Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-151 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-151
Status: in_force

No person may drive or operate any bus of a transportation system for the transportation of passengers within any city or town in this state, where the operation of such bus is subject to regulation by the authorities of such city or town under Section 21-27-121 , unless he shall first have been licensed so to do as follows: he shall make application to the mayor of such municipality in writing, accompanied by a statement of some reputable citizen thereof, that the applicant is over the age of eighteen years, an experienced driver, of good moral character, and physically and mentally capacitated to drive and operate such motor vehicle. The mayor shall place such application before the board of aldermen, or other governing authorities, whereupon inquiry may be made by such governing authorities into the moral character and mental and physical fitness of the applicant. If the permit shall be granted the applicant shall receive a license, signed by the mayor, together with a metallic badge, which shall have a number and the name of the municipality thereon, and which shall be worn so that the same will be displayed while engaged in or about such occupation. The governing authorities of the municipality may require the applicant to give a reasonable bond, of not more than five hundred dollars, to guarantee the faithful observance of the law as well as the rules and regulations which may be prescribed by the said municipality, and they may also require a reasonable fee, not to exceed five dollars for such license, which said license fee shall be paid into the general fund of such municipality. In the event the governing authority of such municipality refuse to grant such license to an applicant, an appeal may be taken to the circuit court, in the manner provided by law for appealing from other orders of the governing authorities of municipalities, and the questions to be tried upon appeal will be as to the age and experience and the moral, mental and physical fitness of the said applicant to pursue such vocation in such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-2 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-2
Status: in_force

No municipality, including municipalities operating under a charter city, code charter or special charter, shall impose any additional requirements on holding any municipal elective office or receiving compensation for any elective office except as may be provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-45-13 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-45-13
Status: in_force

The principal, interest and premium, if any, on any tax increment bond shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues payable to the municipality pursuant to the tax increment financing plan and may also be secured, in the discretion of the municipality, by a lien on all or any part of the redevelopment project and any security by any developer pursuant to and secured by a security agreement. The proceedings under which any indebtedness is authorized or any security agreement may contain any agreement or provisions customarily contained in instruments securing such obligations, without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions respecting the construction, maintenance and operation of buildings or other facilities or improvements of the project, the creation and maintenance of special funds, the rights and remedies available in the event of default to the debt holders or to the trustee, all as the governing body shall deem advisable; provided, however, that in making any such agreements or provisions, no municipality shall have the power to obligate itself except with respect to:

(a) The proceeds of the bonds and any property purchased with the proceeds of the bonds;

(b) Any security pledged, mortgaged or otherwise made available by a developer for the securing of bonds or other indebtedness; and

(c) No municipality shall have the power to obligate itself except with respect to the application of the revenues from the tax increments; nor shall any municipality have the power to incur a pecuniary liability or charge upon its general credit or against its taxing powers.

Tax increment financing bonds issued under the Regional Economic Development Act also may be secured as provided therein.

The proceedings authorizing any bonds and any security agreement securing bonds may provide that in the event of default in payment of the principal of or interest on such bonds, or in the performance of any agreement contained in such proceedings or security agreement, such payment and performance may be enforced by mandamus or by appointment of a receiver in equity with such powers as may be necessary to enforce the obligations thereof. No breach of any such agreement shall impose any pecuniary liability upon any municipality or any charge upon its general credit or against its taxing powers.

The trustee under any security agreement or any depository specified by such security agreement may be such persons or corporation as the governing body shall designate; provided, that they may be residents of Mississippi or nonresidents of Mississippi or incorporated under the laws of the United States or the laws of other states of the United States.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-13 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 33-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-13
Status: in_force

The clerk, or tax collector, of every municipality shall copy from the roll or schedule filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors by the state tax commission the assessment of private car companies, and he shall determine the amount by taking the number of miles of each railroad over which the cars of any company, traveled through the respective municipalities, and the number of miles of each railroad over which the cars of any such company traveled which lies in any separate, adjacent, annexed territory constituting with a municipality a separate school district. He shall copy the assessed value per mile of each company over any railroad or railroads, operating through such municipality and separate, adjacent, annexed territory, and shall determine the assessment of each company by multiplying the valuation of each company apportioned to each mile of railroad by the number of miles of railroad over which the cars of any such company have traveled lying in such municipality or separate, adjacent, annexed territory. The assessment so determined, plus the value of any other property assessed, shall constitute the assessment of the property of the respective companies within the municipality and in the separate, adjacent, annexed territory constituting a separate school district. All such copies and assessments made as herein provided shall be placed in the hands of the municipal tax collector and be his warrant for the collection of municipal and separate school district taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 23-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-9
Status: in_force

In any municipality where a municipal judge is appointed or elected, the governing authorities shall have the power and authority to appoint a municipal judge pro tempore who shall have the same powers and qualifications for office as the municipal judge and shall perform all duties of the municipal judge in the absence of such municipal judge or if such municipal judge is unable to serve for any reason. In the event a municipal judge pro tempore is not appointed or is absent or unable for any reason to serve, any justice court judge of the county or municipal judge of another municipality may serve in his place with the same power and authority upon designation by the municipal judge. Any municipality that appoints a municipal judge pro tempore in the absence of a municipal judge or has a justice court judge serve in the absence of a municipal court judge, as provided in this section, is authorized to compensate that municipal judge pro tempore or justice court judge in the same manner and amount as the municipality provides for the appointed or elected municipal judge who is absent.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-7-7 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-7-7
Status: in_force

The governing body of any such municipality shall be a council, known and designated as such, consisting of seven members. One of the members shall be the mayor, having the qualifications as prescribed by Section 21-3-9 , who shall have full rights, powers and privileges of other councilmen. The mayor shall be nominated and elected at large; the remaining councilmen shall be nominated and elected one from each ward into which the city shall be divided. However, if the city be divided into less than six wards, the remaining councilmen shall be nominated and elected at large. The councilmen, including the mayor, shall be elected for a term of four years to serve until their successors are elected and qualified in accordance with the provisions of Section 21-11-7 , said term commencing on the first Monday of January after the municipal election first following the adoption of the form of government as provided by this chapter.

The compensation for the members of the council shall, for the first four years of operation, under this chapter, be fixed by the board of mayor and aldermen holding office prior to the change in form of government. Thereafter the amount of compensation for each such member may be increased or decreased by the council, by council action taken prior to the election of members thereof for the ensuing term, such action to become effective with the ensuing terms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-95 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-95
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-95
Status: in_force

Any municipality or public utility commission desiring to reproduce by microfilm, photograph, photostat or other process, the records of municipal system or systems under the authority granted in Section 21-27-93 are authorized and vested with the authority to purchase or acquire any equipment, materials and supplies necessary therefor, or to contract for the reproducing of said records in accordance with Section 31-7-1 et seq. Any such contract shall not exceed a period of twelve (12) months.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-211 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-211
Status: in_force

All administrative provisions of Chapter 65 of Title 27 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 , including those which fix damages, penalties and interest for nonpayment of sales tax and for noncompliance with the provisions of said chapter and all other requirements and duties imposed upon the taxpayer, shall apply to all persons liable for city utility taxes under the provisions of the City Utility Tax Law. The chairman shall exercise all power and authority and perform all duties with respect to taxpayers under the City Utility Tax Law as are provided in said chapter, except where there is conflict, then the provisions of the City Utility Tax Law shall control. Any damages, penalties, or interest collected for the nonpayment of taxes, or for noncompliance with the provisions of the City Utility Tax Law, shall be paid to the municipality in which said damages were collected on the same basis and in the same manner as the tax. Any overpayment of tax for any reason that has been disbursed to any municipality or any payment of the tax to any municipality in error may be adjusted by the chairman on any subsequent payment to the municipality involved pursuant to the provisions of the said chapter. The chairman may from time to time make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the City Utility Tax Law as may be deemed necessary to carry out its provisions and such rules and regulations shall have the full force and effect of law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-307 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 33-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-307
Status: in_force

Before issuing any bonds for any of the purposes enumerated in Section 21-33-301 , the governing authority of the issuing municipality shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention so to do, stating the amount of bonds proposed to be issued and the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued, and the date upon which the aforesaid authority proposes to direct the issuance of such bonds. Such resolution shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in at least one (1) newspaper published in such municipality. The first publication of such resolution shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date fixed in such resolution for the issuance of the bonds, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date. If no newspaper be published in such municipality, then such notice shall be given by publishing the resolution for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in such municipality and, in addition, by posting a copy of such resolution for at least twenty-one (21) days next preceding the date fixed therein at three (3) public places in such municipality. The publication of the resolution may be made as provided in Section 21-17-19 . If ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of the municipality, or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is the lesser, shall file a written protest against the issuance of such bonds on or before the date specified in such resolution, then an election on the question of the bonds shall be called and held as is provided in Section 21-33-309 . Notice of such election shall be signed by the clerk of the municipality and shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in at least one (1) newspaper published in such municipality. The first publication of such notice shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date fixed for such election, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date. If no newspaper is published in such municipality, then such notice shall be given by publishing the same for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in such municipality and published in the same or an adjoining county and, in addition, by posting a copy of such notice for at least twenty-one (21) days next preceding such election at three (3) public places in such municipality. If no protest be filed, then such bonds may be issued without an election on the question of the issuance thereof, at any time within a period of two (2) years after the date specified in the above-mentioned resolution. However, the governing authority of any municipality in its discretion may nevertheless call an election on such question, in which event it shall not be necessary to publish the resolution declaring its intention to issue such bonds as herein provided.

Under no circumstances shall any municipality exceed the bond limit as set by statute for municipalities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-187 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 27-187
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-187
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 shall be and are hereby exempt from inclusion in debts in determining whether additional bonds may be issued by such municipality and are declared to be legal and authorized investments for banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, fiduciaries, trustees and for the sinking fund of municipalities, towns, villages, school districts or any other political corporation or subdivision of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 37 / Section 43-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-11
Status: in_force

Whenever a hearing is held under this chapter, the governing authority of any municipality shall hear all protests and receive evidence for or against the proposed action; rule upon all protests which determination shall be final; and may continue the hearing from time to time. Proceedings shall terminate if protest is made by businesses in the proposed area which pay a majority of the taxes within the area under the general business privilege license tax.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-65 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 33-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-65
Status: in_force

If, from any cause, a sale of any land for municipal taxes, both ad valorem and for special improvements, or any installment thereof, that may be delinquent, which is liable to such sale shall not be made at the time appointed by law for such sale, it may be sold thereafter, in the same or a subsequent year, at any time designated therefor by order of the governing authorities of the municipality in which such land may be situated. Notice of a sale so ordered shall be given by advertising it in the manner prescribed by law for the sale of land for state and county taxes, and the sale shall be made at the same place and be subject to all the provisions of law applicable to such sales made at the time appointed by law. Lists of lands sold to the municipality and to individuals shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the municipality within the same relative period of time after the sale as is allowed by law for filing such lists after tax sales made at the regular time, and the clerk shall at once record them. Such lists shall be as valid and have the same effect and be subject to all the provisions of the law applicable to such lists made of lands sold at the regular sale for taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-9
Status: in_force

In all municipalities of this state maintaining a paid or volunteer fire department, the personnel of which department is actively and exclusively engaged in fire duty or emergency medical services, the governing authorities of such municipality may pay out of the general fund of such municipality reasonable hospital and medical expenses for any member of said fire department on account of any occupational disease contracted or for any accident or injury sustained by said member by reason of his service or discharge of his duty in said department. Where hospital and medical expenses are to be paid directly from the municipality's general fund, the governing authorities of such city shall be the sole judge as to whether such illness or such injury was contracted or sustained in the line of duty of any such employee, and the reasonableness of said expenses.

Further, the governing authorities of such municipality may pay out of the general fund insurance premiums for the purchase of insurance covering hospital and medical expenses for any member of said fire department on account of any occupational disease contracted or for any accident or injury sustained by said member by reason of his service or discharge of his duty in said department.

In addition, the governing authorities of such municipality may pay out of the general fund insurance premiums for the purchase of accident, death or disability insurance covering any member of said fire department for expenses associated with any occupational disease contracted or for any accident or injury sustained by said member by reason of his service or discharge of his duty in said department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-1
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to pass all ordinances and to enforce the same by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-6 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 15-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-6
Status: in_force

Municipalities are hereby authorized, in the discretion of the governing authorities, to purchase errors and omissions insurance for municipal officials and municipal employees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-153 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-153
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-153
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any driver who secures such license and badge to transfer such license or badge to any other driver, or for any person to use the license or badge of another person while driving or operating such bus.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-35 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-35
Status: in_force

Upon application of a member in service of the employer, any member who has become totally and permanently incapacitated for duty as the natural and proximate result of the actual performance of duty of the employer, without wilful negligence on his part, may be retired by the board on a duty disability retirement allowance effective thirty days after the filing of an application in writing with the board. However, the physician or physicians selected by the board to examine the member shall certify that such member is presumably permanently and totally disabled from engaging in any gainful occupation for compensation or profit, that under the facts as to the cause of disability, as certified by the board, the member's disability could have with reasonable probability resulted, in such physician's opinion, and that such member should be retired.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-41 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-41
Status: in_force

All wage and disability payments, pension payments, damage to equipment and clothing, medical expense, and expenses of travel, food, and lodging shall be paid by the municipality regularly employing such law enforcement officer. Upon making such payments, the municipality that furnished the services shall, when it so requests, be reimbursed by the municipality whose authorized official requested the services out of which the payments arose. Each such municipality is hereby expressly authorized to make such payments and reimbursements notwithstanding any provision in its charter or ordinances to the contrary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-65 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-65
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided for, no special election shall be held, and no ordinance, in which any petition or protest is required, shall be referred to, or voted on, at any election unless, within the time allowed by the terms hereof, a sufficient petition or petitions, addressed to the mayor, demanding such election or protesting against or requesting the adoption of such ordinances, shall be personally signed by at least twenty-five per centum of all the qualified electors of such city and filed with the city clerk. Immediately upon the filing of any such petition or petitions with the city clerk, he shall endorse thereon the date of such filing and shall within ten days thereafter, verify the signatures thereto by the registration and poll books, and deliver such petition or petitions to the mayor of such city, together with the certificate of such clerk showing the total number of qualified electors of such city and also the total number of qualified electors who shall have signed such petition or petitions, which certificate shall be prima facie correct but not conclusive. If it shall appear from said petition or petitions and the certificate of such clerk that the same are in proper form and have been signed by the required number of the qualified electors of such city, it shall be the duty of the council at its next regular meeting to order such special election, or refer such ordinance to a vote of the electors of such city, in case of their failure to wholly repeal the same. Each and every petition shall, at the time the same is filed with the city clerk, have attached thereto the affidavit of one or more of the signers thereto, stating the total number of names signed to such petition at the time of filing the same, and no such petition shall be received or filed by the city clerk unless such affidavit is attached thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-253 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-253
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-253
Status: in_force

Any member of said fire and/or police department who ceases to be an employee thereof prior to becoming eligible for any retirement relief provided for in Section 21-29-251 may file a written application to said disability and relief board for a refund of any and all monies contributed to said fund by said member, and thereafter within one year shall receive, without interest, such monies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-67 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-67
Status: in_force

A list of the conveyances of land sold for municipal taxes, either to the municipalities or to individuals, shall be recorded in an indexed record, which shall be kept in the office of the mayor or the city clerk of the municipality. All redemptions of said lands shall be noted on said record.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-253 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-253
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-253
Status: in_force

Any member of said fire and/or police department who ceases to be an employee thereof prior to becoming eligible for any retirement relief provided for in Section 21-29-251 may file a written application to said disability and relief board for a refund of any and all monies contributed to said fund by said member, and thereafter within one year shall receive, without interest, such monies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-141 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 27-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-141
Status: in_force

(1) Any person or persons who may violate any of the provisions of Sections 21-27-131 , 21-27-135 , 21-27-137 , or 21-27-139 , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction shall be fined not more than $50.00 or thirty days in jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(2) Failure of any owner or operator to comply with any of the requirements of Section 21-27-133 shall be cause for the revocation or suspension of his permit, or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-219 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-219
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-219
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the board or commission or an employee thereof has reason to believe that a violation of any provision of a regulation or of any order of the board or commission has occurred, the board or commission may cause a written complaint to be served upon the alleged violator or violators. The complaint shall specify the provisions of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 or regulation or order alleged to have been violated and the facts alleged to constitute a violation thereof, and shall require that the alleged violator appear before the board or commission, or any duly designated hearing officer appointed thereby, at a time and place specified in the notice and answer the charges complained of. The time of appearance before the board or commission or designated hearing officer shall be not less than thirty (30) days from the date of the service of the complaint.

(2) The board or commission or designated hearing officer shall afford an opportunity for a fair hearing to the alleged violator or violators at the time and place specified in the complaint. On the basis of the evidence produced at the hearing, the board or commission or designated hearing officer shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and enter such order as in its opinion will best further the purposes of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 and shall give written notice of such order to the alleged violator, and the board or commission or designated hearing officer may assess such penalties as hereinbefore provided.

(3) Except as otherwise expressly provided, any notice or other instrument issued by or under authority of the board or commission or designated hearing officer may be served on any person affected thereby personally or by publication, and proof of such service may be made in like manner as in case of service of a summons in a civil action, such proof to be filed in the office of the board or commission; or such service may be made by mailing a copy of the notice, order or other instrument by certified mail, directed to the person affected at his last known post office address as shown by the files or records of the board or commission, and proof thereof may be made by the affidavit of the person who did the mailing, filed in the office of the board or commission.

(4) In conducting the hearings provided in this section, any member of the board or commission, or the chief administrative officer thereof, or the duly designated hearing officer, shall have the authority to issue subpoenas to appear and give testimony, to produce records, or both, and in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a notice of hearing or subpoena issued hereunder, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction upon application of the board or commission or its representative to issue an order requiring obedience to the hearing notice or subpoena of the board or commission or designated hearing officer. Any failure to obey such court order may be punished by such court as contempt thereof. Any member of the board or commission, or the chief administrative officer thereof, or the designated hearing officer, may administer oaths. A verbatim record of the hearing shall be made. Witnesses who are subpoenaed shall receive the same fees and mileage as in civil actions.

(5) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the board or commission to issue, deny, modify or revoke any operator certification hereunder shall be entitled to a full hearing before the board or commission or duly designated hearing officer appointed thereby in the same manner as provided hereinabove, and appeals from such actions shall be in the same manner as provided hereinafter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-37-37 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 35 / Section 37-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-37-37
Status: in_force

The park commissioners shall elect one (1) of their numbers to serve as treasurer of the park commission, and he shall give bond in such amount as the governing authorities of the municipality shall require. Such bond shall be payable to the municipality.

The park commissioners shall have the authority to make such bylaws for the holding and conducting of their meetings and such other regulations as they may deem necessary for the safe, economic, and efficient management of such parks, playgrounds and swimming pools, and for the providing of wholesome and healthful recreation to all the citizens of such municipality. The park commissioners are authorized to elect such other officers and appoint such employees as may be necessary to maintain the said parks, playgrounds and swimming pools efficiently, and they shall have entire control and management of the said parks, playgrounds, and swimming pools, together with all property connected or in anyway appertaining to the same. The park commissioners shall have the authority to employ a park superintendent or manager, who shall have actual charge of said parks, playgrounds and swimming pools, and the enforcement and execution of all the rules, regulations and the direction of all programs and festivities, and the operation of all devices for recreation installed therein. They shall have the right to fix the salary or wage of all employees and to direct them in the discharge of their duties. They shall have the right to discharge employees, when found inefficient or for other good cause. They shall have the power to make and collect rates for use of the swimming pool and for the use of any other amusement device that may be installed in said playground, as well as the leasing of concessions or privileges for the sale of cold drinks, confections, popcorn, peanuts or other such articles, or such commission may operate such business. They are authorized to insure all property against loss by fire and tornado and to carry property damage or other miscellaneous casualty insurance, as in the discretion of said commission may be deemed proper, and pay premiums therefor out of the funds appropriated by the said governing authorities of the municipality or the revenues derived in the operation of such parks, playgrounds and swimming pools. They shall report quarterly to the governing authorities of the municipality all their doings and transactions of any kind whatsoever, and shall make a complete statement of the financial condition of such park commission at the end of each quarter. They shall annually make a detailed statement covering the entire management and operation of the said parks, playgrounds and swimming pools, and may make any recommendations which they may have for the further development of such parks, playgrounds and swimming pools. They shall purchase all supplies for said parks, playgrounds and swimming pools in the manner now provided by law for the purchase of such supplies by the governing authorities of such municipality, and shall issue vouchers in payment therefor. The park commissioners shall advertise for competitive bids in the purchase of its supplies in the manner and in the form as may be required of the governing authorities of such municipalities, and they shall make and keep full and proper books and records of all purchases and shall submit them in their quarterly and annual reports to the governing authorities of such municipality. The park commission shall have full jurisdiction of all funds coming into its possession either by appropriation of the governing authorities of the municipality or by gift or by revenue derived from the operation of said parks, playgrounds and swimming pools, and shall have authority to make all contracts in relation to the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-21 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 33-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-21
Status: in_force

The assessor shall, in the same manner and at the same time as municipal assessments are made, make an assessment of all taxable property in any added territory, and make the same a part of the assessment roll of the municipal separate school district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-39 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-39
Status: in_force

Any taxpayer, or any person owning or having a legal interest in any property, feeling aggrieved at the action of the governing authorities in equalizing and making final assessments, shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court in the manner provided by Section 11-51-77, Mississippi Code of 1972 , within twenty (20) days after the adjournment of the meeting of the said governing authorities at which the final approval of the assessment roll is entered on the minutes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-27 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 33-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-27
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 21-33-10 , it shall be the duty of the governing authorities of each municipality to correct and revise the municipal land assessment roll, including land in any added territory, in the same manner as is required of boards of supervisors in correcting and revising the county land assessment roll, as provided by general law. The clerk shall assist the governing authorities of the municipality in the revision, correction and preparation of the assessment roll, and shall do any and all things in connection therewith, and shall perform the same duties with respect to said roll as is generally required of the clerk of the board of supervisors in making the county land assessment roll.

All of the aforesaid provisions relating to the correcting and revising of the land roll shall apply to the correcting and revising of the personal roll, so far as applicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-123 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 35 / Section 43-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-123
Status: in_force

(1) A business improvement district may be funded in whole or in part by an assessment authorized pursuant to this section. Such assessment shall be in addition to any taxes or assessments that may be imposed on property that is included in the district.

(2) The assessment shall be levied on the property in the district based upon the gross square footage of the property. The district plan shall set the amount that shall be assessed on each square foot of property. A district plan may authorize that the assessment per square foot for buildings may be at a different rate than that for land; provided, however, that the square foot rate for each type of property shall be uniform.

(3) Upon presentation of a district plan by a district created pursuant to Sections 21-43-101 through 21-43-133 , the governing authorities of a municipality shall, at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are levied, levy the assessment provided for in this section on the property in the district in the amount specified in the district plan.

(4) Assessments shall constitute a lien upon the respective lots or parcels of land and other real property upon which they are levied, superior to all other liens except those for state and county taxes.

(5) In addition to the assessment authorized under this section, a business improvement district shall also be authorized and empowered to apply for and receive public and private grants and to accept any monetary contribution or donation of real or personal property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-31 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-31
Status: in_force

Neither the mayor nor any of the members of the council or committees of the council shall direct or dictate the appointment of any person to or his removal from office by the manager or any of his subordinates. Except for the purposes of inquiring or receiving information or advice, the mayor and council and the several members thereof shall deal with the administrative services solely through the manager and neither the mayor nor any member of the council shall give orders to any subordinate of the city. The city council shall have the power to investigate any part of the city government and for that purpose to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-257 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-257
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-257
Status: in_force

No part of said fund to which any of said firemen or policemen shall be entitled, or which may be payable or ordered paid to him shall be seized, attached, assigned or levied upon by any writ of attachment, garnishment, execution, sequestration or other like process or writ.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-11
Status: in_force

All elections held either for the adoption of the council-manager plan of government or for its discontinuance or repeal, shall be held and conducted in accordance with the general laws for the holding of municipal elections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-67 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 33-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-67
Status: in_force

A list of the conveyances of land sold for municipal taxes, either to the municipalities or to individuals, shall be recorded in an indexed record, which shall be kept in the office of the mayor or the city clerk of the municipality. All redemptions of said lands shall be noted on said record.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-93 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-93
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-93
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality which now owns and operates any system or systems, but which has not adopted and set up a public utility commission as provided in Section 21-27-13 , and the public utility commission of such municipalities that have adopted and set up a public utility commission as provided in said section, are authorized and vested with the authority to microfilm, photograph, photostat, or otherwise reproduce records of the municipally-owned utilities of such municipality. However, the destruction or disposal of any books containing the minutes of any municipal board or of any municipal public utility commission, contracts in effect, real estate deeds, or records showing the date of acquisition, depreciation, or disposition of capital assets, is not hereby authorized.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-35 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-35
Status: in_force

Upon application of a member in service of the employer, any member who has become totally and permanently incapacitated for duty as the natural and proximate result of the actual performance of duty of the employer, without wilful negligence on his part, may be retired by the board on a duty disability retirement allowance effective thirty days after the filing of an application in writing with the board. However, the physician or physicians selected by the board to examine the member shall certify that such member is presumably permanently and totally disabled from engaging in any gainful occupation for compensation or profit, that under the facts as to the cause of disability, as certified by the board, the member's disability could have with reasonable probability resulted, in such physician's opinion, and that such member should be retired.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-27 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 38 / Section 41-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-27
Status: in_force

All assessments levied under the provisions of this chapter and the annual installments thereof shall become delinquent at the same time municipal ad valorem taxes become delinquent. Delinquent installments shall be collected in the same manner and at the same time delinquent ad valorem taxes are collected. Said delinquent installments shall bear the same penalties as those provided for delinquent taxes, and the penalties shall be upon the installment, or installments then delinquent. When any installment of the assessment shall become delinquent, if the property is sold for the non-payment of said delinquent installment, it shall be sold in the manner that property is sold for the non-payment of delinquent ad valorem taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-151 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-151
Status: in_force

This article shall apply to municipalities whether under private charter or existing and operating under the general statutes of the State of Mississippi.

This article is supplementary to any laws heretofore passed and the provisions of this article are not applicable to any municipality operating under Article 5 of this chapter. It is the intention of the legislature to make it mandatory on municipalities to enforce the provisions of this article, unless a majority of those voting in an election thereon vote otherwise.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-27 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 33-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-27
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 21-33-10 , it shall be the duty of the governing authorities of each municipality to correct and revise the municipal land assessment roll, including land in any added territory, in the same manner as is required of boards of supervisors in correcting and revising the county land assessment roll, as provided by general law. The clerk shall assist the governing authorities of the municipality in the revision, correction and preparation of the assessment roll, and shall do any and all things in connection therewith, and shall perform the same duties with respect to said roll as is generally required of the clerk of the board of supervisors in making the county land assessment roll.

All of the aforesaid provisions relating to the correcting and revising of the land roll shall apply to the correcting and revising of the personal roll, so far as applicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-45 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 33-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-45
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of each municipality of this state shall, either at their regular meeting in September of each year or not later than ten (10) days after the final approval of the assessment rolls, levy the municipal ad valorem taxes for the fiscal year next succeeding, and shall, by resolution, fix the tax rate or levy for the municipality and for any other taxing districts of which the municipality may be a part. The rates or levies for the municipality or for any such taxing district shall be expressed in mills or a decimal fraction of a mill, which tax rates, or levies, shall determine the ad valorem taxes to be collected upon each dollar of valuation upon the assessment rolls of the municipality for municipal taxes, and to be collected upon each dollar of valuation as shown upon the assessment rolls of the municipality for each such taxing district, except as to such values as may be exempt, in whole or in part, from certain tax rates or levies. If the rates or levies for the municipality or taxing district are an increase from the previous fiscal year, then the proposed rate or levy increase shall be advertised in accordance with Section 27-39-203 .

In making the levy of taxes, the governing authorities shall specify in such resolution the levy for each purpose as follows:

(a) For general revenue purposes and for general improvements, as authorized by Section 27-39-307 .

(b) For school purposes, including all maintenance levies, whether made against the property within such municipality, or within any taxing district embraced in such municipality, as authorized by Section 27-39-307 and Section 37-57-3 et seq.

(c) For municipal bonds and interest thereon, for school bonds and interest thereon, separately for municipal-wide bonds and for the bonds of each school district.

(d) For municipal-wide bonds and interest thereon, other than for school bonds.

(e) For loans, notes or any other obligation, and the interest thereon, if permitted by law.

(f) For special improvement or special benefit levies, as now authorized by law.

(g) For any other purpose for which a levy is lawfully made. If any municipal-wide levy is made for any general or special purpose under the provisions of any law other than Section 27-39-307 each such levy shall be separately stated in the resolution, and the law authorizing same shall be expressly stated therein.

If the governing authorities of any municipality shall not levy the municipal taxes and the district taxes at its regular September meeting, such governing authorities shall levy the same at an adjourned or special meeting not later than ten (10) days after the final approval of the assessment rolls. However, that if such levy be not made on or before September 15 then road and bridge privilege tax license plates may be issued by the tax collector or Department of Revenue, as the case may be, for motor vehicles as defined in the Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Law of 1958 ( Section 27-51-1 et seq. ), without collecting or requiring proof of payment of municipal ad valorem taxes until such levy is duly certified to him, and for twenty-four (24) hours thereafter.

In the case of a municipality operating under a special or private charter providing for or authorizing the assessment, levying and collection of ad valorem taxes prior to October in each year, ad valorem taxes for such municipality shall be levied at the time prescribed or authorized by such special or private charter, unless the governing authority of such municipality by resolution adopted and spread of record in its minutes elect to levy ad valorem taxes at the time prescribed hereinbefore in this section. In any event, however, all ad valorem taxes levied by any municipality in this state, shall be levied in the manner required herein regardless of the time when such taxes are levied.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-313 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 33-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-313
Status: in_force

All bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be lithographed or engraved, and printed in two (2) or more colors, to prevent counterfeiting, and shall be in such denominations as shall be specified by the governing authorities of the municipality. Such bonds shall be registered as issued, be numbered in a regular series from one (1) upward, and every such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was issued and the total amount authorized to be issued, and shall be made payable to bearer. Interest shall be evidenced by proper coupons thereto attached. The governing authorities of such municipality shall annually levy a special tax upon all of the taxable property within the municipality, which shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds according to the terms thereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-131 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-131
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-131
Status: in_force

No person may drive or operate motor vehicles for hire in any city or town in this state unless he shall first have been licensed so to do as follows: he shall make application to the mayor of such municipality in writing, accompanied by a statement of some reputable citizen thereof, that the applicant is over the age of eighteen (18) years, an experienced driver, of good moral character, and physically and mentally capacitated to drive and operate such motor vehicle. The mayor shall place such application before the board of aldermen, or other governing authorities, whereupon inquiry may be made by such governing authorities into the moral character and mental and physical fitness of the applicant. If the permit shall be granted the applicant shall receive a certificate of such permit, signed by the mayor, together with an identification badge, and the name of the municipality thereon, and which shall be worn so that the same will be displayed while engaged in or about such occupation. The governing authorities of the municipality may require the applicant to give a reasonable bond, of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), to guarantee the faithful observance of the law as well as the rules and regulations which may be prescribed by the said municipality, and they may also require a reasonable fee, for such permit and badge. In the event the governing authority of such municipality refuse to grant such permit to an applicant, an appeal may be taken to the circuit court, in the manner provided by law for appealing from other orders of the governing authorities of municipalities, and the questions to be tried upon appeal will be as to the age and experience and the moral, mental and physical fitness of the said applicant to pursue such vocation in such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-13 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-13
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to establish, alter and change the channels of streams or other water courses, and to bridge the same, whenever so to do will promote the health, comfort and convenience of the inhabitants of such municipality.

(2) The governing authorities of any municipality shall also have the power and authority to incur costs and pay necessary expenses in providing labor, materials and supplies to clean or clear drainage ditches, creeks or channels, whether on public or private property, and to incur costs and pay necessary expenses in providing labor, materials and supplies in order to prevent erosion where such erosion has been caused or will be caused by such drainage ditches, creeks or channels. This paragraph shall not impose any obligation or duty upon the municipality and shall not create any additional rights for the benefit of any owner of public or private property.

(3) No additional taxes shall be imposed for the works authorized under subsections (1) and (2) of this section until the governing authorities shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to levy the taxes and establishing the amount of the tax levies and the date on which the taxes initially will be levied and collected. This date shall be the first day of a month but not earlier than the first day of the second month from the date of adoption of the resolution. Notice of the proposed tax levies shall be published once each week for at least three (3) weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality. The first publication of the notice shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days before the date fixed in the resolution on which the governing authorities propose to levy the taxes, and the last publication of the notice shall be made not more than seven (7) days before that date. If, within the time of giving notice, fifteen percent (15%) or two thousand five hundred (2,500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the municipality file a written petition against the levy of the taxes, then the taxes shall not be levied unless authorized by three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of the qualified electors of the municipality voting at an election to be called and held for that purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-3 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-3
Status: in_force

At the first regular meeting of the governing authorities succeeding each regular municipal election, they shall elect the officers to be elected by them and such officers shall take the oath of office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-249 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 29-249
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-249
Status: in_force

Any member of the fire and/or police department who ceases to be an employee before becoming eligible to receive either a service or disability allowance, as provided by this article, may request in writing to the board of disability and relief for a refund, but without interest, which he shall be paid within one year of the filing of the request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-49 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-49
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authority of any municipality or the board of supervisors of any county are hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate money or dedicate and convey municipally-owned buildings and property or county-owned buildings and property, as the case may be, to the school district or districts situated within that municipality or county for the purpose of erecting, purchasing or otherwise providing the school building or a site for such school building of such school district, in cases where the governing authority or board of supervisors are of the opinion that the location of such school building within the corporate limits of the municipality or the county, or in close proximity thereto, will be of special benefit to the inhabitants of the municipality or county.

(2) Municipalities, municipal police departments and the sheriffs' departments may contract with the school board of any school district to provide additional Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy-certified police protection to said school district on such terms and for such reimbursement as the school district and the entity may agree in their discretion.

(3)(a) The governing authority of any municipality or the board of supervisors of any county may allow off-duty municipal or county law enforcement officers who are hired individually for security purposes by the school district or districts within that municipality or county to use municipal or county law enforcement uniforms and equipment, which includes vehicles, during such off-duty employment.

(b) If the person or entity, and the person's or entity's insurer, fails or refuses to endorse, indemnify and hold harmless the employing jurisdiction, the employing jurisdiction shall not approve the use of the official vehicle of the employing jurisdiction for private security services.

(4) The governing authority of any municipality, in its discretion, may donate funds, equipment or in-kind services to any school district located within the boundaries of the municipality to assist the voluntary character development or public service programs of that school district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-11
Status: in_force

All elections held either for the adoption of the council-manager plan of government or for its discontinuance or repeal, shall be held and conducted in accordance with the general laws for the holding of municipal elections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-57 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-57
Status: in_force

Any mayor and board of commissioners of any city and/or any mayor and board of aldermen of any municipality in this state, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to donate annually, out of any moneys in the municipal treasury, to be drawn by warrant thereon, a sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per million of assessed valuation to the support of a local chapter of the American Red Cross, in said municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-311 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 31 / Section 33-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-311
Status: in_force

When the results of the election on the question of the issuance of such bonds shall have been canvassed by the election commissioners of such municipality and certified by them to the governing authorities of such municipality, it shall be the duty of such governing authorities to determine and adjudicate whether or not three-fifths of the qualified electors who voted in such election voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds. Unless three-fifths of the qualified electors who voted in such election shall have voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then such bonds shall not be issued. Should three-fifths of the qualified electors who vote in such election vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then the governing authorities of the municipality may issue such bonds, either in whole or in part, within two years from the date of such election or within two years after the final favorable termination of any litigation affecting the issuance of such bonds, as such governing authorities shall deem best.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-37-47 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 35 / Section 37-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-37-47
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities, and any commission created under legislative act and operating as an agency of any municipality, where necessary or incidental to the functions and purposes of the commission as set out in the legislative act providing for such commission, shall have the power to exercise the right of eminent domain for the following purposes:

1. the laying out of streets, avenues and alleys:

2. the straightening and widening of streets, or changing the grade thereof;

3. the constructing or repairing of sidewalks, sewers, and other improvements;

4. the securing of land for parks, cemeteries, schoolhouses, fire departments, market houses, and for the constructing of any public building;

5. the laying out, constructing, erecting or perfecting of levees, or a system of levees, for the protection of such municipality or any part thereof, or for the protection of any public work or building, and for the constructing or perfecting of its drainage system;

6. the establishing, altering and changing of the channel of streams or water courses or ditches, and the acquiring of land to bridge the same;

7. and in any other case where the land is to be used for public purposes.

Such governing authorities or commission may exercise the right without, as well as within, the corporate limits of the municipality, and this right may be exercised by any municipality or any such commission aforesaid.

Moreover, any municipality in the state may, in the furtherance of any national defense project, within or without its corporate limits but located within ten miles of the corporate limits of such municipality, purchase or acquire lands connected with such project and in so doing exercise the right of eminent domain, if necessary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-58 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-58
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-58
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county, and the governing authorities of any municipality in the state, are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to make contributions to the Mississippi Department of Health, or the University of Mississippi Medical Center after the Mississippi Burn Center is operational, for deposit to the Mississippi Burn Care Fund from the general fund or federal revenue sharing funds of such county or municipality wherein such funds may be available.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-2 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-2
Status: in_force

No municipality, including municipalities operating under a charter city, code charter or special charter, shall impose any additional requirements on holding any municipal elective office or receiving compensation for any elective office except as may be provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-125 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-125
Status: in_force

The expenses incurred in the construction, designing, planning, marketing, administration or operation of any improvement in a district shall be financed in accordance with the district plan. Upon the establishment, reauthorization, amendment or extension of the district, property owners within the district shall be charged the assessment pursuant to the plan. Improvements must be in addition to or an enhancement of those provided to the district by the municipality prior to the establishment of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-331 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 29-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-331
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, where benefits are payable to a designated beneficiary or beneficiaries under Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter and the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries as provided by the member on the most recent form filed with the system is deceased or otherwise disqualified at the time such benefits become payable, the following persons, in descending order of precedence, shall be eligible to receive such benefits:

(a) The surviving spouse of the member or retiree;

(b) The children of the member or retiree or their descendants, per stirpes;

(c) The brothers and sisters of the member or retiree or their descendants, per stirpes;

(d) The parents of the member or retiree;

(e) The executor or administrator on behalf of the member or retiree's estate;

(f) The persons entitled by law to distribution of the member or retiree's estate.

(2) Any monthly benefits payable to a beneficiary who dies prior to cashing his or her final check(s) and/or any additional benefits payable pursuant to a cost-of-living adjustment still payable at the death of a beneficiary receiving monthly benefits shall be paid as follows:

(a) The surviving spouse of the beneficiary;

(b) The children of the beneficiary or their descendants, per stirpes;

(c) The brothers and sisters of the beneficiary or their descendants, per stirpes;

(d) The parents of the beneficiary;

(e) The executor or administrator on behalf of the beneficiary's estate;

(f) The persons entitled by law to distribution of the beneficiary's estate.

(3) In the event no claim is made by any individual listed in subsection (2) of this section, a distribution may be made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.

(4) Payment under the provisions of this section shall bar recovery by any other person of the benefits distributed. Payment of benefits made to one or more members of a class of individuals are made on behalf of all members of the class. Any members of the class coming forward after payment is made must look to those who received the payment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-113 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 29-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-113
Status: in_force

The commissioner of insurance, the attorney general, and the secretary of state of the State of Mississippi, shall be and are constituted a body to be known of the “board of disability and relief appeals,” with full duty and power to hear, consider and determine all matters brought before it on appeal from decisions of the boards of disability and relief. Determinations by said appeal board shall be final.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-3 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-3
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to provide for the prevention and extinguishment of fires, to organize, establish, operate, and maintain fire and hook and ladder companies, to provide for and maintain a fire department and system, and to regulate the same. The governing authorities shall have the power to allow the fire department to attend and help to extinguish a fire outside the city limits.

(2) No fire fighter whose training expenses have been reimbursed to or paid by the political subdivision employing the fire fighter shall leave the employ of the political subdivision for not less than two (2) years after completion of the reimbursed training, unless the reimbursed expenses are paid by the new employer to the political subdivision which reimbursed or paid such expenses. The amount to be paid shall be determined on a pro rata basis based upon when the fire fighter leaves the political subdivision within the two-year period. Defined training expenses are related to minimum standards training, as established by the Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board which were incurred and include salary, tuition, travel expenses of the employee as well as personnel cost related to the training incurred during the employee's absence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-189 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 27-189
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-189
Status: in_force

A municipality, as defined in Section 21-27-163 , is authorized and empowered, in the discretion of its governmental authorities, to exercise the following powers and authority within the area and territories comprising the metropolitan area of which it is a part:

(a) To operate and manage sewerage systems, sewage treatment facilities and sewage disposal systems and related facilities serving the metropolitan area in conformance with the metropolitan area plan.

(b) To construct, operate and maintain sewerage systems, sewage treatment facilities and sewage disposal systems in the manner and to the extent required by the metropolitan area plan.

(c) To accept and utilize grants and other funds from any source for waste treatment management purposes.

(d) To establish and maintain rates and charges in equitable proportion for the use of the services and benefits rendered of such sewerage systems, sewage treatment facilities and sewage disposal systems within the metropolitan area, and from time to time to adjust such rates, to the end that the revenues therefrom will be sufficient at all times to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining such works, facilities and systems and all of the municipality's obligations under any contract or bond resolution with respect thereto. The rates shall be just and reasonable, and rates may not be unreasonably preferential, prejudicial or discriminatory but shall be sufficient, equitable and consistent in application to each class of users. While the municipality may set different rates for different classifications of users, a municipality shall not discriminate in setting rates among members of the same classification. The governing authorities of the municipality shall make a finding on the minutes of the governing body establishing the rate based upon the actual cost to operate and maintain the system, and a municipality shall not charge a user a fee for services received which is less than the cost incurred by the municipality to provide such services.

(e) To incur short and long-term indebtedness under the provisions of Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 or other applicable statutes.

(f) To adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the implementation of the metropolitan area plan and to assure the payment of each participating person or public agency of its proportionate share of treatment costs.

(g) To refuse to receive any waste from any public agency or subdivision thereof or any other person which does not comply with the provisions of the metropolitan area plan applicable to the particular area within which such public agency or subdivision thereof or any other person is located.

(h) To accept industrial waste for treatment and to require the pretreatment of same when within the opinion of the municipality such pretreatment is necessary.

(i) To adopt all necessary and reasonable rules and regulations to carry out and effectuate any waste treatment plan adopted for the metropolitan area.

(j) To require by ordinance or by contract with a public agency or other person that all waste within the metropolitan area be disposed of through sewerage systems, treatment facilities and sewage disposal systems which comprise a part of the metropolitan area plan, to the extent that the same may be available, but no public agency shall be precluded from constructing, operating and maintaining its own sewerage system if the same be a part of the metropolitan area plan.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-19 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 27-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-19
Status: in_force

The commission shall devote all monies, derived from any source other than the issuance of bonds for purposes authorized by the laws of the State of Mississippi, to or for the payment of all operating expenses, including such items as are normally required of utilities for sales development; to or for the payment of all bonds and interest on outstanding revenue bonds, if any, of such systems; to or for the acquisition and improvement of the system contingencies; to or for the payment of all other obligations incurred in the operation and maintenance of the systems and the furnishing of service; to or for the creation and maintenance of a cash working fund or a surplus fund to be used for replacement, extension of systems, and emergencies. The balance of the revenues of said systems, if any, may be used for any other lawful municipal purpose and may be paid to the governing authorities of the municipality for distribution to the various municipal funds, or may be disbursed for said purpose by the said commission at the direction and request of the governing authorities of such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-313 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 33-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-313
Status: in_force

All bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be lithographed or engraved, and printed in two (2) or more colors, to prevent counterfeiting, and shall be in such denominations as shall be specified by the governing authorities of the municipality. Such bonds shall be registered as issued, be numbered in a regular series from one (1) upward, and every such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was issued and the total amount authorized to be issued, and shall be made payable to bearer. Interest shall be evidenced by proper coupons thereto attached. The governing authorities of such municipality shall annually levy a special tax upon all of the taxable property within the municipality, which shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds according to the terms thereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-7-1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-7-1
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this title any municipality in this state having a population, according to the 1940 official federal census exceeding 8,000, but not exceeding 9,600, and operating under “code charter” as defined by chapter 3 of this title, may as hereinafter set forth, change its form of government to a plan of government hereby designated as the “council form” in order to place in the council of any municipality, operating under such form, full and complete executive and legislative powers over its entire municipal affairs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-249 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-249
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-249
Status: in_force

Any member of the fire and/or police department who ceases to be an employee before becoming eligible to receive either a service or disability allowance, as provided by this article, may request in writing to the board of disability and relief for a refund, but without interest, which he shall be paid within one year of the filing of the request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-317 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 33-317
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-317
Status: in_force

The proceeds of any bonds issued by a municipality shall be placed in the municipal treasury or depository, if there be one, as a special fund, and shall be used for no other purpose than that for which such bonds were authorized to be issued. If the governing authorities of such municipality, or any member thereof, or any other officer, shall wilfully divert, or aid or assist in diverting any such fund, or any part thereof, to any purpose other than that for which such bonds were authorized to be issued, then such person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term not exceeding five years and, in addition, he shall be liable personally and on his official bond for the amount so diverted. Any member of such governing authorities may escape the penalty provided for above by requesting and having his vote recorded in the negative on any illegal diversion of the proceeds of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-55 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-55
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality authorizing revenue bonds pursuant to the authority granted in Sections 21-27-23 and 21-27-51 , may make provisions for any of such revenue bonds to be called for payment at any interest payment date before maturity, provided the municipality shall have on hand in its bond and interest fund sufficient moneys, not otherwise appropriated or pledged, in excess of the interest and principal requirements within the next two succeeding calendar, operating or fiscal years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-21 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 38 / Section 43-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-21
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipality may disestablish an area by ordinance after a hearing before such authority, and such authority shall adopt a resolution of intention to disestablish the area not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing required by this section. The resolution shall state the time and place of the hearing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-49 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-49
Status: in_force

Should the retirement reserve fund at any time be insufficient to make all payments properly payable therefrom, the amounts available in said fund shall be properly prorated until such time as amounts available therein may be sufficient to make all payments payable therefrom in full.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-327 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-327
Status: in_force

Any municipality that has established a retirement fund or disability and relief fund under Articles 1, 3 and 5 of this chapter shall be assessed interest on delinquent payments as determined by the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board of trustees. Any delinquent payments, assessed interest and any other amount certified by the board of trustees as owed by the municipality may be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the municipality or may, upon due certification of delinquency and at the request of the board of trustees, be deducted from any other monies payable to the municipality by any department or agency of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-213 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 27-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-213
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 to the contrary, any person who is an operator of a municipal or domestic wastewater facility or community water system on July 1, 1986, may, on or before June 30, 1987, apply to the board or commission for, and shall be issued, an operator's certificate without examination or proof of other qualifications, if the application is accompanied by an affidavit of the owner of the facility or system verifying the status of the applicant. Any certificate so issued shall be valid only for the particular facility being operated by the applicant, and then only so long as the facility remains in the same or a lower classification as at the time the application is filed.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 to the contrary, any person who is an operator of a nontransient, noncommunity water system on July 1, 1997, may, before June 30, 1998, apply to the board for an operator's certificate without examination. The application shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the owner of the system verifying the status of the applicant. The board shall consider the performance history of any system operated by the applicant in determining whether to issue a certificate under this subsection. Upon review of the performance history and the application, the board may grant or deny the issuance of a certificate under this subsection. Any certificate issued under this subsection shall be valid only for the particular facility being operated by the applicant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-221 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 29-221
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-221
Status: in_force

The ad valorem tax provided for in Section 21-29-219 shall be stopped by the municipality whenever the interest from the relief fund shall be sufficient to pay all disabilities and relief which are a charge against said fund and future requirements as determined by the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi. However, when the board of trustees determines that interest from said fund is insufficient to meet the charges of disability or relief, then said municipality shall reinstate said tax for the purpose of building up the relief fund until such time as the fund is actuarially sound, as determined by the Board of Trustees.

The board of trustees, for each municipality with a disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen, shall have prepared an actuarial study of the fund at least every four (4) years and report the findings to the Legislature of the State of Mississippi. The first study shall be filed with the Legislature in January 1980.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-131 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-131
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-131
Status: in_force

The Public Employees' Retirement System shall keep a record of service of the members of said fire department and police department, which record shall show the history of employment of each member of said fire department and police department. Said record shall be entered up fully at the time such city comes within the terms of this article, and it shall thereafter be kept entered up fully and correctly. All records currently maintained by the municipality's affected membership shall be forwarded to the Public Employees' Retirement System not later than July 1, 1987. Any additional changes shall be forwarded to the Public Employees' Retirement System as made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-17 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-17
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the clerk of every municipality within the State of Mississippi to keep a record of permanent construction to be labeled “Municipal Minutes, City (or Town or Village, as the case may be) of __________,” in which he shall record the proceedings and all orders and judgments of the governing authority of said municipality, and to keep the same fully indexed alphabetically, so that all entries on said minutes can be easily found. Said clerk shall likewise record in said minute record all ordinances in full, or in lieu thereof, the title of all ordinances. In either case, however, the ordinances in full shall be recorded in the ordinance record provided for in Section 21-13-13 , to be kept by said clerk.

In the event only the titles of ordinances are recorded in the minute record, it shall be necessary that the ordinance in full, after the recordation in the ordinance record, be read, verified and subscribed to by the mayor and clerk at the next regular meeting of the governing authority of the municipality.

All official actions of the governing authorities of a municipality shall be evidenced only by official entries duly recorded on such minute record.

The clerk shall be the custodian of the municipal seal, and each municipality shall adopt and provide a seal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-47 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 39 / Section 41-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-47
Status: in_force

All bonds, notes or other obligations heretofore or hereafter issued by the municipalities of the state, for so much of the cost of the local improvements as shall have been or shall be assessed against property specially benefited by said improvements or shall have been paid for by said issuing municipality, shall be excepted from any limitations of indebtedness prescribed by the special charters of such municipalities or by any special or general law, and said bonds, notes or other obligations shall not be considered indebtedness of said municipalities in applying said limitations of indebtedness. It shall not be necessary for any municipality to secure the approval of its qualified electors to borrow the money or issue its obligations incurred in the doing of such local improvements, but such acts may be done without an election and without giving notice of intention to do so.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-7 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-7
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of each municipality shall prescribe by order the form of the personal assessment roll, which shall generally be in the form prescribed for and used by the counties for the assessment of personal property. Additional columns may be provided if deemed convenient and necessary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-9
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to prevent or regulate the running at large of animals of all kinds, and to cause such as may be running at large to be impounded and sold to discharge the costs and penalties provided for the violation of such regulations and the expense of impounding and keeping and selling the same; to regulate and provide for the taxing of owners and harborers of dogs, and to destroy dogs running at large, unless such dogs have proper identification indicating that said dogs have been vaccinated for rabies; and to provide for the erection of all needful pens, pounds and buildings for the use of the municipality, within or without the municipal limits, and to appoint and confirm keepers thereof, and to establish and enforce rules governing the same.

The governing authorities of municipalities may enter into pacts, agreements or contracts with other municipalities to provide for cooperation in the use or erection of all pens, pounds and buildings to prevent or regulate the running at large of animals of all kinds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-41 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-41
Status: in_force

Upon retirement for nonduty disability as provided in Section 21-29-39 , a member shall receive for each year's active service one-fortieth ( 1 / 40 ) of the average monthly salary or compensation received by such member from the employer in the four-year or two-year period, as the case may be, next preceding the injury or illness causing such disability.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-11
Status: in_force

The mayor shall have power, when he deems it proper, to require any officer of the municipality to exhibit his accounts or other papers, and to make report to the governing body, in writing, touching any subject or matter he may require pertaining to his office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-45-19 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-45-19
Status: in_force

The cost of a redevelopment project shall be deemed to include the actual cost of the construction or rehabilitation of any part of a project which may be constructed or rehabilitated by a municipality, including architects' and engineers' fees, the purchase price of any real property that may be acquired by a municipality by purchase, all expenses in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of bonds or other indebtedness to finance such acquisition, and the interest on bonds for a reasonable time prior to construction or rehabilitation, during construction or rehabilitation and for not exceeding one (1) year after completion of the construction or rehabilitation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-241 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-241
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-241
Status: in_force

If any member of the fire department and/or police department shall become or be found to be totally disabled for the discharge of his duties as a member of said fire department and/or police department, mentally or physically, by reason of sickness or injury caused or sustained by reason of service or discharge of his duty in said department, after such city shall have come within the terms of this article, said board of disability and relief shall order the payment and there shall be paid from said fund to said fireman and/or policeman each month thereafter an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of said fireman's and/or policeman's monthly salary. Such amount shall be paid throughout such total disability for service.

If any member of the fire department and/or police department shall become or be found to be permanently and totally disabled for the discharge of his duties as a member of said fire department and/or police department, mentally or physically, by reason of sickness or injury, and said member shall have had not less than five (5) years' service with such department, there shall be paid to said fireman and/or policeman from said fund, for each year's active service, not to exceed a period of twenty (20) years, one-fortieth ( 1 / 40 ) of the monthly salary of such fireman and/or policeman at the time such disability is incurred. Such amount shall be paid throughout such permanent and total disability.

In passing upon the question of disability, said board shall refer the matter to its medical board, or such other physician or physicians as it may deem proper, and said board may require like examinations from time to time throughout the period of disability claimed by said fireman and/or policeman.

If said city pays a salary to its fireman and/or policeman while disabled in an amount equal to the disability relief allowed hereunder, said fireman and/or policeman shall not be entitled to any disability relief hereunder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-37 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-37
Status: in_force

While any law enforcement officer regularly employed as such in one municipality is in the service of another municipality pursuant to Sections 21-21-31 through 21-21-41 , he shall be a peace officer of such other municipality and be under the command of the law enforcement officer therein who is in charge in that municipality, with all the powers of a regular law enforcement officer in such other municipality, as fully as though he were within the municipality where regularly employed and his qualification, respectively, for office where regularly employed shall constitute his qualification for office in such other municipality, and no other oath, bond, or compensation need be made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-5
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The members of the civil service commission shall be appointed by the city commission, shall be three (3) in number, and shall serve without compensation; however, the governing authorities of any municipality, in their discretion, may pay each of the members of the commission a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month to compensate them for their services. No person shall be appointed a member of such commission who is not a citizen of the United States, a resident of such city for at least five (5) years immediately preceding such appointment, and an elector of the county wherein he resides. The terms of office of such commissioners shall be for six (6) years, except that the first three (3) members shall be appointed for different terms, as follows: One (1) shall serve a period of two (2) years, one (1) shall serve a period of four (4) years, and one (1) shall serve a period of six (6) years.

(b) From and after May 18, 1988, the governing authorities of any municipality organized under the provisions of Chapter 8, Title 21, Mississippi Code of 1972 , in which a civil service commission is created pursuant to Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 , may increase the members of the commission to the same number of wards into which the municipality is divided and, if the commission is so expanded, the governing authorities shall appoint one (1) member of the commission from each ward. The commissioners shall serve without compensation; however, the governing authorities of any municipality, in their discretion, may pay each of the members of the commission a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month to compensate them for their services. No person shall be appointed a member of such commission who is not a citizen of the United States, a resident of the municipality for at least five (5) years immediately preceding such appointment, and an elector of the county wherein he resides. When making initial appointments under this paragraph (b), the governing authorities may stagger the terms of such appointees provided that no initial appointment is made for a period of less than one (1) year nor more than six (6) years; thereafter, all appointments shall be for terms of six (6) years. Appointment of members of the commission by the governing authorities under this paragraph (b) shall be made by the mayor with the confirmation of an affirmative vote of a majority of the city council present and voting at any meeting.

(2) Any member of such commission may be removed from office for incompetency, incompatibility, dereliction of duty, or other good cause, by the appointing power. However, no member shall be removed until charges have been preferred in writing and a full hearing had before the appointing power. Any member being so removed shall have the right of appeal, any time within thirty (30) days thereafter, to the circuit court and may demand a jury trial; such trial shall be confined to the determination of whether the order of removal, made by the appointing power, was, or was not, made in good faith and for cause.

(3) A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-203 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-203
Status: in_force

Said fund and system of relief to the fire department and/or police department shall be inaugurated in each municipality only in the following manner: each municipality desiring to create said fund and inaugurate this system of disability and relief for its firemen and/or policemen, shall call an election after giving three weeks consecutive notice in a newspaper published in said city, stating the date, purpose and time of holding said election for the electors to determine whether or not said municipality shall adopt the “disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen.” At said election the ballots used by the qualified electors shall read: “For the Disability and Relief Fund for Firemen and Policemen”, “Against the Disability and Relief Fund for Firemen and Policemen.” Said election shall be held as such other elections of like nature, and if at said election the majority of qualified electors voting thereat, shall vote against the creation of said fund and system, then the said fund and system shall not be created and said fund and system shall not be inaugurated in said municipality. Should a majority of said qualified electors voting at said election vote in favor of the creation of said fund and the operation of said system, the said fund and system shall be inaugurated by said municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-19 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 38 / Section 41-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-19
Status: in_force

The governing authorities shall annually certify to the tax collector, or other officer charged with the duty of collecting taxes in the municipality, the annual installment of assessment due from each tract of land against which an assessment has been levied, together with the amount of the interest upon all unpaid installments at the same rate as that fixed in the bonds issued to raise money to pay the cost of the said improvements, which is to be paid in whole or in part by the owners of property abutting to the proposed improvements. In the event no bonds are issued to raise money to pay the cost of the said improvements, which is to be paid in whole or in part by the owners of property abutting to the proposed improvements, then the said assessments shall bear a rate of interest not to exceed six per centum per annum, and shall be fixed by the governing authorities of the municipality making such improvements at the time when the said assessments are made final. In the event any municipality has made assessments for special improvements authorized by law and there are special improvement bonds outstanding which are paid by special assessments levied against property abutting the streets so improved, the governing authorities of such municipality shall change the interest on such assessments to equal the rate of interest fixed in such bonds and such change shall become effective on the date the governing authorities take such action and shall not be retroactive. Any property owner who has elected to pay his assessment in installments shall have the right at any time to pay the balance of the assessment against his property in full, but in so doing he shall be required to pay all interest which would have accrued thereon had same not been paid until its maturity.

The collector shall thereupon enter upon the annual tax roll of the municipality, in a separate column, the amount of the installment and interest to be collected from each tract of land assessed, and said collector shall collect said installment, together with the interest upon all unpaid installments, together with, and at the same time he collects the annual municipal tax.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-41 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 27-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-41
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing authorities of any municipality shall determine to issue bonds pursuant to the authority granted in Section 21-27-23 to acquire or improve a system, it shall cause an estimate to be made of the cost of such system or improvement, and the fact that such estimate has been made shall appear in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds, which ordinance shall set forth a brief description in general terms of the contemplated system or improvement, the estimated life thereof, the said estimated cost thereof, the amount, date, denominations, rate of interest, times and places of payment and other details in connection with the issuance of the bonds, and such covenants and restrictions as may be necessary or desirable to safeguard the interests of the holders of the bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-131 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-131
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-131
Status: in_force

The Public Employees' Retirement System shall keep a record of service of the members of said fire department and police department, which record shall show the history of employment of each member of said fire department and police department. Said record shall be entered up fully at the time such city comes within the terms of this article, and it shall thereafter be kept entered up fully and correctly. All records currently maintained by the municipality's affected membership shall be forwarded to the Public Employees' Retirement System not later than July 1, 1987. Any additional changes shall be forwarded to the Public Employees' Retirement System as made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-53 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 19-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-53
Status: in_force

The mayor and board of aldermen of any municipality wherein there is located an historic museum operated by an historical society on a nonprofit basis and which municipality is situated in a county bordered by the Mississippi River and having therein a national military park and a national military cemetery are hereby authorized and empowered to donate a sum not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per annum to such historic museum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-309 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-309
Status: in_force

The election provided for by Section 21-33-307 shall be held, as far as is practicable, in the same manner as other elections are held in municipalities. At such election, all qualified electors of such municipality may vote. The ballots used at such election shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purpose of the proposed bond issue and the words “FOR THE BOND ISSUE” and “AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE,” and the voter shall vote by placing a cross (X) or check mark (✓) opposite his choice on the proposition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-38-7 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 37 / Section 38-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-38-7
Status: in_force

Any municipality that acquires or leases real property from the United States under this chapter, if such real property is located outside the corporate boundaries of such municipality, may incorporate such real property into its corporate boundaries by ordinance adopted for such purpose if such real property is located within the same county as the municipality, regardless of whether the real property is adjacent or contiguous to the existing corporate boundaries of such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-249 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-249
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-249
Status: in_force

Any member of the fire and/or police department who ceases to be an employee before becoming eligible to receive either a service or disability allowance, as provided by this article, may request in writing to the board of disability and relief for a refund, but without interest, which he shall be paid within one year of the filing of the request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-43 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-43
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 21-33-10 , the governing authorities of any municipality shall have the power to change assessments, after the assessment roll, or rolls, of real and personal property have been finally approved, but not after the expiration of the fiscal year in which the taxes on said assessments are due and payable. The assessments may be reduced or increased for the same reasons and in like manner, as provided by law for the reduction and/or increasing of county assessments. Such change shall not be submitted to the state tax commission for approval.

Where a reduction is sought, the governing authorities shall require the owner of the property, or his duly authorized agent or attorney, to make a suitable application or petition, and where an increase is sought the application or petition shall be made by the assessor. The governing authorities shall have the right and power to consider the application or petition and to do any and all things necessary to determine whether or not it shall be allowed, and shall adopt an order rejecting or approving the application or petition. Said authorities may adopt an order to change the assessment so as to increase or decrease the assessment to the fair value of the property, or to cause the taxes to be charged to the person or property liable therefor.

The clerk shall carefully file and preserve, as a public record, in his office, all petitions or applications, and exhibits thereto, for either an increase or decrease in assessments as herein provided, for a period of three (3) years after the expiration of the fiscal year in which such petitions or applications were filed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-31 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-31
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to regulate parks, public grounds, depots, depot grounds, and places for storage of freight and goods within the corporate limits. Said authorities shall have the power to compel railroads and other common carriers of passengers to furnish and maintain sanitary water toilets, where the municipality has a waterworks system, the facilities of which are available to said railroad or other common carrier, and in other cases to have a sanitary toilet, in their depots or stations. Said authorities shall have the power to provide for and regulate the construction and passage of railways and street railroads through the streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, and public grounds of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-13 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 31-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-13
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 shall include all full paid employees of the fire and/or police departments of each municipality coming within its purview, including the chiefs of those departments. All appointments to and promotions in said departments shall be made solely on merit, efficiency, and fitness, which may be ascertained by open competitive examination and impartial investigation. No person shall be reinstated in, or transferred, suspended, or discharged from any place, position or employment contrary to the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 . The governing authorities of the municipality may, with the approval of the civil service commission, extend the benefits of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 to other full time employees of the municipality.

All incumbents and future appointees shall be subject to civil service, except, however, those appointees now and hereafter serving as extra members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-53 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 27-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-53
Status: in_force

The holder of any bond or any interest coupon issued pursuant to the authority granted in Sections 21-27-23 and 21-27-51 may, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings at law or in equity, enforce and compel performance by the appropriate official or officials of the municipality of any or all acts and duties to be performed by such municipality under the provisions of Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 and the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bond or interest coupon. If there be any default in the payment of the interest on and principal of any of said bonds, any court having jurisdiction in the proper action may, upon petition of the holder of any of such bonds, appoint a receiver to administer and operate the system with power to fix rates and collect charges sufficient to provide for the payment of all bonds outstanding to the payment of which the revenues of such system are pledged and to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining such system and to apply the revenues of such system, all in conformity with the provisions of Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 and of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-220 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-220
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-220
Status: in_force

The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi is hereby authorized to deduct two percent (2%) of all tax levied hereunder and paid into the “disability and relief fund” for firemen and policemen to be transferred to the expense fund of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi to defray the cost of administering this fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-45-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-45-5
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be construed as cumulative authority to other existing laws relating to the powers of municipalities to undertake and carry out slum clearance and redevelopment work. Any municipality engaged in slum clearance or redevelopment work through a redevelopment project within the boundaries of the municipality may provide for financing to defray the cost, in whole or in part, of the same as hereinafter provided. Insofar as this chapter is inconsistent with any other law, this chapter shall be controlling.

Any municipality may accept grants or other financial assistance from the state or federal government, or any other entity, to defray the cost, in whole or in part, of any activity consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

Any municipality may enter into agreements with any developer whereby the developer will agree to construct, operate and maintain buildings or other facilities or improvements included within such projects as are provided in a redevelopment plan.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-55 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 31-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-55
Status: in_force

Immediately after the appointment of the civil service commission, the commission shall organize by electing one of its members chairman. The commission shall hold regular meetings at least once each month, and such additional meetings as may be required for the proper discharge of its duties.

The commission shall appoint a secretary and a board of examiners, which board shall consist of the fire chief, the police chief, and a third member to be named by the commission, all of whom shall serve without compensation. The secretary shall keep the records and preserve all reports made to the commission, and also a record of all examinations held under the direction of the board of examiners, and perform such other duties as the commission may prescribe. The members of the board and the secretary are subject to suspension and discharge in the same manner as the commissioners.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-57 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-57
Status: in_force

The property owner affected by any assessment made under Section 21-33-55 shall have thirty (30) days within which to pay the taxes after the approval of assessment. After the expiration of thirty (30) days, if the taxes shall not have been paid, it shall be the duty of the governing authorities of the municipality to designate a time for sale. Except as otherwise provided in Section 27-41-2 , the sale shall be made according to the law governing the sale of property for taxes, and lists shall be filed as required by law as in other cases of sales for taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-107 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-107
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall fix a time for regular meetings in its minutes, and it shall keep minutes of its meetings which shall be public records, subject to the statutes, rules and regulations governing the board of trustees.

The board shall have the power and duty to promptly hear and pass upon all applications of firemen and/or policemen or the beneficiaries of deceased firemen and of deceased policemen for participation in the benefits of said fund. The board may appoint hearing officers to further its duties hereunder. Said board may hear witnesses, administer oaths, find facts, and make decisions in all matters properly before said board, which decisions shall be final except upon appeals in the way hereafter set forth. Said board may order payments made according to the facts found and the provisions of this article, which payments shall be made as far as funds may be available from each separate municipal fund. Said board shall have the power, with the funds they have on hand, to invest and reinvest funds under the provisions of Section 25-11-121 . Such funds may be commingled with other system funds for the most advantageous investments; however, each fund shall have separate accounting status. No warrant shall be drawn against said fund without the approval of a majority of said board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-73 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 31-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-73
Status: in_force

The fixing of the rate of compensation of every employee coming under the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 shall remain vested in those public officials authorized by law to fix the rate of such compensation, and nothing contained in said sections shall infringe upon the power and authority of any such public officials to so fix the rate of such compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-77 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 33-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-77
Status: in_force

When any municipality shall buy in property for delinquent taxes, such municipality is hereby authorized to issue notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness for the amount of the tax, for a period of time not to exceed one year after the period provided for the redemption of such land and, in addition to pledging the full faith, credit, and resources of the municipality therefor, such municipality may pledge the taxes and damages from delinquent tax sales thereon. When said notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness are so issued, all funds collected on said delinquent taxes and damages, or the sale of the property, in the event the title ripens in the municipality, shall be set aside as a special or trust fund for the retirement of said notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness. The rate of interest of said notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness not to exceed six per centum per annum. The authority implied and granted in this section shall apply also to the boards of trustees in municipal separate school districts, by and with the consent of the governing authorities of such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-317 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-317
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-317
Status: in_force

The proceeds of any bonds issued by a municipality shall be placed in the municipal treasury or depository, if there be one, as a special fund, and shall be used for no other purpose than that for which such bonds were authorized to be issued. If the governing authorities of such municipality, or any member thereof, or any other officer, shall wilfully divert, or aid or assist in diverting any such fund, or any part thereof, to any purpose other than that for which such bonds were authorized to be issued, then such person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term not exceeding five years and, in addition, he shall be liable personally and on his official bond for the amount so diverted. Any member of such governing authorities may escape the penalty provided for above by requesting and having his vote recorded in the negative on any illegal diversion of the proceeds of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-3-1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-3-1
Status: in_force

Any municipality not now operating under a “Code Charter” may acquire such charter and come under the provisions of this chapter by a majority vote of the electors therein, cast at a general or special election held for such purpose. At such election, the propositions to be voted on shall be “FOR THE CODE CHARTER” and “AGAINST THE CODE CHARTER.” If a majority of the legal votes cast are in favor of adopting the code charter, then the municipality shall be subject to and governed by all the following provisions of this chapter, and the result of the election shall be certified to the secretary of state, who shall make a record of same in his office. If a majority of the votes cast shall be against the code charter, the municipal authorities shall so enter of record, and another election submitting the question shall not be held within four years thereafter. After the rejection of the provisions of the code charter by a municipality, and until its acceptance thereof as herein provided, the corporate powers, rights and franchises thereof shall be and remain as now provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-59 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-59
Status: in_force

After a water system has been constructed or upgraded pursuant to the provisions of Sections 21-25-51 through 21-25-59 , the municipality which reimbursed or paid a rural water system for the cost of such construction or upgrading shall not be charged with the costs of such construction or upgrade upon its purchase of the water system. The price of such newly constructed or upgraded water system shall be reduced by an amount equal to the costs paid by the municipality to the rural water system for such construction or upgrading of the water system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-17-19 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-17-19
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever a municipality is required by law to publish in a newspaper any public measure or amendment thereto, the substance of the public measure or amendment thereto may be printed in lieu of the full text of the public measure or amendment thereto, as provided in this Section. Such a public measure shall include, but shall not be limited to, an ordinance, resolution, amendment to a municipal charter or annual audit. The provisions of this section shall not apply to publication of the annual budget or amendments thereto; such publication shall be made as provided in Chapter 35, Title 21, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(2) The substance of the public measure or amendment thereto shall be an explanatory statement summarizing the full text of the public measure or amendment thereto, in which the chief purpose of the measure is explained in clear and unambiguous language. Such statement shall be prepared by the governing authorities of the municipality, and shall not exceed three hundred (300) words in length to the extent practicable.

(3) During the entire time of the publication of the explanatory statement in a newspaper, a copy of the full text of the public measure or amendment thereto shall be posted by the clerk of the municipality (a) at the city hall, (b) at the main public library in the municipality, or at the courthouse in the judicial district or county in which the municipality is located; and in addition, the clerk shall post such copy at least at one (1) other public place in the municipality. The clerk shall furnish any resident of the municipality a copy of the full text of the public measure or amendment thereto upon request, and this shall be stated in the publication of the explanatory statement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-73 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 27-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-73
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipality that owns and operates a gas distribution system, as defined in Section 21-27-11(b) , and the governing authority of any public natural gas district are authorized to contract for the purchase of the supply of natural gas for a term of up to ten (10) years with any public nonprofit corporation which is organized under the laws of this state or any other state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-67 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 31-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-67
Status: in_force

The civil service commission shall keep a list of all administrative and other employees on a monthly salary basis (firemen and policemen excepted), and formulate methods of determining the relative qualifications of persons seeking employment in any such department, and give preference to those having the best qualifications. The commission shall provide that men laid off because of a curtailment of expenditures, reduction in force, and like causes, shall be the last man or men, including probationers, that have been appointed to any such position, until such reductions necessary shall have been accomplished. However, in the event said forces shall again be increased in number, those suspended shall be reinstated before any new appointments shall be made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-37-20 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-20
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-37-20
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality which has no public library located within its corporate limits, in their discretion, may make contributions from any available funds of the municipality for the support, upkeep and maintenance of any public library which is located outside of the corporate limits of the municipality and which provides services to a public junior college or state institution of higher learning.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-211 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 27-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-211
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful to operate or cause to be operated any wastewater facility or community water system covered under Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 unless the operator of that facility or system holds a current certificate of competency issued by the board or commission, as provided by Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 , in a classification corresponding to the classification of the facility or system. After July 1, 1998, it shall be unlawful to operate or cause to be operated any nontransient, noncommunity water system covered under Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 , unless the operator of that system holds a current certificate of competency issued by the board. If an operator is lost due to illness, death, resignation, discharge or other legitimate cause, the owner or president of the governing board of the facility or system shall immediately notify either the board or commission, as the case may be. The facility or system may continue to operate without a certified operator on an interim basis for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, except for good cause shown upon petition to the responsible agency. The board or the commission, as the case may be, may grant, upon petition of the facility or system, an extension of the interim operating period not to exceed an additional one hundred eighty (180) days for good cause shown.

(2) It is unlawful to operate or cause to be operated any commercial nonhazardous solid waste management landfill permitted under Section 49-17-29 unless the operator of that facility holds a current certificate of competency issued by the commission, as provided by Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 . However, in the event of the loss of an operator due to illness, death, resignation, discharge or other legitimate cause, notice shall be immediately given to the commission and the continued operation of the facility without a certified operator may proceed on an interim basis for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, except for good cause shown upon petition to the commission.

(3) After June 30, 2005, it is unlawful to operate or cause to be operated any commercial Class I rubbish site, unless the operator of that facility holds a certificate of competency issued by the commission under Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 . However, in the event of the loss of an operator due to illness, death, resignation, discharge or other legitimate cause, notice shall be immediately given to the commission and the continued operation of the facility without a certified operator may proceed on an interim basis for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, except for good cause shown upon petition to the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-5
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any participating municipality shall appoint an advisory board consisting of five (5) members who shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority; such board members shall be professional businessmen within the affected area; and such board shall have the sole discretion as to how the revenue derived from the tax is to be used within the scope of the purposes as provided in Section 21-43-1 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-251 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-251
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-251
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this section and Section 21-27-253 , the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed by this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Governing body ” means the Mayor and Board of Aldermen or Council, as applicable, of a town.

(b) “ Short-line railroad project ” means any combination of the acquisition, restoration, construction, ownership, operation, oversight, maintenance and disposition of a short-line railroad by a town.

(c) “ Short-line railroad ” means a rail line that is no more than fifty (50) total route miles in length, located within and without the State of Mississippi, together with the line's corresponding right-of-way, fixtures, facilities, and related improvements, and that, as an independent operating concern, would qualify under the standards of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board as a Class III rail carrier under 49 CFR 1201(1-1) .

(d) “ Town ” means a municipal corporation existing within the State of Mississippi classified as a town pursuant to Section 21-1-1, Mississippi Code of 1972 , as of April 20, 2024, with a short-line railroad partially located within its municipal boundaries.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-215 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-215
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 to the contrary, holders of valid certificates of competency obtained through examination under the voluntary certification program sponsored by the association may, on or before June 30, 1987, apply to the board or commission for, and shall be issued, an operator's certificate issued under the provisions of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 without further examination or proof of other qualifications, provided such state-issued certificate shall be valid only for the class of facility covered by the association certificate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-1
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to pass all ordinances and to enforce the same by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-19 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 39 / Section 39-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-19
Status: in_force

The depository of the municipality, or the clerk as ex-officio treasurer where there is no depository, shall receive, safely keep, and pay out all moneys belonging to the municipality according to law. The depository or clerk shall keep correct and accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements, and shall make a written report to the governing authorities, at each regular meeting, of the finances of the municipality. The depository or clerk shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. The funds of the municipality shall be paid out only by virtue of an order or ordinance duly spread on the minutes of such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-127 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 29-127
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-127
Status: in_force

The governing authority may immediately advance necessary moneys from the general fund to said fund to enable payments to all qualified beneficiaries to be brought into a current status. Any moneys necessarily advanced shall be paid back to the general fund from the surplus of said fund as it is allocated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 31-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-1
Status: in_force

(1) A civil service commission is created in every municipality described in subsection (2) which has a full paid fire and police department.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall apply to:

(a) Any municipality, operating under a commission form of government, and having a population of not less than fourteen thousand (14,000), according to the federal census of 1940;

(b) Any municipality, under whatever form of government, having a population of not less than twenty-four thousand (24,000), according to the federal census of 1940, and situated in counties having a national military park;

(c) Any municipality, operating under the commission form of government, and having a population of not less than ten thousand five hundred (10,500) nor more than eleven thousand (11,000), according to the federal census of 1950;

(d) Any municipality, having an aldermanic commission or city manager form of government, and having a population of not less than three thousand eight hundred eighty-one (3,881) at the 1960 federal census, and situated on the Mississippi Gulf Coast;

(e) Any municipality with its corporate limits being bounded on one (1) side by the Mississippi River and being located in a county having an assessed valuation in excess of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) but less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) and having a total population in excess of thirty-seven thousand five hundred (37,500), according to the latest federal census;

(f) Any municipality, operating under special charter, and in which there is located a state-supported college for women;

(g) Any municipality having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) according to the federal census of 1970, which is located within a Class 1 county in which U.S. Highway 51 and U.S. Highway 98 intersect and bounded on the south by the State of Louisiana; and

(h) Any municipality, bordering on the Escatawpa River, having an aldermanic commission form of government and having a population of not less than seventeen thousand eight hundred thirty-seven (17,837) according to the 1990 federal census.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-57 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-57
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality entering into an interlocal agreement with a rural water association operating within the corporate limits of the municipality pursuant to Sections 21-25-51 through 21-25-59 may incur bonded and floating indebtedness, including general obligation indebtedness as authorized by Sections 21-33-301 through 21-33-329 and may appropriate funds for the purpose and in the manner prescribed by law without regard to whether the activities and improvements authorized under Section 21-25-51 to be financed by such debt or appropriation are within or without the corporate limits of the municipality. The governing authorities of the municipality may sell, lease, grant or otherwise supply goods and services to the rural water association which is a party to the interlocal agreement or the administrative body or legal entity created to operate the joint or cooperative undertaking.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-31 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-31
Status: in_force

In no case shall the building inspector retain any compensation from his collections, but the full amount of such collections shall be paid into the municipal treasury and his compensation shall thereafter be paid by allowance thereof by the governing authorities of the municipality, and the issuance of warrants, as in other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-53 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-53
Status: in_force

The holder of any bond or any interest coupon issued pursuant to the authority granted in Sections 21-27-23 and 21-27-51 may, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings at law or in equity, enforce and compel performance by the appropriate official or officials of the municipality of any or all acts and duties to be performed by such municipality under the provisions of Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 and the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bond or interest coupon. If there be any default in the payment of the interest on and principal of any of said bonds, any court having jurisdiction in the proper action may, upon petition of the holder of any of such bonds, appoint a receiver to administer and operate the system with power to fix rates and collect charges sufficient to provide for the payment of all bonds outstanding to the payment of which the revenues of such system are pledged and to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining such system and to apply the revenues of such system, all in conformity with the provisions of Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 and of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-313 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 33-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-313
Status: in_force

All bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be lithographed or engraved, and printed in two (2) or more colors, to prevent counterfeiting, and shall be in such denominations as shall be specified by the governing authorities of the municipality. Such bonds shall be registered as issued, be numbered in a regular series from one (1) upward, and every such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was issued and the total amount authorized to be issued, and shall be made payable to bearer. Interest shall be evidenced by proper coupons thereto attached. The governing authorities of such municipality shall annually levy a special tax upon all of the taxable property within the municipality, which shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds according to the terms thereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-47-1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 38 / Section 47-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-47-1
Status: in_force

The Delta Natural Gas District of Humphreys and Sunflower Counties having acquired certain funds from the operation of its systems is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to use surplus funds for further development of the district and to distribute a portion thereof to the City of Inverness, Town of Isola and the City of Belzoni, which municipalities compose the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-83 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-83
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation aggrieved by the action of the governing authorities of any municipality under Sections 21-33-1 through 21-33-85 shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-53 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 33-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-53
Status: in_force

The tax collector shall collect municipal taxes during the time and in the same manner and under the same penalties as the state and county taxes are collected. He shall, where not otherwise provided, in all particulars be governed by the general revenue laws of the state, so far as applicable, in making such collections. He shall make the reports thereby required to the governing authorities. He shall receive only such commissions or compensations as may be allowed by ordinance. In no case shall he retain any commissions or compensations from his collections, but the full amount of such collections shall be paid to the municipal treasurer or depository, and his commissions or compensations shall thereafter be paid by allowance thereof by the governing authorities of the municipality, and the issuance of warrants, as in other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-73 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-73
Status: in_force

Any municipality in the state having a tax lien for special improvements or any other tax lien upon property located therein is hereby authorized, when the said property is offered for sale by the state and county for state and county taxes due thereon, to purchase at such tax sale the property upon which it holds said special improvement lien, and shall be authorized to pay the amount of its bid therefor.

Whenever property upon which any municipality in this state holds a lien has already been sold for state and county taxes, the municipality may redeem the tax sale the same as other lien holders in the state, and authority for municipalities to so thus redeem is hereby granted.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-7 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-7
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of each municipality shall prescribe by order the form of the personal assessment roll, which shall generally be in the form prescribed for and used by the counties for the assessment of personal property. Additional columns may be provided if deemed convenient and necessary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-307 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-307
Status: in_force

(1) The right of a person to an annuity, a retirement allowance, or benefit, or to the return of contributions, or to any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of Articles 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter; the system; and the monies in the system created by such articles, are hereby exempt from any state, county or municipal ad valorem taxes, income taxes, premium taxes, privilege taxes, property taxes, sales and use taxes, or other taxes not so named, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except as specifically otherwise provided in Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter effective January 1, 1988, and except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Any retired member or beneficiary receiving a retirement allowance or benefit under Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter may authorize the Public Employees' Retirement System to make deductions from the retirement allowance or benefit for the payment of employer or system sponsored group life or health insurance. The deductions authorized under this subsection shall be subject to rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-35 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-35
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to adopt reasonable ordinances for the regulation of transient vendors not inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 75-85-1 through 75-85-19 . However, said authorities shall not have the power to declare residential solicitations by transient vendors who are citizens of the State of Mississippi, or who are agents of corporations domiciled in the State of Mississippi, or who are agents of foreign corporations qualified to do business in the State of Mississippi, to be a public nuisance or a misdemeanor, unless said transient vendors are not in compliance with Sections 75-85-1 through 75-85-19 or local regulations. Before transacting any business, all transient vendors shall furnish to the municipality wherein said business is to be transacted, a good and sufficient penal bond in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) conditioned that if said transient vendor shall comply with all of the provisions of the municipal ordinances relating to transient vendors said obligation shall be void, otherwise, to remain in full force and effect. Any ordinance adopted by the governing authority of a municipality under the provisions of this section shall control as to the area within such municipality, regardless of the existence of a county ordinance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-245 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-245
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-245
Status: in_force

If any member of said fire and/or police department who has been in paid fire and/or police department service for as long as twenty (20) years before making application hereinafter mentioned, the last ten (10) years of which shall have been continuous in the city in which the application is made, shall make written application for retirement and relief, the board of disability and relief shall without medical examinations of disability, retire him from active service in said fire and/or police department. Upon such retirement from active service said disability and relief board shall order the payment to such retired member monthly from said fund a sum equal to fifty percent (50%) of the average monthly base salary and longevity pay received as salary by such member in the six-month period next before the filing of such application in said fire and/or police department. Such payments shall thereafter be made to said retired member for life, such payments to be known as “retired relief.”

Any member of the fire and/or police department who has been in paid fire and/or police department service for longer than twenty (20) years shall be entitled to and shall receive additional retired relief payment for life in a sum equal to one and seven-tenths percent (1.7%) of the same monthly base salary and longevity pay received by such member in the six-month period next preceding the filing of said application for each full year of service in excess of twenty (20) years' service. However, such additional retired relief payment shall be paid only for each year served after July 1, 1966. No retired relief payment to any member shall exceed sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2 / 3 %) of the average monthly base salary and longevity pay received by a member for the six-month period next preceding the filing of said application, except such other additional benefits as may be hereinafter provided.

The board of disability and relief shall, when a member of the fire and/or police department completes thirty-five (35) years of paid employment, or attains the age of sixty (60), whichever occurs first, retire him from active service in said fire and/or police department and order the payment of such funds as the member is entitled to under this article.

Periods of time in which a member may have been inactive on account of physical or mental disability shall not be excluded in computing the twenty-year period and the ten-year period hereinabove mentioned. Neither shall there be excluded therefrom periods of time within which a member may have been absent from his employment while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any civil employee engaged by the Armed Forces of the United States while serving outside the continental United States, in time of war during World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, Cuban Crisis, Berlin Crisis, Vietnam Conflict, or when involuntarily called on active duty, provided that the maximum period for such creditable service shall be four (4) years unless positive proof can be furnished by such person that he was retained in the Armed Forces by cause beyond his control, and without opportunity of discharge, and provided that the discharge or release of such member from the Armed Forces was under conditions other than dishonorable. Any member who has been retired or is voluntarily retired hereunder, or who has received relief or disability benefits hereunder, shall be required to report such duties as then may be required of them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-47 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-47
Status: in_force

The city council shall, by resolution, fix the hours of service of all officers and employees of the city.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-251 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 27-251
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-251
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this section and Section 21-27-253 , the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed by this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Governing body ” means the Mayor and Board of Aldermen or Council, as applicable, of a town.

(b) “ Short-line railroad project ” means any combination of the acquisition, restoration, construction, ownership, operation, oversight, maintenance and disposition of a short-line railroad by a town.

(c) “ Short-line railroad ” means a rail line that is no more than fifty (50) total route miles in length, located within and without the State of Mississippi, together with the line's corresponding right-of-way, fixtures, facilities, and related improvements, and that, as an independent operating concern, would qualify under the standards of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board as a Class III rail carrier under 49 CFR 1201(1-1) .

(d) “ Town ” means a municipal corporation existing within the State of Mississippi classified as a town pursuant to Section 21-1-1, Mississippi Code of 1972 , as of April 20, 2024, with a short-line railroad partially located within its municipal boundaries.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-29 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-29
Status: in_force

The said governing authorities shall have power to declare an extension of such service to any adjacent territory, within or adjoining such municipality, upon petition of a majority of the property owners in such proposed added territory. In like manner, upon petition of a majority of the property owners residing therein, such fire districts may be abandoned and discontinued by the governing authorities of the municipalities involved.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-49 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 29-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-49
Status: in_force

Should the retirement reserve fund at any time be insufficient to make all payments properly payable therefrom, the amounts available in said fund shall be properly prorated until such time as amounts available therein may be sufficient to make all payments payable therefrom in full.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-55 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 31 / Section 33-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-55
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of all municipalities in this state, including private charter municipalities, are hereby authorized and empowered to cause all taxable property, whether real or personal, within the corporate limits, and liable to taxation, which from any cause has escaped taxation within the past seven (7) years, to be assessed for taxes for each year in which such property has escaped taxation. In all cases of the assessment of property under this section, the governing authorities of any municipality ordering such assessment shall fix a day for the hearing of objections to such assessment, and shall cause the municipal clerk to give to the property owner ten (10) days' written notice, by mail, if the post office address of the owner be known; if the post office address of the owner be unknown, notice shall be given by posting notice for at least ten (10) days in five (5) public places in the municipality, of the time and place for the hearing of objections to such assessment.

In the event it be discovered that the property of any railroad, or other public service corporation required by law to be assessed by the state railroad assessors, has escaped assessment and taxation for any reason, the assessor, upon his own motion, or upon request of the governing authorities of the municipality, shall notify the state railroad assessors of such fact, and state the name of the owner and the kind of property escaping assessment and taxation. The state railroad assessors shall proceed to assess such property as provided by Section 27-35-325, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

No leasehold interest in any property, real or personal, belonging to the state of Mississippi, counties, districts, municipalities or any political subdivisions, shall be subjected to ad valorem taxation for any past year on the basis of it having been omitted from the ad valorem tax rolls.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-65 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-65
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality shall have the power to expend monies from the municipal general fund to match any other funds for the purpose of supporting social and community service programs including, but not limited to, juvenile residential treatment centers; juvenile and half-way houses; prenatal care facilities; child day care facilities; mentally ill and alcoholics half-way houses; child and adult emergency shelters; elderly home health aides programs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-331 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-331
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, where benefits are payable to a designated beneficiary or beneficiaries under Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter and the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries as provided by the member on the most recent form filed with the system is deceased or otherwise disqualified at the time such benefits become payable, the following persons, in descending order of precedence, shall be eligible to receive such benefits:

(a) The surviving spouse of the member or retiree;

(b) The children of the member or retiree or their descendants, per stirpes;

(c) The brothers and sisters of the member or retiree or their descendants, per stirpes;

(d) The parents of the member or retiree;

(e) The executor or administrator on behalf of the member or retiree's estate;

(f) The persons entitled by law to distribution of the member or retiree's estate.

(2) Any monthly benefits payable to a beneficiary who dies prior to cashing his or her final check(s) and/or any additional benefits payable pursuant to a cost-of-living adjustment still payable at the death of a beneficiary receiving monthly benefits shall be paid as follows:

(a) The surviving spouse of the beneficiary;

(b) The children of the beneficiary or their descendants, per stirpes;

(c) The brothers and sisters of the beneficiary or their descendants, per stirpes;

(d) The parents of the beneficiary;

(e) The executor or administrator on behalf of the beneficiary's estate;

(f) The persons entitled by law to distribution of the beneficiary's estate.

(3) In the event no claim is made by any individual listed in subsection (2) of this section, a distribution may be made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.

(4) Payment under the provisions of this section shall bar recovery by any other person of the benefits distributed. Payment of benefits made to one or more members of a class of individuals are made on behalf of all members of the class. Any members of the class coming forward after payment is made must look to those who received the payment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-45 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-45
Status: in_force

(1) Any municipality in the state having a population of less than five hundred according to the 1960 decennial census and being situated in a county bordering the State of Tennessee and having a 1960 population in excess of fifteen thousand but less than twenty thousand, and any municipality having a population according to the 1960 federal decennial census in excess of two thousand but less than two thousand two hundred and being in a county bordering the Pearl River and having an area in excess of eight hundred twenty-five square miles, and all municipalities located in counties with two judicial districts in which municipalities Mississippi Highway 35 runs and which have a population according to the latest available federal census in excess of three hundred forty-two but less than one thousand, acting by and through the mayor and board of aldermen, is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to pay a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($225.00) per month to any nonprofit civic and development corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Mississippi for the purposes set forth herein.

(2) The funds shall be expended by said nonprofit corporation for the purpose of building, equipping, maintaining and operating a community park, a community house, tennis courts, bowling lanes, lakes, golf courses and swimming pools, for the acquisition of land and facilities to be used for the aforesaid purposes, for the purchase of land and the making of improvements thereon for industrial development, and for other public purposes, and for the repayment of loans secured for the purposes set forth herein.

(3) This section, without reference to any other statutes, shall be full and complete authority to expend the money for the purposes enumerated herein, and all powers necessary to be exercised by the mayor and board of aldermen in order to carry out the purposes of this section are herein expressly conferred on said mayor and board.

(4) The mayor and board of aldermen are further authorized and empowered to adopt any and all lawful resolutions, orders, and/or ordinances, and to do and perform any and all acts and things necessary and requisite to carry out the purposes of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-189 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-189
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-189
Status: in_force

A municipality, as defined in Section 21-27-163 , is authorized and empowered, in the discretion of its governmental authorities, to exercise the following powers and authority within the area and territories comprising the metropolitan area of which it is a part:

(a) To operate and manage sewerage systems, sewage treatment facilities and sewage disposal systems and related facilities serving the metropolitan area in conformance with the metropolitan area plan.

(b) To construct, operate and maintain sewerage systems, sewage treatment facilities and sewage disposal systems in the manner and to the extent required by the metropolitan area plan.

(c) To accept and utilize grants and other funds from any source for waste treatment management purposes.

(d) To establish and maintain rates and charges in equitable proportion for the use of the services and benefits rendered of such sewerage systems, sewage treatment facilities and sewage disposal systems within the metropolitan area, and from time to time to adjust such rates, to the end that the revenues therefrom will be sufficient at all times to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining such works, facilities and systems and all of the municipality's obligations under any contract or bond resolution with respect thereto. The rates shall be just and reasonable, and rates may not be unreasonably preferential, prejudicial or discriminatory but shall be sufficient, equitable and consistent in application to each class of users. While the municipality may set different rates for different classifications of users, a municipality shall not discriminate in setting rates among members of the same classification. The governing authorities of the municipality shall make a finding on the minutes of the governing body establishing the rate based upon the actual cost to operate and maintain the system, and a municipality shall not charge a user a fee for services received which is less than the cost incurred by the municipality to provide such services.

(e) To incur short and long-term indebtedness under the provisions of Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 or other applicable statutes.

(f) To adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the implementation of the metropolitan area plan and to assure the payment of each participating person or public agency of its proportionate share of treatment costs.

(g) To refuse to receive any waste from any public agency or subdivision thereof or any other person which does not comply with the provisions of the metropolitan area plan applicable to the particular area within which such public agency or subdivision thereof or any other person is located.

(h) To accept industrial waste for treatment and to require the pretreatment of same when within the opinion of the municipality such pretreatment is necessary.

(i) To adopt all necessary and reasonable rules and regulations to carry out and effectuate any waste treatment plan adopted for the metropolitan area.

(j) To require by ordinance or by contract with a public agency or other person that all waste within the metropolitan area be disposed of through sewerage systems, treatment facilities and sewage disposal systems which comprise a part of the metropolitan area plan, to the extent that the same may be available, but no public agency shall be precluded from constructing, operating and maintaining its own sewerage system if the same be a part of the metropolitan area plan.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-89 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-89
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-89
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality having a population of less than one thousand, according to the last federal census, shall have the power and authority, in their discretion, to assess, levy and collect an additional ad valorem tax on all of the taxable property in such municipality of not exceeding two mills on the dollar for street maintenance, upkeep and construction purposes, and/or an additional ad valorem tax on all of the taxable property in such municipality of not exceeding two mills on the dollar for cemetery improvement, upkeep and maintenance purposes, which said taxes shall be in addition to all other taxes now authorized by law. However, such taxes shall not be levied unless and until the levy thereof has been approved by a majority of the qualified voters of such municipality voting in an election to be held for such purpose, notice of which election shall be given in some newspaper having a general circulation in such municipality not less than twenty nor more than thirty days prior to such election; one publication of such notice shall be sufficient. No consideration for homestead exemption refunds shall be considered in connection with the assessment and levy provided herein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-35-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 35 / Section 35-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-35-5
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of each municipality of the State of Mississippi shall, not later than September 15 each year, prepare a complete budget of the municipal revenues, expenses and working cash balances estimated for the next fiscal year, and shall prepare a statement showing the aggregate revenues collected during the current year in said municipality for municipal purposes. Such statement shall show every source of revenue along with the amount derived from each source. Said budget of any municipality of one thousand five hundred (1,500) inhabitants or more, according to the last preceding federal census, with said statement of revenue and expenses, shall be published at least one (1) time during September of said year in a newspaper published in such municipality or, if no newspaper be published in such municipality, in any newspaper published in the county wherein the municipality is located. In municipalities of less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) inhabitants, according to the last preceding federal census, as many as three (3) prepared statements of said budget shall be posted in three (3) public places in said municipalities.

Prior to the adoption of a budget pursuant to this section, the governing authority of each municipality shall hold at least one (1) public hearing to provide the general public with an opportunity to comment on the taxing and spending plan incorporated in the proposed budget. The public hearing shall be held at least one (1) week prior to the adoption of the budget with advance notice and held outside normal working hours. The advance notice shall include an announcement published or posted in the same manner as required for the final adopted budget.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-253 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-253
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-253
Status: in_force

Any member of said fire and/or police department who ceases to be an employee thereof prior to becoming eligible for any retirement relief provided for in Section 21-29-251 may file a written application to said disability and relief board for a refund of any and all monies contributed to said fund by said member, and thereafter within one year shall receive, without interest, such monies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-35 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-35
Status: in_force

The governing authorities, after having heard and determined all objections to the assessment roll, or rolls, and the assessments therein contained, shall approve the same by an order entered on the minutes. Such order shall state the grand total of the personal roll and the grand total of the land roll. In the event the municipality has added territory, the order shall recite, separately, the above totals for the municipality, for the added territory, and the grand total for the separate school district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-15 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-15
Status: in_force

The municipality may from time to time authorize the revision and codification of the ordinances, and their publication in pamphlet or book form. When so revised, arranged, classified and codified, said book or pamphlet may be adopted by ordinance as the official code of ordinances of the municipality without compliance with the requirements pertaining to the passage of ordinances. Such official code of ordinances may be amended by section or sections in the manner provided in this chapter. The municipality may cause to be published in connection therewith the laws relating to municipalities, with such annotations of supreme court decisions thereon as may be proper, and such forms and instructions as it shall deem advisable. The whole may be preceded by a historical sketch of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-17 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 38 / Section 39-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-17
Status: in_force

All expenditures of money from the treasury of any municipality for any purpose whatsoever shall be in pursuance of the allowance of a claim as hereinbefore specified in Section 21-39-9 , or in pursuance of a specific appropriation made by order, which such appropriation shall be specific as to each separate expenditure in so far as may be practical. If the mayor, clerk, or any other person shall wilfully or feloniously issue, sign or attest any warrant for the expenditure of money from the municipal treasury when such expenditure is not authorized by an order entered on the minutes of such municipality, then such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. In addition such person shall, upon conviction, automatically be removed from his office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-53 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 33-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-53
Status: in_force

The tax collector shall collect municipal taxes during the time and in the same manner and under the same penalties as the state and county taxes are collected. He shall, where not otherwise provided, in all particulars be governed by the general revenue laws of the state, so far as applicable, in making such collections. He shall make the reports thereby required to the governing authorities. He shall receive only such commissions or compensations as may be allowed by ordinance. In no case shall he retain any commissions or compensations from his collections, but the full amount of such collections shall be paid to the municipal treasurer or depository, and his commissions or compensations shall thereafter be paid by allowance thereof by the governing authorities of the municipality, and the issuance of warrants, as in other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-19 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-19
Status: in_force

At all elections held to choose a mayor and councilmen, or any of them, the choice of the person or persons voting shall be indicated and the ballots shall be marked in like manner as is provided by law for general state and county elections.

The poll managers at all special and general elections for mayor and councilmen, or any of them, shall immediately, upon the closing of the polls, count the ballots and ascertain the number of votes cast in each voting precinct for each of the candidates and make return thereof to the municipal election commissioners. On the day following any special or general election, the municipal election commissioners shall canvass the returns so received from all the voting precincts, and shall within six (6) business days after such special or general election, deliver to each person receiving the highest number of votes a certificate of election. If it shall appear by the returns that any two (2) candidates for mayor or councilmen, have received an equal number of votes, the election shall be decided by a toss of a coin or by lot, fairly and publicly drawn under the direction of the election commissioners, with the aid of a friend of each such candidates, and a certificate of election shall be given accordingly.

The election commissioners shall, within ten (10) business days after any special or general election, certify to the Secretary of State the name or names of the person or persons elected at such special or general election, and the Secretary of State shall, immediately upon receiving such certificates, deliver the same to the Governor, who shall immediately issue commissions to the persons mentioned in certificate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-235 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-235
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-235
Status: in_force

Any fire insurance company, subject to the tax mentioned in Section 21-29-229 , which shall fail to make a report or statement required therein after thirty days demand therefor by the commissioner of insurance, shall forfeit to said fund the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by the commissioner for the use of such municipality, and the commissioner shall have the right to revoke the license of such company.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-21 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 31-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-21
Status: in_force

The tenure of everyone holding an office, place, position or employment under the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 shall be only during good behavior. Any such person may be removed or discharged, suspended without pay, demoted or reduced in rank, or deprived of vacation privileges or other special privileges, or any combination thereof, for any of the following reasons:

Incompetency, inefficiency, or inattention of duty; dishonesty, intemperance, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public or a fellow employee, or any other act of omission or commission tending to injure the public service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-21 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-21
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality are hereby authorized to create, by ordinance, a fire district within or adjoining such municipality when petitioned so to do by a majority of the owners of property, either real or personal, located within such proposed fire district. After the creation of the fire district such governing authorities shall cause the ordinance creating such fire district to be published three weeks in some newspaper in such municipality, or the county in which the municipality is located, and at the next regular meeting of the governing authorities after such three weeks' publication, they shall declare such territory to be a fire district as provided by this section. Such governing authorities shall have full power to contract for laying water mains and any other pipes or connections to the water mains to be used in said fire district, and for the establishment and maintenance of fire service therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-65 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 27-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-65
Status: in_force

If, after the governing authorities of any municipality have issued revenue bonds pursuant to the authority granted in Sections 21-27-23 and 21-27-51 , said governing authorities fail or refuse to carry out their duties with reference to setting aside the trust funds, said officers shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon trial and conviction, shall be removed from office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-207 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-207
Status: in_force

Both the board and commission may adopt, modify, repeal and promulgate, after due notice and hearing, and may make exceptions to and grant exemptions and variances from and may enforce those rules, regulations and procedures as are necessary or appropriate to effectuate the duties and responsibilities of these agencies arising under Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 . The rules, regulations and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, the following: criteria for classifying municipal and domestic community water systems, nontransient, noncommunity water systems and wastewater facilities; qualifications for operators of community water systems, nontransient, noncommunity water systems and wastewater facilities; certification of operators of commercial Class I rubbish sites; procedures for examining or testing applicants for operator certificates; procedures and fees for issuing, reissuing, modifying, revoking or terminating operator certificates; and reciprocal certification of operators certified in other states having certification requirements not less stringent than those established by the board and commission. Any increase in the fees charged by the board under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 33-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-9
Status: in_force

The assessment of all real and personal property in any municipality subject to taxation, except such property as is required by law to be assessed by the state railroad assessors, shall be made by the municipal assessor, by one (1) of the following methods:

(a) The governing authorities of any municipality may provide that the assessor shall copy from the county assessment rolls of real and personal property, that portion of the assessment rolls which embraces property, or persons, within the municipality. The copy may be made at any time after the county assessment rolls are filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, by the county tax assessor.

(b) The governing authorities of any municipality may provide for a separate assessment to be made each year, by its assessor, of all taxable personal property, and each year, or each two (2) years, of all taxable real property, including buildings, improvements, structures or other interests therein.

If the governing authorities provide for a separate assessment by the assessor, as provided by paragraph (b) above, the assessor shall use tax lists for both real and personal property generally the same as the tax lists prescribed for county assessors.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) to the contrary, the governing authorities of any municipality which is located within a county having completed a countywide reappraisal approved by the state tax commission and which has been furnished a true copy of that part of the county assessment roll containing the property located within the municipality as provided in Section 27-35-167 shall adopt such assessment roll for its assessment purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-73 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-73
Status: in_force

The fixing of the rate of compensation of every employee coming under the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 shall remain vested in those public officials authorized by law to fix the rate of such compensation, and nothing contained in said sections shall infringe upon the power and authority of any such public officials to so fix the rate of such compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-215 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-215
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 to the contrary, holders of valid certificates of competency obtained through examination under the voluntary certification program sponsored by the association may, on or before June 30, 1987, apply to the board or commission for, and shall be issued, an operator's certificate issued under the provisions of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 without further examination or proof of other qualifications, provided such state-issued certificate shall be valid only for the class of facility covered by the association certificate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-57 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-57
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the civil service commission to make suitable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 and not inconsistent with personnel rules and regulations duly adopted by the governing authorities of the municipality. Such rules and regulations shall provide in detail the manner of conducting examinations, appointments, promotions, transfers, reinstatements, demotions, suspensions and discharges, and may also provide for any other matter connected with the general subject of personnel administration, and which may be considered desirable to further carry out the general purposes of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 . It shall have the power to conduct investigations, and make reports on all matters touching the enforcement and effect of the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 , and the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. The commission shall have the power to investigate all complaints which must be reduced to writing, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and conduct hearings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-15 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-15
Status: in_force

Neither the municipal judge, the marshal or chief of police, any police officer, or any other officer, shall receive any fees or costs in any case in the municipal court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-21 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-21
Status: in_force

(1) The mayor and the members of the council shall be qualified electors of the municipality. The compensation for the mayor and the members of the council shall be set by the council. After the salaries of the first mayor and first council have been determined by the council of any municipality electing to come under the provision of this chapter, such salaries shall be effective immediately. Thereafter, any increases or decreases in the salary for the mayor or councilmen may be authorized by the council at any time prior to ninety (90) days before the next general election for the selection of municipal officers. Such increases or decreases shall not become effective until the next elected mayor and council takes office.

(2) The salary of the mayor, councilmen and all employees of such municipality shall be paid at such periods as may be fixed by the council, but not less frequently than once a month; however, no salaries or wages shall be paid to any officer or employee of such municipality until after the same shall have been earned. Every officer or employee of the municipality shall receive such a salary of compensation as the council shall by ordinance provide, and the salary compensation of all employees of such municipality shall be fixed by the council from time to time, as occasion may demand.

(3) The city council shall have the power and authority to provide for and pay to any member of the police department or fire department of such municipality additional compensation for services and duties performed by any such member over and above the usual and regular number of days and hours per week or month ordinarily worked by such member. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve any such member of the police department or fire department from being subject to call for duty on a twenty-four-hour basis whether or not additional compensation is paid. Provided, however, that no policeman or fireman shall perform any duties or other work during regular working hours for any person or association, group or drive, or during hours for which he is being paid for the performance of official duties as policeman or fireman.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-145 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-145
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-145
Status: in_force

(1) If any member of the fire or police department dies in active service, or dies in inactive service on account of disability approved for disability relief under the provisions of Section 21-29-133 , as a result of injury received while in the discharge of duty in the service of the fire department or police department, or dies as a result of sickness or disease, due to the discharge of duty while in service as a member of the fire or police department, or if the member dies while entitled to relief after retirement under Section 21-29-139 , the amount of disability relief or retirement being paid, or which should have been properly paid, shall continue to be paid from the fund to the spouse of the deceased member for the use of the spouse and the child or children of the deceased member, so long as the spouse remains unmarried. If, after the marriage of the spouse, there remains a child or children of the deceased member, the payments shall continue to be made to a parent or lawful custodian of the child or children without the necessity of appointment as guardian for the benefit of the child or children. After the death or marriage of the spouse, all payments to the spouse shall cease, and after the death of any child or children of the deceased member, all payments to the child or children shall cease. If the deceased member is not survived by spouse or child or children, but is survived by a father, mother, or an unmarried sister dependent upon him or her, the payments shall continue to be made to the dependent father or mother or both, so long as each lives, or if there is no dependent father or mother surviving the deceased member, the payments shall continue to be made to the unmarried dependent sister or dependent sisters of the deceased, so long as the beneficiary or beneficiaries remain unmarried. Upon the death or marriage of any such sister, all payments shall cease to her. Payments to dependents under this section are for services rendered by the members of the fire and/or police department, and the amount of payment is within the discretion of the board of disability and relief, but in no event shall the amount payable under this section be in excess of the amount that would have been payable as disability and relief to a member of the department. If the father, mother , or sisters are not wholly dependent, then they shall not receive any amount in excess of the difference between the income of the father, mother, sister or sisters, and the amount that the deceased member would have been entitled to.

(2) For purposes of this section:

(a) “ Dependent ” means wholly dependent upon the deceased at the time of his death.

(b) “ Child ” or “ children ” means:

(i) Children of the deceased member under the age of eighteen (18);

(ii) Children of the deceased member eighteen (18) years of age or older who have not yet reached their twenty-third birthday and are pursuing a full-time education; or

(iii) Children of the deceased member who, though eighteen (18) years of age or older, are wholly dependent upon the deceased member and incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical disability.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-45 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-45
Status: in_force

Any municipality voting to adopt the mayor-council form of government after adoption of this chapter shall have an election of municipal officers within the time and in the manner provided by statute, and such officers and the form of government shall take effect and be instituted at the time of the taking of office for the newly elected officials as expressly provided by statute.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-79 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-79
Status: in_force

The tax collectors of all municipalities are hereby authorized to refund erroneously-paid privilege or ad valorem taxes paid such municipalities. An applicant for such refunds shall submit application to the tax collector of any such municipality, and if such claim be found by the tax collector to be due, and is allowed, then the tax collector of said municipality shall issue a warrant to the claimant and deduct the proper amounts from his next settlement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-1-39 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-1-39
Status: in_force

Whenever the corporate limits of any municipality shall be enlarged or contracted, as herein provided, the chancery clerk shall, after the expiration of ten days from the date of such decree if no appeal be taken therefrom, forward to the secretary of state a certified copy of such decree, which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and shall remain a permanent record thereof. In the event an appeal be taken from such decree and such decree is affirmed, then the certified copy thereof shall be forwarded to the secretary of state within ten days after receipt of the mandate from the supreme court notifying the clerk of such affirmance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-41 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 33-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-41
Status: in_force

When the roll is finally completed by the governing authorities of the municipality, in accordance with law, the clerk shall make a true and correct copy of each roll, including the assessment of property in any added territory, and the original shall be retained and carefully preserved by him as a public record in his office. The clerk shall make the proper extensions of the total amount of property assessed to every taxpayer, and the total assessment of each parcel or tract of land, both within the municipality and in the added territory, if there be any. The clerk shall add truly and correctly every page of the copy, and carry the results thereof to the recapitulation, and he shall add said recapitulation and attach his certificate to the roll, or rolls, verifying the truth and correctness of all calculations and entries in the copy. The copy of the assessment rolls, of both real and personal property, as hereby provided, shall be placed in the hands of the tax collector and be his warrant for the collection of municipal and separate school district ad valorem taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-325.1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 33-325.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-325.1
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authorities of a municipality that was formerly a census-designated place, as identified by the United States Census Bureau, and is incorporated during calendar year 2011, 2012 or 2013, shall have the power and authority to borrow money for the current expenses of the municipality from the date of incorporation in anticipation of the ad valorem taxes to be collected for the then current fiscal year and the next succeeding fiscal year. The governing authorities of the municipality may borrow such money from any available fund in the municipal treasury, or from any other source, and such loan shall be repaid in the manner provided in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) The money borrowed shall bear interest at a rate not greater than that allowed in Section 75-17-105 and shall be repaid not later than the following March 15, out of the first monies collected by reason of the tax levy in anticipation of which such money is borrowed, and such money shall be used for no other purpose than the payment of the current expenses of such municipality. The amount borrowed under the provisions of this section shall in no event exceed fifty percent (50%) of the anticipated, but then uncollected, revenue to be produced by the then current tax levy, or levies, against which such money is borrowed.

(3) In borrowing money under the provisions of this section, it shall not be necessary to publish notice of intention so to do or to secure the consent of the qualified electors, either by election or otherwise. Such borrowing may be authorized by resolution of the governing authorities and may be evidenced by a negotiable note, or notes, signed and executed in such form as may be prescribed in such resolution. Money may be borrowed in anticipation of ad valorem taxes under the provisions of this section, regardless of whether or not such borrowing shall create an indebtedness in excess of statutory limitations.

(4) Money may likewise be borrowed by the governing authorities of any municipality, as herein provided, for the purpose of paying current interest maturities on any bonded indebtedness of such municipality in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the retirement of such bonded indebtedness and the payment of any interest thereon.

(5) No governing authorities of a municipality shall borrow money or incur indebtedness as prescribed in this section after March 1, 2014.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-53 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 31-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-53
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The members of the civil service commission shall be appointed by the city commission, shall be three (3) in number, and shall serve without compensation; however, the governing authority of any municipality having a population of not less than one hundred thousand (100,000) according to the federal census of 1960 may, in its discretion, pay each of the members of said commission a sum not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per month to compensate them for their services, and the governing authorities of any other municipality, in their discretion, may pay each of the members of the commission a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month to compensate them for their services. No person shall be appointed a member of such commission who is not a citizen of the United States, a resident of such city for at least five (5) years immediately preceding such appointment, and an elector of the county wherein he resides. The terms of office of such commissioners shall be for six (6) years, except that the first three (3) members shall be appointed for different terms as follows: one (1) to serve a period of two (2) years, one (1) to serve a period of four (4) years, and one (1) to serve a period of six (6) years.

(b) From and after May 18, 1988, the effective date of Chapter 535, 1988 Regular Session, the governing authorities of any municipality organized under the provisions of Chapter 8, Title 21, Mississippi Code of 1972 , in which a civil service commission is created pursuant to Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 , may increase the members of the commission to the same number of wards into which the municipality is divided and, if the commission is so expanded, the governing authorities shall appoint one (1) member of the commission from each ward. The commissioners shall serve without compensation; however, the governing authority of any municipality having a population of not less than one hundred thousand (100,000) according to the federal census of 1960 may, in its discretion, pay each of the members of the commission a sum not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per month to compensate them for their services, and the governing authorities of any other municipality, in their discretion, may pay each of the members of the commission a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month to compensate them for their services. No person shall be appointed a member of such commission who is not a citizen of the United States, a resident of the municipality for at least five (5) years immediately preceding such appointment, and an elector of the county wherein he resides. When making initial appointments under this paragraph (b), the governing authorities may stagger the terms of such appointees provided that no initial appointment is made for a period of less than one (1) year nor more than six (6) years; thereafter, all appointments shall be for terms of six (6) years. Appointment of members of the commission by the governing authorities under this paragraph (b) shall be made by the mayor with the confirmation of an affirmative vote of a majority of the city council present and voting at any meeting.

(c) From and after July 1, 1994, the governing authorities of any municipality described in Section 21-31-51(2)(b) , in which a civil service commission is created pursuant to Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 , may increase the membership of the commission to five (5), with one (1) member appointed by the governing authorities from each ward and one (1) appointed from the municipality at large. The governing authorities of the municipality may, in their discretion, pay each of the members of the commission a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month. No person shall be appointed a member of such commission who is not a citizen of the United States, a resident of the municipality for at least five (5) years immediately preceding such appointment, and an elector of the county wherein he resides. When making initial appointments under this paragraph (c), the governing authorities may stagger the terms of such appointees provided that no initial appointment is made for a period of less than one (1) year nor more than six (6) years; thereafter, all appointments shall be for terms of six (6) years.

(2) Any member of such commission may be removed from office for incompetency, incompatibility, dereliction of duty or other good cause, by the appointing power. However, no member shall be removed until charges have been preferred in writing and a full hearing before the appointing power. Any member being removed shall have the right of appeal, any time within thirty (30) days thereafter, to the circuit court and may demand a jury; such trial shall be confined to the determination of whether the order of removal made by the appointing power was, or was not, made in good faith and for cause.

(3) A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-91 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 33-91
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-91
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) according to the most recent federal census and in which the qualified electors have approved at a special election participation in redevelopment projects in its central business district pursuant to Sections 43-35-201 through 43-35-235 may, in their discretion, exempt from all municipal ad valorem taxes, for a period of not more than seven (7) years from and after January 1, 1974, any privately owned new structures and any new renovations of and improvements to existing structures lying within a slum or blighted area within the central business district, as determined by the municipality, but only if such structures shall have been constructed, renovated or improved pursuant with the requirements of the approved project of the municipality for redevelopment of slum or blighted areas within its central business district. Such exemption shall be granted upon written application only after the finding by the governing authorities of a municipality that the construction, renovation or improvement of said property is for the purpose of promoting business and commerce in the central business district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-38-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 38 / Section 38-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-38-9
Status: in_force

Any ordinance to incorporate real property into the corporate boundaries of a municipality under this chapter shall include the following provisions and shall be effective as follows:

(a) The ordinance shall accurately describe the metes and bounds of the real property to be incorporated, and only real property acquired or leased from the United States under this chapter shall be subject to such incorporation.

(b) If the United States retains ownership of the real property to be incorporated by the municipality, the United States must consent to the incorporation and a written statement of such consent must be cited and included in the ordinance.

(c) The ordinance shall provide that it will not become effective until publication thereof shall have been made once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper, or newspapers, published or having a general circulation in the county in which the municipality and the real property to be incorporated are located.

(d) Subject only to the limitations of this chapter, the ordinance shall become effective upon the effective date fixed therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-59 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-59
Status: in_force

Every municipality of this state, in or near which a state university or other state-supported four-year college is now or hereafter may be located, in which there has been constructed or is contemplated, an airport for use by said university or college, as the case may be, may, in the discretion of its governing authorities, contribute funds and aid and assist by the donation of lands, furnishing of materials and labor, use of general municipal operating funds, or otherwise, in acquiring a site, erecting suitable buildings, and constructing, equipping, maintaining and operating an airport for use by the university or college, as the case may be, and for use by the general public in said municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-45 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-45
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of each municipality of this state shall, either at their regular meeting in September of each year or not later than ten (10) days after the final approval of the assessment rolls, levy the municipal ad valorem taxes for the fiscal year next succeeding, and shall, by resolution, fix the tax rate or levy for the municipality and for any other taxing districts of which the municipality may be a part. The rates or levies for the municipality or for any such taxing district shall be expressed in mills or a decimal fraction of a mill, which tax rates, or levies, shall determine the ad valorem taxes to be collected upon each dollar of valuation upon the assessment rolls of the municipality for municipal taxes, and to be collected upon each dollar of valuation as shown upon the assessment rolls of the municipality for each such taxing district, except as to such values as may be exempt, in whole or in part, from certain tax rates or levies. If the rates or levies for the municipality or taxing district are an increase from the previous fiscal year, then the proposed rate or levy increase shall be advertised in accordance with Section 27-39-203 .

In making the levy of taxes, the governing authorities shall specify in such resolution the levy for each purpose as follows:

(a) For general revenue purposes and for general improvements, as authorized by Section 27-39-307 .

(b) For school purposes, including all maintenance levies, whether made against the property within such municipality, or within any taxing district embraced in such municipality, as authorized by Section 27-39-307 and Section 37-57-3 et seq.

(c) For municipal bonds and interest thereon, for school bonds and interest thereon, separately for municipal-wide bonds and for the bonds of each school district.

(d) For municipal-wide bonds and interest thereon, other than for school bonds.

(e) For loans, notes or any other obligation, and the interest thereon, if permitted by law.

(f) For special improvement or special benefit levies, as now authorized by law.

(g) For any other purpose for which a levy is lawfully made. If any municipal-wide levy is made for any general or special purpose under the provisions of any law other than Section 27-39-307 each such levy shall be separately stated in the resolution, and the law authorizing same shall be expressly stated therein.

If the governing authorities of any municipality shall not levy the municipal taxes and the district taxes at its regular September meeting, such governing authorities shall levy the same at an adjourned or special meeting not later than ten (10) days after the final approval of the assessment rolls. However, that if such levy be not made on or before September 15 then road and bridge privilege tax license plates may be issued by the tax collector or Department of Revenue, as the case may be, for motor vehicles as defined in the Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Law of 1958 ( Section 27-51-1 et seq. ), without collecting or requiring proof of payment of municipal ad valorem taxes until such levy is duly certified to him, and for twenty-four (24) hours thereafter.

In the case of a municipality operating under a special or private charter providing for or authorizing the assessment, levying and collection of ad valorem taxes prior to October in each year, ad valorem taxes for such municipality shall be levied at the time prescribed or authorized by such special or private charter, unless the governing authority of such municipality by resolution adopted and spread of record in its minutes elect to levy ad valorem taxes at the time prescribed hereinbefore in this section. In any event, however, all ad valorem taxes levied by any municipality in this state, shall be levied in the manner required herein regardless of the time when such taxes are levied.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 33-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-11
Status: in_force

The municipal assessment of railroad property, and other property required by law to be assessed by the state railroad assessors, shall be made by the assessor by copying from the assessment roll of such property, filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, the assessment of all the property situated inside the municipality. Where any municipality has added territory, the assessor shall likewise copy, from the roll filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, the assessment of all the property situated within such added territory constituting, with a municipality, a separate school district. The assessment so copied shall be the legal assessment for the municipality, and the municipal separate school district, and, when certified by the clerk and placed in the hands of the municipal tax collector, shall be his warrant for the collection of municipal and separate school district ad valorem taxes.

The governing authorities of any municipality may present to the state assessors of railroads orally or in writing at any time before the assessment is made, information with respect to the property owned by any public utility, its value and the assessment of same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-79 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 33-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-79
Status: in_force

The tax collectors of all municipalities are hereby authorized to refund erroneously-paid privilege or ad valorem taxes paid such municipalities. An applicant for such refunds shall submit application to the tax collector of any such municipality, and if such claim be found by the tax collector to be due, and is allowed, then the tax collector of said municipality shall issue a warrant to the claimant and deduct the proper amounts from his next settlement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-31 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-31
Status: in_force

The governing authorities, upon completion of the equalization, correction and revision of the assessment roll or rolls, shall enter an order approving the rolls and the assessments therein contained, subject to the right of parties in interest to be heard on objections. The order adopted, approving the rolls and the assessment, shall state the total assessment of the land roll and separately of the personal roll, but this shall not be required in the case of towns and villages.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-183 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-183
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-183
Status: in_force

All bonds issued pursuant to Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 shall be validated as now provided by law by Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11 .