Bill Text: MS HB532 | 2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commissioner of Insurance; authorize to employ persons with specialized skills needed to fulfill his official duties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Law W/out Governor's Signature [HB532 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-HB532-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Insurance
By: Representative Chism
House Bill 532
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-1-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO EMPLOY PERSONS WITH SPECIALIZED SKILLS; TO ALLOW THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD TO PAY THOSE PERSONS BASED ON PREVAILING WAGES, BUT NOT IN EXCESS OF THE SALARY OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 83-1-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
83-1-5. The commissioner shall receive a compensation to be fixed by law. He is hereby authorized to employ a clerk and stenographer and an actuary at a salary to be fixed by law; and in addition shall be allowed a sufficient sum for traveling expenses and for extra clerical help. To assist the commissioner in efficiently performing the official duties imposed upon him by law, he may employ suitable and competent persons who possess the professional skill and/or expert knowledge needed to fulfill these duties. The State Personnel Board, based upon its findings of fact, shall exempt these persons from the provisions of Section 25-3-39 when the acquisition of such professional services is precluded based on the prevailing wage in the relevant labor market, provided such compensation shall not, directly or indirectly, be in excess of the salary authorized to be paid to the deputy commissioner.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
