Appropriations - Room 409, 22 January, 2026; 1:30 P.M.

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee · January 22, 2026

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Mississippi Auctioneers Commission presentation and budget Q&A

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PJ Lindsay, deputy director of the Mississippi Auctioneer Commission, asked for level funding, said the commission granted 29 new auctioneer and nine firm licenses, reported three complaints (one resolved, one consent order, one suspension), and argued oversight is needed because an estimated flow moves through escrow accounts (speaker quoted $4.5 billion; a member momentarily misheard 'million' and was corrected). Committee members pressed on cash balance, reserve amounts ($253,140 reported; alternative figure given ~226,000), underspending in recent years versus appropriations, contractual/

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A Mississippi appropriations subcommittee heard budget presentations and Q&A from several professional licensing boards and commissions, covering level-funding requests, technology and licensing-system upgrades, staffing needs, grant programs, declining revenues for the Athletic Commission, and operational backlogs at the new Cosmetology & Barbering board.

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