Miss. Code § 5-1-51

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 5-1-51 - When compensation is due

The mileage and one-third (1/3) of the salary for a regular session shall be paid at the beginning of the session. After thirty (30) days of the session have expired, another one-third (1/3) of the salary shall be paid. The remaining one-third (1/3) of the salary shall be paid (a) on the last Friday before the ninetieth day of a ninety-day session, or (b) on the earlier of the last day the Legislature is convened or the last Friday before the one-hundred-twenty-fifth day of a one-hundred-twenty-five-day session, as the case may be.

Miss. Code § 5-1-51

Codes, 1880, § 183; 1892, § 2667; 1906, § 3027; Hemingway's 1917, § 5415; 1930, § 5351; 1942, § 3349; Laws, 1912, ch. 231; Laws, 1938, ch. 169; Laws, 1946, ch. 379; Laws, 1954, ch. 325; Laws, 1956, ch. 357, § 2, eff. 1/11957; Laws, 2009, ch. 483, § 1, eff. 4/3/2009.