Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 12 - Finance and Administration
Part 6 - Office of Purchasing, Travel and Fleet Management
Chapter 9 - Ethics in Public Contracting
Section 12-6-9.108 - Restriction on Employees Purchasing Under Terms of a State Contract

Section 25-4-105(1), Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated, states, "No public servant shall use his official position to obtain pecuniary benefit for himself other than that compensation provided for by law, or to obtain or attempt to obtain pecuniary benefit for any relative or any business with which he is associated."

In layman's terms, this means that anyone purchasing a product is free to negotiate the best price possible with the seller but any attempt to tie the sale to a state contract based upon employment with a governmental entity could be considered to be a violation of the ethics law.