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MS Code § 25-17-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 17 - Cafeteria Fringe Benefit Plans|§ 25-17-11. Requirements with respect to providers of qualification and discrimination testing services

  For the purpose of this section as it pertains to Section 89 of the Internal Revenue Code, "administrator" means any corporation, person or other entity which provides qualification and discrimination testing services in compliance with Section 89 of the Internal Revenue Code.   The State Auditor shall compile a list of administrators he deems acceptable to provide to state agencies and local governmental entities the services described in subsection (1) of this section. To be deemed acceptable, an administrator shall:   Be authorized to do business in this state or be a corporation organized or existing under the laws of this state;   Maintain an office in this state with sufficient staff and equipment to render the services which are subject to this chapter as required by the State Auditor; and   Comply with the guidelines established by the State Auditor pertaining to state agencies' or local governmental entities' compliance with Section 89 of the Internal Revenue Code.  The State Auditor shall revise the list annually unless an earlier revision is necessary to remove an administrator who does not satisfy the requirements set forth in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this subsection.      Only administrators who appear on the most recent list compiled by the State Auditor shall, directly or indirectly, provide qualification and discrimination testing services to a state agency or local governmental entity.   A state agency or local governmental entity shall promptly notify the State Auditor of any complaint against an administrator.   The State Auditor may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this section.
MS Code § 25-19-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 19 - Public Employer-Assisted Housing Program|§ 25-19-1. Definitions; authorization to create employer-assisted housing program; forms of assistance

  As used in this section:   "Eligible employee" means an employee of a public employer that is not subject to the provisions of Section 25-3-37 and meets the eligibility criteria set forth in the rules and regulations of the public employer.   "Public employer" means any agency, board, commission, municipality, governing authority or other instrumentality of state or local government including, but not limited to, an institution of higher learning or a community or junior college.     Any public employer may establish an employer-assisted housing program to provide funds to eligible employees of the public employer to be used for the housing assistance. Funds under this program may be utilized by an eligible employee for rental security deposits, rental subsidies, down payments, closing costs or any other fees or costs associated with the rental or purchase of a home. The housing assistance may be in the form of a grant, forgivable loan or repayable loan. The public employer may contract with one or more public or private entities to provide assistance in implementing and administering the program and shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the program.   If the assistance is structured as a forgivable loan, the participating employee must remain as an employee of the public employer for an agreed upon period of time, as determined by the rules and regulations adopted by the public employer in order to have the loan forgiven. The forgiveness structure, amount of assistance and repayment terms shall be determined by the public employer.
MS Code § 25-31-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-1. Qualifications for office

  The district attorney shall possess all the qualifications of county officers and, in addition thereto, shall be a resident of the district in which he or she seeks election for five (5) years immediately preceding the day of the election, shall be a regular licensed and practicing attorney, and shall have been duly admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi for a period of two (2) years.   The residency requirements specified under this section shall apply to elections held from and after January 1, 2020.
MS Code § 25-31-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-6. Legal assistants to district attorney; qualifications; powers and duties; removal

 Legal assistants to district attorneys shall be regularly licensed and practicing attorneys having been duly admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi, and shall have the power and authority, under the direction and supervision of the district attorney, to perform all of the duties required of that office. Said legal assistants may be removed at the discretion of the duly elected and acting district attorney, or for cause by the senior circuit judge of the district.
MS Code § 25-31-8 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-8. Office operating allowance

 From and after July 1, 2006, in all circuit court districts in this state existing now or hereafter created, the district attorney shall receive from sums appropriated for such purpose from the General Fund or any special fund of the State of Mississippi, an office operating allowance for the necessary expenses of operating the office of the district attorney, including stenographic help, and other items and expenditures necessary and incident to the investigation of criminal cases, the general expenses of the office of the investigation of criminal cases, the general expenses of the office of the district attorney for preparing and/or trying felony cases and all other cases requiring the services of the district attorney, the sum of Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00) for each district, and an additional Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) for each assistant authorized by Section 25-31-5(1). All expenditures made from such office operating allowances shall be upon written requisition of the duly elected district attorney to the State Auditor, as otherwise provided by law. The district attorney may delegate to the board of supervisors of any county in his district the responsibility and authority to employ and set the salary of not more than one (1) employee for the office of such district attorney, such salary to be paid as other expenditures are paid from the funds provided by this section. Such employee shall be deemed to be appointed and employed by the board of supervisors and the salary shall not be deemed to be a pecuniary benefit provided by the district attorney's office. The district attorney shall be authorized to assign the duties of any employees regardless of the source of funding for such employees.
MS Code § 25-31-10 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-10. Criminal investigators

  Any district attorney may appoint a full-time criminal investigator.   The district attorneys of the Third, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth Circuit Court Districts may appoint one (1) additional full-time criminal investigator for a total of two (2) full-time criminal investigators.   The district attorneys of the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh and Nineteenth Circuit Court Districts may appoint two (2) additional full-time criminal investigators for a total of three (3) full-time criminal investigators.   No district attorney or assistant district attorney shall accept any private employment, civil or criminal, in any matter investigated by such criminal investigators.   The full and complete compensation for all public duties rendered by said criminal investigators shall be not more than Fifty-nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($59,500.00) per annum, to be determined at the discretion of the district attorney based upon the qualifications, education and experience of the criminal investigator, plus necessary travel and other expenses, to be paid in accordance with Section 25-31-8. However, the maximum salary under this subsection for a criminal investigator who has a law degree may be supplemented by the district attorney from other available funds, but not to exceed the maximum salary for a legal assistant to a district attorney.   Any criminal investigator may be designated by the district attorney to attend the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program set forth in Section 45-6-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972. The total expenses associated with attendance by criminal investigators at the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program shall be paid out of the funds of the appropriate district attorney.   The district attorney shall be authorized to assign the duties of criminal investigators regardless of the source of funding for such criminal investigators.
MS Code § 25-31-10.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-10.1. Supplemental salary, expenses and fringe benefits for district attorneys, legal assistants and criminal investigators

 In addition to the salaries, expenses and fringe benefits of district attorneys and legal assistants authorized by Section 25-3-35(5) and (6) and criminal investigators authorized by Section 25-31-10(5), the salary of a district attorney may be supplemented in an amount not to exceed Eight Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($8,300.00) per year; the salary of a legal assistant may be supplemented in an amount not to exceed Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) per year; and the salary of a criminal investigator may be supplemented in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per year, payable monthly. The supplemental salary, expenses and fringe benefits authorized herein may be paid from office-generated funds, funds from a county, a combination of counties, a municipality, a combination of municipalities, a county and a municipality, a combination of counties and municipalities, federal funds, grants from private foundations, or by means of an Interlocal Cooperative Agreement authorized by Section 17-13-1. The district attorney shall report to the board of supervisors of each county comprising the circuit court district the amount and source of the supplemental salary, expenses and fringe benefits, and the board in each county shall spread the same on its minutes. The district attorney shall also report such information to the Department of Finance and Administration who shall make such information available to the Legislative Budget Office. The supplemental salary, expenses and fringe benefits may either be paid from district attorney accounts, transferred by the district attorney to the Department of Finance and Administration or to one or more of the separate counties comprising the circuit court district, and such funds shall be disbursed to the employees in the same manner as state-funded criminal investigators and full-time legal assistants.
MS Code § 25-31-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-13. District attorney to attend deliberations of grand jury

 The district attorney shall attend the deliberations of the grand jury whenever he may be required by the grand jury, and shall give the necessary information as to the law governing each case, in order that the same may be presented in the manner required by law.
MS Code § 25-31-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-15. District attorney to pass on public accounts

 All accounts of a public nature, before they are allowed by the circuit court, shall be presented to the district attorney; and his opinion concerning the validity of the same, and whether the same should be allowed or disallowed, shall be obtained in writing and presented to the court.
MS Code § 25-31-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-17. District attorney to give opinions and prosecute public debtors

 It shall be the duty of the district attorney, when requested by the county depository or the board of supervisors, or the clerk thereof, to give his opinion in writing upon all cases concerning the revenue or expenses of the county, and with the approval of the Attorney General to institute and prosecute to effect, before the proper court, all persons indebted to the state or any county within his district.
MS Code § 25-31-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-19. To represent state tax and public service commissions

 The several district attorneys, with the Attorney General, are hereby authorized to institute or defend any suits arising out of any act or order of the tax commission or the public service commission affecting the laws and revenues of the state, and are also clothed with such other authority as is conferred upon them at common law.
MS Code § 25-31-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-21. Pro tempore appointment and compensation of appointees

 If, at the time of impaneling the grand jury in any circuit court, the district attorney be absent or unable to perform his duties or, if after impaneling of the grand jury, the district attorney be absent or unable to perform his duties or be disqualified, the court shall forthwith appoint some attorney at law to act for the state in the place of the district attorney during his absence or inability or disqualification, and the person appointed shall have the power to discharge all the duties of the office during the absence or inability or disqualification of the district attorney, and shall receive a reasonable compensation for his services, to be allowed by the court and certified to the auditor, who shall issue his warrant therefor. Such allowance shall be deducted from the salary of the district attorney, and shall not exceed the amount of the salary of the district attorney for the number of days allotted by law for the term of the court at which such appointees shall act.
MS Code § 25-31-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-23. Duty as to fines

 The district attorney, at each term of the circuit court, shall carefully examine the minutes of the preceding terms and the execution docket, to see that executions have been issued for all fines, penalties, and forfeitures adjudged at such terms, and that the same have been properly proceeded on and returned, and what fines, penalties, and forfeitures have been collected; and he shall, at the close of every term, make out a statement of all fines, forfeitures, and penalties adjudged and made final at such term; and also of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected or received by the sheriff or other officer, stating each case and the amount, and shall deliver the same to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county. He shall proceed against the officers and their sureties for any neglect of duty of which they may be guilty.
MS Code § 25-31-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-25. District attorney to institute and prosecute suits to vacate fraudulent conveyances

 When it may be necessary and proper for the enforcement or collection of any judgment or debt in favor of the state, or any officer thereof in his official capacity, or of any county, the district attorney with the approval of the attorney general shall institute and prosecute, in behalf of the creditor, a suit or suits to set aside and annul any conveyance or other device fraudulently made by the debtor, or any one for him, to hinder, delay, or defraud the creditor.
MS Code § 25-31-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-27. Antitrust suits to require consent of Attorney General

 No district attorney of this state, without the consent in writing of the attorney general, shall institute or prosecute any civil suit for a violation of the antitrust statutes of this state; and no court shall take cognizance of any such suit without such written consent of the Attorney General.
MS Code § 25-31-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-29. Reports on persons sentenced to state penitentiary

 The district attorneys of the several circuit court districts in the State of Mississippi shall furnish the superintendent of the Mississippi state penitentiary and the probation and parole board, within fifteen days after adjournment of each term of court, a written report on each person sentenced by the court for a term in the state penitentiary, showing therein a summary of facts of the case for which he is serving sentence, pertinent circumstances of his life, the antecedents of the violation of the law because of which he has been committed to the penitentiary, and his prior training and employment as available to the district attorney at the time of conviction, including prior convictions, results of mental examinations, and conditions under which arrest was made.
MS Code § 25-31-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-33. Certain counties to contribute toward salaries of district attorneys and legal assistants

 The board of supervisors of any county having a population in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000) according to the federal decennial census of 1970 shall contribute a sum equal to Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($4,500.00) per year, payable monthly, to supplement the salary of the district attorney of that county, provided that he serves full time; and shall contribute a sum equal to Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) per year, payable monthly, per full-time legal assistant to supplement the salary of each full-time legal assistant to the district attorney of that county.   The board of supervisors of any Class 1 county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and having two (2) judicial districts shall contribute a sum equal to Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($4,500.00) per year, payable monthly, to supplement the salary of the district attorney of that county provided that he serves full time; and shall contribute a sum equal to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per year, payable monthly, to supplement the salary of each full-time legal assistant to the district attorney of that county.
MS Code § 25-31-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-35. District attorneys shall not engage in private practice; exception

  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, it shall be unlawful and shall constitute a high misdemeanor for any district attorney to hold himself out to the general public or otherwise as being engaged in the private practice of law, whether or not he anticipates receiving any form of remuneration from his clients or any person seeking his advice. Any district attorney who shall be found guilty of violation of this provision shall be removed from office by the circuit judge of the county where such violation occurred.   Any person not serving as a legal assistant to the district attorney who is appointed by the Governor to serve as district attorney to fill a vacancy occurring in such office until such office shall be filled by a special or regular election as provided by Sections 23-15-193, 23-15-833 and 23-15-843 shall be allowed to engage in the private practice of law while holding the office of district attorney pursuant to such appointment.
MS Code § 25-31-36 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-36. Right of district attorney to conclude civil cases pending at time of taking office; practice by appointees pending filling of vacancy by election

  Except as otherwise provided herein, no district attorney shall engage in the private practice of law. However, district attorneys may continue to practice for a period of time, not to exceed six (6) months from the date of taking office, in any of the courts so far as to enable them to bring to a conclusion civil cases actually pending in which such district attorneys were employed when they were appointed or elected.   Any person not serving as a legal assistant to the district attorney who is appointed by the Governor to serve as district attorney to fill a vacancy occurring in such office until such office shall be filled by a special or regular election as provided by Sections 23-15-193, 23-15-833 and 23-15-843 shall be allowed to engage in the private practice of law while holding the office of district attorney pursuant to such appointment.
MS Code § 25-31-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-39. Abolition of part-time district attorneys and part-time legal assistants; exception

 There shall be no part-time district attorneys or part-time legal assistants to district attorneys; however, any person not serving as a legal assistant to the district attorney who is appointed by the Governor to serve as district attorney to fill a vacancy occurring in such office until such office shall be filled by a special or regular election as provided by Sections 23-15-193, 23-15-833 and 23-15-843 shall be allowed to engage in the private practice of law while holding the office of district attorney pursuant to such appointment.
MS Code § 25-31-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 31 - District Attorneys|§ 25-31-41. District Attorneys Operation Fund created; source of money; use of funds; funding of district attorneys' expenses; deposit of user charges and fees authorized by Section 99-19-72(1)(a) and (b) into State General Fund

  There is created in the State Treasury a special fund designated as the District Attorneys Operation Fund. The funds shall be administered by the Attorney General. The fund shall consist of monies deposited therein as provided in Section 99-19-72 and monies from any other source designated for deposit into the fund. The Attorney General may also accept monies from any public or private source for deposit into the fund. 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.   Monies in the fund shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature and may only be used for the purpose of assisting district attorneys as determined necessary by the Attorney General. Monies in the fund used for the purposes described in this section shall be in addition to other funds available from any other source for such purposes.   From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of district attorneys shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized by Section 99-19-72(1)(a) and (b) shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law and as determined by the State Fiscal Officer, and charges and fees authorized by Section 99-19-72(1)(c) shall be retained by the circuit clerks for expenditures authorized by law.