The award of all contracts within the purview of the Department of Finance and Administration under Section 27-104-7 in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) entered into by the commissioner shall be approved by the Public Procurement Review Board and shall be entered on the minutes of such board before any funds shall be expended therefor. Provided further, that the entrance of the award of contracts on the minutes of the Public Procurement Review Board shall contain a detailed accounting of all bids entered showing clearly the lowest bid and best bid that was awarded in each and every case and, if the bid accepted is not the lowest, then the reasons and justification for not accepting the lowest bid shall be spread on the minutes. A true copy of the minutes of each meeting of the Public Procurement Review Board shall be sent monthly to the Governor, members of the Legislative Budget Office and Chairmen of the Corrections Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 47 - Prisons and Prisoners; Probation and Parole
Chapter 5 - Correctional System
Operation, Management and Personnel
§ 47-5-3. Facilities of the correctional system; their purposes and locations
§ 47-5-5. Limited centralization of facilities
§ 47-5-10. Department of Corrections; general powers and duties
§ 47-5-20. Powers and duties of commissioner
§ 47-5-23. Management and control of correctional system to be vested in Department of Corrections
§ 47-5-28. Additional powers and duties of commissioner
§ 47-5-31. Reports by commissioner; inventory
§ 47-5-33. Commissioner authorized to administer oaths, and to summon and examine witnesses
§ 47-5-35. Auditor for correctional system
§ 47-5-41. Employees' oath of office
§ 47-5-43. Workers' compensation coverage
§ 47-5-47. Nepotism prohibited; employees not to be interested in contracts
§ 47-5-49. Employees not to engage in other business
§ 47-5-55. Exemption from jury service
§ 47-5-56. Lease of property; operating funds; disposal of income; transfer of property
§ 47-5-58. Sales by commissary to persons or agencies
§ 47-5-70. "Board" and "lessee" defined
§ 47-5-71. Construction or pavement of roads
§ 47-5-75. Suits by or against board of corrections; tort liability insurance
§ 47-5-78. Creation of the "Lambert State Forest Revolving Fund."
§ 47-5-79. How purchases to be made
§ 47-5-85. Chapel for religious worship; chaplain
§ 47-5-87. No gasoline or motor oil to be sold
§ 47-5-89. No solicitation nor contribution for political purposes
§ 47-5-91. Transportation of children of employees to school; payment of tuition
§ 47-5-93. Governor to make inspections
§ 47-5-94. Annual structural and environmental inspections; report of findings
§ 47-5-99. Creation of classification hearing officers and disciplinary hearing officers
§ 47-5-101. Meetings and minutes of classification and disciplinary hearing officers
§ 47-5-104. Demotion of offender or forfeiture of earned time
§ 47-5-105. Entry of bids, bills, and invoices in minutes before award or payment; copies to be sent