The state service, as defined by Section 25-9-107, shall consist of all positions now existing in the state departments, agencies and institutions or hereafter established, except those included in the nonstate service by this chapter. Such positions shall be covered by the state personnel system. Any officer or employee who has acquired a valid permanent status under the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council existing on February 1, 1981, shall continue in such status and shall not be required to take further or new examinations in order to retain such status. Any officer or employee who has been certified by the Mississippi Classification Commission and appointed by a state agency head as of February 1, 1981, shall continue in such status and shall not be required to take further or new examinations in order to retain such status.
Laws, 1980, ch. 303, § 8(1), eff. 2/1/1981.
Notes of Decisions
McMurtray v. Holladay, 11 F.3d 499 (5th Cir. 1993).
· cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-121 . Accordingly, no state service employee in Mississippi: may be dismissed or otherwise adversely affected as to compensation or employment status except for inefficiency or other good cause, and after written notice and hearing within the department,…”
Smith v. Univ. of Mississippi, 797 So. 2d 956 (Miss. 2001).
“Miss.Code Ann. § 25-9-121 (Supp.1990). The Court noted that the statute prescribes a remedial process available to state employees aggrieved regarding the terms and conditions of their employment.”
Hood v. Dept. of Wildlife Conservation, 571 So. 2d 263 (Miss. 1990).
“Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-101 (Supp. 1990). There is no dispute that prior to his termination, Hood had attained permanent employee status under the civil service system.”
Mississippi Dept. of Transp. v. Rutland, 965 So. 2d 696 (Miss. Ct. App. 2007).
“" Miss.Code Ann. § 25-9-121 (Rev. 2006). Non-state service employees are those "employees serving in state departments, agencies, or institutions that are excluded from state service.”
M. Kent Smith v. Univ. of Mississippi (Miss. 2000).
“BANKS, P.J., JOINS THIS OPINION. 1. The Court was addressing the Mississippi Statewide Personnel System statutes which consolidated the state's civil service system.”
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