§ 5-3-125. Per diem compensation; reimbursement for expenses and mileage
The members of the committee shall be entitled to receive compensation as follows: Per diem compensation for each day engaged in the discharge of official duties at the same rate as compensated during a special session of the Legislature and reimbursement for all actual, necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties, including mileage […]
§ 5-3-127. Cooperation with other state agencies; employment of experts; other employees
All political subdivisions, state agencies, and all other creatures of the state of Mississippi are hereby authorized and directed to assist the committee and to provide it with such professional, technical and other expertise as each may possess when requested so to do. After an affirmative finding that professional, technical or other expertise is needed […]
§ 5-3-129. Submission of plan to governor and legislature
Upon completion of a redistricting plan, the committee shall present its plan to the governor and to the Mississippi legislature.
§ 5-3-141. Membership; authority; expenses
There is hereby created the Mississippi Legislative Oversight Committee. Such oversight committee shall consist of three (3) representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and three (3) senators appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, and they shall be appointed within ten (10) days after April 4, 1985. The legislative oversight committee shall serve […]
§ 5-3-59. Subpoena and examination of witnesses
The committee, while in the discharge of official duties, shall have the following additional powers: To subpoena and examine witnesses; to require the appearance of any person and the production of any paper or document; to order the appearance of any person for the purpose of producing any paper or document; and to issue all […]
§ 5-3-103. Submission of apportionment plans to legislature
Upon completion of apportionment plans, the committee shall present its plans to the Mississippi Legislature, which shall act on the plans not later than the next regular session of the legislature. The committees to which the plans are referred shall report their recommendations to their respective houses no later than the forty-fifth day of the […]
§ 5-3-61. Issuance of performance evaluation and expenditure review reports
The committee shall issue performance evaluation reports and expenditure review reports, favorable or unfavorable, of any agency examined, and such reports shall be a public record. A copy of the report, signed by the chairman of the committee, including committee recommendations, shall be submitted to the governor, to each member of the legislature, and to […]
§ 5-3-121. Standing joint congressional redistricting committee; membership and organization
There is hereby created a standing joint congressional redistricting committee, to be composed of the chairman and vice chairman of the apportionment and elections committee of the house of representatives and the chairman and vice chairman of the elections committee of the senate; ten (10) members of the house of representatives, two (2) from each […]
§ 5-3-63. Recording testimony under oath
Whenever making a performance evaluation or an expenditure review, the committee may require that testimony be given under oath, which may be administered by the chairman or by any person authorized by law to administer oaths, and may require that such testimony be recorded by an official court reporter or deputy, or by some other […]
§ 5-3-123. Preparation of plan to redistrict congressional districts
The members of the committee shall draw a plan to redistrict, according to constitutional standards, the United States congressional districts for the state of Mississippi no later than thirty (30) days preceding the convening of the next regular session of the legislature after the results of the 1980 decennial census are published and every ten […]