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Miss. Code Ann. § 5-3-53: Definitions.

For purposes of Sections 5-3-51 through 5-3-69, the following words and phrases have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) “Performance evaluation” shall mean an examination of the effectiveness of the administration, its sufficiency and its adequacy in terms of the programs of the agency authorized by law to be performed. Such examinations shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) How effectively the programs are administered.
(2) Benefits of each program in relation to the expenditures.
(3) Goals of programs.
(4) Development of indicators by which the success or failure of a program may be gauged.
(5) Review conformity of programs with legislative intent.
(6) Assist interim committee dealing with specific programs.
(7) Impact of federal grant-in-aid programs on agency programs.
(b) “Agency” shall mean an agency, department, bureau, division, authority, commission, office or institution, educational or otherwise, of the State of Mississippi, or any political subdivision thereof which shall include all county governments and agencies thereof, all city governments and agencies thereof, and all public school districts and agencies thereof.
(c) “Expenditure review” shall mean an examination made at some point after the completion of a transaction or group of transactions.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 5. Legislative Department
Chapter 3. Legislative Committees
Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review

For purposes of Sections 5-3-51 through 5-3-69, the following words and phrases have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “Performance evaluation” shall mean an examination of the effectiveness of the administration, its sufficiency and its adequacy in terms of the programs of the agency authorized by law to be performed. Such examinations shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) How effectively the programs are administered.

(2) Benefits of each program in relation to the expenditures.

(3) Goals of programs.

(4) Development of indicators by which the success or failure of a program may be gauged.

(5) Review conformity of programs with legislative intent.

(6) Assist interim committee dealing with specific programs.

(7) Impact of federal grant-in-aid programs on agency programs.

(b) “Agency” shall mean an agency, department, bureau, division, authority, commission, office or institution, educational or otherwise, of the State of Mississippi, or any political subdivision thereof which shall include all county governments and agencies thereof, all city governments and agencies thereof, and all public school districts and agencies thereof.

(c) “Expenditure review” shall mean an examination made at some point after the completion of a transaction or group of transactions.

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