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MS Code § 5-1-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-69. Joint convention; votes and elections

 All votes in the joint convention shall be taken by yeas and nays, and all elections shall be viva voce. In taking the same it shall be the duty of the secretary of the senate to call the names of the members of the senate, after which the clerk of the house of representatives shall in like manner call the names of the members of the house. Each member of the senate and house of representatives present shall be required to vote on all questions and in all elections in joint convention, unless excused by a vote of the convention.
MS Code § 5-1-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-71. Joint convention; majority to elect

 The person who receives a majority of all the votes of the joint convention, a majority of all the members elected to both houses being present and voting, shall be duly elected. When more than one officer is to be elected the vote shall be so taken as to elect only one at a time.
MS Code § 5-1-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-73. Joint convention; punishment of members

 Any member of either house who may be guilty of disorderly behavior in the presence of the joint convention, may be punished by the house of which he is a member in the same manner as if the offense were committed in the presence of his house.
MS Code § 5-1-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-75. Joint convention; punishment of persons not members

 The joint convention shall have power to punish any person other than a member for disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence, by fine and imprisonment, in the same manner and to the same extent as either house may do for like conduct before it.
MS Code § 5-1-77 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-77. Mail carrier and distributor for legislature

 There shall be a mail carrier and distributor for the legislature of the state, who shall be elected at the same time and by the same method as now provided for the election of state librarian, and whose term of office shall be for a period of four years.
MS Code § 5-1-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-81. Location of post office

 The post office or place for distributing the mails and the depository for receiving the outgoing mails, shall be located on the second floor of the capitol, in the room to the left of the entrance, which was provided for such purpose in the plan of the state capitol building.
MS Code § 5-1-83 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-83. Capitol Commission to fit up post office

 The capitol commission as keeper of the capitol, is hereby authorized and directed to make such alterations and provide such furnishings for the post-office room as in its judgment may seem proper, to fit it for the convenience and necessary requirements of sections 5-1-79 and 5-1-81.
MS Code § 5-1-85 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-85. Publication of fiscal note for certain bills or concurrent resolutions

 For any bill or concurrent resolution, the purpose or effect of which is to expend state funds or enable the spending of state funds, or to increase or decrease the revenue of the state, either directly or indirectly, that passes out of a committee for which a fiscal note was drafted, the fiscal note shall be published in electronic form on the Mississippi Legislature website on the web page that provides the bill text, description, background information, history of actions, amendments, and additional information for the bill within twenty-four (24) hours of passing out of committee.If a fiscal note was not drafted for any such bill or concurrent resolution, the statement "No fiscal note conducted" shall be included on the web page.
MS Code § 5-5-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 5 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 5-5-1. Senate committee

 There is hereby established a standing committee on interstate cooperation of the senate, to consist of five senators. The members and chairman of this committee shall be designated in the same manner as is customary in the case of the members and chairmen of other standing committees of the senate.
MS Code § 5-5-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 5 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 5-5-3. House committee

 There is hereby established a standing committee on interstate cooperation of the house of representatives, to consist of five members. The members and chairman of this committee shall be designated in the same manner as is customary in the case of the members and chairmen of other standing committees of the house of representatives.
MS Code § 5-5-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 5 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 5-5-5. Commission on Interstate Cooperation

 There is hereby established the Mississippi Commission on Interstate Cooperation, which shall encourage and arrange conferences with officials of other states and of other units of government; carry forward the participation of this state as a member of the council of state governments, both regionally and nationally; and formulate proposals for cooperation between this state and other states.
MS Code § 5-5-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 5 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 5-5-7. Members of the Commission

 The commission on interstate cooperation shall be composed of eleven members, namely;   The five members of the committee on interstate cooperation of the senate,   The five members of the committee on interstate cooperation of the house of representatives, and   The governor.
MS Code § 5-5-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 5 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 5-5-9. Rules; compensation and expenses of members

 The commission on interstate cooperation may provide such rules as it considers appropriate concerning the membership and the functioning of the committee. Members of the commission shall be compensated by a per diem as is authorized by law for each day spent in actual discharge of their duties and shall be reimbursed for mileage and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with the requirements of Section 25-3-41.
MS Code § 5-5-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 5 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 5-5-11. Reports

 The commission on interstate cooperation shall report to the governor and to the legislature within fifteen days after the convening of each regular legislative session, and at such other times as it deems appropriate. Its members shall serve without compensation.
MS Code § 5-5-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 5 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 5-5-13. Committee sittings

 The standing committees on interstate cooperation of the senate and the house of representatives, shall function during the regular sessions of the legislature and also during the interim periods between such sessions. Their members shall serve until their successors are designated. They shall respectively constitute the senate and house councils of the American Legislators' Association for this state.
MS Code § 5-5-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 5 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 5-5-15. Copies to other states

 The secretary of state shall forthwith communicate the text of this measure to the governor, to the senate, and to the house of representatives of each of the other states of the union, and memorialize each legislature which has not already done so, to enact a law similar to this measure, thus establishing a similar commission with like duties and powers, and thus joining with this state in the common cause of reducing the burdens which are imposed upon the citizens of every state by governmental confusion, competition and conflict.
MS Code § 5-5-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 5 - Interstate Cooperation|§ 5-5-17. Expenses

 The legislature may appropriate any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 5-8-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 8 - Lobbying Law Reform Act of 1994|§ 5-8-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be cited as the "Lobbying Law Reform Act of 1994."
MS Code § 5-8-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 8 - Lobbying Law Reform Act of 1994|§ 5-8-5. Registration statements; filing; contents; length of registration period; effective date of registration; termination of registration; forms

  Except as otherwise provided in Section 5-8-7 of this chapter and in addition to reports required by Sections 5-8-9 and 5-8-11 of this chapter, every lobbyist and every lobbyist's client shall file a registration statement with the Secretary of State within five (5) calendar days after becoming a lobbyist, becoming a lobbyist's client or beginning to lobby for a new client. The filing of every registration statement shall be accompanied by the payment of a registration fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) to the Secretary of State. The lobbyist shall file the registration statement and pay the fees to the Secretary of State for each lobbyist's client whom the lobbyist represents.   The registration statement shall include the following:   The name, address, occupation and telephone number of the lobbyist;   The name, address, telephone number and principal place of business of the lobbyist's client;   The kind of business of the lobbyist's client;   The full name of the person or persons who control the lobbyist's client, the partners, if any, and officers of the lobbyist's client;   The full name, address and telephone number of each lobbyist employed by or representing the lobbyist's client; and   A statement or statements by the lobbyist and lobbyist's client indicating the specific nature of the issues being advocated for or against on behalf of the lobbyist's client, with sufficient detail so that the precise nature of the lobbyist's advocacy is evident from the statement itself.     Registration shall be valid for one (1) calendar year, commencing January 1 and ending December 31 of each year. If the lobbyist or lobbyist's client shall register after January 1, the registration shall be effective upon actual receipt by the Secretary of State and shall cease on December 31 of each year.   A lobbyist or lobbyist's client may terminate his registration by filing an expenditure report required under this chapter. Such report shall include information through the last day of lobbying activity. The termination report must indicate that the lobbyist intends to use the report as the final accounting of lobbying activity.   The Secretary of State shall prescribe and make available to every lobbyist and lobbyist's client appropriate forms for filing registration statements as required by Sections 5-8-1 through 5-8-19 of this chapter.
MS Code § 5-8-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 8 - Lobbying Law Reform Act of 1994|§ 5-8-13. Prohibited acts; required acts

  A lobbyist shall not contract to receive or accept compensation dependent upon the success or failure of a legislative or executive action.   A lobbyist or lobbyist's client shall not knowingly or willfully make or cause to be made a false statement or misrepresentation of facts to an executive, legislative or public official or public employee, or to the public in general with the intent to affect the outcome of a legislative or executive action.   A lobbyist or lobbyist's client shall not cause a legislative or executive action for the purpose of obtaining employment to lobby in support of or in opposition to the legislative or executive action.   An executive, legislative or public official or public employee shall not be a lobbyist, except that he may act as a lobbyist when acting in his official capacity.   A lobbyist must disclose anything of value given in whole or in part to any executive, legislative or public official or public employee.
MS Code § 5-8-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 8 - Lobbying Law Reform Act of 1994|§ 5-8-15. Investigations of violations of chapter

  The district attorney of the circuit court of the district wherein an alleged violation occurred shall investigate violations of this chapter.   In addition to a district attorney's authority as set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the Attorney General shall investigate alleged violations of this chapter and use all existing powers granted that office in conducting such investigations.
MS Code § 5-8-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 8 - Lobbying Law Reform Act of 1994|§ 5-8-19. Duties of Secretary of State

 The Secretary of State shall:   Provide forms for registration and for statements required by Sections 5-8-1 through 5-8-19 of this chapter to all persons required to file.   Issue a certificate of registration to a lobbyist registered under the provisions of Sections 5-8-1 through 5-8-19 of this chapter.   Make all statements and reports filed available for public inspection and copying, at a reasonable cost, during regular office hours.   Publish an annual report summarizing the financial activities of lobbyists and lobbyists' clients, and such annual report shall not include amounts reported pursuant to Sections 5-8-9(8) and 5-8-11(7) for single functions in the calculation of the cumulative total amount of money expended for lobbying purposes.
MS Code § 5-8-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 8 - Lobbying Law Reform Act of 1994|§ 5-8-21. Penalties for intentional violations; prosecution of corporation or association not barred

 Any person who, with intent, violates any of the provisions of this chapter whether acting either individually or as an officer, agent, employee, or counsel of a person, firm, corporation or association, or any person whether acting individually or as the officer, employee, agent or counsel of a firm, corporation or association, who, with intent, causes or participates, either directly or indirectly, in any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall upon conviction for the first offense be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than six (6) months or both and upon conviction for a second or any subsequent offense be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned in the Penitentiary not more than three (3) years or both. Any association or corporation which, with intent, violates, or causes or participates, either directly or indirectly, in any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall, for each offense, upon conviction, be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). The prosecution or conviction of one or more of the officers or employees of such corporation or association shall not be a bar to the prosecution and conviction of the corporation or association for such offense.
MS Code § 5-8-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 8 - Lobbying Law Reform Act of 1994|§ 5-8-23. Severability clause

 If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or any part of this chapter passed hereafter is declared to be unconstitutional or void, or if for any reason is declared to be invalid or of no effect, the remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases or parts thereof shall be in no manner affected thereby but shall remain in full force and effect.
MS Code § 5-9-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 9 - Agency Review|§ 5-9-13. Executive orders establishing governmental units enacted into statutory law

  Executive orders issued by governors after January 3, 1979, which establish, or have the effect of establishing, a governmental unit shall be terminated unless they are enacted into statutory law in the following manner. If such a governmental unit is established while the legislature is in regular session and more than thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled adjournment of that session, it must be enacted into statutory law by the scheduled date of adjournment or else it is terminated on that date by operation of law. In the event such a governmental unit is established while the legislature is in session but less than thirty (30) days before scheduled adjournment or if such a governmental unit is created while the legislature is not in session, then it must be enacted into statutory law by the date of adjournment of the next regular session of the legislature or else it is terminated on that date by operation of law.   The legislature may establish a governmental unit by statute as it was created in the executive order or it may enact such changes in the status, powers or jurisdiction of the governmental unit as it may deem necessary and proper.   No governmental unit created by executive order shall incur any obligations, financial or otherwise, or enter into any contracts or other commitments which extend beyond the date of adjournment of the legislative session in which the agency must be enacted into statutory law to avoid termination.   Failure of the governmental unit to be enacted into statutory law shall not invalidate any act done by any officer or employee thereof if the act is otherwise lawful and has been fully executed prior to the date of termination.   No power, duty or authority of any governmental unit which fails to be enacted into statutory law as required by this section shall be transferred in any manner other than by legislative enactment to any existing agency, nor shall any such power, duty or authority be allocated to any successor governmental unit in any manner other than by legislative enactment. No funds shall be appropriated to or otherwise made available from any source whatsoever to a governmental unit created by executive order which was not enacted into statutory law as provided in this section.   A governmental unit created by executive order after January 3, 1979, shall not duplicate the functions of other governmental units created by statute.
MS Code § 5-11-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 11 - Abolishment of Agencies|§ 5-11-1. Definitions

 The following terms as used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:   "Agency" means any agency as defined in Section 25-9-107(d);   "Agency facility" means any building or group of buildings that have been used for a function that the Legislature has abolished or transferred to another agency under provisions of general law;   "Abolished agency" means any agency, any public community or junior college or any state institution of higher learning whose enabling legislation has been repealed or has been amended so as to transfer authority for the agency's duties and responsibilities, in whole or in part, to another agency;   "Complete and correct inventory" means a listing of all personal property, fixtures or real property titled to, or under the control of, an agency facility or abolished agency. Such listing shall be prepared by the agency that is to be responsible for the agency facility or the abolished agency's duties and responsibilities, and shall contain all real and personal property titled to, or under the control of, the abolished agency or agency facility. After the preparation of the listing, the listing shall be reconciled against the master state property inventory of the Department of Audit for all accounts;   "Transition authority" means any council or group of persons authorized by law to provide oversight or plan the transfer of duties, property and services of an abolished agency or agency facility to another agency.
MS Code § 5-11-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 11 - Abolishment of Agencies|§ 5-11-3. Transition authority required to develop plans to facilitate abolition of agency or agency facility; reports; audit

  Whenever the Legislature authorizes or requires the abolition of any agency or agency facility, the agency receiving the authority to perform the duties of the abolished agency or receiving the property of the abolished agency or agency facility for disposal or other use shall, before performance of the duties of the abolished agency or disposal of the agency facility property:   Develop task-based plans to facilitate the abolition of the agency or agency facility that shall include:   A statement of management responsibilities that clearly defines the sequential tasks of all personnel who will be responsible for carrying out the disposal or transfer of property, or the transfer of duties of the abolished agency; and   Projections of the time required to complete required tasks.     Compile a complete and correct inventory;   Write procedures and criteria governing the acquisition or disposition of any real or personal property under the control of, or titled to, the agency or agency facility abolished; and   Devise security plans and policies, with written security procedures governing access to any agency facility being abolished.     In addition to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, the agency responsible for the duties of the abolished agency or responsible for the disposal of property of the agency facility shall prepare reports to the Legislature and Governor that include copies of all plans and procedures required under this section and a detailed written account of the actual accomplishments of the agency responsible for administering the abolition of the agency or agency facility. Such reports shall be delivered to the Legislature and the Governor not less than ninety (90) days after the effective date of the act requiring the abolishment of the agency or agency facility.   In addition to all reports, plans and procedures required under subsection 1 of this section, the State Department of Audit shall prepare a complete financial audit of any agency facility or abolished agency. Such audit shall be complete not less than ninety (90) days after the effective date of the act requiring the abolishment of the agency of agency facility.
MS Code § 5-11-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 11 - Abolishment of Agencies|§ 5-11-5. Powers and duties of transition authority

 Whenever the Legislature creates a transition authority, the transition authority may carry out all functions provided for under Section 5-11-3 except for those duties conferred upon the State Department of Audit. If the transition authority does not express an intention in its official minutes of carrying out all functions provided for under Section 5-11-3 within ten (10) days of its creation under law, then it shall have no authority to perform such acts provided for under Section 5-11-3. If the transition authority chooses to perform the functions of Section 5-11-3, it shall do so in strict conformity with the provisions of 5-11-3. If the transition authority chooses not to perform these functions, it may review any plans, procedures or reports required under this chapter, but shall not impede or otherwise interfere with the activities of any agency authorized under law to perform any acts required under this chapter or any other laws of the State of Mississippi.