The Mississippi General Accounting Office shall maintain a complete system of general accounting to comprehend the financial transactions of every state department, division, officer, board, commission, institution or other agency owned or controlled by the state, except those agencies specifically exempted in Section 7-7-1, whether at the seat of government or not and whether the funds upon which they operate are channeled through the State Treasury or not, either through regular procedures having to do with the issuance of the State Fiscal Officer receipt warrants and disbursement warrants or through controls maintained through reports filed periodically as required by the State Fiscal Officer in accordance with the reporting provisions contained in said Section 7-7-1.
All transactions in public funds, as defined in Section 7-7-1, shall either be handled directly through the State Fiscal Officer and the State Treasury, or shall be reported to the State Fiscal Officer at the times and in the form prescribed by the State Fiscal Officer and the Legislative Budget Office, so that a complete and comprehensive system of accounts of the fiscal activities of all state governmental agencies shall be made available at all times in the General Accounting Office.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 7 - Executive Department
Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit
Article 1 - State Fiscal Officer
§ 7-7-5. Location and hours of office
§ 7-7-7. State fiscal officer to appoint necessary employees; bonds
§ 7-7-9. General accounting system
§ 7-7-11. Penalty for failure to make required reports
§ 7-7-15. State Fiscal Officer to receive all moneys for deposit in state treasury
§ 7-7-25. Record of encumbrances
§ 7-7-29. Requisitions or requests for payment of invoices
§ 7-7-31. Payroll requisitions
§ 7-7-37. Warrants; to whom payable
§ 7-7-39. Warrants to be drawn within appropriation or budget
§ 7-7-40. Authority of State Fiscal Officer to approve escalations in budgets
§ 7-7-41. Rules and regulations
§ 7-7-42. Limitation of time for payment of warrants
§ 7-7-47. Regulations and forms
§ 7-7-49. Purpose and intent of Sections 7-7-1 through 7-7-65
§ 7-7-51. Procurement and installation of necessary machines and equipment
§ 7-7-53. Bureau of Capitol Facilities to provide office space
§ 7-7-55. Accounts to be kept with counties, districts, and municipalities
§ 7-7-57. Issuance of duplicate warrants
§ 7-7-60. Petty cash funds for offices within county, municipality, or board of education
§ 7-7-63. Preservation of books and records
§ 7-7-65. Books open for inspection
§ 7-7-67. Investigation of fiscal officers and depositories
§ 7-7-69. Examination of records of various boards
§ 7-7-71. Examination of records of public officers
§ 7-7-73. Embezzlement by public officer or employee
§ 7-7-75. Suits by state auditor