§ 5-3-73. Federal unfunded mandates; short title
This section and Section 5-3-79 shall be known and may be cited as the “Federal Unfunded Mandates Act.”
§ 5-3-81. Special joint committee on reapportionment
The special joint committee on reapportionment, created in the first extraordinary session of the Mississippi Legislature in 1977, is hereby directed to establish a program whereby the State of Mississippi shall cooperate with the bureau of the census, United States Department of Commerce, to obtain 1980 census population data by individual block counts or, in […]
§ 5-3-91. Standing joint legislative committee on reapportionment; membership; organization
There is hereby created the standing joint legislative committee on reapportionment, 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 […]
§ 5-3-93. Committee to draw plan to apportion Mississippi Legislature
The members of the committee shall draw a plan to apportion, according to constitutional standards, the membership of the Mississippi Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled adjournment of the next regular session of the Legislature following the delivery of the 2000 decennial census data […]
§ 5-3-95. Per diem compensation; 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 […]
§ 5-3-97. State agencies and entities to cooperate with committee; employment of experts and other staff
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 […]
§ 5-3-99. Procedure for determining norm to be represented by senators and representatives
The committee shall divide the number of members of the senate that it recommends within constitutional limitations into the total population of the state as reported in each census to determine the number of persons which constitutes the norm to be represented by a senator. The committee shall divide the number of members of the […]
§ 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 […]
§ 5-1-61. Joint convention; place and time of assemblage
When by the constitution or laws a joint meeting of the senate and house of representatives is required, they shall assemble with their secretary and clerk in the hall of the house of representatives on the day and hour previously agreed on by a concurrent resolution or as fixed by law.