2013 Mississippi Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 3 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
Article 1 - CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; RATES; SERVICE
§ 77-3-8 - Public service commission staff; Personnel Board to establish salaries; duties of staff
(1) There is established in the commission a public service commission staff, which staff shall be a unit, remain as a unit therein, and be responsive to the commission. The public service commission staff shall consist of a sufficient number of professional, administrative, technical, clerical and other personnel as may be necessary for the staff to perform its duties and responsibilities as hereinafter provided. All such personnel of the public service commission staff shall be recommended by the executive secretary and hired or rejected by the commission. Personnel shall be dismissed only for cause in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board. The personnel of the public service commission staff shall be compensated and reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses, including food, lodging and travel, by the commission from the Public Service Commission Regulation Fund established by Section 77-1-6, and as authorized by Section 25-3-41. The public service commission staff shall be responsible for gathering and analyzing information relating to all matters within the authority of the commission.
(2) The State Personnel Board shall establish and maintain entry-level salaries sufficiently competitive to attract competent, qualified applicants for the specialized skills and positions required by this section without regard to the salaries paid the commissioners and notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary. The State Personnel Board shall authorize, where necessary, a range of salaries within which salary negotiations may be conducted for those positions for which specific knowledge, skills and abilities are set forth herein.
(3) The public service commission staff shall perform such duties as are assigned to them by the commission.
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Mississippi may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
