Mississippi § 7-13-7 - Transfer of employees.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 7-13-7 — Transfer of employees., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7-13-7. Transfer of employees.
Effective July 1, 1984, all employees of any agency abolished or affected by this chapter shall be transferred according to the merger of their duties by this chapter. All such transfers shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state personnel board. It is the intent of the legislature that the number of persons employed by the state as the result of the consolidation required by this chapter shall be reduced where possible, but it is the intent of the legislature that such reduction shall result from attrition of employees and not dismissal. All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds of any agency abolished or affected by this chapter shall be transferred to the appropriate agency according to the merger of their functions under this chapter.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-13-7 ("Transfer of employees.") 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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