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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-21 - Subpoena for witnesses

A subpoena requiring the attendance of any witness before either house of the legislature, or a committee thereof, may be issued by the presiding officer or the chairman of any committee before which the attendance of the witness is desired. Such subpoena may be served by any person who might be a witness in the matter of its service, and his affidavit that he delivered a copy to the witness shall be evidence of service.
Codes, 1892, § 2655; 1906, § 3015; Hemingway's 1917, § 5403; 1930, § 5338; 1942, § 3335.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-23 - Proceedings against recalcitrant witnesses

If any witness neglects or refuses to obey a subpoena, or, appearing, refuses to testify, the senate or house may, by a resolution entered on its journal, commit him for contempt, the commitment not to extend beyond the final adjournment of the session; and any witness neglecting and refusing to attend in obedience to a subpoena may be arrested by the sergeant-at-arms and brought before the senate or house; and a copy of the resolution of the senate or house, signed by the presiding officer thereof, and attested by the secretary or clerk, shall be sufficient authority to authorize such arrest.
Codes, 1892, § 2656; 1906, § 3016; Hemingway's 1917, § 5404; 1930, § 5339; 1942, § 3336.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-25 - Witnesses not liable to prosecution in certain cases

A person sworn and examined as a witness before either house, without procurement or contrivance, on his part, shall not be held to answer criminally, or be subject to any penalty or forfeiture for any fact or act touching which he is required to testify; nor shall any statement made, or book, document, or paper produced by any such witness be competent evidence in any criminal proceeding against such witness other than for perjury in delivering his evidence; nor shall such witness refuse to testify to any fact or to produce any book, document, or paper touching which he is examined, on the ground that he thereby will criminate himself, or that it will tend to disgrace him or render him infamous.
Codes, 1892, § 2657; 1906, § 3017; Hemingway's 1917, § 5405; 1930, § 5340; 1942, § 3337.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-27 - Perjury

Every witness shall be liable to prosecution and punishment for perjury committed by him in any examination. Moreover, if the perjury be manifest, such witness shall be guilty thereby of contempt of the senate or house, as the case may be, and shall be punished accordingly.
Codes, 1892, § 2658; 1906, § 3018; Hemingway's 1917, § 5406; 1930, § 5341; 1942, § 3338.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-29 - Additional duties of legislators

In addition to the duties now required by law, each legislator shall attend at least two (2) meetings of the board of supervisors of the county he or she represents, and, in the case of floater representatives and senators who represent more than one (1) county, each shall attend at least one (1) meeting of the board of supervisors in each of the counties in his or her flotorial or senatorial district, as the case may be, during each biennium of his or her term of office. Each legislator shall attend at least two (2) meetings of the city or town board of aldermen or city council, as the case may be, of the city or town in which he or she resides, and if he or she resides in no city or town, the city or town where the county site of government is located, during each biennium of his or her term of office, such visits to be for the purpose of informing said legislators of the county and city and/or town affairs. The legislators shall visit the universities and state senior colleges and also each of the eleemosynary and penal institutions of the state. The legislators shall study the educational programs of the common schools, colleges and public schools and visit in the public schools of his or her county or district. The legislators shall also attend meetings called by the governor for the purpose of discussing affairs of the state, and it shall be the duty of such legislators to attend meetings of any standing committees, of which he or she is a member, between sessions of the legislature.
Codes, 1930, § 5348; 1942, § 3345; Laws, 1928, ch. 297; Laws, 1932, ch. 260; Laws, 1933, ch. 151; Laws, 1946, ch. 198; Laws, 1950, ch. 456; Laws, 1956 ch. 357, § 1; Laws, 1958, ch. 521, § 1; Laws, 1960, ch. 327; Laws, 1966, ch. 436, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 356, § 1, eff. 4/20/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-31 - Duties of secretary and clerk

The secretary of the senate and clerk of the house of representatives shall keep a correct journal of the proceedings of their respective houses, and, on each day, shall read over the journal of the preceding day to their respective houses. They shall number, file and preserve in its proper order, each bill, resolution, memorial or other paper introduced in their respective houses, and carefully engross and enroll all bills, resolutions, memorials and other papers that may be ordered to be engrossed or enrolled. They shall promptly and faithfully discharge all the duties incident to their respective offices.
Codes, 1857, ch. 5, art. 4; 1871, § 334; 1880, § 177; 1892, § 2659; 1906, § 3019; Hemingway's 1917, § 5407; 1930, § 5342; 1942, § 3339; Laws, 1931, ch. 7; Laws, 1983, ch. 329, § 2, eff. 3/9/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-33 - Provision of manuscripts and indexes of House and Senate journals

The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall prepare and furnish to the Secretary of State a true copy of the manuscripts of the journals of their respective houses together with complete indexes to the journals. The Secretary of State shall transmit the manuscripts of the journals and the indexes to the person or firm contracted with to print the same for publication. The Secretary of State is designated as the contracting officer for the purposes of this section, and he shall require the person or firm so contracted with to give bond with sufficient sureties or security in such penalties and with such conditions as he shall require.
Codes, 1857, ch. 5, art. 6; 1871, § 336; 1880, § 178; 1892, §§ 2660, 2661; 1906, §§ 3020, 3021; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5408, 5409; 1930, §§ 5343, 5344; 1942, §§ 3340, 3341; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 15, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-35 - Duty of the sergeant-at-arms

The sergeant-at-arms of the senate shall give a general supervision, under the direction of the presiding officer. He shall attend the sittings thereof, preserve order, execute its commands and all process issued by its authority, and shall have control of the doorkeeper. He shall see that the hall of the senate and the committee rooms and the room of its presiding officer, the anterooms, lobbies and galleries thereof, are clean, comfortable and lighted at night during the sitting of the senate, and that all necessary conveniences are supplied to the members, officers and committees.
Codes, 1892, § 2662; 1906, § 3022; Hemingway's 1917, § 5410; 1930, § 5345; 1942, § 3342; Laws, 1971, ch. 416, § 2; Laws, 1983, ch. 329, § 3, eff. 3/9/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-37 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 329, § 4, eff. 3/9/1983.
Codes, 1892, § 2663; 1906, § 3023; Hemingway's 1917, § 5411; 1930, § 5346; 1942, § 3343.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-39 - Dismissal of officers and servants

Each house shall have power at any time to dismiss any or all of its officers and servants elected or appointed by it, and to elect or appoint others in their places.
Codes, 1892, § 2664; 1906, § 3024; Hemingway's 1917, § 5412; 1930, § 5347; 1942, § 3344.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-41 - Remuneration of legislators

Beginning with the 1986 Regular Session of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, each Senator and Representative of the Legislature shall receive as compensation at each regular session the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and the mileage allowance provided by Section
25-3-41
, for each mile of the distance by the most direct route usually traveled in coming to and returning from the place where the Legislature sits. Beginning on April 16, 1997, each Senator and Representative shall receive for attending each extraordinary session or called session the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) per day and mileage at the same rate as per regular session. In addition to the above, beginning on April 16, 1997, each Senator and Representative and the Lieutenant Governor shall receive the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per month for expenses incidental to his office for every full month of his term, except any month or major fraction there of when the Legislature is convened in regular or extraordinary session; and payments shall be made to each Senator and Representative and the Lieutenant Governor by the State Treasurer between the first and tenth day of each month following the month for which the payments are due.
Codes, 1930, § 5348; 1942, § 3345; Laws, 1928, ch. 297; Laws, 1932, ch. 260; Laws, 1933, ch. 151; Laws, 1946, ch. 198; Laws, 1950, ch. 456; Laws, 1956, ch. 357, § 1; Laws, 1958, ch. 521, § 1; Laws, 1960, ch. 327; Laws, 1966, ch. 436, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 356, § 1, 1974, ch. 531, § 1; Laws, 1985, ch. 409, § 1; Laws, 1988, ch. 490; Laws, 1997, ch. 577, § 6; Laws, 1999, ch. 581, § 5, eff. 6/17/1999 (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 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-43 - Remuneration of lieutenant governor and speaker of the house

(1)
The salary of the Lieutenant Governor and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00) annually, and they shall receive for attending each extraordinary or called session the same compensation and mileage as is provided for members of the Legislature.
(2)
On the first day of each month, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall receive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments the compensation provided for pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
Codes, 1930, § 5349; 1942, § 3346; Laws, 1928, ch. 297; Laws, 1946, ch. 198; Laws, 1950, ch. 456; Laws, 1956, ch. 357, § 1; Laws, 1960, ch. 328; Laws, 1966, ch. 436, § 2; Laws, 1976, ch. 531, § 2; Laws, 1980, ch. 301; Laws, 1988, ch. 579, § 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 577, § 7, eff. 1/11998.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 508, HB 1426,§ 3, eff. 1/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-45 - Remuneration of the president pro tempore of the senate

Beginning on June 4, 1997, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00). The salary provided for the President Pro Tempore under this section shall be in addition to the compensation and expense allowance established for members of the Legislature under Section
5-1-41
.
Codes, 1880 § 185; 1892, § 2669; 1906, § 3029; Hemingway's 1917, § 5417; 1930, § 5350; 1942, § 3348; Laws, 1912, ch. 231; Laws, 1946, ch. 198; Laws, 1950, ch. 456; Laws, 1956, ch. 357, § 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 577, § 8, eff. 6/4/1997 (the date the Unites States 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 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-46 - Remuneration of the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives

Beginning on June 4, 1997, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00). The salary provided for the Speaker Pro Tempore under this section shall be in addition to the compensation and expense allowance established for members of the Legislature under Section
5-1-41
.
Laws, 1997, ch. 577, § 9, eff. 6/4/1997 (the date the U.S. Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the enactment of this section).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-49 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 329, § 4, eff. 3/9/1983.
Codes, 1942, § 3347; Laws, 1932, ch. 325.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-51 - When compensation is due

The mileage and one-third (1/3) of the salary for a regular session shall be paid at the beginning of the session. After thirty (30) days of the session have expired, another one-third (1/3) of the salary shall be paid. The remaining one-third (1/3) of the salary shall be paid (a) on the last Friday before the ninetieth day of a ninety-day session, or (b) on the earlier of the last day the Legislature is convened or the last Friday before the one-hundred-twenty-fifth day of a one-hundred-twenty-five-day session, as the case may be.
Codes, 1880, § 183; 1892, § 2667; 1906, § 3027; Hemingway's 1917, § 5415; 1930, § 5351; 1942, § 3349; Laws, 1912, ch. 231; Laws, 1938, ch. 169; Laws, 1946, ch. 379; Laws, 1954, ch. 325; Laws, 1956, ch. 357, § 2, eff. 1/11957; Laws, 2009, ch. 483, § 1, eff. 4/3/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-53 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 329, § 4, eff. 3/9/1983.
Codes, 1880, § 187; 1892, § 2670; 1906, § 3030; Hemingway's 1917, § 5418; 1930, § 5352; 1942, § 3350; Laws, 1931, ch. 8.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-55 - How compensation is obtained

The compensation of the members, officers, and servants of the legislature shall be certified by the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives, respectively, to the auditor of public accounts, who shall issue his warrant on the treasurer therefor, payable out of the legislative appropriation.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 17, art. 7 (4); 1857, ch. 5, art. 12; 1871, § 333; 1880, § 189; 1892, § 2671; 1906, § 3031; Hemingway's 1917, § 5419; 1930, § 5353; 1942, § 3351.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-57 - Legislative Extraordinary Session Expense Revolving Fund

(1)
There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Legislative Extraordinary Session Expense Revolving Fund. This fund is established for the purpose of paying the salaries, mileage, daily expense allowance, retirement contributions, matching funds and any other expenses of the members of the Legislature that are incurred during any extraordinary session of the Legislature. All income from the investment of funds in the revolving fund shall be credited to the special fund, and any funds remaining in the revolving fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund.
(2)
The State Bond Commission shall grant noninterest bearing loans to the Legislative Extraordinary Session Expense Revolving Fund from the State Treasurer's General Fund/Special Fund Pool, upon the joint request of the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate, which loans shall be used to pay any expenses of the members of the Legislature that are incurred during any extraordinary session of the Legislature. The total amount of loans granted to the revolving fund during any fiscal year may not exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00).
(3)
The Legislature shall repay the amount of any loan granted to the revolving fund within eighteen (18) months after the end of the extraordinary session for which the loan was requested. The repayment shall be made to the State Treasurer's General Fund/Special Fund Pool. The Legislature may request the amount of the repayment in its annual budget request to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
Laws, 2001, ch. 439, § 1 eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-59 - Renumeration of witnesses for state

Witnesses on behalf of the state subpoenaed to appear before the legislature, or either branch thereof, or any committee authorized to send for witnesses, shall be allowed the same compensation for each day's attendance, and the same mileage allowed to witnesses in the circuit courts. The sum due to each witness shall be ascertained by his own affidavit before the secretary of the senate or clerk of the house of representatives or chairman of the committee before whom he was subpoenaed to appear, who shall give the witness a certificate thereof attaching the affidavit to the same. On production of such certificate the auditor shall issue his warrant on the treasurer therefor, payable out of the legislative appropriation.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 17, art. 8 (1); 1857, ch. 5, art. 13; 1871, § 338; 1880, § 190; 1892, § 2672; 1906, § 3032; Hemingway's 1917, § 5420; 1930, § 5354; 1942, § 3352.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-61 - Joint convention; place and time of assemblage

When by the constitution or laws a joint meeting of the senate and house of representatives is required, they shall assemble with their secretary and clerk in the hall of the house of representatives on the day and hour previously agreed on by a concurrent resolution or as fixed by law.
Codes, 1892, § 2674; 1906, § 3034; Hemingway's 1917, § 5422; 1930, § 5356; 1942, § 3354.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-63 - Joint convention; limitation on powers

The joint convention, when assembled, shall not have power to perform any act other than that specified in the concurrent resolution calling the same or required by law.
Codes, 1892, § 2675; 1906, § 3035; Hemingway's 1917, § 5423; 1930, § 5357; 1942, § 3355.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-65 - Joint convention; presiding officers and records

When the two houses shall be assembled in joint convention the president of the senate shall preside, and the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives shall each keep a perfect and complete record of the proceedings of the convention. On the re-assembling of the two houses in their respective halls, it shall be the duty of the secretary and clerk to report the same to their respective houses, and the same shall be entered at large upon their journals.
Codes, 1892, § 2676; 1906, § 3036; Hemingway's 1917, § 5424; 1930, § 5358; 1942, § 3356.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-67 - Joint convention; rules

The rules of the house of representatives and the joint rules of the two houses, as far as the same may be applicable, shall be the rules for the government of the joint convention.
Codes, 1892, § 2677; 1906, § 3037; Hemingway's 1917, § 5425; 1930, § 5359; 1942, § 3357.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 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.
Codes, 1892, § 2678; 1906, § 3038; Hemingway's 1917, § 5426; 1930, § 5360; 1942, § 3358.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 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.
Codes, 1892, § 2679; 1906, § 3039; Hemingway's 1917, § 5427; 1930, § 5361; 1942, § 3359.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 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.
Codes, 1892, § 2680; 1906, § 3040; Hemingway's 1917, § 5428; 1930, § 5362; 1942, § 3360.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 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.
Codes, 1892, § 2681; 1906, § 3041; Hemingway's 1917, § 5429; 1930, § 5363; 1942, § 3361.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 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.
Codes, 1930, § 5364; 1942, § 3362; Laws, 1922, ch. 292.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 5-1-79 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 329, § 4, eff. 3/9/1983.
Codes, 1930, § 5365; 1942, § 3363; Laws, 1922, ch. 292.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 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.
Codes, 1930, § 5366; 1942, § 3364; Laws, 1922, ch. 292.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 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
.
Codes, 1930, § 5367; 1942, § 3365; Laws, 1922, ch. 292.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 1 - LEGISLATURE (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-1-85) › Section 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.
Laws, 2012, ch. 324, § 1, effective 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › GENERAL LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-27) › Section 5-3-1 - through 5-3-25 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1973, ch. 331, § 12, eff. 3/19/1973.
§ 5-3-1. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 281, § 1] § 5-3-3. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-02; Laws, 1946, ch. 281, § 2] § 5-3-5. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-03; Laws, 1946, ch. 281, § 3; 1960, ch. 388; 1962, ch. 494, § 1] § 5-3-7. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-04; Laws, 1946, ch. 281, § 4] § 5-3-9. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-09; Laws, 1946, ch. 281, § 9] § 5-3-11. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-10; Laws, 1946, ch. 281, § 10] § 5-3-13. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-05; Laws, 1946, ch. 281, § 5] § 5-3-15. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-07; Laws, 1946, ch. 281, § 7; 1962, ch. 494, § 2] § 5-3-17. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-06; Laws, 1946, ch. 281, § 6] § 5-3-19. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-08; Laws, 1946 ch. 281, § 8] § 5-3-21. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-11; Laws, 1946, ch. 281, § 11; 1958, ch. 472; 1964, ch. 493] § 5-3-23. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-12; Laws, 1946, ch. 281, § 12; 1960, ch. 387] § 5-3-25. [Codes, 1942, § 3365-13; Laws, 1946, ch. 281, § 13]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › GENERAL LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-27) › Section 5-3-27 - through 5-3-31 - [Repealed]

Laws, 1950, ch. 463, § 1-3, eff. 4/12/1950.
Repealed by Laws, 2017, ch. 402, SB 2572, 16, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-51 - Creation of committee; general purpose

A committee of the senate and house of representatives to be known as a joint legislative committee on performance evaluation and expenditure review, (hereinafter committee), is hereby created for the purpose of conducting performance evaluations, investigations and examinations of expenditures and all records, relating thereto, of any agency at any time as the committee deems necessary. Provided further the committee shall perform a complete audit of all funds expended by the highway department. The committee shall submit its findings, conclusions and reports to the Mississippi legislature no later than the first day of the second full week of each regular session of the legislature.
Laws, 1973, ch. 331, § 1, eff. 3/19/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-53 - Definitions

For purposes of Sections
5-3-51
through
5-3-69
, the following words and phrases have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Performance evaluation" shall mean an examination of the effectiveness of the administration, its sufficiency and its adequacy in terms of the programs of the agency authorized by law to be performed. Such examinations shall include, but not be limited to:
(1)
How effectively the programs are administered.
(2)
Benefits of each program in relation to the expenditures.
(3)
Goals of programs.
(4)
Development of indicators by which the success or failure of a program may be gauged.
(5)
Review conformity of programs with legislative intent.
(6)
Assist interim committee dealing with specific programs.
(7)
Impact of federal grant-in-aid programs on agency programs.
(b)
"Agency" shall mean an agency, department, bureau, division, authority, commission, office or institution, educational or otherwise, of the State of Mississippi, or any political subdivision thereof which shall include all county governments and agencies thereof, all city governments and agencies thereof, and all public school districts and agencies thereof.
(c)
"Expenditure review" shall mean an examination made at some point after the completion of a transaction or group of transactions.
Laws, 1973, ch. 331, § 2, eff. 3/19/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-55 - Membership and organization of committee

The committee shall be composed of seven (7) members from the Senate and seven (7) members from the House of Representatives, one (1) from each of the congressional districts of the State of Mississippi as they currently exist and three (3) from the state at large, to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for a term concurrent with their term in their respective house. For the remainder of the present term, the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker shall make their respective appointments within fifteen (15) days after sine die adjournment of the 2004 Regular Session; and for each full four-year term thereafter, the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker shall make their appointments within fifteen (15) days after the first calendar day of the regular session in the first year of such four-year term. The term of each member shall be concurrent with his term of office.
The committee shall meet no later than ten (10) days after the final day of the 2004 Regular Session, and annually thereafter, for the purpose of organizing by electing from the membership a chairman, vice chairman and secretary.
Laws, 1973, ch. 331, § 3; Laws, 2004, ch. 356, § 1, eff. 4/20/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-59 - Subpoena and examination of witnesses

The committee, while in the discharge of official duties, shall have the following additional powers:
(a)
To subpoena and examine witnesses; to require the appearance of any person and the production of any paper or document; to order the appearance of any person for the purpose of producing any paper or document; and to issue all process necessary to compel such appearance or production. When such process has been served, the committee may compel obedience thereto by the attachment of the person, papers or records subpoenaed; and if any person shall wilfully refuse to appear before such committee or to produce any paper or record in obedience to any process issued by the committee and served on that person, he shall be guilty of contempt of the legislature and shall be prosecuted and punished as provided by law.
(b)
To administer oaths to witnesses appearing before the committee when, by a majority vote, the committee deems the administration of an oath necessary and advisable as provided by law.
(c)
To determine that a witness has perjured himself by testifying falsely before the committee, and to institute penal proceedings as provided by law.
Laws, 1973, ch. 331, § 5, eff. 3/19/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-61 - Issuance of performance evaluation and expenditure review reports

The committee shall issue performance evaluation reports and expenditure review reports, favorable or unfavorable, of any agency examined, and such reports shall be a public record. A copy of the report, signed by the chairman of the committee, including committee recommendations, shall be submitted to the governor, to each member of the legislature, and to the official, officer, or person in charge of the agency examined.
Laws, 1973, ch. 331, § 6, eff. 3/19/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-63 - Recording testimony under oath

Whenever making a performance evaluation or an expenditure review, the committee may require that testimony be given under oath, which may be administered by the chairman or by any person authorized by law to administer oaths, and may require that such testimony be recorded by an official court reporter or deputy, or by some other competent person, under oath, which report, when written and certified and approved by such person as being the direct transcript of the testimony, proceedings, or documents, expenditure review or performance evaluation, shall be prima facie a correct statement of said testimony, proceedings or documents, provided that such person's signature to such certificate be duly acknowledged by him before a notary public or some judicial official of this state.
Laws, 1973, ch. 331, § 7, eff. 3/19/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-65 - Legal assistance; other employees

The attorney general, or a designated assistant attorney general, appointed by him, the state auditor and the director of the state department of audit shall assist the committee in whatever manner the committee deems that such officers can be helpful. Furthermore, the committee is authorized to employ one full time secretary, other stenographic help, technical experts, auditors, investigators and other employees which may be necessary to enable it to carry out the provisions therein. The committee is authorized at its discretion to fix reasonable compensation for its employees including necessary travel expenses; and it shall maintain and provide a full, complete and itemized record of all such expenditures.
Laws, 1973, ch. 331, § 8, eff. 3/19/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-67 - Compensation and expenses

Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, provided that they shall be entitled to per diem compensation as is authorized by Section
25-3-69
for each day occupied with the discharge of official duties as members of the committee plus the expense allowance equal to the maximum daily expense rate allowable to employees of the federal government for travel in the high rate geographical area of Jackson, Mississippi, as may be established by federal regulations, per day, including mileage as authorized by Section
25-3-41
. However, no committee member shall be authorized to receive reimbursement for expenses, including mileage, or per diem compensation unless such authorization appears in the minutes of the committee and is signed by the chairman or vice chairman. The members of the committee shall not receive per diem or expenses while the Legislature is in session. However, members may receive the per diem and expenses authorized by this section when the Legislature is in session but in recess under the terms of a concurrent resolution, or in recess during an extraordinary session. All expenses incurred by and on behalf of the committee shall be paid from a sum to be provided in equal portion from the contingency funds of the Senate and House of Representatives.
The committee staff and employees or contract organizations employed by the committee may continue at the discretion of the committee any investigations, audits or performance evaluation during the time the Legislature is in session.
Laws, 1973, ch. 331, § 9; Laws, 1980, ch. 560, § 3; Laws, 1988, ch. 314, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 483, § 4, eff. 4/3/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-69 - Quorum; meetings

There shall be no business transacted, including adoption of rules or procedure, without the presence of a quorum of the committee, which shall be eight (8) members to consist of four (4) members from the Senate and four (4) members from the House of Representatives, and no action shall be valid unless approved by the majority of those members present and voting, and entered upon the minutes of the committee and signed by the chairman and vice chairman. All actions of the committee shall be approved by at least four (4) Senate members and four (4) House members.
The committee shall meet at the time and place as designated by the majority vote of the members, provided that a special meeting may be called by the chairman or by a petition signed by no less than five (5) members. No action taken by the committee at any special meeting shall be valid unless each member shall have been given at least forty-eight hours' notice of the meeting, along with a statement of the business to be considered, and unless such action be entered upon the minutes of the committee and signed by the chairman.
Laws, 1973, ch. 331, § 10; Laws, 2004, ch. 356, § 2, eff. 4/20/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-71 - Committee to evaluate executive branch of state government; reports

(1)
The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) shall evaluate the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the executive branch of state government as it is affected by the implementation of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Chapter 544, Laws of 1989]."
(2)
On October 1, 1989, the Fiscal Management Board or its successor shall report to PEER the following information:
(a)
A listing of all agencies in the executive branch of state government before and after the reorganization, regardless of whether they are affected by "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989";
(b)
A description of the number, organizational location, and cost savings associated with employment positions eliminated as a direct result of the passage of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989";
(c)
A complete accounting of all projected or actual costs or savings associated with reorganization, including transition costs;
(d)
Performance measures that can be used to determine the effectiveness of each program affected by the reorganization prior to and following the implementation of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989", which may be the same as performance measures developed for purposes of preparing program budgets; and
(e)
Administrative changes or other provisions that have been made to improve the delivery of services. Upon receipt of this report, the PEER Committee shall conduct a hearing or hearings to assist it in evaluating the initial impact of the implementation of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989".
(3)
On February 1, 1990, PEER shall report to the Legislature on the initial impact of the reorganization provided for in "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989".
(4)
On October 1, 1990, the Fiscal Management Board or its successor shall report to PEER any changes in the information presented in the report required in Subsection (2) of this section. Upon receipt of this report, the PEER Committee shall conduct a hearing or hearings to assist it in evaluating the final impact of the implementation of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989".
(5)
On February 1, 1991, PEER shall report to the Legislature the final evaluation of the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the executive branch of state government as it is affected by the implementation of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989".
Laws, 1989, ch. 544, § 167, eff. 7/1/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-72 - Committee to biennially evaluate procurement process used by state agencies; report

The Joint Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) shall evaluate on a biennial basis the procurement process utilized by all state agencies, including, but not limited to, the contract review, reporting and recordkeeping requirements in Section
25-9-120
, and the bid requirements in Section
31-7-13
. Upon completion of its evaluation, the PEER Committee shall submit a report to the Legislature with recommendations for improving the procurement process. The Department of Finance and Administration and the Personal Service Contract Review Board shall cooperate with the PEER Committee to carry out the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws, 2015, ch. 431, § 2, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-73 - Federal unfunded mandates; short title

This section and Section
5-3-79
shall be known and may be cited as the "Federal Unfunded Mandates Act."
Laws, 1995, ch. 428, § 1, eff. 3/15/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (§§ 5-3-51 — 5-3-79) › Section 5-3-79 - Federal unfunded mandates; evaluation of implementation and cost of current mandates

Before December 1, 1996, the Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review shall complete an assessment of the implementation and cost of current federal mandates. In its evaluation, the committee shall consider the relationship between the requirements and implementation of the federal mandates and state policy. In addition, the evaluation shall identify those federal mandates that the committee believes are encroaching on the state's authority under the Tenth Amendment.
Laws, 1995, ch. 428, § 2, eff. 3/15/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 5 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-11-5) › Chapter 3 - LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-151) › SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON REAPPORTIONMENT (§ 5-3-81) › Section 5-3-81 - Special joint committee on reapportionment

(1)
The special joint committee on reapportionment, created in the first extraordinary session of the Mississippi Legislature in 1977, is hereby directed to establish a program whereby the State of Mississippi shall cooperate with the bureau of the census, United States Department of Commerce, to obtain 1980 census population data by individual block counts or, in the alternative, to establish any program of census population counts offered by the bureau of the census which, in the determination of the joint committee, is more feasible than the block population counts program for the purpose of facilitating apportionment of representative public bodies in the State of Mississippi.
(2)
The joint committee may, in its discretion, submit to the bureau of the census, United States Department of Commerce, a statement or letter of intent that the State of Mississippi does intend to participate in the "Delineation of Enumeration Districts by Local Authorities for Use in the 1980 Census" program upon a determination that such program is appropriate for use in Mississippi for population counting in each decennial census as a means of facilitating any necessary reapportionment of representative public bodies.
(3)
The boards of supervisors of the counties within this state are hereby directed to submit on or before September 1, 1977, election district maps drawn pursuant to the metes and bounds requirements of Section
23-5-13
, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the special joint committee on reapportionment. The boards of supervisors shall also, within ten (10) days after a request by the special joint committee on reapportionment, furnish such other information, graphic data and material as the joint committee shall require. The election commission, circuit clerks and chancery clerks of each county and the governing authorities of any governmental unit are hereby specifically empowered and directed to cooperate with the board of supervisors and the joint committee in the same manner upon request of the board and/or the joint committee.
(4)
The joint committee shall submit a report of its actions, findings and recommendations and a statement of action necessary to implement the recommendations to the next succeeding regular or extraordinary session of the Mississippi Legislature.
Laws, 1977, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 3, § 1, eff. 8/13/1977.