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Mississippi Statutes, Title 25

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Title 25, Public Officers and Employees; Public Records

30 chapters · 643 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 25643 Ch 11, Social Security and Public Employees…71 Ch 1, Public Officers; General Provisions65 Ch 53, Mississippi Department of Informatio…60 Ch 3, Salaries and Compensation49 Ch 7, Fees45 Ch 9, Statewide Personnel System43 Ch 43, Administrative Procedures34 Ch 4, Ethics in Government29 Ch 34, Revised Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts29 Ch 15, Group Insurance for Public Employees26 Ch 31, District Attorneys26 Ch 13, Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System24 Ch 5, Removals From Office19 Ch 55, Lost Records17

43 sections·Filtered byTitle 25✕Ch 9✕

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-101 Purpose of chapter
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It is the purpose of this chapter to establish in the State of Mississippi a system of personnel administration based on sound methods of personnel administration governing the establishment of employment positions, classification of positions and the employment conduct, movement…
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-103 Principles applicable to administration of state personnel system
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(a) The State Personnel Board herein established shall administer a state personnel system in accordance with the following principles:(a) To recruit, select and advance employees on the basis of their relative ability, knowledge and skills, including open consideration of qualif…
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-105 Consolidation of agencies and employees into state personnel system
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It is the intent of this chapter to consolidate into one (1) state personnel system all agencies and employees now administered by the Mississippi Classification Commission, agencies and employees now administered by the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council, and such othe…
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-107 Definitions [Paragraphs (c)(xxv) and (c)(xxvi) repealed effective June 30, 2026]

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(a) The following terms, when used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:(a) “Board” means the State Personnel Board created under the provisions of this chapter.(b) “State service” means all employees of…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-109 State Personnel Board members, terms of office, qualifications, vacancies

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There is hereby created a board of five (5) members to be known as the State Personnel Board to be appointed by the Governor as hereinafter provided, with the advice and consent of the Senate. (a) Gubernatorial appointees serving on the board on June 30, 1984, shall continue to s…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-111 Officers of board, regulations as to meetings

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(1) There shall be a chairman and vice chairman of the board, elected by and from the membership of the board. The board shall adopt rules and regulations governing times and places for meetings, and governing the manner of conducting its business. Any member who shall not attend…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-113 Regular meetings; compensation and expenses of members

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The State Personnel Board shall prescribe the general policies by which the state personnel system shall be administered. The board shall hold regular meetings at least once each month and may hold additional meetings as may be required for the proper discharge of its duties. Mem…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-115 State Personnel Board to report to Legislature recommendations for judicial salaries; factors to be considered

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From and after November 1, 2017, and every four (4) years thereafter, the State Personnel Board shall prepare a written report to the Legislature that examines, evaluates and recommends an adequate level of compensation for the justices of the Supreme Court, the judges of the Cou…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-116 Suspension of hiring, promotion and other reclassifications

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Upon recommendation of the State Fiscal Management Board, after a determination that the state revenue and expenditure requires such action the State Personnel Board may institute an immediate suspension of all hirings, promotions, reclassifications, reallocations and pay grade r…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-117 Mississippi Personnel Advisory Council; membership; duties; expenses

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(1) There is hereby created and established the Mississippi Personnel Advisory Council, which shall consist of the personnel directors of five (5) major state agencies to be appointed by the Governor. Members of the council shall serve for a term concurrent with that of the Gover…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-119 State personnel director; selection; qualifications; duties; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

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(1) There is created the position of the State Personnel Director who shall be selected by the State Personnel Board, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The director shall have at least a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school or a master’s degree in business a…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-120 Contract personnel not state service or nonstate service employees of state; Personal Service Contract Review Board abolished; Public Procurement Review Board to be the Personal Service Contract Review Board

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(1) (a) Contract personnel, whether classified as contract workers or independent contractors shall not be deemed state service or nonstate service employees of the State of Mississippi, and shall not be eligible to participate in the Public Employees’ Retirement System, nor be a…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-121 State service; status of permanent or certified employees under prior systems

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The state service, as defined by Section 25-9-107, shall consist of all positions now existing in the state departments, agencies and institutions or hereafter established, except those included in the nonstate service by this chapter. Such positions shall be covered by the state…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-123 Nonstate service; exclusion of positions covered by prior systems

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The nonstate service, as defined by Section 25-9-107, shall consist of all positions in the departments, agencies and institutions of state government not included in the state service under this chapter and shall not be subject to the rules and regulations of the state personnel…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-125 Temporary assignment of state service employees to nonstate service

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A state service employee, with the consent of the head of the department, agency or institution and the concurrence of the state personnel director, may be placed on a leave of absence for purposes of accepting an assignment in the nonstate service for a period not to exceed one …

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-126 Furlough of federally funded employees

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In the event that federal funds for the funding of programs of any state agency shall be restricted or limited, the administrative board of such agency or agency administrative head shall have the authority to furlough rather than dismiss employees in accordance with rules and re…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-127 Prerequisites to dismissal or action adversely affecting compensation or employment status; exceptions; exemption of personnel actions of certain state agencies from State Personnel Board procedures for limited time period; operating state vehicle without license good cause grounds for dismissal; male state employees required to register with selective service

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(1) No employee of any department, agency or institution who is included under this chapter or hereafter included under its authority, and who is subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the state personnel system, may be dismissed or otherwise adversely affected as to …

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-129 Employee appeals board; membership; terms of office; compensation

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(a) The State Personnel Board shall appoint an employee appeals board, which shall consist of three (3) hearing officers, for the purpose of holding hearings, compiling evidence and rendering decisions on appeals of state agency action adversely affecting the employment status or…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-131 Proceedings before employee appeals board; judicial review; legislative intent

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(1) Any employee in the state service may appeal his dismissal or other action adversely affecting his employment status to the employee appeals board created herein. The proceedings before the employee appeals board shall be de novo, and the employee shall be afforded all applic…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-132 Judicial review of employee appeals board decisions

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(1) Any employee aggrieved by a final decision of the employee appeals board shall be entitled to judicial review thereof in the manner provided in this section.(1) An appeal may be taken by such employee to the circuit court of the principal county of the employee’s employment o…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-133 Recommendations and position audits by board

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(1) The board shall recommend policies and procedures for the efficient and economical use of employment positions. The board shall report to the State Fiscal Management Board and the Legislative Budget Office recommendations for the number of employment positions and costs withi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-134 Establishment of program to encourage and recognize excellence in government

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(1) The Legislature finds (a) that effective state and local governmental institutions are essential in the maintenance and development of public administration in an increasingly complex and interdependent society; (b) that since numerous governmental activities administered by …

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-135 State personnel director to review payrolls and collect statistical information; retention of payroll warrants for agency violations

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(1) The state personnel director shall review the payroll of each department, agency and institution for conformity with state personnel system rules and regulations and determine whether the payroll conforms to the said rules and regulations and is in compliance with legislative…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-137 Reorganization and consolidation of prior systems

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The Mississippi Classification Commission shall be responsible for a plan to orderly reorganize and consolidate the existing classification commission staff and the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council staff. The reorganization and consolidation plan shall be completed by…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-139 Status of employees, equipment and supplies of prior systems; transfer of funds appropriated to prior systems

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(1) Employees of the Mississippi Classification Commission and the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council holding positions on February 1, 1981, shall be employees of the State Personnel Board on February 1, 1981; and all offices, equipment, supplies, services, programs and…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-141 Funding for State Personnel Board; proration of costs; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

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The State Personnel Board may, in the discretion of the Legislature, operate from special funds provided from department, agency and institution assessments. If the Legislature adopts the assessment procedure, the cost of those operations shall be prorated among all departments, …

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-143 Status of employees in merit positions and exempt positions

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Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, each personnel system officer or employee in a merit position affected by this chapter shall be entitled to all rights which he possessed under the Mississippi Classification Law and under the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-145 Official coercion prohibited; penalties

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(1) No elected state official, elected state district official, appointed state official or member of the judiciary shall use his official authority or influence to coerce, by threat of discharge from employment or otherwise, the political action of a person or body. (2) Any offi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-147 Variable compensation plan; annual review and report; designation of plan as “Colonel Guy Groff/Neville Kenning Variable Compensation Plan.”

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The State Personnel Board shall review on an annual basis the variable compensation plan adopted by the Legislature at the regular session of 1981 and subsequently implemented by the State Personnel Board. Each state department or agency subject to the variable compensation plan …

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-148 Annual report regarding increases in compensation, other than salary increases authorized by Legislature

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Before September 1, 1996, and before September 1 of every year thereafter, the State Personnel Board shall prepare a written report to be submitted to the Chairmen of the House of Representatives Appropriations and Fees and Salaries of Public Officers Committees, the Chairmen of …

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-149 Discriminatory practices prohibited

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It is the intent of the Legislature that no person seeking employment in state service, as defined in Section 25-9-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, or employed in state service, as defined in Section 25-9-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be discriminated against on the basis of…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-151 Longevity service award program

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(1) There is hereby established a longevity service award program for full-time employees of the State of Mississippi. (2) The State Personnel Board shall coordinate the design, purchase, distribution and presentation of service awards based on years of service with the State of …

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-153 Operator of state-owned vehicle must have valid driver’s license from Mississippi or contiguous state; operator of vehicle owned by state institution of higher learning must have valid driver’s license of appropriate classification from any state; penalty

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(1) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), an employee of any state agency, department, board, commission, institution or other instrumentality of the state may not operate a state-owned motor vehicle unless such person has a valid Mississippi driver’s license or a valid driver…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-155 Nonstate service employees to be given preference for state service positions over general public

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The State Personnel Board shall grant part-time employees, as defined in Section 25-9-107(c)(xi), who are fully qualified, and time-limited employees, as defined in Section 25-9-107(c)(xiv), and all other nonstate service employees, who are fully qualified, preference over genera…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-171 Definitions

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(a) For purposes of Sections 25-9-171 through 25-9-177, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them herein:(a) “Abuse” means acting in an arbitrary and capricious manner that adversely affects the accomplishment of a function of any governmental entity.(b) “Gover…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-172 Record of complaint; authority to investigate complaint; standard form for complaint; confidentiality

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(1) Upon receipt of a signed written complaint of alleged improper governmental action, a state investigative body shall keep a record of the complaint and shall have the authority to investigate the complaint in accordance with its powers and duties provided by the laws of the S…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-173 Prohibition against dismissing or adversely affecting compensation or employment status of public employee for providing information to investigative body; reprisals and retaliatory actions; conditions for recovery of damages and other remedies

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(1) No agency shall dismiss or otherwise adversely affect the compensation or employment status of any public employee because the public employee testified or provided information to a state investigative body whether or not the testimony or information is provided under oath. (…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-175 Liability of agency for violating provisions

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Any agency which violates the provisions of Section 25-9-173 shall be liable to the public employee for back pay and reinstatement. In addition, an employee whose employment is suspended or terminated or who is subjected to adverse personnel action in violation of Section 25-9-17…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-177 Actions to recover civil fines and other penalties

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Actions to recover civil fines and other remedies provided for under Section 25-9-175 may be instituted in the Circuit Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County or in the circuit court of the public employee’s residence. In such actions, the public employee shall prov…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-301 Definitions

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(a) The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall require otherwise:(a) “Veteran” means a person who served in the active Armed Forces of the United States for a period of ninety (90) days during a period of war or armed conflict and was gran…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-303 Preference for veterans in appointment, promotion and layoffs; additional preference for veterans with disabilities

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(1) The State Personnel Board shall grant each veteran who is fully qualified preference over other applicants for an initial or promotional appointment. Disabled veterans shall be given additional preference. (2) In establishing a layoff formula or procedure, the State Personnel…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-305 Rules and regulations

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The State Personnel Board is authorized to establish a formula or formulas by rule and regulation to implement the provisions of sections 25-9-301 et seq.

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-351 Documentation of selective service registration required prior to employment of males between ages 18 and 26

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(1) Every male between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26) who is required to register under the federal Military Selective Service Act, 50 USCS App. 453, and is seeking employment with the State of Mississippi shall submit to the person, commission, board or agency to …