Board of supervisors; authorize to employ special assistant counsel to assist board attorney.

HB 1077 authorizes Mississippi county boards of supervisors to hire special assistant counsel to support the county board attorney. The special assistant counsel would work under the main attorney with a salary capped at half the maximum annual salary for the primary board attorney. Before hiring, the board must formally document in its minutes that the position is necessary and in the county's best interest, including the specific duties assigned. This change modifies county legal staffing procedures without altering the main attorney's responsibilities or creating new substantive law.