Miss. Const. art. 4, § 109

No public officer or member of the legislature shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract with the state, or any district, county, city, or town thereof, authorized by any law passed or order made by any board of which he may be or may have been a member, during the term for which he shall have been chosen, or within one year after the expiration of such term. NOTE: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 548, ch. 655, Laws 1984, adopted by the Senate on April 26, 1984, and by the House of Representatives on April 25, 1984, proposed to amend Section 109. The proposed amendment was submitted to the electorate on November 6, 1984, but was rejected. House Concurrent Resolution No. 63, ch. 526, Laws 1986, proposed to amend Section 109. The electorate, however, rejected the proposed amendment on June 3, 1986.