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Chapter 1 - Governor
General Provisions
§ 7-1-1. Installation - When it shall be ascertained who is chosen governor, he...
§ 7-1-3. Private secretary - The governor may appoint a private secretary, and such others...
§ 7-1-5. Powers generally - In addition to the powers conferred and duties imposed on...
§ 7-1-7. Acceptance of gifts and bequests - The governor of the state of Mississippi, in his discretion,...
§ 7-1-9. Great seal - The great seal of the state now in use shall...
§ 7-1-11. Records of acts and deposit of laws - The governor shall cause to be recorded in a suitable...
§ 7-1-13. Business with the United States government - The governor shall transact all the business of the state,...
§ 7-1-15. Transmission of laws and documents - The governor shall cause to be transmitted to the executive...
§ 7-1-17. Commissioners for other states - The governor may appoint one or more commissioners, residing in...
§ 7-1-19. Investigators of crime - For the purpose of seeing that the laws are faithfully...
§ 7-1-21. Powers and duties of investigators of crime - Investigators and other personnel, employed by the governor pursuant to...
§ 7-1-23. Compensation of investigators of crime - The governor shall fix the compensation and travel and expense...
§ 7-1-27. Duty to notify executive of other state - Upon being informed by any conservator of the peace of...
§ 7-1-29. Rewards for absconding criminals - Whenever the governor shall be of opinion that the public...
§ 7-1-31. Agent to bring absconding offender from other states - The governor may appoint an agent to demand of the...
§ 7-1-33. Suits in foreign jurisdiction - The governor may order and direct suits to be brought...
§ 7-1-35. Appointment of officers - The governor shall fill by appointment, with the advice and...
§ 7-1-37. Senate convened in vacation of legislature - The governor may convene the senate in the vacation of...
§ 7-1-39. Vacancies in municipal elective offices - In the event of the death, resignation, or removal from...
§ 7-1-41. Superintendent of auditor's and treasurer's offices - The governor shall superintend the offices of the treasurer and...
§ 7-1-43. To verify funds in the treasury - It shall be the duty of the governor, at least...
§ 7-1-45. Examiner of public accounts - The governor is authorized, when he deems it proper, to...
§ 7-1-47. Compensation of examiner of public accounts - The governor shall have power to direct and control the...
§ 7-1-49. Commission of examiner of public accounts - A commission shall issue to the examiner, vesting in him...
§ 7-1-51. Special audit of county books - Where an expert accountant is appointed by the governor to...
§ 7-1-53. Appointment revocable - The appointment of the examiner is revocable at the discretion...
§ 7-1-55. Examiner's report - The examiner shall make report to the governor, under oath,...
§ 7-1-57. Defaulting state treasurer and tax collectors suspended - Whenever it shall be credibly alleged to the governor that...
§ 7-1-59. Court proceedings to be instituted - If the examiner report the state treasurer or any tax...
§ 7-1-61. Duty in respect to defaulter - The governor shall have the power, and it is his...
§ 7-1-63. Contingent fund - The executive contingent fund shall be expended under the direction...
§ 7-1-65. To borrow money in case of casualties - The governor is authorized, in case of casualty or casualties...
§ 7-1-67. Acting governor in certain contingencies - When the office of governor shall become vacant, by death...
Governor-Elect
§ 7-1-101. Office, staff, and information for governor-elect - The governor's office of general services shall provide a governor-elect...
Former Governor
§ 7-1-151. Appropriation to defray certain expenses of former governor - A special appropriation to the state fiscal management board is...
Criminal Justice Planning Commission [Terminated]
§ 7-1-201 through 7-1-209. Terminated - Terminated by Laws, 1978, ch. 385, § 6, eff September...
Division of Federal-State Programs
§ 7-1-251. Department of Finance and Administration to be Office of Governor, Division of Federal-State Programs - The Department of Finance and Administration shall be the Office...
§ 7-1-255. Powers and duties of Department - The Department of Finance and Administration shall have the following...
§ 7-1-257. Construction of references to office of Executive Director of Federal-State Programs - Any reference to the office of the Executive Director of...
Administration of the Workforce Investment Act programs in Mississippi
§ 7-1-351. Department of Economic and Community Development to be Division of Job Development and Training - The Department of Economic and Community Development shall be the...
§ 7-1-357. Cooperation with agencies, institutions and other entities - The division of job development and training, office of the...
§ 7-1-361. Rules and regulations - The division of job development and training, office of the...
§ 7-1-363. Contracts with the division of vocational-technical education - To the maximum extent practicable, the Department of Economic and...
§ 7-1-365. Cooperation with certain other state boards and commissions - The state department of education, vocational-technical division, the board of...
§ 7-1-371. State assets or personnel not to be utilized without federal reimbursement - Unless wholly reimbursed from federal funds, no state funds, personnel,...
State Bond Advisory Division
§ 7-1-401. Establishment of State Bond Advisory Division; director - There is hereby created within the Bureau of Budget and...
§ 7-1-403. Powers and duties of division - The Bond Advisory Division is hereby granted the authority and...
Office of General Services
§ 7-1-451. Department of Finance and Administration to be Office of General Services - The Department of Finance and Administration shall be the Office...
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
§ 7-1-501. Appointment of State Bar members as commissioners; duties - The Governor shall appoint as commissioners to the National Conference...
§ 7-1-503. Appointment of associate members - Two (2) associate members of the National Conference of Commissioners...
§ 7-1-505. Term of appointments; designation of substitute person to attend annual meeting in the absence of commissioner or associate member - The commissioners and associate members shall serve until such time...
Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness and Sports
§ 7-1-551. Definitions - The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed...
§ 7-1-553. Purpose - There is hereby created a Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness...
§ 7-1-555. Membership; reimbursement of travel expenses; terms of service - The Governor shall appoint twenty-five (25) members, including a chairman,...
§ 7-1-557. Meetings; quorum; dismissal of member; filling vacancy - At the convenience and discretion of the Governor, the commission...
§ 7-1-559. Funding; annual budget report - In keeping with the ethics and philosophy of the President's...
§ 7-1-561. Duties and responsibilities of commission - It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Governor's...
§ 7-1-563. Acceptance of gifts and grants - The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to accept from...
§ 7-1-565. Annual report - The commission shall make an annual report to the Governor...
Mississippi Advisory Council on Faith-Based Initiatives -
Chapter 3 - Secretary of State
§ 7-3-1. Official bond - The secretary of state shall give bond to the state...
§ 7-3-3. Office - The secretary of state shall keep his office at the...
§ 7-3-5. General duties - The secretary of state shall keep a correct register of...
§ 7-3-7. Seal - The secretary of state shall have a seal which shall...
§ 7-3-9. May perform all duties required of notaries public - The secretary of state shall have power to administer oaths...
§ 7-3-11. Custodian of "Mississippi Reports" - The secretary of state shall take charge of the department...
§ 7-3-13. "Southern Reporter-Mississippi Cases" and department reports deposited in state library - The Secretary of State shall cause ten (10) copies of...
§ 7-3-15. "Southern Reporter-Mississippi Cases" distributed - The Secretary of State shall transmit, free of cost, one...
§ 7-3-17. "Mississippi Reports" exchanged for reports of other states and countries - The secretary of state, under direction of the governor, shall...
§ 7-3-19. Books furnished University law school for exchange - The dean of the law school of the University of...
§ 7-3-23. Acts of congress and other publications distributed - The secretary of state shall, at the time of distributing...
§ 7-3-25. Books received from sheriffs distributed - The secretary of state shall receive from the several sheriffs,...
§ 7-3-27. Books and documents distributed and receipted for - The secretary of state shall send, by suitable means at...
§ 7-3-29. Expense of distributing books remunerated - The secretary of state shall be remunerated for all expenses...
§ 7-3-35. Sale of current volumes - The Secretary of State is authorized and empowered to sell...
§ 7-3-39. To publish constitutional amendments - The Secretary of State shall have published in full each...
§ 7-3-41. Payment upon proof of publication - The said amendments shall be paid for at the prevailing...
§ 7-3-43. Official character of officer certified - The secretary of state shall furnish to any person desiring...
§ 7-3-45. Reports to be filed by constables - Each and every constable being compensated in whole or in...
§ 7-3-49. Data on natural resources assembled - The secretary of state is hereby authorized and directed, in...
§ 7-3-51. Publication of data - As soon as sufficient material is assembled for comprehensive exposition...
§ 7-3-53. Distribution of data - It shall be the duty of the secretary of state...
§ 7-3-55. Continued publication discretionary - Said publications and distribution shall be continued or renewed from...
§ 7-3-57. Publication of the text of Chapter 9 of Title 75 - The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to...
Assistant Secretaries of State
§ 7-3-71. Assistant secretaries of state; appointment; duties; compensation - The secretary of state shall appoint four (4) competent attorneys,...
Chapter 5 - Attorney General
In General
§ 7-5-1. Qualifications, election, and duties - The Attorney General provided for by Section 173 of the...
§ 7-5-3. Deputy attorney general - There shall be no more than two (2) deputy attorneys...
§ 7-5-9. Additional employees - The attorney general shall have the power to employ a...
§ 7-5-11. Statutory Advisor - There is created the position of the Mississippi Statutory Advisor....
§ 7-5-13. Additional assistants to handle legal affairs of Highway Commission - The attorney general may, with the approval of the chief...
§ 7-5-15. Secretaries - The attorney general is authorized and empowered to employ such...
§ 7-5-17. Office hours - The attorney general shall be assigned an office at the...
§ 7-5-19. Office space, supplies, and equipment - In the event adequate office space for the use of...
§ 7-5-21. To keep a docket - The Attorney General shall keep a docket of all causes...
§ 7-5-23. To keep an opinion-book - The attorney general shall keep an "opinion-book", in which he...
§ 7-5-25. To give opinions in writing - The Attorney General shall give his opinion in writing, without...
§ 7-5-27. To approve accounts against the state - All accounts against the state subject to allowance by the...
§ 7-5-29. To attend the Supreme Court - The attorney general shall attend the supreme court, in person...
§ 7-5-31. Failure to attend Supreme Court - Should the attorney general fail to attend, in person or...
§ 7-5-33. To enforce judgments and pay over collections - After judgment in any cause represented by him, the attorney...
§ 7-5-35. May institute and prosecute suits to vacate fraudulent conveyances - When it may be necessary or proper for the enforcement...
§ 7-5-37. To prosecute suits - The attorney general shall, at the request of the governor...
§ 7-5-41. To receive certified copies of pleadings - In all suits against the state of Mississippi, any board,...
§ 7-5-43. May advise public officials and employees investigated or sued as result of discharging duties - The foregoing authority vested in the attorney general as above...
§ 7-5-45. May advise school officials and employees in proceedings challenging validity of statute - The foregoing authority vested in the attorney general as above...
§ 7-5-47. Suits on bonds of state officers - The attorney general or his assistant, when required by the...
§ 7-5-49. To advise public service commission - It shall be the duty of the attorney general to...
§ 7-5-51. To represent state tax and public service commissions - The attorney general, as well as the several district attorneys,...
§ 7-5-53. To assist district attorneys - The Attorney General shall, when required by the public service...
§ 7-5-55. To recover taxes - The attorney general, or any district attorney or county attorney...
§ 7-5-57. To draw papers - Whenever requested by the governor or other state officer, the...
§ 7-5-59. Investigation of official corruption, other white collar crimes, and computer crimes - Click to view Following such request, an order shall issue...
§ 7-5-63. Reports to the legislature - The attorney general shall make reports at the beginning of...
§ 7-5-65. Saving statute - Nothing in this chapter contained shall repeal any of the...
§ 7-5-66. Prepayment of costs in civil actions for recovery of delinquent sums owed to Mississippi Guaranteed Student Loan Program - The Attorney General is hereby authorized, in his discretion, and...
§ 7-5-67. Investigators of Public Integrity Division empowered to make arrests, serve and execute search warrants, and serve process - Persons employed by the Attorney General as investigators in the...
Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau
§ 7-5-301. Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau; creation; purpose - There is created within the Office of the Attorney General...
Chapter 7 - State Fiscal Officer; Department of Audit
Article 1 - State Fiscal Officer
§ 7-7-1. Definitions - Funds such as endowment funds and research funds, special building...
§ 7-7-3. General Accounting Office; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - Each state agency shall adopt and use the system prescribed...
§ 7-7-5. Location and hours of office - The Bureau of Budget and Fiscal Management of the General...
§ 7-7-7. State fiscal officer to appoint necessary employees; bonds - The State Fiscal Officer shall appoint such bureau and division...
§ 7-7-9. General accounting system - The Mississippi General Accounting Office shall maintain a complete system...
§ 7-7-11. Penalty for failure to make required reports - If any officer or employee of any state agency shall...
§ 7-7-15. State Fiscal Officer to receive all moneys for deposit in state treasury - Every state department, division, officer, board, commission, institution or other...
§ 7-7-17. State Fiscal Officer to receive reports of receipts of public funds not to be deposited into state treasury - Reports shall be filed with the State Fiscal Officer at...
§ 7-7-25. Record of encumbrances - Upon receipt of each purchase order filed with the State...
§ 7-7-29. Requisitions or requests for payment of invoices - No requisitions or requests for payment drawn against any funds...
§ 7-7-31. Payroll requisitions - Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 7-7-27 and 7-7-29, it shall...
§ 7-7-33. Pre-audit of claims - The State Fiscal Officer shall issue disbursement warrants upon satisfactory...
§ 7-7-37. Warrants; to whom payable - The State Fiscal Officer shall write warrants payable to the...
§ 7-7-39. Warrants to be drawn within appropriation or budget - The State Fiscal Officer shall not draw warrants without, or...
§ 7-7-40. Authority of State Fiscal Officer to approve escalations in budgets - The State Fiscal Officer shall have the authority to approve...
§ 7-7-41. Rules and regulations - The State Fiscal Officer may promulgate such regulations and procedures...
§ 7-7-42. Limitation of time for payment of warrants - Any State of Mississippi warrant issued by the State Fiscal...
§ 7-7-45. Financial reports - The State Fiscal Officer shall be required to make the...
§ 7-7-47. Regulations and forms - The State Fiscal Officer shall prescribe all regulations and shall...
§ 7-7-49. Purpose and intent of Sections 7-7-1 through 7-7-65 - The purpose and intent of Sections 7-7-1 through 7-7-65 is...
§ 7-7-51. Procurement and installation of necessary machines and equipment - The State Fiscal Officer is hereby given the authority, and...
§ 7-7-53. Bureau of Capitol Facilities to provide office space - It shall be the duty of the Bureau of Capitol...
§ 7-7-55. Accounts to be kept with counties, districts, and municipalities - The State Fiscal Officer shall maintain accounts to show the...
§ 7-7-57. Issuance of duplicate warrants - Upon satisfactory proof being presented to the State Fiscal Officer...
§ 7-7-59. Petty cash funds - A reasonable petty cash fund shall be allowed each state...
§ 7-7-60. Petty cash funds for offices within county, municipality, or board of education - A petty cash fund for offices within the county, municipality...
§ 7-7-61. Seal of the office - The seal used by the State Fiscal Officer shall be...
§ 7-7-63. Preservation of books and records - The State Fiscal Officer shall carefully keep and preserve the...
§ 7-7-65. Books open for inspection - The State Fiscal Officer shall submit the accounts and records...
§ 7-7-67. Investigation of fiscal officers and depositories - It shall be the duty of the state auditor to...
§ 7-7-69. Examination of records of various boards - It shall be the further duty of the state auditor...
§ 7-7-71. Examination of records of public officers - The state auditor, in the discharge of the official duties...
§ 7-7-73. Embezzlement by public officer or employee - When the state auditor shall have reason to believe that...
§ 7-7-75. Suits by state auditor - All suits by the state auditor under the provisions of...
§ 7-7-77. Settlement and accounting for moneys collected - The state auditor shall settle with the proper officers and...
§ 7-7-79. Reports of operation - The state auditor shall make a detailed account of the...
Article 3 - Department of Audit
§ 7-7-201. Department of audit created - A department of audit is hereby established under the supervision...
§ 7-7-202. Offices of department; office hours; official seal - The State Auditor shall keep the office of the department...
§ 7-7-203. State Auditor to appoint director for financial and compliance division, director for investigations division and other employees as necessary to carry out duties of auditor - The State Auditor shall appoint a director for the financial...
§ 7-7-204. Paid internship program for certain students working toward a bachelor's or master's degree in accounting; eligibility requirements; liability of recipients who fail to complete coursework or degree or fail to work as auditor at Office of... - Applicants must have achieved a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA)...
§ 7-7-205. Surety bonds required - The director, the assistant director, and all accountants and auditors...
§ 7-7-207. Compensation of director - The director of the department shall receive compensation as set...
§ 7-7-209. Travel and other expenses - The state auditor, director, and all employees of the department...
§ 7-7-211. Powers and duties of department - The department shall have the power and it shall be...
§ 7-7-214. Payment of costs of audits by governmental entities which receive reimbursement from federal government; disposition of amounts collected - This section shall apply only to single audits of federal...
§ 7-7-216. Independent audit of office of State Auditor - No less than once during each four-year term of the...
§ 7-7-217. Record of exceptions taken as result of audits - The state auditor, as ex-officio head of the state department...
§ 7-7-219. Report of exceptions to legislative committee - A report of exceptions taken by the auditor shall be...
§ 7-7-225. Contract for legal services - The State Auditor, when conducting agency audits, shall test to...
Chapter 9 - State Treasurer
§ 7-9-1. Office hours - The state treasurer shall keep his office at the seat...
§ 7-9-3. Vaults to operate with timelock - It is not lawful for the treasurer or any other...
§ 7-9-5. Deputy state treasurer and other personnel - The state treasurer shall be entitled to a bookkeeper, a...
§ 7-9-7. Bond clerk - It shall be the duty of the bond clerk to...
§ 7-9-9. Duties generally - It shall be the duty of the state treasurer to...
§ 7-9-11. Separate and distinct accounts of various sources of revenue - It shall be the duty of the state treasurer to...
§ 7-9-12. Establishment of clearing accounts and bank accounts; bad checks - The State Treasurer is authorized to establish such clearing accounts...
§ 7-9-13. Receipts and payments only on warrant; exception for electronic funds transfer - Except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9-14 of this chapter,...
§ 7-9-14. Electronic funds transfer for withdrawal, transfer, or deposit of funds for investment purposes - The State Treasurer is authorized to receive, disburse or transfer...
§ 7-9-15. All warrants paid to be registered - The state treasurer shall register all warrants paid or received...
§ 7-9-17. Duplicate receipts given when payment made into treasury - When any payment shall be made into the Treasury in...
§ 7-9-19. States taxes collected paid direct to treasurer - All taxes, fees and penalties that may be hereafter collected...
§ 7-9-21. State officials to pay in collections - All state officials shall make a detailed report to the...
§ 7-9-22. Disposition of funds collected by Secretary of State; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - All funds collected by the Office of the Secretary of...
§ 7-9-23. Custodian of specified trust funds - The State Treasurer is designated as sole agent to receive...
§ 7-9-24. Refunds to state agencies for excess public utility charges - Any refund to an agency of the State of Mississippi...
§ 7-9-25. Depository for federal-aid road funds - All funds and the interest accruing thereon paid into the...
§ 7-9-27. Investment of special fund to refund overpayment of income taxes - The treasurer of the state of Mississippi shall invest the...
§ 7-9-29. Payment of interest and bonds - It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer, two...
§ 7-9-31. Cancellation of bonds and interest coupons - The state treasurer shall, as soon as he receives such...
§ 7-9-32. Destruction of paid state warrants - The state treasurer is hereby authorized to destroy all state...
§ 7-9-33. Receipted lists of cancelled bonds and coupons - The State Fiscal Officer shall charge the State Treasurer with...
§ 7-9-34. Destruction of paid and cancelled bonds and coupons - The state treasurer is authorized to destroy any bonds and...
§ 7-9-35. Unexpended balances of appropriations - Within ten (10) days after the appropriation (out of which...
§ 7-9-37. Payment by depositories; meaning of "treasurer's check" for purpose of implementation of electronic funds transfer - All state deposits in any depository in the State of...
§ 7-9-39. Funds impounded - In the event the funds coming into the state treasury...
§ 7-9-41. Lump-sum withdrawals from treasury - The executive heads, together with the secretary or other person...
§ 7-9-43. Contracts with selected depositories - The state institutions of higher learning and the Department of...
§ 7-9-45. Monthly verification with auditor - The State Treasurer and the State Fiscal Officer shall, on...
§ 7-9-47. Reports to the legislature - The state treasurer shall make to the legislature, at the...
§ 7-9-49. Reports to governor - The state treasurer shall furnish to the governor, from time...
§ 7-9-51. Suit on bond for embezzlement - If the state treasurer shall misapply, waste, or embezzle any...
§ 7-9-53. Preservation of records - The state treasurer shall safely keep and preserve all moneys,...
Special Treasury Fund -
Education Improvement Trust Fund
§ 7-9-101. Authorization to employ or enter into contract with investment advisors, security custodians, and/or bank trust departments - The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to employ...
§ 7-9-103. Authorized investments for principal of Education Improvement Trust Fund; powers of investment entity - The principal of the Education Improvement Trust Fund shall be...
§ 7-9-105. Power to adopt rules and regulations - The State Treasurer is authorized and empowered to adopt necessary...
§ 7-9-107. Transfer of funds - Upon request of the investment entity, signed by the proper...
Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund
§ 7-9-161. Repeal of §§ 7-9-151 through 7-9-159 - Sections 7-9-151 through 7-9-159, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be...
Chapter 11 - Secretary of State; Land Records
§ 7-11-2. Abolition of office of State Land Commissioner; transferral of duties and responsibilities to Secretary of State - The office of State Land Commissioner as heretofore existing is...
§ 7-11-3. Custodian of records of former land office - The Secretary of State shall have custody of the records...
§ 7-11-4. "State land commissioner," "land commissioner," "state land office," "land office" to mean Secretary of State - The words "state land commissioner," "land commissioner," "state land office"...
§ 7-11-6. Assistant Secretary of State to perform functions of state land office; employment of additional personnel; transition of power by state land commissioner - The Secretary of State shall appoint a competent attorney to...
§ 7-11-8. Functions assigned to Secretary of State to be merged and coordinated with those of former state land office - It is the intent of the legislature that the functions...
§ 7-11-11. Duties and powers of Secretary of State - The Secretary of State shall have charge of the swamp...
§ 7-11-13. Land records - All state land records, all levee land records, and all...
§ 7-11-15. Form of records - The Secretary of State shall secure a sufficient number of...
§ 7-11-17. Records preserved and bound - The land records in the Secretary of State's office shall...
§ 7-11-19. Copies of records - The Secretary of State shall furnish to any party interested...
§ 7-11-25. Report to legislature - The Secretary of State shall make a report to the...
Chapter 13 - Mississippi Administrative Reorganization Act
§ 7-13-1. Short title - This chapter shall be cited as the "Mississippi Administrative Reorganization...
§ 7-13-3. Legislative intent - It is the intent of this chapter to provide that...
§ 7-13-9. Change of domicil affecting membership on board, commission, council or authority - Any member of any board, commission, council or authority reconstituted...
Chapter 17 - Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989
Article 1 - General
§ 7-17-1. Short title - Chapter 544, Laws of 1989, shall be cited as the...
§ 7-17-3. Legislative intent - It is the intent of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act...
§ 7-17-7. Vacation of position of member of board, commission, council or authority upon change of residence; exception - Any member of any board, commission, council or authority reconstituted...
§ 7-17-9. Governor to appoint departmental advisory boards - The Governor shall have the authority to appoint departmental advisory...
§ 7-17-11. Organizational structure and nomenclature for budgetary purposes - For budgetary purposes and organizational hierarchy purposes a common organizational...
Article 3 - Reorganization Transition
§ 7-17-33. Transfer of powers, authority, duties, functions and funds; use of stationery and supplies of predecessor agency or department - All power, authority, duties and functions of the boards, commissions,...
§ 7-17-37. Procedures for eliminating and filling personnel positions; benefit rights of terminated employees - Upon the decision by a department executive director to eliminate...