Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33)
Chapter 3 - SALARIES AND COMPENSATION (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-103)
GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-73)
Section 25-3-31 - Salaries of elective state and district officers; employment of assistant

• (1) The annual salaries of the following elected state and district officers are fixed as follows:

  Governor .................... $160,000.00

  Attorney General .................... 150,000.00

  Secretary of State .................... 120,000.00

  Commissioner of Insurance .................... 150,000.00

  State Treasurer .................... 120,000.00

  State Auditor of Public Accounts .................... 150,000.00

  Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce .................... 120,000.00

  Transportation Commissioners .................... 95,000.00

  Public Service Commissioners .................... 95,000.00

• (2) To assist the elected state and district officers in subsection (1) of this section in efficiently performing the official duties imposed upon him or her by law, the officer may employ suitable and competent persons who possess the professional skill and expert knowledge needed to fulfill those duties. The State Personnel Board, based upon its findings of fact, shall exempt those persons from the provisions of Section 25-3-39 when the acquisition of such professional services is precluded based upon the prevailing wage in the relevant labor market. This subsection (2) shall stand repealed on July 1, 2024.

Codes, 1930, § 6511; 1942, § 4175; Laws, 1922, ch. 159; Laws, 1932, ch. 132; Laws, 1938, chs. 152, 153, 154, 156; Laws, 1942, chs. 275, 321; Laws, 1944, chs. 265, 317-319; Laws, 1946, chs. 275, 278, 293, 458; Laws, 1948, chs. 188, 201, 221, 223; Laws, 1950, chs. 199, 343, 443, 466; Laws, 1952, chs. 178, 229, 245, 315, 325, 335; Laws, 1954, chs. 212, 253; Laws, 1954, Ex ch. 16, §§ 1-4; Laws, 1956, ch. 358, § 2; Laws, 1958 chs. 325, 328, 334, 337, 338, 344, 345, 354; Laws, 1960, chs. 324, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336; Laws, 1962, ch. 388, § 2; Laws, 1966, ch. 445, § 1, 1970, ch. 402, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 545, § 1; Laws, 1977, ch. 453, § 6; Laws, 1978, ch. 520, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 536, § 1; Laws, 1988, ch. 528, § 2; Laws, 1993, ch. 481, § 4; Laws, 1997, ch. 577, § 1; Laws, 2003, ch. 563, § 1; Laws, 2006, ch. 548, § 1; Laws, 2008, ch. 359, § 11, eff. 7/1/2008.

Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 508, HB 1426,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2024.