SEC. 25-3-13. Salaries of supervisors.
The salaries of the members of the boards of supervisors of the various counties are hereby fixed as full compensation for their services.
The annual salary of each member of the board of supervisors shall be based upon the total assessed valuation of his respective county for the preceding taxable year in the following categories and for the following amounts:
(a) For counties having a total assessed valuation of less than Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Dollars ($20,460.00);
(b) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00), but less than Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-eight Dollars ($20,988.00);
(c) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00), but less than Thirty-five Million Dollars ($35,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-one Thousand Five Hundred Sixteen Dollars ($21,516.00);
(d) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Thirty-five Million Dollars ($35,000,000.00), but less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-three Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-four Dollars ($23,364.00);
(e) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), but less than Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-four Thousand Four Hundred Twenty Dollars ($24,420.00);
(f) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), but less than One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-five Thousand Two Hundred Twelve Dollars ($25,212.00);
(g) For counties having a total assessed valuation of One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), but less than Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-nine Thousand One Hundred Seventy-two Dollars ($29,172.00);
(h) For counties having a total assessed valuation of Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00) or more, a salary of Thirty-two Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-two Dollars ($32,472.00).
The salary of the members of the board of supervisors shall not be increased under this section until the board of supervisors shall have passed a resolution stating the amount of the increase and spread it on its minutes.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Secs. 4166-01, 4166-02; Laws, 1970, ch. 318, Secs. 1, 2; 1972, ch. 371, Sec. 1; 1974, ch. 543, Sec. 1; 1977, ch. 457; 1980, ch. 477; 1985, ch. 402; 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 31, Sec. 1, eff from and after October 14, 1988 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the amendment). Laws, 1993, ch. 550, Sec. 6, eff from and after May 27, 1993, (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to said amendment).
1997 Amendment:
SECTION 4. Section 25-3-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-3-13. The salaries of the members of the boards of supervisors of the various counties are hereby fixed as full compensation for their services.
The annual salary of each member of the board of supervisors shall be based upon the total assessed valuation of his respective county for the preceding taxable year in the following categories and for the following amounts:
(a) For counties having a total assessed valuation of less than Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-three Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-nine Dollars ($23,529.00);
(b) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00), but less than Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-four Thousand One Hundred Thirty-seven Dollars ($24,137.00);
(c) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00), but less than Thirty-five Million Dollars ($35,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-four Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-four Dollars ($24,744.00);
(d) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Thirty-five Million Dollars ($35,000,000.00), but less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-six Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-nine Dollars ($26,869.00);
(e) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), but less than Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-eight Thousand Eighty-three Dollars ($28,083.00);
(f) For counties having a total assessed valuation of at least Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), but less than One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), a salary of Twenty-eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-four Dollars ($28,994.00);
(g) For counties having a total assessed valuation of One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00), but less than Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00), a salary of Thirty-three Thousand Five Hundred Forty-eight Dollars ($33,548.00);
(h) For counties having a total assessed valuation of Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00) or more, a salary of Thirty-seven Thousand Three Hundred Forty-three Dollars ($37,343.00).
The salary of the members of the board of supervisors shall not be increased under this section until the board of supervisors shall have passed a resolution stating the amount of the increase and spread it on its minutes.
SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 570, Sec. 4, SB2219.
Note: 1997 Laws,Chapter 570, Sec. 13, state as follows:
SECTION 13. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi is hereby 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.