Bill Text: MS HB1397 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: County board of supervisors; authorize to provide certain annual salary supplement for members of the board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee [HB1397 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2020-HB1397-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: County Affairs
By: Representatives Smith, Calvert, Lancaster, Rushing
House Bill 1397
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF ANY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY RECEIVE AN ANNUAL SALARY SUPPLEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TEN PERCENT OF THE BOARD'S CURRENT SALARY AS LONG AS SUCH SUPPLEMENT IS SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF A BOARD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-3-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-3-13. (1) The salaries of the members of the boards of supervisors of the various counties are fixed as full compensation for their services.
The annual salary of each member of the board of supervisors shall be based upon the total assessed valuation of his respective county for the preceding taxable year in the following categories and for the following amounts:
(a) For counties having a total assessed valuation of less than Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-nine Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy Dollars ($29,870.00);
(b) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), but less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), a salary of Thirty-three Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-nine Dollars ($33,269.00);
(c) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), but less than Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), a salary of Thirty-four Thousand Seven Hundred Eleven Dollars ($34,711.00);
(d) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), but less than One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), a salary of Thirty-five Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-one Dollars ($35,741.00);
(e) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), but less than Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), a salary of Forty-one Thousand Six Hundred Twelve Dollars ($41,612.00);
(f) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), but less than One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00), a salary of Forty-six Thousand Forty-one Dollars ($46,041.00);
(g) For counties having a total assessed valuation of One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00), but less than Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00), a salary of Forty-seven Thousand Seventy-one Dollars ($47,071.00);
(h) For counties having a total assessed valuation of Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) or more, a salary of Forty-eight Thousand One Hundred One Dollars ($48,101.00).
(2) The annual salary established for the members of the board of supervisors shall not be reduced as a result of a reduction in total assessed valuation.
(3) The salary of the members of the board of supervisors established under subsection (1) of this section shall not be increased under this section until the board of supervisors shall have passed a resolution stating the amount of the increase and spread it on its minutes.
(4) In addition to the salary provided under subsection (1) of this section, the board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, may provide an annual salary supplement to members of the board up to a maximum amount of ten percent (10%) of the board's current salary, provided that the decision to provide such supplement shall be spread upon the minutes of the board.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.
