Bill Text: MS SB2823 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: County elected officers; provide that salaries shall not be reduced due to reduction in total assessed valuation or population.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee [SB2823 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2021-SB2823-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2021 Regular Session

To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

By: Senator(s) Suber

Senate Bill 2823

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIAL'S ANNUAL SALARY SHALL NOT BE REDUCED AS A RESULT OF A REDUCTION IN TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION OR A CHANGE IN POPULATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 25-3-2, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     25-3-2.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, no county elected official's annual salary established under this chapter shall be reduced * * * during his term of office as a result of a reduction in total assessed valuation or a change in population.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.


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