Upon completion of apportionment plans, the committee shall present its plans to the Mississippi Legislature, which shall act on the plans not later than the next regular session of the legislature. The committees to which the plans are referred shall report their recommendations to their respective houses no later than the forty-fifth day of the legislative session.
MS Code § 5-3-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Standing Joint Congressional Redistricting Committee|§ 5-3-121. Standing joint congressional redistricting committee; membership and organization

 There is hereby created a standing joint congressional redistricting committee, to be composed of the chairman and vice chairman of the apportionment and elections committee of the house of representatives and the chairman and vice chairman of the elections committee of the senate; ten (10) members of the house of representatives, two (2) from each congressional district, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and ten (10) members of the senate, two (2) from each congressional district, to be appointed by the lieutenant governor. In the event the congressional districts of the state shall change numerically, then the number appointed from the senate and from the house from congressional districts shall be adjusted accordingly. The members shall serve until the end of the term of office for which such member has been elected.   The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of representatives shall call an organizational meeting of the committee and the committee shall elect a chairman and such other officers as they deem necessary. A majority vote of the members of each house shall be required on all votes by the committee.
MS Code § 5-3-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Standing Joint Congressional Redistricting Committee|§ 5-3-123. Preparation of plan to redistrict congressional districts

 The members of the committee shall draw a plan to redistrict, according to constitutional standards, the United States congressional districts for the state of Mississippi no later than thirty (30) days preceding the convening of the next regular session of the legislature after the results of the 1980 decennial census are published and every ten (10) years thereafter.   Provided, however, the committee shall not be required to present a plan to the governor and to the legislature prior to four (4) months after the publication of census data.
MS Code § 5-3-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Standing Joint Congressional Redistricting Committee|§ 5-3-125. Per diem compensation; reimbursement for expenses and mileage

  The members of the committee shall be entitled to receive compensation as follows:   Per diem compensation for each day engaged in the discharge of official duties at the same rate as compensated during a special session of the Legislature and reimbursement for all actual, necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties, including mileage as authorized by law; or   Per diem compensation for each day engaged in the discharge of official duties in the amount authorized by Section 25-3-69 and a mileage allowance and an expense allowance in the amount authorized by Section 5-1-47.     Prior to receiving any compensation pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, a member of the committee shall give notice in writing to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, of the manner in which he desires to be compensated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.   No compensation shall be paid pursuant to this section for attending meetings of the committee while the Legislature is in session.
MS Code § 5-3-127 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Standing Joint Congressional Redistricting Committee|§ 5-3-127. Cooperation with other state agencies; employment of experts; other employees

 All political subdivisions, state agencies, and all other creatures of the state of Mississippi are hereby authorized and directed to assist the committee and to provide it with such professional, technical and other expertise as each may possess when requested so to do. After an affirmative finding that professional, technical or other expertise is needed that cannot be provided by the aforesaid political subdivisions, state agencies, and other creatures of the state, then the committee may employ or contract for such professional, technical or other expertise necessary to accomplish the apportionment. The committee may employ staff personnel as it deems necessary.
MS Code § 5-3-129 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Standing Joint Congressional Redistricting Committee|§ 5-3-129. Submission of plan to governor and legislature

 Upon completion of a redistricting plan, the committee shall present its plan to the governor and to the Mississippi legislature.
MS Code § 5-3-141 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees|Legislative Oversight Committee; Highway Refunding Bonds|§ 5-3-141. Membership; authority; expenses

 There is hereby created the Mississippi Legislative Oversight Committee. Such oversight committee shall consist of three (3) representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and three (3) senators appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, and they shall be appointed within ten (10) days after April 4, 1985. The legislative oversight committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to the State Bond Commission in connection with the issuance of refunding bonds under Laws, 1985, Chapter 469, Sections 1-3, and the legislative members thereof shall report the actions of the State Bond Commission to the appropriate legislative committees. The legislative oversight committee shall have no jurisdiction or vote on any matter within the jurisdiction of the State Bond Commission. When the Legislature is not in session, members of the legislative oversight committee shall be paid per diem and all actual and necessary expenses, including, without limitation, travel expenses both within and without the state, from their respective contingent expense funds at the rate authorized for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session. The State Bond Commission is authorized to reimburse the aforementioned contingent expense funds for such per diem and all other reasonable expenses paid by such funds, but the State Bond Commission shall pay the same only from the proceeds of refunding bonds and the State Bond Commission shall treat the same as part of the cost of issuing such bonds. The terms of the members of the legislative oversight committee shall expire at the end of their terms of office.
MS Code § 7-1-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 7 - Executive Department|Chapter 1 - Governor|General Provisions|§ 7-1-1. Installation

 When it shall be ascertained who is chosen governor, he shall be installed and the oath of office administered to him by one of the judges of the supreme court or, in their absence, by the presiding officer of one of the two houses of the legislature, in the presence of the two houses. The time of such installation shall be at noon on the first Tuesday following the ascertaining of who is elected governor, or as soon thereafter as practicable, unless a different time be fixed by a concurrent resolution of the two houses.