Bill Text: MS HB684 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elected state and district officials; revise salaries of certain.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [HB684 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2014-HB684-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2014 Regular Session

To: Fees and Salaries of Public Officers

By: Representatives Read, Frierson, Smith (39th)

House Bill 684

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN ELECTED STATE AND DISTRICT OFFICERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 25-3-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     [Until December 31, 2015, 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

 * * *If the person serving as Governor on December 31, 2003, is reelected to the Office of Governor for the term beginning in the year 2004, he may choose not to receive the salary increase authorized by this section, but to receive, instead, an annual salary of One Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($101,800.00) during his new term of office by filing a written request with the Department of Finance and Administration.

     [From and after January 1, 2016, 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..................................... $175,000.00

Attorney General............................. 155,000.00

Secretary of State........................... 110,000.00

Commissioner of Insurance.................... 110,000.00

State Treasurer.............................. 110,000.00

State Auditor of Public Accounts............. 110,000.00

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce..... 110,000.00

Transportation Commissioners................. 110,000.00

Public Service Commissioners................. 110,000.00

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.

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