Mississippi § 25-9-120 - Contract personnel not state service or nonstate service employees of state; Personal Service Contract Review Board abolished; Public Procurement Review Board to be the Personal Service Contract Review Board.
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§ 25-9-120. Contract personnel not state service or nonstate service employees of state; Personal Service Contract Review Board abolished; Public Procurement Review Board to be the Personal Service Contract Review Board.
Contract personnel, whether classified as contract workers or independent contractors shall not be deemed state service or nonstate service employees of the State of Mississippi, and shall not be eligible to participate in the Public Employees’ Retirement System, or the State and School Employees’ Health Insurance Plan, nor be allowed credit for personal and sick leave and other leave benefits as employees of the State of Mississippi, notwithstanding Sections 25-3-91 through 25-3-101; 25-9-101 through 25-9-151; 25-11-1 through 25-11-126; 25-11-128 through 25-11-131; 25-15-1 through 25-15-23 and for the purpose set forth herein. Contract workers, i.e., contract personnel who do not meet the criteria of independent contractors, shall be subject to the provisions of Section 25-11-127. The Personal Service Contract Review Board is abolished. The Public Procurement Review Board shall be the Personal Service Contract Review Board and shall retain all powers and duties granted by law to the Personal Service Contract Review Board. All equipment, inventories, records, personnel, resources and other property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, of the Personal Service Contract Review Board shall be transferred to the Public Procurement Review Board as provided in Section 27-104-7. The transfer of personnel shall be commensurate with the number and classification of positions (PINS) allocated to the Personal Service Contract Review Board on June 30, 2017. Wherever the terms “Personal Service Contract Review Board” or “board,” when referring to the Personal Service Contract Review Board, appear in any law, rule, regulation or document the same shall be construed to mean the Public Procurement Review Board.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 25-9-120 ("Contract personnel not state service or nonstate service employees of state; Personal Service Contract Review Board abolished; Public Procurement Review Board to be the Personal Service Contract Review Board.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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