§ Miss. Code § 23-15-137(untitled)

Municipality authorized to contract with county election commissioners to
revise registration books and pollbooks; compensation.
[Until Laws, 2006, ch. 585 1, is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of
1965, this section will read as follows:]
(1) If the governing authorities of a municipality determine that revision of the registration
books and pollbooks can be performed more effectively and efficiently utilizing the authority
granted in this section, then such governing authorities may contract with the commissioners of
election of the county or counties in which the municipality is located to provide the municipal
registrar of such municipality with registration books and pollbooks containing only the duly
qualified electors of such municipality. The registration books and pollbooks provided pursuant
to this section may be used to conduct any municipal election in such municipality. By adopting
the registration books and pollbooks so provided, the municipal commissioners of election shall
be deemed to have met any requirements to revise such books which are imposed upon such
commissioners by Mississippi law.
(2) In addition to any meeting otherwise authorized by law, the county commissioners of
election may meet to prepare the registration and pollbooks of each municipality pursuant to a
contract authorized pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. Each municipality shall
compensate the county commissioners of election for the actual cost of preparing such
registration books and pollbooks for the municipality and shall pay each county commissioner of
election the per diem provided for in Section 23-15-153(2) for each day or period of not less than
five (5) hours accumulated over two (2) or more days such commissioners are actually employed
in preparing such registration books and pollbooks for such municipality, not to exceed five (5)
days. The county commissioners of election shall not receive any compensation for the
preparation of registration books and pollbooks pursuant to subsection (1) other than that
provided for in this subsection.
(3) This section shall stand repealed from and after January 1, 2006.
[From and after the date Laws, 2006, ch. 585 1, is effectuated under Section 5 of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965, this section will read as follows:]
(1) If the governing authorities of a municipality determine that revision of the registration
books and pollbooks can be performed more effectively and efficiently utilizing the authority
granted in this section, then such governing authorities may contract with the commissioners of
election of the county or counties in which the municipality is located to provide the municipal
registrar of such municipality with registration books and pollbooks containing only the duly
qualified electors of such municipality. The registration books and pollbooks provided pursuant
to this section may be used to conduct any municipal election in such municipality. By adopting
the registration books and pollbooks so provided, the municipal commissioners of election shall
be deemed to have met any requirements to revise such books which are imposed upon such
commissioners by Mississippi law.
(2) In addition to any meeting otherwise authorized by law, the county commissioners of
election may meet to prepare the registration and pollbooks of each municipality pursuant to a
contract authorized pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. Each municipality shall
compensate the county commissioners of election for the actual cost of preparing such
registration books and pollbooks for the municipality and shall pay each county commissioner of
election the per diem provided for in Section 23-15-153(2) for each day or period of not less than
five (5) hours accumulated over two (2) or more days such commissioners are actually employed
in preparing such registration books and pollbooks for such municipality, not to exceed five (5)
days. The county commissioners of election shall not receive any compensation for the
preparation of registration books and pollbooks pursuant to subsection (1) other than that
provided for in this subsection.