Mississippi Code
Chapter 1 - Public Officers; General Provisions
§ 25-1-81. Expense accounts and reports as to state-owned automobiles

The Department of Finance and Administration shall refuse to issue warrants upon requisitions drawn in violation of the provisions hereof, and where any expense account is allowed and paid in violation of the provisions of Sections 25-1-77 through 25-1-93, it shall be the duty of the Department of Finance and Administration to withhold the payment of any further expense accounts for the department, agency or institution involved until the amount of the account or accounts illegally paid shall be refunded and repaid to the State of Mississippi by the person receiving or approving same. It is further provided that the Department of Finance and Administration shall prescribe and deliver to each agency, department or institution a uniform system of expense accounts herein allowed, including a uniform system of depreciation allowance. All expense accounts for lodging shall be supported by receipted bills showing the payment thereof by such officer or employee. It is incumbent upon each agency, department or institution to abide by and utilize the method of uniform system of expense accounts so prescribed and delivered by the Department of Finance and Administration. Each agency, department or institution, in rendering its annual report to the Bureau of Fleet Management and the Legislature, shall show the number of state-owned automobiles purchased and operated during the year, the number purchased and operated out of funds appropriated by the Legislature, the number purchased and operated out of any other public funds, the miles traveled per automobile, the total miles traveled, the average cost per mile, and depreciation estimate on each automobile. The report shall also show the cost per mile and total number of miles traveled in privately-owned automobiles for which reimbursement is made out of state funds and any other information requested by the Bureau of Fleet Management.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records

Chapter 1 - Public Officers; General Provisions

§ 25-1-1. Length of terms

§ 25-1-3. Date terms begin for state officers, except the governor

§ 25-1-5. Date terms begin for district, county, and beat officers

§ 25-1-7. Vacancy in office

§ 25-1-9. Oath of office taken

§ 25-1-11. Oath of office filed

§ 25-1-13. State officials to make guaranty or surety bonds

§ 25-1-15. Conditions of official bonds; new bonds to be secured every four years

§ 25-1-17. Official bonds payable to state

§ 25-1-21. Affidavit of worth

§ 25-1-23. Procedure for determining sufficiency of doubtful bond

§ 25-1-25. New bond required in certain cases

§ 25-1-27. Release of surety on bond of local officer or employee

§ 25-1-29. Release of surety on bond of state officer

§ 25-1-31. Personal bonds

§ 25-1-35. Commission not necessary

§ 25-1-37. Acts of de facto officer valid

§ 25-1-39. Deputy to discharge duty after death of officer

§ 25-1-41. Informal bonds valid

§ 25-1-43. Officer not to make contract without authority

§ 25-1-45. Civil liability for failure to perform duty

§ 25-1-49. Seller may recover claim unlawfully brought by an officer

§ 25-1-51. Confiscated property: prohibited acquisition; disposition by sheriff; subsequent recovery

§ 25-1-53. Nepotism prohibited

§ 25-1-55. Penalty for nepotism

§ 25-1-57. Undated or postdated resignations

§ 25-1-59. Vacancy by removal or default

§ 25-1-61. Legal residence of state officers

§ 25-1-63. Defaulting officers published

§ 25-1-65. Expense of publication

§ 25-1-67. Public moneys to be promptly paid by legal representatives

§ 25-1-69. Officer not to carry or deposit public funds outside state

§ 25-1-71. Public moneys are trust funds

§ 25-1-72. Duty to deposit funds into county depository

§ 25-1-73. Officers liable for costs of collection of public funds improperly withheld

§ 25-1-75. Duplicate receipt books upon transfer of funds

§ 25-1-79. Use of state-owned automobiles

§ 25-1-81. Expense accounts and reports as to state-owned automobiles

§ 25-1-83. Attending conventions, associations, or meetings

§ 25-1-87. Marking publicly owned or leased vehicle; exceptions; effect of noncompliance

§ 25-1-89. Donated automobiles

§ 25-1-91. Penalties regarding state-owned automobiles

§ 25-1-93. Provisions inapplicable to Governor

§ 25-1-95. Signature machines

§ 25-1-97. State office hours

§ 25-1-98. Opening and staffing of state offices; legal holidays, construction of "workday."

§ 25-1-99. County office hours

§ 25-1-101. State-furnished books

§ 25-1-102. Certain attorneys' work product exempt from public access requirements

§ 25-1-103. Certain offices held by same person

§ 25-1-105. Application of prohibition against striking to public employees and employers

§ 25-1-107. Date of postmark as proof of date of payment or report

§ 25-1-109. Law enforcement officers prohibited from disclosing identity of person arrested, issued a citation, or being held for misdemeanor

§ 25-1-111. Prevention of disclosure by state agencies of social security numbers

§ 25-1-117. State agencies and public officials providing information about the agency or office to the public on a website are required to regularly review and update that information