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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...