99-18-13 - Powers and duties of director. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 99-18-13. Powers and duties of director.
 

In addition to the authority to represent persons under indictment for death eligible offenses, the director is hereby empowered to pay and disburse salaries, employment benefits and charges relating to employment of staff and to establish their salaries and expenses of the office; to incur and pay travel expenses of staff necessary for the performance of the duties of the office; to rent or lease on such terms as he may think proper such office space as is necessary in the City of Jackson to accommodate the staff; to enter into and perform contracts and to purchase such necessary office supplies and equipment as may be needed for the proper administration of said offices within the funds appropriated for such purpose, and to incur and pay such other expenses as are appropriate and customary to the operation of the office. 
 

Sources: Laws, 2000, ch. 569, § 25, eff from and after July 1, 2000.