Opinion ID: 1095462
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Heading Rank: 8

Heading: perrin h. purvis

Text: Purvis was elected to the office of State Senator, 6th District of the Mississippi Legislature in 1963, and has been re-elected each succeeding election for a four-year term. He was elected to his present term on November 8, 1983, and formally accepted membership in that body for this term in January, 1984. On April 18, 1984, Purvis voted yea on House Bill No. 1184, which became law on May 8, 1984 as Chapter 170, Mississippi Laws, 1984. [10] This Bill was an act making an appropriation to the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District for the support and maintenance of the Water Management District for the fiscal year 1985 (July 1, 1984, to June 30, 1985). On March 20, 1985, Purvis voted yea on House Bill No. 1169, which became law on April 17, 1985, as Chapter 145, Mississippi Laws, 1985, and which likewise was an appropriation bill to the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District for the fiscal year 1985-86. Throughout 1984 and 1985 Purvis also served as president and a shareholder of P.I.A., Inc., a Mississippi corporation in the business of selling insurance. On April 25, 1985, the Board of Directors of the Water Management District gave notice to bidders by publication that bids for insurance coverage for the District would be accepted on May 8, 1985. P.I.A., Inc., entered such a bid, which was accepted by the Water Management District, and P.I.A. began providing insurance coverage for the District on May 8, 1985. As payment under this contract, P.I.A. received public funds appropriated by the Mississippi Legislature. Subsequent to the filing of this action by the Ethics Commission, P.I.A. cancelled the insurance contract with the Water Management District and refunded its commission earned under the contract.