§ 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 […]
§ 5-3-63. 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 […]
§ 5-3-65. Legal assistance; other employees
The attorney general, or a designated assistant attorney general, appointed by him, the state auditor and the director of the state department of audit shall assist the committee in whatever manner the committee deems that such officers can be helpful. Furthermore, the committee is authorized to employ one full time secretary, other stenographic help, technical […]
§ 5-3-67. Compensation and expenses
Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, provided that they shall be entitled to per diem compensation as is authorized by Section 25-3-69 for each day occupied with the discharge of official duties as members of the committee plus the expense allowance equal to the maximum daily expense rate allowable to employees of the […]
§ 5-3-69. Quorum; meetings
There shall be no business transacted, including adoption of rules or procedure, without the presence of a quorum of the committee, which shall be eight (8) members to consist of four (4) members from the Senate and four (4) members from the House of Representatives, and no action shall be valid unless approved by the […]
§ 5-3-71. Committee to evaluate executive branch of state government; reports
The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) shall evaluate the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the executive branch of state government as it is affected by the implementation of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Chapter 544, Laws of 1989].” On October 1, 1989, the Fiscal Management Board or its […]