Bill Text: MS SB2536 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Department of Revenue; remove limit on number of employees that may be designated to be law enforcement officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-12 - Died On Calendar [SB2536 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2018-SB2536-Comm_Sub.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Finance
By: Senator(s) Fillingane
Senate Bill 2536
(COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-3-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE EMPLOYEES THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE MAY DESIGNATE TO BE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 27-3-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
27-3-13. The Commissioner
of Revenue is empowered to employ such accountants, appraisers, information
systems programmers, information systems technicians, information systems
managers, clerical help, stenographers, and such other assistants and/or
attorneys as he may deem necessary to the proper discharge of the duties of the
Department of Revenue, to prescribe their duties and to fix the compensation of
each employee within the rules, regulations and guidelines of the State
Personnel Board. Such employees may be used interchangeably in the
administration of the various duties imposed by law upon the commissioner in
the several offices of the Department of Revenue. Further, the Commissioner of
Revenue may designate any * * *ten (10) twenty-five (25) employees of the * * * department to be law
enforcement officers, as defined in Section 45-6-3, with police powers to
enforce any laws administered by the Department of Revenue. Temporary
employees may be employed as hereinabove, when in the opinion of the
commissioner a seasonal press of business requires, except that such temporary
employees shall be retained no longer than is necessary to the discharge of the
duties imposed by law upon the department.
The Commissioner of Revenue may require any employee with access to federal tax information to be fingerprinted and the commissioner may request a background check regarding such employee from any state or federal agency.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
