Unless otherwise provided by law, all officers and employees of state agencies, boards, commissions, departments and institutions authorized by law to receive per diem compensation for each day or fraction thereof occupied with the discharge of official duties shall be entitled to Forty Dollars ($40.00) per diem compensation. When the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Speaker of the House of Representatives appoints a person to a board, commission or other position that requires confirmation by the Senate, the person may receive per diem compensation for the performance of official duties before such appointment is confirmed by the Senate, as such per diem compensation is authorized under this section.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records
Chapter 3 - Salaries and Compensation
§ 25-3-1. Classifications of counties
§ 25-3-2. Elected county official's salary reductions due to valuation and population changes
§ 25-3-3. Salaries of assessors also serving as tax collectors; additional compensation
§ 25-3-7. State contribution to compensation of assessors
§ 25-3-9. Salaries of county prosecuting attorneys
§ 25-3-11. Travel and expenses of county attorneys
§ 25-3-13. Salaries of supervisors
§ 25-3-15. Additions to assessed valuation for fixing supervisors' salaries in certain counties
§ 25-3-17. Payment of supervisors' salaries
§ 25-3-19. Salaries of county auditors
§ 25-3-21. Allowance for copying assessment rolls
§ 25-3-23. Deputy chancery clerk in certain counties
§ 25-3-25. Salaries of sheriffs
§ 25-3-27. Salaries of deputy sheriffs in counties having two judicial districts
§ 25-3-29. Method of paying salaries
§ 25-3-31. Salaries of elective state and district officers
§ 25-3-35. Salaries of elected judiciary, district attorneys and legal assistants
§ 25-3-38. Payment of additional funds to appointive officials unlawful; penalty
§ 25-3-39.1. Compensation of Deputy Commissioner of Insurance
§ 25-3-40. Annual salary increases; intent to implement minimum wage and maximize salary increases
§ 25-3-45. Penalty for excessive travel expenses
§ 25-3-47. Department subordinates
§ 25-3-49. Salaries in special appointments
§ 25-3-51. Deduction for absence from the state
§ 25-3-53. Compensation of special judges of circuit, county, or chancery courts
§ 25-3-55. Compensation of special judge of Supreme Court
§ 25-3-57. Deduction for absence from court
§ 25-3-59. Deduction for absence from meeting of public service commission
§ 25-3-61. Governor may grant leave of absence
§ 25-3-71. Annual report of recommendations of salary increases and amounts