25-65-5 - Definitions.
§ 25-65-5. Definitions.
The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) "University" means and includes Alcorn State University, Delta State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State University Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station, Mississippi University Cooperative Extension Service, Mississippi State University Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University State Chemical Laboratory, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi Valley State University, The University of Mississippi, University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of Southern Mississippi.
(b) "Community/Junior college" means and includes Coahoma Community College, Copiah-Lincoln Community College, East Central Community College, East Mississippi Community College, Hinds Community College, Holmes Community College, Itawamba Community College, Jones County Junior College, Meridian Community College, Mississippi Delta Community College, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Northeast Mississippi Community College, Northwest Mississippi Community College, Pearl River Community College and Southwest Mississippi Community College.
(c) "State agency" means and includes the Department of Finance and Administration, the State Tax Commission, the Department of Education, the State Department of Health, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, the Mississippi Development Authority, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the Department of Corrections, the Division of Medicaid, the Department of Rehabilitation Services, the Department of Public Safety, the Mississippi Employment Security Commission, the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, the Public Employees Retirement System, the Mississippi Department of Transportation, the Mississippi Gaming Commission and the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
(d) "Agency head" means an elected official who heads an agency, an executive director or a governing board or commission responsible for heading an agency or a president or chancellor of a university or a president of a community/junior college.
(e) "Agency internal audit director" means the person appointed by the agency head to direct the internal audit function for the state agency. Where consistent with responsibilities described in this chapter, the term agency internal audit director may also be referred to as inspector general, audit director, chief auditor or similar internal audit administrator descriptions.
(f) "Audit committee" means a standing committee external to organization management that collectively has the expertise to provide effective guidance regarding the acquisition and provision of internal audit services and to provide guidance in the provision of those services.
Sources: Laws, 2003, ch. 437, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 2003.