SEC. 5-1-46. [Establish a salary for the house speaker.]

Beginning on the effective date of House Bill No. 1032, 1997 Regular Session, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00). The salary provided for the Speaker Pro Tempore under this section shall be in addition to the compensation and expense allowance established for members of the Legislature under Section 5-1-41.

SOURCES: 1997 Laws, Chapter 577, Sec. 9, HB1032, Voting Rights Act.

Note: 1997 Laws, Chapter 577, Sec. 10, states as follows:

SECTION 10. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi is hereby directed to submit Sections 1 and 3 through 9 of 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.