Bill Text: MS SB2058 | 2016 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Department of Revenue; Commissioner may require fingerprinting & background checks of employees with access to federal tax info.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-22 - Died In Committee [SB2058 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-SB2058-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Finance
By: Senator(s) Fillingane
Senate Bill 2058
(As Passed the Senate)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-3-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE TO REQUIRE EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WITH ACCESS TO FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION TO BE FINGERPRINTED AND REQUEST BACKGROUND CHECKS OF ANY EMPLOYEE SO FINGERPRINTED FROM ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 27-3-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
27-3-13. The Commissioner of Revenue is empowered to employ such accountants, appraisers, information systems programmers, information systems technicians, information systems managers, clerical help, stenographers, and such other assistants and/or attorneys as he may deem necessary to the proper discharge of the duties of the Department of Revenue, to prescribe their duties and to fix the compensation of each employee within the rules, regulations and guidelines of the State Personnel Board. Such employees may be used interchangeably in the administration of the various duties imposed by law upon the commissioner in the several offices of the Department of Revenue. Further, the Commissioner of Revenue may designate any ten (10) employees of the commission to be law enforcement officers, as defined in Section 45-6-3, with police powers to enforce any laws administered by the Department of Revenue. Temporary employees may be employed as hereinabove, when in the opinion of the commissioner a seasonal press of business requires, except that such temporary employees shall be retained no longer than is necessary to the discharge of the duties imposed by law upon the department. The commissioner may require any employee with access to federal tax information to be fingerprinted and may request a background check of any employee so fingerprinted from any state or federal agency.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
