Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 27 - Personnel
Part 210 - PERS, Regulations for Retirement Plans Administered by the Board of Trustees
Chapter 36 - Eligibility for Membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS)
Section 27-210-36-104 - Positions excluded from coverage

1. An appointed or elected official compensated solely on a per diem basis is not eligible for membership in PERS and thus not eligible for membership service credit. This includes school board members who are specifically excluded from PERS membership pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 37-6-13 (1972, as amended) and who may elect to receive either a per diem or a monthly salary.

2. Employees whose positions are excluded from coverage by way of a joinder agreement are not eligible for membership in PERS and thus not eligible for membership service credit.

3. Students of any state educational institution employed by any agency of the State for temporary, part-time, or intermittent work as described in PERS Board Regulation 37, Eligibility of Student Employees for Membership in Retirement Annuity Coverage, are not eligible for membership in PERS and thus not eligible for membership service credit.

4. Patients or inmate help who work in state charitable, penal, or correctional institutions are not eligible for membership in PERS and thus not eligible for membership service credit.

5. Persons whose employment is temporary or intermittent in nature and who are not employed at least four and one-half consecutive months shall not be in a covered position and shall not be covered by PERS. However, this limitation shall not apply to any individual who is already in a covered position under PERS either with the same or another covered agency.

6. Any employee engaged on a day-to-day basis to replace another employee who is temporarily absent shall be considered a substitute employee serving in temporary and intermittent employment and shall not be covered under PERS. An employee engaged to fill a vacant position (including a position vacated by an extended leave of absence) is not considered a substitute employee if such employment is for a period of four and one-half consecutive months or longer and therefore must be covered under PERS.

7. Contract personnel employed by state agencies pursuant to the authority granted under Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-120(1) (1972, as amended) are specifically excluded by law from participation in PERS.