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Committee advances bill letting counties contract with Mississippi Development Authority to staff welcome centers; debate centers on PERS removal and local fund
Summary
Senate Bill 28-83 would authorize the Mississippi Development Authority to contract with counties to staff welcome centers and remove those positions from the Public Employees' Retirement System, using grant dollars administered through an MDA-managed grant fund.
Senator Chastenal introduced Senate Bill 28-83, which would allow counties that operate welcome centers to enter into agreements with the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) to staff those centers and remove those staff from membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). "This will be done to remove these people who work in the welcome centers from the PERS system," Senator Chastenal said, and he told the committee that the change would both save the state money and give county supervisors more control to hire locals as greeters or part-time…
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