§ 31-31-5. Creation of Mississippi Telecommunications Conference and Training Center Commission; composition; appointment, terms and compensation of members; officers; quorum; director; abolition; transfer of records, personal property, funds and other assets.
(1) There is hereby created a commission to be known as the "Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center Commission" which shall consist of eleven (11) members as follows:
(a) The Executive Director of the Department of Economic and Community Development;
(b) The Mayor of the City of Jackson;
(c) The President of Jackson State University;
(d) The Vice-Chancellor for Health Affairs of the University of Mississippi Medical Center;
(e) The Executive Director of the Metro Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau;
(f) The Executive Director of the Institute for Technology Development;
(g) Three (3) members of the private sector appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve a term concurrent with that of the Governor; and
(h) Two (2) members of the private sector appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve a term concurrent with that of the Lieutenant Governor.
(2) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation except that members shall be paid their actual and necessary expenses in connection with the performance of their duties as members of the commission including mileage, as authorized in Section 25-3-41 and each member who is not a state employee or a public official shall be paid a per diem as authorized in Section 25-3-69. Expenses, mileage and per diem allowance shall be paid out of the Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center Fund.
(3) The commission shall elect from its membership a chairman, who shall preside over meetings, and a vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of the chairman. Four (4) members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and all business of the commission.
(4) The commission shall appoint a director who shall be responsible for conducting the day-to-day business of the commission.
(5) From and after the date agreed upon by the Department of Finance and Administration and the Capital City Convention Center Commission:
(a) The Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center Commission shall be abolished;
(b) All records, personal property, funds and other assets and personnel of the commission shall be transferred to the Capital City Convention Center Commission, created by Chapter 1019, Local and Private Laws of 2004; however, the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall not apply to any monies deposited in the Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Facility Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 31-31-11; and
(c) Any personal service, management or other contracts of like nature entered into by the commission shall be canceled.
Sources: Laws, 1995, ch. 628, § 3; Laws, 2008, ch. 542, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved May 9, 2008.)
§ 31-31-5. Creation of Mississippi Telecommunications Conference and Training Center Commission; composition; appointment, terms and compensation of members; officers; quorum; director; abolition; transfer of records, personal property, funds and other assets.
(1) There is hereby created a commission to be known as the "Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center Commission" which shall consist of eleven (11) members as follows:
(a) The Executive Director of the Department of Economic and Community Development;
(b) The Mayor of the City of Jackson;
(c) The President of Jackson State University;
(d) The Vice-Chancellor for Health Affairs of the University of Mississippi Medical Center;
(e) The Executive Director of the Metro Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau;
(f) The Executive Director of the Institute for Technology Development;
(g) Three (3) members of the private sector appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve a term concurrent with that of the Governor; and
(h) Two (2) members of the private sector appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve a term concurrent with that of the Lieutenant Governor.
(2) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation except that members shall be paid their actual and necessary expenses in connection with the performance of their duties as members of the commission including mileage, as authorized in Section 25-3-41 and each member who is not a state employee or a public official shall be paid a per diem as authorized in Section 25-3-69. Expenses, mileage and per diem allowance shall be paid out of the Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center Fund.
(3) The commission shall elect from its membership a chairman, who shall preside over meetings, and a vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of the chairman. Four (4) members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and all business of the commission.
(4) The commission shall appoint a director who shall be responsible for conducting the day-to-day business of the commission.
(5) From and after the date agreed upon by the Department of Finance and Administration and the Capital City Convention Center Commission:
(a) The Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center Commission shall be abolished;
(b) All records, personal property, funds and other assets and personnel of the commission shall be transferred to the Capital City Convention Center Commission, created by Chapter 1019, Local and Private Laws of 2004; however, the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall not apply to any monies deposited in the Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Facility Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 31-31-11; and
(c) Any personal service, management or other contracts of like nature entered into by the commission shall be canceled.
Sources: Laws, 1995, ch. 628, § 3; Laws, 2008, ch. 542, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved May 9, 2008.)
§ 31-31-5. Creation of Mississippi Telecommunications Conference and Training Center Commission; composition; appointment, terms and compensation of members; officers; quorum; director; abolition; transfer of records, personal property, funds and other assets.
(1) There is hereby created a commission to be known as the "Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center Commission" which shall consist of eleven (11) members as follows:
(a) The Executive Director of the Department of Economic and Community Development;
(b) The Mayor of the City of Jackson;
(c) The President of Jackson State University;
(d) The Vice-Chancellor for Health Affairs of the University of Mississippi Medical Center;
(e) The Executive Director of the Metro Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau;
(f) The Executive Director of the Institute for Technology Development;
(g) Three (3) members of the private sector appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve a term concurrent with that of the Governor; and
(h) Two (2) members of the private sector appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve a term concurrent with that of the Lieutenant Governor.
(2) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation except that members shall be paid their actual and necessary expenses in connection with the performance of their duties as members of the commission including mileage, as authorized in Section 25-3-41 and each member who is not a state employee or a public official shall be paid a per diem as authorized in Section 25-3-69. Expenses, mileage and per diem allowance shall be paid out of the Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center Fund.
(3) The commission shall elect from its membership a chairman, who shall preside over meetings, and a vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of the chairman. Four (4) members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and all business of the commission.
(4) The commission shall appoint a director who shall be responsible for conducting the day-to-day business of the commission.
(5) From and after the date agreed upon by the Department of Finance and Administration and the Capital City Convention Center Commission:
(a) The Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center Commission shall be abolished;
(b) All records, personal property, funds and other assets and personnel of the commission shall be transferred to the Capital City Convention Center Commission, created by Chapter 1019, Local and Private Laws of 2004; however, the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall not apply to any monies deposited in the Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Facility Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 31-31-11; and
(c) Any personal service, management or other contracts of like nature entered into by the commission shall be canceled.
Sources: Laws, 1995, ch. 628, § 3; Laws, 2008, ch. 542, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved May 9, 2008.)
