As Amended
SEC. 37-6-13. Per diem allowance; expenses and mileage.
[Until the date Laws 1996, ch. 550, Sec. 1, is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, this section will read as follows:]
Members of the school boards of all school districts shall receive per diem as provided in Section 25-3-69 for no more than thirty-six (36) meetings of the school board during any one (1) fiscal year, and shall be reimbursed for the necessary expenses and mileage in attending meetings of the school board. In addition to the foregoing, such members may be reimbursed for mileage and actual expenses incurred in the further performance of their duties, including attendance at any mandatory school board training session or at regional and national education meetings, when such mileage and other expenses are authorized by the board prior to the date on which they occur. Detailed vouchers shall be submitted for reimbursement for all expenses authorized by this section. Such reimbursement shall be in accordance with Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Such expenses shall be paid on order of the school board by pay certificates issued by the superintendent of the school district involved against the funds available for payment of the administrative expense of said district.
[From and after the date Laws 1996, ch. 550, Sec. 1, is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, this section will read as follows:]
Each person serving as a member of the school board of any school district shall receive per diem in the amount of Sixty-seven Dollars ($67.00) for no more than thirty-six (36) meetings of the school board during any one (1) fiscal year or, in his or her discretion, irrevocably may choose to receive as compensation for his or her services an annual salary in the amount of Two Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($2,400.00), which choice shall remain in force for all successive terms or periods of service of that member. The receipt of said compensation shall not entitle any member of a school board to receive or be eligible for any state employee group insurance, retirement or other fringe benefits. However, after the effective date of House Bill No. 1222, 1996 Regular Session [Laws, 1996, ch. 550], all school board members who are also federal employees shall receive per diem as provided in Section 25-3-69 for his or her services. Each member shall be reimbursed for the necessary expenses and mileage in attending meetings of the school board. In addition to the foregoing, all members may be reimbursed for mileage and actual expenses incurred in the further performance of their duties, including attendance at any mandatory school board training session or at regional and national education meetings, when such mileage and other expenses are authorized by the board prior to the date on which they occur. Detailed vouchers shall be submitted for reimbursement for all expenses authorized by this section. Such reimbursement shall be in accordance with Section 25-3-41.
Such expenses shall be paid on order of the school board by pay certificates issued by the superintendent of the school district involved against the funds available for payment of the administrative expense of said district.
SOURCES: Laws, 1986, ch. 492, Sec. 7; 1993, ch. 422, Sec. 1; 1996, ch. 387, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1996; 1996, ch. 550, Sec. 1, eff from and after the date said ch. 550, is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended
1997 Amendment:
SECTION 1. Section 37-6-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-6-13. Each person serving as a member of the school board of any school district shall receive per diem in the amount of Sixty-seven Dollars ($67.00) for no more than thirty-six (36) meetings of the school board during any one (1) fiscal year or, in his or her discretion, irrevocably may choose to receive as compensation for his or her services an annual salary in the amount of Two Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($2,400.00), which choice shall remain in force for all successive terms or periods of service of that member. The receipt of the compensation shall not entitle any member of a school board to receive or be eligible for any state employee group insurance, retirement or other fringe benefits. * * * Each member shall be reimbursed for the necessary expenses and mileage in attending meetings of the school board. In addition to the foregoing, all members may be reimbursed for mileage and actual expenses incurred in the further performance of their duties, including attendance at any mandatory school board training session or at regional and national education meetings, when such mileage and other expenses are authorized by the board prior to the date on which they occur. Detailed vouchers shall be submitted for reimbursement for all expenses authorized by this section. Such reimbursement shall be in accordance with Section 25-3-41.
Such expenses shall be paid on order of the school board by pay certificates issued by the superintendent of the school district involved against the funds available for payment of the administrative expense of said district.
SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 553, Sec. 1, HB345.
Note: 1997 Laws, Chapter 553, Section 2, states as follows:
SECTION 2. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi
is directed to submit this act,
immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval
by the Legislature subsequent to a
veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or
to the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended
and extended.