Mississippi Code Title 25. Public Officers and Employees; Public Records § 25-1-83

It is further provided that no funds appropriated by the Legislature or received by any agency, department, or institution from any source whatever shall be used in defraying the expenses of any state employee, other than an officer or department head, in attending a convention, association, or meeting, unless such employee be duly authorized by prior approval in writing of the departmental head or officer in charge of such department, agency, or institution in strict accord with Sections 25-1-79 and 25-1-81. Each department, agency, or institution in its annual report to the Legislature shall separately show each association, convention, or meeting attended by any of its employees, the purposes thereof, the names of the employees attending, and the total cost to the state of such convention, association, or meeting.