§ 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 […]
§ 5-3-57. Powers of committee
The committee shall have the following powers: To conduct, in any manner and at any time deemed appropriate, a performance evaluation of all agencies. It may examine or investigate the budget, files, financial statements, records, documents or other papers of the agency deemed necessary by the committee. To conduct, in any manner and at any […]
§ 5-3-101. Guidelines and standards for apportionment
In accomplishing the apportionment, the committee shall follow such constitutional standards as may apply at the time of the apportionment and shall observe the following guidelines unless such guidelines are inconsistent with constitutional standards at the time of the apportionment, in which event the constitutional standards shall control: Every district shall be compact and composed […]
§ 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 […]