Bill Text: MS SB2820 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Boards of supervisors; authorize to pay members of the board an annual salary supplement under certain conditions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [SB2820 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-SB2820-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: County Affairs; Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Browning
Senate Bill 2820
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR SALARIES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; 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 Dollars ($29,000.00);
(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-two Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($32,300.00);
(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-three Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($33,700.00);
(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-four Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($34,700.00);
(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 Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($40,400.00);
(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-four Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($44,700.00);
(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-five Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($45,700.00);
(h) For counties having a total assessed valuation of Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) or more, a salary of Forty-six Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($46,700.00).
(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 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 in subsection (1) of this section, the board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, may pay to its members of the board an annual supplement. The annual supplement shall be spread on the minutes of the board and must be authorized at least ninety (90) days before the next general election for the selection of members of the board of supervisors. The annual supplement shall not become effective until the next elected board takes office.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.
