Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-339 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-339
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-339
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(o) Execute all instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers herein granted or in the performance of covenants or duties, which may contain such covenants and provisions, as any purchaser of the bonds of the authority may reasonably require.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-48 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-48
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-48
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this Legislature that the Mississippi Energy and Transportation Board shall have jurisdiction over state nuclear waste policy, activities and siting, including the long-term or temporary storage and/or disposal of high-level radioactive and transuranic waste, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 and Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-348 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-348
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-348
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

(1) Every municipality and county of the State of Mississippi shall grant competency examination reciprocity to any contractor, including, but not limited to, any electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, water and sewer, roofing or mechanical contractor, who is licensed by another municipality or county of this state without imposing any further competency examination requirements provided:

(a) That the contractor furnishes evidence that he has a license issued on the basis of a competency examination administered in one (1) municipality or county of the State of Mississippi which has an examining board that regularly gives a written examination which has been approved by the State Board of Public Contractors or the Building Officials Association of Mississippi;

(b) That he furnishes evidence that he actually took and passed the written examination which qualified him for such license; however, in lieu thereof, he may furnish evidence that he was issued a license prior to May 1, 1972, and prior to the existence of a written examination by a county or municipality which has an examining board that requires written examination to qualify for a license;

(c) That he has been actively engaged in the business for which he is licensed for two (2) years or more;

(d) That he has held a license for his business for one (1) year or more; and

(e) That he pays the license fee to the municipality or county to which application is made for a license unless he holds a current certificate of responsibility issued by the State Board of Public Contractors, in which case no license fee shall be collected.

(2)(a) Any contractor who operates more than one (1) separate place of business within the state must obtain the appropriate privilege license and pay the privilege license fee for each location if required by the local jurisdiction.

(b) Every jurisdiction in which a contractor does business may impose its own separate bonding requirements on the contractor desiring to do business there.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-21 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 19 / Section 25-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-21
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, and the governing authority of any municipality, in its discretion, may proceed under Section 19-3-41(2), in the case of a county, or under Section 21-17-1(6), in the case of a municipality, to contract with a private attorney, private collection agent or agency, or the office of the district attorney for the circuit court district in which the county or municipality is located to collect cash appearance bonds from any defendant who has failed to appear in court within ninety (90) days after the court date is set for the defendant, subject to the right of a defendant who is charged with an offense to a trial on the merits of the charge against him, so that the court may authorize the clerk to give notice to any defendant who has failed to appear at the time set that collection fees may be included as part of the court costs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-27 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-27
Status: in_force

Any public agency may request the district to approve a regional plan for any project and for such purpose is hereby authorized to appoint competent consultants, engineers and/or other technical personnel, to be approved by the district, to prepare an analysis and feasibility study of such proposed project, which analysis shall include the plan of operation, the financing to be provided by each public agency and the source of all anticipated revenue, estimated expenditures, the estimated cost of construction, where required, the estimated cost of lands, properties, facilities, machinery, rights, easements and franchises to be acquired, if any, the estimated cost of engineering, architectural and legal expenses and all financing charges and interest, and such other estimated receipts and expenditures as may be necessary or incidental to such project, together with a projection of the gross and net revenues anticipated from the net operation of such project, and any proposed option, contracts or commitments involved in such project, and such other information as may be required by the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 27-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Municipal Historical Hamlet Act,” and it shall serve the purpose of having historical small communities organize community activities that will positively influence the infrastructure of such communities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 19 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-9
Status: in_force

A mother may breast-feed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, without respect to whether the mother's breast or any part of it is covered during or incidental to the breast-feeding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-43 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 18-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-43
Status: in_force

The department shall report to the Legislature on January 1 of each year regarding its progress in the activities set out under this chapter. The report shall also include an accounting of the collection and expenditures of all authorized funds and recommendations for any additional legislative authority required in furtherance of the activities under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-5
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authorities of any municipality of this state may, in their discretion, exempt from any or all municipal ad valorem taxes, excluding ad valorem taxes for school district purposes, for a period of not more than seven (7) years, any privately owned new structures and any new renovations of and improvements to existing structures lying within a designated central business district or historic preservation district or on a historic landmark site, as determined by the municipality, but only in the event such structures shall have been constructed, renovated or improved pursuant to the requirements of an approved project of the municipality for the development of the central business district and/or the preservation and revitalization of historic landmark sites or historic preservation districts. The tax exemption authorized herein may be granted only after written application has been made to the governing authorities of the municipality by any person, firm or corporation claiming the exemption, and an order passed by the governing authorities of such municipality finding that the construction, renovation or improvement of said property is for the promotion of business, commerce or industry in the designated central business district or for the promotion of historic preservation.

(2) The governing authorities of any municipality of this state with a population of twenty thousand (20,000) or more according to the latest federal decennial census, may, in their discretion, exempt from any or all municipal ad valorem taxes, excluding ad valorem taxes for school district purposes, for a period of not more than seven (7) years, any privately owned new structures and any new renovations of and improvements to existing structures lying within a designated business improvement district, urban renewal district or redevelopment district, as determined by the municipality, but only in the event such structures shall have been constructed, renovated or improved pursuant to the requirements of an approved project of the municipality for the development of the business improvement district, urban renewal district or redevelopment district. The tax exemption authorized herein may be granted only after written application has been made to the governing authorities of the municipality by any person, firm or corporation claiming the exemption, and an order passed by the governing authorities of such municipality finding that the construction, renovation or improvement of said property is for the promotion of business, commerce or industry in the designated business improvement district, urban renewal district or redevelopment district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-31 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-31
Status: in_force

Upon approval of the governing authority of the municipality or county, a member of any municipal or county fire protection department who retires or the spouse of a fireman who is killed in the line of duty may be allowed to purchase the helmet and badge that were issued to the fireman by the fire protection department from which he or she retired or by whom he or she was employed at the time of death. The governing authority of the municipality or county shall determine the amount to be paid for the helmet and badge by the retiring fireman or the spouse of the fireman. The governing authority of the municipality or county may approve such a sale for a helmet and badge issued to a volunteer fireman if the equipment was originally purchased using municipal or county funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-115 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-115
Status: in_force

The bonds issued by a municipality under authority of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 shall be limited obligations of such municipality. The principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, shall be payable solely out of the moneys to be derived by the municipality pursuant to the agreements specified in subsections (d) and (e) of Section 17-17-105 . Revenue bonds and interest coupons issued under authority of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 shall never constitute an indebtedness of such municipality within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation and shall never constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the municipality, or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and such fact shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond. Such bonds may be executed and delivered at any time as a single issue or from time to time as several issues; may be in such form and denominations; may be of such tenor; may be in registered or bearer form either as to principal or interest or both; may be payable in such installments and at such time or times not exceeding thirty (30) years from their date; may be subject to such terms of redemption; may be payable at such place or places; may bear interest at such rate or rates as the governing board and the industry shall agree upon, provided that the bonds of any issue shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103 ; and may contain such other provisions not inconsistent herewith, as the municipality may determine, all of which shall be provided in the proceedings authorizing the bonds. Any revenue bonds issued under the authority of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 may be sold at public or private sale at such price and in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the governing board to be most advantageous, and the governing board may pay, as a part of the cost of acquiring any facilities out of the bond proceeds, all expenses, premiums and commissions with the authorization, sale and issuance thereof. All bonds issued under the authority of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 , except registered bonds which are registered otherwise than to bearer, and all interest coupons appurtenant thereto shall be construed to be negotiable instruments, despite the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source. The proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds may provide for the issuance, in the future, of further bonds on a parity with those initially issued. Bonds issued hereunder shall be validated in the chancery court in which the municipality is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-341 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-341
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-341
Status: in_force

The authority may, in any authorizing resolution of the board of commissioners, trust indenture or other security instrument relating to its bonds, provide for the appointment of a trustee who shall have such powers as are provided therein to represent the bondholders of any issue of bonds in the enforcement or protection of their rights under any such resolution, trust indenture or security instrument. The authority may also provide in such resolution, trust indenture or other security instrument that the trustee, or if the trustee so appointed fails or declines to protect and enforce such bondholders' rights then the percentage of bondholders as shall be set forth in, and subject to the provisions of, such resolution, trust indenture or other security instrument, may petition the chancery court of proper jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver of the facilities, the revenues of which are pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds held by such bondholders. Such receiver may exercise any power as may be granted in any such resolution, trust indenture or security instrument to enter upon and take possession of, acquire, construct or reconstruct, or operate and maintain such facilities, fix, charge, collect, enforce and receive all revenues derived from such facilities and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the authority in the same manner as the authority itself might do, all under the direction of such chancery court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-53 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-53
Status: repealed

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

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

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

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

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

(3) Repealed.

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

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

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

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

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

(6) Each generator of greater than two hundred twenty (220) pounds of hazardous waste in any calendar month, each transporter of hazardous waste, and the owner or operator of any facility for the treatment, storage, recycling or disposal of hazardous waste shall report annually by a date determined by the department on forms provided by the department the types and amounts of hazardous waste generated, managed and/or shipped during the preceding calendar year. To the extent practicable, the department shall adopt forms consistent with biennial report forms used by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-5
Status: in_force

The powers of the governing board of every human resource agency shall include the power to adopt bylaws, to appoint persons to senior staff positions including the appointment of an executive director, to determine major personnel, physical and program policy and approve overall program plans and priorities and to assure compliance with conditions of and approve proposals for financial assistance over this chapter. The executive director shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the governing board and his employment may be terminated at any time by a majority vote thereof and his salary shall be fixed by the board. The executive director shall give bond with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law and by the governing board, in a penalty equal to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), with the premiums thereon to be paid by the governing board from funds provided herein for administrative expenses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds the following:

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

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

(c) The ability of residents and property owners in historical communities to propose the establishment of municipal historical hamlets is a method to fulfill the demands for these much needed public facilities and services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-5
Status: in_force

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

(2) In the event an unincorporated area which is annexed by a municipality is being provided collection and disposal of garbage and rubbish under contract with private or other controlling agencies, the municipality shall annex the area subject to the contract for the remainder of the term of the contract, but not to exceed five (5) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-51 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-51
Status: in_force

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

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

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

All such bonds, notes or other obligations authorized herein, may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-43 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 18-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-43
Status: in_force

The department shall report to the Legislature on January 1 of each year regarding its progress in the activities set out under this chapter. The report shall also include an accounting of the collection and expenditures of all authorized funds and recommendations for any additional legislative authority required in furtherance of the activities under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-51 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-51
Status: in_force

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

Provided further, that nothing in Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 or in Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 prohibits or is intended to prohibit the on-site storage of low-level radioactive waste that is generated at a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-13 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-13
Status: in_force

The governing authority of each county or municipality may, in order to more effectively carry out its requisite zoning and planning activities, utilize the services of any appropriate local or regional planning commission, and it may consider, act upon or otherwise make use of the suggestions, proposals or recommendations of any such appropriate local or regional planning commission. Also, in carrying out its zoning and planning duties, the governing authority of each county and municipality may utilize the services of any appropriate municipal or county engineering department or the services of an advisory committee of citizens of such number as may be deemed appropriate to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. A preliminary report may be made, and public hearings thereon before submitting its final report, may be had.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-1
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors and the municipal governing boards of the various counties and cities of the State of Mississippi are hereby empowered to create human resource agencies which may be comprised of one or more counties, cities, or any combination thereof. It is the express intention of this chapter that agencies created hereunder shall be operated under local governmental control and shall be responsible for administration of programs heretofore conducted by community action agencies, limited purpose agencies and related programs authorized by federal law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-339 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-339
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-339
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(o) Execute all instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers herein granted or in the performance of covenants or duties, which may contain such covenants and provisions, as any purchaser of the bonds of the authority may reasonably require.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-31 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-31
Status: in_force

Upon approval of the governing authority of the municipality or county, a member of any municipal or county fire protection department who retires or the spouse of a fireman who is killed in the line of duty may be allowed to purchase the helmet and badge that were issued to the fireman by the fire protection department from which he or she retired or by whom he or she was employed at the time of death. The governing authority of the municipality or county shall determine the amount to be paid for the helmet and badge by the retiring fireman or the spouse of the fireman. The governing authority of the municipality or county may approve such a sale for a helmet and badge issued to a volunteer fireman if the equipment was originally purchased using municipal or county funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-9
Status: in_force

A mother may breast-feed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, without respect to whether the mother's breast or any part of it is covered during or incidental to the breast-feeding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 18-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-3
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that:

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

(b) This chapter shall describe a process to identify appropriate hazardous waste management technologies and to site a state commercial hazardous waste management facility and if determined necessary design, finance, construct and operate a state commercial hazardous waste management facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-51 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-51
Status: in_force

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

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

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

All such bonds, notes or other obligations authorized herein, may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-48 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-48
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-48
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this Legislature that the Mississippi Energy and Transportation Board shall have jurisdiction over state nuclear waste policy, activities and siting, including the long-term or temporary storage and/or disposal of high-level radioactive and transuranic waste, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 and Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-19 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-19
Status: in_force

Upon the Governor issuing such proclamation as is provided for in Section 17-11-17 , the governing body of the district, as constituted in this chapter, shall meet and adopt an annual budget for the operation, maintenance and support of the district. The funds for the administrative support of the district shall be apportioned equally on an annual basis of not more than Fifty Cents (50¢) per capita of the population of each associated member of the district, according to the last official federal census. If a city associated with the district is within a county which is also associated with the district, the city and county shall each pay not more than Twenty-five Cents (25¢) for the residents of such city. Such amount may be paid by each associated member from its general or surplus funds on or before April 1st of each calendar year. The governing body of the district may from time to time revise or amend the budget of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-53 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-53
Status: repealed

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

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

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

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

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

(3) Repealed.

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

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

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

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

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

(6) Each generator of greater than two hundred twenty (220) pounds of hazardous waste in any calendar month, each transporter of hazardous waste, and the owner or operator of any facility for the treatment, storage, recycling or disposal of hazardous waste shall report annually by a date determined by the department on forms provided by the department the types and amounts of hazardous waste generated, managed and/or shipped during the preceding calendar year. To the extent practicable, the department shall adopt forms consistent with biennial report forms used by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-3
Status: in_force

There shall be a governing board for each human resource agency so created, which shall be appointed by the board of supervisors or municipal governing authority of the county or city of which the human resource agency is comprised, which shall be comprised of not less than five (5) persons, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum and the membership of which shall be broadly based and equitably distributed between providers and consumers of human resource services, and where more than one (1) county or city or combination thereof comprises such agency, there shall be representation from each of the counties or cities comprising the agency, to be appointed according to a plan to be adopted by the governing authorities thereof at the time of the creation of such agency. The term of the members of the governing board for each agency shall not exceed five (5) years, and the members shall be appointed on a staggered basis in a manner to be determined by the governing authority making the appointments.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-57 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-57
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(5) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability of any person for damages resulting from such person's gross negligence, or from such person's reckless, wanton or intentional conduct.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-217 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-217
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-217
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a fund designated as the Environmental Protection Trust Fund, to be administered by the executive director of the department.

(2) The Commission on Environmental Quality shall promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of the fund and for a system of priorities for any related projects or programs eligible for funding from the fund.

(3) The commission may utilize any funds in the Environmental Protection Fund for defraying the costs of the Department of Environmental Quality for administering the nonhazardous waste program, including the development of the state nonhazardous solid waste management plan as authorized by law. The commission may also use the fund to accomplish the purposes of the multimedia pollution prevention program created under Section 49-31-11 .

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

(5) The fund shall be treated as a special trust fund. Interest earned on the principal in the fund shall be credited by the department to the fund.

(6) The fund may receive monies from any available public or private source, including, but not limited to, collection of fees, interest, grants, taxes, public and private donations, petroleum violation escrow funds or refunds, and appropriated funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-217 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-217
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-217
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a fund designated as the Environmental Protection Trust Fund, to be administered by the executive director of the department.

(2) The Commission on Environmental Quality shall promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of the fund and for a system of priorities for any related projects or programs eligible for funding from the fund.

(3) The commission may utilize any funds in the Environmental Protection Fund for defraying the costs of the Department of Environmental Quality for administering the nonhazardous waste program, including the development of the state nonhazardous solid waste management plan as authorized by law. The commission may also use the fund to accomplish the purposes of the multimedia pollution prevention program created under Section 49-31-11 .

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

(5) The fund shall be treated as a special trust fund. Interest earned on the principal in the fund shall be credited by the department to the fund.

(6) The fund may receive monies from any available public or private source, including, but not limited to, collection of fees, interest, grants, taxes, public and private donations, petroleum violation escrow funds or refunds, and appropriated funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-53 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-53
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) For the prompt payment of notes or certificates of indebtedness at maturity, both principal and interest, the full faith, credit and resources of the issuing entity are pledged. If the issuing entity does not have available funds in an amount sufficient to provide for the payment of principal and interest according to the terms of such notes or certificates of indebtedness, then the governing authority shall annually levy a special tax upon all of its taxable property at a rate the avails of which will be sufficient to provide such payment. Funds derived from any such tax shall be paid into a sinking fund and used exclusively for the payment of principal of and interest on the notes or certificates of indebtedness. Until needed for expenditure, monies in the sinking fund may be invested in the same manner as the governing authority is elsewhere authorized by law to invest surplus funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-151 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-151
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(e) Aesthetic factors such as the visibility, appearance and noise level of the facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 25 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds the following:

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

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

(c) The ability of residents and property owners in historical communities to propose the establishment of municipal historical hamlets is a method to fulfill the demands for these much needed public facilities and services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-11
Status: in_force

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

FOR associating with the Gulf Regional District ( )

AGAINST association with the Gulf Regional District ( )

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

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

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

(2) If, in the event the governing authorities adopt a resolution indicating its intention not to become a member of the district, within thirty days from the adoption of said resolution ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of such county or city or fifteen hundred (1,500) qualified electors of such county or city, whichever shall be the lesser number, shall file written petitions with the governing authorities of such county or city before the date specified as aforesaid in favor of becoming associated as a member of the district, then the governing bodies of such county or city shall call an election on the question of whether or not such county or city shall become associated as a member of such district. Such election shall be held and conducted by the election commissioners of the county or city as nearly as may be in accordance with the general laws governing elections as hereinbefore provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-17 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-17
Status: in_force

Any joint administrative body or legal entity created by agreement pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not have the power to levy taxes or incur debt. Such entity may not exercise any power, authority or responsibility except those powers, authorities and responsibilities specifically delegated to such joint administrative body or legal entity by the terms of the agreement made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-3
Status: in_force

The exemptions provided by Sections 17-21-1 and 17-21-3 if granted by the board of supervisors or the governing authorities of any municipality may be withdrawn or terminated as to any subsequent year and any exemptions granted pursuant to Sections 17-21-1 and 17-21-3 on real property which is subsequently leased or sold by the nonprofit industrial foundation, corporation or like association shall be terminated and such real property shall then be assessed for ad valorem taxation as other taxable property. The terms and provisions of Sections 17-21-1 and 17-21-3 shall not apply to any real estate having a building located thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Mississippi Entertainment District Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 18-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act of 1990.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-3
Status: in_force

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

(2) As used in this section, the term “ governing body ” means the board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-121 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-121
Status: in_force

Contracts for acquisition, purchase, construction and/or installation of a project contemplated by Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 shall be effected in the manner prescribed by law for public contracts; provided, however, that where (a) the municipality finds and records such finding on its minutes, that because of availability or particular nature of a project, it would not be in the public interest or would less effectively achieve the purposes of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 to enter into such contracts upon the basis of public bidding pursuant to advertising, (b) the industry concurs in such finding, and (c) such finding is approved by the board, public bidding pursuant to advertisement may be dispensed with and such contracts may be entered into based upon negotiation; and provided further, that the industry, at its option, may negotiate such contracts in the name of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-413 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-413
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-413
Status: in_force

(1) Every tire retailer or other person providing waste tires for transportation to a facility for storage, processing or disposal shall complete and sign a certification form, as prescribed by the department certifying the number of waste tires shipped for processing or disposal, the county and state in which the tires were collected and the name and address of the waste tire processing, storage and/or disposal facility for which the waste tires are destined. The form shall be completed and signed by the waste tire hauler, certifying receipt of such waste tires from the tire retailer or other person providing waste tires for transportation to a facility for storage, processing or disposal. The waste tire hauler shall present the certification form to the owner or operator of a waste tire collection facility, waste tire processing facility or a waste tire disposal facility at the time of delivery of waste tires for collection, processing or disposal. The tire retailer or other person providing the waste tires for transportation shall retain a copy of the certification signed by such person and the waste tire hauler. The waste tire hauler and the owner or operator of the facility receiving the waste tires shall each retain a copy of the certification containing all signatures. Copies of these certification forms shall be retained for a minimum of three (3) years after the date of delivery of the waste tires.

(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to tires that are provided for disposal in quantities of five (5) or less by a person other than a waste tire collector, waste tire processor or waste tire hauler.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-427 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-427
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-427
Status: in_force

Any person who hauls or disposes of a waste tire in violation of Sections 17-17-401 through 17-17-427 or any rules and regulations promulgated under those sections may be assessed a civil penalty of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per violation. Each tire hauled or disposed of in violation of Sections 17-17-401 through 17-17-427 or any rules or regulations promulgated under those sections constitutes a separate violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-439 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-439
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-439
Status: in_force

To ensure the proper collection and management of hazardous wastes from households, farms, schools and small businesses, there is hereby created a program to be known as the “Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-31 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-31
Status: in_force

In its planning functions, the district may, in its discretion, use the gulf regional planning commission as the planning instrumentality of the district. Each county and city within the district, including those counties or cities not associated as members of the district, shall make available to the district their current zoning ordinances, building codes, housing codes, subdivision regulations and all other codes which such cities or municipalities are authorized to adopt, and shall furnish the district from time to time with copies of all revisions, amendments or supplements to such ordinances, regulations or codes. The district is authorized to propose, but shall not have the power to compel, the adoption of uniform ordinances, regulations and codes pertaining to such matters, and may serve as a clearing house for the dissemination of information relating to planning matters between the counties, cities and other municipalities within the region.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-55 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-55
Status: in_force

The district and all associated members thereof shall be vested with the power to enforce in chancery court by mandamus, in addition to the equitable remedies available in such courts, all legal rights or rights of action of the district or associated county or city with any public agency, corporation, or person, and for such purpose may sue, be sued, plead and be impleaded in the chancery court of any county in the district having jurisdiction of the subject matter of any such suit. In cases where the chancery court of more than one county may have jurisdiction of the subject matter of any action, the chancery court of either county may exercise exclusive jurisdiction and all parties having an interest therein shall be made parties to the proceedings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-7
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county wherein there is located a municipality described in Section 17-21-5 may, in its discretion, exempt from any or all county ad valorem taxes, excluding ad valorem taxes for school district purposes, for a period of not more than seven (7) years, any privately owned new structures and any new renovations of and improvements to existing structures where an exemption has been granted by the municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 17-21-5 . The exemption from county ad valorem taxes may be granted only upon written application to the board of supervisors of the county by any person, firm or corporation claiming the exemption. A copy of the order of the governing authority of the municipality granting an exemption from municipal ad valorem taxes shall be attached to the application as an exhibit thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-235 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-235
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-235
Status: in_force

An owner or operator of a sanitary landfill may establish proof of financial responsibility with the commission in lieu of the requirements of Section 17-17-233 . Such proof may include surety bonds, certificates of deposit, securities, letter of credit, or other methods, as approved by the commission, showing that the owner or operator has sufficient financial resources to cover, at a minimum, the costs of complying with any closure and post-closure requirements. The owner or operator shall estimate such costs to the satisfaction of the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-47 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-47
Status: in_force

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

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

If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, the surplus shall be paid into the fund established for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-341 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-341
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-341
Status: in_force

The authority may, in any authorizing resolution of the board of commissioners, trust indenture or other security instrument relating to its bonds, provide for the appointment of a trustee who shall have such powers as are provided therein to represent the bondholders of any issue of bonds in the enforcement or protection of their rights under any such resolution, trust indenture or security instrument. The authority may also provide in such resolution, trust indenture or other security instrument that the trustee, or if the trustee so appointed fails or declines to protect and enforce such bondholders' rights then the percentage of bondholders as shall be set forth in, and subject to the provisions of, such resolution, trust indenture or other security instrument, may petition the chancery court of proper jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver of the facilities, the revenues of which are pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds held by such bondholders. Such receiver may exercise any power as may be granted in any such resolution, trust indenture or security instrument to enter upon and take possession of, acquire, construct or reconstruct, or operate and maintain such facilities, fix, charge, collect, enforce and receive all revenues derived from such facilities and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the authority in the same manner as the authority itself might do, all under the direction of such chancery court.