77-1-15 - Employment and duties of executive secretary [Repealed effective December 31, 2011]. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 77-1-15. Employment and duties of executive secretary [Repealed effective December 31, 2011].
 

(1)  There shall be an executive secretary of the commission, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the secretary, to be appointed by the commission, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for the term of the commissioners. The secretary must have the same qualifications as the commissioners and shall be subject to the same disqualifications and to like penalties, except that he shall not be liable to impeachment. He shall receive a salary fixed by the Legislature. He shall take the oath of office and shall be removable at the pleasure of the commission, which may fill any vacancy until the Senate confirms a successor. The secretary shall make bond as provided for other state officers, in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office. 

(2)  The secretary shall collect all fees and penalties collected by or paid to the commission, and shall cover the same into the State Treasury; and all fees and penalties collected under the Mississippi Motor Carrier Regulatory Law of 1938 shall be covered into the Public Service Commission Regulation Fund. 

(3)  The secretary of the commission shall be the custodian of all records, documents, and the seal of the commission. He shall issue all citations, subpoenas and other rightful orders and documents, and perform all other duties usually required of such officer, and as required by the commission. 

(4)  It shall be the duty and responsibility of the secretary to supervise and manage the offices and staff of the Public Service Commission and formulate written policies and procedures for the effective and efficient operation of the office and present these policies and procedures to the board for promulgation. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 7689; Laws,  1938, ch. 139; Laws, 1946, ch. 352, § 2; Laws, 1948, ch. 418, § 1; Laws, 1952, ch. 330, § 2; Laws, 1958, ch. 350, § 1; Laws, 1960, ch. 394, § 2; Laws, 1966, ch. 445, § 24; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 389, § 8; Laws, 1987, ch. 343, § 2; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1990, ch. 530, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws,  1993, ch. 616, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 1996, ch. 526, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 1998, ch. 303, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 2002, ch. 452, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 386, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 2008, ch. 406, § 6, eff Dec. 11, 2008 (the later of July 1, 2008, or the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the reenactment of this section.)