Mississippi House Bill 931 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 5-1-41, 5-1-43, 5-1-45 And 5-1-46, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce By Ten Percent The Amount Of The Annual Salary And Monthly Expense Allowance Of Members And Officers Of The Legislature; To Amend Section 25-3-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce By Ten Percent The Amount Of The Annual Salary Of State Elected Officials In The Executive Branch; To Reduce By Ten Percent The Amount Of The Annual Salary Of Those Appointed Officers And Employees Of The State Whose Annual Salary Exceeds $100,000.00, Beginning After The State Fiscal Officer Has Reduced The Budgets Of More Than One-half Of All State Agencies By Ten Percent Or More; To Authorize The Executive Heads Of State Agencies To Offer Any Of The Agency's Employees The Option Of Taking A Period Of Unpaid Furlough Leave As An Alternative To Termination Of The Employee's Position With The Agency, Whenever The State Fiscal Officer Has Reduced The Budget Of The Agency And The Executive Head Determines That Those Reductions In Funds Will Require A Reduction In The Amount Of Funds That The Agency Spends For Salaries For The Agency's Employees; To Amend Section 37-3-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; And For Related Purposes.

Legislators and certain state elected officials and state employees; reduce salaries of by 10%.

Rep. Andy Gipson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-17		Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0931.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0931IN.htm