There is created the position of the Mississippi Statutory Advisor. The duties of the statutory advisor shall be to study, compare, and analyze the statute laws of this state and make report on his work to the Joint Committee on the Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation, calling particular attention to errors, duplications, and conflicts found therein, along with recommendations for such corrections thereof as deemed advisable. It shall also be his duty to advise and consult with the joint committee and its counsel in regard to any of the statutes of this state and of the other states or any act of Congress, and on request of any member of the Legislature, he shall give written opinions in regard to the legality and effect of any such statute. Upon request, he shall advise and counsel with legislators in regard to the preparation of any proposed law or resolution for the consideration of the Legislature. At the request of any such member, he shall secure copies of any general law from the other states and give such legislator his opinion thereon and any other information in connection therewith that such legislator may desire in connection with his duties.

The statutory advisor shall be an assistant attorney general, appointed by the Attorney General, in addition to the assistant attorneys general authorized by law, in the same manner and under the same procedure as assistant attorneys general are appointed. His duties, in addition to the duties prescribed herein, shall be the same as that of assistant attorneys general, and his compensation shall be the same, and paid in like manner, as that of assistant attorneys general.