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Marine resources agency asks for salary authority and requests funding to align marine patrol pay with state officers
Summary
An agency representative told the Appropriations Subcommittee the Department of Marine Resources’ 2026 budget is largely level but includes $567,116 in salary authority requested to allow up to 7% raises; a $280,412 item would realign marine patrol pay with state capital officers if the personnel board approves.
An agency representative told the Appropriations Subcommittee that the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (DMR) 2026 budget request is largely level but includes salary authority that would allow raises if state approval follows.
The representative said the agency’s requested salary authority totals $567,116, a figure framed as the maximum the agency would need “in case the state wants to allow us to give raise[s] next year.” The representative told senators the $567,116 is included in the draft figures for general fund appropriations and would only be used if state personnel rules allow the pay adjustments.
The request also contains a $280,412 line item described as funding for marine patrol salaries. The agency representative said that item would let the agency “align our marine patrol officers with the state capital…
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