Bill Text: MS SB2296 | 2021 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Office of Workforce Development; exempt executive director from certain salary and compensation requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-03-02 - Died In Committee [SB2296 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2021-SB2296-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2021 Regular Session
To: Economic and Workforce Development
By: Senator(s) Parker
Senate Bill 2296
(As Passed the Senate)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FROM CERTAIN SALARY AND COMPENSATION RESTRICTIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD MAY BY MAJORITY VOTE WAIVE ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE SALARY OR COMPENSATION, INCLUDING STATE RETIREMENT BENEFITS, LAWFULLY ESTABLISHED FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-3-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-3-39. (1) (a) Except
as otherwise provided in this section, no public officer, public employee,
administrator, or executive head of any arm or agency of the state, in the
executive branch of government, shall be paid a salary or compensation,
directly or indirectly, greater than one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the
salary fixed in Section 25-3-31 for the Governor, nor shall the salary of any
public officer, public employee, administrator, or executive head of any arm or
agency of the state, in the executive branch of government, be supplemented
with any funds from any source, including federal or private funds. Such
salaries shall be completely paid by the state. All academic officials,
members of the teaching staffs and employees of the state institutions of
higher learning, the Mississippi Community College Board, and community
and junior colleges, and licensed physicians who are public employees, shall be
exempt from this subsection. All professional employees who hold a bachelor's
degree or more advanced degree from an accredited four-year college or
university or a certificate or license issued by a state licensing board,
commission or agency and who are employed by the Department of Mental Health
shall be exempt from this subsection if the State Personnel Board approves the
exemption. The Commissioner of Child Protection Services is exempt from this
subsection. * * * The Executive Director of the Public Employees'
Retirement System and the Chief Investment Officer of the Public Employees'
Retirement System shall be exempt from this subsection. The Executive
Director of the Office of Workforce Development shall be exempt from this
subsection.
(b) The Governor shall fix the annual salary of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority, the annual salary of the Commissioner of Child Protection Services, and the annual salary of the Chief of Staff of the Governor's Office. The salary of the Governor's Chief of Staff shall not be greater than one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the salary of the Governor and shall be completely paid by the state without supplementation from another source. The salary of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority may be greater than one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the salary of the Governor and may be supplemented with funds from any source, including federal or private funds; however, any state funds used to pay the salary of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority shall not exceed one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the salary of the Governor. If the executive director's salary is supplemented with private funds, the Mississippi Development Authority shall publish on its website the amount of the supplement and the name of the donor of the private funds.
(2) No public officer, employee or administrator shall be paid a salary or compensation, directly or indirectly, in excess of the salary authorized to be paid the executive head of the state agency or department in which he is employed. The State Personnel Board, based upon its findings of fact, may exempt physicians and actuaries from this subsection when the acquisition of such professional services is precluded based on the prevailing wage in the relevant labor market.
(3) (a) The executive head of any state agency or department appointed by the Governor, in such executive head's discretion, may waive all or any portion of the salary or compensation lawfully established for the position.
(b) The State Workforce Investment Board may by majority vote of the board members waive all or any portion of the salary or compensation, including state retirement benefits, lawfully established for the Executive Director of the Office of Workforce Development.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
