§ 1-1-101. Legislative findings
The Legislature finds that the compilation, revision and publication of legislation enacted by the Legislature is a legislative function.
§ 1-1-103. Creation of Joint Legislative Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation; composition; appointment and compensation of members; chairman; attendance at meetings by proxies; transaction of business by committee; meetings; payment of expenses
There is created the Joint Legislative Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation, which is hereinafter referred to as the “joint committee.” The joint committee shall be composed of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Mississippi, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives, the […]
§ 1-1-105. Committee staff
The Director of the House Legislative Services Office and the Director of the Senate Legislative Services Office shall assist the joint committee with regard to staffing the committee to the extent feasible. The joint committee shall appoint one (1) attorney employed by the House Legislative Services Office and one (1) attorney employed by the Senate […]
§ 1-1-107. General powers and duties of committee
The joint committee shall have the following powers and duties: To select and contract with a reputable and competent publishing company on such terms and conditions and at such prices as it may deem proper for the editing, printing, indexing, annotating, binding and publishing of all the acts of the Legislature passed since adjournment of […]
§ 1-1-109. Authority of committee relating to preparation of legislative acts for publication
In preparing the acts of the Legislature for publication in the Mississippi Code of 1972 after the adjournment of each session and without altering the sense, meaning or effect of the acts, the joint committee is authorized to: Correct the spelling of words; Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity; Correct manifest typographical and grammatical […]
§ 1-1-111. Approval by committee of manuscript of supplements and replacement volumes prepared by publishing company
From and after July 1, 1998, the manuscript of acts of the Mississippi Legislature that have been edited, compiled, annotated and indexed by the publishing company holding the contract with the Joint Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation shall be submitted to the joint committee for its approval and acceptance after each regular […]