§ 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 […]
§ 5-5-1. Senate committee
There is hereby established a standing committee on interstate cooperation of the senate, to consist of five senators. The members and chairman of this committee shall be designated in the same manner as is customary in the case of the members and chairmen of other standing committees of the senate.
§ 5-5-3. House committee
There is hereby established a standing committee on interstate cooperation of the house of representatives, to consist of five members. The members and chairman of this committee shall be designated in the same manner as is customary in the case of the members and chairmen of other standing committees of the house of representatives.
§ 5-5-5. Commission on Interstate Cooperation
There is hereby established the Mississippi Commission on Interstate Cooperation, which shall encourage and arrange conferences with officials of other states and of other units of government; carry forward the participation of this state as a member of the council of state governments, both regionally and nationally; and formulate proposals for cooperation between this state […]
§ 5-5-7. Members of the Commission
The commission on interstate cooperation shall be composed of eleven members, namely; The five members of the committee on interstate cooperation of the senate, The five members of the committee on interstate cooperation of the house of representatives, and The governor.
§ 5-5-9. Rules; compensation and expenses of members
The commission on interstate cooperation may provide such rules as it considers appropriate concerning the membership and the functioning of the committee. Members of the commission shall be compensated by a per diem as is authorized by law for each day spent in actual discharge of their duties and shall be reimbursed for mileage and […]
§ 5-5-11. Reports
The commission on interstate cooperation shall report to the governor and to the legislature within fifteen days after the convening of each regular legislative session, and at such other times as it deems appropriate. Its members shall serve without compensation.
§ 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 […]