Bill Text: MS HB21 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Salaries of statewide elected officials; increase.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee [HB21 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2020-HB21-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representative Lamar
House Bill 21
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5-1-43, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 2024; TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF THE GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, SECRETARY OF STATE, COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, STATE TREASURER, STATE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE, TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONERS AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONERS BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 2024; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 5-1-43, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
[Until January 1, 2024, this section shall read as follows:]
5-1-43. (1) The salary of
the Lieutenant Governor and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
shall be Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) 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.
[From and after January 1, 2024, this section shall read as follows:]
5-1-43. (1) The salary of
the Lieutenant Governor and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
shall be * * * Ninety Thousand Dollars
($90,000.00) 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.
SECTION 2. Section 25-3-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
[Until January 1, 2024, this section shall read as follows:]
25-3-31. The annual salaries of the following elected state and district officers are fixed as follows:
Governor....................................... $122,160.00
Attorney General............................... 108,960.00
Secretary of State............................. 90,000.00
Commissioner of Insurance...................... 90,000.00
State Treasurer................................ 90,000.00
State Auditor of Public Accounts............... 90,000.00
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce....... 90,000.00
Transportation Commissioners................... 78,000.00
Public Service Commissioners................... 78,000.00
* * *
[From and after January 1, 2024, this section shall read as follows:]
25-3-31. The annual salaries of the following elected state and district officers are fixed as follows:
Governor................................ $ * * * 195,000.00
Attorney General......................... * * * 175,000.00
Secretary of
State....................... * * * 125,000.00
Commissioner of
Insurance................ * * * 125,000.00
State Treasurer.......................... * * * 125,000.00
State Auditor of
Public Accounts......... * * *90,000.00 125,000.00
Commissioner of
Agriculture and Commerce. * * * 125,000.00
Transportation
Commissioners............. * * * 105,000.00
Public Service
Commissioners............. * * * 105,000.00
* * *
SECTION 3. From and after November 1, 2024, and every four (4) years thereafter, the State Personnel Board shall prepare a written report to the Legislature that examines, evaluates and recommends an adequate level of compensation for the Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Insurance, State Treasurer, State Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, Transportation Commissioners, Public Service Commissioners, Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In preparing the report, the board shall consider all appropriate factors including, but not limited to, comparative salaries for each of these positions in neighboring states and in the Southeast as a whole; salaries of comparable professionals in government, academia, and the corporate sector; changes in public sector spending; rates of inflation; and the overall economic climate.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.