37-25-23 - Purchase of necessary equipment, aids and devices and materials; effect of repeal of statutory authority to purchase liability insurance.
§ 37-25-23. Purchase of necessary equipment, aids and devices and materials; effect of repeal of statutory authority to purchase liability insurance.
In addition to and supplementary of all other powers authorized by law, the State Board of Education is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations deemed necessary to carry out the legislative intent of Chapter 341, Laws of the 1962 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature, being Sections 37-25-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972. The State Board of Education is authorized to purchase for cash or by lease-purchase agreement all the necessary equipment, visual and training aids and devices, and related materials required to administer this act, upon competitive public bids as required by law for public purchases.
The repeal of Chapter 387, Laws of 1968, authorizing the purchase of liability insurance upon driver training aids and devices and motor vehicles transporting the same, shall not affect any litigation or prosecutions pending on June 30, 1970, or prevent the filing of any litigation or commencement of any action accruing prior to said date.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6232-83; Laws, 1962, ch. 341, § 13; Laws, 1968, ch. 387, § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 364, § 1; Laws, 1985, ch. 470, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 1985.