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MS Code § 43-35-503 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 35 - Urban Renewal and Redevelopment|Article 9 - Community Development|§ 43-35-503. Authority of counties, municipalities and housing authorities with respect to community development grants

  Any county, municipality, regional housing authority, or local housing authority in the state may make application to and contract with the United States or any department thereof for a grant or grants authorized to be made by the United States under the authority of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 USCS 5301 et seq., as amended), and to comply with all the terms and conditions of such grant or grants.   In addition to the powers granted to counties, municipalities, regional housing authorities, and local housing authorities under the Housing Authorities Law (Sections 43-33-1 through 43-33-53), Sections 43-33-61 through 43-33-69, Sections 43-33-101 through 43-33-137, the Urban Renewal Law (Sections 43-35-1 through 43-35-37), and Sections 43-35-301 through 43-35-315, a county, municipality, regional housing authorities, and local housing authorities shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the programs which are the subject of the grant or grants for which it has so contracted under this section, including, but not limited to, the power to buy, lease or sell real or personal property obtained through the use of or in connection with such grant or grants, and the power to loan funds received under such grant or grants to nonprofit community and economic development corporations, private corporations organized for profit, partnerships, limited partnerships, joint ventures, or other persons, for the purposes of creating job opportunities and to promote local industrial or economic development. A county, municipality, regional housing authority, or local housing authority may charge interest on such loans, if contracted, and may invest or reloan the proceeds of the principal and interest from such loans. However, such loans shall be made only from funds obtained from such grant or grants, or from income produced by such grant or grants.
MS Code § 43-35-505 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 35 - Urban Renewal and Redevelopment|Article 9 - Community Development|§ 43-35-505. Provisions to be supplemental

 The provisions of this article shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other laws.
MS Code § 45-1-2 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-2. Executive Director of Department of Public Safety to be commissioner; organization of department; Commissioner of Public Safety; statewide safety training officer; Mississippi Analysis and Information Center (MSAIC Fusion Center) established within Office of Homeland Security

  The Executive Director of the Department of Public Safety shall be the Commissioner of Public Safety.   The Commissioner of Public Safety shall establish the organizational structure of the Department of Public Safety, which shall include the creation of any units necessary to implement the duties assigned to the department and consistent with specific requirements of law including, but not limited to:   Office of Public Safety Planning;   Office of Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol;   Office of Forensics Laboratories, which includes the Office of the Medical Examiner;   Office of Law Enforcement Officers' Training Academy;   Office of Support Services;   Office of Narcotics, which shall be known as the Bureau of Narcotics; and   Office of Homeland Security.     The department shall be headed by a commissioner, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The appointment of the commissioner shall be made with the advice and consent of the Senate. The commissioner may assign to the appropriate offices such powers and duties as deemed appropriate to carry out the department's lawful functions.   The commissioner of the department shall appoint heads of offices, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. The commissioner shall have the authority to organize the offices established by subsection (2) of this section as deemed appropriate to carry out the responsibilities of the department. The organization charts of the department shall be presented annually with the budget request of the Governor for review by the Legislature.   The commissioner of the department shall appoint, from within the Department of Public Safety, a statewide safety training officer who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and whose duty it shall be to perform public training for both law enforcement and private persons throughout the state concerning proper emergency response to the mentally ill, terroristic threats or acts, domestic conflict, other conflict resolution, and such other matters as the commissioner may direct.   The commissioner of the department shall establish within the Office of Homeland Security a Mississippi Analysis and Information Center (MSAIC Fusion Center) which shall be the highest priority for the allocation of available federal resources for statewide information sharing, including the deployment of personnel and connectivity with federal data systems. Subject to appropriation therefor, the Mississippi Fusion Center shall employ three (3) regional analysts dedicated to analyzing and resolving potential threats identified by the agency's statewide social media intelligence platform and the dissemination of school safety information.
MS Code § 45-1-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-3. Rule-making power of commissioner

 When not otherwise specifically provided, the commissioner is authorized to make and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to be coordinated, and carry out the general provisions of the Highway Safety Patrol and Driver's License Law of 1938.
MS Code § 45-1-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-5. Employment of administrative, clerical and other employees

 The Commissioner of Public Safety is authorized and empowered to employ such administrative, professional, technical, stenographic, clerical and other employees as may be necessary to perform the duties of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol to comply with the provisions of the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Law, being Chapter 15 of Title 63 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, and to perform the duties under all other laws required to be administered under the supervision of the commissioner. The commissioner shall fix the salaries of all such employees where such salaries are not otherwise fixed by law.
MS Code § 45-1-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-6. Special contract agents authorized; powers; qualifications; form of contract; agents not considered employees of Mississippi Bureau of Investigation

  The Director of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is authorized to retain on a contractual basis such persons as he shall deem necessary to detect and apprehend violators of the criminal statutes of this state.   Those persons contracting with the Director of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation pursuant to subsection (1) shall be known and hereinafter referred to as "special contract agents."   The investigative services provided for in this section shall be designed to support local law enforcement efforts.   Special contract investigators shall have all powers necessary and incidental to the fulfillment of their contractual obligations, including the power of arrest when authorized by the Director of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.   No person shall be a special contract investigator unless he is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.   The Director of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation shall conduct a background investigation of all potential special contract investigators. All contract agents must meet the minimum standard requirements established by the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training.   Any contract pursuant to subsection (1) shall be:   Reduced to writing; and   Terminable upon written notice by either party, and shall in any event terminate one (1) year from the date of signing; and   Approved as to form by the Attorney General.  Such contracts shall not be public records and shall not be available for inspection under the provisions of a law providing for the inspection of public records as now or hereafter amended.      Special contract investigators shall not be considered employees of the Bureau of Investigation for any purpose.   The Director of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation shall have all powers necessary and incidental to the effective operation of this section.   Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this section, all contracts authorized under this section and related matters shall be made available to the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration.
MS Code § 45-1-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-7. Legislators ineligible to serve

 No member of the Legislature shall be eligible to serve as an officer or employee or in any other capacity under the provisions of the Highway Safety Patrol and Driver's License Law of 1938.
MS Code § 45-1-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-11. Salaries may be paid on semi-monthly basis

 The commissioner of public safety is hereby authorized and empowered, in his discretion and with the approval of the state auditor of public accounts, to pay members of the highway safety patrol and other employees of the department of public safety on a semi-monthly basis.
MS Code § 45-1-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-13. Use of employees in other divisions

 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 45-1-1, 45-1-5, 45-1-17, 45-3-7 through 45-3-9, 63-1-13, 63-1-15, and 63-1-45 through 63-1-49, Mississippi Code of 1972, designating or specifying the division or department in which any employee shall be employed and the duties which such employee shall perform, the commissioner shall have full power and authority, in his discretion, to place and use any employees in any other division or department and to require such employees to perform and discharge duties arising under the Highway Safety Patrol and Driver's License Law of 1938.
MS Code § 45-1-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-15. Purchase of workers' compensation insurance

 The Department of Public Safety shall purchase workmen's compensation insurance with coverage for all patrolmen and other personnel employed by the commissioner, as authorized by law. All personnel shall be entitled to the benefits prescribed by Sections 71-3-1 through 71-3-111, Mississippi Code of 1972, cited as the "Workmen's Compensation Law."
MS Code § 45-1-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-17. Crime detection and medical examiner laboratory

 The commissioner shall have the authority to establish, staff, equip and operate a crime detection and medical examiner laboratory, and to cooperate with the University Medical Center and other hospitals and laboratories in its operation.
MS Code § 45-1-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-21. Department of Public Safety authorized to charge fees for services and reports

    The Mississippi Department of Public Safety being required by law to keep various records and perform various services and being authorized to furnish certain records and services, the department, by direction of the Commissioner of Public Safety, shall establish and collect for such services a proper fee, commensurate with the service rendered and the cost of the service for the furnishing of any record or abstract thereof in the Department of Public Safety now or which may hereafter be required by law to be kept by said department, any photograph or photo copy or any report of any kind authorized by law, including services for polygraph tests and reports thereof.   No records shall be furnished by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety which are classified as confidential by law. All fees collected under this section shall be paid into the General Fund of the State Treasury in accordance with the provisions of Section 45-1-23(2).       (i) The Commissioner of Public Safety, by rule duly filed with the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedures Act, may establish a card stock fee to be paid by an applicant when specifically authorized by statute for producing a license, permit or identification card bearing the likeness of the applicant. The card stock fee shall be the actual cost of producing the license, permit or identification card as set by contract rounded off to the next highest dollar.   The administrative rule filing shall include either:    1. A copy of the contract governing the actual cost of producing the license permit or identification card, from which nonpublic information may be redacted; or   2. An abstract of the pertinent parts of the contract verified to be correct by the person responsible for the administrative rule filing.    Monies collected for the card stock fee shall be deposited into a special card stock fee account which the Department of Public Safety shall use to pay the actual cost of producing the licenses and identification cards. Any monies collected in excess of the actual costs of the card stock fee may be used by the department to defray the cost of future photography, fraud deterrence and driver's license technology initiatives. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund and any interest earned from the investment of monies in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.
MS Code § 45-1-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-23. Payment of expenses of operating and administering department; budget; disposition of funds received

  The expenses of operating and administering the department of public safety, including the highway safety patrol, the bureau of investigation, and the safety responsibility bureau, shall be paid from monies appropriated for such purposes by the Mississippi Legislature.  The department of public safety shall comply with all the applicable provisions of Chapter 103, Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972, being the state budget and accounting act.    All funds received by the department of public safety and any bureau, department or division thereof shall be paid into the state treasury on the same day in which said funds are collected. The state auditor of public accounts may require the commissioner to adopt standard accounting procedures acceptable to the auditor for the handling of such sums.
MS Code § 45-1-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-25. Director of Mississippi Forensics Laboratory; qualifications; removal

 The Director of the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory which has been established by the Commissioner of Public Safety under the authority of Section 45-1-17 shall be a person who is experienced in forensics laboratory operations, knowledgeable of the criminal justice system, and who shall have the following minimum qualifications:   Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in forensic science, chemistry, biology, commercial science or physics.   At least five (5) years' full-time employment in a forensics laboratory, with supervisory or administrative responsibility.   Thorough knowledge of the utilization of forensics laboratory services and their relation to the investigating law enforcement officers.   Thorough knowledge of techniques employed in processing of physical evidence.   Membership in professional organizations promoting advancement of forensic science.   Proven effectiveness as a manager and administrator.   Unusual strength in one or more of the above qualifications may compensate for failure to exactly satisfy paragraph (b) of this section.   The Director of the Forensics Laboratory may only be removed by the Commissioner of Public Safety upon proof of his inability to serve due to illness, administrative or managerial ineffectiveness, incompetence, malfeasance, dereliction of duty or moral turpitude.
MS Code § 45-1-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-27. Director of Crime Laboratory; responsibilities and duties

 The director shall have responsibilities and duties including but not limited to the following:   To plan and give general direction to activities or programs for which he is responsible, through the issuance of directives and orders.   To review proposed changes in policies affecting the operation of the division under his direction.   To maintain liaison with other agencies, divisions or departments of state and federal government.   To approve and maintain uniform procedures and standards of operation for the laboratory.   To supervise and approve procedures and processing of physical evidence.   To present testimony in court in analysis of physical evidence.   To supervise the state medical examiner.   To attend scientific conferences and hold classes for law enforcement officers.   To present budget requests to the legislative budget office and to legislative committees.
MS Code § 45-1-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-29. Mississippi Forensics Laboratory; funding; fees for services

  The Mississippi Forensics Laboratory shall be funded separately from the Department of Public Safety. Any appropriated funds shall be maintained in an account separate from any funds of the Department of Public Safety and shall never be commingled with any funds of the department. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the utilization of the combined resources of the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory, the Division of Support Services of the Department of Public Safety or the Mississippi Justice Information Center to efficiently carry out the mission of the Department of Public Safety.   Grants and donations to the Forensics Laboratory may be accepted from individuals, the federal government, firms, corporations, foundations and other interested organizations and societies.   The Commissioner of Public Safety shall establish and the Division of Support Services of the Department of Public Safety shall collect for services rendered proper fees commensurate with the services rendered by the Forensics Laboratory. Those fees shall be deposited into a special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the Forensics Laboratory and expended in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the Department of Finance and Administration. Those fees may be used for any authorized expenditure of the Forensics Laboratory except expenditures for salaries, wages and fringe benefits.   Upon every individual convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, every individual who is nonadjudicated on a felony or misdemeanor case under Section 99-15-26 or 63-11-30(14), and every individual who participates in a pretrial intervention program established under Section 99-15-101 et seq., in a case where the Forensics Laboratory provided forensic science or laboratory services in connection with the case, the court shall impose and collect a separate laboratory analysis fee of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), in addition to any other assessments and costs imposed by statutory authority, unless the court finds that undue hardship would result by imposing the fee. All fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the special fund of the Forensics Laboratory created in subsection (3) of this section.
MS Code § 45-1-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-31. Mississippi Forensics Laboratory; vehicles and equipment

  The Forensics Laboratory shall be empowered to purchase, equip and maintain vehicles, as authorized by law, and other conveyances for necessary business such as travel to court, crime scene assistance and consultation. The vehicles shall be independent of the vehicles purchased and operated by the department of public safety.   Obsolete nonrepairable or salvageable equipment shall be sold, as provided by law, and the funds so derived shall go into the account of the Forensics Laboratory and be used to replace such equipment.
MS Code § 45-1-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-33. Transfer of Office of Criminal Justice Planning and Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee

 The Office of Criminal Justice Planning, including the Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee, as constituted in the Governor's Office of Federal-State Programs on June 30, 1989, is hereby transferred to the Department of Public Safety.
MS Code § 45-1-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-35. Department of Public Safety to provide state highway accident statistics to Department of Transportation

 The Department of Public Safety shall provide each month to the Mississippi Department of Transportation accident statistics for accidents involving motor vehicles which occur on the designated state highway system. Information provided to the transportation department shall include at least the following:   The date of the accident and time of day (if known);   The location of the accident;   The cause of the accident (if known);   The number of vehicles involved; and   Injuries and fatalities resulting from the accident.
MS Code § 45-1-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-37. Commissioner authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with bordering states for purpose of entering such state to make arrest; commissioner to require Department of Public Safety to enter into Memorandum of Understanding with county registrars for purpose of providing Mississippi Voter Identification Card

  The Commissioner of Public Safety is hereby authorized and directed to seek reciprocal agreements with bordering states to allow law enforcement officers of the State of Mississippi to enter into such bordering states while in pursuit of persons who have committed crimes for the purpose of apprehending and arresting such persons. Any state who enters into such reciprocal agreement shall be authorized to enter into the State of Mississippi for the same purpose.   The Commissioner of Public Safety shall require the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding, which is negotiated by the Secretary of State, with the registrar of each county for the purpose of providing a Mississippi Voter Identification Card.