Mississippi Code Title 25. Public Officers and Employees; Public Records § 25-9-113

The State Personnel Board shall prescribe the general policies by which the state personnel system shall be administered. The board shall hold regular meetings at least once each month and may hold additional meetings as may be required for the proper discharge of its duties. Members of the board shall receive a per diem as is authorized by law for each day spent in actual discharge of their duties and shall be reimbursed for mileage and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with requirements of Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972. No board member may incur per diem, travel or other expenses unless previously authorized by vote at a meeting of the board, which action shall be recorded in the official minutes of said meetings. All expenses of the board incurred in the administration of this chapter shall be paid from such funds as may be appropriated by the Legislature for such purpose.