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MS Code § 25-53-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Information Confidentiality Officers|§ 25-53-55. Investigation of and hearing on complaints of allegedly improper disclosure of confidential information

 Upon written complaint of any person claiming to be adversely affected by disclosure of confidential information by any information confidentiality officer, the director shall give notice to the information confidentiality officer of the fact that such complaint has been filed and shall give such notice to the Chairman of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, who shall call a meeting of the members of the authority for the purpose of hearing such complaint. The authority shall then conduct an investigation into the matter and shall afford to the complaining party and the information confidentiality officer a hearing, of which reasonable notice shall be given. For purposes of such hearing, the authority, under signature of the secretary of the authority attested by the chairman, shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and documentary or other evidence. After such hearing, if the authority, based upon substantial evidence, shall find that the information confidentiality officer has disclosed confidential information in violation of his oath, the authority shall enter such finding of fact on its minutes and the information confidentiality officer shall be immediately discharged from employment. If the authority shall find that such oath has not been violated, it shall, likewise, enter such finding on its minutes and the complaint shall be dismissed. The finding of the authority shall be prima facie evidence of the truth thereof in any judicial procedure seeking forfeiture of the bond of such information confidentiality officer.
MS Code § 25-53-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Information Confidentiality Officers|§ 25-53-57. Officer as legal agent and employee of agency or institution for which he is processing data

 An information confidentiality officer shall be considered a legal agent of the agency or institution and for the purposes of Sections 25-53-51 through 25-53-59 shall be considered to be an employee of the agency or institution for which he may be processing data at that particular time.
MS Code § 25-53-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Information Confidentiality Officers|§ 25-53-59. Penalty for improper release or divulgence of confidential information

 Any information confidentiality officer who shall intentionally and wilfully violate his oath by releasing or divulging confidential information without proper authority shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and sentenced to not exceeding one (1) year in jail or a fine of not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
MS Code § 25-53-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Acquisition, Operation and Maintenance of Telecommunication Systems|§ 25-53-101. Legislative findings and declarations

 The Legislature hereby declares it essential to the creation and maintenance of an efficient, modern, economically feasible, telecommunications system that 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 said Legislature to provide statutory authority therefor. The Legislature, therefore, declares and determines that the responsibility for these and other related purposes shall be vested in the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.
MS Code § 25-53-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Acquisition, Operation and Maintenance of Telecommunication Systems|§ 25-53-105. Administration and purposes of Sections 25-53-109 through 25-53-125

 The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall administer the provisions of Sections 25-53-109 through 25-53-125. The purposes and aims of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services in carrying out said provisions shall be to coordinate and promote efficiency in the acquisition, operation and maintenance of all telecommunications systems and networks being used by agencies of the state and further to coordinate the compatibility of systems and networks to the state with those of governing authorities so as to promote a uniform, compatible telecommunications system for agencies and governing authorities.
MS Code § 25-53-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Acquisition, Operation and Maintenance of Telecommunication Systems|§ 25-53-107. Promulgation of rules and regulations; employment of personnel

  The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the manner in which the authority and duties prescribed by Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 shall be carried out. It shall employ competent personnel necessary to carry out its purposes, under rules promulgated by the State Personnel Board.   The bureau, during a fiscal year, may utilize time-limited escalated positions in order to implement telecommunications enterprise decisions that yield cost avoidance, cost reductions or revenue increases and so long as the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services can provide the necessary funds without such action causing a telephone service rate increase to agency customers. Such employees of the bureau shall be considered nonstate service employees, shall be highly qualified telecommunications professionals and may be compensated at a rate comparable to the prevailing rate of telecommunications personnel in the private sector. Such compensation rates shall be determined by the State Personnel Director. The number of such positions shall be set by annual appropriation legislation. The compensation and classification of such positions and qualifications of employees shall be set by the State Personnel Board upon recommendation by the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services. Nonstate service positions can be recommended for conversion to permanent state service on a case by case basis if the supported function appears long-term in duration, if accomplished in accordance with State Personnel Board procedures, and if properly identified in the state budgetary process.
MS Code § 25-53-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Acquisition, Operation and Maintenance of Telecommunication Systems|§ 25-53-109. General duties and powers of bureau

 The bureau is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise such duties and powers necessary to effectuate the purposes of Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 including the following:   Form an advisory council made up of persons with expertise, and experience in the field of telecommunications for the purpose of setting goals, establishing long-range plans and policies and to oversee and assist in the procurement activities regarding telecommunications equipment and services;   Provide more effective management of state telecommunications resources and implement long-range plans and procurement;   Manage, plan and coordinate all telecommunications systems under the jurisdiction of the state. This centralized management function would be provided throughout the following activities:   Administration of existing systems including coordination of activities, vendors, service orders and billing/record-keeping functions;   Planning of new systems or services;   Design of replacement systems;   Project management during specification writing, bid letting, proposal evaluation and contract negotiations;   Implementation supervision of new systems and ongoing support;   Implementation of long-term state plans; and   Management of intra-LATA and inter-LATA networks.
MS Code § 25-53-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Acquisition, Operation and Maintenance of Telecommunication Systems|§ 25-53-113. Cooperation with bureau by state agencies

 Each and every agency of the state shall give full cooperation to the bureau in furnishing all information of any kind as it pertains to telecommunications.
MS Code § 25-53-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Acquisition, Operation and Maintenance of Telecommunication Systems|§ 25-53-115. Approval by bureau of rentals, leases and purchases of telecommunications systems

 No agency shall rent, lease, lease/purchase, purchase or in any way own or pay for the operation of any telecommunications system out of any funds available for the use by that agency without the written approval of the bureau.
MS Code § 25-53-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Acquisition, Operation and Maintenance of Telecommunication Systems|§ 25-53-117. Creation of state obligations for telecommunications systems; conduct of transactions dealing with telecommunications systems

 No agency shall be permitted to obligate the state to any vendor source for a telecommunications system of any kind. All transactions dealing with a telecommunications system shall be conducted through the bureau, and any vendor found in violation of this policy may be prohibited from bidding on such systems for a period of time commensurate with the severity of the violation. Provided, however, that this period shall not exceed twenty-four (24) months.
MS Code § 25-53-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Acquisition, Operation and Maintenance of Telecommunication Systems|§ 25-53-119. Applicability of Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125

 The bureau shall, subject to the provisions of Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125, have sole authority and responsibility for defining the specific telecommunications equipment, systems and related services to which the provisions of Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 shall be applicable. However, the provisions of Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 shall not be applicable with respect to computer and telecommunications equipment, systems and related services that are only available from a sole source.
MS Code § 25-53-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Acquisition, Operation and Maintenance of Telecommunication Systems|§ 25-53-123. Method of procurement of nonregulated telecommunications systems

  The only method of procurement permitted for the acquisition of nonregulated telecommunications systems, including equipment and related services, shall be in conformity with the following requirements: All acquisitions of telecommunications equipment, systems and related services involving the expenditures of funds in excess of the dollar amount established in Section 31-7-13(c), or rentals or leases in excess of the dollar amount established in Section 31-7-13(c), for the term of the contract, shall be based upon competitive and open specifications, and contracts therefor shall be entered into only after advertisements for bids are published in one or more daily newspapers having a general circulation in the state not less than fourteen (14) days prior to receiving sealed bids therefor. The authority may reserve the right to reject any or all bids, and if all bids are rejected, the authority may negotiate a contract within the limitations of the specifications so long as the terms of any such negotiated contract are equal to or better than the comparable terms submitted by the lowest and best bidder, and so long as the total cost to the State of Mississippi does not exceed the lowest bid. If the authority accepts one (1) of such bids, it shall be that which is the lowest and best.   When applicable, the bureau may procure equipment, systems and related services in accordance with the law or regulations, or both, which govern the Bureau of Purchasing of the Governor's Office of General Services or which govern the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services procurement of computer equipment, software and services.
MS Code § 25-53-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 53 - Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (MDITS)|Acquisition, Operation and Maintenance of Telecommunication Systems|§ 25-53-125. General provisions applicable to all procurements under Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125

 The following general provisions shall apply to all procurements under Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125:   No contracts entered into hereunder shall have an initial effective date earlier than the date on which such contract receives approval as required herein.   All changes, modifications and amendments to any contract hereunder shall be approved in advance by the bureau, in addition to any other approvals required by law.   The bureau shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, Section 25-43-1, et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, for the establishment of contract format.   Where written proposals or bids are submitted by vendors, the proposal or bid of the successful vendor shall be incorporated into the final contract consummated with that vendor.   The provisions of Sections 25-53-101 through 25-53-125 shall, with respect to the procurement of telecommunications equipment, systems or related services, supersede specifications of any contradictory or conflicting provisions of Chapter 7, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972, and other laws with respect to awarding public contracts.
MS Code § 25-58-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 58 - Geographic Information System|In General|§ 25-58-1. Definitions; boards of supervisors authorized to create geographic information system and prepare multipurpose cadastre

  For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:   "Geographic information system" means a computerized, spatial coordinate mapping and relational data base technology which (i) captures, assembles, stores, converts, manages, analyzes, amalgamates and records, in the digital mode, all kinds and types of information and data; (ii) transforms such information and data into intelligence; and subsequently (iii) retrieves, presents and distributes that intelligence to a user for use in making the intelligent decisions necessary for sound management of private or political affairs.   "Data base" means a collection of available information and data assembled into electronic files for efficient and timely management of county and municipal affairs and functions and the exercise of the powers, duties and responsibilities placed upon the governing authorities of a county or municipality by Mississippi law and the Mississippi Constitution.   "Multipurpose cadastre" means a uniformly accepted base map registered to the Mississippi State Plane Coordinate System and depicting boundaries of all public properties.   "Mississippi State Plane Coordinate System" means the system of plane rectangular coordinates established by the National Geodetic Survey which system is further identified as North American Datum (NAD) 1983.     The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to do all things necessary and desirable to create a geographic information system for the county or municipality, as appropriate. Data bases for such a system shall be created under the direct supervision of persons who are experienced in and possess a demonstrated knowledge of the preparation of geographic information systems and of the data bases and the other requirements and activities related thereto.   The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality are further authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to prepare, or have prepared, a multipurpose cadastre registered to the accuracy standards promulgated by the Federal Geodetic Control Committee established under the provisions of the United States Office of Management and Budget Memoranda A-16.
MS Code § 27-1-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 1 - Assessors and County Tax Collectors|General Provisions|§ 27-1-1. Bond; oath

 The assessor of each county, except in those counties wherein the office of assessor and the office of tax collector are combined as provided in Section 27-1-7, shall take and file the oath of office required by the Constitution and give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).
MS Code § 27-1-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 1 - Assessors and County Tax Collectors|General Provisions|§ 27-1-3. Assessor may appoint deputies; oath of office; bond; appointment process

 The assessor may, with the approval of the board of supervisors of the county, appoint deputies, who shall take the oath of office, and shall be required by the assessor to give bond to him in an amount not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the faithful discharge of their duties. The appointment shall be in writing, filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, whose approval shall be entered on the minutes of such board.
MS Code § 27-1-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 1 - Assessors and County Tax Collectors|General Provisions|§ 27-1-5. Duties and compensation

 The assessor shall perform all of the duties required of him by this chapter, and such other duties as may be required by law, and he shall be compensated as provided in Chapter 3 of Title 25 of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 27-1-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 1 - Assessors and County Tax Collectors|General Provisions|§ 27-1-7. Assessor to be tax collector; bond; duties; effect of failure to qualify as tax collector

 The assessor of each county, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be the tax collector therein; and he shall give one (1) bond for the combined office of assessor and tax collector, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of all the state and county taxes shown by the assessment rolls and the levies to have been collectible in the county for the year immediately preceding the commencement of the term of office for such collector; however, such bond shall not exceed the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). He shall also take and file the oath of office as tax collector. Such assessors and tax collectors shall collect all taxes heretofore collected by the sheriffs in said counties, including, but not limited to, ad valorem and privilege taxes, charges and fees of every kind and nature heretofore comprising a portion of the tax collecting duties of the sheriffs of said counties and shall, by the twentieth day of the month following collection, pay same to the collecting political subdivision without retaining any portion thereof for his services. Provided, however, regardless of the political subdivision or fund for which the tax was collected, the assessor and tax collector shall pay at least the percentage of such tax heretofore retained by the sheriff as his fee directly into the general fund of the concerned county, and said payment shall be made by the twentieth day of the month following collection. In case of the failure of the assessor to qualify as tax collector within the same time allowed for taking the oath of office and giving bond as assessor, he shall thereby vacate the office of assessor and the vacancy, as assessor and tax collector, shall be filled according to law. Such assessors and tax collectors shall perform all of the tax collecting duties heretofore performed by the sheriffs thereof with the full and complete authority and liabilities heretofore possessed by or imposed upon said sheriffs. However, an assessor and tax collector shall not be liable for ad valorem taxes, privilege taxes, charges and fees collected by him, payment for which was made by a check, draft or other order for the payment of money which has been returned to the assessor and tax collector because of insufficient funds in the account on which such check, draft or order was drawn, if the assessor and tax collector has exhausted all reasonable means of collecting such instrument, including the filing of a civil suit or presentation to the district attorney for collection under Section 97-19-73 et seq.
MS Code § 27-1-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 1 - Assessors and County Tax Collectors|General Provisions|§ 27-1-11. Tax collector as separate officer in certain counties; reconsolidation of offices

 In counties with a total assessed valuation of Sixty-Five Million Dollars ($65,000,000.00) or above, the board of supervisors, in its discretion, may separate the office of tax collector from the office of assessor by resolution spread upon the minutes of the board, provided that such resolution shall come into effect with the succeeding term of office and shall not affect any duly elected official during the performance of his term.   Any such resolution to separate the offices shall be adopted on or before February 1, 1971, or on or before February 1 of any succeeding year in which general county and statewide elections are held.   After the offices have been separated, they shall remain separate until consolidated by like resolution of the board of supervisors for the succeeding term; provided, however, such resolution to consolidate the offices, having been once separated, shall become effective only after the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified voters of the county participating in an election to be held in conformity, in all respects, with the applicable statutes governing special elections.