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MS Code § 25-43-3.113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 43 - Administrative Procedures|Article 3 - Rule-Making Adoption and Effectiveness of Rules|§ 25-43-3.113. Effective date of rules

  Except to the extent subsection (2) or (3) of this section provides otherwise, each rule adopted after July 1, 2005, becomes effective thirty (30) days after its proper filing in the Office of the Secretary of State.     A rule becomes effective on a date later than that established by subsection (1) of this section if a later date is required by another statute or specified in the rule.   A rule may become effective immediately upon its filing or on any subsequent date earlier than that established by subsection (1) of this section if the agency establishes such an effective date and finds that:   It is required by Constitution, statute or court order;   The rule only confers a benefit or removes a restriction on the public or some segment thereof;   The rule only delays the effective date of another rule that is not yet effective; or   The earlier effective date is necessary because of imminent peril to the public health, safety or welfare.     The finding and a brief statement of the reasons therefor required by paragraph (b) of this subsection must be made a part of the rule. In any action contesting the effective date of a rule made effective under paragraph (b) of this subsection, the burden is on the agency to justify its finding.   A temporary rule may become effective immediately upon its filing or on any subsequent date earlier than that established by subsection (1) of this section.   Each agency shall make a reasonable effort to make known to persons who may be affected by it a rule made effective before any date established by subsection (1) of this section.     This section does not relieve an agency from compliance with any provision of law requiring that some or all of its rules be approved by other designated officials or bodies before they become effective.
MS Code § 25-43-4.101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 43 - Administrative Procedures|Article 4 - Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act|§ 25-43-4.101. Short title

 This article may be cited as the "Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act."
MS Code § 25-43-4.102 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 43 - Administrative Procedures|Article 4 - Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act|§ 25-43-4.102. Definitions

 As used in this article:   "Agency" is defined in Section 25-43-1.102.   "Department" means the Mississippi Development Authority.   "Committee" means the Small Business Regulatory Review Committee.   "Rule" is defined in Section 25-43-1.102, except that the term "rule" shall not include emergency or preemptive rules.   "Small business" means a for-profit business entity employing fewer than one hundred (100) full-time employees or having gross annual sales or revenues of less than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00).
MS Code § 25-43-4.105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 43 - Administrative Procedures|Article 4 - Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act|§ 25-43-4.105. Committee opposition to promulgated regulations; agency response

  For promulgated regulations, the committee may file a written petition with the agency that has promulgated the regulations opposing all or part of a regulation that has an impact on small business. In addition to distinctly setting forth how the regulation has had an impact on small business, the committee's petition shall address the following factors:   The continued need for the rule;   The nature of complaints or comments received concerning the rule from the public;   The complexity of the rule;   The extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates or conflicts with other federal, state and local governmental laws or rules; and   The length of time since the rule has been evaluated or the degree to which technology, economic conditions or other factors have changed in the area affected by the rule.  The petition may also renew any earlier comments made by the committee when the regulation was first promulgated, as provided by Section 25-43-4.104(3). Furthermore, the committee's petition shall make a specific recommendation concerning the regulation, including, but not limited to, whether the regulation should be amended, revised or revoked.      The agency shall submit a written response of its determination to the committee within sixty (60) days after receipt of the petition. If the agency determines that the petition merits the amendment, revision, or revocation of a regulation, the agency may initiate proceedings in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law. If the agency determines that the petition is without merit, the committee may submit within thirty (30) days additional data in support of its petition.
MS Code § 25-43-4.106 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 43 - Administrative Procedures|Article 4 - Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act|§ 25-43-4.106. Annual report

 The committee shall make an annual report by January 15 of each year to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and provide detailed information on the committee's activities during the previous calendar year.
MS Code § 25-43-4.107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 43 - Administrative Procedures|Article 4 - Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act|§ 25-43-4.107. Waiver of or reduction in administrative penalty or fine under certain circumstances

  Notwithstanding any other law of this state, any agency authorized to assess administrative penalties or administrative fines upon a business may waive or reduce any administrative penalty or administrative fine for a violation of any statute, ordinance, or rules by a small business under the following conditions:   The small business corrects the violation within thirty (30) days or less after receipt of a notice of violation or citation;   The violation was the result of an excusable misunderstanding of an agency's interpretation of a rule; or   The agency determines that the small business is making a good-faith effort to comply with the statute, ordinance or rule.     Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply when:   A small business fails to exercise good faith in complying with the statute, ordinance or rule;   A violation involves criminal conduct;   A violation results in serious health, safety or environmental impact; or   The penalty or fine is assessed pursuant to a federal law or regulation and for which no waiver or reduction is authorized by the federal law or regulation.
MS Code § 25-43-4.108 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 43 - Administrative Procedures|Article 4 - Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act|§ 25-43-4.108. Applicability and relation to other laws

 The Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act shall not apply to proposed permanent rules by an agency to implement a statute or ordinance that does not require an agency to interpret or describe the requirements of the statute or ordinance, such as state legislative or federally mandated provisions which afford the agency no discretion to consider less restrictive alternatives.
MS Code § 25-53-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|General Provisions|§ 25-53-1. Establishment of department; declaration of purposes

 The Legislature recognizes that in order for the State of Mississippi to receive the maximum use and benefit from information technology and services now in operation or which will in the future be placed in operation, there should be full cooperation and cohesive planning and effort by and between the several state agencies and that it is the responsibility of the Legislature to provide statutory authority therefor. The Legislature, therefore, declares and determines that for these and other related purposes there is hereby established an agency of state government to be known as the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS). The Legislature further declares that the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS) shall provide statewide services that facilitate cost-effective information processing and telecommunication solutions. State agencies shall work in full cooperation with the board of MDITS to identify opportunities to minimize duplication, reduce costs and improve the efficiency of providing common technology services across agency boundaries. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the Department of Human Services for a period of three (3) years beginning July 1, 2017. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the Department of Child Protection Services for a period of three (3) years beginning July 1, 2017.   Notwithstanding the exemption of the Department of Human Services and the Department of Child Protection Services from the provisions of this section, before the Department of Human Services or the Department of Child Protection Services may take an action that would otherwise be subject to the provisions of this section, the department(s) shall give notice of the proposed action to the MDITS for any recommendations by the MDITS. Upon receipt of the notice, the MDITS shall post the notice on its website and on the procurement portal website established by Sections 25-53-151 and 27-104-165. If the MDITS does not respond to the department(s) within seven (7) calendar days after receiving the notice, the department(s) may take the proposed action. If the MDITS responds to the department(s) within seven (7) calendar days, then the MDITS has seven (7) calendar days from the date of its initial response to provide any additional recommendations. After the end of the second seven-day period, the department(s) may take the proposed action. The MDITS is not authorized to disapprove any proposed actions that would otherwise be subject to the provisions of this section. This paragraph shall stand repealed on July 1, 2020.
MS Code § 25-53-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|General Provisions|§ 25-53-7. Members of authority; terms; vacancies; surety bond; restriction on beneficial interest in business or body engaged in information business; legislative designees authorized to attend meetings

  The membership of the authority shall be composed of five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The initial terms of the members shall be for one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years, respectively, and thereafter all terms shall be for five (5) years. Each member may continue to serve for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months after the expiration of his term if his successor is not duly appointed. The initial appointments to the reconstituted authority shall be made no later than June 30, 1984, for terms to begin on July 1, 1984. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments for the unexpired portion of the term vacated. Each member of the authority shall have a minimum of four (4) years' experience in an information technology-related executive position or prior service as a member of the authority.   Each member of the authority shall be required to furnish a surety bond in the minimum amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to be approved by the Secretary of State, conditioned according to law and payable to the State of Mississippi, before entering upon his duties. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid from any funds available to the authority for such purpose.   No member of the authority, nor its executive director, shall, during his term as such member or director, have any substantial beneficial interest in any corporation or other organization engaged in the information technology business either as manufacturer, supplier, lessor, or otherwise. All members and the executive director shall fully disclose in writing any such beneficial interest, and such disclosure shall be entered on the minutes of the authority.   The Lieutenant Governor may designate one (1) Senator and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may designate one (1) Representative to attend any meeting of the authority. The appointing authorities may designate an alternate member from their respective houses to serve when the regular designee is unable to attend such meetings of the authority. Such legislative designees shall have no jurisdiction or vote on any matter within the jurisdiction of the authority. For attending meetings of the authority, such legislators shall receive per diem and expenses which shall be paid from the contingent expense funds of their respective houses in the same amounts as provided for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session; however, no per diem and expenses for attending meetings of the authority will be paid while the Legislature is in session. No per diem and expenses will be paid except for attending meetings of the authority without prior approval of the proper committee in their respective houses.
MS Code § 25-53-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|General Provisions|§ 25-53-9. Compensation and expense allowances

 The members of the authority shall be compensated by a per diem as is authorized by Section 25-3-69 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 as provided in Section 25-3-41. No authority member may incur per diem, travel, or other expenses unless previously authorized by vote at a meeting of the authority, which action shall be recorded in the official minutes of said meeting.
MS Code § 25-53-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|General Provisions|§ 25-53-11. Meetings and organization

 The authority shall meet regularly at a place designated by it once each calendar month and shall meet at such other times as may be set upon call of the chairman or a majority of the members of the authority. At its first meeting, the authority shall organize and elect a chairman and vice-chairman and, as soon as practicable thereafter, the authority shall adopt such rules and regulations, not contrary to the provisions of this chapter and the other laws of the State of Mississippi, as shall be necessary and proper to govern its proceedings. The authority may either elect a secretary from among its membership or delegate the executive director or another employee of the authority as its secretary.
MS Code § 25-53-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|General Provisions|§ 25-53-13. Quorum

 In order to have a quorum for a meeting of the authority, at least three (3) members of the authority must be present.
MS Code § 25-53-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|General Provisions|§ 25-53-15. Votes

 Any member of the authority may have his vote on any question before the authority recorded on the minutes thereof at the time of the vote, and a member of the authority who votes against an illegal or unauthorized expenditure of funds may not be held liable therefor.
MS Code § 25-53-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|General Provisions|§ 25-53-17. Minutes and records

 The authority shall keep full, complete, and permanent minutes and records of all its proceedings, including the rules and regulations adopted by it, and said minutes shall be signed by the chairman, or vice-chairman, and attested by the secretary.
MS Code § 25-53-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|General Provisions|§ 25-53-19. Executive director; employees

 The authority shall select an executive director, with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be the administrative officer of the authority and shall perform such duties as are required of him by law and such other duties as may be assigned him by the authority, and who shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the authority, subject to the approval of the state personnel board. In addition, he shall be entitled to remuneration for his necessary traveling expenses consistent with general law.   The executive director shall be a graduate of an accredited university with a degree in engineering, business administration, electronic communications, information technology or a related field, with at least ten (10) years' experience in information technology, electronic communications, or a related field, of which at least five (5) years shall be in a responsible high level management position with a demonstrated record of management expertise demonstrated through knowledge in the application of information technology and electronic communications. The qualifications for the executive director prescribed herein shall not apply to the executive director serving on June 30, 1984.   The executive director shall have no vote in the decisions of said authority, but shall offer such professional or technical advice and assistance to the authority as may be required of him. Said executive director, in order to qualify for his position, shall be required to make a good and sufficient bond in some surety company qualified and doing business in the State of Mississippi, in the minimum penal sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties as required by law and the directives of the authority. The premium on said bond shall be paid from any funds available to the authority for such purpose. Said executive director may be removed at any time upon a majority vote of the membership of said authority.   The executive director, with the approval of the authority, shall employ such technical, professional, and clerical help as may be authorized by the authority; and the authority, upon the recommendation of the executive director, shall define the duties and fix the compensation of such employees.
MS Code § 25-53-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|General Provisions|§ 25-53-23. Appeals to authority from decisions of executive director

 The authority shall act upon all appeals of decisions made by the executive director thereof and shall, upon such appeals, approve or disapprove such administrative actions as may be taken by him. The form of an appeal to the full authority from an action or recommendation of the executive director thereof shall be a written communication from the executive head of the agency or agencies involved to the chairman of the authority, stating the objection and a request to appear before the full authority to present the case in point, on which appeal the authority shall take such action as is indicated by the facts presented to or made available to the authority.
MS Code § 25-53-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|General Provisions|§ 25-53-25. Exemptions; delegation of bidding and contracting responsibilities to purchasing agency; relation to Public Purchases Law

  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to imply exemption from the public purchases law, being Section 31-7-1 et seq.   The authority may establish policies and procedures for the purpose of delegating the bidding and contracting responsibilities related to the procurement of computer equipment or services to the purchasing agency. Such policies and procedures must address the following issues:   Establish categories of equipment or services affected;   Establish maximum unit and/or ceiling prices of such procurements;   Establish reporting, monitoring and control of such procurements; and   Establish other such rules and regulations as necessary to fully implement the purposes of this section. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to imply exemption from the public purchases law, being Section 31-7-1 et seq.     Acquisitions of computer equipment and services by institutions of higher learning or junior colleges wholly with federal funds and not with state general funds shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter; however, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to imply an exemption of such acquisitions from the public purchases law, being Section 31-7-1 et seq.   [Repealed]
MS Code § 25-53-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Information Confidentiality Officers|§ 25-53-53. Handling and processing of information and data

 Information and data shall be considered public record information and data and receive normal handling and processing unless designated as "confidential information" by the agency and institution originating the data. Information and data designated as "confidential information" will receive special handling based on procedures agreed to by the executive director and the agency or institution head and shall be handled in accordance with the oath subscribed to by the confidentiality officer.