Bill Text: MS HB1312 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Information Technology Services; revise composition of board and delete surety bond requirement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [HB1312 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2014-HB1312-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2014 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Currie

House Bill 1312

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-53-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES; TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A BOARD MEMBER MUST FURNISH A SURETY BOND BEFORE ENTERING UPON HIS DUTIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 25-53-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     25-53-7.  (1)  The * * *membership of the authority Board of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall be composed of * * *five (5)  five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.  The initial terms of the eight (8) members * * *. shall be for one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years, respectively, and thereafter all terms shall be for five (5) years.  * * * Each member may continue to serve for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months after the expiration of his term if his successor is not duly appointed.  The initial appointments to the reconstituted authority shall be made no later than June 30, 1984, for terms to begin on July 1, 1984.  Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments for the unexpired portion of the term vacated.  Each member of the authority shall have a minimum of four (4) years' experience in an information technology‑related executive position or prior service as a member of the authority. The members serving on the board on the effective date of this act shall serve until July 1, 2014.  On July 1, 2014, the board shall be reconstituted to be composed of the following eight (8) members: 

          (a)  Five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate;

          (b)  The Lieutenant Governor, or his designee;

          (c)  The Secretary of State, or his designee; and

          (d)  The State Treasurer, or his designee.

 * * * (2)  Each member of the authority shall be required to furnish a surety bond in the minimum amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to be approved by the Secretary of State, conditioned according to law and payable to the State of Mississippi, before entering upon his duties.  The premiums on such bonds shall be paid from any funds available to the authority for such purpose.

     Any member serving on the board before July 1, 2014, may be reappointed to the reconstituted board.  Advice and consent of the Senate shall not be required for the appointment of a person to the reconstituted board for a term beginning on July 1, 2014, if the person was serving as a member of the board on June 30, 2014, and had received the advice and consent of the Senate for that appointment.

     ( * * *32)  No appointed member of the * * *authority board, nor its executive director, shall, during his term as such member or director, have any substantial beneficial interest in any corporation or other organization engaged in the information technology business either as manufacturer, supplier, lessor, or otherwise.  All members and the executive director shall fully disclose in writing any such beneficial interest, and such disclosure shall be entered on the minutes of the * * *authority board.

     ( * * *43)  The * * *Lieutenant Governor may designate one (1) Senator and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may designate one (1) Representative to attend any meeting of the * * * authority board.  The * * * appointing authorities Speaker may designate an alternate member * * *from their respective houses to serve when the regular designee is unable to attend such meetings of the * * * authority board.  Such legislative designees shall have no jurisdiction or vote on any matter within the jurisdiction of the * * * authority board.  For attending meetings of the * * * boardauthority, such legislators shall receive per diem and expenses which shall be paid from the contingent expense funds of their respective houses in the same amounts as provided for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session; however, no per diem and expenses for attending meetings of the * * *authority board will be paid while the Legislature is in session.  No per diem and expenses will be paid except for attending meetings of the * * *authority board without prior approval of the proper committee in their respective houses.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

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