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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › STANDING JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON REAPPORTIONMENT (§§ 5-3-91 — 5-3-103) › Section 5-3-91 - Standing joint legislative committee on reapportionment; membership; organization

There is hereby created the standing joint legislative committee on reapportionment, to be composed of the chairman and vice chairman of the apportionment and elections committee of the house of representatives and the chairman and vice chairman of the elections committee of the senate; ten (10) members of the house of representatives, two (2) from each congressional district, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and ten (10) members of the senate, two (2) from each congressional district to be appointed by the lieutenant governor. In the event the congressional districts of the state shall change numerically, then the number appointed from the senate and appointed from the house by congressional districts shall be adjusted accordingly. The members shall serve until the end of the term of office for which such member has been elected.
The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of representatives shall call an organizational meeting of the committee and the committee shall elect a chairman and such other officers as they deem necessary. A majority vote of the members of each house shall be required on all votes by the committee.
Laws, 1977 2d Ex Sess, ch. 23, § 1(1); Laws, 1981, ch. 304, § 1, eff. 2/2/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › STANDING JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON REAPPORTIONMENT (§§ 5-3-91 — 5-3-103) › Section 5-3-93 - Committee to draw plan to apportion Mississippi Legislature

The members of the committee shall draw a plan to apportion, according to constitutional standards, the membership of the Mississippi Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled adjournment of the next regular session of the Legislature following the delivery of the 2000 decennial census data to the state and every ten (10) years thereafter and at such other times as they may be directed by joint resolution of the Mississippi Legislature.
Provided, however, the committee shall not be required to present a plan to the Legislature prior to four (4) months after the publication of census data.
Laws, 1977 2d Ex Sess, ch. 23, § 1(2); Laws, 1981, ch. 304, § 1; Laws, 2001, ch. 504, § 1, eff. 5/9/2001 (the date the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › STANDING JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON REAPPORTIONMENT (§§ 5-3-91 — 5-3-103) › Section 5-3-95 - Per diem compensation; expenses and mileage

(1)
The members of the committee shall be entitled to receive compensation as follows:
(a)
Per diem compensation for each day engaged in the discharge of official duties at the same rate as compensated during a special session of the Legislature and reimbursement for all actual, necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties, including mileage as authorized by law; or
(b)
Per diem compensation for each day engaged in the discharge of official duties in the amount authorized by Section
25-3-69
and a mileage allowance and an expense allowance in the amount authorized by Section
5-1-47
.
(2)
Prior to receiving any compensation pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, a member of the committee shall give notice in writing to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, of the manner in which he desires to be compensated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
(3)
No compensation shall be paid pursuant to this section for attending meetings of the committee while the Legislature is in session.
Laws, 1977 2d Ex Sess, ch 23, § 1(3); Laws, 1981, ch. 304, § 1; Laws, 2001, ch. 504, § 2, eff. 5/9/2001 (the date the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › STANDING JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON REAPPORTIONMENT (§§ 5-3-91 — 5-3-103) › Section 5-3-97 - State agencies and entities to cooperate with committee; employment of experts and other staff

All political subdivisions, state agencies, and all other creatures of the state of Mississippi are hereby authorized and directed to assist the committee and to provide it with such professional, technical, and other expertise as each may possess when requested so to do. After an affirmative finding that professional, technical, or other expertise is needed that cannot be provided by the aforesaid political subdivisions, state agencies, and other creatures of the state, then the committee may employ or contract for such professional, technical, or other expertise necessary to accomplish the apportionment. The committee may employ staff personnel as it deems necessary.
Laws, 1977 2d Ex Sess, ch 23, § 1(4); Laws, 1981, ch. 304, § 1, eff. 2/2/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › STANDING JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON REAPPORTIONMENT (§§ 5-3-91 — 5-3-103) › Section 5-3-99 - Procedure for determining norm to be represented by senators and representatives

(1)
The committee shall divide the number of members of the senate that it recommends within constitutional limitations into the total population of the state as reported in each census to determine the number of persons which constitutes the norm to be represented by a senator.
(2)
The committee shall divide the number of members of the house of representatives that it recommends within constitutional limitations into the total population of the state as reported in each census to determine the number of persons which constitutes the norm to be represented by a representative.
Laws, 1977 2d Ex Sess, ch 23, § 2; Laws, 1981, ch. 304, § 1, eff. 2/2/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › STANDING JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON REAPPORTIONMENT (§§ 5-3-91 — 5-3-103) › Section 5-3-101 - Guidelines and standards for apportionment

In accomplishing the apportionment, the committee shall follow such constitutional standards as may apply at the time of the apportionment and shall observe the following guidelines unless such guidelines are inconsistent with constitutional standards at the time of the apportionment, in which event the constitutional standards shall control:
(a)
Every district shall be compact and composed of contiguous territory and the boundary shall cross governmental or political boundaries the least number of times possible; and
(b)
Districts shall be structured, as far as possible and within constitutional standards, along county lines; if county lines are fractured, then election district lines shall be followed as nearly as possible.
Laws, 1977, 2d Ex Sess, § 3; Laws, 1981, ch. 304, § 1, eff. 2/2/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › STANDING JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON REAPPORTIONMENT (§§ 5-3-91 — 5-3-103) › Section 5-3-103 - Submission of apportionment plans to legislature

Upon completion of apportionment plans, the committee shall present its plans to the Mississippi Legislature, which shall act on the plans not later than the next regular session of the legislature. The committees to which the plans are referred shall report their recommendations to their respective houses no later than the forty-fifth day of the legislative session.
Laws, 1977, 2d Ex Sess, ch. 23, § 4; Laws, 1981, ch. 304, § 1, eff. 2/2/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › STANDING JOINT CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE (§§ 5-3-121 — 5-3-129) › Section 5-3-121 - Standing joint congressional redistricting committee; membership and organization

There is hereby created a standing joint congressional redistricting committee, to be composed of the chairman and vice chairman of the apportionment and elections committee of the house of representatives and the chairman and vice chairman of the elections committee of the senate; ten (10) members of the house of representatives, two (2) from each congressional district, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and ten (10) members of the senate, two (2) from each congressional district, to be appointed by the lieutenant governor. In the event the congressional districts of the state shall change numerically, then the number appointed from the senate and from the house from congressional districts shall be adjusted accordingly. The members shall serve until the end of the term of office for which such member has been elected.
The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of representatives shall call an organizational meeting of the committee and the committee shall elect a chairman and such other officers as they deem necessary. A majority vote of the members of each house shall be required on all votes by the committee.
Laws, 1981, ch. 302, § 1 subd (1), eff. 1/30/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › STANDING JOINT CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE (§§ 5-3-121 — 5-3-129) › Section 5-3-123 - Preparation of plan to redistrict congressional districts

The members of the committee shall draw a plan to redistrict, according to constitutional standards, the United States congressional districts for the state of Mississippi no later than thirty (30) days preceding the convening of the next regular session of the legislature after the results of the 1980 decennial census are published and every ten (10) years thereafter.
Provided, however, the committee shall not be required to present a plan to the governor and to the legislature prior to four (4) months after the publication of census data.
Laws, 1981, ch. 302, § 1 subd (2), eff. 1/30/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › STANDING JOINT CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE (§§ 5-3-121 — 5-3-129) › Section 5-3-125 - Per diem compensation; reimbursement for expenses and mileage

(1)
The members of the committee shall be entitled to receive compensation as follows:
(a)
Per diem compensation for each day engaged in the discharge of official duties at the same rate as compensated during a special session of the Legislature and reimbursement for all actual, necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties, including mileage as authorized by law; or
(b)
Per diem compensation for each day engaged in the discharge of official duties in the amount authorized by Section
25-3-69
and a mileage allowance and an expense allowance in the amount authorized by Section
5-1-47
.
(2)
Prior to receiving any compensation pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, a member of the committee shall give notice in writing to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, of the manner in which he desires to be compensated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
(3)
No compensation shall be paid pursuant to this section for attending meetings of the committee while the Legislature is in session.
Laws, 1981, ch. 302, § 1 subd (3); Laws, 2001, ch. 504, § 3, eff. 5/9/2001 (the date the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › STANDING JOINT CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE (§§ 5-3-121 — 5-3-129) › Section 5-3-127 - Cooperation with other state agencies; employment of experts; other employees

All political subdivisions, state agencies, and all other creatures of the state of Mississippi are hereby authorized and directed to assist the committee and to provide it with such professional, technical and other expertise as each may possess when requested so to do. After an affirmative finding that professional, technical or other expertise is needed that cannot be provided by the aforesaid political subdivisions, state agencies, and other creatures of the state, then the committee may employ or contract for such professional, technical or other expertise necessary to accomplish the apportionment. The committee may employ staff personnel as it deems necessary.
Laws, 1981, ch. 302, § 1 subd (4), eff. 1/30/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › STANDING JOINT CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE (§§ 5-3-121 — 5-3-129) › Section 5-3-129 - Submission of plan to governor and legislature

Upon completion of a redistricting plan, the committee shall present its plan to the governor and to the Mississippi legislature.
Laws, 1981, ch. 302, § 2, eff. 1/30/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE; HIGHWAY REFUNDING BONDS (§ 5-3-141) › Section 5-3-141 - Membership; authority; expenses

There is hereby created the Mississippi Legislative Oversight Committee. Such oversight committee shall consist of three (3) representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and three (3) senators appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, and they shall be appointed within ten (10) days after April 4, 1985. The legislative oversight committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to the State Bond Commission in connection with the issuance of refunding bonds under Laws, 1985, Chapter 469, Sections 1-3, and the legislative members thereof shall report the actions of the State Bond Commission to the appropriate legislative committees. The legislative oversight committee shall have no jurisdiction or vote on any matter within the jurisdiction of the State Bond Commission. When the Legislature is not in session, members of the legislative oversight committee shall be paid per diem and all actual and necessary expenses, including, without limitation, travel expenses both within and without the state, from their respective contingent expense funds at the rate authorized for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session. The State Bond Commission is authorized to reimburse the aforementioned contingent expense funds for such per diem and all other reasonable expenses paid by such funds, but the State Bond Commission shall pay the same only from the proceeds of refunding bonds and the State Bond Commission shall treat the same as part of the cost of issuing such bonds. The terms of the members of the legislative oversight committee shall expire at the end of their terms of office.
Laws, 1985, ch. 469, § 4, eff. 4/4/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COUNCIL [Repealed] (§ 5-3-151) › Section 5-3-151 - through 5-3-167 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1993, ch. 516, § 9, eff. 6/30/1998.
Laws, 1993, ch. 516, §§ 1-9.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 5 - INTERSTATE COOPERATION (§§ 5-5-1 — 5-5-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 3318; Laws, 1936, ch. 198.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 5 - INTERSTATE COOPERATION (§§ 5-5-1 — 5-5-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 3319; Laws, 1936, ch. 198.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 5 - INTERSTATE COOPERATION (§§ 5-5-1 — 5-5-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 3317; Laws, 1936, ch. 198.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 5 - INTERSTATE COOPERATION (§§ 5-5-1 — 5-5-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 3320; Laws, 1936, ch. 198.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 5 - INTERSTATE COOPERATION (§§ 5-5-1 — 5-5-17) › Section 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
.
Codes, 1942, § 3321; Laws, 1936, ch. 198; Laws, 1980, ch. 560, § 4, eff. 5/26/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 5 - INTERSTATE COOPERATION (§§ 5-5-1 — 5-5-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 3322; Laws, 1936, ch. 198.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 5 - INTERSTATE COOPERATION (§§ 5-5-1 — 5-5-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 3323; Laws, 1936, ch. 198.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 5 - INTERSTATE COOPERATION (§§ 5-5-1 — 5-5-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 3324; Laws, 1936, ch. 198.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 5 - INTERSTATE COOPERATION (§§ 5-5-1 — 5-5-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 3325; Laws, 1936, ch. 198.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 7 - LOBBYING [Repealed] (§ 5-7-1) › Section 5-7-1 - through 5-7-19 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1994, ch. 469, § 12, eff. 1/3/1995 (the date the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection to the repeal of this chapter).
§ 5-7-1. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5540; 1930, § 5477; 1942, § 3366; Laws, 1916, ch. 105; 1977, ch. 388, § 3] § 5-7-3. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5541; 1930, § 5478; 1942, § 3367; Laws, 1916, ch. 105] § 5-7-5. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5545; 1930, § 5482; 1942, § 3371; Laws, 1916, ch. 105; 1977, ch. 388, § 4] § 5-7-6. [Laws, 1977, ch. 388, § 1] § 5-7-7. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5542; 1930, § 5479; 1942, § 3368; Laws, 1916, ch. 105] § 5-7-9. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5543; 1930, § 5480; 1942, § 3369; Laws, 1916, ch. 105.] § 5-7-11. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5541, 5542, 5544; 1930, §§ 5478, 5479, 5481; 1942, §§ 3367, 3368, 3370; Laws, 1916, ch. 105; 1977, ch. 388, § 5] § 5-7-13. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5546; 1930, § 5483; 1942, § 3372; Laws, 1916, ch. 105; 1977, ch. 388, § 6] § 5-7-15. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5547; 1930, § 5484; 1942, § 3373; Laws, 1916, ch. 105; 1977, ch. 388, § 8] § 5-7-17. [Laws, 1977, ch. 388, § 7] § 5-7-19. [Laws, 1977, ch. 388, § 2]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 8 - LOBBYING LAW REFORM ACT OF 1994 (§§ 5-8-1 — 5-8-23) › Section 5-8-1 - Short Title

This chapter shall be cited as the "Lobbying Law Reform Act of 1994."
Laws, 1994, ch. 469, § 1, eff. 1/3/1995 (the date the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection to the addition of this section).
Brought forward by Laws, 2015, ch. 431, HB 825, 9, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 8 - LOBBYING LAW REFORM ACT OF 1994 (§§ 5-8-1 — 5-8-23) › Section 5-8-5 - Registration statements; filing; contents; length of registration period; effective date of registration; termination of registration; forms

(1)
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.
(2)
The registration statement shall include the following:
(a)
The name, address, occupation and telephone number of the lobbyist;
(b)
The name, address, telephone number and principal place of business of the lobbyist's client;
(c)
The kind of business of the lobbyist's client;
(d)
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;
(e)
The full name, address and telephone number of each lobbyist employed by or representing the lobbyist's client; and
(f)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
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.
(5)
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.
Laws, 1994, ch. 469, § 3, eff. 1/3/1995 (the date the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection to the addition of this section).
Brought forward by Laws, 2015, ch. 431, HB 825, 10, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 8 - LOBBYING LAW REFORM ACT OF 1994 (§§ 5-8-1 — 5-8-23) › Section 5-8-13 - Prohibited acts; required acts

(1)
A lobbyist shall not contract to receive or accept compensation dependent upon the success or failure of a legislative or executive action.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
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.
(5)
A lobbyist must disclose anything of value given in whole or in part to any executive, legislative or public official or public employee.
Laws, 1994, ch. 469, § 7, eff. 1/3/1995 (the date the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection to the addition of this section).
Brought forward by Laws, 2015, ch. 431, HB 825, 13, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 8 - LOBBYING LAW REFORM ACT OF 1994 (§§ 5-8-1 — 5-8-23) › Section 5-8-15 - Investigations of violations of chapter

(1)
The district attorney of the circuit court of the district wherein an alleged violation occurred shall investigate violations of this chapter.
(2)
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.
Laws, 1994, ch. 469, § 8, eff. 1/3/1995 (the date the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection to the addition of this section).
Brought forward by Laws, 2015, ch. 431, HB 825, 14, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 8 - LOBBYING LAW REFORM ACT OF 1994 (§§ 5-8-1 — 5-8-23) › Section 5-8-19 - Duties of Secretary of State

The Secretary of State shall:
(a)
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.
(b)
Issue a certificate of registration to a lobbyist registered under the provisions of Sections
5-8-1
through
5-8-19
of this chapter.
(c)
Make all statements and reports filed available for public inspection and copying, at a reasonable cost, during regular office hours.
(d)
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.
Laws, 1994, ch. 469, § 10, eff. 1/3/1995 (the date the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection to the addition of this section).
Brought forward by Laws, 2015, ch. 431, HB 825, 16, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 8 - LOBBYING LAW REFORM ACT OF 1994 (§§ 5-8-1 — 5-8-23) › Section 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.
Laws, 1994, ch. 469, § 11, eff. 1/3/1995 (the date the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection to the addition of this section).
Brought forward by Laws, 2015, ch. 431, HB 825, 17, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 8 - LOBBYING LAW REFORM ACT OF 1994 (§§ 5-8-1 — 5-8-23) › Section 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.
Laws, 1994, ch. 469, § 13, eff. 1/3/1995 (the date the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection to the addition of this section).
Brought forward by Laws, 2015, ch. 431, HB 825, 18, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 9 - AGENCY REVIEW (§§ 5-9-1 — 5-9-15) › Section 5-9-1 - through 5-9-11 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1979, ch. 301, § 56, eff. 12/31/1984.
§ 5-9-1. [Laws, 1979, ch. 301, § 1] § 5-9-3. [Laws, 1979, ch. 301, § 2] § 5-9-5. [Laws, 1979, ch. 301, § 4 (intro), (b); 1980, ch. 543, § 19] § 5-9-7. [Laws, 1979, ch. 301, § 4 (intro), (c) ] § 5-9-9. [Laws, 1979, ch. 301, § 4 (intro), (d); 1980, ch. 312, § 37] § 5-9-11. [Laws, 1979, ch. 301, § 4 (intro), (a); 1979, ch. 357, § 1]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 9 - AGENCY REVIEW (§§ 5-9-1 — 5-9-15) › Section 5-9-13 - Executive orders establishing governmental units enacted into statutory law

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
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.
(5)
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.
(6)
A governmental unit created by executive order after January 3, 1979, shall not duplicate the functions of other governmental units created by statute.
Laws, 1979, ch. 301, § 5 (Governor's veto overridden by Legislature on 1/31979).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 9 - AGENCY REVIEW (§§ 5-9-1 — 5-9-15) › Section 5-9-15 - through 5-9-35 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1979, ch. 301, § 56, eff. 12/31/1984.
Laws, 1979, ch. 301, §§ 3, 6-15.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 11 - ABOLISHMENT OF AGENCIES (§§ 5-11-1 — 5-11-5) › Section 5-11-1 - Definitions

The following terms as used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
(a)
"Agency" means any agency as defined in Section
25-9-107(d)
;
(b)
"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;
(c)
"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;
(d)
"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;
(e)
"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.
Laws, 1991, ch. 447, § 1, eff. 7/1/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 11 - ABOLISHMENT OF AGENCIES (§§ 5-11-1 — 5-11-5) › Section 5-11-3 - Transition authority required to develop plans to facilitate abolition of agency or agency facility; reports; audit

(1)
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:
(a)
Develop task-based plans to facilitate the abolition of the agency or agency facility that shall include:
(i)
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
(ii)
Projections of the time required to complete required tasks.
(b)
Compile a complete and correct inventory;
(c)
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
(d)
Devise security plans and policies, with written security procedures governing access to any agency facility being abolished.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
Laws, 1991, ch. 447, § 2, eff. 7/1/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 11 - ABOLISHMENT OF AGENCIES (§§ 5-11-1 — 5-11-5) › Section 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.
Laws, 1991, ch. 447, § 3, eff. 7/1/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 7 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-17-37) › Chapter 1 - GOVERNOR (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-601) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-67) › Section 7-1-1 - Installation

When it shall be ascertained who is chosen Governor, he shall be installed and the oath of office administered to him by one (1) of the judges of the Supreme Court or, in their absence, by the presiding officer of one (1) of the two (2) houses of the Legislature, in the presence of the two (2) houses. The time of such installation shall be at noon on the Tuesday next after the first day of the legislative session, or as soon thereafter as practicable, unless a different time be fixed by a concurrent resolution of the two (2) houses.
Codes, 1857, ch. 6, art. 3; 1871, § 96; 1880, § 192; 1892, § 2154; 1906, § 2370; Hemingway's 1917, § 4762; 1930, § 4815; 1942, § 3973.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 360, HB 1121,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 7 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-17-37) › Chapter 1 - GOVERNOR (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-601) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-67) › Section 7-1-3 - Private secretary

The governor may appoint a private secretary, and such others as are provided by law, for service in his office during his term of office, and they shall be under his direction and control. When necessary during the sitting of the legislature, he may appoint an assistant private secretary, who shall receive four dollars ($4.00) a day payable out of the state treasury upon the certificate of the governor.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 18, art. 5 (4); 1857, ch. 6, art. 6; 1871, § 101; 1880, § 193; 1892, § 2155; 1906, § 2371; Hemingway's 1917, § 4763; 1930, § 4816; 1942, § 3974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 7 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-17-37) › Chapter 1 - GOVERNOR (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-601) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-67) › Section 7-1-5 - Powers generally

In addition to the powers conferred and duties imposed on the Governor by the constitution and by the laws as elsewhere provided, he shall have the powers and perform the duties following:
(a)
He is the supreme executive officer of the state.
(b)
He is the commander in chief of the militia of the state and may call out the militia to execute the laws, to suppress insurrections or riots, and to repel invasions.
(c)
He shall see that the laws are faithfully executed.
(d)
He is to supervise the official conduct of all executive and ministerial officers.
(e)
He is to see that all offices are filled and the duties of the offices are performed or, in default thereof, apply such remedy as the law allows; and if the remedy is inadequate, he shall inform the Legislature at its next session.
(f)
He shall make appointments and fill vacancies as prescribed by law.
(g)
Whenever any suit or legal proceeding is pending that affects the title of the state to any property, or that may result in any claim against the state, he may direct the Attorney General to appear on behalf of the state and protect its interest.
(h)
He may require the Attorney General, or district attorney of any district, to inquire into the affairs or management of any corporation existing under the laws of this state, or doing business in this state under the laws of the state.
(i)
He may require the Attorney General to aid any district attorney in the discharge of his duties.
(j)
He may offer rewards, not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), for persons with mental illness who have escaped and are dangerous, and such other rewards as are authorized by law.
(k)
He may require any officer or board to make special reports to him upon demand in writing.
(l)
He shall transact all necessary business with state officers, shall require them to be present at their respective offices at all reasonable business hours, and may require information, in writing, from any such officer relating to the duties of his office.
(m)
When deemed advisable upon proceedings for the arrest in this state of fugitives from justice from other states or countries, he may commission a special officer to arrest the fugitive in any part of the state.
(n)
He may bring any proper suit affecting the general public interests, in his own name for the State of Mississippi, if after first requesting the proper officer so to do, the officer refuses or neglects to do the same.
Codes, 1892, § 2156; 1906, § 2372; Hemingway's 1917, § 4764; 1930, § 4817; 1942, § 3975; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 3, eff. 7/1/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 7 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-17-37) › Chapter 1 - GOVERNOR (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-601) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-67) › Section 7-1-7 - Acceptance of gifts and bequests

The governor of the state of Mississippi, in his discretion, is hereby authorized and empowered to receive and accept lands, gifts, and bequests for the state of Mississippi for hospitals and other public purposes for and on behalf of any agency or institution thereof.
The various state agencies and governing boards of institutions of the state of Mississippi are hereby authorized and empowered to take the necessary action required of such boards or agencies in order to make possible the receipt and utilization of any grants, gifts, or bequests to the state for such agency or institutions thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 3975.5; Laws, 1954 Ex. ch. 32, §§ 1-3, eff. 9/28/1954.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 7 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-17-37) › Chapter 1 - GOVERNOR (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-601) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-67) › Section 7-1-9 - Great seal

The great seal of the state now in use shall be the seal of the state until altered by the legislature, and all official acts of the governor, his approval or disapproval of bills and resolutions passed by the legislature excepted, shall be authenticated by the great seal of the state.
Codes, 1880, § 194; 1892, § 2157; 1906, § 2373; Hemingway's 1917, § 4765; 1930, § 4818; 1942, § 3976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 7 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-17-37) › Chapter 1 - GOVERNOR (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-601) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-67) › Section 7-1-11 - Records of acts and deposit of laws

The governor shall cause to be recorded in a suitable book to be kept for that purpose the number and title of every act and joint resolution of the legislature presented to him for his approval. Such record shall show the date of the receipt by him of every such act and resolution, the date of his approval thereof in whole or in part, if he approve the same, and the date of his return of any such act or resolution with his objections thereto, if such return thereof be made. He shall cause all acts and joint resolutions which have become laws, or have taken effect by his approval or otherwise, to be deposited in the office of the secretary of state without delay.
Codes, 1892, § 2180; 1906, § 2397; Hemingway's 1917, § 4790; 1930, § 4819; 1942, § 3977.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 7 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-17-37) › Chapter 1 - GOVERNOR (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-601) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-1 — 7-1-67) › Section 7-1-13 - Business with the United States government

The governor shall transact all the business of the state, civil and military, with the United States government or with any other state or territory, except in cases otherwise specially provided by law.
Codes, 1892, § 2181; 1906, § 2398; Hemingway's 1917, § 4791; 1930, § 4820; 1942, § 3978.