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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
In addition to the duties now required by law, each legislator shall attend at least two (2) meetings of the board of supervisors of the county he or she represents, and, in the case of floater representatives and senators who represent more than one (1) county, each shall attend at least one (1) meeting of the board of supervisors in each of the counties in his or her flotorial or senatorial district, as the case may be, during each biennium of his or her term of office. Each legislator shall attend at least two (2) meetings of the city or town board of aldermen or city council, as the case may be, of the city or town in which he or she resides, and if he or she resides in no city or town, the city or town where the county site of government is located, during each biennium of his or her term of office, such visits to be for the purpose of informing said legislators of the county and city and/or town affairs. The legislators shall visit the universities and state senior colleges and also each of the eleemosynary and penal institutions of the state. The legislators shall study the educational programs of the common schools, colleges and public schools and visit in the public schools of his or her county or district. The legislators shall also attend meetings called by the governor for the purpose of discussing affairs of the state, and it shall be the duty of such legislators to attend meetings of any standing committees, of which he or she is a member, between sessions of the legislature.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 5. Legislative Department § 5-1-29 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-5-legislative-department/ms-code-sect-5-1-29/
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