Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-227 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-227
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-227
Status: in_force

(1) Each county, in cooperation with municipalities within the county, shall prepare, adopt and submit to the commission for review and approval a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan for the county. Each local nonhazardous solid waste management plan shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(a) An inventory of the sources, composition and quantities by weight or volume of municipal solid waste annually generated within the county, and the source, composition and quantity by weight or volume of municipal solid waste currently transported into the county for management;

(b) An inventory of all existing facilities where municipal solid waste is currently being managed, including the environmental suitability and operational history of each facility, and the remaining available permitted capacity for each facility;

(c) An inventory of existing solid waste collection systems and transfer stations within the county. The inventory shall identify the entities engaging in municipal solid waste collection within the county;

(d) A strategy for achieving a twenty-five percent (25%) waste reduction goal through source reduction, recycling or other waste reduction technologies;

(e) A projection, using acceptable averaging methods, of municipal solid waste generated within the boundaries of the county over the next twenty (20) years;

(f) An identification of the additional municipal solid waste management facilities, including an evaluation of alternative management technologies, and the amount of additional capacity needed to manage the quantities projected in paragraph (e);

(g) An estimation of development, construction, operational, closure and post-closure costs, including a proposed method for financing those costs;

(h) A plan for meeting any projected capacity shortfall, including a schedule and methodology for attaining the required capacity;

(i) A determination of need by the county, municipality, authority or district that is submitting the plan, for any new or expanded facilities. A determination of need shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(i) Verification that the proposed facility meets needs identified in the approved local nonhazardous solid waste management plan which shall take into account the quantities of municipal solid waste generated and the design capacities of existing facilities;

(ii) Certification that the proposed facility complies with local land use and zoning requirements, if any;

(iii) Demonstration, to the extent possible, that operation of the proposed facility will not negatively impact the waste reduction strategy of the county, municipality, authority or district that is submitting the plan;

(iv) Certification that the proposed service area of the proposed facility is consistent with the local nonhazardous solid waste management plan; and

(v) A description of the extent to which the proposed facility is needed to replace other facilities; and

(j) Any other information the commission may require.

(2) Each local nonhazardous solid waste management plan may include:

(a) The preferred site or alternative sites for the construction of any additional municipal solid waste management facilities needed to properly manage the quantities of municipal solid waste projected for the service areas covered by the plan, including the factors which provided the basis for identifying the preferred or alternative sites; and

(b) The method of implementation of the plan with regard to the person who will apply for and acquire the permit for any planned additional facilities and the person who will own or operate any of the facilities.

(3) Each municipality shall cooperate with the county in planning for the management of municipal solid waste generated within its boundaries or the area served by that municipality. The governing authority of any municipality which does not desire to be included in the local nonhazardous solid waste management plan shall adopt a resolution stating its intent not to be included in the county plan. The resolution shall be provided to the board of supervisors and the commission. Any municipality resolving not to be included in a county waste plan shall prepare a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan in accordance with this section.

(4) The board of supervisors of any county may enter into interlocal agreements with one or more counties as provided by law to form a regional solid waste management authority or other district to provide for the management of municipal solid waste for all participating counties. For purposes of Section 17-17-221 through Section 17-17-227 , a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan prepared, adopted, submitted and implemented by the regional solid waste management authority or other district is sufficient to satisfy the planning requirements for the counties and municipalities within the boundaries of the authority or district.

(5)(a) Upon completion of its local nonhazardous solid waste management plan, the board of supervisors of the county shall publish in at least one (1) newspaper as defined in Section 13-3-31 , having general circulation within the county a public notice that describes the plan, specifies the location where it is available for review, and establishes a period of thirty (30) days for comments concerning the plan and a mechanism for submitting those comments. The board of supervisors shall also notify the board of supervisors of adjacent counties of the plan and shall make it available for review by the board of supervisors of each adjacent county. During the comment period, the board of supervisors of the county shall conduct at least one (1) public hearing concerning the plan. The board of supervisors of the county shall publish twice in at least one (1) newspaper as defined in Section 13-3-31 , having general circulation within the county, a notice conspicuously displayed containing the time and place of the hearing and the location where the plan is available for review.

(b) After the public hearing, the board of supervisors of the county may modify the plan based upon the public's comments. Within ninety (90) days after the public hearing, each board of supervisors shall approve a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan by resolution.

(c) A regional solid waste management authority or other district shall declare the plan to be approved as the authority's or district's solid waste management plan upon written notification, including a copy of the resolution, that the board of supervisors of each county forming the authority or district has approved the plan.

(6) Upon ratification of the plan, the governing body of the county, authority or district shall submit it to the commission for review and approval in accordance with Section 17-17-225 . The commission shall, by order, approve or disapprove the plan within one hundred eighty (180) days after its submission. The commission shall include with an order disapproving a plan a statement outlining the deficiencies in the plan and directing the governing body of the county, authority or district to submit, within one hundred twenty (120) days after issuance of the order, a revised plan that remedies those deficiencies. If the governing body of the county, authority or district, by resolution, requests an extension of the time for submission of a revised plan, the commission may, for good cause shown, grant one (1) extension for a period of not more than sixty (60) additional days.

(7) After approval of the plan or revised plan by the commission, the governing body of the county, authority or district shall implement the plan in compliance with the implementation schedule contained in the approved plan.

(8) The governing body of the county, authority or district shall annually review implementation of the approved plan. The commission may require the governing body of each local government or authority to revise the local nonhazardous solid waste management plan as necessary, but not more than once every five (5) years.

(9) If the commission finds that the governing body of a county, authority or district has failed to submit a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan, obtain approval of its local nonhazardous solid waste management plan or materially fails to implement its local nonhazardous solid waste management plan, the commission shall issue an order in accordance with Section 17-17-29 , to the governing body of the county, authority or district.

(10) The commission may, by regulation, adopt an alternative procedure to the procedure described in this section for the preparation, adoption, submission, review and approval of minor modifications of an approved local nonhazardous solid waste management plan. For purposes of this section, minor modifications may include administrative changes or the addition of any noncommercial nonhazardous solid waste management facility.

(11) The executive director of the department shall maintain a copy of all local nonhazardous solid waste management plans that the commission has approved and any orders issued by the commission.

(12) If a public notice required in subsection (5) was published in a newspaper as defined in Section 13-3-31 , having general circulation within the county but was not published in a daily newspaper of general circulation as required by subsection (5) before April 20, 1993, the commission shall not disapprove the plan for failure to publish the notice in a daily newspaper. Any plan disapproved for that reason by the commission shall be deemed approved after remedying any other deficiencies in the plan.

(13) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, no solid waste management plan shall include a proposed new municipal solid waste landfill in any county that has two (2) or more existing permitted municipal solid waste landfills and such new landfill will be located within a five (5) mile radius of an existing municipal solid waste landfill, unless a referendum election has been conducted and approved pursuant to Section 17-17-237 . This subsection (13) shall not apply to the proposed expansion or replacement of any permitted landfill by the permit holder, and shall not apply to any rubbish disposal facilities, transfer stations, land application sites, composting facilities, solid waste processing facilities, chipping/mulching facilities, industrial/institutional/special waste landfills, industrial/institutional/special waste rubbish sites, waste tire processing facilities, commercial waste tire collection sites, local government waste tire collection sites or generator waste tire collection sites, and none of those facilities, stations, landfills or sites shall be counted as a landfill within a county for the purpose of determining whether a referendum election is required to be conducted in the county as provided in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-323 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-323
Status: in_force

Whenever a public agency enters into a contract as authorized by Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 , and the payments are to be made either wholly or partly from the revenues of the authority's facilities, the duty is hereby imposed on the public agency at the direction of the authority to fix, establish and maintain, and from time to time adjust, the rates or fees charged by the public agency for the service of such facilities to the end that the revenues from such facilities, together with any ad valorem taxes levied for such payments, will be sufficient at all times to pay: (a) the expense of operating and maintaining such facilities; (b) all of the public agency's obligations to the authority under such contract; and (c) all of the obligations under and in connection with any outstanding bonds issued to finance in whole or in part such facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-5
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of a municipality, by majority vote, may establish entertainment districts within its boundaries and shall designate the geographic area or areas in which a district shall be established. Following establishment of a district, application for approval of the entertainment district shall be made by the establishing municipality to the State Tax Commission which shall be required to approve the establishment and designation of the district within such municipality in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the State Tax Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-35 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-35
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipality and the board of supervisors of any county may, in its discretion, adopt a policy to continue to pay all or a portion of the regular compensation and related benefits of any law enforcement officer, firefighter or other employee that protects the public interest of the municipality or county who is injured in the line of duty, during the time that the injured employee is physically unable to perform the duties of his or her employment, in accordance with the following:

(a) The municipality or county may continue to pay all or a portion of the injured employee's regular compensation and related benefits until such time as the employee is physically able to perform the duties of his or her employment, or the employee retires on a disability retirement allowance, whichever occurs first.

(b) The maximum portion of the injured employee's regular compensation that the municipality or county may continue to pay is the difference between the total amount that the injured employee is receiving from workers' compensation benefits and disability benefits from the trust fund created under Section 45-2-21 and the amount of the employee's regular compensation.

(c) At such time as the injured employee is no longer receiving any workers' compensation benefits or disability benefits from the trust fund created under Section 45-2-21 , the municipality or county may continue to pay the full amount of the employee's regular compensation for such period of time as allowed under the policy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-215 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-215
Status: in_force

If compost is produced which does not meet the criteria prescribed by the Commission on Environmental Quality for agricultural and other use, the compost must be reprocessed or disposed of in a manner approved by the Commission on Environmental Quality, unless a different application is specifically authorized by the Commission on Environmental Quality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-15 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-15
Status: in_force

(1) Hazardous wastes shall not be handled or disposed of along with or in the same site or adjoining site as ordinary wastes unless specifically approved as exempted waste by the department. These shall be disposed of by special incinerators, separate landfills, or other means dictated by the particularities of the hazardous waste involved, as determined by the department or other responsible agency. The department may, in its discretion, maintain a field office at any treatment or disposal facility that receives hazardous wastes directly or indirectly from more than one (1) generator. However, the department shall maintain a field office at any commercial off-site multiuser hazardous waste incinerator designed to incinerate multiple nonhomogeneous types of wastes, and the cost of operating such field office shall be borne by the owner of such commercial hazardous waste incinerator. The field office, when required, shall be located in adequate accommodations provided by the facility owner and shall be staffed with department regulatory personnel as deemed necessary by the department. In exercising its discretion to determine the need for a field office, regulatory staff and support equipment, the department shall consider, at a minimum, the type and amount of hazardous waste received and also the type of facility. All fees shall be established by the department and shall be in addition to any other fees provided by law. The fee prescribed by the department shall be in an amount not less than the actual operating expenses of the permanent field office and shall be in addition to any other fees required by law.

(2) In addition to considering all applicable state and federal laws and regulations, the Mississippi Pollution Control Permit Board shall not issue a permit for the establishment or operation of a commercial hazardous waste landfill for the disposal of hazardous waste (as defined by Section 17-17-3, Mississippi Code of 1972 ), in the State of Mississippi until the Environmental Protection Agency makes a final determination, pursuant to the Federal Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, P.L. No. 98-616 , that each waste to be placed in such landfill is suitable for land disposal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-33 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 18-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-33
Status: in_force

(1) For the state commercial hazardous waste management facility the department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, shall establish and revise as necessary schedules of user fees and other charges, including nonregulatory penalties and surcharges. For facilities operated by private enterprise pursuant to this chapter, the department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, shall establish and revise as necessary schedules of franchise fees. The terms and conditions under which facilities are operated by private enterprise pursuant to this chapter shall be governed by appropriate contracts between the department and the private operator. Such contracts shall provide for the payment of franchise fees and for the periodic adjustment thereof.

(2) In establishing and revising such schedules of fees, the department shall consider and shall seek to recover, to the maximum extent possible, the following costs:

(a) Establishment and operation of the authority and committee;

(b) Administrative costs of the department in support of its activities under this chapter;

(c) Establishment and administration of the Perpetual Care Fund;

(d) Repayment to the state with interest of all funds expended from the State General Fund in the development of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility;

(e) Compensation of contractors and consultants employed by the department, authority and committee in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter;

(f) Other expenses incurred by the department, the state or its agencies in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.

(3) If revenues exceed all costs set out and all other costs and charges for which the department is liable, such excess funds shall be paid into a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury to fund a portion of the costs of the Mississippi Comprehensive Waste Minimization Program administered by the Department of Environmental Quality, other programs which foster multimedia waste prevention, reduction, reuse and recycling, programs which provide assistance to small quantity generators and other programs for environmental protection purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-21 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 18-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-21
Status: in_force

(1) On or before January 1, 1992, the authority shall submit in writing to the Governor and the executive director of the department the designated site for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. The designation shall include a description of the decision process by which the designated site was selected. Priority shall be given to the selection of a designated site meeting all of the site selection criteria located on state-owned land described in Section 17-18-13(d) and in communities interested in voluntarily hosting the state commercial hazardous waste management facility.

(2) The authority shall hold a public hearing in the county of each of the three (3) candidate sites prior to their submission of the designated site to the Governor and the executive director of the department.

(3) If it is determined that any permit or license necessary for the construction or operation of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility cannot be obtained if the facility is located at the designated site, then the authority shall designate a site from the remaining two (2) candidate sites.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-213 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-213
Status: in_force

(1) Not later than October 1, 1991, the Commission on Environmental Quality shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing standards for the production of compost. The commission may modify, repeal, make exceptions to and grant exceptions and variances from such rules and regulations. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(a) Requirements necessary to produce hygienically safe compost products for varying applications.

(b) A classification scheme for compost based on the types of waste composted, including at least one (1) type containing only yard trash; the maturity of the compost, including at least three (3) degrees of decomposition for fresh, semimature and mature; and the levels of organic and inorganic constituents in the compost. This scheme shall address:

(i) Methods for measurement of the compost maturity;

(ii) Particle sizes;

(iii) Moisture content; and

(iv) Average levels of organic and inorganic constituents, including heavy metals, for such classes of compost as the Commission on Environmental Quality establishes, and the analytical methods to determine those levels.

(2) Not later than January 1, 1992, the Commission on Environmental Quality shall promulgate rules and regulations prescribing the allowable uses and application rates of compost based, at a minimum, on the following criteria:

(a) The total quantity of organic and inorganic constituents, including heavy metals, allowed to be applied through the addition of compost to the soil per acre per year.

(b) The allowable uses of compost based on maturity and type of compost.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-101 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-101
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 to authorize municipalities to acquire, own and lease a project for the purpose of promoting the construction and installation of projects for the sale, collection, treatment, processing, reprocessing, generation, distribution, recycling, elimination, or disposal of solid and hazardous waste products, as hereinafter defined, by inducing manufacturing and industrial enterprises, qualified persons, firms, or corporations to locate and construct said projects in this state. It is intended that each project be self-liquidating. Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 shall be construed to conform with its intent. Except as otherwise provided for projects to recycle solid waste products, the powers hereby conferred upon the municipalities shall be exercised only after such municipality has obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Mississippi Board of Economic Development as provided in Sections 57-1-19 , 57-1-21 , 57-1-23 and 57-1-27 ; provided, however, that if a project is constructed solely with revenue bonds the board shall not be required to adjudicate that there are adequate property values and suitable financial conditions so that the total bonded indebtedness of the municipality, solely for the purposes authorized by Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 , shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total assessed valuation of the property in the municipality. The powers conferred in this section to municipalities for projects to recycle or sell recycled solid waste products shall be exercised only after such project has been approved by the Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Development Authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 18-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-9
Status: in_force

The authority shall exercise the following powers and duties in carrying out the purposes of this chapter:

(a) It shall adopt rules specifying the criteria and methodology for site selection as submitted by the Hazardous Waste Technical Siting Committee.

(b) It shall select one (1) site as the designated site for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility from the three (3) candidate sites submitted by the Hazardous Waste Technical Siting Committee. The site selection shall be made in writing to the Governor and executive director of the department.

(c) It may conduct or cause to be conducted any studies, analyses or evaluations.

(d) It may apply and contract for and accept any grants or gifts in furtherance of the activities of the authority.

(e) It may enter into contracts and perform all acts necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out any power expressly granted to the authority under this chapter. All contracts shall be executed by the Department of Finance and Administration subject to final approval by the authority.

(f) It shall conduct such public meetings or hearings as may be necessary or appropriate and make a permanent record thereof, in furtherance of the activities of the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-23 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-23
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “ Enterprise ” means an approved business enterprise as defined in Section 57-1-221 .

(b) “ Project ” means a project as defined in Section 57-1-221 with a minimum capital investment in this state of not less than One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00).

(2) The board of supervisors of a county or the governing authorities of a municipality may each enter into an agreement with an enterprise that receives a loan for a project under Section 57-1-221 , that provides that the county or municipality will not levy any taxes, fees or assessments upon the enterprise other than taxes, fees or assessments that are generally levied upon all taxpayers.

(3) The board of supervisors of a county or the governing authorities of a municipality may each enter into a fee-in-lieu agreement as provided in Section 27-31-104 , with an enterprise that receives a loan for a project under Section 57-1-221 .

(4) The agreements authorized in this section may be for a period not to exceed twenty (20) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-53 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-53
Status: in_force

The district is an agency and instrumentality of the state and shall be and remain an agency of the state at all times while acting at the request of and for and on behalf of any public agency in the performance of a governmental function, and shall have the same immunity from all actions as does the public agency for which it is acting, except as hereinbefore and hereinafter provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-411 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-411
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-411
Status: in_force

(1) Any waste tire hauler transporting waste tires within or into the state must register with the department. Following submission of a completed application, the department shall issue to the waste tire hauler a waste tire hauling identification number.

(2) Each waste tire hauler shall furnish its waste tire hauler identification number on all certification forms required under Sections 17-17-401 through 17-17-427 or regulations promulgated under those sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-227 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-227
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-227
Status: in_force

(1) Each county, in cooperation with municipalities within the county, shall prepare, adopt and submit to the commission for review and approval a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan for the county. Each local nonhazardous solid waste management plan shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(a) An inventory of the sources, composition and quantities by weight or volume of municipal solid waste annually generated within the county, and the source, composition and quantity by weight or volume of municipal solid waste currently transported into the county for management;

(b) An inventory of all existing facilities where municipal solid waste is currently being managed, including the environmental suitability and operational history of each facility, and the remaining available permitted capacity for each facility;

(c) An inventory of existing solid waste collection systems and transfer stations within the county. The inventory shall identify the entities engaging in municipal solid waste collection within the county;

(d) A strategy for achieving a twenty-five percent (25%) waste reduction goal through source reduction, recycling or other waste reduction technologies;

(e) A projection, using acceptable averaging methods, of municipal solid waste generated within the boundaries of the county over the next twenty (20) years;

(f) An identification of the additional municipal solid waste management facilities, including an evaluation of alternative management technologies, and the amount of additional capacity needed to manage the quantities projected in paragraph (e);

(g) An estimation of development, construction, operational, closure and post-closure costs, including a proposed method for financing those costs;

(h) A plan for meeting any projected capacity shortfall, including a schedule and methodology for attaining the required capacity;

(i) A determination of need by the county, municipality, authority or district that is submitting the plan, for any new or expanded facilities. A determination of need shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(i) Verification that the proposed facility meets needs identified in the approved local nonhazardous solid waste management plan which shall take into account the quantities of municipal solid waste generated and the design capacities of existing facilities;

(ii) Certification that the proposed facility complies with local land use and zoning requirements, if any;

(iii) Demonstration, to the extent possible, that operation of the proposed facility will not negatively impact the waste reduction strategy of the county, municipality, authority or district that is submitting the plan;

(iv) Certification that the proposed service area of the proposed facility is consistent with the local nonhazardous solid waste management plan; and

(v) A description of the extent to which the proposed facility is needed to replace other facilities; and

(j) Any other information the commission may require.

(2) Each local nonhazardous solid waste management plan may include:

(a) The preferred site or alternative sites for the construction of any additional municipal solid waste management facilities needed to properly manage the quantities of municipal solid waste projected for the service areas covered by the plan, including the factors which provided the basis for identifying the preferred or alternative sites; and

(b) The method of implementation of the plan with regard to the person who will apply for and acquire the permit for any planned additional facilities and the person who will own or operate any of the facilities.

(3) Each municipality shall cooperate with the county in planning for the management of municipal solid waste generated within its boundaries or the area served by that municipality. The governing authority of any municipality which does not desire to be included in the local nonhazardous solid waste management plan shall adopt a resolution stating its intent not to be included in the county plan. The resolution shall be provided to the board of supervisors and the commission. Any municipality resolving not to be included in a county waste plan shall prepare a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan in accordance with this section.

(4) The board of supervisors of any county may enter into interlocal agreements with one or more counties as provided by law to form a regional solid waste management authority or other district to provide for the management of municipal solid waste for all participating counties. For purposes of Section 17-17-221 through Section 17-17-227 , a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan prepared, adopted, submitted and implemented by the regional solid waste management authority or other district is sufficient to satisfy the planning requirements for the counties and municipalities within the boundaries of the authority or district.

(5)(a) Upon completion of its local nonhazardous solid waste management plan, the board of supervisors of the county shall publish in at least one (1) newspaper as defined in Section 13-3-31 , having general circulation within the county a public notice that describes the plan, specifies the location where it is available for review, and establishes a period of thirty (30) days for comments concerning the plan and a mechanism for submitting those comments. The board of supervisors shall also notify the board of supervisors of adjacent counties of the plan and shall make it available for review by the board of supervisors of each adjacent county. During the comment period, the board of supervisors of the county shall conduct at least one (1) public hearing concerning the plan. The board of supervisors of the county shall publish twice in at least one (1) newspaper as defined in Section 13-3-31 , having general circulation within the county, a notice conspicuously displayed containing the time and place of the hearing and the location where the plan is available for review.

(b) After the public hearing, the board of supervisors of the county may modify the plan based upon the public's comments. Within ninety (90) days after the public hearing, each board of supervisors shall approve a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan by resolution.

(c) A regional solid waste management authority or other district shall declare the plan to be approved as the authority's or district's solid waste management plan upon written notification, including a copy of the resolution, that the board of supervisors of each county forming the authority or district has approved the plan.

(6) Upon ratification of the plan, the governing body of the county, authority or district shall submit it to the commission for review and approval in accordance with Section 17-17-225 . The commission shall, by order, approve or disapprove the plan within one hundred eighty (180) days after its submission. The commission shall include with an order disapproving a plan a statement outlining the deficiencies in the plan and directing the governing body of the county, authority or district to submit, within one hundred twenty (120) days after issuance of the order, a revised plan that remedies those deficiencies. If the governing body of the county, authority or district, by resolution, requests an extension of the time for submission of a revised plan, the commission may, for good cause shown, grant one (1) extension for a period of not more than sixty (60) additional days.

(7) After approval of the plan or revised plan by the commission, the governing body of the county, authority or district shall implement the plan in compliance with the implementation schedule contained in the approved plan.

(8) The governing body of the county, authority or district shall annually review implementation of the approved plan. The commission may require the governing body of each local government or authority to revise the local nonhazardous solid waste management plan as necessary, but not more than once every five (5) years.

(9) If the commission finds that the governing body of a county, authority or district has failed to submit a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan, obtain approval of its local nonhazardous solid waste management plan or materially fails to implement its local nonhazardous solid waste management plan, the commission shall issue an order in accordance with Section 17-17-29 , to the governing body of the county, authority or district.

(10) The commission may, by regulation, adopt an alternative procedure to the procedure described in this section for the preparation, adoption, submission, review and approval of minor modifications of an approved local nonhazardous solid waste management plan. For purposes of this section, minor modifications may include administrative changes or the addition of any noncommercial nonhazardous solid waste management facility.

(11) The executive director of the department shall maintain a copy of all local nonhazardous solid waste management plans that the commission has approved and any orders issued by the commission.

(12) If a public notice required in subsection (5) was published in a newspaper as defined in Section 13-3-31 , having general circulation within the county but was not published in a daily newspaper of general circulation as required by subsection (5) before April 20, 1993, the commission shall not disapprove the plan for failure to publish the notice in a daily newspaper. Any plan disapproved for that reason by the commission shall be deemed approved after remedying any other deficiencies in the plan.

(13) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, no solid waste management plan shall include a proposed new municipal solid waste landfill in any county that has two (2) or more existing permitted municipal solid waste landfills and such new landfill will be located within a five (5) mile radius of an existing municipal solid waste landfill, unless a referendum election has been conducted and approved pursuant to Section 17-17-237 . This subsection (13) shall not apply to the proposed expansion or replacement of any permitted landfill by the permit holder, and shall not apply to any rubbish disposal facilities, transfer stations, land application sites, composting facilities, solid waste processing facilities, chipping/mulching facilities, industrial/institutional/special waste landfills, industrial/institutional/special waste rubbish sites, waste tire processing facilities, commercial waste tire collection sites, local government waste tire collection sites or generator waste tire collection sites, and none of those facilities, stations, landfills or sites shall be counted as a landfill within a county for the purpose of determining whether a referendum election is required to be conducted in the county as provided in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-41 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-41
Status: in_force

(1) Any contract between the board of supervisors of a county or the governing authorities of a municipality and a private provider of ambulance services for the contracting provider to be the exclusive provider of ambulance services in the county or municipality, as the case may be, must contain a provision that requires the contracting provider to have a mutual aid agreement with other ambulance service providers to respond to 911 and natural disaster calls and provide service in the county or municipality, as the case may be, during times and circumstances when the contracting provider is experiencing shortages of equipment or personnel that cause a delay in responding to calls for service. The requirements of this section shall also apply to contracts between emergency medical service districts created under Section 41-59-51 and private providers of ambulance services.

(2) This section shall apply to all contracts described in subsection (1) of this section that are entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be referred to as the “Gulf Regional District Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 18 / Section 29-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Mississippi Entertainment District Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-219 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-219
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-219
Status: in_force

(1) Before July 15 of each year the operator of a commercial nonhazardous solid waste management facility managing municipal solid waste shall file with the State Tax Commission and the department a statement, verified by oath, showing the total amounts of nonhazardous solid waste managed at the facility during the preceding calendar year, and shall at the same time pay to the State Tax Commission One Dollar ($1.00) per ton of municipal solid waste generated and managed in the state by landfilling or incineration, including waste-to-energy management. The fee shall not be levied upon rubbish which is collected and disposed separately from residential or household waste and which is not managed for compensation. For ash and sludges which contain a significant amount of water, the fee may be calculated on a dry ton basis.

(2)(a) Before July 15 of each year, the operator of a commercial nonhazardous solid waste management facility managing municipal solid waste shall file with the State Tax Commission and the department a statement, verified by oath, showing the total amounts of solid waste received from out of state and managed at the facility during the preceding calendar year.

(b) Before July 15 of each year, the operator of a commercial nonhazardous solid waste management facility managing municipal solid waste located in this state shall pay to the State Tax Commission an amount equal to the greater of the per-ton fee imposed on the management of out-of-state nonhazardous solid waste by the state from which the nonhazardous solid waste originated or the per-ton fee, if any, imposed on the management of nonhazardous solid waste by this state. The sum shall be based on the total amounts of nonhazardous solid waste managed at the facility during the preceding calendar year and shall be paid to the State Tax Commission at the same time that reports are filed under subsection (2)(a) of this section.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, all monies received by the State Tax Commission as provided in this chapter shall be allocated as follows:

(a) Fifty percent (50%) shall be remitted to the Mississippi Nonhazardous Solid Waste Corrective Action Trust Fund; and

(b) Fifty percent (50%) shall be remitted to the Environmental Protection Trust Fund.

(4) All administrative provisions of the Mississippi Sales Tax Law, including those which fix damages, penalties and interest for nonpayment of taxes and for noncompliance with the provisions of such chapter, and all other duties and requirements imposed upon taxpayers, shall apply to all persons liable for fees under the provisions of this chapter, and the Tax Commissioner shall exercise all the power and authority and perform all the duties with respect to taxpayers under this chapter as are provided in the Mississippi Sales Tax Law except where there is a conflict, then the provisions of this chapter shall control.

(5)(a) The operator of a commercial nonhazardous solid waste management facility managing municipal solid waste shall keep an accurate written daily record of deliveries of solid waste to the facility as required by the department, including, but not limited to, the name of the hauler, the source of the waste, the types of waste received and the weight of solid waste measured in tons received at the facility. A copy of these records shall be maintained at the site by the operator and shall be made available to the department for inspection upon request.

(b) The operator shall file with the department annually, on such forms as the department may prescribe, a report providing aggregate information on the types, amounts and sources of waste received at the facility during the preceding calendar year. The State Tax Commission and the department shall share information provided under this section.

(6) When the unobligated balance in the Mississippi Nonhazardous Solid Waste Corrective Action Trust Fund reaches or exceeds Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00), the department shall pay funds allocated under Section 17-17-219(3)(a) to the Local Governments Solid Waste Assistance Fund created under Section 17-17-65 on the next scheduled payment date. After July 1, 2000, the department may transfer any unobligated balance in the Mississippi Nonhazardous Solid Waste Corrective Action Trust Fund exceeding Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00) to the Local Governments Solid Waste Assistance Fund. When the unobligated balance is reduced below Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), the department shall reduce payments to the Local Governments Solid Waste Assistance Fund to two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the funds allocated under Section 17-17-219(3)(a) and shall pay the remaining one-third ( 1 / 3 ) of the funds allocated under Section 17-17-219(3)(a) to the Mississippi Nonhazardous Solid Waste Corrective Action Trust Fund until the time as that fund balance reaches or exceeds Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-5-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-5-1
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of any county of the state and the governing authorities of any municipality within such county may enter into a contract for the joint construction, expansion, remodeling and/or maintenance and equipping of a jail in such municipality, or within one (1) mile of the corporate limits thereof, and may issue bonds of both the county and such municipality in the manner provided by general statutes for the issuance of county and municipal bonds for such purposes, provided that in no event shall the municipality bear over fifty percent (50%) of the cost of constructing, expanding, remodeling and/or maintaining and equipping such jail. Such contract or future contracts may provide for the continued joint use of equipping, repairing, reconstructing and remodeling of such jail. Before issuing any bonds for the purposes herein set forth, the board of supervisors and the governing authorities of such municipality shall adopt a joint resolution declaring their intention to issue the same, which resolution shall state the amount and purposes of the bonds to be issued, and shall fix the date upon which action will be taken to provide for the issuance of such bonds. Said resolution shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county, the first publication of such notice to be made not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date fixed in such resolution and the last publication to be made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date. If twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the county and municipality, respectively, shall file a written protest against the issuance of such bonds on or before the date specified in such resolution, then an election upon the issuance of such bonds shall be called and held, and in such case such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness shall not be issued unless same are authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of said county and municipality, respectively, who vote on the proposition at such election. Notice of such election shall be given by publication in like manner as is provided for the publication of the initial resolution, and said election shall be called, held and conducted and the returns thereof made, canvassed and declared in the same manner as provided by Section 19-9-1 et seq. , and Section 21-33-301 et seq. , respectively. If no such petition be filed protesting against the issuance of said bonds, then the said board of supervisors and the governing authorities of the municipality shall have the authority to issue said bonds without an election.

(2) If the board of supervisors of a county and the governing authorities of a municipality enter into an agreement under the Regional Economic Development Act or an intergovernmental agreement approved by the Attorney General for the operation of a county jail, such county jail may be located outside the corporate limits of the municipality and is not subject to location restrictions in subsection (1).
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-5
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of a municipality, by majority vote, may establish entertainment districts within its boundaries and shall designate the geographic area or areas in which a district shall be established. Following establishment of a district, application for approval of the entertainment district shall be made by the establishing municipality to the State Tax Commission which shall be required to approve the establishment and designation of the district within such municipality in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the State Tax Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-325 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-325
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-325
Status: in_force

The authority may at the direction of the governing bodies of the participating units of local government submit a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan as required by Sections 17-17-201 through 17-17-235 , to the Commission on Environmental Quality providing the authority's assurance of capacity for the management of municipal solid waste within the geographical boundaries of the authority for the period of not less than twenty (20) years.

The authority may designate a geographic area to the permit board within which the collection, transportation, storage, processing and disposal of all municipal solid waste generated within such area shall be accomplished in accordance with a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan. Such designation shall be made only after the permit board has received a resolution adopted by the unit or units of local government having jurisdiction within such geographic area that such designation be made and after approval of the commission of a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan.

The permit board shall not approve any permit application unless the facility is consistent with the applicable local nonhazardous solid waste management plan.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-339 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-339
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-339
Status: in_force

The authority shall have power in the issuance of its bonds to:

(a) Covenant as to the use of any or all of its property, real or personal.

(b) Redeem the bonds, to covenant for their redemption and to provide the terms and conditions thereof.

(c) Covenant to charge rates, fees and charges sufficient to meet operating and maintenance expenses, renewals and replacements, principal and debt service on bonds, creation and maintenance of any reserves required by a bond resolution, trust indenture or other security instrument and to provide for any margins or coverages over and above debt service on the bonds deemed desirable for the marketability of the bonds.

(d) Covenant and prescribe as to events of default and terms and conditions upon which any or all of its bonds shall become or may be declared due before maturity, as to the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived and as to the consequences of default and the remedies of bondholders.

(e) Covenant as to the mortgage or pledge of or the grant of a security interest in any real or personal property and all or any part of the revenues from any facilities or any revenue-producing contract or contracts made by the authority with any person to secure the payment of bonds, subject to such agreements with the holders of bonds as may then exist.

(f) Covenant as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and payment of any revenues, assets, monies, funds or property with respect to which the authority may have any rights or interest.

(g) Covenant as to the purposes to which the proceeds from the sale of any bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied, and the pledge of such proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds.

(h) Covenant as to the limitations on the issuance of any additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding of outstanding bonds.

(i) Covenant as to the rank or priority of any bonds with respect to any lien or security.

(j) Covenant as to the procedure by which the terms of any contract with or for the benefit of the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given.

(k) Covenant as to the custody of any of its properties or investments, the safekeeping thereof, the insurance to be carried thereon, and the use and disposition of insurance proceeds.

(l) Covenant as to the vesting in a trustee or trustees, with in or outside the state, of such properties, rights, powers and duties in trust as the authority may determine.

(m) Covenant as to the appointing and providing for the duties and obligations of a paying agent or paying agents or other fiduciaries within or outside the state.

(n) Make all other covenants and to do any and all such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure its bonds, or in the absolute discretion of the authority tend to make the bonds more marketable, notwithstanding that such covenants, acts or things may not be enumerated herein; it being the intention hereof to give the authority power to do all things in the issuance of bonds and in the provisions for security thereof which are not inconsistent with the Constitution of the state.

(o) Execute all instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers herein granted or in the performance of covenants or duties, which may contain such covenants and provisions, as any purchaser of the bonds of the authority may reasonably require.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 19 / Section 27-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-9
Status: in_force

(1) After the filing of the petition for the creation of a municipal historical hamlet, as prescribed in Section 17-27-7 , a certified copy of the petition shall be delivered to the president of the board of supervisors in the county or counties where the hamlet is located and shall be spread upon the minutes for recognition as a hamlet, and at that time the existence of the historical hamlet shall become effective.

(2) No municipal historical hamlet shall be recognized that lies in whole or in part in any incorporated area and shall not be considered a municipal corporation under Section 21-1-1 in order to defeat or defend against the inclusion within the boundaries of any municipal corporation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 18-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-5
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “Advisory committee” means the designated site local advisory committee created under Section 17-18-35 .

(b) “Authority” means the Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Authority created under Section 17-18-7 .

(c) “Committee” means the Hazardous Waste Technical Siting Committee created under Section 17-18-11 .

(d) “Department” means the Department of Finance and Administration.

(e) “Hazardous waste” means hazardous waste as defined under Section 17-17-3 .

(f) “Local governmental unit” means any town, municipality or county.

(g) “State commercial hazardous waste management facility” means a facility which receives hazardous wastes directly or indirectly from more than one (1) generator for the storage, processing, treatment, recycling, recovery or disposal of hazardous wastes for a fee and is authorized under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-323 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-323
Status: in_force

Whenever a public agency enters into a contract as authorized by Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 , and the payments are to be made either wholly or partly from the revenues of the authority's facilities, the duty is hereby imposed on the public agency at the direction of the authority to fix, establish and maintain, and from time to time adjust, the rates or fees charged by the public agency for the service of such facilities to the end that the revenues from such facilities, together with any ad valorem taxes levied for such payments, will be sufficient at all times to pay: (a) the expense of operating and maintaining such facilities; (b) all of the public agency's obligations to the authority under such contract; and (c) all of the obligations under and in connection with any outstanding bonds issued to finance in whole or in part such facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-115 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-115
Status: in_force

The bonds issued by a municipality under authority of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 shall be limited obligations of such municipality. The principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, shall be payable solely out of the moneys to be derived by the municipality pursuant to the agreements specified in subsections (d) and (e) of Section 17-17-105 . Revenue bonds and interest coupons issued under authority of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 shall never constitute an indebtedness of such municipality within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation and shall never constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the municipality, or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and such fact shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond. Such bonds may be executed and delivered at any time as a single issue or from time to time as several issues; may be in such form and denominations; may be of such tenor; may be in registered or bearer form either as to principal or interest or both; may be payable in such installments and at such time or times not exceeding thirty (30) years from their date; may be subject to such terms of redemption; may be payable at such place or places; may bear interest at such rate or rates as the governing board and the industry shall agree upon, provided that the bonds of any issue shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103 ; and may contain such other provisions not inconsistent herewith, as the municipality may determine, all of which shall be provided in the proceedings authorizing the bonds. Any revenue bonds issued under the authority of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 may be sold at public or private sale at such price and in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the governing board to be most advantageous, and the governing board may pay, as a part of the cost of acquiring any facilities out of the bond proceeds, all expenses, premiums and commissions with the authorization, sale and issuance thereof. All bonds issued under the authority of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 , except registered bonds which are registered otherwise than to bearer, and all interest coupons appurtenant thereto shall be construed to be negotiable instruments, despite the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source. The proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds may provide for the issuance, in the future, of further bonds on a parity with those initially issued. Bonds issued hereunder shall be validated in the chancery court in which the municipality is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-27 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-27
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall exercise such supervision over restrictions, equipment, methodology and personnel in the management of solid wastes as may be necessary to enforce sanitary requirements; and the commission shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be needed to specify methodology and procedures to meet the requirements of this chapter, which shall include at a minimum:

(a) Criteria for the determination of whether any waste or combination of wastes is hazardous for the purposes of this chapter;

(b) Rules and regulations for the storage, treatment and disposal of solid wastes;

(c) Rules and regulations for the transportation, containerization and labeling of hazardous wastes, which rules shall be consistent with those issued by the United States Department of Transportation;

(d) Rules and regulations specifying the terms and conditions under which the permit board shall issue, modify, suspend, revoke or deny such permits as may be required by this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall include, and not by way of limitation, specific authority for the permit board to consider the financial capability and performance history of an applicant;

(e) Rules and regulations establishing standards and procedures for the safe storage or transportation of hazardous waste and for the safe operation and maintenance of hazardous waste treatment or disposal facilities or sites or equipment;

(f) A listing of those wastes or combinations of wastes which are not compatible, and which may not be stored or disposed of together;

(g) Procedures and requirements for the use of a manifest during the transport of hazardous wastes;

(h) Standards for financial responsibility to cover the liability, closure and post-closure of any site and perpetual care of a commercial hazardous waste landfill. Rules and regulations promulgated hereunder may include, and not by way of limitation, requirements for maintaining liability insurance coverage if such coverage is not required under rules and regulations promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency;

(i) Rules and regulations establishing minimum distances within which any hazardous waste disposal facility may be located from any municipality, school, residence, church or health care facility;

(j) Other rules and regulations as the commission deems necessary to manage hazardous wastes in the state, provided that such rules and regulations shall be equivalent to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's rules and regulations.

(2) In complying with this section the commission shall consider the variations within this state in climate, geology, population density and such other factors as may be relevant to the management of hazardous wastes. It is the intent of the Legislature that commercial hazardous waste landfills be located on those sites which, by virtue of their geologic conditions, provide a high degree of environmental protection. In carrying out the intent of this provision, the commission is authorized to adopt siting criteria for commercial hazardous waste landfills which are more stringent or extensive in scope, coverage and effect than the rules and regulations promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(3) Except as hereinafter provided, hazardous wastes shall not be disposed of in this state by the use of underground injection methods, as herein defined according to 40 CFR 260.10(74) to mean “subsurface emplacement of fluids through a bored, drilled, or driven well, or through a dug well, where the depth of the dug well is greater than the largest surface dimension.” This prohibition shall not apply to the disposal on the generation site of hazardous wastes generated in the production of oil or gas or in a commercial or manufacturing operation. Commercial hazardous waste underground injection wells designed or intended to dispose of multiple nonhomogeneous types of wastes from multiple sources other than the owner of the well are hereby prohibited in the State of Mississippi.

A commercial hazardous waste landfill shall not be located on the same site or within one thousand (1,000) feet of an existing or abandoned ordinary waste disposal site, unless the hazardous waste to be disposed of in said commercial landfill is specifically approved as exempted.

(4) After promulgation of the regulations required under this section, no person shall construct, substantially alter or operate any solid waste treatment or disposal facility or site, nor shall any person store, treat or dispose of any hazardous waste without first obtaining a permit from the permit board for such facility, site or activity. However, no person shall construct any new hazardous waste treatment or disposal facility or site or substantially alter any such existing facility or site, nor shall the permit board issue a permit for any such construction or alteration, until the commission has promulgated rules and regulations under the provisions of subsection (1)(j) of this section. Said rules and regulations shall be equivalent to counterpart rules and regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency whether now in effect or hereinafter promulgated. Any person who has made an application for a permit for an existing facility under this section shall be treated as having been issued such permit until such time as final administrative disposition of such application has been made unless the cause of such delay is the result of the failure of the applicant to furnish information reasonably required or requested in order to process the application.

(5) Any permit issued under this section may be revoked by the issuing agency at any time when the permittee fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the permit. Where the obtaining of or compliance with any permit required under this section would, in the judgment of the department, cause undue or unreasonable hardship to any person, the department may issue a variance from these requirements. In no case shall the duration of any such variance exceed one (1) year. Renewals or extensions may be given only after an opportunity has been given for public comment on each such renewal or extension.

(6) Information obtained by the commission concerning environmental protection including but not limited to information contained in applications for solid or hazardous waste disposal permits shall be public information and shall be made available upon proper request. Other information obtained by the commission, department, or permit board in the administration of Sections 17-17-1 through 17-17-47 concerning trade secrets, including, but not limited to, marketing or financial information, treatment, transportation, storage or disposal processes or devices, methods of manufacture, or production capabilities or amounts shall be kept confidential if and only if: (a) a written confidentiality claim is made when the information is supplied; (b) such confidentiality claim allows disclosure to authorized department employees and/or the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and (c) such confidentiality claim is determined by the commission to be valid. If the confidentiality claim is denied, the information sought to be covered thereby shall not be released or disclosed, except to the Environmental Protection Agency, until the claimant has been notified in writing and afforded an opportunity for a hearing and appeal therefrom, as with other orders of the commission. Disclosure of confidential information by the EPA shall be governed by federal law and EPA regulations. Misappropriation of a trade secret shall be governed by the Mississippi Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Sections 75 - 26 -1 through 75-26-19.

(7) Anyone making unauthorized disclosure of information determined to be confidential as herein provided shall be liable in a civil action for damages arising therefrom and shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided by law.

(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the executive director, upon receipt of information that the generation, storage, transportation, treatment or disposal of any solid waste may present an imminent and substantial hazard to the public health or to the environment, may take any legal, equitable or other action, including injunctive relief, necessary to protect the health of such persons or the environment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-423 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-423
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-423
Status: in_force

(1) There is imposed a waste tire fee upon the sale of each new tire sold at wholesale. The fee shall be imposed on any person engaging in the business of making wholesale sales of new tires within this state. The fee shall be imposed at the rate of One Dollar ($1.00) for each new tire sold with a rim diameter of less than twenty-four (24) inches and Two Dollars ($2.00) for each new tire sold with a rim diameter of twenty-four (24) inches or greater. The fee shall be added to the total cost to the purchaser at wholesale; however, a person engaged in the business of making retail sales of tires in this state who purchases tires from a wholesaler or manufacturer outside this state upon which the waste tire fee is not imposed, shall be responsible for remitting the waste tire fee directly to the State Tax Commission in lieu of payment of the tax to the wholesaler or manufacturer. The fee imposed, less five percent (5%) of fees collected, which shall be retained by the tire wholesaler or retailer as collection costs, shall be paid to the State Tax Commission in the form and manner required by the State Tax Commission and shall include a statement showing the total number of new tires sold during the preceding month. The State Tax Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to administer the fee collection and enforcement.

(2) The State Tax Commission shall administer, collect and enforce the fee authorized under this section under the same procedures used in the administration, collection and enforcement of the state sales tax imposed under Chapter 65, Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 , except as provided in this section. The proceeds of the waste tire fee, less five percent (5%) of the proceeds, which shall be retained by the State Tax Commission as collection costs, shall be transferred by the State Tax Commission into the waste tire account of the Environmental Protection Trust Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-111 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-111
Status: in_force

The election provided for in Section 17-17-107 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, and 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. § 17-17-53 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-53
Status: repealed

(1) On or before July 15 of each year, the owner or operator of every commercial hazardous waste management facility shall file with the State Tax Commission and the department a statement, verified by oath, showing by category the total amounts of hazardous waste managed for a fee at the facility during the preceding calendar year, and shall at the same time pay to the State Tax Commission a sum equal to:

(a) Ten Dollars ($10.00) per ton for hazardous waste generated and disposed of in the state by landfilling or any other means of land disposal and for hazardous waste generated and stored for one (1) year or more in the state;

(b) Two Dollars ($2.00) per ton for hazardous waste generated and treated in the state and for hazardous waste generated and stored for less than one (1) year in the state; and

(c) One Dollar ($1.00) per ton for hazardous waste generated and recovered in the state.

(2) For all hazardous waste generated outside of the state and received at a commercial hazardous waste management facility during the preceding calendar year, each owner or operator of a commercial hazardous waste management facility shall pay to the State Tax Commission an amount equal to the per-ton fee imposed on the management of out-of-state waste by the state from which the hazardous waste originated, but in any event no less than the per-ton fees described in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Repealed.

(4) All monies received by the State Tax Commission hereunder shall be appropriated and utilized as follows:

(a) Thirty-five percent (35%) shall be remitted to the Department of Environmental Quality to be held for the perpetual care and maintenance account of commercial facilities for the management of hazardous or nonhazardous solid waste.

(b) Thirty-five percent (35%) shall be remitted to the department to defray costs of the waste minimization program and evaluation of uncontrolled sites.

(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 17-17-55 , all other funds shall be paid to the general fund of the municipality or county within which the facility is located.

(5) All administrative provisions of the Mississippi Sales Tax Law, including those which fix damages, penalties and interest for nonpayment of taxes and for noncompliance with the provisions of such chapter, and all other duties and requirements imposed upon taxpayers, shall apply to all persons liable for fees under the provisions of this chapter, and the Tax Commissioner shall exercise all the power and authority and perform all the duties with respect to taxpayers under this chapter as are provided in the Mississippi Sales Tax Law except where there is a conflict, then the provisions of this chapter shall control.

(6) Each generator of greater than two hundred twenty (220) pounds of hazardous waste in any calendar month, each transporter of hazardous waste, and the owner or operator of any facility for the treatment, storage, recycling or disposal of hazardous waste shall report annually by a date determined by the department on forms provided by the department the types and amounts of hazardous waste generated, managed and/or shipped during the preceding calendar year. To the extent practicable, the department shall adopt forms consistent with biennial report forms used by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 21 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-5
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of a municipality, by majority vote, may establish entertainment districts within its boundaries and shall designate the geographic area or areas in which a district shall be established. Following establishment of a district, application for approval of the entertainment district shall be made by the establishing municipality to the State Tax Commission which shall be required to approve the establishment and designation of the district within such municipality in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the State Tax Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-27 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 18-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-27
Status: in_force

The department may sell the real property for the site and any improvements thereon to any non-governmental entity that meets all requirements mandated by federal law and regulations and all requirements mandated by state law and regulations for the operation of a commercial hazardous waste management facility. If the department decides to sell the property, then the property shall be offered for sale on the basis of competitive bidding after advertisement therefor and such property shall be sold to the highest and best bidder, but in no event shall the property be sold at less than the appraised value at the time of the sale as determined by three (3) competent appraisers selected by the department. If all bids received by the department are insufficient, the department may reject all bids received and readvertise for bids.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-11
Status: in_force

The name of a created municipal historical hamlet shall either be “The Municipal Historical Hamlet of __________,” “The Hamlet of __________” or “The Historical Hamlet of __________.” The blank shall be filled in with the name by which such hamlet has been legally designated and shall be placed in the records of the Secretary of State.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-227 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-227
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-227
Status: in_force

(1) Each county, in cooperation with municipalities within the county, shall prepare, adopt and submit to the commission for review and approval a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan for the county. Each local nonhazardous solid waste management plan shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(a) An inventory of the sources, composition and quantities by weight or volume of municipal solid waste annually generated within the county, and the source, composition and quantity by weight or volume of municipal solid waste currently transported into the county for management;

(b) An inventory of all existing facilities where municipal solid waste is currently being managed, including the environmental suitability and operational history of each facility, and the remaining available permitted capacity for each facility;

(c) An inventory of existing solid waste collection systems and transfer stations within the county. The inventory shall identify the entities engaging in municipal solid waste collection within the county;

(d) A strategy for achieving a twenty-five percent (25%) waste reduction goal through source reduction, recycling or other waste reduction technologies;

(e) A projection, using acceptable averaging methods, of municipal solid waste generated within the boundaries of the county over the next twenty (20) years;

(f) An identification of the additional municipal solid waste management facilities, including an evaluation of alternative management technologies, and the amount of additional capacity needed to manage the quantities projected in paragraph (e);

(g) An estimation of development, construction, operational, closure and post-closure costs, including a proposed method for financing those costs;

(h) A plan for meeting any projected capacity shortfall, including a schedule and methodology for attaining the required capacity;

(i) A determination of need by the county, municipality, authority or district that is submitting the plan, for any new or expanded facilities. A determination of need shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(i) Verification that the proposed facility meets needs identified in the approved local nonhazardous solid waste management plan which shall take into account the quantities of municipal solid waste generated and the design capacities of existing facilities;

(ii) Certification that the proposed facility complies with local land use and zoning requirements, if any;

(iii) Demonstration, to the extent possible, that operation of the proposed facility will not negatively impact the waste reduction strategy of the county, municipality, authority or district that is submitting the plan;

(iv) Certification that the proposed service area of the proposed facility is consistent with the local nonhazardous solid waste management plan; and

(v) A description of the extent to which the proposed facility is needed to replace other facilities; and

(j) Any other information the commission may require.

(2) Each local nonhazardous solid waste management plan may include:

(a) The preferred site or alternative sites for the construction of any additional municipal solid waste management facilities needed to properly manage the quantities of municipal solid waste projected for the service areas covered by the plan, including the factors which provided the basis for identifying the preferred or alternative sites; and

(b) The method of implementation of the plan with regard to the person who will apply for and acquire the permit for any planned additional facilities and the person who will own or operate any of the facilities.

(3) Each municipality shall cooperate with the county in planning for the management of municipal solid waste generated within its boundaries or the area served by that municipality. The governing authority of any municipality which does not desire to be included in the local nonhazardous solid waste management plan shall adopt a resolution stating its intent not to be included in the county plan. The resolution shall be provided to the board of supervisors and the commission. Any municipality resolving not to be included in a county waste plan shall prepare a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan in accordance with this section.

(4) The board of supervisors of any county may enter into interlocal agreements with one or more counties as provided by law to form a regional solid waste management authority or other district to provide for the management of municipal solid waste for all participating counties. For purposes of Section 17-17-221 through Section 17-17-227 , a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan prepared, adopted, submitted and implemented by the regional solid waste management authority or other district is sufficient to satisfy the planning requirements for the counties and municipalities within the boundaries of the authority or district.

(5)(a) Upon completion of its local nonhazardous solid waste management plan, the board of supervisors of the county shall publish in at least one (1) newspaper as defined in Section 13-3-31 , having general circulation within the county a public notice that describes the plan, specifies the location where it is available for review, and establishes a period of thirty (30) days for comments concerning the plan and a mechanism for submitting those comments. The board of supervisors shall also notify the board of supervisors of adjacent counties of the plan and shall make it available for review by the board of supervisors of each adjacent county. During the comment period, the board of supervisors of the county shall conduct at least one (1) public hearing concerning the plan. The board of supervisors of the county shall publish twice in at least one (1) newspaper as defined in Section 13-3-31 , having general circulation within the county, a notice conspicuously displayed containing the time and place of the hearing and the location where the plan is available for review.

(b) After the public hearing, the board of supervisors of the county may modify the plan based upon the public's comments. Within ninety (90) days after the public hearing, each board of supervisors shall approve a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan by resolution.

(c) A regional solid waste management authority or other district shall declare the plan to be approved as the authority's or district's solid waste management plan upon written notification, including a copy of the resolution, that the board of supervisors of each county forming the authority or district has approved the plan.

(6) Upon ratification of the plan, the governing body of the county, authority or district shall submit it to the commission for review and approval in accordance with Section 17-17-225 . The commission shall, by order, approve or disapprove the plan within one hundred eighty (180) days after its submission. The commission shall include with an order disapproving a plan a statement outlining the deficiencies in the plan and directing the governing body of the county, authority or district to submit, within one hundred twenty (120) days after issuance of the order, a revised plan that remedies those deficiencies. If the governing body of the county, authority or district, by resolution, requests an extension of the time for submission of a revised plan, the commission may, for good cause shown, grant one (1) extension for a period of not more than sixty (60) additional days.

(7) After approval of the plan or revised plan by the commission, the governing body of the county, authority or district shall implement the plan in compliance with the implementation schedule contained in the approved plan.

(8) The governing body of the county, authority or district shall annually review implementation of the approved plan. The commission may require the governing body of each local government or authority to revise the local nonhazardous solid waste management plan as necessary, but not more than once every five (5) years.

(9) If the commission finds that the governing body of a county, authority or district has failed to submit a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan, obtain approval of its local nonhazardous solid waste management plan or materially fails to implement its local nonhazardous solid waste management plan, the commission shall issue an order in accordance with Section 17-17-29 , to the governing body of the county, authority or district.

(10) The commission may, by regulation, adopt an alternative procedure to the procedure described in this section for the preparation, adoption, submission, review and approval of minor modifications of an approved local nonhazardous solid waste management plan. For purposes of this section, minor modifications may include administrative changes or the addition of any noncommercial nonhazardous solid waste management facility.

(11) The executive director of the department shall maintain a copy of all local nonhazardous solid waste management plans that the commission has approved and any orders issued by the commission.

(12) If a public notice required in subsection (5) was published in a newspaper as defined in Section 13-3-31 , having general circulation within the county but was not published in a daily newspaper of general circulation as required by subsection (5) before April 20, 1993, the commission shall not disapprove the plan for failure to publish the notice in a daily newspaper. Any plan disapproved for that reason by the commission shall be deemed approved after remedying any other deficiencies in the plan.

(13) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, no solid waste management plan shall include a proposed new municipal solid waste landfill in any county that has two (2) or more existing permitted municipal solid waste landfills and such new landfill will be located within a five (5) mile radius of an existing municipal solid waste landfill, unless a referendum election has been conducted and approved pursuant to Section 17-17-237 . This subsection (13) shall not apply to the proposed expansion or replacement of any permitted landfill by the permit holder, and shall not apply to any rubbish disposal facilities, transfer stations, land application sites, composting facilities, solid waste processing facilities, chipping/mulching facilities, industrial/institutional/special waste landfills, industrial/institutional/special waste rubbish sites, waste tire processing facilities, commercial waste tire collection sites, local government waste tire collection sites or generator waste tire collection sites, and none of those facilities, stations, landfills or sites shall be counted as a landfill within a county for the purpose of determining whether a referendum election is required to be conducted in the county as provided in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 21 / Section 25-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-3
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of any county or municipality, in its discretion, may sell, lease or convey, with or without consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the parties may agree, any land, buildings, fixtures, equipment or other real or personal property belonging to the county or municipality that is determined by the governing body as no longer needed by the county or municipality for governmental purposes, to any nonprofit primary health care clinic, which is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code located or to be located in the county for the purpose of assisting any such clinic to provide primary health care services to residents who are employed or temporarily out of work and who do not have health insurance. If such property is sold, leased or conveyed without consideration, the governing body of the county or municipality shall state in its minutes the purpose for which the property shall be used, and such property shall revert to the county or municipality whenever it ceases to be used for that stated purpose.

(2) As used in this section, the term “ governing body ” means the board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-335 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-335
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-335
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality or county which owns and operates a municipal solid waste management facility which as a result of Subtitle D regulation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, is required to incur cost for the closure, post-closure maintenance or any corrective action of any existing facility is authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the county or municipality pursuant to Sections 19-9-1 through 19-9-25 or Sections 21-33-301 through 21-33-323 or revenue bonds for such purposes. The revenue bonds may be payable from and serviced by any revenues derived from any fees, charges or rates for the operation of or providing for municipal solid waste collection and disposal services. The general obligation bonds shall be applied against any limitation on bonded indebtedness of the issuer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-57 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-57
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “Discharge” shall include leakage, seepage or other release of any hazardous material.

(b) “Hazardous materials” shall include all materials and substances which are now or hereafter designated or defined as hazardous by any state or federal law or by regulation of any state or federal agency.

(c) “Person” shall include any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other entity.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no person who in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care, and not in anticipation or expectation of receiving compensation therefor, renders assistance or advice in mitigating or attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened discharge of hazardous materials, or in preventing, cleaning up or disposing of or in attempting to prevent, clean up or dispose of any such discharge, shall be subject to civil liabilities or penalties as a result of any act committed in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care or omission in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care by such person in rendering emergency assistance, or advice.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section shall be construed to limit the liability of any person for any act not directly related to the assistance or advice in mitigating or attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened discharge of hazardous materials, or in preventing, cleaning up or disposing of or in attempting to prevent, clean up or dispose of any such discharge.

(4) The immunities provided in subsection (2) of this section shall not apply to any person whose act or omission caused in whole or in part such actual or threatened discharge and who would otherwise be liable therefor.

(5) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability of any person for damages resulting from such person's gross negligence, or from such person's reckless, wanton or intentional conduct.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-17 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 23 / Section 25-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-17
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, “ project ” means a major steel rebar micro-mill for use in the manufacture of steel rebar with an initial capital investment from private sources of not less than One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) which will create at least one hundred (100) full-time jobs with an average annual salary, excluding benefits which are not subject to Mississippi income taxes, of at least Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), and for which construction begins on or before September 15, 2010.

(2) The governing authorities of any municipality or the board of supervisors of any county in which there is to be located a project may provide funds to the enterprise owning or leasing the project in order to reimburse the enterprise for costs it incurs for site preparation, real estate improvements, railroads, roads, utilities and infrastructure related to the project. Reimbursements shall be made with local funds and may include, but not be limited to, the proceeds of bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-9-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-9-7
Status: in_force

The bonus consideration, delay drilling rentals, and royalties accruing under any lease executed with the authority of this chapter shall be paid by the lessee to a county depository to the credit of the county or to a municipal depository to the credit of the municipal corporation, said depository to be selected and designated in the order authorizing said lease, and all of said funds so accruing shall go into the general fund of the county or municipality, as the case may be.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-39 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 18-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-39
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of any local governmental unit wherein the site is designated may negotiate with the department with respect to any issue relating to the facility except:

(a) The need for the facility;

(b) Any proposal to reduce the powers or duties of the department, the authority or the committee under this chapter or under any permit or license issued for the facility;

(c) Any proposal to reduce the powers or duties of the Commission on Environmental Quality or the Environmental Quality Permit Board or to make less stringent any rule of the Commission on Environmental Quality; or

(d) Any decision of the committee, the authority, the department or the Environmental Protection Council regarding site selection, contractor selection, selection of waste management category or technology pursuant to this chapter.

(2) If the department and the governing body of the local governmental unit have not reached an agreement on all issues by negotiation within six (6) months after site designation, the following issues may be submitted to arbitration:

(a) Compensation to the local governmental unit for substantial economic impacts which are a direct result of the siting and operation of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility and for which adequate compensation is not otherwise provided;

(b) Reimbursement for reasonable costs incurred by the local governmental unit relating to negotiation, mediation and arbitration activities under this chapter;

(c) Matters related to the appearance of the facility;

(d) Operational concerns other than design capacity and regulatory issues;

(e) Traffic flows and patterns which result from the operation of the facility;

(f) Uses of the site where the facility is located after the facility is closed;

(g) Emergency response capabilities, including training and resources; and

(h) Access to facility records and monitoring data.

(3) The Secretary of State shall serve as arbitrator of any issues submitted for arbitration under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-57 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-57
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by a judgment or decision of the governing body of the district or of an associated county or city involved in an approved project, may appeal therefrom within ten days from the date thereof to the chancery court of any county within the district having jurisdiction of the subject matter, and may embody the facts, judgment and decision in a bill of exceptions which shall be signed by the persons acting as chairman or the presiding officer of the county or city or the governing body of the district. The executive director of the district or the clerk of such county or city shall transmit the bill of exceptions to the chancery court at once and the court shall either in term time or vacation hear and determine the same on the case as presented by the bill of exceptions as an appellate court, and shall affirm or reverse the judgment. If the judgment be reversed, the chancery court shall render such judgment as should have been rendered, and certify the same to the district or county or city, and costs shall be awarded as in other cases. The district or any associated member thereof may employ counsel to defend such appeals or defend or prosecute any suit, to be paid out of the funds of the district or such county or city. Any such appeal may be heard and determined in vacation in the discretion of the court on motion of any party and written notice for ten days to the other party or parties or the attorney of record, and the hearing of same shall be held in the county where the suit is pending, unless the judge in his order shall otherwise direct.

No appeals shall be taken from any order relating to or authorizing the issuance of bonds; these matters shall be heard in the manner provided by Section 17-11-51 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-211 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-211
Status: in_force

After being notified by the department that a plastic container does not comply with the provisions of Section 17-17-207 , a person who violates Section 17-17-207 , is subject to a civil penalty of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each day of violation and may be enjoined from such violations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Mississippi Entertainment District Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-33 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-33
Status: in_force

(1) No county, board of supervisors of a county, municipality, governing authority of a municipality or any other political subdivision shall adopt or maintain in effect any law, ordinance, or rule that creates requirements, regulations, processes or prohibitions that in any way interfere with an employer’s ability to become fully informed about the background of an employee or potential employee for the purpose of creating or maintaining a fair, secure, safe and productive workplace. Any ordinance or regulation that exists as of July 1, 2014, or is created after July 1, 2014, that violates the provisions of this section shall be explicitly preempted and voided by this section.

(2) The Legislature recognizes that fair, secure and safe workplaces are critical to high employer and employee productivity and increased employer and employee productivity improve the economic health of our state. Because the employer is in the best position to understand the fairness, security and safety needs of his or her workplace, any law or ordinance that hinders an employer's ability to meet the demands of such needs by limiting the ability of an employer to become informed about the background of an employee or potential employee, shall be declared unfair and against the laws and policies of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-5
Status: in_force

(1) After December 31, 1992, the board of supervisors and/or municipal governing body shall provide for the collection and disposal of garbage and the disposal of rubbish. The board of supervisors and/or municipal governing body may provide such collection or disposal services by contract with private or other controlling agencies, and the service may include house-to-house service or the placement of regularly serviced and controlled bulk refuse receptacles within reasonable distance from the farthest affected household, and the wastes disposed of in a manner acceptable to the department and within the meaning of this chapter. The board of supervisors and/or municipal governing body may enter into contracts related in any manner to the collection and transportation of solid wastes for a term of up to six (6) years; however, for such contracts executed on or after July 1, 2019, the board of supervisors and/or municipal governing body may have the option to extend the contract by mutual consent of the parties in one-year increments up to four (4) additional years without advertising for proposals, as long as rate adjustments remain consistent with the existing contract and the total term of the contract does not exceed ten (10) years. The board of supervisors and/or municipal governing body may enter into contracts related in any manner to the generation and sale of energy generated from solid waste, and contracts for treatment, processing, distribution, recycling, elimination or disposal of solid wastes for a term of up to thirty (30) years. The municipal governing body of any municipality is authorized to regulate the disposal of garbage and rubbish in sanitary landfills, as provided in Section 21-19-1, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(2) In the event an unincorporated area which is annexed by a municipality is being provided collection and disposal of garbage and rubbish under contract with private or other controlling agencies, the municipality shall annex the area subject to the contract for the remainder of the term of the contract, but not to exceed five (5) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-33 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 18-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-33
Status: in_force

(1) For the state commercial hazardous waste management facility the department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, shall establish and revise as necessary schedules of user fees and other charges, including nonregulatory penalties and surcharges. For facilities operated by private enterprise pursuant to this chapter, the department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, shall establish and revise as necessary schedules of franchise fees. The terms and conditions under which facilities are operated by private enterprise pursuant to this chapter shall be governed by appropriate contracts between the department and the private operator. Such contracts shall provide for the payment of franchise fees and for the periodic adjustment thereof.

(2) In establishing and revising such schedules of fees, the department shall consider and shall seek to recover, to the maximum extent possible, the following costs:

(a) Establishment and operation of the authority and committee;

(b) Administrative costs of the department in support of its activities under this chapter;

(c) Establishment and administration of the Perpetual Care Fund;

(d) Repayment to the state with interest of all funds expended from the State General Fund in the development of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility;

(e) Compensation of contractors and consultants employed by the department, authority and committee in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter;

(f) Other expenses incurred by the department, the state or its agencies in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.

(3) If revenues exceed all costs set out and all other costs and charges for which the department is liable, such excess funds shall be paid into a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury to fund a portion of the costs of the Mississippi Comprehensive Waste Minimization Program administered by the Department of Environmental Quality, other programs which foster multimedia waste prevention, reduction, reuse and recycling, programs which provide assistance to small quantity generators and other programs for environmental protection purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-43 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-43
Status: in_force

The procedures whereby the commission or an employee thereof may obtain a hearing before the commission on a violation of any provision of Sections 17-17-1 through 17-17-41 and Section 17-17-47 or of a regulation or of any order of the commission or whereby any interested person may obtain a hearing on matters within the jurisdiction of the commission or a hearing on any order of the commission shall be as prescribed in Sections 49-17-31 through 49-17-41 .

Further, all proceedings before the permit board of the bureau of pollution and control shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by Section 49-17-29 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-23-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-23-11
Status: in_force

(1) There is established a supplementary rural fire truck acquisition assistance program to be administered by the Department of Insurance for the purpose of assisting counties and municipalities in the acquisition of fire trucks. The supplementary rural fire truck acquisition assistance program is in addition to the rural fire truck acquisition assistance program established in Section 17-23-1 or any other program by which counties and municipalities acquire fire trucks.

(2) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund” which shall consist of funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the Legislature in any manner, and funds from any other source designated for deposit into such fund. Monies in the fund shall be used for the purpose of assisting counties and municipalities in the acquisition of fire trucks. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.

(3)(a) A county that meets the requirements provided herein may receive an amount of not more than Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00) per fire truck. Monies distributed under this section shall be expended only for the purchase of new fire trucks and such trucks must meet the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards in the 1900 series.

(b) The board of supervisors of the county shall submit its request for the receipt of monies to the Department of Insurance. A committee composed of the Commissioner of Insurance, the State Fire Coordinator, the Director of the Rating Bureau and the Director of the State Fire Academy shall review the requests by the boards of supervisors and shall determine whether the county or municipality for which the board of supervisors has requested a truck meets the requirements of eligibility under this section.

(c) To be eligible to receive monies under this section:

(i) A county or municipality must pledge to set aside or dedicate each year as matching funds, for a period not to extend over ten (10) years, local funds in an amount equal to or not less than one-tenth ( 1 / 10 ) of the amount of monies for which it is requesting distribution from the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund, which pledged monies may be derived from local ad valorem tax authorized by law or from any other funds available to the county or municipality, except for those funds received by municipalities or counties from the Municipal Fire Protection Fund or the County Volunteer Fire Department Fund, as defined in Sections 83-1-37 and 83-1-39 .

(ii) A municipality must provide adequate documentation of its contract with the county that requires the municipality to provide fire protection in rural areas. The term “ rural areas ” means any area within the county located outside the boundaries of an incorporated municipality or any incorporated municipality with a population of two thousand five hundred (2,500) or less.

(iii) A county or a municipality, designated by the county, must have exhausted all rounds of applications for fire trucks available to it under Section 17-23-1 .

(d) The Department of Insurance shall maintain an accurate record of all monies distributed to counties and municipalities and the number of fire trucks purchased and the cost for each fire truck, such records to be kept separate from other records of the Department of Insurance; notify counties and municipalities of the supplementary rural fire truck acquisition assistance program and the requirements for them to become eligible to participate; adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and desirable to implement the provisions of this section; and file with the Legislature a report detailing how monies made available under this chapter were distributed and spent during the preceding portion of the fiscal year in each county and municipality, the number of fire trucks purchased, the counties and municipalities making such purchases and the cost of each fire truck purchased.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-53 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-53
Status: in_force

(1) Before any money is borrowed under the provisions of this article, the governing authority shall adopt a resolution declaring the necessity for such borrowing and specifying the purpose for which the money borrowed is to be expended, the amount to be borrowed, the date or dates of the maturity thereof, and how such indebtedness is to be evidenced. The resolution shall be certified over the signature of the head of the governing authority.

(2) The borrowing shall be evidenced by negotiable notes or certificates of indebtedness of the governing authority which shall be signed by the head and clerk of such governing authority. All such notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be offered at public sale by the governing authority after not less than ten (10) days' advertising in a newspaper having general circulation within the governing authority. Each sale shall be made to the bidder offering the lowest rate of interest or whose bid represents the lowest net cost to the governing authority; however, the rate of interest shall not exceed that now or hereafter authorized in Section 75-17-101, Mississippi Code of 1972 . No such notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be issued and sold for less than par and accrued interest. All notes or certificates of indebtedness shall mature in approximately equal installments of principal and interest over a period not to exceed five (5) years from the dates of the issuance thereof. Principal shall be payable annually, and interest shall be payable annually or semiannually; provided, however, that the first payment of principal or interest may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year. Provided, however, if negotiable notes are outstanding from not more than one (1) previous issue authorized under the provisions of this article, then the schedule of payments for a new or supplementary issue may be so adjusted that the schedule of maturities of all notes or series of notes hereunder shall, when combined, mature in approximately equal installments of principal and interest over a period of five (5) years from the date of the new or supplementary issue, or if a lower interest rate will thereby be secured on notes previously issued and outstanding, a portion of the proceeds of any issue authorized hereunder may be used to refund the balance of the indebtedness previously issued under the authority of this article. Such notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be issued in such form and in such denominations as may be determined by the governing authority and may be made payable at the office of any bank or trust company selected by the governing authority. In such case, funds for the payment of principal and interest due thereon shall be provided in the same manner provided by law for the payment of the principal and interest due on bonds issued by the governing authority.

(3) For the prompt payment of notes or certificates of indebtedness at maturity, both principal and interest, the full faith, credit and resources of the issuing entity are pledged. If the issuing entity does not have available funds in an amount sufficient to provide for the payment of principal and interest according to the terms of such notes or certificates of indebtedness, then the governing authority shall annually levy a special tax upon all of its taxable property at a rate the avails of which will be sufficient to provide such payment. Funds derived from any such tax shall be paid into a sinking fund and used exclusively for the payment of principal of and interest on the notes or certificates of indebtedness. Until needed for expenditure, monies in the sinking fund may be invested in the same manner as the governing authority is elsewhere authorized by law to invest surplus funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-29 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-29
Status: in_force

Any two or more counties and municipalities are hereby authorized and empowered to create and to establish a regional planning commission to be composed of representatives appointed thereto by each county board of supervisors and municipal legislative body desiring representation on such commission, and to appropriate monies from their respective public funds for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of Sections 17-1-31 through 17-1-35 , inclusive. The regional planning commission shall be composed of not to exceed three representatives from each participating county and not to exceed two representatives from each participating municipality; provided, however, the regional planning commission membership shall not exceed fifteen in number. Participating governmental units may designate to membership ex officio and without vote the chairman of the local planning commission and/or the city or county engineer. Counties or municipalities within the State of Mississippi may join with adjacent counties, parishes, and/or municipalities in adjoining states to form an interstate regional planning commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-51 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-51
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be validated in the chancery court of any county involved in an approved project, or in which a city involved in an approved project is located, and in the case of two or more cities located in different counties, then in either county, with all public agencies involved in such approved project being parties to the validation proceedings, with the full right to any party in interest to file objections thereto, in the manner and with the force and effect provided now by Chapter 13 of Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for the validation of county, municipal school district and other bonds.

All objections to any matters relating to the issuance and sale of such bonds shall be adjudicated and determined by the chancery court in the validation proceedings and in no other manner, and all rights of the parties shall be preserved and not foreclosed, for the hearing before the chancery court or the chancellor in vacation.

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this chapter and all notes or other obligations authorized herein, shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi. Such bonds and income therefrom and all notes or other obligations authorized herein shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.

All such bonds, notes or other obligations authorized herein, may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-333 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-333
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-333
Status: in_force

The authority may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds at or prior to maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. Refunding bonds may be issued at such time prior to the maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds as the authority deems to be in the public interest. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereof, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of such bonds, the expenses of issue of the refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming the bonds being refunded, and such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of such refunding bonds as may be required by the resolution, trust indenture or other security instruments. The issue of refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the holders and the rights, duties and obligations of the authority shall be governed by Sections 17-17-327 and 17-17-329 relating to the issue of bonds other than refunding bonds insofar as the same may be applicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-431 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-431
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-431
Status: in_force

A person selling lead acid batteries at retail or offering lead acid batteries for retail sale in the state shall:

(a) Accept from customers, at the point of transfer, used lead acid batteries in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, if offered by customers; and

(b) Post written notice which must be at least eight and one-half inches (8- 1 / 2 ″) by eleven inches (11″) in size and must contain the universal recycling symbol and the following language:

(i) “IT IS ILLEGAL TO DISCARD A MOTOR VEHICLE BATTERY OR OTHER LEAD ACID BATTERY”;

(ii) “RECYCLE YOUR USED BATTERIES”; and

(iii) “STATE LAW REQUIRES U.S. TO ACCEPT USED MOTOR VEHICLE BATTERIES OR OTHER LEAD ACID BATTERIES FOR RECYCLING IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW BATTERIES PURCHASED.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-31 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-31
Status: in_force

In its planning functions, the district may, in its discretion, use the gulf regional planning commission as the planning instrumentality of the district. Each county and city within the district, including those counties or cities not associated as members of the district, shall make available to the district their current zoning ordinances, building codes, housing codes, subdivision regulations and all other codes which such cities or municipalities are authorized to adopt, and shall furnish the district from time to time with copies of all revisions, amendments or supplements to such ordinances, regulations or codes. The district is authorized to propose, but shall not have the power to compel, the adoption of uniform ordinances, regulations and codes pertaining to such matters, and may serve as a clearing house for the dissemination of information relating to planning matters between the counties, cities and other municipalities within the region.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-125 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-125
Status: in_force

Every agreement under either subsection (d) or (e) of Section 17-17-105 shall contain a covenant obligating the industry to effect the completion of the project if the proceeds of the bonds, including parity completion bonds, if any, prove insufficient, and each such lease/sale shall obligate the industry to make payments which shall be sufficient to:

(a) Pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued for the project;

(b) Build and maintain any reserves deemed by the governing board to be advisable in connection therewith;

(c) Pay the costs of maintaining the project in good repair and the cost of keeping it properly insured;

(d) Provide proper, sufficient and adequate insurance to cover potential liability that could arise from project operation; and

(e) Provide detailed plans to guarantee an environmentally sound operation and post-closure management of a project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-9-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-9-9
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not apply to sixteenth section lands or in lieu lands.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 18-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-5
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “Advisory committee” means the designated site local advisory committee created under Section 17-18-35 .

(b) “Authority” means the Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Authority created under Section 17-18-7 .

(c) “Committee” means the Hazardous Waste Technical Siting Committee created under Section 17-18-11 .

(d) “Department” means the Department of Finance and Administration.

(e) “Hazardous waste” means hazardous waste as defined under Section 17-17-3 .

(f) “Local governmental unit” means any town, municipality or county.

(g) “State commercial hazardous waste management facility” means a facility which receives hazardous wastes directly or indirectly from more than one (1) generator for the storage, processing, treatment, recycling, recovery or disposal of hazardous wastes for a fee and is authorized under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-437 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-437
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-437
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt, modify, repeal, promulgate, make exceptions to, grant exemptions and variances from and enforce rules and regulations required to implement Sections 17-17-429 through 17-17-445 . Unless a different penalty is specifically prescribed, any person found guilty by the commission of violating Sections 17-17-401 through 17-17-445 , any rule or regulation or written order promulgated or issued by the commission shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Section 17-17-29 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Municipal Historical Hamlet Act,” and it shall serve the purpose of having historical small communities organize community activities that will positively influence the infrastructure of such communities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-3
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following definitions unless the context indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Advanced plastic recycling ” means a manufacturing process for the conversion of post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks into basic hydrocarbon raw materials, feedstocks, chemicals, and other products including, but not limited to, monomers, oligomers, plastics, plastic and chemical feedstocks, basic and unfinished chemicals, naphtha, waxes, lubricants, coatings, and other basic hydrocarbons. For the purpose of advanced recycling:

(i) “ Depolymerization ” means a manufacturing process where post-use polymers are broken into smaller molecules such as monomers and oligomers or raw, intermediate, or final products, plastic and chemical feedstocks, basic and unfinished chemicals, naphtha, waxes, lubricants, coatings, and other basic hydrocarbons.

(ii) “ Gasification ” means a manufacturing process through which recovered feedstocks and post-use polymers are heated and converted into a fuel and gas mixture in an oxygen-deficient atmosphere and the mixture is converted into valuable raw materials and intermediate and final products, including plastic monomers, chemicals, waxes, lubricants, chemical feedstocks, that are returned to economic utility in the form of raw materials, products, or other basic hydrocarbons.

(iii) “ Pyrolysis ” means a manufacturing process through which post-use polymers are heated in the absence of oxygen until melted and thermally decomposed and are then cooled, condensed, and converted into valuable raw materials and intermediate and final products, including plastic monomers, chemicals, waxes, lubricants, plastic and chemical feedstocks, that are returned to economic utility in the form of raw materials, products, or other basic hydrocarbons.

(iv) “ Solvolysis ” means a manufacturing process through which post-use polymers are reacted with the aid of solvents while heated at low temperatures and/or pressurized to make useful products, while allowing additives and contaminants to be separated. The products of solvolysis include monomers, intermediates, and valuable raw materials. The process includes hydrolysis, aminolysis, ammonoloysis, methanolysis, ethanolysis, and glycolysis.

(b) “ Advanced plastic recycling facility ” means a manufacturing facility that receives, separates, stores and converts post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks using advanced recycling. An advanced plastic recycling facility is not a solid waste processing facility, solid waste management facility, materials recovery facility, waste-to-energy facility, or incinerator, but the facility is subject to department inspections to ensure compliance. Solid waste generated by an advanced plastic recycling facility is subject to all applicable laws and regulations for manufacturers relating to storage and disposal of solid waste.

(c) “ Agency ” means any controlling agency, public or private, elected, appointed or volunteer, controlling and supervising the collection and/or disposal of solid wastes.

(d) “ Ashes ” means the solid residue from burning of wood, coal, coke or other combustible materials used for heating, or from incineration of solid wastes, but excepting solid residue the storage or disposition of which is controlled by other agencies.

(e) “ Commercial hazardous waste management facility ” means any facility engaged in the storage, treatment, recovery or disposal of hazardous waste for a fee and which accepts hazardous waste from more than one (1) generator. A facility (i) which is designed principally for treatment of aqueous hazardous wastes and residue; and (ii) which is situated within an industrial park or area; and (iii) which disposes of no hazardous waste within the State of Mississippi shall not constitute a commercial hazardous waste management facility for purposes of Section 17-17-151(3)(a) only.

(f) “ Commercial nonhazardous solid waste management facility ” means any facility engaged in the storage, treatment, processing or disposal of nonhazardous solid waste for compensation or which accepts nonhazardous solid waste from more than one (1) generator not owned by the facility owner.

(g) “ Commercial oil field exploration and production waste disposal ” means storage, treatment, recovery, processing, disposal or acceptance of oil field exploration and production waste from more than one (1) generator or for a fee.

(h) “ Commercial purpose ” means for the purpose of economic gain.

(i) “ Commission ” means the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality.

(j) “ Composting or compost plant ” means an officially controlled method or operation whereby putrescible solid wastes are broken down through microbic action to a material offering no hazard or nuisance factors to public health or well-being.

(k) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.

(l) “ Disposal ” means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid waste or hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such solid waste or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including groundwaters.

(m) “ Executive director ” means the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.

(n) “ Garbage ” means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, including wastes from markets, storage facilities, handling and sale of produce and other food products, and excepting such materials that may be serviced by garbage grinders and handled as household sewage.

(o) “ Hazardous wastes ” means any waste or combination of waste of a solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semisolid form which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may (i) cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or (ii) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed which are listed by the Environmental Protection Agency as hazardous wastes which exceed the threshold limits set forth in the Environmental Protection Agency regulations for classifying hazardous waste. Such wastes include, but are not limited to, those wastes which are toxic, corrosive, flammable, irritants, strong sensitizers, or which generate pressure through decomposition, heat or other means. Such wastes do not include those radioactive materials regulated pursuant to the Mississippi Radiation Protection Law of 1976, appearing in Section 45-14-1 et seq.

(p) “ Hazardous waste management ” means the systematic control of the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, processing, treatment, recovery and disposal of hazardous waste.

(q) “ Head ” means the head of the Office of Pollution Control of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality or his designee.

(r) “ Health department ” means the Mississippi State Health Department and every county or district health department. “ Health officer ” means the state or affected county health officer or his designee.

(s) “ Manifest ” means the form used for identifying the quantity, composition, origin, routing and destination of hazardous waste during its transport.

(t) “ Office ” means the Office of Pollution Control of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.

(u) “ Open dump ” means any officially recognized place, land or building which serves as a final depository for solid wastes, whether or not burned or buried, which does not meet the minimum requirements for a sanitary landfill, except approved incinerators, compost plants and salvage yards.

(v) “ Post-use polymer ” means a plastic to which all of the following apply:

(i) It is derived from any residential, industrial, commercial, governmental, institutional, or agricultural activities.

(ii) It is not mixed with solid waste or hazardous waste onsite or during processing at a depolymerization, gasification, pyrolysis, or solvolysis facility.

(iii) Its use or intended use is as a feedstock for the manufacturing of feedstocks, raw materials, or other intermediate products or final products using depolymerization, gasification, pyrolysis, solvolysis or other similar technologies.

(iv) It has been sorted from solid waste and other regulated waste but may contain residual amounts of solid waste such as organic material and incidental contaminants or impurities such as paper labels and metal rings.

(v) It is processed at a depolymerization, gasification, pyrolysis, or solvolysis facility or held at such facility prior to processing.

(vi) Post-use polymers meeting the requirements of this section are not solid waste.

(w) “ Recovered feedstock ” means a post-use polymer or a material for which the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or the department, has made a nonwaste determination pursuant to 40 CFR 241.3(c) , or has otherwise determined is feedstock that has been sorted from other solid wastes so that it may be used as feedstock in an advanced plastics recycling facility or other recycling operations. Recovered feedstock does not include unsorted municipal solid waste or material(s) that has been mixed with solid waste or hazardous waste onsite or during processing at an advanced plastics recycling facility or other recycling operations.

(x) “ Permit board ” means the permit board created by Section 49-17-28 .

(y) “ Person ” means any individual, trust, firm, joint-stock company, public or private corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, state, or any agency or institution thereof, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state or any interstate body, and includes any officer or governing or managing body of any municipality, political subdivision, or the United States or any officer or employee thereof.

(z) “ Pollution Emergency Fund ” means the fund created under Section 49-17-68 .

(aa) “ Rubbish ” means nonputrescible solid wastes (excluding ashes) consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes. Combustible rubbish includes paper, rags, cartons, wood, furniture, rubber, plastics, yard trimmings, leaves and similar materials. Noncombustible rubbish includes glass, crockery, metal cans, metal furniture and like materials which will not burn at ordinary incinerator temperatures (not less than 1600 degrees F).

(bb) “ Sanitary landfill ” means a controlled area of land upon which solid waste is deposited, and is compacted and covered with no on-site burning of wastes, and so located, contoured, drained and operated so that it will not cause an adverse effect on public health or the environment.

(cc) “ Solid wastes ” means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. 880), or source, special nuclear or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

(dd) “ Storage ” means the containment of wastes, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, except as provided in 40 CFR 263.12 , in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such wastes.

(ee) “ Transport ” means the movement of wastes from the point of generation to any intermediate points, and finally to the point of ultimate storage or disposal.

(ff) “ Treatment ” means any method, technique or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of any solid waste in order to neutralize such character or composition of any solid waste, neutralize such waste or render such waste, safer for transport, amenable for recovery, amenable for storage or reduced in volume.

(gg) “ Treatment facility ” means a location at which waste is subjected to treatment and may include a facility where waste has been generated.

(hh) “ Unauthorized dump ” means any collection of solid wastes either dumped or caused to be dumped or placed on any property either public or private, whether or not regularly used. An abandoned automobile, large appliance, or similar large item of solid waste shall be considered as forming an unauthorized dump within the meaning of this chapter, but not the careless, scattered littering of smaller individual items as tires, bottles, cans and the like. An unauthorized dump shall also mean any solid waste disposal site which does not meet the regulatory provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-5
Status: in_force

The powers of the governing board of every human resource agency shall include the power to adopt bylaws, to appoint persons to senior staff positions including the appointment of an executive director, to determine major personnel, physical and program policy and approve overall program plans and priorities and to assure compliance with conditions of and approve proposals for financial assistance over this chapter. The executive director shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the governing board and his employment may be terminated at any time by a majority vote thereof and his salary shall be fixed by the board. The executive director shall give bond with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law and by the governing board, in a penalty equal to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), with the premiums thereon to be paid by the governing board from funds provided herein for administrative expenses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-443 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-443
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-443
Status: in_force

No person shall establish a program for the collection and management of household hazardous wastes until such program has been registered with and approved by the department. Each person shall also maintain and submit records to the department as required under the guidelines developed under Section 17-17-445 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-45 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 18-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-45
Status: in_force

No elected or appointed official shall derive any pecuniary benefit, directly or indirectly, as a result of such elected or appointed official's duties under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-37 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-37
Status: in_force

The governing body of the district, county or city shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to issue bonds for the purposes authorized by this chapter, stating the amount of the bonds proposed to be issued, whether such bonds are revenue bonds or general obligation bonds, and the date upon which further action will be taken by the governing body looking forward to the issuance of such bonds. Such resolution shall be published once a week for at least three successive weeks in a newspaper published and of general circulation within such county or city. The first of such publications shall be made at least twenty-one days prior to the date set forth in said resolution as the date upon which further action will be taken by the governing body, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven days prior to said date. If, prior to the date set forth as aforesaid, there shall be filed with the clerk of such governing body a petition in writing signed by ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of such regional area, county or city thereof, or fifteen hundred (1,500) qualified electors, whichever shall be the lesser number, requesting an election on the question of the issuance of such bonds, then such bonds shall not be issued unless authorized by a majority of the qualified electors in such regional area, county or city voting thereon at an election to be ordered by the governing body for that purpose. Notice of such election shall be given and such election shall be held and conducted in like manner as provided by law with respect to elections held on the submission of county or city bond issues. If the proposition so submitted shall fail to receive approval at such election, then no further proceedings for the issuance of such bonds shall be taken for a period of six months from and after the date of such election. If, however, no such petition shall be filed, or if such election or subsequent election on such proposition shall be assented to by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon, then such governing body shall be authorized to proceed with the issuance of such bonds without further election.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Mississippi Entertainment District Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-7-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-7-1
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from a natural disaster, the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of municipal and county governments or any subdivisions thereof at the regular or usual place or places thereof, the governing body of each political subdivision of this state may meet at any place within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivision on the call of the presiding officer or any two (2) members of such governing body, and shall proceed to establish and designate by ordinance, resolution or other manner, alternate or substitute sites or places as the emergency temporary location, or locations, of government where all, or any part, of the public business may be transacted and conducted during the emergency situation. Such sites or places may be within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivision and may be within or without this state.

(2) For the purposes of this chapter, “ natural disaster ” means a natural disaster as declared by the Governor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-17 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-17
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, “ project ” means a major steel rebar micro-mill for use in the manufacture of steel rebar with an initial capital investment from private sources of not less than One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) which will create at least one hundred (100) full-time jobs with an average annual salary, excluding benefits which are not subject to Mississippi income taxes, of at least Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), and for which construction begins on or before September 15, 2010.

(2) The governing authorities of any municipality or the board of supervisors of any county in which there is to be located a project may provide funds to the enterprise owning or leasing the project in order to reimburse the enterprise for costs it incurs for site preparation, real estate improvements, railroads, roads, utilities and infrastructure related to the project. Reimbursements shall be made with local funds and may include, but not be limited to, the proceeds of bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-13 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 18-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-13
Status: in_force

The committee shall exercise the following powers and duties in carrying out the purposes of this chapter:

(a) It shall recommend to the authority, in accordance with the hazardous waste management category determination as provided in Section 49-29-7 , the technology and design capacity for each component of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility operated under this chapter.

(b) It shall develop criteria and methodology for selecting sites for the state hazardous waste management facility.

(c) It shall actively seek volunteer communities interested in hosting the state commercial hazardous waste management facility.

(d) It shall implement the site selection criteria and the site selection methodology to determine three (3) candidate sites for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. The determination shall be made in writing to the Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Authority. Priority shall be given to the evaluation of potential sites located on state-owned property and in communities volunteering to host the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. If the site is to be located on state-owned land, then the site shall consist of a tract of land of not less than three hundred (300) acres owned by the state on March 31, 1990, but it shall not be necessary for the entire tract to be used in the operation of the facility.

(e) It may request information and assistance from any state agency which has data or expertise which would assist the committee in the identification of sites, provided that no agency which has authority to issue a license or permit for the construction or operation of the facility shall participate in the site selection process in any way that would result in an actual or apparent conflict of interest.

(f) It may conduct, or cause to be conducted, any studies, analyses or evaluations.

(g) It may apply and contract for and accept any grants or gifts in furtherance of the activities of the committee.

(h) It may enter into contracts and do all acts necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out any power expressly granted to the committee under this chapter. All contracts shall be executed by the Department of Finance and Administration subject to final approval by the committee.

(i) It shall conduct such public meetings or hearings as may be necessary or appropriate and make a permanent record thereof, in furtherance of the activities of the committee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-39 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-39
Status: in_force

(1) Each county and municipal law enforcement agency shall provide Mental Health First Aid training that is evidence-based and approved by the Department of Mental Health to all law enforcement officers who are employed or contracted by the agency by July 1, 2031.

(2) On or before July 1, 2025, each county and municipal law enforcement agency shall employ at least one (1) law enforcement officer who is a Crisis Intervention Team Officer, as defined in Section 41-21-131 . An agency which employs fewer than five (5) law enforcement officers may execute an agreement with one or more other law enforcement agencies to have a Crisis Intervention Team officer to serve as the officer for that agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-27 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-27
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, “ economic development project ” means any project in which the State of Mississippi has committed state or federal program funds to incentivize a company to locate or expand a business in the state and create or maintain jobs within the state.

(2) The board of supervisors of a county or the governing authorities of a municipality may enter into agreements with an economic development project that are binding on future boards of supervisors of the county or governing authorities of the municipality:

(a) To provide water, sewer and other county or municipal services; and/or

(b) Providing that the board of supervisors or governing authorities will agree in advance to approve any request for exemption from ad valorem taxes in the manner provided by law and that any such exemption shall be for a period of ten (10) years.

(3) The agreements authorized under this section may be for a period not to exceed twenty (20) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 23 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds the following:

(a) Population growth as well as development in historical communities result in new and increased demands for public facilities and services that promote the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare;

(b) The residents and property owners in these communities should have reasonable methods available so they can provide these public facilities and services; and

(c) The ability of residents and property owners in historical communities to propose the establishment of municipal historical hamlets is a method to fulfill the demands for these much needed public facilities and services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-54 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-54
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-54
Status: in_force

(1)(a) There is created in the State Treasury a fund to be designated as the Uncontrolled Site Evaluation Trust Fund, referred to in this section as “fund,” to be administered by the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality.

(b) Monies in the fund shall be utilized to pay reasonable direct and indirect costs associated with the administration and evaluation of uncontrolled sites, including, but not limited to, the reasonable costs of the following activities:

(i) Reviewing plans, specifications, engineering reports and other documents related to site assessments, preliminary assessments, site investigations, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, remedy selection, remedial design, remedial actions, site specific risk assessments and operation and maintenance;

(ii) Establishing cleanup levels and objectives and risk targets and reviewing cleanup alternatives and technologies;

(iii) Administering the uncontrolled sites program, including, but not limited to, collecting and analyzing data, conducting site inspections and site monitoring activities, maintaining a computerized database, of site inventories and status, and providing any necessary further action or no further action letters;

(iv) Preparing generally applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements or guidance;

(v) Conducting other activities directly related to the administration and evaluation of uncontrolled sites.

(c) Expenditures may be made from the fund upon requisition by the executive director of the department.

(d) The fund shall be treated as a special trust fund. Interest earned on the principal therein shall be credited by the treasurer to the fund.

(e) The fund may receive monies from any available public or private source, including, but not limited to, collection of fees, interest, grants, taxes, public and private donations, judicial actions and appropriated funds.

(f) Monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be retained in the fund for use in the next succeeding fiscal year.

(2)(a) There is hereby created the Uncontrolled Site Voluntary Evaluation Program to provide for the administration and evaluation of uncontrolled sites. If any person has a legal or equitable interest in a site within the jurisdiction of the uncontrolled sites program at the department, and that site is not currently under expedited review or evaluation, that person may request that the department accelerate such review by considering the site under the voluntary evaluation program. The department shall determine the eligibility of an uncontrolled site for inclusion into the voluntary evaluation program. The site may be placed in the voluntary program if:

(i) The department accepts the site for the voluntary review and evaluation; and

(ii) The person pays to the department the fees as specified in a fee schedule adopted by the commission.

(b) The owner of an uncontrolled site who participates in the voluntary program shall pay all costs of any actions associated with the administration and evaluation of the site.

(c) The commission shall set by order a schedule of fees and costs for the Uncontrolled Site Voluntary Evaluation Program.

(d) All monies collected under this section shall be deposited into the fund.

(3) The commission may delegate to the department responsibility for the collection of uncontrolled site administration and evaluation fees.

(4) All uncontrolled site administration and evaluation fees shall be due before a date specified by the department in an invoice which shall be no less than thirty (30) days following the invoice date. If any part of an uncontrolled site administration and evaluation fees imposed is not paid within thirty (30) days after the due date, a penalty of up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount due may be imposed and be added thereto. Any penalty collected under this section shall be deposited into the fund. If the department has to pursue legal action to collect fees incurred, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs may be assessed against the nonpaying party.

(5) Any person required to pay a fee under this section who disagrees with the calculation or applicability of the fee may petition the commission for a hearing in accordance with Section 49-17-35 . Any hearing shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 49-17-33 .

(6) Fees collected under this section shall not supplant or reduce in any way the General Fund appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality.

(7) The department may suspend any activities or actions related to the administration or evaluation of an uncontrolled site if the person fails to meet any condition or requirement or fails to pay any required fees or penalties imposed under the voluntary evaluation program.

(8) Nothing in this section affects any existing program at the department or affects any authority of the commission or department to take any action authorized by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-347 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-347
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-347
Status: in_force

(1) At the conclusion of each fiscal year, beginning with Fiscal Year 1992, each unit of local government shall determine during its regular audit the full and complete cost for solid waste management within the service area of the unit of local government for the previous fiscal year, and shall update the full and complete cost every year thereafter. The Department of Audit shall establish the method for units of local government to use in calculating full and complete cost for the preceding fiscal year to be included as a part of the regular audit of the operations of the unit of local government.

(2)(a) Each unit of local government shall establish a system to inform, no less than once a year, residential and nonresidential users of municipal solid waste management services within its service area of the user's share, on an average or individual basis, of the full cost for municipal solid waste management as determined pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

(b) Counties and municipalities are encouraged to operate their municipal solid waste management systems through use of an enterprise fund.

(3) For purposes of this section, “service area” means the area in which the unit of local government provides, directly or by contract, municipal solid waste management services. This section shall not be construed to require a person operating under a franchise agreement to manage municipal solid waste within the service area of a unit of local government to make the calculations or to establish a system to provide information required under this section, unless such person agrees to do so as part of such franchise agreement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-39 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-39
Status: in_force

(1) Each county and municipal law enforcement agency shall provide Mental Health First Aid training that is evidence-based and approved by the Department of Mental Health to all law enforcement officers who are employed or contracted by the agency by July 1, 2031.

(2) On or before July 1, 2025, each county and municipal law enforcement agency shall employ at least one (1) law enforcement officer who is a Crisis Intervention Team Officer, as defined in Section 41-21-131 . An agency which employs fewer than five (5) law enforcement officers may execute an agreement with one or more other law enforcement agencies to have a Crisis Intervention Team officer to serve as the officer for that agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter:

(a) “ Business ” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or sole proprietorship.

(b) “ Entertainment district ” or “ district ” means an area designated by a county or municipality in which entertainment services are centered.

(c) “ Entertainment services ” means any sale of tickets, passes, or admissions to an event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event, athletic event, festival, concert, or theater show.

(d) “ Entertainment facility ” means any structure that provides entertainment services and shall include, but not be limited to, a theater, amphitheater, golf course, museum, zoo, automobile racetrack, arena, stadium, or similar venue.

(e) “ Municipality ” means any county or incorporated city, municipality, town or village in the state.

(f) “ Ticket fee ” means an additional fee added on to the price of entertainment services sold.

(g) “ Qualifying business ” means any business within an entertainment district that constructs and operates an entertainment facility that is established or remodeled after July 1, 2009, elects to participate in the accelerated depreciation deduction authorized by Section 17-29-7 , and is approved to do so in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the State Tax Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-7
Status: in_force

(1) Any power, authority or responsibility exercised or capable of being exercised by a local governmental unit of this state may be exercised and carried out jointly with any other local governmental unit of this state, any state board, agency or commission and any public agency of the United States, to the extent that the laws of the United States permit such joint exercise or enjoyment.

(2) No such power, authority and responsibility may be exercised under the provisions of this chapter which will have the effect of abolishing any office which is held by a person elected by the citizenry, without first an election being called to decide the question of the abolition of any such elected office.

(3) No agreement made hereunder shall be entered into by any local governmental unit without the approval by resolution on the minutes of the governing authority of that local governmental unit.

(4) Any two (2) or more local governmental units may enter into written contractual agreements with one another for joint or cooperative action to provide services and facilities pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Appropriate action by ordinance, resolution or otherwise pursuant to the law controlling the participating local governmental units or agencies shall be necessary before any such agreement shall be in force.

(5) No such power, authority and responsibility may be exercised under the provisions of this chapter by a local governmental unit which it would not have authority to exercise otherwise pursuant to the law controlling the local governmental unit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-9
Status: in_force

No garbage, or rubbish containing garbage or other putrescible materials, or hazardous wastes shall be burned except in approved incinerators meeting the necessary temperature requirements and air pollution controls as now established or may later be established. The open burning of rubbish shall be permitted only under controlled circumstances where sanitary landfill and landfill is not feasible, and not in proximity to sanitary landfill or landfill operations where spread of fire to these operations may be a hazard in the opinion of the controlling agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-1
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors and the municipal governing boards of the various counties and cities of the State of Mississippi are hereby empowered to create human resource agencies which may be comprised of one or more counties, cities, or any combination thereof. It is the express intention of this chapter that agencies created hereunder shall be operated under local governmental control and shall be responsible for administration of programs heretofore conducted by community action agencies, limited purpose agencies and related programs authorized by federal law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-117 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-117
Status: in_force

The principal, interest and premium, if any, on any bonds shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues payable to the municipality, pursuant to either of the agreements specified in subsections (d) and (e) of Section 17-17-105 and may also, in the case of an agreement under subsection (e) of Section 17-17-105 , be secured by a lien which may be subordinate to a prior lien on any other property given as security by the industry pursuant to the lease/sale and any bonds may be issued pursuant to and secured by a trust indenture. The proceedings under which bonds are authorized to be issued or any such trust indenture may contain any agreements and provisions customarily contained in instruments securing bonds, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provisions respecting the fixing and collection of the sums payable by the industry to the municipality and/or the trustee, if any, as the case may be, pursuant to the lease/sale, the maintenance and insurance of a project, the creation and maintenance of special funds by the industry, and the rights and remedies available in the event of default to the bondholders or to the trustee under such trust indenture, all as the governing board 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 any security pledged, mortgaged or otherwise made available by the industry for the securing of revenue bonds, and the application of the revenues from the agreement, made under either subsection (d) or (e) of Section 17-17-105 and shall not have the power to incur a pecuniary liability or a charge upon its general credit or against its taxing powers. The proceedings authorizing any revenue bonds hereunder and any trust indenture securing such bonds may provide that in the event of default in payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds or in the performance of any agreement contained in such proceedings or trust indenture, such payment and performance may be enforced by mandamus or by the 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 power.

The trustee or trustees under any trust indenture, or any depository specified by such trust indenture, may be such persons or corporations as the governing board shall designate, notwithstanding that they may be 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. § 17-13-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-9
Status: in_force

(1) Any agreement made hereunder shall specify the following:

(a) Its duration.

(b) Its purpose or purposes.

(c) The precise organization, composition, nature and powers of any separate legal or administrative entity created thereby; the specific citation of statutory authority vested in each of the local governmental units which is to be a party to the agreement.

(d) The manner of financing, staffing and supplying the joint or cooperative undertaking and of establishing and maintaining a budget therefor; provided that the treasurer and/or disbursing officer of one (1) of the local governmental units shall be designated in the agreement to receive, disburse and account for all funds of the joint undertaking as a part of the duties of the officer or officers.

(e) The permissible method or methods to be employed in accomplishing the partial or complete termination or amendment of the agreement and for disposing of property upon such partial or complete termination or amendment.

(f) The provision for administration, through a joint board or other appropriate means, of the joint or cooperative undertaking in the event that the agreement does not or may not establish a separate legal entity to conduct the joint or cooperative undertaking. In the case of a joint board, all local governmental units party to the agreement shall be represented.

(g) The manner of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property used in the joint or cooperative undertaking in the event that the agreement does not or may not establish a separate legal entity to conduct the joint or cooperative undertaking.

(h) Any other necessary and proper matters.

(2) Any municipality may enter into an agreement with a county under this chapter to provide that sales of property for the nonpayment of taxes levied or the nonpayment of special assessments as provided in Section 21-19-11 by such municipality shall be made by the county tax collector at the county courthouse in the same manner as provided by law for sales of like property for unpaid county taxes, and that redemptions of property sold for taxes or special assessments levied by such municipality shall be made through the chancery clerk of the county.

(3) Municipalities having as a common border a road or street may enter into an agreement pursuant to this chapter for the provision of police protection and law enforcement within the right-of-way of the street or roadway. An interlocal agreement undertaken pursuant to this subsection shall make the following provisions concerning violations occurring within the area subject to the agreement:

(a) Joint or several enforcement of all penal laws of the State of Mississippi which are misdemeanors made a violation of city ordinance by operation of the provisions of Section 21-13-19 ;

(b) Prosecution in the municipal court of the municipality employing the officer who made the arrest or issued the citation; jurisdiction shall lie in either municipality, and no charge filed in either municipal court shall be dismissed because of improper venue or lack of jurisdiction asserted solely on the grounds that the violation did not actually occur in the jurisdiction in which it is being prosecuted if the violation occurred in either jurisdiction; and

(c) Any actions reasonably necessary to provide police protection and law enforcement pursuant to the agreement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-7
Status: in_force

In order to carry out its overall responsibility for administering a human resource program, a human resource agency is hereby given the authority to own and dispose of property, both real and personal, and to receive and administer funds under this chapter, funds and contributions from private or local public sources which may be used in support of a human resource program, and funds under any federal or state assistance program pursuant to which such an agency organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter could serve as grantee, contractor, or sponsor of projects appropriate for inclusion in a human resource program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-35 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-35
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipality and the board of supervisors of any county may, in its discretion, adopt a policy to continue to pay all or a portion of the regular compensation and related benefits of any law enforcement officer, firefighter or other employee that protects the public interest of the municipality or county who is injured in the line of duty, during the time that the injured employee is physically unable to perform the duties of his or her employment, in accordance with the following:

(a) The municipality or county may continue to pay all or a portion of the injured employee's regular compensation and related benefits until such time as the employee is physically able to perform the duties of his or her employment, or the employee retires on a disability retirement allowance, whichever occurs first.

(b) The maximum portion of the injured employee's regular compensation that the municipality or county may continue to pay is the difference between the total amount that the injured employee is receiving from workers' compensation benefits and disability benefits from the trust fund created under Section 45-2-21 and the amount of the employee's regular compensation.

(c) At such time as the injured employee is no longer receiving any workers' compensation benefits or disability benefits from the trust fund created under Section 45-2-21 , the municipality or county may continue to pay the full amount of the employee's regular compensation for such period of time as allowed under the policy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-9
Status: in_force

No garbage, or rubbish containing garbage or other putrescible materials, or hazardous wastes shall be burned except in approved incinerators meeting the necessary temperature requirements and air pollution controls as now established or may later be established. The open burning of rubbish shall be permitted only under controlled circumstances where sanitary landfill and landfill is not feasible, and not in proximity to sanitary landfill or landfill operations where spread of fire to these operations may be a hazard in the opinion of the controlling agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-305 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-305
Status: in_force

Whenever used in Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 , the following words and terms shall have the following respective meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(a) “ Authority ” means a regional solid waste management authority created under Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 .

(b) “ Board ” means the board of commissioners of an authority.

(c) “ Bonds ” means either revenue bonds, general obligation bonds, bond anticipation notes, or other types of debt instruments issued by the authority unless the reference to bonds clearly indicates “revenue bonds,” “general obligation bonds,” “bond anticipation notes” or such other forms of debt instruments.

(d) “ Cost of project ” means all costs of site preparation and other start-up costs; all costs of construction; all costs of real and personal property required for the purposes of the project and facilities related thereto, including land and any rights or undivided interest therein, easements, franchises, fees, permits, approvals, licenses, and certificates and the securing of such permits, approvals, licenses, and certificates and all machinery and equipment, including motor vehicles which are used for project functions; and including any cost associated with the closure, post-closure maintenance or corrective action, financing charges and interest prior to and during construction and during such additional period as the authority may reasonably determine to be necessary for the placing of the project in operation; costs of engineering, geotechnical, architectural and legal services; costs of plans and specifications and all expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the project; administrative expenses; and such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the financing authorized in Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 . The costs of any project may also include funds for the creation of a debt service reserve, a renewal and replacement reserve, and such other reserves as may be reasonably required by the authority for the operation of its projects and as may be authorized by any bond resolution or trust agreement or indenture pursuant to the provisions of which the issuance of any such bonds may be authorized. Any obligation or expense incurred for any of the foregoing purposes shall be regarded as a part of the costs of the project and may be paid or reimbursed as such out of the proceeds of user fees, of revenue bonds or notes issued under Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 for such project, or from other revenues obtained by the authority.

(e) “ County ” means any county of this state.

(f) “ Department ” means the Department of Environmental Quality.

(g) “ Designated representative ” means the person named by resolution of the governing body of a county or municipal corporation as the representative of such unit of local government for the purpose of acting on their behalf as an incorporator in concert with other similarly named persons in the creation and incorporation of a regional authority under Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 .

(h) “ Facilities ” means any plant, structure, building, improvement, land, or any other real or personal property used or useful in a project under Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 .

(i) “ Governing body ” means the elected or duly appointed officials constituting the governing body of a municipality or county.

(j) “ Incorporation agreement ” means that agreement between the designated representatives of various units of local government setting forth the formal creation of a regional authority under Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 .

(k) “ Incorporator ” means the “designated representative.”

(l) “ Member ” means a unit of local government participating in an authority.

(m) “ Municipal solid waste ” means any nonhazardous solid waste resulting from the operation of residential, commercial, governmental, industrial or institutional establishments except oil field exploration and production wastes and sewage sludge.

(n) “ Municipality ” means any incorporated city or town in this state.

(o) “ Person ” means a person as defined in Section 17-17-3, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(p) “ Post-closure ” means a procedure approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, or the department to provide for long-term financial assurance, monitoring, and maintenance of solid waste disposal sites to protect human health and the environment.

(q) “ Project ” means:

(i) The collection, transportation, management and disposal of municipal solid waste, including closure and post-closure and any property, real or personal, used as or in connection with a facility for the composting, extraction, collection, storage, treatment, processing, utilization, or final disposal of resources contained in solid waste, including the conversion of municipal solid waste or resources contained therein into compost, oil, charcoal, gas, steam, or any other product or energy source and the collection, storage, treatment, utilization, processing, or final disposal of solid waste in connection with the foregoing; and

(ii) Any property, real or personal, used as or in connection with a facility for the composting, extraction, collection, storage, treatment, processing and the conversion of such resources into any compost or useful form of energy.

(r) “ Public agency ” means any incorporated city or town, county, political subdivision, governmental district or unit, public corporation, public institution of higher learning, community college district, planning and development district, or governmental agency created under the laws of the state.

(s) “ Resource recovery facility ” means any facility at which solid waste is processed for the purpose of extracting, converting to energy or otherwise separating and preparing solid waste for reuse.

(t) “ Revenues ” means all rentals, receipts, income and other charges derived or received or to be derived or received by the authority from any of the following: the operation by the authority of a facility or facilities, or part thereof; the sale, including installment sales or conditional sales, lease, sublease or use or other disposition of any facility or portion thereof; the sale, lease or other disposition of recovered resources; contracts, agreements or franchises with respect to a facility (or portion thereof), with respect to recovered resources, or with respect to a facility (or portion thereof) and recovered resources, including but not limited to charges with respect to the management of municipal solid waste received with respect to a facility, income received as a result of the sale or other disposition of recovered resources; any gift or grant received with respect thereto; proceeds of bonds to the extent of use thereof for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the bonds as authorized by the authority; proceeds from any insurance, condemnation or guaranty pertaining to a facility or property mortgaged to secure bonds or pertaining to the financing of a facility; income and profit from the investment of the proceeds of bonds or of any revenues and the proceeds of any special tax to which it may be entitled.

(u) “ Solid waste ” means solid waste as defined in Section 17-17-3, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(v) “ Municipal solid waste management facility ” means any land, building, plant, system, motor vehicles, equipment or other property, whether real, personal or mixed, or any combination of either thereof, used or useful or capable of future use in the collection, storage, treatment, utilization, recycling, processing, transporting or disposal of municipal solid waste, including transfer stations, incinerators, sanitary landfill facilities or other facilities necessary or desirable.

(w) “ Solid waste landfill ” means a disposal facility where any amount of solid waste, whether or not mixed with or including other waste allowed under Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, is disposed of by means of placing an approved cover thereon.

(x) “ State ” means the State of Mississippi.

(y) “ Unit of local government ” means any county or municipality of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-201 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-201
Status: in_force

Sections 17-17-201 through 17-17-235 shall be known and may be cited as the “Nonhazardous Solid Waste Planning Act of 1991.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-313 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-313
Status: in_force

(1) All powers of the authority shall be vested in the board of commissioners. Each member of the authority shall have at least one (1) commissioner on the board.

The incorporators shall by duly adopted resolution or bylaws designate the vote of each commissioner based upon pro rata population, municipal solid waste volume or such other criteria as they may determine. In the alternative, the incorporators by duly adopted resolution, may authorize appointments to the board by the members to reflect population, municipal solid waste volume or such other criteria as the incorporators may determine. In addition, the incorporators shall designate a term for each commissioner at the time of incorporation so as to establish staggered terms of office. No commissioner shall serve for a term to exceed four (4) years unless duly reappointed. Such resolutions for the composition of the board and the vote of its commissioners shall be filed with the incorporation agreement.

(a) Initially, the board shall be composed as follows:

(i) Within thirty (30) days of the effective date of the incorporation agreement, the board of supervisors of each participating county and the mayor of each municipality acting on behalf and with the consent of the governing body of each participating municipality shall appoint at least one (1) person to the board as determined by the resolution of the incorporators.

(ii) The governing body of each county or municipality shall appoint only individuals who are residents of its respective county or municipality or an employee thereof.

(iii) The number of commissioners of the board shall be increased by at least one (1) each time a county or municipality enters into membership and executes a contract for solid waste management. The board shall establish the vote or number of commissioners based upon the same terms as the original resolution of the incorporators. Within fifteen (15) days of entering into the contract, the governing body of the county or municipality, entering into such contract shall appoint at least one (1) person to the board. Any commissioner appointed under the provision shall serve for a term of four (4) years.

(iv) After the initial term, the commissioners shall serve a term of four (4) years, and for such period thereafter until a successor shall be duly appointed and qualified.

(v) Upon selection of a site for any municipal solid waste management facility owned and/or operated by the authority, the situs county shall have a minimum representation at least as great as any single member. Such representation shall include a minimum of one (1) commissioner from the supervisor district in which the facility is located. The supervisor of the district or his designee shall serve in this position.

(b) Each commissioner of the board shall be eligible for reappointment. All vacancies shall be filled by appointment in the same manner, provided that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term. Any commissioner may be removed at any time prior to the expiration of the member's term of office for misfeasance, malfeasance or willful neglect of duty, as determined by the appointing political subdivision. Before assuming office, each commissioner shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office before a chancery clerk, and a record of such oath shall be filed with the Secretary of State. The board of commissioners shall annually select a chairman and a vice-chairman.

(2) The board may appoint an executive committee to be composed of not less than five (5) persons. No member shall have more than one (1) representative on the executive committee. The chairman of the board shall serve as chairman of the executive committee. The executive committee is empowered to execute all powers vested in the full board between meetings of the board. A majority plus one (1) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All actions of the executive committee must be ratified by a majority of the board at a regular or called meeting of the board.

(3) The board may employ such personnel and appoint and prescribe the duties of such officers as the board deems necessary or advisable, including a general manager and a secretary of the authority. The general manager may also serve as secretary and shall be a person of good moral character and of proven ability as an administrator with a minimum of five (5) years' experience in the management and administration of a public works operation or comparable experience which may include, but is not limited to, supervision, public financing, regulatory codes and related functions as minimum qualifications to administer the programs and duties of the authority. The general manager shall administer, manage and direct the affairs and business of the authority, subject to the policies, control and direction of the board. The general manager and any commissioner not bonded in another capacity shall give bond executed by a surety company or companies authorized to do business in this state in the penal sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) payable to the authority conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and the proper accounting for all funds. The board may require any of its employees to be bonded. The cost of any bond required by this section or by the board shall be paid from funds of the authority. The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the authority and shall be custodian of all books, documents and papers filed with the authority, the minute book or journal, and the official seal. The secretary may make copies of all minutes and other records and documents of the authority and to certify under the seal of the authority that such copies are true and accurate copies, and all persons dealing with the authority may rely upon such certificates.

(4) Regular meetings of the board shall be held as set forth in its bylaws, rules or regulations. Additional meetings of the board shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever any three (3) commissioners so request.

(5) Upon express, prior authorization of the authority, each commissioner may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed Forty Dollars ($40.00) per day for attending each day's meeting of the board and for each day spent in attending to the business of the authority and, in addition, may receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred as provided by Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972 . Each commissioner shall not be entitled to any additional compensation other than that specifically provided for in this subsection.

(6) The board shall prepare a budget for the authority for each fiscal year at least ninety (90) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, which shall be from July 1 to June 30 of each year, and shall submit it to the governing body of each member.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-31 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-31
Status: in_force

Upon approval of the governing authority of the municipality or county, a member of any municipal or county fire protection department who retires or the spouse of a fireman who is killed in the line of duty may be allowed to purchase the helmet and badge that were issued to the fireman by the fire protection department from which he or she retired or by whom he or she was employed at the time of death. The governing authority of the municipality or county shall determine the amount to be paid for the helmet and badge by the retiring fireman or the spouse of the fireman. The governing authority of the municipality or county may approve such a sale for a helmet and badge issued to a volunteer fireman if the equipment was originally purchased using municipal or county funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-103 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-103
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions which follow govern the construction and meaning of the terms used in Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 :

(a) “Bonds” shall include notes, bonds and other written obligations authorized to be issued under Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 .

(b) “Governing board” shall mean the governing bodies of the several counties and incorporated municipalities of the state as now or hereafter constituted, acting jointly or severally, and in the event that a project is located in more than one (1) county, the term “governing board” shall also refer to the governing bodies of the several counties wherein such project is located.

(c) “Municipality” shall mean one or more counties or incorporated municipalities of this state, or any combination thereof, acting jointly or severally.

(d) “Project” shall mean any real, personal or mixed property of any and every kind that can be used or that will be useful in controlling, collecting, storing, removing, handling, reducing, disposing of, treating and otherwise concerning solid or hazardous waste, including without limitation, property that can be used or that will be useful in extracting and converting waste to energy, encompassing the acquisition, handling, storage, and utilization of coal, lignite or any other fuel or water that can be used or that will be useful in converting waste to energy, and distributing such energy to users thereof, or otherwise separating and preparing waste for reuse.

(e) “Solid wastes” shall mean any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. 880), or source, special nuclear or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

(f) “Hazardous wastes” shall mean any waste or combination of waste of a solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semisolid form which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may (i) cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or (ii) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed which are listed by the environmental protection agency as hazardous wastes which exceed the threshold limits set forth in the environmental protection agency regulations for classifying hazardous waste. Such wastes include, but are not limited to, those wastes which are toxic, corrosive, flammable, irritants, strong sensitizers, or which generate pressure through decomposition, heat or other means. Such wastes do not include those radioactive materials regulated pursuant to the Mississippi Radiation Protection Law of 1976, appearing in Section 45-14-1 et seq.

(g) “Industry” shall mean any person, firm or corporation operating any enterprise or facility for the collection, treatment, processing, reprocessing, generation, distributing, recycling, elimination or disposal of any type of waste product from which operation conditions result in or pose a substantial present, future or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported or disposed of or otherwise managed.

(h) “Authority” shall mean the Mississippi Department of Natural Resources.

(i) “Lease/sale” shall mean any agreement without limitation whereby a municipality may lease and/or convey title of a project to an industry, made by and between the governing board and such industry by which such industry agrees to pay to (and to secure if so required) the municipality, or to any assignee thereof, as the case may be, the sums required to meet the payment of the principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, on any bonds, and/or the expenses, if any, of operation by such municipality or county.

(j) “Board” shall mean the Mississippi Board of Economic Development.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-103 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-103
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions which follow govern the construction and meaning of the terms used in Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 :

(a) “Bonds” shall include notes, bonds and other written obligations authorized to be issued under Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 .

(b) “Governing board” shall mean the governing bodies of the several counties and incorporated municipalities of the state as now or hereafter constituted, acting jointly or severally, and in the event that a project is located in more than one (1) county, the term “governing board” shall also refer to the governing bodies of the several counties wherein such project is located.

(c) “Municipality” shall mean one or more counties or incorporated municipalities of this state, or any combination thereof, acting jointly or severally.

(d) “Project” shall mean any real, personal or mixed property of any and every kind that can be used or that will be useful in controlling, collecting, storing, removing, handling, reducing, disposing of, treating and otherwise concerning solid or hazardous waste, including without limitation, property that can be used or that will be useful in extracting and converting waste to energy, encompassing the acquisition, handling, storage, and utilization of coal, lignite or any other fuel or water that can be used or that will be useful in converting waste to energy, and distributing such energy to users thereof, or otherwise separating and preparing waste for reuse.

(e) “Solid wastes” shall mean any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. 880), or source, special nuclear or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

(f) “Hazardous wastes” shall mean any waste or combination of waste of a solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semisolid form which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may (i) cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or (ii) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed which are listed by the environmental protection agency as hazardous wastes which exceed the threshold limits set forth in the environmental protection agency regulations for classifying hazardous waste. Such wastes include, but are not limited to, those wastes which are toxic, corrosive, flammable, irritants, strong sensitizers, or which generate pressure through decomposition, heat or other means. Such wastes do not include those radioactive materials regulated pursuant to the Mississippi Radiation Protection Law of 1976, appearing in Section 45-14-1 et seq.

(g) “Industry” shall mean any person, firm or corporation operating any enterprise or facility for the collection, treatment, processing, reprocessing, generation, distributing, recycling, elimination or disposal of any type of waste product from which operation conditions result in or pose a substantial present, future or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported or disposed of or otherwise managed.

(h) “Authority” shall mean the Mississippi Department of Natural Resources.

(i) “Lease/sale” shall mean any agreement without limitation whereby a municipality may lease and/or convey title of a project to an industry, made by and between the governing board and such industry by which such industry agrees to pay to (and to secure if so required) the municipality, or to any assignee thereof, as the case may be, the sums required to meet the payment of the principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, on any bonds, and/or the expenses, if any, of operation by such municipality or county.

(j) “Board” shall mean the Mississippi Board of Economic Development.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-411 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-411
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-411
Status: in_force

(1) Any waste tire hauler transporting waste tires within or into the state must register with the department. Following submission of a completed application, the department shall issue to the waste tire hauler a waste tire hauling identification number.

(2) Each waste tire hauler shall furnish its waste tire hauler identification number on all certification forms required under Sections 17-17-401 through 17-17-427 or regulations promulgated under those sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-333 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-333
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-333
Status: in_force

The authority may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds at or prior to maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. Refunding bonds may be issued at such time prior to the maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds as the authority deems to be in the public interest. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereof, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of such bonds, the expenses of issue of the refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming the bonds being refunded, and such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of such refunding bonds as may be required by the resolution, trust indenture or other security instruments. The issue of refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the holders and the rights, duties and obligations of the authority shall be governed by Sections 17-17-327 and 17-17-329 relating to the issue of bonds other than refunding bonds insofar as the same may be applicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-507 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-507
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-507
Status: in_force

If a public agency applies for a permit, the permit board shall consider the performance history of the public agency as prescribed by Section 17-17-27 . The provisions of Sections 17-17-501 through 17-17-507 shall be supplemental and in addition to Section 17-17-27, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-2 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-2
Status: in_force

The administration and enforcement of the Solid Wastes Disposal Law of 1974 are hereby transferred from the State Board of Health to the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. All personnel, records, property, equipment and funds allocated to the State Board of Health exclusively for the administration and enforcement of the Solid Wastes Disposal Law of 1974, as amended, are hereby transferred to and placed under the supervision and control of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.