As Amended
SEC. 27-3-2. Names of proposed commissioners to be submitted to senate at least thirty days prior to scheduled adjournment.
No person appointed by the Governor under the terms of Section 27-3-1 shall be eligible to take office unless his name shall have been submitted to the Mississippi Senate for its advice and consent at least thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled adjournment of the regular session of the Legislature being held in the calendar year in which the term of the office of the incumbent shall expire; however, if for any reason an appointment is not given the advice and consent of the Mississippi Senate prior to the adjournment of such regular session, the Governor may submit another appointment at any time to the Mississippi Senate for its advice and consent at a regular or extraordinary session of the Legislature. The foregoing prohibition shall not apply when a vacancy shall occur by death or resignation of the incumbent * * *.
SOURCES: Laws, 1973, ch. 431, Sec. 2; Laws, 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., ch. 1, § 1, SB 2002, eff from and after passage (approved June 21, 2002).
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2002.