Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 17-17-333 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 17-17-205 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-205
Status: in_force

(a) “ Closure ” means the ceasing operation of a sanitary landfill and securing the landfill so that it does not pose a significant threat to public health or the environment and includes long-term monitoring and maintenance of the landfill.

(b) “ Label ” means a molded, imprinted or raised symbol on or near the bottom of a plastic container or bottle.

(c) “ Local government ” means a county or a municipality within the State of Mississippi.

(d) “ 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.

(e) “ Owner ” or “ operator ” means any person, corporation, county, municipality or group of counties or municipalities acting jointly operating a sanitary landfill or having any interest in the land whereon a sanitary landfill is or has been located.

(f) “ Plastic ” means any material made of polymeric organic compounds and additives that can be shaped by flow.

(g) “ Plastic bottle ” means a plastic container intended for single use that:

(i) Has a neck smaller than the body of the container;

(ii) Is designed for a screw-top, snap cap or other closure; and

(iii) Has a capacity of not less than sixteen (16) fluid ounces or more than five (5) gallons.

(h) “ Rigid plastic container ” means any formed or molded container intended for single use, composed predominately of plastic resin, that has a relatively inflexible finite shape or form with a capacity of not less than eight (8) ounces or more than five (5) gallons. This term does not include a plastic bottle.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-47 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-47
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this chapter, the State Oil and Gas Board shall continue to exercise the exclusive authority to make rules and regulations and issue permits governing the noncommercial disposal of oil field waste products and shall continue to exercise the exclusive authority to regulate Class II underground injection wells in accordance with the provisions of Section 53-1-17 ; provided, however, that to the extent that such oil field exploration and production waste products may likewise constitute hazardous wastes under the provisions of this chapter, such rules and regulations shall be subject to the approval of the commission in order to ensure that they are consistent with the requirements of this chapter and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 ( Public Law 94-580 ).

(2) The commission shall have the exclusive authority to regulate the commercial disposal of oil field exploration and production waste products subject to limitations set out in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-337 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-337
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-337
Status: in_force

All bonds issued pursuant to Sections 17-17-329 , 17-17-333 and 17-17-335 may be validated as now provided by law in Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972 . Such validation proceedings shall be instituted in the chancery court of the county in which the principal office of the authority is located, but notice of such validation proceedings shall be published at least two (2) times in a newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties, the first publication of which in each case shall be made at least ten (10) days preceding the date set for validation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality may allow the payment of various taxes, fees and other accounts receivable to the county or municipality, and the payment for retail merchandise sold by the county or municipality, by credit cards, charge cards, debit cards and other forms of electronic payment, in accordance with policies established by the State Auditor. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any fees or charges associated with the use of such electronic payments shall be assessed to the user of the electronic payment as an additional charge for processing the electronic payment, so that the user will pay the full cost of using the electronic payment. However, a county or municipality shall not charge the user any additional amount above the processing fee on each transaction. For purposes of this section, the term “ accounts receivable ” includes, but is not limited to, judgments, fines, costs and penalties imposed upon conviction for criminal and traffic offenses. A county or municipality may bear the full cost of processing such electronic payments for retail merchandise sold by the county or municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-507 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 17-17-127 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-127
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-127
Status: in_force

Any agreement made under subsection (e) of Section 17-17-105 may provide that the project will be owned by the municipality, and leased to the industry; may provide the industry with an option to purchase the project upon such terms and conditions as the governing board and the industry shall agree upon, at a price which represents the fair market value at the time of purchase or may provide that the project shall become the property of the industry upon the acquisition thereof. Any such agreement may also, but is not required to, include a guaranty agreement whereby a corporation, foreign or domestic, other than the industry guarantees in whole or in part the obligations of the industry under the lease/sale upon such terms and conditions as the governing board may deem appropriate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 17-25-29 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 18 / Section 25-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-29
Status: in_force

In addition to the rights prescribed in Section 79-11-177 , a member of a member-owned rural water association or system, incorporated under Chapter 11, Title 79, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall have the right to attend regularly scheduled board meetings of the association or system. Further, if a meeting pertains to the election of board members for the association or system, then the association or system shall provide written notice of the meeting by mail at least fifteen (15) days in advance of the meeting at which the election will occur. The written notice shall also be included on any association's or system's invoice or statement that is submitted to the member within thirty (30) days of the meeting.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-5
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall be defined as herein provided unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “ Local governmental unit ” shall mean any county, any incorporated city, town or village, any school district, any utility district, any community college, any institution of higher learning, any municipal airport authority or regional airport authority in the state, any local tourism commission in the state or any public improvement district created under the Public Improvement District Act.

(b) “ Governing authority ” shall mean the board of supervisors of any county, board of trustees of any school district or community college whether elective or appointive, the governing board of any city, town or village, the board of commissioners of a utility district, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the commissioners of a municipal airport authority or regional airport authority, the commission of a local tourism commission or the board of directors of any public improvement district created under the Public Improvement District Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 27 / 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. § 17-17-325 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 17-17-329 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-329
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-329
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of a county and the governing authorities of a municipality, acting jointly or severally, shall have the power and is hereby authorized, from time to time, to issue general obligation bonds of the county or municipality for the purpose of providing sufficient funds for capital expenditures, including the financing of the acquisition, construction, improvement or the closure, corrective action or postclosure maintenance of solid waste management facilities pursuant to the provisions of Sections 19-9-1 through 19-9-25 , or 21-33-301 through 21-33-329 . General obligation bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be included in the limitation of indebtedness as set forth in Sections 19-9-5 and 21-33-303 .

(2)(a) In addition to compliance with the provisions of Sections 19-9-1 through 19-9-25 , Sections 21-33-301 through 21-33-329 , for the issuance of general obligations of the county or municipality, the county or municipality shall advertise its intention to issue general obligation bonds of the county or municipality and specify the proposed increased tax rate of the county or municipality in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality. The advertisement shall be no less than one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) page in size and the type used shall be no smaller than eighteen (18) point and surrounded by a one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) inch solid black border. The advertisement may not be placed in that portion of the newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements appear. It is legislative intent that, whenever possible, the advertisement appear in a newspaper that is published at least five (5) days a week, unless the only newspaper in the county or municipality is published less than five (5) days a week. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the newspaper selected be one of general interest and readership in the community, and not one of limited subject matter. The advertisement shall be run once each week for the two (2) weeks preceding the date specified in the resolution by the board of supervisors or the governing authorities of the municipality. The advertisement shall state that the county or municipality proposes to issue general obligation bonds of the county or municipality for a solid waste management facility, the proposed property tax revenue and the procedure that may be taken by qualified electors of the county for calling an election on the question of issuance of the general obligation bonds of the county or municipality.

(b) The form and content of the notice shall be as follows:

“NOTICE OF TAX INCREASE

(Name of the County or Municipality) has proposed to increase its property tax revenue (designate one or more classes of property provided for in Section 112, Mississippi Constitution of 1890 ) by (percentage of increase of each class) percent, and to increase its total budget by (percentage of increase) percent for the purpose of the issuance of general obligation bonds of the county or municipality for a solid waste management facility.”

If twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified voters of the county or municipality file a written protest against the issuance of such bonds on or before the date specified in the resolution of the board of supervisors or governing authorities of the municipality, then an election on the question of the issuance of the bonds shall be called pursuant to Sections 19-9-13 and 19-9-15 , or 21-33-307 through 21-33-311 . If no protest is filed, then the bonds may be issued without an election, at any time, within two (2) years after the date specified in the resolution of the board of supervisors or governing authorities of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-443 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 17-29-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 17-13-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-5
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall be defined as herein provided unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “ Local governmental unit ” shall mean any county, any incorporated city, town or village, any school district, any utility district, any community college, any institution of higher learning, any municipal airport authority or regional airport authority in the state, any local tourism commission in the state or any public improvement district created under the Public Improvement District Act.

(b) “ Governing authority ” shall mean the board of supervisors of any county, board of trustees of any school district or community college whether elective or appointive, the governing board of any city, town or village, the board of commissioners of a utility district, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the commissioners of a municipal airport authority or regional airport authority, the commission of a local tourism commission or the board of directors of any public improvement district created under the Public Improvement District Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 18 / Section 25-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality may allow the payment of various taxes, fees and other accounts receivable to the county or municipality, and the payment for retail merchandise sold by the county or municipality, by credit cards, charge cards, debit cards and other forms of electronic payment, in accordance with policies established by the State Auditor. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any fees or charges associated with the use of such electronic payments shall be assessed to the user of the electronic payment as an additional charge for processing the electronic payment, so that the user will pay the full cost of using the electronic payment. However, a county or municipality shall not charge the user any additional amount above the processing fee on each transaction. For purposes of this section, the term “ accounts receivable ” includes, but is not limited to, judgments, fines, costs and penalties imposed upon conviction for criminal and traffic offenses. A county or municipality may bear the full cost of processing such electronic payments for retail merchandise sold by the county or municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-29 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-29
Status: in_force

In addition to the rights prescribed in Section 79-11-177 , a member of a member-owned rural water association or system, incorporated under Chapter 11, Title 79, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall have the right to attend regularly scheduled board meetings of the association or system. Further, if a meeting pertains to the election of board members for the association or system, then the association or system shall provide written notice of the meeting by mail at least fifteen (15) days in advance of the meeting at which the election will occur. The written notice shall also be included on any association's or system's invoice or statement that is submitted to the member within thirty (30) days of the meeting.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-17 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-17
Status: in_force

Any joint administrative body or legal entity created by agreement pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not have the power to levy taxes or incur debt. Such entity may not exercise any power, authority or responsibility except those powers, authorities and responsibilities specifically delegated to such joint administrative body or legal entity by the terms of the agreement made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 18-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-7
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created the Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Authority, which shall be located within the Department of Finance and Administration. The authority shall exercise all of its powers independently of the department and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the executive director of the department only with respect to the management functions of administration, coordination and reporting.

(2) The authority shall continue in existence until thirty (30) days after the department acquires a site. Upon the termination of the authority all of its rights and properties shall pass to and be vested in the state.

(3) The department shall provide such technical, clerical and other support services and personnel as the authority may require in the performance of its functions. The executive director of the department shall be the chief administrative officer of the authority.

(4) The Governor shall appoint five (5) members, one (1) from each congressional district as constituted on January 1, 1990, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Members of the authority shall include persons with expertise available in the technical, legal, financial and other aspects of hazardous waste management and shall represent insofar as practicable the diverse interests of the state. Original appointments to this authority shall be made on or before July 1, 1990, and shall be for a term ending thirty (30) days after the state acquires the site. The Governor shall require adequate disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by members of the authority. Vacancies on the authority shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the original appointments.

(5) Members of the authority shall receive per diem as provided by Section 25-3-69 and reimbursement of travel expenses as provided by Section 25-3-41 for each day spent in the actual discharge of their duties when attending a meeting of the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-7
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, qualifying businesses which construct or renovate an entertainment facility or facilities within an entertainment district after July 1, 2009, may use an accelerated state income tax depreciation deduction. The accelerated depreciation deduction shall be computed by accelerating depreciation period required by Title 35, Part III, Subpart 5, Chapter 4, Mississippi Administrative Code , to a five-year depreciation period.

(2) Gaming establishments licensed under the Mississippi Gaming Control Act shall not be eligible for the accelerated depreciation deduction authorized under this section. Licensees under the Charitable Bingo Law shall not be eligible for the accelerated depreciation deduction authorized under this section, and the accelerated depreciation deduction shall not apply to any property utilized in the conduct of charitable bingo under the Charitable Bingo Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-13 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-13
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent an individual or firm from disposing of solid waste from his own household or business upon his own land, provided such wastes are not hazardous as defined in Section 17-17-3(i) and provided such household or business is located and situated in the State of Mississippi

Provided, however, this exemption shall not operate to prevent the conduct of any waste disposal site investigation or inventory required by applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation, and further shall not operate to exclude from the regulatory provisions of this chapter any solid waste determined by the department to have characteristics that constitute an endangerment to the environment or the public health, safety or welfare, or any site used for the disposal of such solid waste.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-5-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-5-5
Status: in_force

Counties of this state, or the municipalities of such counties, are authorized and empowered (1) to own, operate, and maintain any one or any combination of the systems or public works described in Section 17-5-3 ; (2) to acquire property, real or personal, by contract, gift, grant, purchase, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain in connection with the acquisition, leasing, construction, improvement, extension, ownership, operation, maintenance, and financing of any one or any combination of such systems or public works; (3) to enter into contracts respecting the acquisition, leasing, construction, improvement, extension, ownership, operation, maintenance and financing of any one or any combination of such systems or public works; and (4) to establish, maintain, and collect rates, fees, and charges for the services, facilities, and commodities afforded by any one or any combination of such systems or public works. Such rates, fees, and charges shall be sufficient at all times to provide revenues (a) to pay the reasonable expenses of the operation and maintenance thereof; (b) for the establishment and maintenance of a bond retirement and interest payment fund sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds or other obligations payable therefrom as the same become due and payable, including reasonable reserves for the payment of such principal and interest; and (c) for the establishment and maintenance of a reasonable reserve for future additions, extensions, and improvements to such systems or any combination thereof, as the case may be.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-49 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-49
Status: in_force

(1) No salt dome or other geologic structures within the jurisdiction of the State of Mississippi shall be the site of long-term or terminal disposal, or long-term storage for high-level radioactive wastes or other high-level radioactive material of any nature by any person, until the state has exhausted its administrative and legislative authority under the provisions of this section and Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and the provisions of P.L. 97-425.

(2) Whoever violates the provisions of this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each day upon which the violation occurred or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months, or both. Upon violation or upon reasonable belief of violation of this section, the State Attorney General shall institute proceedings for injunctive relief in the chancery court of the county in which the violation occurred to require the immediate cessation of any testing, on-site evaluation or any other site evaluation or selection procedure regarding possible use of any salt dome or geologic structure within the jurisdiction of the State of Mississippi, the immediate cessation of transportation of high-level radioactive waste or other high-level radioactive material to the site, and the immediate removal from the State of Mississippi of such materials already located on the site.

(3)(a) Any person, governmental entity, or any other entity desiring to use Mississippi salt domes or other geologic structures within the state for the disposal of radioactive wastes shall make notification to the Governor, the Legislature, and, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 and Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 , the State Energy and Transportation Board. Such person, governmental entity, or other entity shall include with the aforementioned notification the selection method with evaluative criteria to be used and the methods and procedures of exploration to be used in selecting a site for a disposal facility. Such person, governmental entity, or other entity shall conduct such studies where specifically mandated to do so by this section in coordination with the above-mentioned state agencies, and shall assume the cost of any studies required by this section or required by the state agencies empowered to enforce the provisions of this section, whether or not the agencies or such person or entity actually conducts the study.

(b) Such person, governmental entity, or other entity desiring to establish a waste facility as defined in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall conduct studies as follows to determine the feasibility of using Mississippi salt domes or other geologic structures within the state for the disposal of radioactive wastes. A hydrogeologic and geologic study shall be conducted. All basic data and documentation pertinent to all aspects of such studies together with any conclusions shall be presented as accumulated to the Governor, the Legislature, and, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 and Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 , the State Energy and Transportation Board.

(c) Such person, governmental entity, or other entity desiring to establish a waste facility as defined in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall conduct an environmental impact survey in conjunction with the Bureau of Pollution Control of the Department of Natural Resources or its successor. Copies of this completed survey shall be presented to the Governor, the Legislature, and the State Energy and Transportation Board.

(d) Such person, governmental entity, or other entity desiring to establish a waste facility as defined in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall conduct a socioeconomic impact survey in conjunction with the University Research Center. Such survey shall include, but not be limited to, the allocation of costs regarding roads, bridges, relocation of persons and properties, and the effect on local tax revenues. Copies of this completed survey shall be sent to the Governor, the Legislature, and the State Energy and Transportation Board.

(4) Upon the completion of such thorough technological, environmental and socioeconomic studies as required in subsection (3) of this section, the Governor shall consult with representatives of the agencies mentioned herein and with representatives of the affected county, including, but not limited to, the board of supervisors. The Governor shall thereafter determine the advisability of such facility at the proposed site. If the Governor's decision after such consultations is favorable to the establishment of the nuclear waste disposal site, he shall advise the Legislature of his decision regarding creation of such disposal facility. If the Governor's decision, after such consultations, is not favorable to the establishment of the nuclear waste storage and/or disposal facility, and after the president has recommended a site in the State of Mississippi for development as a repository, test and evaluation facility, interim storage facility or monitored, retrievable storage facility, the Governor shall notify the Legislature of that decision and either the Governor or the Legislature shall prepare and transmit to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate a notice of disapproval of the site recommendation. The notice of disapproval shall contain a statement of those reasons for objection to the site recommendation. All such disposal or storage shall be made in strict adherence to guidelines established by the federal government, the Division of Radiological Health of the State Board of Health and the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-33 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 17-17-409 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-409
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-409
Status: in_force

Each county, regional solid waste management authority or municipality, as the case may be, shall, as part of its local nonhazardous solid waste management plan as required by law, plan and provide an adequate number of waste tire collection sites within its jurisdiction, for the deposit of waste tires from small quantity waste tire generators and shall ensure the delivery of these tires on an adequate frequency to an authorized waste tire processing/disposal facility operated by the county, regional solid waste authority or private entity. Counties may establish, own and/or operate a waste tire collection site or sites or may enter into leases or other contractual arrangements with other counties or private entities for the operation of waste tire collection sites for small quantity generators. Nothing in this section shall prevent a county or regional solid waste authority from providing a more expansive waste tire management service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-9-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 17-11-21 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-21
Status: in_force

(1) The district shall be authorized and empowered as follows:

(a) To adopt rules or procedures for the regulation of its affairs, to set forth policies and procedures for the conduct of its business, including the number of members sufficient to constitute a quorum, and to appoint, from among its members, a chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary to serve annually; such chairman may be subject to re-election.

(b) To fix the compensation of the members of the governing body of the district, other than elective officers who may be members of such governing body, for their attendance at meetings of such governing body, such compensation not to exceed Twenty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($22.50) per meeting, and to allow such members their necessary travel expenses within the limits fixed by law for state employees.

(c) To adopt a seal, and to retain and keep minutes of its meetings in a firmly bound minute book, in which all actions taken by the commission about its business shall be recorded.

(d) To maintain offices at such place or places as it may designate, and meet at regular times at least two times each year. On written request of any two voting members of the district, requesting a special meeting of the governing body of the district, addressed to the office of the executive director, and delivered by first class mail, the executive director shall notify all members by first class mail of the convening of a special meeting of the members at a time not more than ten days from the receipt of such notice, at a place most convenient for such meeting within the district, and for the consideration of the matter giving rise to the convening of such meeting. The members shall only consider the matters touching the convening of such special meeting, and may recess from day to day, or place to place.

(e) To employ and to compensate an executive director who may serve as secretary, and such other personnel, consultants, and technical and professional assistants as shall be necessary to exercise the powers and perform the duties set forth in this chapter.

(f) To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter. The executive director shall be the duly authorized individual to execute contracts on behalf of said district, upon duly and properly entered resolution of said district so authorizing him to enter and execute said contract.

(g) To hold public hearings and sponsor public forums in any part of the region whenever the district deems it necessary or useful in the execution of its functions.

(h) To accept and receive, in the furtherance of its functions, funds, grants and service from the federal government or its agencies, from departments, agencies and instrumentalities of state, municipal or local governments and from private or civil sources.

(i) To receive and expend such sums of money as shall be from time to time appropriated for its use by any county, state or public agency, or other public or private bodies, corporations or persons, and to receive and expend federal funds.

(2) The broad general powers granted the Gulf Regional District in this chapter shall not in any way conflict with the objectives and services of the Southern Mississippi Economic Development District, Inc., or any other public agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 25 / Section 27-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-7
Status: in_force

Any inhabitant or inhabitants of any former city, town or village that meets the criteria of a municipal historical hamlet, as defined in Section 17-27-5 , and desires to create a municipal historical hamlet, shall prepare a petition and file such petition with the chancery clerk of the county in which such proposed historical hamlet is located or, if the proposed municipal historical hamlet is located in more than one (1) county, the chancery clerk of both counties. The petition shall meet the following requirements:

(a) It shall accurately reference the territory proposed to be a municipal historical hamlet as the former municipal corporation and the date on which that charter was suspended, with the last date of such suspension being before 1945;

(b) It shall set forth the name of the hamlet which is desired;

(c) It shall set forth the number of inhabitants of such territory as per the most recent decennial census; and

(d) It shall be sworn to by one or more of the petitioners and placed on file in the land records of the chancery clerk.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-27 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 19 / 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. § 17-17-119 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-119
Status: in_force

Any revenue bonds issued hereunder and at any time outstanding may at any time be refunded by a municipality by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the governing board may deem necessary, but not exceeding an amount sufficient to refund the principal of the bonds so to be refunded, together with any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums and commissions necessary to be paid in connection therewith. Any such refunding may be effected whether the bonds to be refunded shall have been matured or shall thereafter mature, either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof for the payment of the bonds to be refunded thereby, or by exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds to be refunded thereby, provided that the holders of any bonds so to be refunded shall not be compelled without their consent to surrender their bonds for payment or exchange prior to the date on which they are payable or, if they are called for redemption, prior to the date on which they are by their terms subject to redemption. Any refunding bonds issued under the authority of this section shall be payable solely from the revenues out of which the bonds to be refunded hereby were payable, and shall be subject to the provisions contained in Section 17-17-115 , and may be secured in accordance with the provisions of Section 17-17-117 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-349 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-349
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-349
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 Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-23 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-23
Status: in_force

On or before October 1, 1992, the executive director of the department shall purchase or, if necessary, otherwise acquire property for the site on behalf of the state. If purchased, fee simple title to real property shall be vested in the State of Mississippi by and through the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-45 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-45
Status: in_force

In addition to any other remedies that might now be available, any person or interested party aggrieved by an order of the commission or of the permit board of the bureau of pollution control shall have the right to perfect an appeal to the appropriate chancery court in the manner set forth in Sections 49-17-41 and 49-17-29 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-153 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-153
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-153
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds that:

(a) The beauty and quality of Mississippi's environment and the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the State of Mississippi must be protected from unsound waste management practices which might result from lack of access to proper hazardous waste management facilities.

(b) Inefficient and improper methods of managing waste create hazards to public health, cause pollution of the lands, air and water resources, and constitute a waste of natural resources.

(c) It is the policy of the State of Mississippi that the generation of waste should be reduced or eliminated at the source, whenever feasible; waste that is generated should be recycled or reused, whenever feasible; waste that cannot be reduced, recycled or reused should be treated in an environmentally safe manner; and disposal should be employed only as a last resort and should be conducted in an environmentally safe manner.

(d) It is a requirement under Section 104(c)(9) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, Pub.L. No. 96-510, 94 Stat. 2767, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended, and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Pub.L. No. 99-499, 100 Stat. 1613, as amended, as a condition of receiving non-emergency federal remedial action funding after October 17, 1989, that each state assure that it has adequate capacity to manage the hazardous waste generated in the state and expected to be generated in the state for the next twenty (20) years.

(e) In response to the federal requirement for hazardous waste capacity assurance, the State of Mississippi has developed and submitted its Capacity Assurance Plan to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Capacity Assurance Plan sets out the state's need with respect to the types of hazardous waste management required by the state and the proposal for siting needed facilities.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that proper facilities must be sited as needed for the management of hazardous waste to meet the needs of Mississippi generators, and allow maximum effective use of regional hazardous waste management facilities; however, the Legislature believes that these objectives should be accomplished without Mississippi becoming a magnet for the hazardous waste from all other states and without the proliferation of unnecessary and unsafe facilities in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-415 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-415
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-415
Status: in_force

(1) Any person selling new or reusable tires at retail shall accept from a customer at the point of transfer, used or waste tires in a quantity at least equal to the number of new or reusable tires purchased, if offered by the customer. The retailer may assess a disposal fee on each tire sold. If the retailer imposes a disposal fee, the retailer is prohibited from imposing a disposal fee on the customer in excess of the actual per tire disposal costs incurred by the retailer and is also prohibited from waiving the disposal fee if the customer keeps the used or waste tire. In addition, if a retailer is required to remit the waste tire fee in Section 17-17-423 directly to the State Tax Commission, the fee shall be considered a part of his actual disposal costs.

(2) Any tire retailer, tire wholesaler, motor vehicle dismantler and salvage dealer may hold not more than five hundred (500) waste tires for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days without being authorized as a waste tire collection site, if such tires are stored in a manner which protects human health and the environment pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-415 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-415
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-415
Status: in_force

(1) Any person selling new or reusable tires at retail shall accept from a customer at the point of transfer, used or waste tires in a quantity at least equal to the number of new or reusable tires purchased, if offered by the customer. The retailer may assess a disposal fee on each tire sold. If the retailer imposes a disposal fee, the retailer is prohibited from imposing a disposal fee on the customer in excess of the actual per tire disposal costs incurred by the retailer and is also prohibited from waiving the disposal fee if the customer keeps the used or waste tire. In addition, if a retailer is required to remit the waste tire fee in Section 17-17-423 directly to the State Tax Commission, the fee shall be considered a part of his actual disposal costs.

(2) Any tire retailer, tire wholesaler, motor vehicle dismantler and salvage dealer may hold not more than five hundred (500) waste tires for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days without being authorized as a waste tire collection site, if such tires are stored in a manner which protects human health and the environment pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-13 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-13
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section:

(a) “ Water sewer association ” means any corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps, or stores raw or potable water to, or for the benefit of, members of the general public or commercial, industrial and other users; and

(b) “ Water sewer system ” means any entity that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps or stores raw or potable water to or for the benefit of members of the general public and commercial, industrial, and other users, including, without limitation, the following entities that perform such activities:

(i) Municipalities;

(ii) Counties; and

(iii) Water sewer associations.

(2)(a) When a person is delinquent on the payment of an undisputed bill for water sewer service provided by a water sewer system within this state, moves into another area of this state, and applies for or receives water from another water sewer system, if the person's former water sewer system establishes that there is no dispute that the delinquent amount is properly due and owed by that particular individual in that amount, the new water sewer system shall refuse to provide water sewer service to the delinquent person until such person provides proof of curing the delinquency.

(b) This subsection shall not apply to a delinquency that has been disputed by the person in writing, unless the delinquency has been reduced to a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) No provision of this section shall apply to a water sewer system that is regulated by the Mississippi Public Service Commission as a “public utility” as defined in Section 77-3-3 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 21 / 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. § 17-17-501 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-501
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-501
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “Applicant” means any person except a public agency applying for a permit to operate and/or construct a commercial nonhazardous solid waste management facility or commercial hazardous waste management facility. If a public agency applies for a permit and proposes to operate a facility by contract, the contractor shall also be required to file a disclosure statement as described in Section 17-17-503 and the permit board shall evaluate such statement as described in Section 17-17-505 .

(b) “Business concern” means any corporation, association, firm, partnership, trust, joint venture or other form of commercial organization.

(c) “Key employee” means any person employed by an applicant in a management capacity and empowered to make operational or financial management decisions with respect to solid waste or hazardous waste management operations of the business concern as determined by the commission, but shall not include employees primarily engaged in the physical or mechanical treatment, processing, storage or disposal of solid or hazardous waste.

(d) “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.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 18-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-3
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that:

(a) The generation of hazardous waste should be reduced or eliminated at the source and hazardous waste that is generated should be recycled, reused or minimized; and

(b) This chapter shall describe a process to identify appropriate hazardous waste management technologies and to site a state commercial hazardous waste management facility and if determined necessary design, finance, construct and operate a state commercial hazardous waste management facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-47 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-47
Status: in_force

The proceeds of bonds issued under this chapter shall be paid into a special fund or funds in banks qualified to act as depositories in such regional area, county or city, and may be deposited, invested, and disbursed as set out in the agreements relating to such approved project. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the purposes for which they were issued, interim investments, and the redeeming of any outstanding bonds, and shall be disbursed upon order of the governing body or bodies with such restriction, if any, as the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide.

If the proceeds of such bonds, by error of calculation or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the purpose for which they were issued, and the redeeming of any outstanding bonds, unless otherwise provided in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of such bonds, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit which, unless otherwise provided in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same funds without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same purpose. However, such additional bonds issued shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the amount of the original issue.

If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, the surplus shall be paid into the fund established for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-11
Status: in_force

(1) In the event any county or city within the region desires to become a member of the district, such county or city shall so indicate by proper resolution of its governing body declaring this intention. Such resolution shall contain notice that an election will be held to permit the qualified electors of such county or city to decide if they desire to become associated with the district. Such election shall be held and conducted by the election commissioners of the county or city in accordance with the general laws governing elections, and only qualified electors as reside within the county or city shall be entitled to vote in such election. Such resolution shall set forth the time, place or places, and purpose of such election, which shall be published by the clerk of the governing body of such county or city for the time and in the manner required by law. The ballots to be prepared and used at said election shall be in substantially the following form:

FOR associating with the Gulf Regional District ( )

AGAINST association with the Gulf Regional District ( )

Voters shall vote by placing a cross mark (x) or a check mark (✓) opposite their choice.

If a majority of those voting in such election favor associating with the said district, then in such event the resolution of the county or city shall become operative and that county or city shall become a member of the district.

A resolution of the governing body of all such cities and counties as provided herein indicating its intention to or not to become a member of the district shall be adopted on or before February 1, 1972.

(2) If, in the event the governing authorities adopt a resolution indicating its intention not to become a member of the district, within thirty days from the adoption of said resolution ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of such county or city or fifteen hundred (1,500) qualified electors of such county or city, whichever shall be the lesser number, shall file written petitions with the governing authorities of such county or city before the date specified as aforesaid in favor of becoming associated as a member of the district, then the governing bodies of such county or city shall call an election on the question of whether or not such county or city shall become associated as a member of such district. Such election shall be held and conducted by the election commissioners of the county or city as nearly as may be in accordance with the general laws governing elections as hereinbefore provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-15 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-15
Status: in_force

All laws in regard to purchases, auditing, depositories and expenditures in general which limit the authority of the agreeing local governing units shall also apply to any joint body created by the agreement pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-401 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-401
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-401
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that:

(a) Uncontrolled disposal of waste tires may create a public health and safety problem because tire piles act as breeding sites for mosquitoes and other disease-transmitting vectors, pose substantial fire hazards and present a difficult disposal problem for landfills.

(b) A significant number of waste tires are illegally dumped in Mississippi.

(c) It is in the state's best interest to encourage efforts to recycle or recover resources from waste tires.

(d) It is desirable to discourage the landfilling of whole waste tires.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-15 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 18-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-15
Status: in_force

(1) On or before April 1, 1991, the committee shall develop criteria and methodology for selecting sites for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. Site selection criteria and methodology shall be specifically adapted to take into account the technologies and design capacity of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. Site selection criteria and methodology shall be developed with and provide for public participation; shall be incorporated into rules; shall include a written justification for each criterion; shall be consistent with all applicable federal and state laws, including statutes, regulations and rules; shall be developed in light of the best available scientific data; shall be applied equally to all counties of the state and shall be based on consideration of at least the following factors:

(a) Hydrological and geological factors, including, but not limited to, flood plains, depth to water table, groundwater travel time, soil pH, soil cation exchange capacity, soil composition and permeability, cavernous bedrock, seismic activity, slope and climate;

(b) Environmental and public health factors, including, but not limited to, air quality, quality of surface and groundwater and proximity to public water supply/watersheds;

(c) Natural and cultural resources, including, but not limited to, wetlands, game lands, endangered species habitats, proximity to parks, forests, wilderness areas, nature preserves and historic sites;

(d) Socioeconomic factors, including, but not limited to, impact on local land uses, property values and governmental services;

(e) Transportation factors, including, but not limited to, proximity to waste generators, route safety and method of transportation;

(f) Aesthetic factors, including, but not limited to, visibility, appearance and noise level of the facility;

(g) Availability and reliability of public utilities;

(h) Availability of emergency response personnel and equipment.

(2) The committee shall hold a public hearing prior to the finalization of the site selection criteria and the site selection methodology.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-35 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-35
Status: in_force

Authorized employees or representatives of the department shall be authorized to enter and inspect generating, treating, storage, transportation and disposal equipment, facilities or sites to determine proper treatment, storage, transportation and/or disposal. Employees and/or representatives of the department shall be authorized to enter and inspect at any time vehicles transporting or disposing of wastes as outlined in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-327 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-327
Status: in_force

(1) The authority is empowered and authorized, from time to time, to issue bonds in such principal amounts as shall be necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving any of its corporate purposes, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the financing of the acquisition, construction, improvement, or the closure, corrective action or post-closure maintenance of facilities, or any combination thereof, the payment of interest on bonds of the authority, establishment of reserves to secure such bonds, expenses incident to the issuance of such bonds including bond insurance and to the implementation of the authority's programs, and all other capital expenditures but not operating costs of the authority incident to or necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes and powers.

(2) The authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, subject only to any agreement with the holders of particular bonds, including bonds as to which the principal and interest are payable exclusively from all or a portion of the revenues derived from one or more facilities pursuant to the contracts entered into by public agencies, and other persons pursuant to Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 , or any combination of any of the foregoing, or which may be secured by a pledge or any grant, subsidy, or contribution from any public agency or other person, or a pledge of an income or revenues, funds or monies of the authority from any source whatsoever.

(3) Bonds shall be authorized by a resolution or resolutions of the authority. Such bonds shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times (either serially, term or a combination thereof), bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such registered form, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner and by such officers, be payable from such sources in such medium of payment at such place or places within or without the state, provided that one (1) such place shall be within the state, be subject to such terms of redemption prior to maturity, all as may be provided by resolution or resolutions of the authority.

(4) Any bonds of the authority may be sold at such price or prices, at public or private sale, in such manner and at such times as may be determined by the authority to be in the public interest, and the authority may pay all expenses, premiums, fees and commissions which it may deem necessary and advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale thereof.

(5) Any pledge of earnings, revenues or other monies made by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made and the earnings, revenues or other monies so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded.

(6) Neither the commissioners of the authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be personally liable on the bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.

(7) Whenever any bonds shall have been signed by the officers designated by resolution of the authority to sign the bonds who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers prior to the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the manual or facsimile signatures of such officers upon such bonds and the coupons appertaining thereto, shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially executing such bonds had remained in office until the delivery of the same to the purchaser or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.

(8) Whenever a regional authority issues bonds secured by the revenues received from the participating member units of local governments, any local governmental unit which contracts for solid waste management services from the authority is hereby authorized and empowered to agree in writing with the authority that, as provided in this section, the State Tax Commission shall (a) withhold all or any part as agreed by the local governmental units of any monies which such local governmental unit is entitled to receive from time to time pursuant to any law and which is in the possession of the State Tax Commission, and (b) pay the same over to the regional authority to satisfy any delinquent payments on any services to such local governmental unit which the regional authority has determined to be necessary to ensure the timely payment of any bonds of the regional authority secured by revenue to be received from the unit of local government or as may be necessary to replenish any funds of a debt service reserve fund of the regional authority which might have been expended to pay debt service as a result of the delinquency of a unit of local government. If the regional authority shall file a copy of such written agreement, together with a statement of delinquency, with the State Tax Commission, then the State Tax Commission shall immediately make the withholdings provided in such agreement from the amounts due the local governmental unit and shall continue to pay the same over to the regional authority until all such delinquencies are satisfied.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-401 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-401
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-401
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that:

(a) Uncontrolled disposal of waste tires may create a public health and safety problem because tire piles act as breeding sites for mosquitoes and other disease-transmitting vectors, pose substantial fire hazards and present a difficult disposal problem for landfills.

(b) A significant number of waste tires are illegally dumped in Mississippi.

(c) It is in the state's best interest to encourage efforts to recycle or recover resources from waste tires.

(d) It is desirable to discourage the landfilling of whole waste tires.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 18-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-11
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created the Hazardous Waste Technical Siting Committee, which shall be located within the Department of Finance and Administration. The committee shall exercise all of its powers independently of the department and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the executive director of the department only with respect to the management functions of administration, coordination and reporting.

(2) The committee shall continue in existence until thirty (30) days after facility operation begins. Upon the termination of the committee all of its rights and properties shall pass to and be vested in the state.

(3) The department shall provide such technical, clerical and other support services and personnel as the committee may require in the performance of its functions. The executive director of the department shall be the chief administrative officer of the committee.

(4) The committee shall not exceed twelve (12) members: one (1) of whom shall be the director of the emergency management agency, one (1) of whom shall be the state economist, one (1) of whom shall be the Executive Director of the Department of Economic and Community Development, one (1) of whom shall be the Director of the Highway Department, one (1) of whom shall be the State Chemist and not more than seven (7) members to be appointed by the Commissioner of Higher Education from persons with technical expertise in geology, water resources, environmental engineering, environmental biology/ecology, environmental health, sociology, governmental affairs, production agriculture or cultural resources. The Commissioner of Higher Education shall appoint the members on or before July 1, 1990. Members appointed by the Commissioner of Higher Education shall be knowledgeable in aspects of hazardous waste management.

(5) Members of the committee may designate substitute or alternate members to act in their stead should they be unable to attend any meeting or perform any function of the committee.

(6) Members of the committee shall be reimbursed for expenses in accordance with Section 25-3-41 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-39 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-39
Status: in_force

Nothing in Sections 17-17-33 through 17-17-41 shall be construed to prohibit local governments from the construction or operation of approved sanitary landfills, or of any other heretofore or hereafter approved solid waste disposal system, it being the intent of Sections 17-17-33 through 17-17-41 that their provisions shall be supplementary to, and not restrictive of, any previously authorized solid waste disposal system, facility or operation, nor of any other such system, facility or operation which may be authorized in the future.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-7
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, qualifying businesses which construct or renovate an entertainment facility or facilities within an entertainment district after July 1, 2009, may use an accelerated state income tax depreciation deduction. The accelerated depreciation deduction shall be computed by accelerating depreciation period required by Title 35, Part III, Subpart 5, Chapter 4, Mississippi Administrative Code , to a five-year depreciation period.

(2) Gaming establishments licensed under the Mississippi Gaming Control Act shall not be eligible for the accelerated depreciation deduction authorized under this section. Licensees under the Charitable Bingo Law shall not be eligible for the accelerated depreciation deduction authorized under this section, and the accelerated depreciation deduction shall not apply to any property utilized in the conduct of charitable bingo under the Charitable Bingo Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-9
Status: in_force

A mother may breast-feed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, without respect to whether the mother's breast or any part of it is covered during or incidental to the breast-feeding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-15 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 17-13-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 17-17-507 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 17-17-67 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-67
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who purposely or recklessly disposes of any hazardous waste in violation of this chapter which contaminates a drinking water source to the extent that it is unsafe for human consumption, as determined by the state agency charged with the responsibility of regulating safe drinking water for human consumption; or any person who purposely or recklessly disposes of any hazardous waste in violation of this chapter and who knows that he places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony, and shall be subject to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, and shall also be subject to a fine of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for each day of violation or both fine and imprisonment. The fine shall not exceed a total of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00).

(2) For purposes of this section, a person acts purposely with respect to a material element of an offense when:

(a) If the element involves the nature of his conduct or a result thereof, it is his conscious object to engage in conduct of that nature or to cause such a result; and

(b) If the element involves the attendant circumstances, he is aware of the existence of such circumstances or he believes or hopes that they exist.

(3) For purposes of this section, a person acts recklessly with respect to a material element of an offense when he consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the material element exists or will result from his conduct. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that, considering the nature and purpose of the actor's conduct and the circumstances known to him, its disregard involves a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a law-abiding person would observe in the actor's situation.

(4) This section shall not apply to any person holding a permit from the Department of Environmental Quality and acting within the scope of that permit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-153 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-153
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-153
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds that:

(a) The beauty and quality of Mississippi's environment and the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the State of Mississippi must be protected from unsound waste management practices which might result from lack of access to proper hazardous waste management facilities.

(b) Inefficient and improper methods of managing waste create hazards to public health, cause pollution of the lands, air and water resources, and constitute a waste of natural resources.

(c) It is the policy of the State of Mississippi that the generation of waste should be reduced or eliminated at the source, whenever feasible; waste that is generated should be recycled or reused, whenever feasible; waste that cannot be reduced, recycled or reused should be treated in an environmentally safe manner; and disposal should be employed only as a last resort and should be conducted in an environmentally safe manner.

(d) It is a requirement under Section 104(c)(9) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, Pub.L. No. 96-510, 94 Stat. 2767, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended, and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Pub.L. No. 99-499, 100 Stat. 1613, as amended, as a condition of receiving non-emergency federal remedial action funding after October 17, 1989, that each state assure that it has adequate capacity to manage the hazardous waste generated in the state and expected to be generated in the state for the next twenty (20) years.

(e) In response to the federal requirement for hazardous waste capacity assurance, the State of Mississippi has developed and submitted its Capacity Assurance Plan to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Capacity Assurance Plan sets out the state's need with respect to the types of hazardous waste management required by the state and the proposal for siting needed facilities.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that proper facilities must be sited as needed for the management of hazardous waste to meet the needs of Mississippi generators, and allow maximum effective use of regional hazardous waste management facilities; however, the Legislature believes that these objectives should be accomplished without Mississippi becoming a magnet for the hazardous waste from all other states and without the proliferation of unnecessary and unsafe facilities in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-3
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this chapter to permit local governmental units to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate and to contract with other local governmental units on a basis of mutual advantage and thereby provide services and facilities in a manner pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, population and other factors influencing the needs and development of local communities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-45 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 17-17-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-11
Status: in_force

Trucks or other vehicles engaged in the business of hauling solid waste shall be so covered, secured or sealed that there will be no loss during haulage to cause littering of streets and highways or cause a nuisance or hazard to the public health.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-31 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 18-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-31
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be designated as the “Perpetual Care Fund,” hereinafter referred to in this section as “fund,” which may be used for:

(a) Administration of the fund;

(b) Emergency response and decontamination at the state commercial hazardous waste management facility;

(c) Post-closure physical surveillance, environmental monitoring, maintenance, care, custody and remedial action at the state commercial hazardous waste management facility.

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

(3) 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.

(4) In addition to any money that may be appropriated or otherwise made available to it, the fund shall be maintained by user fees and other charges, including nonregulatory penalties, surcharges or other money paid to or recovered by or on behalf of the department.

(5) Fees and other charges shall at all times be sufficient to build and maintain the fund balance at a level determined by the department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality.

(6) The establishment of this fund shall in no way be construed to relieve or reduce the liability of any facility operator, contractor or other person for damages resulting from the operation of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-331 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-331
Status: in_force

(1) Pending the issuance of revenue bonds by the authority, the authority is hereby authorized to make temporary borrowings not to exceed two (2) years in anticipation of the issue of bonds in order to provide funds in such amounts as may, from time to time, be deemed advisable prior to the issue of bonds. To provide for such temporary borrowings, the authority may enter into any purchase, loan or credit agreement, or agreements or other agreement or agreements with any banks or trust companies or other lending institutions, investment banking firms or persons in the United States having power to enter into the same. The agreements may contain such provisions not inconsistent with Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 as may be authorized by the board.

(2) All temporary borrowings made under this section shall be evidenced by notes of the authority which shall be issued, from time to time, for such amounts, in such form and in such denominations and subject to terms and conditions of sale and issue, prepayment or redemption and maturity, rate or rates of interest and time of payment of interest as the board shall authorize and direct and in accordance with Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 . Such authorization and direction may provide for the subsequent issuance of replacement notes to refund, upon issuance thereof, such notes, and may specify such other terms and conditions with respect to the notes and replacement notes thereby authorized for issuance as the board may determine and direct.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-5
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall be defined as herein provided unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “ Local governmental unit ” shall mean any county, any incorporated city, town or village, any school district, any utility district, any community college, any institution of higher learning, any municipal airport authority or regional airport authority in the state, any local tourism commission in the state or any public improvement district created under the Public Improvement District Act.

(b) “ Governing authority ” shall mean the board of supervisors of any county, board of trustees of any school district or community college whether elective or appointive, the governing board of any city, town or village, the board of commissioners of a utility district, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the commissioners of a municipal airport authority or regional airport authority, the commission of a local tourism commission or the board of directors of any public improvement district created under the Public Improvement District Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-411 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 17-17-433 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-433
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-433
Status: in_force

The Department of Environmental Quality shall produce, print and distribute the notices required by Section 17-17-431 to all places where lead acid batteries are offered for sale at retail. In performing its duties under this section, the department may inspect any place, building or premise governed by Section 17-17-431 . Authorized employees of the department may issue warnings to a person who fails to comply with the requirement of those sections. Any person who fails to post the required notice after receiving a warning may be subject to a fine of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per day.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-237 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-237
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-237
Status: in_force

(1) No new municipal solid waste landfill shall be incorporated into any solid waste management plan and no reference in any existing plan to any unpermitted new municipal solid waste landfill shall be effective, applicable or operative and no permit, grant or loan shall be approved for any 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 local referendum election has been called and held in the county in which the new municipal solid waste landfill is proposed and with the results hereinafter provided. The board of supervisors may require the proponent of or applicant for the new municipal solid waste landfill to pay the costs of the election.

(2) Upon presentation and filing of a proper petition requesting same signed by at least twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1,500), whichever number is the lesser, of the qualified electors of the county, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to call an election at which there shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the county the question of whether or not the new municipal solid waste landfill proposed to be sited within the county shall be eligible for consideration by the board of supervisors for inclusion in the solid waste management plan of the county. Such election shall be held and conducted by the county election commissioners on a date fixed by the order of the board of supervisors, which date shall not be more than sixty (60) days from the date of the filing of said petition. Notice thereof shall be given by publishing such notice once each week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in said county or, if no newspaper be published therein, by such publication in a newspaper in an adjoining county and having a general circulation in the county involved. The election shall be held not earlier than fifteen (15) days from the first publication of such notice.

(3) The election shall be held and conducted as far as may be possible in the same manner as is provided by law for the holding of general elections. The ballots used thereat shall contain a brief statement of the proposition submitted and, on separate lines, the words “I vote FOR new municipal solid waste landfill in ____ County ( )”, “I vote AGAINST new municipal solid waste landfill in ____ County ( )” with appropriate boxes in which the voters may express their choice. All qualified electors may vote by marking the ballot with a cross (x) or check mark (✓) opposite the words of their choice.

(4) The election commissioners shall canvass and determine the results of the election, and shall certify same to the board of supervisors which shall adopt and spread upon its minutes an order declaring such results. If, in such election, sixty percent (60%) of the qualified electors participating therein shall vote in favor of the proposition, inclusion of the proposed new municipal solid waste landfill in a solid waste management plan and permitting of such landfill may be approved provided that all other requirements of law are satisfied as to the landfill. If, on the other hand, sixty percent (60%) of the qualified electors participating therein shall not vote in favor of the proposition, the new landfill may not be included in any solid waste management plan and shall not be permitted. In either case, no further election shall be held in a county under the provisions of this section for a period of two (2) years from the date of the prior election and then only upon the filing of a petition requesting same signed by at least twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1,500), whichever number is the lesser, of the qualified electors of the county as is otherwise provided herein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-7
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county wherein there is located a municipality described in Section 17-21-5 may, in its discretion, exempt from any or all county ad valorem taxes, excluding ad valorem taxes for school district purposes, for a period of not more than seven (7) years, any privately owned new structures and any new renovations of and improvements to existing structures where an exemption has been granted by the municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 17-21-5 . The exemption from county ad valorem taxes may be granted only upon written application to the board of supervisors of the county by any person, firm or corporation claiming the exemption. A copy of the order of the governing authority of the municipality granting an exemption from municipal ad valorem taxes shall be attached to the application as an exhibit thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-51 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-51
Status: in_force

Nothing in Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 or in Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 prohibits or is intended to prohibit the shipment, receipt, use or on-site storage of nuclear fuel assemblies to a facility licensed by the nuclear regulatory commission, or the transportation from the facility of spent nuclear fuel assemblies to a licensed reprocessing plant or to a licensed away-from-reactor storage facility.

Provided further, that nothing in Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 or in Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 prohibits or is intended to prohibit the on-site storage of low-level radioactive waste that is generated at a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality may allow the payment of various taxes, fees and other accounts receivable to the county or municipality, and the payment for retail merchandise sold by the county or municipality, by credit cards, charge cards, debit cards and other forms of electronic payment, in accordance with policies established by the State Auditor. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any fees or charges associated with the use of such electronic payments shall be assessed to the user of the electronic payment as an additional charge for processing the electronic payment, so that the user will pay the full cost of using the electronic payment. However, a county or municipality shall not charge the user any additional amount above the processing fee on each transaction. For purposes of this section, the term “ accounts receivable ” includes, but is not limited to, judgments, fines, costs and penalties imposed upon conviction for criminal and traffic offenses. A county or municipality may bear the full cost of processing such electronic payments for retail merchandise sold by the county or municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-407 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-407
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-407
Status: in_force

The commission may promulgate and enforce rules and regulations pertaining to collection, transportation, storage, processing and disposal of waste tires and may modify, repeal, make exceptions to and grant exemptions and variances from the rules and regulations. The rules and regulations shall include:

(a) Methods of collection, storage, processing and disposal of waste tires. The following are permissible methods of waste tire processing and disposal:

(i) Controlling soil erosion, when whole tires are not used;

(ii) Grinding into crumbs for use in road asphalt, tire derived fuel and as raw materials for other products;

(iii) Pyrolizing or other physico-chemical processing;

(iv) Incineration;

(v) Landfilling split, ground, chopped, sliced or shredded waste tires until July 1, 2000. Beginning July 1, 2000, the landfilling of waste tires in any form, including, but not limited to, split, ground, chopped, sliced, shredded or whole waste tires is prohibited, unless the commission grants an exception. In determining whether to grant an exception, the commission shall consider the following factors: A. Whether sufficient end-use or recycling markets have developed in all or parts of the state, B. whether the condition of the waste tire or waste tire derived material prevents recycling, C. whether the prohibition on landfilling waste tires will place a financial burden on local governments, or D. other factors the commission deems relevant. It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission shall, to the extent practicable, grant exceptions in areas of the state where the prohibition against landfilling waste tires will pose a demonstrated, unfunded financial burden on local governments.

(vi) Other methods as approved by the commission.

(b) Procedures for authorization or permitting for waste tire collection sites, waste tire processing facilities, waste tire haulers and waste tire disposal sites, including a review of the applicant's performance history;

(c) Requirements for location of facilities at which waste tires are collected, stored, processed or disposed, with regards to property boundaries and buildings, pest control, accessibility by fire fighting equipment and other considerations as they relate to protection of public health and safety and the environment; and

(d) Requirements for any financial assurance for waste tire haulers, waste tire collection sites, waste tire processing facilities and waste tire disposal facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-203 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-203
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds that:

(a) Over one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) tons of municipal solid waste are generated in Mississippi each year of which an estimated fifty thousand (50,000) tons is not even collected for disposal;

(b) On the average, each Mississippian currently discards approximately four (4) pounds of municipal solid waste each day;

(c) There are currently ninety-eight (98) commercial nonhazardous solid waste management facilities in this state;

(d) Most of the permitted sanitary landfill capacity will be used within the next ten (10) years;

(e) Monthly household collection fees have increased approximately fifteen percent (15%) in the last year. The costs of nonhazardous solid waste management will increase significantly due to decreased landfill capacity and more stringent federal requirements for nonhazardous solid waste management facilities. More stringent federal requirements may force an estimated eighty percent (80%) of the existing permitted facilities to close;

(f) Mississippians are spending approximate Fifty-five Million Dollars ($55,000,000.00) on nonhazardous solid waste management;

(g) Inefficient and improper methods of managing nonhazardous solid waste create hazards to the public health, cause pollution of air and water resources, constitute a waste of natural resources, have an adverse effect on land values and create public nuisances;

(h) Problems of nonhazardous solid waste management have become a matter statewide in scope and necessitate state action to assist local governments in identifying, financing, and improving methods and processes for more efficient management and collection of nonhazardous solid waste; and

(i) The economic and population growth of our state and improvements in the standard of living enjoyed by our population have resulted in a rising tide of unwanted and discarded materials.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of Sections 17-17-201 through 17-17-235 shall:

(a) In order to protect the public health, safety and well-being of its citizens and to protect and enhance the quality of its environment, institute and maintain a comprehensive program for state and local solid waste management planning which will assure that solid waste management facilities meet the needs of the state and its localities, whether publicly or privately operated, are planned, developed and constructed in a timely manner;

(b) Reaffirm the state's policy of minimizing the amount of nonhazardous solid waste being generated and managed at facilities in the state and the commitment to reach the state's goal of reducing and minimizing waste generated in Mississippi by a minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) by January 1, 1996;

(c) Provide that a county shall have the power and its duty shall be to ensure the availability of adequate permitted management capacity for the nonhazardous solid waste which is generated within its boundaries;

(d) Establish that a municipality shall have the power and its duty shall be to assure the proper and adequate collection, transportation and storage of the nonhazardous solid waste generated or present within the area served by such municipality and in cooperation with the county, to assure adequate capacity for the processing, recycling and disposal of nonhazardous solid waste generated or present within the area served by such municipality; and

(e) Reaffirm that the state shall have the power and its duty shall be to regulate the management of nonhazardous solid waste and ensure that all nonhazardous solid waste management planning results in strategies for environmentally sound nonhazardous solid waste management systems.

(3) It is further the intent of the Legislature that, in light of the impending issuance of the Final Subtitle D regulations, the existing laws and regulations with regard to permitted sanitary landfills should be consistently enforced.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-48 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-48
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-48
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this Legislature that the Mississippi Energy and Transportation Board shall have jurisdiction over state nuclear waste policy, activities and siting, including the long-term or temporary storage and/or disposal of high-level radioactive and transuranic waste, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 and Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-9
Status: in_force

All voting members of the governing body of the district shall be qualified electors within the region, and, except as to those members who already hold public office under the laws of this state, shall take the oath of office required under Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 17-17-403 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-403
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-403
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Commission ” means the Commission on Environmental Quality.

(b) “ Collection contractor ” means a person approved by the department and used by a county, municipality or multicounty agency to operate a household hazardous waste collection and management program.

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

(d) “ Household hazardous waste ” means any waste that would be considered hazardous under the Solid Wastes Disposal Law of 1974, Section 17-17-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, or any rules and regulations promulgated thereto, but for the fact that it is produced in quantities smaller than those regulated under that law or regulations and is generated by persons not otherwise covered by that law or regulations.

(e) “ Motor vehicle ” means an automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck tractor and semitrailer combination, farm equipment or any other vehicle operated on the roads of this state, used to transport persons or property, and propelled by power other than muscular power, but does not include traction engines, road rollers, earth movers, graders, loaders and other similar construction equipment requiring oversized tires, any vehicles which run only upon a track, bicycles, electric bicycles, personal delivery devices or mopeds. For purposes of this article, “ farm equipment ” means any vehicle which uses tires having the following designations: I-1, I-2, I-3, R-1, R-2, R-3, F-1, F-2 and Farm Highway Service.

(f) “ Small business ” means any commercial establishment not regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 ( Public Law 94-580 , 42 USCS 6901 et seq. ), as amended or regulations promulgated thereto.

(g) “ Small quantity waste tire generator ” means any private individual generating twenty-five (25) or fewer waste tires annually, or a tire retail outlet, automotive mechanic shop or other commercial or governmental entity that generates ten (10) or fewer waste tires per week.

(h) “ Tire ” means a continuous solid or pneumatic rubber covering encircling the wheel of a motor vehicle.

(i) “ Waste tire ” means a whole tire that is no longer suitable for its original intended purpose because of wear, damage or defect.

(j) “ Waste tire hauler ” means any person engaged in the collection and/or transportation of fifty (50) or more waste tires for the purpose of storage, processing or disposal or any person transporting waste tires for compensation.

(k) “ Waste tire processing facility ” means a site where tires are reduced in volume by shredding, cutting, chipping or otherwise altered to facilitate recycling, resource recovery or disposal. The term includes mobile waste tire processing equipment. Commercial enterprises processing waste tires shall not be considered solid waste management facilities.

(l) “ Waste tire collection site ” means a site used for the storage of one hundred (100) or more waste tires.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-347 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 17-17-135 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-135
Status: in_force

The board is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and put into effect all reasonable rules and regulations that it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 , not inconsistent herewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-41 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 18-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-41
Status: in_force

(1) No member, officer or employee of the department, authority or committee while acting within the scope of their authority shall be subject to any personal liability by reason of any act or omission in connection with the exercise of any power or performance of any duty whether expressed or implied pursuant to this chapter.

(2) Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39 , the Attorney General shall be the legal representative of the authority and the committee and shall provide legal advice and counsel without cost to the authority and the committee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality may allow the payment of various taxes, fees and other accounts receivable to the county or municipality, and the payment for retail merchandise sold by the county or municipality, by credit cards, charge cards, debit cards and other forms of electronic payment, in accordance with policies established by the State Auditor. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any fees or charges associated with the use of such electronic payments shall be assessed to the user of the electronic payment as an additional charge for processing the electronic payment, so that the user will pay the full cost of using the electronic payment. However, a county or municipality shall not charge the user any additional amount above the processing fee on each transaction. For purposes of this section, the term “ accounts receivable ” includes, but is not limited to, judgments, fines, costs and penalties imposed upon conviction for criminal and traffic offenses. A county or municipality may bear the full cost of processing such electronic payments for retail merchandise sold by the county or municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-55 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-55
Status: in_force

The proceeds of any notes or certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this article shall be placed in a special fund and shall be expended only for the purpose or purposes for which they were issued as shown by the resolution authorizing the issuance thereof. If a balance shall remain of the proceeds of such notes or certificates of indebtedness after the purpose or purposes for which they were issued shall have been accomplished, such balance shall be used to pay such obligations at or before maturity and may be transferred to any sinking fund previously established for the payment thereof.

Proceeds from the sale of notes or certificates of indebtedness not immediately necessary for expenditure shall be invested in the same manner as surplus funds of the governing authority may be invested.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-59 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-59
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the powers and authority conferred on the district by this chapter, it is not the intent of this chapter to limit, abridge, restrict, or curtail any existing power granted to any municipality by law, but to provide a vehicle through which municipalities may more effectively perform their governmental and corporate functions, and the provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative, additional, and supplemental. Notwithstanding provisions of this chapter to the contrary, a municipality shall not be required to secure the approval by the district of any feasibility study, plans, or projects which the municipality may elect to undertake separately. Wherever any public agencies are now authorized to join with other municipalities, and undertake projects, then such municipalities may elect to proceed under such general laws, or may elect to come within the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding any regulation or requirement of any federal agency to the contrary, the governing body of the district shall not act for or on behalf of any public agency of the district in its dealings with such federal agency without the express consent of the public agency involved. It is the intent of this chapter that the governing body of the district shall not be vested with any governmental powers or functions other than those voluntarily conferred upon it by public agencies in the manner provided in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-7
Status: in_force

Any inhabitant or inhabitants of any former city, town or village that meets the criteria of a municipal historical hamlet, as defined in Section 17-27-5 , and desires to create a municipal historical hamlet, shall prepare a petition and file such petition with the chancery clerk of the county in which such proposed historical hamlet is located or, if the proposed municipal historical hamlet is located in more than one (1) county, the chancery clerk of both counties. The petition shall meet the following requirements:

(a) It shall accurately reference the territory proposed to be a municipal historical hamlet as the former municipal corporation and the date on which that charter was suspended, with the last date of such suspension being before 1945;

(b) It shall set forth the name of the hamlet which is desired;

(c) It shall set forth the number of inhabitants of such territory as per the most recent decennial census; and

(d) It shall be sworn to by one or more of the petitioners and placed on file in the land records of the chancery clerk.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-15 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-15
Status: in_force

Prior to July 20, 1971, the Governor shall appoint the members of the governing body of the district required to be appointed by him under this chapter. Until at least three counties and/or cities within the region have elected to become associated as members of the district as provided in this chapter, the members of the governing body of the district shall constitute an interim body, and their powers and duties shall be limited to the following:

(a) To make a determination of all factors that relate to the long-range development of the affected area and to correlate such factors to the economy and development of the entire state.

(b) To explore all available avenues of assistance, both public and private, and to bring into focus the aims, aspirations, and needs of our people.

(c) To make specific recommendations of the most efficient and effective roles that should be played by local and state governments in cooperation with the federal government and private interests, to the end that the total resources of all might be mobilized swiftly and decisively to accomplish this objective.

(d) To recommend a comprehensive plan for the accomplishments of the maximum long-range development of the area's recreational, cultural and economic life.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 17-2-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-2-9
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authority of any county or municipality shall not enforce any portion of any building codes established and/or imposed under Sections 17-2-1 through 17-2-5 that regulates the construction or improvement of industrial facilities that are engaged in activities designated as manufacturing (sectors 31-33), utilities (sector 22), telecommunications (sector 517), bulk stations and materials (sector 422710), crude oil pipelines (sector 486110), refined petroleum products pipelines (sector 486910), natural gas pipelines (sector 486210), other pipelines (sector 486990) and natural gas processing plants (sector 211112), under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

(2) The governing authority of any county or municipality shall not enforce any portion of any building codes established and/or imposed under Sections 17-2-1 through 17-2-5 which regulates the construction or improvement of buildings located on nonpublic fairgrounds or the construction or improvement of buildings located on the Neshoba County Fairgrounds in Neshoba County, Mississippi.

(3) The governing authority of any county or municipality shall not enforce any portion of any building codes established and/or imposed under Sections 17-2-1 through 17-2-5 which regulates the construction or improvement of a private unattached outdoor recreational structure, such as a hunting or fishing camp. In order for a structure to qualify as a “hunting camp” or “fishing camp” under the provisions of this subsection, the owner must file with the board of supervisors of the county in which the structure is located his signed affidavit stating under oath that the structure is a hunting camp or fishing camp, as the case may be, that he is the owner or an owner of the camp and that the camp is located in an unincorporated area of the county within, near or in close proximity to land upon which hunting or fishing activities legally may take place.

(4) The governing authority of any county or municipality shall not enforce any portion of any building codes established and/or imposed under Sections 17-2-1 through 17-2-5 which regulates the construction or improvement of manufactured housing built according to the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act.

(5) The governing authority of Pearl River County or any municipality within such county shall not enforce any portion of any building codes established and/or imposed under Sections 17-2-1 through 17-2-5 which prohibits the use of or requires building permit approval for the use of salvage lumber or green cut timber in building construction provided such timber is for personal use and is not for sale.

(6) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any floodplain management ordinances or regulations necessary for eligibility for the National Flood Insurance Program, and such floodplain management ordinances or regulations shall apply retroactively to any construction or improvement permit granted for any structure exempted under this section before May 22, 2012.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-61 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-61
Status: in_force

This chapter shall never be amended unless this chapter is brought forward in its entirety.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-27 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 17-25-15 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 21 / Section 25-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-15
Status: in_force

(1) An established sport-shooting range that is not in violation of a state law or an ordinance of a unit of local government prior to the enactment of a new ordinance of a unit of local government affecting the range may continue in operation even if, at or after the time of the enactment of the new ordinance, the operation of the sport-shooting range is not in compliance with the new ordinance.

In order to qualify for the provisions of this subsection, an established outdoor shooting range must be:

(a) Constructed in a manner not reasonably expected to allow a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract; or

(b) Located on a tract of land of ten (10) acres or more and with any firing line more than one hundred fifty (150) feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property if a shotgun, air rifle or air pistol, BB gun or bow and arrow is discharged; or

(c) Located on a tract of land of fifty (50) acres or more and with any firing line more than three hundred (300) feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property if a center fire or rimfire rifle or pistol or a muzzle-loading rifle or pistol of any caliber is discharged.

(2) No new ordinance of a local unit of government shall prohibit an established sport-shooting range that is in existence on July 1, 2016, from doing any of the following within the existing geographic boundaries of the sport-shooting range:

(a) Repair, remodel or reinforce any building or improvement as may be necessary in the interest of public safety or to secure the continued use of the building or improvement;

(b) Reconstruct, repair, rebuild or resume the use of a facility or building damaged or destroyed, in whole or in part, by fire, collapse, explosion, act of nature or act of war occurring after March 31, 2008;

(c) Expand or enhance its membership or opportunities for public participation;

(d) Expand or increase facilities or activities.

(3) The right to operate as a sport-shooting range shall not be amended, restricted, or terminated due to a change of circumstances regarding the use of adjacent or surrounding properties to the extent that any sport-shooting range has been issued permission to operate as a sport-shooting range, whether as of right or by special exception, variance, or otherwise, by any entity having zoning or zoning appeal authority.

(4) A person who subsequently acquires title to or leases or otherwise uses or exercises control over real property adversely affected by the normal operation or use of property with an established sport-shooting range shall not maintain a nuisance action against the range or the person who owns, leases or otherwise uses or exercises control over the range to restrain, enjoin or impede the use of the range.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-45 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-45
Status: in_force

The governing body or bodies issuing bonds under this chapter shall sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it or they may determine to be for the best interest of said governing body or bodies. No such sale shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds of the purchaser. Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least one time not less than ten days prior to the date of sale, and shall be published in a newspaper published in and having general circulation within such regional area, county or city.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-435 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-435
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-435
Status: in_force

Any person selling new lead acid batteries at wholesale shall 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. A person accepting batteries in transfer from a battery retailer shall be allowed a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days to remove batteries from the retail point of collection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-13 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-13
Status: in_force

In the event any county or city within the region desires to withdraw from the district, having previously voted to become associated with such district as provided in Section 17-11-11 , and at least six months has elapsed since the date the election was held for becoming associated with the district as provided in said section, such county or city shall follow the same procedure for withdrawing from the district as that followed for becoming associated with the district. Withdrawal from said district may also be initiated by petition in the same manner as provided in said section for the election for associating with said district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-47 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-47
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this chapter, the State Oil and Gas Board shall continue to exercise the exclusive authority to make rules and regulations and issue permits governing the noncommercial disposal of oil field waste products and shall continue to exercise the exclusive authority to regulate Class II underground injection wells in accordance with the provisions of Section 53-1-17 ; provided, however, that to the extent that such oil field exploration and production waste products may likewise constitute hazardous wastes under the provisions of this chapter, such rules and regulations shall be subject to the approval of the commission in order to ensure that they are consistent with the requirements of this chapter and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 ( Public Law 94-580 ).

(2) The commission shall have the exclusive authority to regulate the commercial disposal of oil field exploration and production waste products subject to limitations set out in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-23 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 17-17-51 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-51
Status: in_force

Nothing in Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 or in Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 prohibits or is intended to prohibit the shipment, receipt, use or on-site storage of nuclear fuel assemblies to a facility licensed by the nuclear regulatory commission, or the transportation from the facility of spent nuclear fuel assemblies to a licensed reprocessing plant or to a licensed away-from-reactor storage facility.

Provided further, that nothing in Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 or in Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 prohibits or is intended to prohibit the on-site storage of low-level radioactive waste that is generated at a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-109 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-109
Status: in_force

Where an election is to be called as provided in Section 17-17-107 , notice of such election shall be signed by the clerk of the governing body of any municipality and shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks, in at least one (1) newspaper published in such county. The first publication of such notice shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date fixed for such election and the last publication shall be made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date. If no newspaper is published in such county, then such notice shall be given by publishing the same for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in such county and, in addition, by posting a copy of such notice for at least twenty-one (21) days next preceding such election at three (3) public places in such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 17-17-39 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-39
Status: in_force

Nothing in Sections 17-17-33 through 17-17-41 shall be construed to prohibit local governments from the construction or operation of approved sanitary landfills, or of any other heretofore or hereafter approved solid waste disposal system, it being the intent of Sections 17-17-33 through 17-17-41 that their provisions shall be supplementary to, and not restrictive of, any previously authorized solid waste disposal system, facility or operation, nor of any other such system, facility or operation which may be authorized in the future.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-335 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 17-25-19 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 19 / Section 25-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-19
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Neither the board of supervisors of any county nor the governing authority of any municipality shall adopt, enact or enforce any ordinance authorizing the use of automated recording equipment or system to enforce compliance with traffic signals, traffic speeds or other traffic laws, rules or regulations on any public street, road or highway within this state or to impose or collect any civil or criminal fine, fee or penalty for any such violation.

(b) Any county or municipality using automated recording equipment or system shall remove the equipment or system before October 1, 2009.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the term “ automated recording equipment or system ” means a camera or optical device installed to work in conjunction with a traffic control signal or radar speed detection equipment or both and designed to record images that depict the license plate attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that is not operated in compliance with instructions of the traffic control signal or the posted speed limit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-213 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 17-25-39 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 17-18-25 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-25
Status: in_force

The department shall actively seek a qualified private contractor or contractors to design, construct and operate the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. A single contractor may design, construct and operate the facility. If the department is unable to successfully negotiate and execute a contract or contracts for the design, construction and operation of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility not later than January 1, 1993, the executive director of the department shall certify to the Governor in writing that the department has taken all actions necessary or convenient to secure an executed contract or contracts for the design, construction and operation of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. After the written certification, the department shall design, construct and operate the state commercial hazardous waste management facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-7
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, qualifying businesses which construct or renovate an entertainment facility or facilities within an entertainment district after July 1, 2009, may use an accelerated state income tax depreciation deduction. The accelerated depreciation deduction shall be computed by accelerating depreciation period required by Title 35, Part III, Subpart 5, Chapter 4, Mississippi Administrative Code , to a five-year depreciation period.

(2) Gaming establishments licensed under the Mississippi Gaming Control Act shall not be eligible for the accelerated depreciation deduction authorized under this section. Licensees under the Charitable Bingo Law shall not be eligible for the accelerated depreciation deduction authorized under this section, and the accelerated depreciation deduction shall not apply to any property utilized in the conduct of charitable bingo under the Charitable Bingo Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-151 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-151
Status: in_force

(1) Each application for the issuance of a permit to operate a commercial hazardous waste management facility shall be accompanied by a demonstration of need for that facility in the anticipated service area, which shall be of the form and content as the Permit Board may prescribe. Applications for the reissuance, transfer or modification of previously issued permits, except modifications seeking an increase in the volume of hazardous waste to be managed on an annual basis, shall not be subject to the requirements of this section.

(2) The demonstration of need shall be specific as to the types of hazardous waste to be managed and shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) Documentation of the available capacity at existing commercial hazardous waste management facilities in the area to be served by the facility;

(b) Documentation of the current volume of hazardous waste generated in the area to be served by the facility and the volume of hazardous waste reasonably expected to be generated in the area to be served over the next twenty (20) years; and

(c) A description of any additional factors, such as physical limitations on the transportation of the hazardous waste or the existence of additional capacity outside the area to be served which may satisfy the projected need.

(3) The Permit Board shall consider the following factors in evaluating the need for the proposed facility:

(a) The extent to which the proposed commercial hazardous waste management facility is in conformance with the Mississippi Capacity Assurance Plan and any interstate or regional agreements associated therewith;

(b) An approximate service area for the proposed facility which takes into account the economics of hazardous waste collection, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal;

(c) The quantity of hazardous waste generated within the anticipated service area suitable for treatment, storage or disposal at the proposed facility;

(d) The design capacity of existing commercial hazardous waste management facilities located within the anticipated service area of the proposed facility; and

(e) The extent to which the proposed facility is needed to replace other facilities, if the need for a proposed commercial hazardous waste management facility cannot be established under paragraphs (a) through (d).

(4) Based on the needs of the State of Mississippi, it is the intent of the Legislature that there shall not be a proliferation of unnecessary facilities in any one (1) county of the state.

(5) If the Permit Board determines that a proposed commercial hazardous waste management facility is inconsistent with or contradictory to the factors set forth in subsection (3), the Permit Board is hereby empowered to deny any permit for such facility.

(6) The commission shall develop and adopt criteria and standards to be considered in location and permitting of commercial hazardous waste management facilities. The standards and criteria shall be developed through public participation, shall be enforced by the Permit Board and shall include, in addition to all applicable state and federal rules and regulations, consideration of:

(a) Hydrological and geological factors such as flood plains, depth to water table, soil composition and permeability, cavernous bedrock, seismic activity, and slope;

(b) Natural resource factors such as wetlands, endangered species habitats, proximity to parks, forests, wilderness areas and historical sites, and air quality;

(c) Land use factors such as local land use, whether residential, industrial, commercial, recreational or agricultural, proximity to public water supplies, and proximity to incompatible structures such as schools, churches and airports;

(d) Transportation factors, such as proximity to waste generators and to population, route safety and method of transportation; and

(e) Aesthetic factors such as the visibility, appearance and noise level of the facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-34 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-34
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-34
Status: in_force

(1) No political subdivision of this state may adopt an ordinance, resolution, regulation, code or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting the expansion, utilization, connection or reconnection of a service based upon the type or source of energy to be delivered to an individual customer.

(2) For purposes of this section, the term “political subdivision” shall have the same meaning as provided under Section 11-46-1 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 17-21-55 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-55
Status: in_force

The proceeds of any notes or certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this article shall be placed in a special fund and shall be expended only for the purpose or purposes for which they were issued as shown by the resolution authorizing the issuance thereof. If a balance shall remain of the proceeds of such notes or certificates of indebtedness after the purpose or purposes for which they were issued shall have been accomplished, such balance shall be used to pay such obligations at or before maturity and may be transferred to any sinking fund previously established for the payment thereof.

Proceeds from the sale of notes or certificates of indebtedness not immediately necessary for expenditure shall be invested in the same manner as surplus funds of the governing authority may be invested.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-54 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 17-17-348 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-348
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-348
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any notice requirements otherwise provided by law, the board of supervisors of each county and the governing authorities of each municipality, before the first day of the fiscal year, shall publish in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county, a detailed, itemized report of all revenues, costs and expenses incurred by the county or municipality during the immediately preceding county or municipal fiscal year in operating the garbage or rubbish collection or disposal system. The report shall disclose:

(a) The total dollar amount of revenues received or dedicated by the county or municipality during the immediately preceding fiscal year for operation of the garbage or rubbish collection or disposal system;

(b) The identity of each source of funding and the dollar amount received from each source of funding during the immediately preceding fiscal year for operation of the garbage or rubbish collection or disposal system, including ad valorem taxes, fees and other sources; and

(c) The total dollar amount expended by the county or municipality to operate the garbage or rubbish collection or disposal system, along with the names and addresses of all businesses and persons with whom the county or municipality has contracted to perform or provide garbage or rubbish collection or disposal, the dollar amount of expenditures made under each contract and an itemized list of all other expenditures of county or municipal funds to operate and administer the garbage or rubbish collection or disposal system.

(2) The notice required under subsection (1) of this section shall be no less than one-eighth ( 1 / 8 ) page in size and the type used shall be no smaller than ten (10) point and surrounded by a one-fourth-inch ( 1 / 4 ) solid black border. The notice may not be placed in that portion of the newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements appear. The notice must appear in a newspaper that is published at least five (5) days a week, unless the only newspaper in the county is published less than five (5) days a week. The newspaper selected must be one of general interest and readership in the community, and not one of limited subject matter. The notice must be published at least once.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-13 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 21 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-13
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section:

(a) “ Water sewer association ” means any corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps, or stores raw or potable water to, or for the benefit of, members of the general public or commercial, industrial and other users; and

(b) “ Water sewer system ” means any entity that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps or stores raw or potable water to or for the benefit of members of the general public and commercial, industrial, and other users, including, without limitation, the following entities that perform such activities:

(i) Municipalities;

(ii) Counties; and

(iii) Water sewer associations.

(2)(a) When a person is delinquent on the payment of an undisputed bill for water sewer service provided by a water sewer system within this state, moves into another area of this state, and applies for or receives water from another water sewer system, if the person's former water sewer system establishes that there is no dispute that the delinquent amount is properly due and owed by that particular individual in that amount, the new water sewer system shall refuse to provide water sewer service to the delinquent person until such person provides proof of curing the delinquency.

(b) This subsection shall not apply to a delinquency that has been disputed by the person in writing, unless the delinquency has been reduced to a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) No provision of this section shall apply to a water sewer system that is regulated by the Mississippi Public Service Commission as a “public utility” as defined in Section 77-3-3 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-129 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-129
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 shall be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued; provided, however, that any premium and accrued interest received in any such sale shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds sold; and provided further, that if for any reason any portion of the proceeds shall not be needed for the purpose of which the bonds were issued, such unneeded portion of the proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds. The cost of acquiring any project shall be deemed to include the following:

(a) The actual cost of the construction of any part of any project which may be constructed, including architect's, engineer's and legal fees;

(b) The purchase price of any land necessary therefor;

(c) The purchase price of any part of any project that may be acquired by purchase;

(d) All expenses in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds to finance such acquisition; and

(e) The interest on the bonds for a reasonable time prior to construction, during construction, and for not exceeding one (1) year after completion of the construction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-445 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-445
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-445
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall have the following powers and duties in the administration of the Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program established under Sections 17-17-439 through 17-17-445 :

(a) To determine the types of household hazardous wastes to be handled in the program;

(b) To approve any collection contractor or contractors used in the implementation of a local household hazardous waste collection and management program;

(c) To prepare a request for proposals, select a collection contractor and facilitate the use of that contractor on a statewide basis to conduct all local household hazardous waste collection and management programs;

(d) To establish guidelines for the registration and operations of household hazardous waste collection and management programs;

(e) To inspect any collection site operated under Sections 17-17-439 through 17-17-445 to ensure that collection is performed in a safe and environmentally sound manner;

(f) To develop record keeping requirements identifying types and amounts of household hazardous wastes collected, entities submitting household hazardous waste and the points of ultimate disposition;

(g) To submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature summarizing the operation and costs of the program, including location of sites, types and amounts of waste collected, entities disposing of waste at the collection sites and the methods utilized for disposal of the wastes; and

(h) To exercise any other powers and duties as the department may require to administer the Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program.

(2) The commission may consolidate any grant provided under this section with any grant provided under the local governments solid waste assistance program or the waste tire management program. Funds provided through any consolidated grant shall be used in accordance with the program under which the funds are provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-41 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 23 / 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. § 17-17-409 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-409
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-409
Status: in_force

Each county, regional solid waste management authority or municipality, as the case may be, shall, as part of its local nonhazardous solid waste management plan as required by law, plan and provide an adequate number of waste tire collection sites within its jurisdiction, for the deposit of waste tires from small quantity waste tire generators and shall ensure the delivery of these tires on an adequate frequency to an authorized waste tire processing/disposal facility operated by the county, regional solid waste authority or private entity. Counties may establish, own and/or operate a waste tire collection site or sites or may enter into leases or other contractual arrangements with other counties or private entities for the operation of waste tire collection sites for small quantity generators. Nothing in this section shall prevent a county or regional solid waste authority from providing a more expansive waste tire management service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-55 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-55
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the State Treasury a revolving fund to be known as the “Hazardous Waste Facility Site Revolving Loan Fund,” which shall be administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development, for the purpose of making loans to municipalities or counties in which commercial hazardous waste facilities permitted pursuant to Section 49-17-28 et seq. are located. Such loans shall be made for the purpose of constructing roads, railroads, utilities or the purchase and development of lands for industrial purposes. Any municipality or county within which such a facility is sited may make application for a loan from the Hazardous Waste Facility Site Revolving Loan Fund, and the Department of Economic and Community Development is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and put into effect all reasonable rules and regulations that it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, which shall include, without limitation, the following:

(a) Procedures for applying for the loans;

(b) Selection criteria for evaluating if a proposed facility meets Mississippi's needs and for choosing between various loan applications;

(c) Procedures for funding and retiring loans; and

(d) Procedures to be followed if default occurs in the repayment of loans.

In addition, the Department of Economic and Community Development is empowered to designate that any part or all of those funds to be disbursed pursuant to Section 17-17-53(2)(c) be paid directly against the principal balance of any loan outstanding hereunder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 27-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-7
Status: in_force

Any inhabitant or inhabitants of any former city, town or village that meets the criteria of a municipal historical hamlet, as defined in Section 17-27-5 , and desires to create a municipal historical hamlet, shall prepare a petition and file such petition with the chancery clerk of the county in which such proposed historical hamlet is located or, if the proposed municipal historical hamlet is located in more than one (1) county, the chancery clerk of both counties. The petition shall meet the following requirements:

(a) It shall accurately reference the territory proposed to be a municipal historical hamlet as the former municipal corporation and the date on which that charter was suspended, with the last date of such suspension being before 1945;

(b) It shall set forth the name of the hamlet which is desired;

(c) It shall set forth the number of inhabitants of such territory as per the most recent decennial census; and

(d) It shall be sworn to by one or more of the petitioners and placed on file in the land records of the chancery clerk.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-213 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 17-17-131 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-131
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-131
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 and the income therefrom, all trust indentures and mortgages executed as security therefor, all lease agreements made pursuant to the provisions hereof, and all projects, when owned by the municipality, and the revenues derived from any agreement with respect thereto shall be exempt from all taxation by the state of Mississippi, and by any political subdivision thereof, except for inheritance, estate or transfer taxes and except further the contractors tax levied by Section 27-65-21 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 17-17-48 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-48
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-48
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this Legislature that the Mississippi Energy and Transportation Board shall have jurisdiction over state nuclear waste policy, activities and siting, including the long-term or temporary storage and/or disposal of high-level radioactive and transuranic waste, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 and Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-21 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 23 / Section 25-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-21
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, and the governing authority of any municipality, in its discretion, may proceed under Section 19-3-41(2), in the case of a county, or under Section 21-17-1(6), in the case of a municipality, to contract with a private attorney, private collection agent or agency, or the office of the district attorney for the circuit court district in which the county or municipality is located to collect cash appearance bonds from any defendant who has failed to appear in court within ninety (90) days after the court date is set for the defendant, subject to the right of a defendant who is charged with an offense to a trial on the merits of the charge against him, so that the court may authorize the clerk to give notice to any defendant who has failed to appear at the time set that collection fees may be included as part of the court costs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-21 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 18 / 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. § 17-17-109 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-109
Status: in_force

Where an election is to be called as provided in Section 17-17-107 , notice of such election shall be signed by the clerk of the governing body of any municipality and shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks, in at least one (1) newspaper published in such county. The first publication of such notice shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date fixed for such election and the last publication shall be made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date. If no newspaper is published in such county, then such notice shall be given by publishing the same for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in such county and, in addition, by posting a copy of such notice for at least twenty-one (21) days next preceding such election at three (3) public places in such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-13 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-13
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section:

(a) “ Water sewer association ” means any corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps, or stores raw or potable water to, or for the benefit of, members of the general public or commercial, industrial and other users; and

(b) “ Water sewer system ” means any entity that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps or stores raw or potable water to or for the benefit of members of the general public and commercial, industrial, and other users, including, without limitation, the following entities that perform such activities:

(i) Municipalities;

(ii) Counties; and

(iii) Water sewer associations.

(2)(a) When a person is delinquent on the payment of an undisputed bill for water sewer service provided by a water sewer system within this state, moves into another area of this state, and applies for or receives water from another water sewer system, if the person's former water sewer system establishes that there is no dispute that the delinquent amount is properly due and owed by that particular individual in that amount, the new water sewer system shall refuse to provide water sewer service to the delinquent person until such person provides proof of curing the delinquency.

(b) This subsection shall not apply to a delinquency that has been disputed by the person in writing, unless the delinquency has been reduced to a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) No provision of this section shall apply to a water sewer system that is regulated by the Mississippi Public Service Commission as a “public utility” as defined in Section 77-3-3 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-53 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 17-17-441 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-441
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-441
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall develop and administer the Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program.

(2) The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of funds, as may be appropriated or otherwise made available, for grants to counties, municipalities and multicounty agencies for the establishment and operation of household hazardous waste collection and management programs. The commission shall give priority to those programs operated by multicounty agencies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-54 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 17-17-205 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-205
Status: in_force

(a) “ Closure ” means the ceasing operation of a sanitary landfill and securing the landfill so that it does not pose a significant threat to public health or the environment and includes long-term monitoring and maintenance of the landfill.

(b) “ Label ” means a molded, imprinted or raised symbol on or near the bottom of a plastic container or bottle.

(c) “ Local government ” means a county or a municipality within the State of Mississippi.

(d) “ 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.

(e) “ Owner ” or “ operator ” means any person, corporation, county, municipality or group of counties or municipalities acting jointly operating a sanitary landfill or having any interest in the land whereon a sanitary landfill is or has been located.

(f) “ Plastic ” means any material made of polymeric organic compounds and additives that can be shaped by flow.

(g) “ Plastic bottle ” means a plastic container intended for single use that:

(i) Has a neck smaller than the body of the container;

(ii) Is designed for a screw-top, snap cap or other closure; and

(iii) Has a capacity of not less than sixteen (16) fluid ounces or more than five (5) gallons.

(h) “ Rigid plastic container ” means any formed or molded container intended for single use, composed predominately of plastic resin, that has a relatively inflexible finite shape or form with a capacity of not less than eight (8) ounces or more than five (5) gallons. This term does not include a plastic bottle.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 18-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act of 1990.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-9
Status: in_force

A mother may breast-feed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, without respect to whether the mother's breast or any part of it is covered during or incidental to the breast-feeding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-17 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 17-17-329 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-329
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-329
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of a county and the governing authorities of a municipality, acting jointly or severally, shall have the power and is hereby authorized, from time to time, to issue general obligation bonds of the county or municipality for the purpose of providing sufficient funds for capital expenditures, including the financing of the acquisition, construction, improvement or the closure, corrective action or postclosure maintenance of solid waste management facilities pursuant to the provisions of Sections 19-9-1 through 19-9-25 , or 21-33-301 through 21-33-329 . General obligation bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be included in the limitation of indebtedness as set forth in Sections 19-9-5 and 21-33-303 .

(2)(a) In addition to compliance with the provisions of Sections 19-9-1 through 19-9-25 , Sections 21-33-301 through 21-33-329 , for the issuance of general obligations of the county or municipality, the county or municipality shall advertise its intention to issue general obligation bonds of the county or municipality and specify the proposed increased tax rate of the county or municipality in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality. The advertisement shall be no less than one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) page in size and the type used shall be no smaller than eighteen (18) point and surrounded by a one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) inch solid black border. The advertisement may not be placed in that portion of the newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements appear. It is legislative intent that, whenever possible, the advertisement appear in a newspaper that is published at least five (5) days a week, unless the only newspaper in the county or municipality is published less than five (5) days a week. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the newspaper selected be one of general interest and readership in the community, and not one of limited subject matter. The advertisement shall be run once each week for the two (2) weeks preceding the date specified in the resolution by the board of supervisors or the governing authorities of the municipality. The advertisement shall state that the county or municipality proposes to issue general obligation bonds of the county or municipality for a solid waste management facility, the proposed property tax revenue and the procedure that may be taken by qualified electors of the county for calling an election on the question of issuance of the general obligation bonds of the county or municipality.

(b) The form and content of the notice shall be as follows:

“NOTICE OF TAX INCREASE

(Name of the County or Municipality) has proposed to increase its property tax revenue (designate one or more classes of property provided for in Section 112, Mississippi Constitution of 1890 ) by (percentage of increase of each class) percent, and to increase its total budget by (percentage of increase) percent for the purpose of the issuance of general obligation bonds of the county or municipality for a solid waste management facility.”

If twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified voters of the county or municipality file a written protest against the issuance of such bonds on or before the date specified in the resolution of the board of supervisors or governing authorities of the municipality, then an election on the question of the issuance of the bonds shall be called pursuant to Sections 19-9-13 and 19-9-15 , or 21-33-307 through 21-33-311 . If no protest is filed, then the bonds may be issued without an election, at any time, within two (2) years after the date specified in the resolution of the board of supervisors or governing authorities of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-19-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-19-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county and the governing authorities of each municipality in the state are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to appropriate and pay such sums as they deem necessary and desirable, out of any available funds of the county or municipality which are not required for any other purpose, to the planning and development district in which the county or municipality is located.