Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-115 (2026)

State Personnel Board to report to Legislature recommendations for judicial salaries; factors to be considered

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From and after November 1, 2017, and every four (4) years thereafter, the State Personnel Board shall prepare a written report to the Legislature that examines, evaluates and recommends an adequate level of compensation for the justices of the Supreme Court, the judges of the Court of Appeals, the judges of the chancery and circuit courts, the judges of the county courts, judicial staff attorneys, and law clerks. In preparing the report, the board shall consider all appropriate factors including, but not limited to, comparative judicial, judicial staff attorney, and law clerk salaries in neighboring states and in the Southeast as a whole; comparative judicial, judicial staff attorney, and law clerk salaries in the federal judiciary; salaries of comparable professionals in government, academia, private law practice and the corporate sector; changes in public sector spending; rates of inflation; and the overall economic climate.

Laws, 2012, ch. 329, § 6, eff. 7/1/2012.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases, 1987–1999 · leading case: Gill v. Dept. of Wildlife Conservation, 574 So. 2d 586 (Miss. 1990).

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Gill v. Dept. of Wildlife Conservation, 574 So. 2d 586 (Miss. 1990). · cites it 2× “Regarding appeals, the legislature first empowered SPB to create the Employee Appeals Board, Miss. Code Ann. §§ 25-9-115 (e) and -129 (Supp.”

McMurtray v. Holladay, 11 F.3d 499 (5th Cir. 1993). · cites it 2× “” Miss.Code Ann. § 25-9-115(c). In effect, the State Personnel Board represents the state personnel system, meaning any of the system’s rules, regulations, or procedures are also the Board’s.”

Johnson v. Miss. Dept. of Corr., 682 So. 2d 367 (Miss. 1996). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-115 gives the SPB the authority to make rules and regulations.”

Tillmon v. Miss. State Dept. of Health, 749 So. 2d 1017 (Miss. 1999). “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-9-115 (1999) gives the SPB authority to make rules and regulations, but not in contradiction to §§ 25-9-127 and 25-9-131.”

Mississippi Forestry Comm'n v. Piazza, 513 So. 2d 1242 (Miss. 1987). “[Emphasis added] Pertinent duties of the State Personnel Board are set forth in Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-115 , as follows: § 25-9-115.”

Moody v. Miss. Dept. of Pub. Saf., 729 So. 2d 1249 (Miss. 1999). “1990) (citing Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-115 (c) (Supp.1990), which gives the SPB authority to "[a]dopt and amend policies, rules and regulations establishing and maintaining the State Personnel System").”

Laverne Johnson v. Mississippi Dep't of Corr. (Miss. 1992). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-115 gives the SPB the authority to make rules and regulations.”

Oceretta B. Williams v. Mississippi Dep't of Human Servs. (Miss. 1994). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-115 (c) (Supp. 1995).”

Henri Tillmon v. Mississippi State Dep't of Health (Miss. 1998). “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-115 (1999) gives the SPB authority to make rules and regulations, but not in contradiction to §§ 25-9-127 and 25-9-131.”

Robert E. Moody v. Mississippi Dep't of Pub. Saf. (Miss. 1998). “statutory imperatives" -- including the imperative contained in Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-129 . See Gill v. Mississippi Dep't of Wildlife Conservation, 574 So.”

— Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-115(c) — 1 case

McMurtray v. Holladay, 11 F.3d 499 (5th Cir. 1993). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 25-9-115(c). In effect, the State Personnel Board represents the state personnel system, meaning any of the system’s rules, regulations, or procedures are also the Board’s.”

— Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-115(i) — 1 case

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