Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-325 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-325
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-325
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality of this state shall have the power and authority to borrow money for the current expenses of such municipality in anticipation of the ad valorem taxes to be collected for the then current fiscal year. The governing authority of the municipality may borrow such money, as hereinbefore provided, from any available fund in the municipal treasury, or from any other source, and such loan shall be repaid in the manner herein provided. The money so borrowed shall bear interest at a rate not greater than that allowed in Section 75-17-105, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and shall be repaid not later than the following March 15, out of the first moneys collected by reason of the tax levy in anticipation of which such money is borrowed, and such money shall be used for no other purpose than the payment of the current expenses of such municipality. The amount borrowed under the provisions of this section shall in no event exceed fifty percent (50%) of the anticipated, but then uncollected, revenue to be produced by the then current tax levy, or levies, against which such money is borrowed. In borrowing money under the provisions hereof, it shall not be necessary to publish notice of intention so to do or to secure the consent of the qualified electors, either by election or otherwise. Such borrowing may be authorized by resolution of the governing authorities and may be evidenced by a negotiable note, or notes, signed and executed in such form as may be prescribed in such resolution. Money may be borrowed in anticipation of ad valorem taxes under the provisions of this section, regardless of whether or not such borrowing shall create an indebtedness in excess of statutory limitations.

Money may likewise be borrowed by the governing authorities of any municipality, as herein provided, for the purpose of paying current interest maturities on any bonded indebtedness of such municipality in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the retirement of such bonded indebtedness and the payment of any interest thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-149 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-149
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-149
Status: in_force

Should said fund at any time be insufficient to make all payments properly payable therefrom, the beneficiaries shall not file any suit against said city, its governing authorities, or said disability and relief board, but the amounts available shall be properly prorated until such time as funds may be sufficient to make all payments payable thereafter for the full amount properly allowed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 33-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-1
Status: in_force

All lands and other taxable property subject to assessment, held by any person within the municipality, or in added territory, on the first day of January, shall be assessed, and ad valorem taxes thereon levied and collected for the ensuing year, excepting motor vehicles as defined by the “Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Law of 1958,” Sections 27-51-1 through 27-51-49, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-3 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-3
Status: in_force

The manner of effecting the change in the government of any such city from the form of government under which it is operating to the council-manager plan of government shall be as follows:

One or more petitions, similar in form and substance, addressed to the mayor, praying that an election be held to determine whether or not such city shall abandon its existing form of government and become organized under a council-manager plan of government, signed by at least ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of such city, shall be filed with the city clerk, who shall within ten (10) days thereafter check the signatures thereto with the registration books of the city and attach thereto his certificate showing the total number of qualified electors in said city, and the total number of signatures to said petitions and deliver the same to the mayor.

If, on the delivery of such petition to the mayor, it shall appear that such petition or petitions have not been signed by the required number of qualified electors of such city, the mayor shall at once certify such fact and immediately return such petition or petitions to the person or persons presenting the same, who may thereafter procure additional signers thereto and again file such petition or petitions with the city clerk, as above provided, as an original petition.

If it shall at any time appear from the certificate of the city clerk that said petition or petitions have been signed by the required number of qualified electors of said city, the mayor shall immediately refer the same to the city council or board and if it shall appear that said petition or petitions are in proper form and have been sufficiently signed by the qualified electors of such city, the council or board shall within five (5) days order and provide for the holding of a special election in such city not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty (60) days from the date of making such order, notice of which shall be given, and the same shall be held and conducted as other elections in such city. At such special election the propositions to be voted for shall be: (1) “FOR THE PRESENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT” and “FOR THE COUNCIL-MANAGER PLAN OF GOVERNMENT,” and (2) “FOR COUNCILMEN ELECTED AT LARGE” and “FOR COUNCILMEN ELECTED BY WARDS,” which propositions shall be printed on the official ballot at such election.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-15 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-15
Status: in_force

The municipality may from time to time authorize the revision and codification of the ordinances, and their publication in pamphlet or book form. When so revised, arranged, classified and codified, said book or pamphlet may be adopted by ordinance as the official code of ordinances of the municipality without compliance with the requirements pertaining to the passage of ordinances. Such official code of ordinances may be amended by section or sections in the manner provided in this chapter. The municipality may cause to be published in connection therewith the laws relating to municipalities, with such annotations of supreme court decisions thereon as may be proper, and such forms and instructions as it shall deem advisable. The whole may be preceded by a historical sketch of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-69 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-69
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all elections of every kind, special or otherwise, shall be conducted in any city operating under the council-manager form of government in the same manner and method and under the same laws and regulations as the same would have been conducted if the council-manager plan of government had not been adopted.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-19 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 33-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-19
Status: in_force

The assessor shall make the personal roll at the same time and in the same manner that the land roll is made, except that it shall be made annually. He shall make a recapitulation thereof as is required for the land roll.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-61 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 27-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-61
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality shall devote all monies of the system derived from any source other than the issuance of bonds for purposes authorized by the laws of the State of Mississippi, to or for the payment of all operating expenses, including such items as are normally required of utilities for sales development; to or for the payment of all bonds and interest on outstanding revenue bonds, if any, of such system; to or for the acquisition and improvement of the system contingencies; to or for the payment of all other obligations incurred in the operation and maintenance of the system and the furnishing of service; and to or for the creation and maintenance of a cash working fund or a surplus fund to be used for replacement, extension of systems and emergencies. The balance of any monies, including but not limited to, any which have heretofore been classified as revenues or surplus of such system, if any, may be used for any lawful, municipal purpose and may be paid to the governing authorities of the municipality for distribution to the various municipal funds or may be disbursed for such purpose by the governing authorities at their direction. The purpose of any allocation or expenditure of money made pursuant to this section shall be spread upon the minutes of the municipal governing authorities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-311 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 29-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-311
Status: in_force

Any municipality providing benefits under Articles 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter may provide the following additional optional benefits:

(a) Refunds of member contributions to the estate of the deceased at the time of death when the deceased does not have eligible beneficiaries.

(b) Benefits to dependent children through the age of twenty-three (23) when the dependent child or children are full-time college students.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-12 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-12
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-12
Status: in_force

(1) Every person appointed as clerk of the municipal court shall be required annually to attend and complete a comprehensive course of training and education conducted or approved by the Mississippi Judicial College of the University of Mississippi Law Center. Attendance shall be required beginning with the first training seminar conducted after said clerk is appointed.

(2) The Mississippi Judicial College of the University of Mississippi Law Center shall prepare and conduct a course of training and education for municipal court clerks of the state. The course shall consist of at least twelve (12) hours of training per year. After completion of the first year's requirement, a maximum of six (6) hours training, over and above the required twelve (12) hours, may be carried forward from the previous year. The content of the course of training and when and where it is to be conducted shall be determined by the judicial college. A certificate of completion shall be furnished to those municipal court clerks who complete such course, and each certificate shall be made a permanent record of the minutes of the board of aldermen or city council in the municipality from which the municipal clerk is appointed.

(3) Upon the failure of any person appointed as clerk of the municipal court to file the certificate of completion as provided in subsection (2) of this section, within the first year of appointment, such person shall then not be allowed to carry out any of the duties of the office of clerk of the municipal court and shall not be entitled to compensation for the period of time during which such certificate remains unfiled.

(4) After August 1, 2015, and each year thereafter, the Administrative Office of Courts shall notify the judicial college of the name of any municipal court clerk who has not complied with the requirements of Section 9-1-46 . The Mississippi Judicial College shall not provide such clerk with a certificate of completion of course work until such time that the Administrative Office of Courts has reported that the clerk is in compliance with the requirements of Section 9-1-46 . Further, the Administrative Office of Courts shall report the names of all noncompliant clerks to the State Auditor and to the mayor of the municipality that employs the clerk.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-251 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-251
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-251
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

Any city or town as defined by law, regardless of the form of government under which it is operating, may adopt the council-manager plan of government by the procedure hereinafter set forth. Wherever the word “city” is used in this chapter, it shall be construed to refer to “city or town.”

All of the provisions of this title, derived from Chapter 491, Laws of 1950, with reference to the government of municipalities, not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this chapter, shall be applicable to any municipality operating under the council-manager plan of government as herein provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-67 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-67
Status: in_force

Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 , being necessary for and to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare of the municipalities of the State of Mississippi, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.

The powers conferred by Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other law, general, special or local, and such sections shall, without reference to any other statute or to any charter, be deemed full authority to purchase or improve and to own and operate the authorized revenue producing systems, to fix, maintain, and to collect rates for the facilities afforded by such systems, to issue and to sell the authorized bonds, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, any provisions of the general laws of the state or of any charter to the contrary notwithstanding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-311 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-311
Status: in_force

Any municipality providing benefits under Articles 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter may provide the following additional optional benefits:

(a) Refunds of member contributions to the estate of the deceased at the time of death when the deceased does not have eligible beneficiaries.

(b) Benefits to dependent children through the age of twenty-three (23) when the dependent child or children are full-time college students.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-9
Status: in_force

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

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

In addition, the governing authorities of such municipality may pay out of the general fund insurance premiums for the purchase of accident, death or disability insurance covering any member of said fire department for expenses associated with any occupational disease contracted or for any accident or injury sustained by said member by reason of his service or discharge of his duty in said department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-83 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-83
Status: in_force

Wherever, in any general or special law or statute, any power is conferred or duty enjoined or penalty imposed upon any officer, commission, board, or other body, acting for a city, such law or statute shall be held to confer such power and to enjoin such duty and impose such penalty upon the council, and the members thereof, in cities operating under a council-manager form of government. Whenever in this chapter or in any statute of this state, the word “franchise” is used it shall, when applied to cities operating under council-manager form of government, include every special privilege in the streets, highways, and public places of the city, whether granted by the state or the city, which does not belong to the citizens generally by common right.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-121 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-121
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to fix the rates and charges of persons operating vehicles for the transportation of persons for compensation within the limits of the municipality. The authority granted by this section shall not apply, however, to railroads operated within or through such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-49 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-49
Status: in_force

Should the retirement reserve fund at any time be insufficient to make all payments properly payable therefrom, the amounts available in said fund shall be properly prorated until such time as amounts available therein may be sufficient to make all payments payable therefrom in full.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-39 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 27-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-39
Status: in_force

All municipalities owning or operating any system or systems may supply consumers residing outside of and within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of the municipality. In any county traversed by two (2) or more natural gas transmission lines and having therein two (2) or more natural gas compressor stations engaged in rendering service in interstate commerce, and wherein a natural gas transmission line of a municipality can be laid wholly in alluvial soil, where it is necessary for any municipality having a population of less than one thousand (1,000), according to the federal census of 1950, to construct a gas transmission line for a distance of more than five (5) miles but not more than eleven (11) miles from its corporate limits to the nearest point at which an adequate supply of natural gas can be obtained, and where there are not less than two hundred (200) prospective gas customers residing outside the corporate limits of such municipality but along and within one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile of the gas transmission line so constructed by the municipality, then and in that event, the municipality may supply natural gas to such customers. Any municipality having its own natural gas transmission system in any county bordering the State of Alabama, in which U.S. Highway No. 78 and State Highway No. 25 intersect, and in which there is a publicly supported junior college, may extend its transmission lines and supply customers within the county for a distance of fifteen (15) miles from the corporate limits. Any municipality having a population of less than one thousand (1,000) people, according to the federal census of 1960, and being located in the county in which U.S. Highway 51 and U.S. Highway 82 intersect, and in the county where the main line of Illinois Central Railroad and Columbus and Greenville Railroad intersect, may construct a gas transmission line and supply customers within a four-county area for a distance of forty-five (45) miles from the corporate limits of the municipality. Any municipality having its own water distribution system, the construction or expansion of which has been financed in whole or in part by an agency of the United States government, and having a population of less than five hundred (500) persons, and located in a county in which Mississippi State Highways Number 12 and Number 429 intersect, may construct, expand and operate its water distribution system within the county or adjoining counties for a distance of fifteen (15) miles from the corporate limits. Any municipality having its own water distribution system, the construction or expansion of which has been financed in whole or in part by an agency of the United States government, and having a population of less than fifteen hundred (1500) persons, and located in a county in which Highway 15 and Highway 32 intersect and has a national forest, may construct, expand and operate its water distribution system within the county or adjoining counties for a distance of fifteen (15) miles from the corporate limits.

Any municipality having its own water distribution system and located in a county having two (2) judicial districts, and in which Mississippi Highways 17 and 35 intersect, may construct, expand and operate its water distribution system within the county or adjoining counties for a distance of fifteen (15) miles from the corporate limits. Any municipality having its own water distribution system, wherein U.S. Highway 51 and Mississippi Highway 35 intersect, and located in a county in which U.S. Highway 82 and Mississippi Highway 17 intersect, may construct, expand and operate its water distribution system within the county or adjoining counties for a distance of fifteen (15) miles from the corporate limits. Whenever such service shall be furnished to any consumer residing outside the corporate limits thereof, such consumer may not be charged at a rate greater than twice the rate charged for such services within the municipality.

Any municipality located within a county bordering the Mississippi River and in which Highways 49 and 61 intersect may acquire, construct, expand and operate its railroad transportation system for the transportation of passengers and freight for more than five (5) miles outside its corporate limits and outside the boundaries of the county in which it is located. Any municipality having a population of more than forty-five thousand (45,000) but less than forty-five thousand one hundred (45,100) according to the 1970 federal decennial census, may expand its motor vehicle transportation system for the transportation of passengers for more than five (5) miles outside its corporate limits.

Any municipality having a population of less than five hundred (500) according to the 1980 federal decennial census, being located north of U.S. Highway 82 in a county in which is located a United States Air Force base and a state-supported institution of higher learning established primarily for women, which criteria the Legislature finds to be conducive to the expansion of natural gas service to support contiguous areas of such Air Force base, may construct, own and/or operate a public utility or natural gas system and supply customers within the county for a distance of eleven (11) miles from the corporate limits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-21 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 33-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-21
Status: in_force

The assessor shall, in the same manner and at the same time as municipal assessments are made, make an assessment of all taxable property in any added territory, and make the same a part of the assessment roll of the municipal separate school district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-143 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-143
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-143
Status: in_force

Any person receiving relief or benefits under the provisions of this article shall not be entitled to said benefits should such person attach himself to a paid fire department or police department in another city having a paid retirement benefit program for firemen or policemen.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-75 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 31 / Section 33-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-75
Status: in_force

After the time to redeem from the municipal tax sale has expired, or after the municipality has purchased land as provided by law, said municipality, acting through its governing authorities, shall take possession of said lands and shall endeavor to sell same as expeditiously as good business may require. However, it may lease said lands until a sale thereof can be made.

Said municipal governing authorities may lease or sell any of said lands to any person in any manner that may be prescribed by an order or resolution, which said order or resolution shall be entered in the minutes covering each particular tract of land so leased or sold, it being the intention of the legislature to vest in municipal authorities in each specific case of lease or sale the right to fix the price, terms, and conditions of each sale or lease.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-17 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-17
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, all candidates for mayor and councilmen, or any of them, to be voted for at any general or special municipal election, shall be nominated by party primary election, and no other name or names shall be placed on the official ballot at such general or special election than those selected in the manner prescribed herein. Such primary election or elections, shall be held not less than ten, nor more than thirty days, preceding the general or special election, and such primary election or elections shall be held and conducted in the manner as near as may be as is provided by law for state and county primary elections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-101 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-101
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this section, in every city of the State of Mississippi having a population of ten thousand (10,000) or more, according to the last federal census, or any subsequent federal census, and in which there is a paid police department and/or fire department, it shall be the duty of the governing authorities of said municipality to create and maintain a fund known as the “disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen,” hereafter to be known as “said fund,” which shall be maintained for the benefit of the persons hereinafter named, and shall be derived, raised and administered in the manner provided in this article, except no such fund known as the “disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen” shall be created by any municipality after March 1, 1976, unless approved by an amendment to this article by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi. Further, no new members may be joined by the fund after July 1, 1987, and all new employees of the police department and/or fire department of any municipality having such funds shall become members of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi after July 1, 1987.

Any reference in other sections of this article to members of the fire or police department shall be defined to include only the members of the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen of the municipality. The fund for each municipality shall be separately administered.

This section and Sections 21-29-103 through 21-29-151 shall not apply to any municipality wherein the qualified electors of such municipality shall have elected on or before August 6, 1940, pursuant to the then applicable law, not to have such municipality come within the provisions of Sections 21-29-101 to 21-29-151 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-27 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-27
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the governing body of a municipality, after the passage of the ordinance provided for in Section 21-29-5 , shall annually levy a tax as certified by the Public Employees' Retirement System on the taxable property within the municipality or use other funds available, to enable it to meet the requirements of the retirement system. The levy made, or other funds made available, for the municipality's contribution to the system shall be in an amount sufficient to make the system actuarially sound. The tax herein authorized is in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, and may be increased by no more than one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mill per year as certified by the Public Employees' Retirement System; however, if any levy to pay debt service on bonds issued under Section 31-25-21 as described in subsection (2) of this section is reduced for any year as a result of payment of the bonds or otherwise, the levy under this subsection (1) for such year may be increased by an amount, in addition to the one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mill otherwise authorized, not to exceed the reduction for such year in the millage levied to pay debt service on the bonds.

(2) In addition to, or in lieu of, the method of funding provided for in subsection (1) of this section, the municipality may fund or assist in funding the retirement system through the use of revenue bonds issued pursuant to Section 31-25-21 . Any tax levied to service the debt on such bonds shall not be included in the ten percent (10%) limitation on increases under Section 27-39-321 .

(3) Each municipality with a general municipal employees' retirement fund shall be provided an actuarial study of the fund at least every four (4) years by the Public Employees' Retirement System, which shall report the findings to the Legislature of the State of Mississippi. The first such study shall be filed with the Legislature in January 1980.

(4) The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System, when any municipality has enacted an enabling ordinance as provided in Sections 21-29-5 and 21-29-101 , upon a finding that either the municipal employees' retirement system or the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen is not funded in an actuarially sound manner which shall be spread upon the minutes of the board, may by order provide that the revenue or a portion thereof produced by the levy authorized for one (1) system be diverted to fund the less actuarially sound system within the same municipality. No transfer may be made of funds from one (1) municipality to another.

(5) The municipality and the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System may enter into such contracts and agreements as are deemed necessary to implement the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, contracts and agreements addressing the use, application and investment of proceeds of bonds issued under Section 31-25-21 and earnings thereon and the relative rights and obligations of the municipality and the Public Employees' Retirement System during the period that the bonds are outstanding and thereafter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-7-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-7-9
Status: in_force

(1) Regular public meetings of the council shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January after the election of the members of the council and monthly thereafter on the first Tuesday in each month. When a regular meeting of the council shall fall upon a holiday, the council shall meet the following day. Special meetings may be called at any time by the mayor or by three (3) members of the council. At any and all meetings of the council, five (5) members thereof shall constitute a quorum. The quorum required by this section may be established by teleconference or video means as provided in Section 25-41-5(2) . The affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the quorum at any meeting shall be necessary to adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance or to pass any measure whatever unless otherwise provided in this chapter. Upon every vote taken by the council the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded and every motion, resolution, or ordinance shall be reduced to writing before the vote is taken thereon. Upon request of one or more council members, any motion, resolution or ordinance shall be read by the clerk before the vote is taken thereon.

(2) The council may, pursuant to Section 21-17-17 , set a day other than Tuesday for the holding of its regular monthly meeting.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-313 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 33-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-313
Status: in_force

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

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 31-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-1
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(h) Any municipality, bordering on the Escatawpa River, having an aldermanic commission form of government and having a population of not less than seventeen thousand eight hundred thirty-seven (17,837) according to the 1990 federal census.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-247 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-247
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-247
Status: in_force

(1) From and after January 1, 1971, all persons receiving retirement benefits under Section 21-29-245 , or becoming eligible for retirement benefits under Section 21-29-245 , and retiring or to be retired from service in a municipality having an assessed valuation of at least Three Hundred Forty Million Dollars $340,000,000.00, according to the 1967 compiled assessment rolls, shall receive in addition to all benefits set forth in Section 21-29-245 the following percentage increases as may be determined by the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government under the following formula:

In any calendar year following 1970 in which the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government for January exceeds the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government for the previous January, the pension payments beginning with March of the current year shall be increased in an amount equal to the percentage increase determined by the increase in the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government.

The accumulated percentage increases provided under this subsection (1) that may be developed by increases in the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government shall not exceed twelve percent (12%).

(2) From and after January 1, 2002, all persons receiving retirement benefits or disability retirement benefits under Section 21-29-241 or 21-29-245 or becoming eligible for retirement benefits or disability retirement benefits under Section 21-29-241 or 21-29-245 and retiring or to be retired from service in a municipality having an assessed valuation of at least Three Hundred Forty Million Dollars ($340,000,000.00), according to the 1967 complied assessment rolls, who are receiving a cost-of-living increase provided under subsection (1) of this section or Chapter 869, Local and Private Laws of 1992, as the case may be, that is equal to an accumulated percentage increase of twelve percent (12%) of the amount of the retirement benefits, shall receive the following cost-of-living increases: In addition to all benefits provided under Section 21-29-241 or 21-29-245 , and the cost-of-living increases provided under subsection (1) of this section or Chapter 869, Local and Private Laws of 1992, as the case may be, those persons shall receive the following percentage increases as may be determined by the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government under the following formula:

In any calendar year in which a person is eligible for cost-of-living increases under this subsection (2) in which the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government for January exceeds the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government for the previous January, the pension payments beginning with March of the current year shall be increased in an amount equal to the percentage increase determined by the increase in the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government.

The accumulated percentage increases provided under this subsection (2) that may be developed by increases in the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government shall not exceed seven and one-half percent (7- 1 / 2 %).

(3) Any person who is receiving minimum monthly benefits under Chapter 898, Local and Private Laws of 1987, shall receive in addition to all benefits provided under Chapter 898, Local and Private Laws of 1987, the following percentage increases as may be determined by the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government under the following formula:

In any calendar year following 2001 in which the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government for January exceeds the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government for the previous January, the pension payments beginning with March of the current year shall be increased in an amount equal to the percentage increase determined by the increase in the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government.

The accumulated percentage increases provided under this subsection (3) that may be developed by increases in the cost-of-living index as set by the United States government shall not exceed seven and one-half percent (7- 1 / 2 %).

(4) The cost-of-living increases authorized under subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall not be provided unless the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen of any municipality to which this section applies:

(a) Is actuarially sound, as shown by the most recent actuarial study required by Section 21-29-221 ; and

(b) Will remain actuarially sound if the cost-of-living increases are provided, as shown by a certified statement from the actuarial firm that prepared the most recent actuarial study.

(5) The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System shall provide the cost-of-living increases authorized under subsections (2) and (3) of this section to the persons authorized and entitled to receive them, after all of the following conditions have been met:

(a) The governing authorities of any municipality to which this section applies must adopt a resolution to provide for the cost-of-living increases, and transmit the resolution to the board of trustees;

(b) The advisory board on the disability and relief fund provided for in Section 21-29-207 must adopt a resolution supporting the providing of the cost-of-living increases, and transmit the resolution to the board of trustees; and

(c) The board of trustees must receive the resolutions from the governing authorities and the advisory board, and receive the most recent actuarial study of the disability and relief fund and the certified statement from the actuarial firm that the disability and relief fund will remain actuarially sound if the cost-of-living increases are provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-10 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 33-10
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-10
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipality which adopts the part of the county assessment roll containing the property located within the municipality as provided in Sections 21-33-9 and 27-35-167 shall not correct or revise such assessment roll except for the purpose of conforming the municipal assessment roll to corrections or revisions made to the county assessment roll. The governing authority of such municipality shall not meet to hear objections to the assessment roll. All objections to the municipal assessment roll shall be heard by the board of supervisors at the time and in the manner that objections to the county assessment roll are heard. The board of supervisors shall notify, in writing, the municipal governing authority and the municipal tax assessor of any corrections or revisions made by them to the part of the county assessment roll adopted as the municipal assessment roll. Any taxpayer feeling aggrieved at the action of the board of supervisors in equalizing his assessments shall have the right to appeal to the circuit court as provided in Section 27-35-119 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-9
Status: in_force

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

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

In addition, the governing authorities of such municipality may pay out of the general fund insurance premiums for the purchase of accident, death or disability insurance covering any member of said fire department for expenses associated with any occupational disease contracted or for any accident or injury sustained by said member by reason of his service or discharge of his duty in said department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-313 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-313
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of Articles 1, 3 or 5, in the computation of membership service or prior service under the provisions of Articles 1, 3 and 5, the following schedule shall govern: ten (10) or more months of service during any fiscal year shall constitute a year of service; seven (7) months to nine (9) months, inclusive, three-quarters ( 3 / 4 ) of a year of service; four (4) months to six (6) months, inclusive, one-half ( 1 / 2 ) year of service; one (1) month to three (3) months, inclusive, one-quarter ( 1 / 4 ) of a year of service.

Benefits payable under the provisions of Articles 1, 3 and 5 that previously were made on the basis of full years of creditable service shall be computed on the basis of the fractional years of service as provided in this section beginning July 1, 1991.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-125 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 29-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-125
Status: in_force

The authority is vested in the board of trustees to invest such part of said fund as may not be immediately required, in investments authorized under Section 25-11-121 with the right to change said investment from time to time, and with the right and duty to convert invested funds into current funds as the same may be needed for the purpose of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-69 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 31-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-69
Status: in_force

The tenure of everyone holding an office, place, position or employment under the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 shall be only during good behavior. Any such person may be removed or discharged, suspended without pay, demoted or reduced in rank, or deprived of vacation privileges or other special privileges, or any combination thereof, for any of the following reasons:

Incompetency, inefficiency or inattention of duty; dishonesty, intemperance, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public or a fellow employee; or any other act of omission or commission tending to injure the public service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-45 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 27-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-45
Status: in_force

Such bonds as may be issued pursuant to the authority granted in Section 21-27-23 may be serial or term; redeemable, with or without premium, or nonredeemable; registered or coupon bonds with registration privileges as to either principal and interest, principal only or both. They shall bear interest at a rate to be determined pursuant to the sale of the bonds, and shall be payable at such time or times as shall be prescribed in the ordinance authorizing them. They shall mature at such time or times, not exceeding the said estimated life of the contemplated system or improvement, and in no event longer than thirty (30) years from their date, and at such place or places as shall be prescribed in the ordinance authorizing their issuance. Any provisions of the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds and interest coupons issued pursuant to the authority granted in Section 21-27-23 shall possess all the qualities of negotiable instruments. The bonds and the interest coupons shall be executed in such manner and shall be substantially in the form prescribed in the authorizing ordinance. In case any of the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on the bonds or interest coupons shall cease to be such officers before delivery of such bonds, such signatures or countersignatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery. No bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest. Each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid. All bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year.

No interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted. The lowest interest rate specified for any bonds issued shall not be less than seventy percent (70%) of the highest interest rate specified for the same bond issue. Such bonds shall be sold in such manner and upon such terms as the governing authorities of the municipality shall determine, provided that such bonds shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and the interest rate on any one (1) interest maturity shall not exceed the maximum interest rate allowed on such bonds. Each interest rate specified in any bid must be in multiples of one-eighth of one percent ( 1 / 8 of 1%) or in multiples of one-tenth of one percent ( 1 / 10 of 1%). If serial bonds, such bonds shall mature annually, and the first maturity date thereof shall not be more than five (5) years from the date of such bonds. Such bonds shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state of Mississippi. The bonds and interest coupons shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other taxation under the laws of the state of Mississippi. The principal of and interest upon such bonds shall be payable solely for the revenues derived from the operation of the system acquired or improved with proceeds of the sale of such bonds. No bond issued pursuant to the authority granted in Section 21-27-23 shall constitute an indebtedness of a municipality within the meaning of any statutory or charter restriction, limitation or provision. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each such bond in substance that the same has been issued pursuant to the authority granted in Section 21-27-23 and that the taxing power of the municipality issuing the same is not pledged to the payment of such bond or interest thereon, and that such bond and the interest thereon are payable solely from the revenues of the system to acquire or improve which such bond is issued.

Such bonds shall be sold on sealed bids at public sale in the manner provided by Section 31-19-25 . In the event the issuing municipality shall have received a commitment from any agency of the United States of America for the purchase of all or any portion of an issue of such bonds prior to the sale thereof or for financial assistance in providing debt service on such bonds, then, and in such event, said issue or any part thereof may be sold to the United States of America or any agency thereof at private sale. Provided, however, no bonds issued under the authority of Section 21-27-23 shall bear an overall maximum interest rate greater than that allowed in Section 75-17-103, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

It is specifically provided that any bond issue to be awarded and sold to the United States of America or any agency thereof shall mature at such time or times, not to exceed thirty-five (35) years, as shall be prescribed in the ordinance of the municipality authorizing their issuance.

It is specifically provided that any bond issue to be awarded and sold to the United States of America or any agency thereof may be issued as one or more amortized bonds without coupons, may be dated the date of delivery thereof, and the purchase price for such bond or bonds may be delivered in multiple advances, with interest to accrue on the principal advanced form the date of each such advance. The amount of each such advance and the date thereof shall be registered on the reverse of each such bond and attested by the manual signature of the clerk of the municipality.

On issues of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) or more, the governing authorities of a municipality may retain the services of a fiscal advisor to assist in the sale of bonds hereunder and pay to such fiscal advisor a fee not to exceed the following amount: Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) plus one-quarter of one percent ( 1 / 4 of 1%) of the amount of the issue in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00). No such fiscal advisor shall be eligible to bid for or participate in the underwriting of the bonds for which he acted as advisor.

Before a person can qualify as a fiscal advisor under the terms of this section, he shall have been actively engaged in the business of fiscal counseling for municipalities, or the underwriting of municipal bonds, for a period of five (5) years prior to qualifying under this section. A partnership or corporation may become a fiscal advisor hereunder with the same qualifications. Such person, corporation, or partnership shall have had prior experience as a fiscal advisor or been involved in the underwriting or investing in bonds of the state of Mississippi, or one or more of the subdivisions thereof, and such person, partnership or corporation shall be recognized in the fiscal community as a reputable and qualified fiscal advisor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-177 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 27-177
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-177
Status: in_force

Whenever a public agency and a municipality shall have executed a contract under Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 and the payments thereunder are to be made either wholly or partly from the revenues of the public agency's waterworks system, water supply system, treatment facility, sewerage system or sewage disposal system or from both systems or a combination of both systems, the duty is hereby imposed on the public agency to establish and maintain and from time to time to adjust the rates charged by the public agency for the services of such system or systems, to the end that the revenues therefrom together with any taxes levied in support thereof will be sufficient at all times to pay: (a) the expense of operating and maintaining such system; (b) all of the public agency's obligations to the municipality under the contract; and (c) all of the public agency's obligations under and in connection with revenue bonds theretofore issued, or which may be issued thereafter secured by revenues of such system or systems. The contract may require the use of consulting engineers and financial experts to advise the public agency whether and when such rates are to be adjusted.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-311 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 33-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-311
Status: in_force

When the results of the election on the question of the issuance of such bonds shall have been canvassed by the election commissioners of such municipality and certified by them to the governing authorities of such municipality, it shall be the duty of such governing authorities to determine and adjudicate whether or not three-fifths of the qualified electors who voted in such election voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds. Unless three-fifths of the qualified electors who voted in such election shall have voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then such bonds shall not be issued. Should three-fifths of the qualified electors who vote in such election vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then the governing authorities of the municipality may issue such bonds, either in whole or in part, within two years from the date of such election or within two years after the final favorable termination of any litigation affecting the issuance of such bonds, as such governing authorities shall deem best.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-21 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 35 / Section 41-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-21
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall immediately report to the clerk of the municipality, or to the officer performing the duties of such clerk, any assessment paid in full. The collector shall annually report to the clerk of the municipality, or to the officer performing the duties of such clerk, the installments paid in that year. The clerk of the municipality, or the officer performing the duties of such clerk, shall note such payments on the “assessment book for local improvements.” When an assessment is paid in full, or upon the payment of the last installment thereof, the clerk shall note on said “assessment book for local improvements” opposite the assessment, “paid in full.” Upon the payment of each installment an appropriate note thereof shall be made opposite such assessment on said book, so that the amount of the assessment against any property assessed under the provisions of this chapter, which remains a lien upon said property may be determined by reference to the “assessment book for local improvements.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-38 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-38
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-38
Status: in_force

Before any person appointed to the position of municipal clerk, city manager, municipal administrator or municipal chief administrative officer enters upon the discharge of his duties, he shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in an amount to be determined by the municipal governing authority (which shall not be less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)).
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-19 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 33-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-19
Status: in_force

The assessor shall make the personal roll at the same time and in the same manner that the land roll is made, except that it shall be made annually. He shall make a recapitulation thereof as is required for the land roll.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-69 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-69
Status: repealed

The repeal heretofore of any law authorizing a municipality to borrow money and issue bonds to acquire or improve any system shall not affect the validity of any bonds issued or contracts entered into under the provisions of any such repealed laws.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-179 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 27-179
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-179
Status: in_force

For the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, extending and repairing a sewage disposal system or sewage disposal systems, a municipality is authorized to issue bonds payable from and secured by a pledge of all or any part of revenues under any contract or contracts it enters into under Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 and from all or any part of any revenues derived from the operation of the waterworks system, water supply system, treatment facility, sewerage system or sewage disposal system and pledged for such purpose by the municipality. Said bonds shall be in such form and denomination as prescribed by the governing body of the municipality. Such bonds may be serial or term; redeemable, with or without premium, or nonredeemable; registered or coupon bonds with registration privileges as to either principal and interest; principal only or both; shall bear interest at a rate or rates to be determined pursuant to the sale of the bonds; and shall be payable at such time or times and shall mature at such time or times not exceeding the said estimated life of the contemplated system or improvement, but in no event exceeding thirty (30) years from their date, and at such place or places as shall be prescribed in the bond resolution authorizing their issuance; provided, however, that any bond issue to be awarded and sold to the United States of America or any agency thereof shall mature at such time or times, not to exceed thirty-five (35) years, as shall be prescribed in the ordinance authorizing their issuance. Any provisions of the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds and interest coupons issued pursuant to the authority of Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 shall possess all the qualities of negotiable instruments. The bonds and the interest coupons shall be executed in such manner and shall be substantially in the form prescribed in the authorizing resolution. In case any of the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on the bonds or interest coupons shall cease to be such officers before delivery of such bonds, such signatures or countersignatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery. No bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid; all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity; all interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year.

No interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted; the lowest interest rate specified for any bonds issued shall not be less than seventy percent (70%) of the highest rate specified for the same bond issue. Such bonds shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103, Mississippi Code of 1972 . Each interest rate specified in any bid must be in multiples of one-eighth of one percent ( 1 / 8 of 1%) or in multiples of one-tenth of one percent ( 1 / 10 of 1%). If serial bonds, such bonds shall mature annually, and the first maturity date thereof shall not be more than five (5) years from the date of such bonds. Such bonds shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state of Mississippi. The bonds and interest coupons shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other taxation under the laws of the state of Mississippi. No bond issued pursuant to Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 shall constitute an indebtedness of a municipality within the meaning of any statutory or charter restriction or limitation upon indebtedness. Such bonds shall be sold on sealed bids at public sale in the manner provided by Section 31-19-25 , as now or hereafter amended, upon such terms as the governing authorities of the municipality may determine, not inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 , but no sale shall be made at a price so low as to require the payment of interest on the money received therefor at more than that allowed in Section 75-17-103, Mississippi Code of 1972 , computed with relation to the absolute maturity of the bonds, in accordance with standard tables of bond values, excluding from such computation the amount of any premium to be paid on redemption of any bonds prior to maturity. Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 shall be full and complete authority for the issuance of the bonds provided for herein, and no restriction or limitation otherwise prescribed by law shall apply herein, nor shall such bonds constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-175 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-175
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-175
Status: in_force

Any public agency having taxing powers, other than a county or a municipality as herein defined, is authorized to levy a special ad valorem tax not to exceed four (4) mills upon all taxable property within its geographical limits to pay all or a portion of the payments to be made by that public agency under a contract between the public agency and a municipality and if the contract as authorized by the governing body of the public agency so provides, then the contract shall constitute an obligation against the taxing power of the public agency to the extent therein provided. The special ad valorem tax millage authorized by Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 shall not be reimbursable by the state under the provisions otherwise made for reimbursements under the homestead exemption laws.

The proceeds derived from two (2) mills of the levy authorized herein shall be included in the ten percent (10%) increase limitation under Section 27-39-321 , and the proceeds derived from any additional millage levied hereunder in excess of two (2) mills shall be excluded from such limitation for the first year of such additional levy and shall be included within such limitation in any year thereafter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-49 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 27-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-49
Status: in_force

Whenever any municipality shall issue any bonds or other evidence of indebtedness which are payable solely from revenues to be derived from any system, the governing authorities of such municipality may, by appropriate provision in the ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, or by separate resolution or ordinance passed at or prior to the actual sale of such bonds, bind and obligate such municipality to take, for a period not exceeding the full term of such bonds, at least a stated minimum of the services to be afforded by such system and to pay, out of its corporate funds, a least a stated minimum price therefor. Such provision, resolution or ordinance shall constitute a contract between such municipality and all the holders of such bonds.

All such agreements heretofore entered into by any such municipality, whether such bonds have actually been delivered and paid for or not, are hereby ratified, approved and validated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 31-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-9
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the civil service commission to make suitable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 . Such rules and regulations shall provide in detail the manner of conducting examinations, appointments, promotions, transfers, reinstatements, demotions, suspensions and discharges, and may also provide for any other matter connected with the general subject of personnel administration, and which may be considered desirable to further carry out the general purposes of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 . It shall have the power to conduct investigations, and make reports on all matters touching the enforcement and effect of the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 , and the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. The commission shall have the power to investigate all complaints which must be reduced to writing, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and conduct hearings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-137 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-137
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-137
Status: in_force

In all matters involving the disability or sickness of a member of such fire and/or police department, such member shall submit himself to physical and mental examination when and as required by said disability and relief board of said governing authorities. A failure or refusal so to do shall suspend the benefits of Sections 21-29-133 and 21-29-135 , until such time as he shall submit himself to such examination.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-75 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 33-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-75
Status: in_force

After the time to redeem from the municipal tax sale has expired, or after the municipality has purchased land as provided by law, said municipality, acting through its governing authorities, shall take possession of said lands and shall endeavor to sell same as expeditiously as good business may require. However, it may lease said lands until a sale thereof can be made.

Said municipal governing authorities may lease or sell any of said lands to any person in any manner that may be prescribed by an order or resolution, which said order or resolution shall be entered in the minutes covering each particular tract of land so leased or sold, it being the intention of the legislature to vest in municipal authorities in each specific case of lease or sale the right to fix the price, terms, and conditions of each sale or lease.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-15 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-15
Status: in_force

All applicants for a position of any kind under civil service must be a citizen of the United States and an elector of the county in which he resides and must meet only such bona fide occupational residency requirements as may be determined by the municipal board of civil service commissions or the governing authority of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-53 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 31-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-53
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(3) A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-237 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-237
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-237
Status: in_force

Every member of said fire department and police department including its officers, but not including the governing authorities of said city on account of their relation as such to said fire department and/or police department, who are members of the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen shall come under the provisions and benefits of this article, and shall receive all benefits provided for in this article. All firemen and policemen who are employed in the said fire department or police department after adoption of a resolution by the municipality in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 21-29-17 shall not become members of the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-203 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-203
Status: in_force

In addition to the taxes now or hereafter provided by law, there is hereby levied upon, assessed to and shall be collected from all telephone or communication utilities as defined by Section 77-3-1, Mississippi Code of 1972 and regulated under said Section 77-3-1 , an additional tax of two per cent of the gross amount of revenue made and collected on local business from customers within the corporate limits of any municipality of the State of Mississippi, which qualifies as provided by the City Utility Tax Law. Such public utility shall add to the sales price of its service the amount of any tax due under the provisions of the City Utility Tax Law to the extent that such tax was not included as a part of the cost of furnishing services in the fixing of the rates and charges for such service by the Mississippi Public Service Commission. The tax levied herein shall not apply to the cash receipts collected through coin boxes or other mechanical devices where it is impracticable to render periodic statements and thereby add the tax to the sales price of its service.

Any such public utility which pays any municipality of the State of Mississippi the compensation provided for in municipal franchises or levied and provided for by Section 77-3-17, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall be exempt from the tax herein imposed and from the provisions of the City Utility Tax Law. In addition, any such public utility which makes payment of the tax imposed herein shall not be required to make payments, if any, which may be required under the terms of said Section 77-3-17 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-3 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-3
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority to employ, regulate and support a sufficient police force or night marshals, to define the duties thereof, and to furnish and supply all suitable and necessary equipment therefor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-301 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-301
Status: in_force

(1) Any member of the Municipal Retirement System whose membership service is interrupted as a result of qualified military service within the meaning of Section 414(u)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code , and who has received the maximum service credit available under Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter, shall receive creditable service for the period of qualified military service that does not qualify as creditable service under Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter upon reentering membership service in an amount not to exceed five (5) years if:

(a) The member pays the contributions he would have made to the retirement system if he had remained in membership service for the period of qualified military service based upon his salary at the time his membership service was interrupted;

(b) The member returns to membership service within ninety (90) days of the end of his qualified military service; and

(c) The employer at the time the member's service was interrupted and to which employment the member returns pays the contribution it would have made into the retirement system for such period based on the member's salary at the time the service was interrupted.

(2) The payments required to be made in subsection (1)(a) of this section may be made over a period beginning with the date of return to membership service and not exceeding three (3) times the member's qualified military service; however, in no event shall such period exceed five (5) years.

(3) The member shall furnish proof satisfactory to the board of trustees of certification of military service showing dates of entrance into qualified service and the date of discharge as well as proof that the member has returned to active employment within the time specified.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-63 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 33-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-63
Status: in_force

Sales for the nonpayment of municipal taxes, both ad valorem and for special improvements, shall be made by the tax collector at such place, within the corporate limits, as the governing authorities may direct. The sale of real estate for ad valorem taxes and special improvement assessments and sale of personal property shall be made upon the same notice, at the same time, and in the same manner as provided by law for sales of like property for unpaid state and county taxes.

The lists of lands sold for taxes by the municipality shall be made as required to be made by the state and county collector, and shall be filed with the municipal clerk within twenty days after the tax sale, and shall there remain, subject to redemption for the same length of time and in the same manner as prescribed for the redemption of lands sold for state and county taxes, with the same saving to infants and persons of unsound mind. Said lists shall have the same force and effect, and confer the same right and entitle the purchasers to the same remedies, as lists made for delinquent taxes by the state and county tax collector. Such title shall be subservient, however, to a title acquired under a sale for state and county taxes.

One copy of the list of land so sold shall be filed within thirty days of such sale with the chancery clerk of the county in which said municipality is located, and the chancery clerk shall file and index said list among the land records of his county, as other tax sales are listed. However, the failure of the clerk so to file such list as herein prescribed shall not affect the validity of such tax sale.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-1
Status: in_force

There shall be a municipal court in all municipalities of this state. Wherever the words “police court” or “police justice” appear in the laws of this state, they shall mean municipal court or municipal judge, respectively.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-55 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-55
Status: in_force

The council or board of aldermen of any municipality in the state is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to donate a sum not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to build or aid any post of the American Legion or the chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, any chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, or any post, unit or chapter of any patriotic organization within the county in building a memorial to the veterans of World Wars I and II, and a sum not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to aid in defraying the cost of the erection of suitable memorials to deceased soldiers, sailors, and marines of the late world wars. Such appropriation may be made even though no provision has been made therefor in the municipal budget.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-17-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-17-5
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authorities of every municipality of this state shall have the care, management and control of the municipal affairs and its property and finances. In addition to those powers granted by specific provisions of general law, the governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to adopt any orders, resolutions or ordinances with respect to such municipal affairs, property and finances which are not inconsistent with the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, the Mississippi Code of 1972, or any other statute or law of the State of Mississippi, and shall likewise have the power to alter, modify and repeal such orders, resolutions or ordinances. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the powers granted to governing authorities of municipalities in this section are complete without the existence of or reference to any specific authority granted in any other statute or law of the State of Mississippi. Unless otherwise provided by law, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the aldermen or councilmen of every municipality of this state shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of all the municipal taxes shown by the assessment rolls and the levies to have been collectible in the municipality for the year immediately preceding the commencement of the term of office of said alderman or councilman; however, such bond shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). For all municipalities with a population more than two thousand (2,000) according to the latest federal decennial census, the amount of the bond shall not be less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). Any taxpayer of the municipality may sue on such bond for the use of the municipality, and such taxpayer shall be liable for all costs in case his suit shall fail. No member of the city council or board of aldermen shall be surety for any other such member.

(2) Unless such actions are specifically authorized by another statute or law of the State of Mississippi, this section shall not authorize the governing authorities of municipalities to (a) levy taxes of any kind or increase the levy of any authorized tax, (b) issue bonds of any kind, (c) change the requirements, practices or procedures for municipal elections or establish any new elective office, (d) change the procedure for annexation of additional territory into the municipal boundaries, (e) change the structure or form of the municipal government, (f) permit the sale, manufacture, distribution, possession or transportation of alcoholic beverages, (g) grant any donation, or (h) without prior legislative approval, regulate, directly or indirectly, the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential property in which the municipality does not have a property interest.

(3) Nothing in this or any other section shall be construed so as to prevent any municipal governing authority from paying any municipal employee not to exceed double his ordinary rate of pay or awarding any municipal employee not to exceed double his ordinary rate of compensatory time for work performed in his capacity as a municipal employee on legal holidays. The governing authority of any municipality shall enact leave policies to ensure that a public safety employee is paid or granted compensatory time for the same number of holidays for which any other municipal employee is paid.

(4) The governing authority of any municipality, in its discretion, may expend funds to provide for training and education of newly elected or appointed municipal officials before the beginning of the term of office or employment of such officials. Any expenses incurred for such purposes may be allowed only upon prior approval of the governing authority. Any payments or reimbursements made under the provisions of this subsection may be paid only after presentation to and approval by the governing authority of the municipality.

(5) The governing authority of any municipality may lease the naming rights to municipal property to a private commercial entity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-7 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-7
Status: in_force

The mayor shall from time to time communicate, in writing, to the governing body such information and recommend such measures as in his opinion may lead to the improvement of the finances, the police, health, security, ornament, comfort and general prosperity of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-3 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-3
Status: in_force

The manner of effecting the change in the government of any such city from the form of government under which it is operating to the council-manager plan of government shall be as follows:

One or more petitions, similar in form and substance, addressed to the mayor, praying that an election be held to determine whether or not such city shall abandon its existing form of government and become organized under a council-manager plan of government, signed by at least ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of such city, shall be filed with the city clerk, who shall within ten (10) days thereafter check the signatures thereto with the registration books of the city and attach thereto his certificate showing the total number of qualified electors in said city, and the total number of signatures to said petitions and deliver the same to the mayor.

If, on the delivery of such petition to the mayor, it shall appear that such petition or petitions have not been signed by the required number of qualified electors of such city, the mayor shall at once certify such fact and immediately return such petition or petitions to the person or persons presenting the same, who may thereafter procure additional signers thereto and again file such petition or petitions with the city clerk, as above provided, as an original petition.

If it shall at any time appear from the certificate of the city clerk that said petition or petitions have been signed by the required number of qualified electors of said city, the mayor shall immediately refer the same to the city council or board and if it shall appear that said petition or petitions are in proper form and have been sufficiently signed by the qualified electors of such city, the council or board shall within five (5) days order and provide for the holding of a special election in such city not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty (60) days from the date of making such order, notice of which shall be given, and the same shall be held and conducted as other elections in such city. At such special election the propositions to be voted for shall be: (1) “FOR THE PRESENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT” and “FOR THE COUNCIL-MANAGER PLAN OF GOVERNMENT,” and (2) “FOR COUNCILMEN ELECTED AT LARGE” and “FOR COUNCILMEN ELECTED BY WARDS,” which propositions shall be printed on the official ballot at such election.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-13 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-13
Status: in_force

The marshal or chief of police of the municipality shall be the executive officer of the municipal court. He shall attend the sittings of the court in person or by duly appointed deputies, and he shall be under the direction of the municipal judge. Any police officer of the municipality may be an ex officio deputy marshal. The marshal or chief of police shall execute all process by himself or deputy and do whatever else may be required of him by the court in the line of his duty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-41 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 33-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-41
Status: in_force

When the roll is finally completed by the governing authorities of the municipality, in accordance with law, the clerk shall make a true and correct copy of each roll, including the assessment of property in any added territory, and the original shall be retained and carefully preserved by him as a public record in his office. The clerk shall make the proper extensions of the total amount of property assessed to every taxpayer, and the total assessment of each parcel or tract of land, both within the municipality and in the added territory, if there be any. The clerk shall add truly and correctly every page of the copy, and carry the results thereof to the recapitulation, and he shall add said recapitulation and attach his certificate to the roll, or rolls, verifying the truth and correctness of all calculations and entries in the copy. The copy of the assessment rolls, of both real and personal property, as hereby provided, shall be placed in the hands of the tax collector and be his warrant for the collection of municipal and separate school district ad valorem taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-235 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-235
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-235
Status: in_force

Any fire insurance company, subject to the tax mentioned in Section 21-29-229 , which shall fail to make a report or statement required therein after thirty days demand therefor by the commissioner of insurance, shall forfeit to said fund the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by the commissioner for the use of such municipality, and the commissioner shall have the right to revoke the license of such company.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-11
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality having a population in excess of 140,000 people by virtue of the 1960 census are hereby authorized to purchase insurance coverage to protect members of the police force working under the direction of the municipal authorities, against any suit or claims growing out of any action of such policemen guilty of false arrest, false imprisonment, false or improper service of process, malicious prosecution or any other claim resulting from such officers' performance of official duties.

Such municipal authorities shall have the right to pay, out of the general fund of such municipality any premiums which may become due on the aforesaid insurance policies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-203 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 33-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-203
Status: in_force

In addition to the taxes now or hereafter provided by law, there is hereby levied upon, assessed to and shall be collected from all telephone or communication utilities as defined by Section 77-3-1, Mississippi Code of 1972 and regulated under said Section 77-3-1 , an additional tax of two per cent of the gross amount of revenue made and collected on local business from customers within the corporate limits of any municipality of the State of Mississippi, which qualifies as provided by the City Utility Tax Law. Such public utility shall add to the sales price of its service the amount of any tax due under the provisions of the City Utility Tax Law to the extent that such tax was not included as a part of the cost of furnishing services in the fixing of the rates and charges for such service by the Mississippi Public Service Commission. The tax levied herein shall not apply to the cash receipts collected through coin boxes or other mechanical devices where it is impracticable to render periodic statements and thereby add the tax to the sales price of its service.

Any such public utility which pays any municipality of the State of Mississippi the compensation provided for in municipal franchises or levied and provided for by Section 77-3-17, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall be exempt from the tax herein imposed and from the provisions of the City Utility Tax Law. In addition, any such public utility which makes payment of the tax imposed herein shall not be required to make payments, if any, which may be required under the terms of said Section 77-3-17 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-47-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 47 / Section 47-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-47-5
Status: in_force

The district shall be authorized to convey the assets of the district to any suitable public utility qualified to operate same, authorized for such service by the State of Mississippi, and regulated by the regulatory agencies of the State of Mississippi. The sale price shall be such as shall be agreed upon between the district and the purchasing utility. The purchase price shall be used as follows:

(a) First, the retirement of all bonds of the district.

(b) The payment of all debts or obligations of the district.

(c) The balance shall be deposited in banks or other financial institutions authorized to receive deposits of such funds by the laws of the State of Mississippi. Such deposits shall be made in accordance with, and shall be secured as required by, the laws of the State of Mississippi. Preference may be given to such institutions as may be located within the counties of Humphreys or Sunflower. Such deposit or deposits, and interest thereon, may be used as set out in Section 21-47-3 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-83 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 33-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-83
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation aggrieved by the action of the governing authorities of any municipality under Sections 21-33-1 through 21-33-85 shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-47-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 38 / Section 47-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-47-5
Status: in_force

The district shall be authorized to convey the assets of the district to any suitable public utility qualified to operate same, authorized for such service by the State of Mississippi, and regulated by the regulatory agencies of the State of Mississippi. The sale price shall be such as shall be agreed upon between the district and the purchasing utility. The purchase price shall be used as follows:

(a) First, the retirement of all bonds of the district.

(b) The payment of all debts or obligations of the district.

(c) The balance shall be deposited in banks or other financial institutions authorized to receive deposits of such funds by the laws of the State of Mississippi. Such deposits shall be made in accordance with, and shall be secured as required by, the laws of the State of Mississippi. Preference may be given to such institutions as may be located within the counties of Humphreys or Sunflower. Such deposit or deposits, and interest thereon, may be used as set out in Section 21-47-3 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-55 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-55
Status: in_force

Any agreement made under the provisions of Sections 21-25-51 through 21-25-59 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 governing authorities of the municipality and rural water association which are 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 therefore; provided, that the treasurer and the disbursing officer of either the municipality or the association, or both, 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 administrative body or legal entity to conduct the joint or cooperative undertaking. In the case of a joint board, both the governing authorities of the municipality and the rural water association 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 administrative body or legal entity to conduct the joint or cooperative undertaking.

(h) Any other necessary and proper matters.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-11
Status: in_force

The clerk of the municipality shall be the clerk of the municipal court, unless the governing authorities shall otherwise elect. The clerk of the court shall attend the sittings of the court in person or by duly appointed deputies, and he shall be under the direction of the municipal judge. The governing authorities may authorize the municipal judge to appoint other municipal employees as deputy clerks of the court to assist the clerk of the court in the conduct of the court's responsibilities or the governing authorities may appoint deputy clerks of the court. The authorization to appoint and/or appointment of deputy clerks of the court shall be entered in the minutes of the municipality. A police officer of the municipality may be the clerk of the court or a deputy clerk of the court. The governing authorities shall provide for the training of court personnel.

The clerk of the court shall keep permanent dockets, upon which all cases shall be entered; said docket shall contain the style of the case and the nature of the charge against an accused, and the names of witnesses for the prosecution and defendant. The clerk of the court shall also keep a minute record in which all orders and judgments shall be entered. One (1) record may serve as both the docket record and minute record. The clerk of the court or deputy clerk of the court shall issue all process from the court, except arrest warrants or process for the seizure of persons and property, and shall administer the collection of all fines, penalties, fees and costs imposed by the court and deposit all collections with the municipal treasurer or equivalent officer. The clerk of the court shall purchase all dockets, minute record, stationery and other supplies for the municipal court, and have the account allowed by the municipal judge; the order allowing the same shall be entered upon the minutes, and the municipal authorities shall pay the same. The clerk of the court and deputy clerks of the court shall have power to take acknowledgments, administer any oaths required by law to be taken by any person, and take affidavits charging any crime against the municipality or state.

When the municipal judge is unavailable, persons charged with the commission of misdemeanor violations within the municipality may be brought before the clerk of the court for initial appearances required by the Mississippi Uniform Criminal Rules of Circuit Court Practice where the clerk of the court has satisfactorily completed a course of training and education on this subject conducted by the Mississippi Judicial College of the University of Mississippi Law Center and the municipal judge has established written guidelines and procedures for the clerk of the court to discharge this function. Such guidelines shall be entered in the minutes of the court and be deemed a public record and made available to defendant or counsel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-51 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 27-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-51
Status: in_force

Any municipality which shall have issued bonds pursuant to the authority granted in Section 21-27-23 , all or any portion of which shall at any time hereafter remain outstanding and unpaid, is hereby authorized, in connection with the issuance of additional bonds hereunder, to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of taking up, paying and redeeming all such outstanding and unpaid bonds. Such refunding bonds and such additional bonds may be authorized and issued separately or may be consolidated into one issue. Such outstanding and unpaid bonds may be refunded without notice and without an election thereon, and such additional bonds may be refunded without notice and without an election except as provided in Section 21-27-43 . The proceeds of any such consolidated bonds shall be used to take up, pay and redeem all of such outstanding and unpaid bonds, at their redemption price, and the balance of such proceeds shall be used and expended for the purposes for which the additional bonds were authorized to be issued. In the event any such outstanding bonds, by the terms thereof, shall be redeemable prior to maturity at the option of such municipality, then such option of redemption shall be exercised in the manner provided in such bonds, and the refunding bonds shall not be issued or delivered more than two calendar months in advance of the date upon which such outstanding bonds shall have been called for redemption. In the event that such outstanding bonds, by the terms thereof, be not so redeemable prior to maturity, then the refunding bonds shall not be issued, except concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of a like amount of the bonds to be refunded thereby. All bonds issued under the provisions of this section shall have like incidents and shall be payable from the same source or sources and the payment thereof shall be secured in like manner as are bonds issued pursuant to the authority granted in Section 21-27-23 . In lieu of selling such portion of such consolidated bonds, as may be required to provide for the redemption of such outstanding bonds, such consolidated bonds may be issued and delivered in exchange for and upon surrender and cancellation of a like amount of the bonds to be refunded thereby.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-35 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 27-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-35
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality which have sold or which may hereafter sell any utility system owned by such municipality, may use the proceeds of the sale of such system, or any part thereof, for the purpose of retiring and paying off any of the public debt of the municipality, and they may purchase the outstanding bonds or other obligations of the said municipality at such price, whether above or below par, as they may consider fair and reasonable. The said governing authorities may, in their discretion, invest the said funds, or any part thereof, derived from the sale of the said system or systems in any of the securities now eligible for purchase by public sinking funds of municipalities, at such price, whether above or below par, as they may determine to be fair and reasonable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-3 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 33-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-3
Status: in_force

The state tax commission shall annually prepare forms for the personal property assessment rolls, and each two years, or annually as required, prepare forms for the real property assessment rolls. The forms so prescribed shall be printed, ruled, and headed as to be suitable for their respective purposes and to enable the municipal officers to comply with the tax laws of this state applicable to municipalities. A sample of the forms for the real and personal assessment rolls shall be sent by mail to the mayor and to the clerk of every municipality not later than the first day of October of each year.

The forms shall be so made that the respective municipalities may require such additional information, make such additions and add such further details as permitted by Sections 21-33-1 through 21-33-85 , but the general and basic arrangement of such forms shall not be changed.

The municipal authorities shall furnish their respective officers with a sufficient quantity of each of said forms, and may purchase the same or have them printed, as provided by law.

It is the purpose of this section that municipal forms relating to assessment and taxes be generally uniform throughout the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-37 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-37
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of every municipality shall have power to inspect or cause to be inspected the machinery, appliances and premises of all persons, copartnerships or corporations owning or operating any system within their corporate limits, in order to ascertain whether or not the said machinery, appliances and premises are kept in a sanitary condition and in condition to comply with the terms and requirements of the franchise or franchises under which the said system or systems are operated.

If any person, copartnership or corporation, or any employee thereof, shall refuse to permit the municipal governing authorities to make such inspection immediately when requested so to do, they shall, for each such refusal, forfeit the sum of one thousand dollars, to be recovered in an action in the name of said municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-111 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 41 / Section 43-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-111
Status: in_force

Notice shall be given to the municipality in which the district is to be established when an effort is begun by a contiguous group of non-residentially zoned local property owners to form a business improvement district. Upon delivery of a petition to the clerk of the municipality, signed by at least twenty percent (20%) of the property owners in an area proposing to establish a business improvement district, efforts can begin to form a business improvement district pursuant to Sections 21-43-101 through 21-43-133 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-255 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 29-255
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-255
Status: in_force

(1) If any member of the fire or police department dies in active service, or dies in inactive service on account of disability approved for disability relief under Section 21-29-241 , as a result of injury received while in the discharge of duty in the service of the fire department or police department, or dies as a result of sickness or disease, due to the discharge of duty while in service as a member of the fire or police department, or if the member dies while entitled to relief after retirement under Section 21-29-245 , the amount of disability relief or retirement relief being paid, or which should have been properly paid, shall continue to be paid from the fund to the spouse of the deceased member for the use of the spouse and the child, or children of the deceased member, so long as the spouse remains unmarried. If, after the marriage of the spouse, there remains a child or children of the deceased member, the payments shall continue to be made to a parent or lawful custodian of the child or children without the necessity of appointment as guardian for the benefit of the child or children. After the death or marriage of the spouse, all payments to the spouse shall cease, and after the death of any child or children of the deceased, all payments to the child or children shall cease. If the deceased member is not survived by a spouse or child or children, but is survived by a father or a mother dependent upon him or her, the payments shall continue to be made to the dependent father or mother, or both, so long as each lives. If there is no dependent father or mother surviving the deceased member, the payments shall continue to be made to the unmarried dependent sister or sisters of the deceased member, so long as the beneficiary or beneficiaries remain unmarried. Upon the death or marriage of any such sister, all payments shall cease to her. Payments to dependents under this section are for services rendered to the members of the fire and/or police department, and the amount of payments is within the discretion of the board of disability and relief, but in no event shall the amount payable under this section be in excess of the amount that would have been payable as disability and relief to a member of the department.

If any member of the fire or police department dies while a member of the fire department or police department, and the member has not less than five (5) years' service with the department, there shall be paid from the firemen's and policemen's disability and relief fund the following benefits:

(a) For each year's active service, not to exceed a period of twenty (20) years, one-fortieth ( 1 / 40 ) of the average monthly salary or compensation received by the member in the six-month period next preceding his or her death; and

(b) For each full year of active service in excess of twenty (20) years' service, an additional payment in a sum equal to one and seven-tenths percent (1- 7 / 10 %) of the same average monthly base salary and longevity pay received by the member in the six-month period next preceding his or her death (provided that no such payment shall exceed sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2 / 3 %) of the average monthly base salary and longevity pay received by a member for the six-month period next preceding his or her death) to the spouse of the deceased member for the use of the spouse and the child or children of the deceased member, so long as the spouse remains unmarried and if, after the marriage of the spouse, there remains a child or children of the deceased member, the payments shall continue to be made to a parent or lawful custodian of the child or children without the necessity of appointment as guardian for the benefit of the child or children, and after the death or marriage of the spouse, all payments to the spouse shall cease, and after the death of any child or children of the deceased member, all payments to the child or children shall cease. If the deceased member is not survived by a spouse or child or children, but is survived by a father, mother or an unmarried sister dependent upon him or her, the payments shall continue to be made to the dependent father or mother or both, so long as each lives, or if there is no dependent father or mother surviving the deceased member, the payments shall continue to be made to the dependent sister or sisters of the deceased member, or dependent incurable children, so long as the beneficiary or beneficiaries remain unmarried. Upon the death or marriage of any such sisters, all payments shall cease to her.

(2) For purposes of this section:

(a) “ Dependent ” means wholly dependent.

(b) “ Child ” or “ children ” means:

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

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

(iii) Children of the deceased member who, though eighteen (18) years of age or older, are wholly dependent upon the deceased member and incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical disability.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-323 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-323
Status: in_force

Monthly benefits payable to a spouse in the event of the death of a member before retirement or a retiree after retirement shall be divided and paid to or for the benefit of any dependent children of the deceased member or retiree in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the annual benefit payable to one (1) dependent child, twenty percent (20%) for two (2) dependent children, and thirty percent (30%) to three (3) or more dependent children. If there are more than three (3) dependent children, upon a child ceasing to be a dependent, his annuity shall terminate and there shall be a redetermination of the amounts payable to any remaining dependent children. Such benefits shall be paid to a surviving parent or lawful custodian of such children for the use and benefit of the children without the necessity of appointment of guardian. The remaining amount shall be paid to the spouse as otherwise provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-61 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 31-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-61
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 shall include all administrative and other employees on a monthly salary basis. All appointments to and promotions in said departments shall be made solely on merit, efficiency and fitness which may be ascertained by open competitive examination and impartial investigation. No person shall be reinstated in, or transferred, suspended or discharged from, any place, position or employment contrary to the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 .

All incumbents and future appointees shall be subject to civil service, except, however, those appointees now and hereafter serving as extra members, which employees shall be subject to removal for replacement by any person now or hereafter serving in the armed services; or, if temporarily employed, the commission shall have authority to so determine and replace with a new employee who shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 .

The provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 shall not include any new employee who has not successfully completed all requirements necessary to earn regular or permanent status as a municipal employee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-17-3 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-17-3
Status: in_force

The powers granted to municipalities by law shall be exercised by the governing authorities of such municipalities, in the manner provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-47-3 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 39 / Section 47-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-47-3
Status: in_force

The Delta Natural Gas District shall devote all monies, derived from any source other than the issuance of bonds for purposes authorized by the laws of the State of Mississippi, to or for the payment of all operating expenses, including such items as are normally required of utilities for sales development; to or for the payment of all bonds and interest on outstanding revenue bonds, if any, of such systems; to or for the acquisition and improvement of the system contingencies; to or for the payment of all other obligations incurred in the operation and maintenance of the systems and the furnishing of service; to or for the creation and maintenance of a cash working fund or a surplus fund to be used for replacement, extension of systems and emergencies. The balance of the revenues of the systems, as such may be determined by the directors of the district may be used for any other lawful district purpose or may be paid to the governing authorities of the municipalities of Inverness, Isola and Belzoni, in the proportion determined by vote of the directors of the district for distribution by the municipalities to the various municipal funds and used by each municipality for any municipal purpose authorized by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-165 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-165
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-165
Status: in_force

A municipality is authorized and empowered to acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, extend, repair, operate and maintain one or more sewage disposal systems and make contracts with any person or any public agency, under the terms of which the municipality will, within or without the municipality but within its metropolitan area, collect, transport, treat or dispose of waste for such person or public agency. A municipality may also enter into contracts with any person to purchase or sell, by installments over such term as may be deemed desirable, or otherwise, any waste collection, transportation, treatment or sewage disposal facilities or systems. A municipality is also authorized to enter into operating agreements with any person, for such terms and upon such conditions as may be deemed desirable, for the operation of any waste collection, transportation, treatment or sewage disposal facilities or systems of any person by the municipality; and a municipality may lease to or from any person, for such term and upon such conditions as may be deemed desirable, any waste collection, transportation, treatment or sewage disposal facilities or systems.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-53 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-53
Status: in_force

The tax collector shall collect municipal taxes during the time and in the same manner and under the same penalties as the state and county taxes are collected. He shall, where not otherwise provided, in all particulars be governed by the general revenue laws of the state, so far as applicable, in making such collections. He shall make the reports thereby required to the governing authorities. He shall receive only such commissions or compensations as may be allowed by ordinance. In no case shall he retain any commissions or compensations from his collections, but the full amount of such collections shall be paid to the municipal treasurer or depository, and his commissions or compensations shall thereafter be paid by allowance thereof by the governing authorities of the municipality, and the issuance of warrants, as in other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-305 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 31 / Section 33-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-305
Status: in_force

Whenever bonds shall be issued for the construction or purchase of waterworks, gas, light and power plants, or distribution systems, the governing authorities of the municipality so issuing them may provide by ordinance, contract or otherwise, that such bonds shall be secured by a pledge of the revenue of the utility to be constructed or purchased with the proceeds thereof, which pledge of revenue shall be in addition to the pledge of the full faith and credit of such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-95 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-95
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-95
Status: in_force

Any municipality or public utility commission desiring to reproduce by microfilm, photograph, photostat or other process, the records of municipal system or systems under the authority granted in Section 21-27-93 are authorized and vested with the authority to purchase or acquire any equipment, materials and supplies necessary therefor, or to contract for the reproducing of said records in accordance with Section 31-7-1 et seq. Any such contract shall not exceed a period of twelve (12) months.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-135 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-135
Status: in_force

Should any member of a fire or police department become or be found to be permanently and totally disabled for the discharge of his duties as a member of said fire department or police department, mentally or physically, by reason of sickness or injury, and who has had not less than five years' service with such department, there shall be paid to said fireman or policeman from the firemen's and policemen's disability and relief fund, provided the municipality has such a fund, for each year's active service, not to exceed a period of twenty years, one-fortieth of the monthly salary of such policeman or fireman at the time such disability is incurred, to be paid throughout such permanent and total disability. In passing upon the question of disability said board shall require an examination of the applicant by the city physician or other physician or physicians as it may deem proper, and may require like examinations from time to time throughout the period of disability claimed by said fireman or policeman. If said city pays a salary to its firemen or policemen while disabled in an amount equal to the disability relief allowed under this section, said firemen or policemen shall not be entitled to any disability relief under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-53 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 29-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-53
Status: in_force

The General Municipal Employees' Retirement Law and the provisions thereof shall in no way affect the provisions of Sections 21-29-101 through 21-29-151 of this chapter, establishing the firemen's and policemen's disability and relief fund, or the provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 25 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 , concerning the retirement of school teachers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-9
Status: in_force

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

The governing authorities of municipalities may enter into pacts, agreements or contracts with other municipalities to provide for cooperation in the use or erection of all pens, pounds and buildings to prevent or regulate the running at large of animals of all kinds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-9
Status: in_force

In all municipalities of this state maintaining a police department, the personnel of which department is actively and exclusively engaged in police duty, the governing authorities of such municipality may pay out of the general fund of said municipality reasonable hospital and medical expenses for any member of said police department on account of any occupational disease contracted or for any accident sustained by said member by reason of his service or discharge of his duty in said department. The governing authorities of such city shall be the sole judge as to whether such illness or such injury was contracted or sustained in the line of duty of any such employee, and the reasonableness of said expenses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-79 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 33-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-79
Status: in_force

The tax collectors of all municipalities are hereby authorized to refund erroneously-paid privilege or ad valorem taxes paid such municipalities. An applicant for such refunds shall submit application to the tax collector of any such municipality, and if such claim be found by the tax collector to be due, and is allowed, then the tax collector of said municipality shall issue a warrant to the claimant and deduct the proper amounts from his next settlement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-307 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 29-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-307
Status: in_force

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

(2) Any retired member or beneficiary receiving a retirement allowance or benefit under Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter may authorize the Public Employees' Retirement System to make deductions from the retirement allowance or benefit for the payment of employer or system sponsored group life or health insurance. The deductions authorized under this subsection shall be subject to rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-220 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-220
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-220
Status: in_force

The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi is hereby authorized to deduct two percent (2%) of all tax levied hereunder and paid into the “disability and relief fund” for firemen and policemen to be transferred to the expense fund of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi to defray the cost of administering this fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-333 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-333
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-333
Status: in_force

(1) A retiree or beneficiary may, on a form prescribed by and filed with the Executive Director of the Public Employees' Retirement System, irrevocably waive all or a portion of any benefits from the general municipal retirement system or a firemen's and policemen's disability and relief fund to which the retiree or beneficiary is entitled. The waiver shall be binding on the heirs and assigns of any retiree or beneficiary and the same must agree to forever hold harmless the fund and the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi from any claim to the waived retirement benefits.

(2) Any waiver under this section shall apply only to the person executing the waiver. A beneficiary shall be entitled to benefits according to the option selected by the member at the time of retirement. However, a beneficiary may, at the option of the beneficiary, execute a waiver of benefits under this subsection.

(3) The fund shall retain all amounts that are not used to pay benefits because of a waiver executed under this subsection.

(4) The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System may provide rules and regulations for the administration of waivers under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-23 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 41 / Section 43-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-23
Status: in_force

Whenever an area has been disestablished, any remainder of taxes or acquired assets shall be subject to disposition as the advisory board shall determine.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-44 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-44
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-44
Status: in_force

The municipal governing authorities of any municipality shall have the power and authority, in their discretion, to execute contracts and agreements with, and to appropriate, contribute and donate to, or expend budgeted funds for, local economic development organizations and designated Main Street programs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-7-13 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-7-13
Status: in_force

The powers and duties heretofore conferred upon the mayor of municipalities by law are hereby conferred upon and charged to the council. The mayor, or in his absence the vice-mayor, shall (a) as chairman preside at all meetings of the council, and shall have veto power, in writing, giving his reasons therefor, of any measure passed by the council, although a measure vetoed may be adopted notwithstanding, if two-thirds of the council vote therefor; (b) represent the municipality in all functions political, social or economic, but he shall in no wise bind the municipality, other than as he may be specifically authorized or delegated to do by the council, as reflected by its orders, resolutions or ordinances; (c) execute for and on behalf of the council, all documents or instruments of writing, of whatever kind and character, under the seal of the municipality, when necessary or required; and (d) act for the municipality as directed by the council, in any manner and for any purpose which by any statute or law, because of its particular wording or meaning, provides for individual action of the mayor rather than body action of the council, wherein and whereby such right of action could not be properly or consistently exercised by the latter, all to the end that any such municipality coming under the provisions of this chapter shall not be denied any of the rights and privileges which any such municipality would enjoy except for the provisions of this chapter. The council shall fix the amount of compensation of the mayor and vice-mayor, for their additional duties as such, which compensation shall be in addition to their compensation as councilmen.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 27-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-11
Status: in_force

Whenever used in Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 :

(a) The term “ municipality ” includes any incorporated city, town or village of the State of Mississippi, whether incorporated under a special charter or under the general laws of the State of Mississippi governing municipalities, and operating under any form of municipal government. However, for the purpose of establishing a motor vehicle transportation system for the transportation of passengers within the boundaries of the governmental unit or units concerned, and within three (3) miles thereof, the word “municipality” is defined to include counties and groups of municipalities and shall allow those governmental units to establish a commission as provided in Section 21-27-13 and exercise the powers granted in Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 . Each county or municipality joining together shall be allowed at least one (1) commissioner representing that governing authority. For the purpose of establishing a railroad transportation system for passengers and freight, the term “ municipality ” includes any county bordering the Mississippi River and in which Highways 49 and 61 intersect, and such county may exercise the powers granted in Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 ;

(b) The term “ system ” includes waterworks system, water supply system, sewage system, sewage disposal system, or any combination thereof, including any combined waterworks and sewage system, consisting of an existing waterworks system or water supply system or both, combined with an existing sewage system or sewage disposal system or both, or consisting of an existing waterworks system or water supply system or both, combined with a sewage system or sewage disposal system or both, to be acquired, (as defined herein), or consisting of an existing sewage system or sewage disposal system or both, combined with a waterworks system or water supply system or both, to be acquired, (as defined herein), gas producing system, gas generating system, gas transmission system or gas distribution system, or any one (1) or all thereof, electric generating, transmission, or distribution system, garbage disposal system, rubbish disposal system, and incinerators, and all parts and appurtenances thereof. The term “ system ” also includes a motor vehicle transportation system for the transportation of passengers within the city limits and within three (3) miles thereof. The term “ system ” also includes a railroad transportation system of any municipality located within a county bordering the Mississippi River and in which Highways 49 and 61 intersect for the transportation of passengers and freight regardless of the amount of area outside the jurisdictional limits of such municipality for which the system provides service; the railroad transportation system may be located partially outside the boundaries of the county. The term “ system ” also includes a motor vehicle transportation system for the transportation of passengers of any municipality with a population of more than forty-five thousand (45,000) but less than forty-five thousand one hundred (45,100) according to the 1970 federal decennial census regardless of the amount of area outside the city limits of such municipality for which the system provides service. Wherever in Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 any one or more of the systems authorized under this section are referred to, the same shall include motor vehicle transportation systems. The term “ system ” also includes any franchise held by the owner thereof and shall also include operations within the capabilities of any component facility within the system which reasonably utilize the public resources;

(c) The term “ improvement ” includes repair, betterment, enlargement, extension and other improvements to a system;

(d) The term “ acquire ” includes construct, purchase, gift, exercise of power of eminent domain and other methods by which a municipality may acquire a system;

(e) The term “ improve ” includes repair, better, enlarge, extend and other methods of improving a system;

(f) The term “ ordinance ” includes ordinance, resolution or other appropriate legislative enactment of the governing authorities of any municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-316 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-316
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-316
Status: in_force

(1) Pursuant to the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 ( Public Law 102-318 (UCA)), a member or the spouse of a member who is an eligible beneficiary entitled to a refund under Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter may elect on a form prescribed by the board under rules and regulations established by the board, to have an eligible rollover distribution of accumulated contributions payable under this section paid directly to an eligible retirement plan, as defined under applicable federal law, or an individual retirement account. If the member or the spouse of a member who is an eligible beneficiary makes that election and specifies the eligible retirement plan or individual retirement account to which the distribution is to be paid, the distribution will be made in the form of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer to the specified eligible retirement plan. A non-spouse beneficiary may elect to have an eligible rollover distribution paid in the form of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer to an individual retirement account established to receive the distribution on behalf of the non-spouse beneficiary. Flexible rollovers under this subsection shall not be considered assignments under Section 21-29-307 .

(2) From and after July 1, 2001, subject to the rules adopted by the board of trustees, any plan under this chapter shall accept an eligible rollover distribution or a direct transfer of funds from another eligible retirement plan or an individual retirement account in payment of all or a portion of the cost to repay a refund as permitted by the plan. The plans may only accept rollover payments in an amount equal to or less than the balance due for reinstatement of service credit. The rules adopted by the board of trustees shall condition the acceptance of a rollover or transfer from another eligible retirement plan on the receipt of information necessary to enable the system to determine the eligibility of any transferred funds for tax-free rollover treatment or other treatment under federal income tax law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-71 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-71
Status: in_force

No person in the classified civil service who shall have been permanently appointed or inducted into civil service under the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 shall be removed, suspended, demoted or discharged, or any combination thereof, except for cause, and only upon the written accusation of the appointing power or any citizen or taxpayer, a written statement of which accusation, in general terms, shall be served upon the accused, and a duplicate filed with the commission. The mayor may suspend a member pending the confirmation of the suspension by the regular appointing power, which shall be within three (3) days.

In the absence of extraordinary circumstances or situations, before any such employee may be removed or discharged, he shall be given written notice of the intended termination, which notice shall state the reasons for termination and inform the employee that he has the right to respond in writing to the reasons given for termination within a reasonable time and respond orally before the official charged with the responsibility of making the termination decision. Such official may, in his discretion, provide for a pretermination hearing and examination of witnesses, and if a hearing is to be held, the notice to the employee shall also set the time and place of such hearing. A duplicate of such notice shall be filed with the commission. After the employee has responded or has failed to respond within a reasonable time, the official charged with the responsibility of making the termination decision shall determine the appropriate disciplinary action, and shall notify the employee of his decision in writing at the earliest practicable date.

Where there are extraordinary circumstances or situations which require the immediate discharge or removal of an employee, such employee may be terminated without a pretermination hearing as required by this section, but such employee shall be given written notice of the specific reasons for termination within twenty-four (24) hours after the termination, and shall be given an opportunity for a hearing similar to the pretermination hearing provided in this section within twenty (20) days after the date of termination. For the purposes of this section, extraordinary situations or circumstances include, but are not limited to, circumstances where retention of the employee would result in damage to municipal property, would be detrimental to the interest of municipal government or would result in injury to the employee, to a fellow employee or to the general public.

Any person so removed, suspended, demoted, discharged or combination thereof may, within ten (10) days from the time of such disciplinary action, file with the commission a written demand for an investigation, whereupon the commission shall conduct such investigation. The investigation shall be confined to the determination of the question of whether such disciplinary action was or was not made for political or religious reasons and was or was not made in good faith for cause. After such investigation the commission may, if in its estimation the evidence is conclusive, affirm the disciplinary action, or if it shall find that the disciplinary action was made for political or religious reasons, or was not made in good faith for cause, shall order the immediate reinstatement or reemployment of such person in the office, place, position or employment from which such person was removed, suspended, demoted, discharged or combination thereof, which reinstatement shall, if the commission so provides in its discretion, be retroactive, and entitle such person to pay or compensation from the time of such disciplinary action. The commission upon such investigation may, in lieu of affirming the disciplinary action, modify the order of removal, suspension, demotion, discharge or combination thereof by directing a suspension, without pay, for a given period and subsequent restoration of duty, or by directing a demotion in classification, grade or pay, or by any combination thereof. The findings of the commission shall be certified in writing to the appointing power, and shall be forthwith enforced by such officer.

All investigations made by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be by public hearing, after reasonable written notice to the accused of the time and place of such hearing, at which hearing the accused shall be afforded an opportunity of appearing in person and by counsel, and presenting his defense. The findings of the commission shall be conclusive and binding unless either the accused or the municipality shall, within thirty (30) days from the date of the entry of such judgment or order on the minutes of the commission and notification to the accused and the municipality, appeal to the circuit court of the county within which the municipality is located. Any appeal of the judgment or order of the commission shall not act as a supersedeas of such judgment or order, but the judgment or order shall remain in effect pending a final determination of the matter on appeal. Such appeal shall be taken by serving the commission and the appellee, within thirty (30) days after the entry of such judgment or order, a written notice of appeal, stating the grounds thereof, and demanding that a certified transcript of the record and of all papers on file in the office of the commission affecting or relating to such judgment or order, be filed by the commission with such court. The commission shall, within thirty (30) days after the filing of such notice, make, certify and file such transcript with such court. The said circuit court shall thereupon proceed to hear and determine such appeal. However, such hearing shall be confined to the determination of whether the judgment or order of removal, discharge, demotion, suspension or combination thereof made by the commission, was or was not made in good faith for cause, and no appeal to such court shall be taken except upon such ground or grounds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-259 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 29-259
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-259
Status: in_force

Should said fund at any time be insufficient to make all payments properly payable therefrom, the beneficiaries shall not file any suit against said city, its governing authorities, or said disability and relief board, but the amounts available shall be properly prorated until such time as funds may be sufficient to make all payments thereafter for the full amount properly allowed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-207 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-207
Status: in_force

Both the board and commission may adopt, modify, repeal and promulgate, after due notice and hearing, and may make exceptions to and grant exemptions and variances from and may enforce those rules, regulations and procedures as are necessary or appropriate to effectuate the duties and responsibilities of these agencies arising under Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 . The rules, regulations and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, the following: criteria for classifying municipal and domestic community water systems, nontransient, noncommunity water systems and wastewater facilities; qualifications for operators of community water systems, nontransient, noncommunity water systems and wastewater facilities; certification of operators of commercial Class I rubbish sites; procedures for examining or testing applicants for operator certificates; procedures and fees for issuing, reissuing, modifying, revoking or terminating operator certificates; and reciprocal certification of operators certified in other states having certification requirements not less stringent than those established by the board and commission. Any increase in the fees charged by the board under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-213 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-213
Status: in_force

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

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 to the contrary, any person who is an operator of a nontransient, noncommunity water system on July 1, 1997, may, before June 30, 1998, apply to the board for an operator's certificate without examination. The application shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the owner of the system verifying the status of the applicant. The board shall consider the performance history of any system operated by the applicant in determining whether to issue a certificate under this subsection. Upon review of the performance history and the application, the board may grant or deny the issuance of a certificate under this subsection. Any certificate issued under this subsection shall be valid only for the particular facility being operated by the applicant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-39 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-39
Status: in_force

Any law enforcement officer who is ordered by the official designated by the governing body of any municipality to perform police or peace duties outside the territorial limits of the municipality where he is regularly employed as such officer, shall be entitled to the same wage, salary, pension, and all other compensation and all other rights for such service, including injury or death benefits, as though the service had been rendered within the limits of the municipality where he is regularly employed. He shall also be paid for any reasonable expenses of travel, food, or lodging that he may incur while on duty outside such limits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-9
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) to the contrary, the governing authorities of any municipality which is located within a county having completed a countywide reappraisal approved by the state tax commission and which has been furnished a true copy of that part of the county assessment roll containing the property located within the municipality as provided in Section 27-35-167 shall adopt such assessment roll for its assessment purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-227 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-227
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-227
Status: in_force

The authority is vested in the board of trustees to invest such part of said fund as may not be immediately required, in investments authorized under Section 25-11-121 with the right to change said investment from time to time, and with the right and duty to convert invested funds into current funds as the same may be needed for the purposes of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 25-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-1
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to appoint a fire marshal, who may be the mayor, or any member of the governing authority of the municipality, or the city or town marshal. The fire marshal shall have the power to remove and keep away from the vicinity of any fire all idle and suspicious persons lurking near the same. He shall have the power to compel any person present to aid in the extinguishment of such fire or the preservation of property exposed to the danger of such fire and to aid in preventing goods from being purloined thereat. He shall also have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by ordinance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-55 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-55
Status: in_force

If at the beginning of the first term of office of the first city council elected by any city under the provisions of this chapter, the appropriations for the expenditures for the city government for the current fiscal year shall have been made, the council shall have power, by ordinance, to revise, to repeal, or change said appropriations and to make additional appropriations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-6 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-6
Status: in_force

Municipalities are hereby authorized, in the discretion of the governing authorities, to purchase errors and omissions insurance for municipal officials and municipal employees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-58 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-58
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-58
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county, and the governing authorities of any municipality in the state, are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to make contributions to the Mississippi Department of Health, or the University of Mississippi Medical Center after the Mississippi Burn Center is operational, for deposit to the Mississippi Burn Care Fund from the general fund or federal revenue sharing funds of such county or municipality wherein such funds may be available.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-307 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-307
Status: in_force

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

Under no circumstances shall any municipality exceed the bond limit as set by statute for municipalities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-121 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-121
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to fix the rates and charges of persons operating vehicles for the transportation of persons for compensation within the limits of the municipality. The authority granted by this section shall not apply, however, to railroads operated within or through such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-39 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 33-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-39
Status: in_force

Any taxpayer, or any person owning or having a legal interest in any property, feeling aggrieved at the action of the governing authorities in equalizing and making final assessments, shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court in the manner provided by Section 11-51-77, Mississippi Code of 1972 , within twenty (20) days after the adjournment of the meeting of the said governing authorities at which the final approval of the assessment roll is entered on the minutes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-17-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-17-5
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authorities of every municipality of this state shall have the care, management and control of the municipal affairs and its property and finances. In addition to those powers granted by specific provisions of general law, the governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to adopt any orders, resolutions or ordinances with respect to such municipal affairs, property and finances which are not inconsistent with the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, the Mississippi Code of 1972, or any other statute or law of the State of Mississippi, and shall likewise have the power to alter, modify and repeal such orders, resolutions or ordinances. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the powers granted to governing authorities of municipalities in this section are complete without the existence of or reference to any specific authority granted in any other statute or law of the State of Mississippi. Unless otherwise provided by law, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the aldermen or councilmen of every municipality of this state shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of all the municipal taxes shown by the assessment rolls and the levies to have been collectible in the municipality for the year immediately preceding the commencement of the term of office of said alderman or councilman; however, such bond shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). For all municipalities with a population more than two thousand (2,000) according to the latest federal decennial census, the amount of the bond shall not be less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). Any taxpayer of the municipality may sue on such bond for the use of the municipality, and such taxpayer shall be liable for all costs in case his suit shall fail. No member of the city council or board of aldermen shall be surety for any other such member.

(2) Unless such actions are specifically authorized by another statute or law of the State of Mississippi, this section shall not authorize the governing authorities of municipalities to (a) levy taxes of any kind or increase the levy of any authorized tax, (b) issue bonds of any kind, (c) change the requirements, practices or procedures for municipal elections or establish any new elective office, (d) change the procedure for annexation of additional territory into the municipal boundaries, (e) change the structure or form of the municipal government, (f) permit the sale, manufacture, distribution, possession or transportation of alcoholic beverages, (g) grant any donation, or (h) without prior legislative approval, regulate, directly or indirectly, the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential property in which the municipality does not have a property interest.

(3) Nothing in this or any other section shall be construed so as to prevent any municipal governing authority from paying any municipal employee not to exceed double his ordinary rate of pay or awarding any municipal employee not to exceed double his ordinary rate of compensatory time for work performed in his capacity as a municipal employee on legal holidays. The governing authority of any municipality shall enact leave policies to ensure that a public safety employee is paid or granted compensatory time for the same number of holidays for which any other municipal employee is paid.

(4) The governing authority of any municipality, in its discretion, may expend funds to provide for training and education of newly elected or appointed municipal officials before the beginning of the term of office or employment of such officials. Any expenses incurred for such purposes may be allowed only upon prior approval of the governing authority. Any payments or reimbursements made under the provisions of this subsection may be paid only after presentation to and approval by the governing authority of the municipality.

(5) The governing authority of any municipality may lease the naming rights to municipal property to a private commercial entity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-35 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-35
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality which have sold or which may hereafter sell any utility system owned by such municipality, may use the proceeds of the sale of such system, or any part thereof, for the purpose of retiring and paying off any of the public debt of the municipality, and they may purchase the outstanding bonds or other obligations of the said municipality at such price, whether above or below par, as they may consider fair and reasonable. The said governing authorities may, in their discretion, invest the said funds, or any part thereof, derived from the sale of the said system or systems in any of the securities now eligible for purchase by public sinking funds of municipalities, at such price, whether above or below par, as they may determine to be fair and reasonable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-201 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-201
Status: in_force

In each city in the State of Mississippi having a population of not less than three thousand (3,000) according to the last federal census or according to any subsequent federal census, and having a regularly organized, paid fire department with equipment of the value of not less than Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) and/or regularly organized paid police department, and having not less than two (2) paid firemen and/or not less than two (2) paid policemen, whose sole employment is by such city in its fire department and for police department, there may be provided in connection with the regularly organized and maintained paid fire department and/or police department of such city a special fund known as the “disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen,” hereinafter called “said fund,” which shall exist and be maintained for the benefit of the persons hereinafter named and shall be derived, raised and administered in the manner hereinafter provided.

Said fund and system of relief, when inaugurated, shall and does create a disability and relief system to apply to the members of the regularly organized, maintained and paid fire department and/or police department of such municipality. Notwithstanding any other section of this article no such fund known as the “disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen” shall be created by any city after March 1, 1976, unless by an amendment to this article by the legislature of the State of Mississippi.

Any reference in other sections of this article to members of the fire and police department shall be defined to include only the members of the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen of the city.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-55 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 31-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-55
Status: in_force

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

The commission shall appoint a secretary and a board of examiners, which board shall consist of the fire chief, the police chief, and a third member to be named by the commission, all of whom shall serve without compensation. The secretary shall keep the records and preserve all reports made to the commission, and also a record of all examinations held under the direction of the board of examiners, and perform such other duties as the commission may prescribe. The members of the board and the secretary are subject to suspension and discharge in the same manner as the commissioners.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-323 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-323
Status: in_force

Monthly benefits payable to a spouse in the event of the death of a member before retirement or a retiree after retirement shall be divided and paid to or for the benefit of any dependent children of the deceased member or retiree in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the annual benefit payable to one (1) dependent child, twenty percent (20%) for two (2) dependent children, and thirty percent (30%) to three (3) or more dependent children. If there are more than three (3) dependent children, upon a child ceasing to be a dependent, his annuity shall terminate and there shall be a redetermination of the amounts payable to any remaining dependent children. Such benefits shall be paid to a surviving parent or lawful custodian of such children for the use and benefit of the children without the necessity of appointment of guardian. The remaining amount shall be paid to the spouse as otherwise provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-333 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-333
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-333
Status: in_force

(1) A retiree or beneficiary may, on a form prescribed by and filed with the Executive Director of the Public Employees' Retirement System, irrevocably waive all or a portion of any benefits from the general municipal retirement system or a firemen's and policemen's disability and relief fund to which the retiree or beneficiary is entitled. The waiver shall be binding on the heirs and assigns of any retiree or beneficiary and the same must agree to forever hold harmless the fund and the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi from any claim to the waived retirement benefits.

(2) Any waiver under this section shall apply only to the person executing the waiver. A beneficiary shall be entitled to benefits according to the option selected by the member at the time of retirement. However, a beneficiary may, at the option of the beneficiary, execute a waiver of benefits under this subsection.

(3) The fund shall retain all amounts that are not used to pay benefits because of a waiver executed under this subsection.

(4) The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System may provide rules and regulations for the administration of waivers under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-123 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-123
Status: in_force

All allowances made upon the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen shall be drawn against the fund by the board of trustees, and shall be issued only upon compliance with the rules and regulations of the board of trustees, or the board of disability and relief appeals.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-205 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 27-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-205
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall classify all municipal and domestic water collection, storage, treatment and/or distribution systems actually used or intended for use as community water systems or nontransient, noncommunity water systems according to size, type, character of water to be treated, number of service connections, and other physical conditions affecting the operation and maintenance of those systems, and also according to the degree of skill, knowledge, training and experience required of the operators of those systems to ensure competent, efficient operation and maintenance of such systems and protection of public health.

(2) The commission shall classify all municipal and domestic wastewater facilities according to size, type, character of wastewater to be treated, and other physical conditions affecting the operation and maintenance of the facilities, and also according to the degree of skill, knowledge, training and experience required of the operators of the facilities to ensure competent, efficient operation and maintenance of the facilities and prevention of pollution of waters of the state.

(3) The commission shall establish reciprocal certification arrangements with other states and private companies that establish training and certification programs for operators of commercial nonhazardous solid waste management landfills that meet or exceed the requirements of the commercial nonhazardous solid waste management landfill operator training and certification program established by the commission.

(4) The commission may establish reciprocal certification arrangements with other states and private companies that establish training and certification programs for operators of commercial Class I rubbish sites that meet or exceed the requirements of the commercial Class I rubbish site operator training and certification program established by the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-25-5
Status: in_force

The fire departments, including the apparatus and all vehicles of such departments, are hereby authorized to use the roads, highways, streets and alleys outside the corporate limits of such municipalities owning and operating such fire fighting and fire prevention equipment, for the purpose of aiding in the extinguishing and prevention of fires or in the alleviating of damages or injuries caused by tornadoes or other casualties in locations outside the corporate limits of such municipalities. For the purpose of expediting the extinguishment or prevention of fires and of aiding in the rescue of persons or preventing other damage to either persons or property in such locations outside the corporate limits of such municipalities or in cities, towns, or villages located and situated beyond the corporate limits of such municipalities owning such equipment, such fire departments are hereby extended the right of way, or priority in use, over the public roads, highways, streets and alleys of the state and counties whether such roads, highways, streets or alleys are maintained by the state, counties, cities, towns, or villages.

To further effectuate and put into force and effect the purposes of this section, such municipalities owning and operating said equipment are hereby declared free of any liability on account of injury to persons or damage to property in going to and from such locations outside the corporate limits when engaged in the extinguishing and prevention of fires or in the alleviating of damages or injuries caused by tornadoes or other casualties, it being the purpose of this section that such municipalities aiding other municipalities or residents of the State of Mississippi located outside the corporate limits of such municipalities shall be entitled to all the benefits and immunities, both from civil and criminal prosecution, as are now enjoyed by such municipalities within their own respective corporate limits. This section shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-3 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-3
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to grant the right for the erection of telegraph, electric light, or telephone poles, posts and wires along and upon any of the streets, alleys, or ways of the municipality, and change, modify, and regulate the same. However, such privilege shall not be exclusive, and no such privilege shall be granted for a longer term than twenty-five years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-7 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-7
Status: in_force

(1) The municipal judge shall hold court in a public building designated by the governing authorities of the municipality, or may hold court in an adult detention center as provided under this subsection, and may hold court every day except Sundays and legal holidays if the business of the municipality so requires; provided, however, the municipal judge may hold court outside the boundaries of the municipality but not more than within a sixty-mile radius of the municipality to handle preliminary matters and criminal matters such as initial appearances and felony preliminary hearings. The municipal judge may hold court outside the boundaries of the municipality but not more than within a one-mile radius of the municipality for any purpose; however, a municipal judge may hold court outside the boundaries of the municipality more than within a one-mile radius of the municipality when accepting a plea of a defendant at an adult detention center within the county. The municipal judge shall have the jurisdiction to hear and determine, without a jury and without a record of the testimony, all cases charging violations of the municipal ordinances and state misdemeanor laws made offenses against the municipality and to punish offenders therefor as may be prescribed by law. Except as otherwise provided by law, criminal proceedings shall be brought by sworn complaint filed in the municipal court. Such complaint shall state the essential elements of the offense charged and the statute or ordinance relied upon. Such complaint shall not be required to conclude with a general averment that the offense is against the peace and dignity of the state or in violation of the ordinances of the municipality. He may sit as a committing court in all felonies committed within the municipality, and he shall have the power to bind over the accused to the grand jury or to appear before the proper court having jurisdiction to try the same, and to set the amount of bail or refuse bail and commit the accused to jail in cases not bailable. The municipal judge is a conservator of the peace within his municipality. He may conduct preliminary hearings in all violations of the criminal laws of this state occurring within the municipality, and any person arrested for a violation of law within the municipality may be brought before him for initial appearance. The municipal court shall have jurisdiction of any case remanded to it by a circuit court grand jury. The municipal court shall have civil jurisdiction over actions filed pursuant to and as provided in Title 93, Chapter 21, Mississippi Code of 1972 , the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act.

(2) In the discretion of the court, where the objects of justice would be more likely met, as an alternative to imposition or payment of fine and/or incarceration, the municipal judge shall have the power to sentence convicted offenders to work on a public service project where the court has established such a program of public service by written guidelines filed with the clerk for public record. Such programs shall provide for reasonable supervision of the offender and the work shall be commensurate with the fine and/or incarceration that would have ordinarily been imposed. Such program of public service may be utilized in the implementation of the provisions of Section 99-19-20 , and public service work thereunder may be supervised by persons other than the sheriff.

(3) The municipal judge may solemnize marriages, take oaths, affidavits and acknowledgments, and issue orders, subpoenas, summonses, citations, warrants for search and arrest upon a finding of probable cause, and other such process under seal of the court to any county or municipality, in a criminal case, to be executed by the lawful authority of the county or the municipality of the respondent, and enforce obedience thereto. The absence of a seal shall not invalidate the process.

(4) When a person shall be charged with an offense in municipal court punishable by confinement, the municipal judge, being satisfied that such person is an indigent person and is unable to employ counsel, may, in the discretion of the court, appoint counsel from the membership of The Mississippi Bar residing in his county who shall represent him. Compensation for appointed counsel in criminal cases shall be approved and allowed by the municipal judge and shall be paid by the municipality. The maximum compensation shall not exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for any one (1) case. The governing authorities of a municipality may, in their discretion, appoint a public defender(s) who must be a licensed attorney and who shall receive a salary to be fixed by the governing authorities.

(5) The municipal judge of any municipality is hereby authorized to suspend the sentence and to suspend the execution of the sentence, or any part thereof, on such terms as may be imposed by the municipal judge. However, the suspension of imposition or execution of a sentence hereunder may not be revoked after a period of two (2) years. The municipal judge shall have the power to establish and operate a probation program, dispute resolution program and other practices or procedures appropriate to the judiciary and designed to aid in the administration of justice. Any such program shall be established by the court with written policies and procedures filed with the clerk of the court for public record. Subsequent to original sentencing, the municipal judge, in misdemeanor cases, is hereby authorized to suspend sentence and to suspend the execution of a sentence, or any part thereof, on such terms as may be imposed by the municipal judge, if (a) the judge or his or her predecessor was authorized to order such suspension when the sentence was originally imposed; and (b) such conviction (i) has not been appealed; or (ii) has been appealed and the appeal has been voluntarily dismissed.

(6) Upon prior notice to the municipal prosecuting attorney and upon a showing in open court of rehabilitation, good conduct for a period of two (2) years since the last conviction in any court and that the best interest of society would be served, the court may, in its discretion, order the record of conviction of a person of any or all misdemeanors in that court expunged, and upon so doing the said person thereafter legally stands as though he had never been convicted of the said misdemeanor(s) and may lawfully so respond to any query of prior convictions. This order of expunction does not apply to the confidential records of law enforcement agencies and has no effect on the driving record of a person maintained under Title 63, Mississippi Code of 1972, or any other provision of said Title 63.

(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (6) of this section, a person who was convicted in municipal court of a misdemeanor before reaching his twenty-third birthday, excluding conviction for a traffic violation, and who is a first offender, may utilize the provisions of Section 99-19-71 , to expunge such misdemeanor conviction.

(8) In the discretion of the court, a plea of nolo contendere may be entered to any charge in municipal court. Upon the entry of a plea of nolo contendere the court shall convict the defendant of the offense charged and shall proceed to sentence the defendant according to law. The judgment of the court shall reflect that the conviction was on a plea of nolo contendere. An appeal may be made from a conviction on a plea of nolo contendere as in other cases.

(9) Upon execution of a sworn complaint charging a misdemeanor, the municipal court may, in its discretion and in lieu of an arrest warrant, issue a citation requiring the appearance of the defendant to answer the charge made against him. On default of appearance, an arrest warrant may be issued for the defendant. The clerk of the court or deputy clerk may issue such citations.

(10) The municipal court shall have the power to make rules for the administration of the court's business, which rules, if any, shall be in writing filed with the clerk of the court and shall include the enactment of rules related to the court's authority to issue domestic abuse protection orders pursuant to Section 93-21-1 et seq.

(11) The municipal court shall have the power to impose punishment of a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or six (6) months imprisonment, or both, for contempt of court. The municipal court may have the power to impose reasonable costs of court, not in excess of the following:

Dismissal of any affidavit, complaint or charge in municipal court․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․$

50.00

Suspension of a minor's driver's license in lieu of conviction․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․$

50.00

Service of scire facias or return “not found”․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․$

20.00

Causing search warrant to issue or causing prosecution without reasonable cause or refusing to cooperate after initiating action

․$

100.00

Certified copy of the court record․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․$

5.00

Service of arrest warrant for failure to answer citation or traffic summons․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․$

25.00

Jail cost per day--actual jail cost paid by the municipality but not to exceed․․․․․․․․․․

․$

35.00

Service of court documents related to the filing of a petition or issuance of a protection from domestic abuse order under Title 93, Chapter 21, Mississippi Code of 1972

․$

25.00

Any other item of court cost․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․$

50.00

No filing fee or such cost shall be imposed for the bringing of an action in municipal court.

(12) A municipal court judge shall not dismiss a criminal case but may transfer the case to the justice court of the county if the municipal court judge is prohibited from presiding over the case by the Canons of Judicial Conduct and provided that venue and jurisdiction are proper in the justice court. Upon transfer of any such case, the municipal court judge shall give the municipal court clerk a written order to transmit the affidavit or complaint and all other records and evidence in the court's possession to the justice court by certified mail or to instruct the arresting officer to deliver such documents and records to the justice court. There shall be no court costs charged for the transfer of the case to the justice court.

(13) A municipal court judge shall expunge the record of any case in which an arrest was made, the person arrested was released and the case was dismissed or the charges were dropped, there was no disposition of such case or the person was found not guilty at trial.

(14) For violations of municipal ordinances related to real property, the municipal judge shall have the power to order a defendant to remedy violations within a reasonable time period as set by the judge, and at the discretion of the judge, the judge may simultaneously authorize the municipality, at its request, the option to remedy the violation itself, through the use of its own employees or its contractors, without further notice should the defendant fail to fully do so within the time period set by the judge. Subsequent to the municipality remedying the violation, the municipality may petition the court to assess documented cleanup costs to the defendant, and, if, following a hearing on such petition, the judge determines (a) the violations were not remedied by the defendant within the time required by the court, (b) that the municipality remedied the violation itself after such time period expired and (c) that the costs incurred by the municipality were reasonable, the court may assess the costs to the defendant as a judgement 1 , which may be enrolled in the office of the circuit clerk.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-118 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-118
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-118
Status: in_force

The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi is hereby authorized to deduct two percent (2%) of all tax levied hereunder and paid into the “disability and relief fund” for firemen and policemen to be transferred to the expense fund of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi to defray the cost of administering this fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-25 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-25
Status: in_force

Any municipality which owns or operates any system, shall have the power and authority through its utilities commission to borrow money and issue its negotiable notes or certificates of indebtedness therefor, in an amount not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the gross revenues of the system in the last preceding fiscal year, in any calendar year, for the purpose of improving, repairing or extending any such system, or of stockpiling fuel for any such system, or systems, without the necessity of calling and holding an election upon such question or otherwise obtaining the consent of the qualified electors of the municipality, or giving any notice thereof. However, the utilities commission shall secure approval of the governing authorities of the municipality. In all cases where money is borrowed under the provisions of this section, the same shall be repaid within three (3) years and at no time shall the amount of money borrowed under this section exceed thirty percent (30%) of the gross revenues of the system for the last preceding fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-39 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-39
Status: in_force

Upon application of a member in service of the employer, any member who has had not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years' service with the employer and who has become totally and permanently incapacitated for duty, as a result of causes occurring other than in the performance of his duty, shall be retired by the board not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days next following the date of filing such application, on a non-duty disability retirement allowance. Any such disability shall be certified to the board in the same manner as provided in Section 21-29-35 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-39 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 29-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-39
Status: in_force

Upon application of a member in service of the employer, any member who has had not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years' service with the employer and who has become totally and permanently incapacitated for duty, as a result of causes occurring other than in the performance of his duty, shall be retired by the board not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days next following the date of filing such application, on a non-duty disability retirement allowance. Any such disability shall be certified to the board in the same manner as provided in Section 21-29-35 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-107 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-107
Status: in_force

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

The board shall have the power and duty to promptly hear and pass upon all applications of firemen and/or policemen or the beneficiaries of deceased firemen and of deceased policemen for participation in the benefits of said fund. The board may appoint hearing officers to further its duties hereunder. Said board may hear witnesses, administer oaths, find facts, and make decisions in all matters properly before said board, which decisions shall be final except upon appeals in the way hereafter set forth. Said board may order payments made according to the facts found and the provisions of this article, which payments shall be made as far as funds may be available from each separate municipal fund. Said board shall have the power, with the funds they have on hand, to invest and reinvest funds under the provisions of Section 25-11-121 . Such funds may be commingled with other system funds for the most advantageous investments; however, each fund shall have separate accounting status. No warrant shall be drawn against said fund without the approval of a majority of said board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-131 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-131
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-131
Status: in_force

No person may drive or operate motor vehicles for hire in any city or town in this state unless he shall first have been licensed so to do as follows: he shall make application to the mayor of such municipality in writing, accompanied by a statement of some reputable citizen thereof, that the applicant is over the age of eighteen (18) years, an experienced driver, of good moral character, and physically and mentally capacitated to drive and operate such motor vehicle. The mayor shall place such application before the board of aldermen, or other governing authorities, whereupon inquiry may be made by such governing authorities into the moral character and mental and physical fitness of the applicant. If the permit shall be granted the applicant shall receive a certificate of such permit, signed by the mayor, together with an identification badge, and the name of the municipality thereon, and which shall be worn so that the same will be displayed while engaged in or about such occupation. The governing authorities of the municipality may require the applicant to give a reasonable bond, of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), to guarantee the faithful observance of the law as well as the rules and regulations which may be prescribed by the said municipality, and they may also require a reasonable fee, for such permit and badge. In the event the governing authority of such municipality refuse to grant such permit to an applicant, an appeal may be taken to the circuit court, in the manner provided by law for appealing from other orders of the governing authorities of municipalities, and the questions to be tried upon appeal will be as to the age and experience and the moral, mental and physical fitness of the said applicant to pursue such vocation in such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-323 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-323
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever any municipality shall have on hand any bond and interest funds, any funds derived from the sale of bonds, special funds, or any other funds in excess of the sums which will be required for immediate expenditure and which are not needed or cannot by law be used for the payment of the current obligations or expenses of such municipality, the governing authorities of such municipality shall have the power and authority to invest such excess funds in any bonds or other direct obligations of the United States of America or the State of Mississippi, or of any county or municipality of this state, or of any school district, which such county or municipal or school district bonds have been approved by a reputable bond attorney or have been validated by a decree of the chancery court, or in obligations issued or guaranteed in full as to principal and interest by the United States of America which are subject to a repurchase agreement with a qualified depository. In any event the bonds or obligations in which such funds are invested shall mature or be redeemable prior to the time the funds so invested will be needed for expenditure.

(2) However, such excess funds may first be offered for investment in interest-bearing accounts with or through municipal depositories serving in accordance with Section 27-105-353 at a rate of interest not less than a simple interest rate numerically equal to the average bank discount rate on United States Treasury bills of comparable maturity. The rate of interest established herein shall be the minimum rate of interest and there shall be no maximum rate of interest.

(3) Such excess funds may also be invested in interest-bearing accounts in or through state depositories located in such municipality to the same extent as such depositories are eligible for invested state funds.

(4) When bonds or other obligations have been so purchased, the same may be sold or surrendered for redemption at any time by order or resolution of the governing authorities of the municipality, and the mayor of the municipality, when authorized by such order or resolution, shall have the power and authority to execute all instruments and take such other action as may be necessary to effectuate the sale or redemption thereof.

(5) When such bonds or other obligations are sold or redeemed, the proceeds thereof, including accrued interest thereon, shall be paid into the same fund as that from which the investment was made and shall in all respects be dealt with as are other monies in such fund.

(6) Except as hereinafter provided, any interest derived from the investments authorized in this section may, as an alternative, be deposited into the general fund of the municipality. Any interest derived from the investment of sums received under the terms of the federal State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 and any subsequent revisions or reenactments of that act shall be paid into the same fund as that from which the investment was made. Any interest derived from the investment of school bond funds shall be handled as provided in Section 37-59-43 . Any interest derived from investment of other bond proceeds or from investment of any bond and interest fund, bond reserve fund or bond redemption sinking fund shall be deposited either in the same fund from which the investment was made or in the bond and interest fund established for payment of the principal or interest on the bonds. Any interest derived from special purpose funds which are outside the function of general municipal government shall be paid into that special purpose fund.

(7) The authority granted by this section shall be cumulative and in addition to any other law relating to the investment of funds by municipalities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-7 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-7
Status: in_force

All elected officials of the city holding office at the time the council-manager plan is adopted hereunder shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms of office. The mayor and councilmen or aldermen of the city, prior to the time of the effective date for the installation of the council-manager plan, shall have power to provide by ordinance for any details of the orderly transition from the prior form of government to the council-manager plan, not otherwise specified by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-207 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-207
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi shall organize itself into a body to be known as the “Board of Disability and Relief of the City of __________.”

In each municipality there shall be a board to serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System with respect to matters concerning the disability and relief fund. Such board shall consist of five (5) members as follows: two (2) shall be elected by the membership of the police department, two (2) shall be elected by the membership of the fire department and the mayor or his designee shall be an ex officio member. Retired members of the police department and fire department may participate in elections to choose members of the board, and such retired members are also eligible to serve on the board. The term of elected members shall be for four (4) years, and any vacancy in the elected membership shall be filled in the same manner as the original membership was selected.

The members of the board shall receive no compensation or pay from the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen for the discharge of their duties, except as otherwise provided by law.