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MS Code § 25-9-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-101. Purpose of chapter

 It is the purpose of this chapter to establish in the State of Mississippi a system of personnel administration based on sound methods of personnel administration governing the establishment of employment positions, classification of positions and the employment conduct, movement and separation of state employees; to build a career service in government which will attract, select and retain the best persons, with incentives in the form of equal opportunities for initial appointment and promotions in the state service; to establish a system of personnel management that will ensure the effective and efficient use of employees in the state service; and to perform such other duties as may be specified in this chapter or any other law.
MS Code § 25-9-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-103. Principles applicable to administration of state personnel system

 The State Personnel Board herein established shall administer a state personnel system in accordance with the following principles:   To recruit, select and advance employees on the basis of their relative ability, knowledge and skills, including open consideration of qualified applicants for initial appointment;   To provide equitable and adequate compensation;   To train employees, as needed, to assure high quality performance;   To retain employees on the basis of the adequacy of their performance, to correct inadequate performance, and to separate employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected;   To assure fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation, race, national origin, sex, religious creed, age or disability;   To assure that employees are free from coercion for partisan or political purposes and to prohibit employees from using their official authority for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination for office;   To provide authority for the establishment and abolishment of employment positions within the departments, agencies and institutions covered under the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 25-9-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-105. Consolidation of agencies and employees into state personnel system

 It is the intent of this chapter to consolidate into one (1) state personnel system all agencies and employees now administered by the Mississippi Classification Commission, agencies and employees now administered by the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council, and such other agencies and employees except as excluded by this chapter. The State Personnel Board established herein shall assume the total functions of personnel administration services (a) for those agencies and positions now required and operating under merit system rules due to federal statutory and regulatory provisions or state law, and (b) for all state agencies, departments and institutions except as excluded by this chapter. However, state agencies which are not required by law to operate under merit system rules may request an exemption from the applicant selection process by specific job class or on an agency-wide basis when such exemption is justifiable.
MS Code § 25-9-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-109. State Personnel Board members, terms of office, qualifications, vacancies

 There is hereby created a board of five (5) members to be known as the State Personnel Board to be appointed by the Governor as hereinafter provided, with the advice and consent of the Senate.   Gubernatorial appointees serving on the board on June 30, 1984, shall continue to serve on the board, and the terms of such members shall be extended as follows:   The term of the member serving from the Third Supreme Court District shall expire on June 30, 1986.   The term of the member serving from the state at large shall expire on June 30, 1987.   The term of the member serving from the First Supreme Court District shall expire on June 30, 1988.   The term of the member serving from the Second Supreme Court District shall expire on June 30, 1989.   For a term to begin on July 1, 1984, the Governor shall appoint one (1) member from the state at large for a term of one (1) year.   Upon the expiration of the foregoing terms, such appointments shall be made by the Governor from the appropriate geographical area for terms of five (5) years beginning July 1 of the year of appointment.   An appointment to fill a vacancy, other than by expiration of a term of office, shall be made by the Governor for the balance of the unexpired term.   All appointees shall have at least a bachelor's degree in public administration, personnel management or in a management-related field of study or, in the alternative, shall have a bachelor's degree in any field and ten (10) years of experience in a position the duties of which specifically required the appointee to carry out personnel management responsibilities in an organization and were the exclusive responsibilities of his position. An appointee with a graduate degree in public administration, personnel management or in a management-related field of study shall also be qualified to serve on the board. In the alternative, an appointee with a graduate degree in any field shall be qualified if he has five (5) years of experience in a position the duties of which specifically required him to carry out personnel management responsibilities in an organization and were the exclusive responsibilities of his position.
MS Code § 25-9-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-111. Officers of board, regulations as to meetings

  There shall be a chairman and vice chairman of the board, elected by and from the membership of the board. The board shall adopt rules and regulations governing times and places for meetings, and governing the manner of conducting its business. Any member who shall not attend three (3) consecutive regular meetings of the board shall be subject to removal by a majority vote of the board members.   The Lieutenant Governor may designate two (2) senators and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may designate two (2) representatives to attend any meeting of the State Personnel Board. The appointing authorities may designate alternate members from their respective houses to serve when the regular designees are unable to attend such meetings of the board. Such legislative designees shall have no jurisdiction or vote on any matter within the jurisdiction of the board. For attending meetings of the board, such legislators shall receive per diem and expenses which shall be paid from the contingent expense funds of their respective houses in the same amounts as provided for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session; however, no per diem and expenses for attending meetings of the board will be paid while the Legislature is in session. No per diem and expenses will be paid except for attending meetings of the board without prior approval of the proper committee in their respective houses.
MS Code § 25-9-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-113. Regular meetings; compensation and expenses of members

 The State Personnel Board shall prescribe the general policies by which the state personnel system shall be administered. The board shall hold regular meetings at least once each month and may hold additional meetings as may be required for the proper discharge of its duties. Members of the board shall receive a per diem as is authorized by law for each day spent in actual discharge of their duties and shall be reimbursed for mileage and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with requirements of Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972. No board member may incur per diem, travel or other expenses unless previously authorized by vote at a meeting of the board, which action shall be recorded in the official minutes of said meetings. All expenses of the board incurred in the administration of this chapter shall be paid from such funds as may be appropriated by the Legislature for such purpose.
MS Code § 25-9-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-115. State Personnel Board to report to Legislature recommendations for judicial salaries; factors to be considered

 From and after November 1, 2017, and every four (4) years thereafter, the State Personnel Board shall prepare a written report to the Legislature that examines, evaluates and recommends an adequate level of compensation for the justices of the Supreme Court, the judges of the Court of Appeals, the judges of the chancery and circuit courts, the judges of the county courts, judicial staff attorneys, and law clerks. In preparing the report, the board shall consider all appropriate factors including, but not limited to, comparative judicial, judicial staff attorney, and law clerk salaries in neighboring states and in the Southeast as a whole; comparative judicial, judicial staff attorney, and law clerk salaries in the federal judiciary; salaries of comparable professionals in government, academia, private law practice and the corporate sector; changes in public sector spending; rates of inflation; and the overall economic climate.
MS Code § 25-9-116 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-116. Suspension of hiring, promotion and other reclassifications

 Upon recommendation of the State Fiscal Management Board, after a determination that the state revenue and expenditure requires such action the State Personnel Board may institute an immediate suspension of all hirings, promotions, reclassifications, reallocations and pay grade realignments until such time as the state fiscal management board shall recommend that such action is no longer required.
MS Code § 25-9-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-117. Mississippi Personnel Advisory Council; membership; duties; expenses

  There is hereby created and established the Mississippi Personnel Advisory Council, which shall consist of the personnel directors of five (5) major state agencies to be appointed by the Governor. Members of the council shall serve for a term concurrent with that of the Governor.   It is made the duty of the Mississippi Personnel Advisory Council and it is hereby granted the authority to:   Advise the State Personnel Board in the development of comprehensive policies and programs for the improvement of public employment in the state;   Assist in the formulation of rules, regulations and standards relating to the state personnel system; and   Assist in the promotion of public understanding of the purposes, policies and practices of the state personnel system.     Members of the council shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses, including food, lodging and mileage as authorized by Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, required for attendance at council meetings.
MS Code § 25-9-120 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-120. Contract personnel not state service or nonstate service employees of state; Personal Service Contract Review Board abolished; Public Procurement Review Board to be the Personal Service Contract Review Board

  Contract personnel, whether classified as contract workers or independent contractors shall not be deemed state service or nonstate service employees of the State of Mississippi, and shall not be eligible to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System, or the State and School Employees' Health Insurance Plan, nor be allowed credit for personal and sick leave and other leave benefits as employees of the State of Mississippi, notwithstanding Sections 25-3-91 through 25-3-101; 25-9-101 through 25-9-151; 25-11-1 through 25-11-126; 25-11-128 through 25-11-131; 25-15-1 through 25-15-23 and for the purpose set forth herein. Contract workers, i.e., contract personnel who do not meet the criteria of independent contractors, shall be subject to the provisions of Section 25-11-127.   The Personal Service Contract Review Board is abolished. The Public Procurement Review Board shall be the Personal Service Contract Review Board and shall retain all powers and duties granted by law to the Personal Service Contract Review Board. All equipment, inventories, records, personnel, resources and other property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, of the Personal Service Contract Review Board shall be transferred to the Public Procurement Review Board as provided in Section 27-104-7. The transfer of personnel shall be commensurate with the number and classification of positions (PINS) allocated to the Personal Service Contract Review Board on June 30, 2017. Wherever the terms "Personal Service Contract Review Board" or "board," when referring to the Personal Service Contract Review Board, appear in any law, rule, regulation or document the same shall be construed to mean the Public Procurement Review Board.
MS Code § 25-9-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-121. State service; status of permanent or certified employees under prior systems

 The state service, as defined by Section 25-9-107, shall consist of all positions now existing in the state departments, agencies and institutions or hereafter established, except those included in the nonstate service by this chapter. Such positions shall be covered by the state personnel system. Any officer or employee who has acquired a valid permanent status under the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council existing on February 1, 1981, shall continue in such status and shall not be required to take further or new examinations in order to retain such status. Any officer or employee who has been certified by the Mississippi Classification Commission and appointed by a state agency head as of February 1, 1981, shall continue in such status and shall not be required to take further or new examinations in order to retain such status.
MS Code § 25-9-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-123. Nonstate service; exclusion of positions covered by prior systems

 The nonstate service, as defined by Section 25-9-107, shall consist of all positions in the departments, agencies and institutions of state government not included in the state service under this chapter and shall not be subject to the rules and regulations of the state personnel system. No position existing on February 1, 1981, which is covered by the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council shall be excluded from the state service, unless such position is specifically excluded by this chapter.
MS Code § 25-9-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-125. Temporary assignment of state service employees to nonstate service

 A state service employee, with the consent of the head of the department, agency or institution and the concurrence of the state personnel director, may be placed on a leave of absence for purposes of accepting an assignment in the nonstate service for a period not to exceed one (1) year, subject to rules adopted by the board.
MS Code § 25-9-126 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-126. Furlough of federally funded employees

 In the event that federal funds for the funding of programs of any state agency shall be restricted or limited, the administrative board of such agency or agency administrative head shall have the authority to furlough rather than dismiss employees in accordance with rules and regulations established by the State Personnel Board.
MS Code § 25-9-129 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-129. Employee appeals board; membership; terms of office; compensation

 The State Personnel Board shall appoint an employee appeals board, which shall consist of three (3) hearing officers, for the purpose of holding hearings, compiling evidence and rendering decisions on appeals of state agency action adversely affecting the employment status or compensation of any employee in the state service. Hearings before the employee appeals board may be conducted by an individual hearing officer or by the board en banc, as provided in State Personnel Board rules. The original appointments shall be effective February 1, 1981, as follows:   One (1) hearing officer from the first Supreme Court district, for a term of two (2) years to expire February 1, 1983;   One (1) hearing officer from the second Supreme Court district, for a term of three (3) years to expire February 1, 1984; and   One (1) hearing officer from the third Supreme Court district for a term of four (4) years to expire February 1, 1985.   Upon expiration of the foregoing terms, members shall be appointed by the board for terms to expire February 1 each four (4) years thereafter, and may be reappointed. The members of the employee appeals board shall be paid an appropriate fee, to be established by the attorney general, and they shall be reimbursed for any actual and necessary expenses incurred while hearing an appeal as authorized by general law.
MS Code § 25-9-131 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-131. Proceedings before employee appeals board; judicial review; legislative intent

  Any employee in the state service may appeal his dismissal or other action adversely affecting his employment status to the employee appeals board created herein. The proceedings before the employee appeals board shall be de novo, and the employee shall be afforded all applicable safeguards of procedural due process. The employee appeals board shall have the authority to administer oaths and affirmations and to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records or other documentary evidence upon a showing of relevancy or materiality of the witnesses or documents to an appeal pending before the board. Subpoenas so issued shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county where they are to be executed, and the sheriff shall cause them to be served. In case of the failure of any person to comply with any subpoena issued by the board, the board or its authorized representative may invoke the aid of any court of this state of general jurisdiction. The court may thereupon order such person to comply with the requirements of the subpoena. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. The employee appeals board may modify the action of the department, agency or institution but may not increase the severity of such action on the employee. Such appointing authority shall promptly comply with the order issued as a result of the appeal to the employee appeals board.   Any employee aggrieved by a final decision of the employee appeals board shall be entitled to judicial review thereof in the manner provided by law.   It is the intent of Sections 25-9-127 through 25-9-131 to supercede and replace any existing statutory procedure conflicting in whole or in part which provides for the discharge of state employees in any state agency.
MS Code § 25-9-132 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-132. Judicial review of employee appeals board decisions

 Any employee aggrieved by a final decision of the employee appeals board shall be entitled to judicial review thereof in the manner provided in this section.    An appeal may be taken by such employee to the circuit court of the principal county of the employee's employment or the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, by filing a petition with the clerk of such court and executing and filing bond payable to the State of Mississippi with sufficient sureties to be approved by the clerk of the court, in the penalty of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), conditioned upon the payment of all costs of appeal, including the cost of preparing the transcript of the hearing before the employee appeals board. The petition and bond shall be filed within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the final decision of the employee appeals board. Upon approval of the bond, the clerk of the court shall notify the employee appeals board, which shall prepare its record in the matter and transmit it to the circuit court.   The scope of review of the circuit court in such cases shall be limited to a review of the record made before the employee appeals board or hearing officer to determine if the action of the employee appeals board is unlawful for the reason that it was:   Not supported by any substantial evidence;   Arbitrary or capricious; or   In violation of some statutory or constitutional right of the employee.     No relief shall be granted based upon the court's finding of harmless error by the board in complying with the procedural requirements of Sections 25-9-127 through 25-9-129; provided, however, in the event that there is a finding of prejudicial error in the proceedings, the cause may be remanded for a rehearing consistent with the findings of the court.   Any party aggrieved by action of the circuit court may appeal to the Supreme Court in the manner provided by law.   In each controversy in which the employee appeals board assumes jurisdiction, the State Personnel Board shall assess the respondent state agency a reasonable fee to defray the cost of recording the hearing. The State Personnel Board is hereby authorized to contract with certified court reporters to record hearings before the employee appeals board.