Bill Text: MS HB77 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Criminal investigators; increase salary of.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB77 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2021-HB77-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2021 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B; Appropriations
By: Representative Shanks
House Bill 77
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-31-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE SALARY OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-31-10, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
[Until January 1, 2023, this section shall read as follows:]
25-31-10. (1) Any district attorney may appoint a full-time criminal investigator.
(2) The district attorneys of the Third, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth Circuit Court Districts may appoint one (1) additional full-time criminal investigator for a total of two (2) full-time criminal investigators.
(3) The district attorneys of the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh and Nineteenth Circuit Court Districts may appoint two (2) additional full-time criminal investigators for a total of three (3) full-time criminal investigators.
(4) No district attorney or assistant district attorney shall accept any private employment, civil or criminal, in any matter investigated by such criminal investigators.
(5) The full and complete
compensation for all public duties rendered by * * * the criminal investigators shall be
not more than * * * Sixty-seven Thousand
Dollars ($67,000.00) per annum, to be determined at the discretion of the
district attorney based upon the qualifications, education and experience of
the criminal investigator, plus necessary travel and other expenses, to be paid
in accordance with Section 25-31-8. However, the maximum salary under this
subsection for a criminal investigator who has a law degree may be supplemented
by the district attorney from other available funds, but not to exceed the
maximum salary for a legal assistant to a district attorney.
(6) Any criminal investigator may be designated by the district attorney to attend the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program set forth in Section 45-6-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972. The total expenses associated with attendance by criminal investigators at the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program shall be paid out of the funds of the appropriate district attorney.
(7) The district attorney shall be authorized to assign the duties of criminal investigators regardless of the source of funding for such criminal investigators.
[From and after January 1, 2023, this section shall read as follows:]
25-31-10. (1) Any district attorney may appoint a full-time criminal investigator.
(2) The district attorneys of the Third, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Twentieth and Twenty-third Circuit Court Districts may appoint one (1) additional full-time criminal investigator for a total of two (2) full-time criminal investigators.
(3) The district attorneys of the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh and Nineteenth Circuit Court Districts may appoint two (2) additional full-time criminal investigators for a total of three (3) full-time criminal investigators.
(4) No district attorney or assistant district attorney shall accept any private employment, civil or criminal, in any matter investigated by such criminal investigators.
(5) The full and complete
compensation for all public duties rendered by the criminal investigators shall
be not more than * * * Sixty-seven Thousand
Dollars ($67,000.00) per annum, to be determined at the discretion of the
district attorney based upon the qualifications, education and experience of
the criminal investigator, plus necessary travel and other expenses, to be paid
in accordance with Section 25-31-8. However, the maximum salary under this
subsection for a criminal investigator who has a law degree may be supplemented
by the district attorney from other available funds, but not to exceed the
maximum salary for a legal assistant to a district attorney.
(6) Any criminal investigator may be designated by the district attorney to attend the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program set forth in Section 45-6-1 et seq. The total expenses associated with attendance by criminal investigators at the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program shall be paid out of the funds of the appropriate district attorney.
(7) The district attorney shall be authorized to assign the duties of criminal investigators regardless of the source of funding for such criminal investigators.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.
