Miss. Code Ann. § 17-23-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-23-11
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(d) The Department of Insurance shall maintain an accurate record of all monies distributed to counties and municipalities and the number of fire trucks purchased and the cost for each fire truck, such records to be kept separate from other records of the Department of Insurance; notify counties and municipalities of the supplementary rural fire truck acquisition assistance program and the requirements for them to become eligible to participate; adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and desirable to implement the provisions of this section; and file with the Legislature a report detailing how monies made available under this chapter were distributed and spent during the preceding portion of the fiscal year in each county and municipality, the number of fire trucks purchased, the counties and municipalities making such purchases and the cost of each fire truck purchased.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-34 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-34
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-34
Status: in_force

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

(2) For purposes of this section, the term “political subdivision” shall have the same meaning as provided under Section 11-46-1 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-49 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-49
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(4) Upon the completion of such thorough technological, environmental and socioeconomic studies as required in subsection (3) of this section, the Governor shall consult with representatives of the agencies mentioned herein and with representatives of the affected county, including, but not limited to, the board of supervisors. The Governor shall thereafter determine the advisability of such facility at the proposed site. If the Governor's decision after such consultations is favorable to the establishment of the nuclear waste disposal site, he shall advise the Legislature of his decision regarding creation of such disposal facility. If the Governor's decision, after such consultations, is not favorable to the establishment of the nuclear waste storage and/or disposal facility, and after the president has recommended a site in the State of Mississippi for development as a repository, test and evaluation facility, interim storage facility or monitored, retrievable storage facility, the Governor shall notify the Legislature of that decision and either the Governor or the Legislature shall prepare and transmit to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate a notice of disapproval of the site recommendation. The notice of disapproval shall contain a statement of those reasons for objection to the site recommendation. All such disposal or storage shall be made in strict adherence to guidelines established by the federal government, the Division of Radiological Health of the State Board of Health and the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-65 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-65
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a fund designated as the Local Governments Solid Waste Assistance Fund, referred to in this section as “fund,” to be administered by the executive director of the department.

(2) The fund shall be used to provide grants to counties, municipalities, regional solid waste management authorities or multicounty entities as provided in subsection (5) of this section for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) Cleanup of existing and future unauthorized dumps on public or private property, subject to the limitation in subsection (4) of this section;

(b) Establishment of a collection center or program for white goods, recyclables or other bulky rubbish waste not managed by local residential solid waste collection programs;

(c) Provision of public notice and education related to the proper management of solid waste, including recycling;

(d) Payment of a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the cost of employing a local solid waste enforcement officer;

(e) Distribution and use as grants to regional solid waste management authorities, counties and municipalities for implementation of household hazardous waste collection programs, in accordance with Sections 17-17-439 through 17-17-445 . The grants shall not exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of eligible project costs as established by the commission;

(f) Development of other local solid waste management program activities associated with the prevention, enforcement or abatement of unauthorized dumps, as approved by the commission; and

(g) Provide assistance to counties and municipalities for the establishment of regional recycling centers at regional correctional facilities.

(3) The commission shall earmark ten percent (10%) of the amount deposited in the fund annually to be used to make grants to counties, municipalities, regional solid waste management authorities or multicounty entities to assist in defraying the cost of preparing solid waste management plans required by Section 17-17-227 . The commission shall award these grants according to the merit of grant proposals received by the commission and the level of need and timeliness of the requirement for the county or regional solid waste management authority to update its solid waste management plan.

(4) If a person is found to be responsible for creating an unauthorized dump, the grantee shall make a reasonable effort to require that person to clean up the property before expending any monies from the fund to clean up the property. If the grantee is unable to locate the person responsible for creating the dump, or if the grantee determines that person is financially or otherwise incapable of cleaning up the property, the grantee may use the monies from the fund to clean up the property and shall make a reasonable effort to recover from the responsible person any funds expended.

(5)(a) Of monies annually deposited in the fund and any balance remaining in the fund, the commission shall annually allocate monies as follows:

(i) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the deposited funds and remaining balance shall be allocated to each county based on the percentage of state aid road mileage as established by the Mississippi Department of Transportation State Aid road formula.

(ii) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the deposited funds and remaining balance shall be made available to counties or municipalities for grants on a competitive basis.

(b) The department shall notify the president of the board of supervisors of each county in writing of the amount allocated under paragraph (a)(i) of this subsection and that additional funds are available on a competitive basis as provided under paragraph (a)(ii) of this subsection.

(c) Upon receipt of a scope of work and cost proposal acceptable to the commission, the commission shall award a grant to a county up to the allocated amount for that county under paragraph (a)(i) of this subsection. The commission may award additional grant funds from monies available under paragraph (a)(ii) of this subsection based upon the acceptable scope of work and cost proposal.

(d) The commission may award grants to a regional solid waste management authority or other multicounty entity upon submission of a consolidated scope of work and cost proposal acceptable to the commission and authorized by the member counties. Upon submission of a scope of work and cost proposal, the commission may award grants to municipalities from monies available under paragraph (a)(ii) of this subsection.

(e) No grantee shall use more than three percent (3%) of funds provided under this section to defray the costs of administration of the grant.

(6) The department may use up to three percent (3%) of monies annually deposited in the fund and of any balance remaining in the fund to provide for the administration of this section.

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

(8) 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.

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

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

(11) The commission may consolidate any grant provided under this section with any grant provided under the waste tire management program or the right-way-to-throw-away program. Funds provided through any consolidated grant shall be used in accordance with the program under which the funds are provided.

(12) Funds provided under this section shall not be used to pay any costs of the establishment or operation of a landfill, rubbish disposal site or other type of solid waste disposal facility, for the routine collection of garbage or to collect any fees assessed under Section 19-5-21 or 21-19-2 .

(13) The commission shall not provide any funds under this section to any grantee with an inadequate garbage or rubbish collection or disposal system as required under Section 19-5-17 or 21-19-1 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-103 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-103
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(j) “Board” shall mean the Mississippi Board of Economic Development.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 18-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-9
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(f) It shall conduct such public meetings or hearings as may be necessary or appropriate and make a permanent record thereof, in furtherance of the activities of the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-5-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-5-1
Status: in_force

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

(2) If the board of supervisors of a county and the governing authorities of a municipality enter into an agreement under the Regional Economic Development Act or an intergovernmental agreement approved by the Attorney General for the operation of a county jail, such county jail may be located outside the corporate limits of the municipality and is not subject to location restrictions in subsection (1).
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 18 / 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. § 17-17-231 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-231
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-231
Status: in_force

(1) The Commission on Environmental Quality may adopt rules and regulations governing municipal solid waste landfills that accept household wastes, but any rules and regulations for such landfills shall, except for the adoption of criteria and standards to be considered in the location of such facilities, be no more stringent or extensive in scope, coverage and effect than Subtitle D regulations promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(2) If Subtitle D regulations do not provide a standard, criteria or guidance addressing matters relating to landfills, the commission may promulgate rules and regulations to address these matters in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law when the commission determines that such rules and regulation are necessary to protect human health, welfare or the environment.

(3) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the commission by order or the Permit Board in the issuance or modification of a permit from placing additional requirements on a landfill on a case by case basis in order to prevent, abate, control or correct groundwater contamination, public endangerment or as otherwise determined necessary to protect human health, welfare or the environment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-2 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-2
Status: in_force

The administration and enforcement of the Solid Wastes Disposal Law of 1974 are hereby transferred from the State Board of Health to the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. All personnel, records, property, equipment and funds allocated to the State Board of Health exclusively for the administration and enforcement of the Solid Wastes Disposal Law of 1974, as amended, are hereby transferred to and placed under the supervision and control of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-345 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-345
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-345
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of attaining the objectives of Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 , any county, municipality or other unit of local government, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine, do any or all of the following:

(a) Lend, contribute, or donate money to any authority or perform services for the benefit thereof;

(b) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease or grant to any authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind; and

(c) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with any authority in attaining the objectives of Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 .

(2) Any county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality are each hereby specifically authorized to enter into a contract or contracts obligating any such entity to manage its solid waste, or any part thereof, at a facility or facilities owned or operated by such authority and obligating such county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality to make payments to such authority for such management on such terms, provisions and conditions as deemed appropriate. Any such contract or contracts may provide for the continuous management of such solid waste from year to year, but for a term not to exceed thirty (30) years. Any costs to any such county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality shall be paid annually out of funds of any such county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state or any county or municipality. The entering into of such contract or contracts shall not constitute the incurring of a debt by such county, municipality or other unit of local government, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state or any county or municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitations on debts of the state, the counties or the municipalities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-313 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-313
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(6) The board shall prepare a budget for the authority for each fiscal year at least ninety (90) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, which shall be from July 1 to June 30 of each year, and shall submit it to the governing body of each member.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-45 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-45
Status: in_force

The governing body or bodies issuing bonds under this chapter shall sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it or they may determine to be for the best interest of said governing body or bodies. No such sale shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds of the purchaser. Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least one time not less than ten days prior to the date of sale, and shall be published in a newspaper published in and having general circulation within such regional area, county or city.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-133 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-133
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-133
Status: in_force

No bonds shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 until the proposal of the governing board to issue the bonds shall receive the approval of the board. Whenever the governing board shall propose to issue bonds pursuant to the provisions of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 , it shall file its petition with the board, setting forth the following:

(a) A description of the project proposed to be undertaken;

(b) A statement setting forth the action taken by the Department of Natural Resources in connection with the project;

(c) A reasonable estimate of the cost of the project;

(d) A general summary of the terms and conditions of the lease/sale; and

(e) Financial statements on lessee company.

Upon the filing of the petition the board shall, as soon as practicable, make such investigation as it deems advisable, and if it finds that the proposed project is intended to promote the purposes of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 and may be reasonably anticipated to effect such result, it shall be authorized to approve the projects.

Authority hereby vested in any governing board to issue, and the board to approve, bonds pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 is supplemental to, and may be exercised in connection with Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51 , 57-1-71 through 57-1-83 , 57-1-101 through 57-1-107 , 57-3-1 through 57-3-33 and 57-5-1 through 57-5-23 , it being the intent of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 that the bonds authorized by Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51 , 57-1-101 through 57-1-107 , 57-3-1 through 57-3-33 and 57-5-1 through 57-5-23 may be used for the purposes set forth in Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 under the existing terms and conditions authorizing issuance of same, except that the governing board shall not be authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-501 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-501
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-501
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(d) “Public agency” means any incorporated city or town, county, political subdivision, governmental district or unit, public corporation, public institution of higher learning, community college district, planning and development district or governmental agency created under the laws of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-501 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-501
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-501
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(d) “Public agency” means any incorporated city or town, county, political subdivision, governmental district or unit, public corporation, public institution of higher learning, community college district, planning and development district or governmental agency created under the laws of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-13 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-13
Status: in_force

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

Provided, however, this exemption shall not operate to prevent the conduct of any waste disposal site investigation or inventory required by applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation, and further shall not operate to exclude from the regulatory provisions of this chapter any solid waste determined by the department to have characteristics that constitute an endangerment to the environment or the public health, safety or welfare, or any site used for the disposal of such solid waste.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-27-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 17-17-309 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-309
Status: in_force

(1) Within forty (40) days following the adoption of the final authorizing resolution, the designated representatives shall proceed to incorporate an authority by filing for record in the office of the chancery clerk of the participating counties and the Secretary of State an incorporation agreement approved by each member. The agreement shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and shall be executed in the manner provided in Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 .

(2) The incorporation agreement of an authority shall state:

(a) The name of each participating unit of local government and the date on which the governing bodies thereof adopted an authorizing resolution;

(b) The name of the authority which must include the words “. . . . . . . . Solid Waste Management Authority,” or “The Solid Waste Management Authority of . . . . . . . . . .,” the blank spaces to be filled in with the name of one or more of the members or other geographically descriptive term. If the Secretary of State determines that the name is identical to the name of any other corporation organized under the laws of the state or so nearly similar as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, the incorporators may insert additional identifying words so as to eliminate any duplication or similarity;

(c) The period for the duration of the authority;

(d) The location of the principal office of the authority which shall be within the boundaries of the members;

(e) That the authority is organized pursuant to Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 ;

(f) The board setting forth the number of commissioners, terms of office and the vote of each commissioner;

(g) If the exercise by the authority of any of its powers is to be in any way prohibited, limited or conditioned, a statement of the terms of such prohibition, limitation or condition;

(h) Any provisions relating to the vesting of title to its properties upon its dissolution which shall be vested in any member; and

(i) Any other related matters relating to the authority that the incorporators may choose to insert and that are not inconsistent with Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 or with the laws of the state.

(3) The incorporation agreement shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgements. When the incorporation agreement is filed for record, there shall be attached to it a certified copy of the authorizing resolution adopted by the governing body of each member.

(4) The incorporators shall publish a notice of incorporation once a week for two (2) successive weeks in a daily newspaper or newspapers having general circulation throughout the region to be served.

(5) Upon the filing for record of the agreement and the required documents, the authority shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation under the name set forth in the incorporation agreement. The Secretary of State shall thereupon issue a certificate of incorporation to the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-9
Status: in_force

Each governing board shall prepare an annual audit report of its activities through September 30 of each year and shall submit a copy thereof to each board of supervisors and municipal governing authority comprising the human resource agency. In addition, the financial records of each board shall be subject to audit by said boards of supervisors or municipal governing authorities and by the state auditor of public accounts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-321 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-321
Status: in_force

(1) Any public agency may, pursuant to a duly adopted resolution, contract with the authority for the authority to acquire, construct or provide facilities and projects to be owned by the authority for furnishing municipal solid waste management services to the public agency or to users within the boundaries of the public agency. The public agency shall be obligated to make payments which shall be sufficient to enable the authority to meet its expenses, interest and principal payments (whether at maturity or upon sinking funds redemption) for its bonds, reserves for debt service, payments into funds for operation and maintenance and renewals and replacements and the requirements of any rate covenant with respect to debt service coverage contained in any resolution, trust indenture or other security agreement relating to its bonds. Such contracts may also contain other terms and conditions as the authority and the public agency may determine, including provisions whereby the public agency is obligated to make payments under such contract whether or not use or services are rendered or whether or not the facilities are completed, operable or operating, and notwithstanding suspension, interruption, interference, reduction or curtailment of the use or services of such facilities. Such contracts may be for a term covering the life of the facilities or for any other term or for an indefinite period and may be made with or without consideration and may provide that the amounts payable by the public agency are in lieu of all or any part of the rates, fees and other charges which would otherwise be collected from the users of the facilities.

(2) Contracts may provide that the obligation of a public agency to make payments to the authority for facilities is several, or is joint and several, with the obligations of other public agencies or other persons contracting with the authority for the use of services of such management facilities. When the public agency's obligation is joint and several, and if any other public agency or other person defaults in his obligation, then the public agency may be required to increase its payments to the authority by a proportional amount, taking into consideration the remaining persons who are likewise contracting with the authority and who are not in default.

(3) The obligations of a public agency arising under the terms of any contract referred to in this section, whether or not payable solely from revenues or solely from a pledge of ad valorem taxes or any combination thereof, shall not be construed as being included within the indebtedness limitations of the public agency for purposes of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision. To the extent provided in such contract and to the extent such obligations of the public agency are payable solely from the revenues and other monies derived by the public agency from the operation of its facilities which are the subject of such contract, such obligations may be treated as expenses of operating such facilities.

(4) Contracts may also provide for payments in the form of contributions to defray the cost of any purpose set forth in the contracts and as advances for any facilities subject to repayment by the authority. A public agency may make such contributions or advances from its general fund, general obligation bond proceeds, or surplus fund or from any monies legally available therefor.

(5) Subject to the terms of a contract referred to in this section, the authority is hereby authorized to do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out the purposes of such contract, including the fixing, charging, collecting, maintaining and revising of rates, fees and other charges for the services rendered to any user of the facilities operated or maintained by the authority, whether or not such facilities are owned by the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-445 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-445
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-445
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) The commission may consolidate any grant provided under this section with any grant provided under the local governments solid waste assistance program or the waste tire management program. Funds provided through any consolidated grant shall be used in accordance with the program under which the funds are provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-39 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-39
Status: in_force

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

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

In the expenditure of funds as provided, in Section 17-3-1 , the said board or boards may cooperate with any statewide movement or any state organization in putting over a statewide campaign or program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-3
Status: in_force

When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them hereby, except where the context clearly describes and indicates a different meaning:

(a) Person: Any individual, firm, co-partnership, joint venture, association, corporation estate, trust, or any other group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular number unless the intention to give a more limited meaning is disclosed by the context.

(b) District: The Gulf Regional District, as an agency and instrumentality of the State of Mississippi.

(c) Public agency: Any county, municipal corporation, school district, utility district, port authority, port development commission, port commission, housing commission or authority, agency of any county, municipal corporation, or of the state, or any combination thereof.

(d) City: An existing municipal corporation of the State of Mississippi; or one hereinafter incorporated.

(e) Region: The geographical area of such of the counties bordering on the Gulf of Mexico or contiguous to any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico as shall have elected to come within the provisions of this chapter and join the district under the provisions hereof.

(f) Regional: The entire area within the region or such contiguous area thereof as may be designated by the governing body of the district.

(g) Project: Any undertaking, purpose, service, or program, governmental or corporate, authorized to be performed by any public agency, under the laws of the State of Mississippi, including but not limited to the acquisition, leasing or purchasing of property, real, personal or mixed, and the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-429 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-429
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-429
Status: in_force

(1) No person may place a lead acid battery in mixed municipal solid waste, discard or otherwise dispose of a lead acid battery except by delivery to a battery retailer or wholesaler, or to a permitted secondary lead smelter, or to a collection or recycling facility authorized under the laws of this state.

(2) No battery retailer shall dispose of a lead acid battery except by delivery to the agent of a battery wholesaler or a permitted secondary lead smelter, to a battery manufacturer for delivery to a permitted secondary lead smelter or to a collection or recycling facility authorized under the laws of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-215 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-215
Status: in_force

If compost is produced which does not meet the criteria prescribed by the Commission on Environmental Quality for agricultural and other use, the compost must be reprocessed or disposed of in a manner approved by the Commission on Environmental Quality, unless a different application is specifically authorized by the Commission on Environmental Quality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter:

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

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

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

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

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

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

(g) “ Qualifying business ” means any business within an entertainment district that constructs and operates an entertainment facility that is established or remodeled after July 1, 2009, elects to participate in the accelerated depreciation deduction authorized by Section 17-29-7 , and is approved to do so in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the State Tax Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-9
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(f) It shall conduct such public meetings or hearings as may be necessary or appropriate and make a permanent record thereof, in furtherance of the activities of the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-19 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 17-25-13 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 23 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-13
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section:

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

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

(i) Municipalities;

(ii) Counties; and

(iii) Water sewer associations.

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

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

(3) No provision of this section shall apply to a water sewer system that is regulated by the Mississippi Public Service Commission as a “public utility” as defined in Section 77-3-3 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-11
Status: in_force

(1) Certified law enforcement officers or certified part-time law enforcement officers, as defined in Section 45-6-3 , who are employed by a county, municipality or the Department of Public Safety may wear the official uniform and may utilize the official firearm and the official vehicle issued by the employing jurisdiction while in the performance of private security services in off-duty hours. The governing authority of a municipality must approve of such use of the uniform, official weapon and vehicle by municipal law enforcement officers by act spread upon the minutes of such board and approved by the chief executive. The sheriff of a county must approve such use of the uniform, official weapon and vehicle by deputy sheriffs. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety must approve such use of the uniform, official weapon and vehicle by officers of the department. Approval shall be on an employee-by-employee basis and not by general order. Any proceedings regarding application or approval and the minutes regarding same shall be a public record.

(2) Each governing board and chief executive, sheriff or the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety shall determine before the use of the official uniform, weapon and vehicle is approved that the proposed employment is not likely to bring disrepute to the employing jurisdiction or its law enforcement agency, the officer at issue, or law enforcement generally, and that the use of the official uniform, weapon and vehicle in the discharge of the officer's private security endeavor promotes the public interest.

(3)(a) Acts and omissions of an officer in discharge of private security employment shall be deemed to be the acts and omissions of the person or entity who hires or enters into any independent contractual service agreement with an officer for the private security services, and not the acts and omissions of the employing jurisdiction whose uniform, weapon and vehicle are approved for the private security use.

(b) The person or entity, and the person's or entity's insurer, who hires or enters into any independent contractual service agreement with an officer for private security services shall:

(i) Hold harmless the employing jurisdiction and fully indemnify the employing jurisdiction for any expense or loss, including attorney's fees and any damage to the official vehicle, which results from any action taken against the employing jurisdiction arising out of the acts or omissions of the officer in discharge of private security services while wearing the official uniform or using the official weapon or vehicle; and

(ii) Name the employing jurisdiction as a named insured on its general liability and automobile liability policies for at least the amount of recovery provided for in Section 11-46-15 for any damage to the official vehicle.

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

(d) Neither the state nor any subdivision thereof shall be liable for a claim or injury arising from the acts or omissions of an officer in the discharge of any private security employment duties under this section, including travel to and from private security employment duties in the official vehicle.

(4) Certified police officers performing private jobs during their off-duty hours are required to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency of the place of employment, the hours to be worked, and the type of employment.

(5) The official uniform, weapon and vehicle may be worn and utilized only at locations which are within the jurisdiction of the governmental entity whose uniform, weapon and vehicle are involved.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-409 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-409
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-409
Status: in_force

Each county, regional solid waste management authority or municipality, as the case may be, shall, as part of its local nonhazardous solid waste management plan as required by law, plan and provide an adequate number of waste tire collection sites within its jurisdiction, for the deposit of waste tires from small quantity waste tire generators and shall ensure the delivery of these tires on an adequate frequency to an authorized waste tire processing/disposal facility operated by the county, regional solid waste authority or private entity. Counties may establish, own and/or operate a waste tire collection site or sites or may enter into leases or other contractual arrangements with other counties or private entities for the operation of waste tire collection sites for small quantity generators. Nothing in this section shall prevent a county or regional solid waste authority from providing a more expansive waste tire management service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-51 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-51
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality (both referred to in this article as “governing authority”) are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to borrow money, pursuant to the provisions of this article, for the following purposes:

(a) To accomplish any purpose for which such governing authorities are otherwise authorized by law to issue bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness;

(b) To pay costs incurred by governing authorities as a result of a natural disaster. Such costs shall include, but not be limited to, debris removal and disposal, overtime wages paid to public employees, and the repair or replacement of public streets, roads and bridges, storm drains, water and sewer facilities and other public buildings, facilities and equipment. Money borrowed pursuant to this paragraph (b) may also be utilized as matching funds for federal or state disaster relief assistance; and

(c) To purchase motor vehicles for public safety.

(2) The total outstanding indebtedness incurred by a governing authority under this article at any one (1) time shall not exceed the greater of one percent (1%) of the assessed value of all taxable property located within the governing authority according to the last completed assessment for taxation or Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) and shall be included in computing the statutory limitation upon indebtedness which may be incurred by such governing authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-345 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-345
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-345
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of attaining the objectives of Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 , any county, municipality or other unit of local government, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine, do any or all of the following:

(a) Lend, contribute, or donate money to any authority or perform services for the benefit thereof;

(b) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease or grant to any authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind; and

(c) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with any authority in attaining the objectives of Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 .

(2) Any county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality are each hereby specifically authorized to enter into a contract or contracts obligating any such entity to manage its solid waste, or any part thereof, at a facility or facilities owned or operated by such authority and obligating such county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality to make payments to such authority for such management on such terms, provisions and conditions as deemed appropriate. Any such contract or contracts may provide for the continuous management of such solid waste from year to year, but for a term not to exceed thirty (30) years. Any costs to any such county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality shall be paid annually out of funds of any such county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state or any county or municipality. The entering into of such contract or contracts shall not constitute the incurring of a debt by such county, municipality or other unit of local government, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state or any county or municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitations on debts of the state, the counties or the municipalities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-313 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-313
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(6) The board shall prepare a budget for the authority for each fiscal year at least ninety (90) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, which shall be from July 1 to June 30 of each year, and shall submit it to the governing body of each member.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-419 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-419
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-419
Status: in_force

(1) If the commission is notified of and upon investigation confirms the presence of an unauthorized waste tire dump or stockpile it shall notify the person responsible for the unauthorized waste tire dump and request that the waste tires be processed or removed. If the person fails to take the requested action, the commission shall order the person to abate the unauthorized waste tire dump. If the person responsible for the unauthorized waste tire dump is not the owner of the property on which the unauthorized waste tire dump is located, the commission may order the property owner to permit abatement of the unauthorized waste tire dump. If the person responsible for the unauthorized waste tire dump fails to comply with the order, the commission shall take any action necessary to abate the unauthorized waste tire dump, including entering the property where the unauthorized waste tire dump is located and confiscating the waste tires or arranging to have the waste tires processed or removed.

(2) When the commission abates any unauthorized waste tire dump pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the person responsible for the unauthorized waste tire dump shall be liable for the actual costs incurred by the commission including all administrative and legal expenses related to the abatement of the unauthorized waste tire dump. The commission may initiate a civil action to recover these costs from any persons responsible for the unauthorized waste tire dump. Nonpayment of the actual costs incurred by the commission may result in the imposition of a lien on the owner's real property on which the unauthorized waste tire dump is located if the owner has been identified by the commission as a responsible party.

(3) The commission may elect to suspend any or all of the actions against the person responsible contingent upon such factors as the date of formation of the unauthorized waste tire dump, the size of the tire dump, and any other factors which may warrant suspension of actions. The commission may in such cases enter into an agreed consent order with the person responsible whereby the commission agrees to arrange for a contractor to process or remove the waste tires.

(4) When the commission cannot determine a responsible person, the commission may enter into an agreed consent order with the landowner whereby the commission agrees to arrange for a contractor to process or remove the waste tires. If the landowner refuses to enter into an agreed consent order, the commission may hold the landowner responsible for continuing the existence of the unauthorized dump and the commission may exercise the authority granted in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.

(5) It is the intent of the Legislature that in its enforcement of this section the commission shall consider the availability of facilities for the processing or disposal of waste tires within the geographic area of any unauthorized waste tire dump prior to the issuance of any order imposing a fine against the owner or person responsible for an unauthorized waste tire dump.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-7
Status: in_force

Garbage and rubbish containing garbage shall be disposed of by sanitary landfill, approved incineration, composting, or by other means now available or which may later become available as approved by the department and under the supervision and control of a governmental, private or other agency acting within the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-7
Status: in_force

The governing body of the district shall consist of:

(a) The presidents of the boards of supervisors of each county and the mayors of each city within the region electing to associate as a member of the district, each to serve a term concurrent with their respective elective terms of office. In event of the inability of the president of the board of supervisors or a mayor of a city to attend any meeting, he may designate in writing any other member of the board of supervisors or the governing body of such city to attend such meeting, and to vote for and on behalf of such county or city.

(b) Three members to be appointed by the Governor from qualified electors within the region. The initial appointment of one member shall be for a period of one year, one member for a period of two years, and the third member for a period of three years. Thereafter, all such appointments shall be for a period of four years. Each appointment shall be made from a list of at least three qualified persons submitted to the Governor by the elected official members of the governing body at least thirty days prior to the vacancy.

(c) Four members from the qualified electors in the region to be appointed by a vote of two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the governing body of the district. However, at no time shall the number of appointive members of the district as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section be greater than the number of cities and counties then associated with the district. The initial appointment of one member shall be for a period of one year, one member for a period of two years, one member for a period of three years and one member for a period of four years. Thereafter, all such appointments shall be for a period of four years.

(d) The governing body of the district may, in its discretion, designate and appoint ex-officio and nonvoting members to the governing body of the district from such public agencies within the region as the governing body of the district may deem desirable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-59 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-59
Status: in_force

(1) In order to ensure adequate capacity to meet local needs for the management of solid wastes generated locally, to protect the public health and welfare of the people of the State of Mississippi and to enable the state to study, consider and implement a comprehensive statewide nonhazardous solid waste management plan, there is hereby imposed a moratorium commencing on April 2, 1990, and ending upon the approval date of a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan for the area within the approved plan on the processing of permit applications, the issuance of permits for new or expanded municipal solid waste facilities and the transfer of existing permits for the incineration, treatment, processing or disposal of municipal solid wastes. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the moratorium shall also apply to all applications for permits and transfers of permits for new or expanded municipal solid waste management facilities and the transfer of existing permits for incineration, treatment, processing or disposal facility pending before the permit board during the moratorium period.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the term “municipal solid waste” means municipal solid waste as defined in Section 17-17-205 , but does not include ash or scrubber sludge from the generation of electric power or steam.

(3) The permit board created in Section 49-17-28 is hereby authorized and empowered to make exceptions to the moratorium imposed by this section and allow the processing of permit applications, issuance of permits and the transfer of permits if the permit board, in its discretion, determines that a local need exists for a new or expanded municipal solid waste incinerator, treatment, processing or disposal facility in order to:

(a) Comply with the federal law or regulations of the United States Environmental Protection Agency;

(b) Alleviate or resolve a condition resulting from an existing municipal solid waste facility having reached its capacity for the disposal of locally generated solid wastes;

(c) Alleviate or resolve a condition which threatens or is likely to threaten the environment; or

(d) Alleviate or resolve a condition in which the closure of an existing municipal solid waste facility, or the transfer of an existing permit, is in the best interests of the public in order to adequately manage locally generated municipal solid wastes.

(4) If the permit board grants an exception from the moratorium for a new or expanded municipal solid waste landfill facility for which a permit application is pending on April 2, 1990, the processing of the application for the permit shall resume at the stage of the administrative review process existing on April 2, 1990.

(5) The moratorium imposed by this section shall not apply to:

(a) The processing by personnel of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality of permit applications for the recycling of municipal solid wastes up to the time that the personnel of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality make their recommendations on such permit applications to the permit board.

(b) Solid waste incineration, treatment, processing or disposal facilities owned and operated by the generator of the solid waste for the incineration, treatment, processing or disposal of the generator's solid waste only.

(c) Applications for reissuance of permits for existing nonhazardous solid waste facilities.

(d) Application for permits for any facility consistent with an approved local nonhazardous solid waste management plan for a county or region.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-407 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-407
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-407
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(iii) Pyrolizing or other physico-chemical processing;

(iv) Incineration;

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

(vi) Other methods as approved by the commission.

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

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

(d) Requirements for any financial assurance for waste tire haulers, waste tire collection sites, waste tire processing facilities and waste tire disposal facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-347 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-347
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-347
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(3) For purposes of this section, “service area” means the area in which the unit of local government provides, directly or by contract, municipal solid waste management services. This section shall not be construed to require a person operating under a franchise agreement to manage municipal solid waste within the service area of a unit of local government to make the calculations or to establish a system to provide information required under this section, unless such person agrees to do so as part of such franchise agreement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-11
Status: in_force

Trucks or other vehicles engaged in the business of hauling solid waste shall be so covered, secured or sealed that there will be no loss during haulage to cause littering of streets and highways or cause a nuisance or hazard to the public health.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-21 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-21
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) The broad general powers granted the Gulf Regional District in this chapter shall not in any way conflict with the objectives and services of the Southern Mississippi Economic Development District, Inc., or any other public agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-29 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 18-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-29
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall enter into an agreement with the operator of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility for the safe and proper closure of the facility. The operator's site closure plan shall be subject to the approval of the department. The approval of the department under this section is in addition to the approval of the Department of Environmental Quality in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission on Environmental Quality. The department may employ an independent contractor to properly close the state commercial hazardous waste management facility and to ensure the site is stabilized.

(2) The department shall provide for such post-closure physical surveillance and environmental monitoring of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility as may be required by the Department of Environmental Quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and by agreement with the host community.

(3) The department shall provide through its own personnel, private contractor, cooperative agreement with other governmental agencies or any combination thereof, any active maintenance or remedial actions that may be required. Payment for the costs thereof shall be made from the perpetual care fund established pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-11
Status: in_force

(1) Every agreement made by a local governmental unit hereunder shall, prior to and as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the Attorney General of this state who shall determine whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with the laws of this state. No agreement may be considered that does not cite the specific authority under which each of the local governing units involved may exercise the powers necessary to fulfill the terms of the joint agreement. The Attorney General shall approve any such agreement submitted to him hereunder unless he shall find that it does not meet the conditions set forth herein and elsewhere in the laws of this state and shall detail in writing addressed to the governing bodies of the units concerned the specific respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the requirements of law.

Failure to disapprove an agreement submitted hereunder within sixty (60) days of its submission shall constitute approval thereof.

(2) In the event that an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer, unit or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its being in force, be submitted to the state officer, unit or agency having such power of control and shall be approved or disapproved by him or it as to all matters within his or its jurisdiction in the same manner and subject to the same requirements governing action of the attorney general pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Prior to its being in force, an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall be filed with the chancery clerk of each of the counties wherein a participating local governmental unit is located and with the Secretary of State. The chancery clerk and the Secretary of State shall preserve such agreements as public records and index and docket the same separate and apart from all other records in his office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-13 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-13
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any local governmental unit entering into an agreement pursuant to this chapter may incur bonded and floating indebtedness, including general obligation indebtedness as authorized by Sections 19-9-1 through 19-9-31 and Sections 21-33-301 through 21-33-329 and may appropriate funds for the purpose and in the manner prescribed by law without regard to whether the activities and improvements authorized by Section 17-13-7 to be financed by such debt or appropriation are within or without the boundaries of the local governmental unit. Said governing authority may sell, lease, grant or otherwise supply goods and services to any other local governmental unit which is a party to said agreement or the administrative body or legal entity created to operate the joint or cooperative undertaking.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-435 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-435
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-435
Status: in_force

Any person selling new lead acid batteries at wholesale shall accept from customers at the point of transfer, used lead acid batteries in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, if offered by customers. A person accepting batteries in transfer from a battery retailer shall be allowed a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days to remove batteries from the retail point of collection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-345 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-345
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-345
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of attaining the objectives of Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 , any county, municipality or other unit of local government, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine, do any or all of the following:

(a) Lend, contribute, or donate money to any authority or perform services for the benefit thereof;

(b) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease or grant to any authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind; and

(c) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with any authority in attaining the objectives of Sections 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 .

(2) Any county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality are each hereby specifically authorized to enter into a contract or contracts obligating any such entity to manage its solid waste, or any part thereof, at a facility or facilities owned or operated by such authority and obligating such county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality to make payments to such authority for such management on such terms, provisions and conditions as deemed appropriate. Any such contract or contracts may provide for the continuous management of such solid waste from year to year, but for a term not to exceed thirty (30) years. Any costs to any such county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality shall be paid annually out of funds of any such county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state or any county or municipality. The entering into of such contract or contracts shall not constitute the incurring of a debt by such county, municipality or other unit of local government, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state or any county or municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitations on debts of the state, the counties or the municipalities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-7-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-7-5
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be effective in the event it shall be employed notwithstanding any statutory charter or ordinance provision to the contrary or in conflict herewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-67 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-67
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

(4) This section shall not apply to any person holding a permit from the Department of Environmental Quality and acting within the scope of that permit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-441 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-441
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-441
Status: in_force

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

(2) The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of funds, as may be appropriated or otherwise made available, for grants to counties, municipalities and multicounty agencies for the establishment and operation of household hazardous waste collection and management programs. The commission shall give priority to those programs operated by multicounty agencies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-7
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(5) No such power, authority and responsibility may be exercised under the provisions of this chapter by a local governmental unit which it would not have authority to exercise otherwise pursuant to the law controlling the local governmental unit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-327 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-327
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(8) Whenever a regional authority issues bonds secured by the revenues received from the participating member units of local governments, any local governmental unit which contracts for solid waste management services from the authority is hereby authorized and empowered to agree in writing with the authority that, as provided in this section, the State Tax Commission shall (a) withhold all or any part as agreed by the local governmental units of any monies which such local governmental unit is entitled to receive from time to time pursuant to any law and which is in the possession of the State Tax Commission, and (b) pay the same over to the regional authority to satisfy any delinquent payments on any services to such local governmental unit which the regional authority has determined to be necessary to ensure the timely payment of any bonds of the regional authority secured by revenue to be received from the unit of local government or as may be necessary to replenish any funds of a debt service reserve fund of the regional authority which might have been expended to pay debt service as a result of the delinquency of a unit of local government. If the regional authority shall file a copy of such written agreement, together with a statement of delinquency, with the State Tax Commission, then the State Tax Commission shall immediately make the withholdings provided in such agreement from the amounts due the local governmental unit and shall continue to pay the same over to the regional authority until all such delinquencies are satisfied.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 17-11-17 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-17
Status: in_force

When at least three cities and/or counties within the region have elected to become associated as members of the district in the manner provided in this chapter, and the attorney general has reviewed the official proceedings of the governing bodies of such counties and/or cities and has certified to the Governor that such counties and/or cities have elected to become associated as members of the district in the manner required by this chapter, then the Governor within fifteen days after such certification shall issue a proclamation declaring that such district has been lawfully organized with the powers as set forth in Section 17-11-15 , and that it is vested with all the additional powers, rights, and duties conferred on it by this chapter. The Governor shall, in such proclamation, fix a date, time and place, within the region, for the formal organization of the governing body of such district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-5 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-5
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of a municipality, by majority vote, may establish entertainment districts within its boundaries and shall designate the geographic area or areas in which a district shall be established. Following establishment of a district, application for approval of the entertainment district shall be made by the establishing municipality to the State Tax Commission which shall be required to approve the establishment and designation of the district within such municipality in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the State Tax Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-427 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 17-11-59 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-59
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the powers and authority conferred on the district by this chapter, it is not the intent of this chapter to limit, abridge, restrict, or curtail any existing power granted to any municipality by law, but to provide a vehicle through which municipalities may more effectively perform their governmental and corporate functions, and the provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative, additional, and supplemental. Notwithstanding provisions of this chapter to the contrary, a municipality shall not be required to secure the approval by the district of any feasibility study, plans, or projects which the municipality may elect to undertake separately. Wherever any public agencies are now authorized to join with other municipalities, and undertake projects, then such municipalities may elect to proceed under such general laws, or may elect to come within the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding any regulation or requirement of any federal agency to the contrary, the governing body of the district shall not act for or on behalf of any public agency of the district in its dealings with such federal agency without the express consent of the public agency involved. It is the intent of this chapter that the governing body of the district shall not be vested with any governmental powers or functions other than those voluntarily conferred upon it by public agencies in the manner provided in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 18 / 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. § 17-17-63 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-63
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a fund designated as the Mississippi Nonhazardous Solid Waste Corrective Action Trust Fund for the purpose of providing funds for emergency, preventive or corrective actions which may be required or determined necessary by the department of any nonhazardous solid waste disposal facility that received, in whole or in part, household waste and closed before the effective date of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 258 .

(2) The trust fund shall be administered by the executive director. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of the fund and for a system of priorities for related projects eligible for funding. Only the facilities meeting the criteria in subsection (1) are eligible for funding.

(3) The commission may escalate, expend or utilize funds in the trust fund for the following purposes:

(a) To take whatever emergency action is necessary or appropriate to assure that the public health or safety is not threatened whenever there is a release or substantial threat of a release of contaminants from any source within the permitted area of an eligible facility;

(b) To take preventive or corrective actions where the release of contaminants from any source within the permitted area of an eligible facility which presents an actual or potential threat to human health or the environment including, but not limited to, closure and post-closure care of an eligible facility;

(c) To take any actions as may be necessary to monitor and provide post-closure care of any eligible facility, including preventive and corrective actions, without regard to identity or solvency of the owner thereof; and

(d) To set aside ten percent (10%) annually to provide grants for regional recycling cooperatives formed by local governments for the purpose of jointly participating in the collection, processing and marketing of recyclables. The commission shall establish regulations regarding the eligibility and distribution of the regional recycling cooperative grants.

(4) The fund may not be used to pay for the normal costs of closure and post-closure care of an eligible facility or where no release or substantial threat of a release of contaminants has been found by the commission.

(5) Expenditures may be made from the fund upon requisition by the executive director.

(6) 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, unless funds allocated under Section 17-17-219(3)(a)(i) are being paid to the Local Governments Solid Waste Assistance Fund. If those funds are being paid to the Local Governments Solid Waste Assistance Fund, the department shall credit the earned interest to the Local Governments Solid Waste Assistance Fund.

(7) 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.

(8) The department shall transfer any balance in the fund on July 1, 1997, in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) to the Local Governments Solid Waste Assistance Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-339 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 17-3-9 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-3-9
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 17-3-9 through 17-3-19 , unless the text otherwise requires:

(a) “Municipality” means any county within the State of Mississippi which borders upon the Mississippi Gulf Coast and any city, town, supervisor's district, or other political entity created by the state located in whole or in part in any county bordering upon the Mississippi Gulf Coast or any combination of any of the above; any class one county having an area in excess of seven hundred twenty (720) but less than seven hundred twenty-five (725) square miles and having a total assessed valuation in excess of Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00), but not more than One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) according to the 1963 tabulation by the state tax commission and having a population according to the 1960 federal census in excess of sixty-five thousand (65,000) but less than seventy-five thousand (75,000), and any city, town, supervisor's district, or other political entity created by the state located in whole or in part therein; and any county wherein there are located two county sites in one supervisor district, said county sites being in different judicial districts, and any city, town, supervisor's district, or other political entity created by the state located in whole or in part therein.

(b) “Convention center” shall include but not be limited to the following described facilities or land and the improvements thereon having the common objective of promoting conventions, tourism and trade within the State of Mississippi such as a coliseum, auditorium, pavilion, galleries, hotels, motels, restaurants, clubs and other facilities of similar nature and character.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-13 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-13
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section:

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

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

(i) Municipalities;

(ii) Counties; and

(iii) Water sewer associations.

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

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

(3) No provision of this section shall apply to a water sewer system that is regulated by the Mississippi Public Service Commission as a “public utility” as defined in Section 77-3-3 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1974.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-19 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-19
Status: in_force

(1) On or before October 1, 1991, the committee shall recommend in writing to the authority three (3) candidate sites for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. The recommendation shall include a comparative evaluation relative to the site selection criteria of each candidate site with other sites and locations that were considered and a description of the implementation of the site selection methodology by which the sites were recommended. Priority shall be given to the recommendation of candidate sites meeting all of the site selection criteria located on state-owned land described in Section 17-18-13(d) and in communities interested in voluntarily hosting the state commercial hazardous waste management facility.

(2) The committee shall hold a public hearing in the county of each of the three (3) candidate sites prior to their recommendation to the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-101 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-101
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 to authorize municipalities to acquire, own and lease a project for the purpose of promoting the construction and installation of projects for the sale, collection, treatment, processing, reprocessing, generation, distribution, recycling, elimination, or disposal of solid and hazardous waste products, as hereinafter defined, by inducing manufacturing and industrial enterprises, qualified persons, firms, or corporations to locate and construct said projects in this state. It is intended that each project be self-liquidating. Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 shall be construed to conform with its intent. Except as otherwise provided for projects to recycle solid waste products, the powers hereby conferred upon the municipalities shall be exercised only after such municipality has obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Mississippi Board of Economic Development as provided in Sections 57-1-19 , 57-1-21 , 57-1-23 and 57-1-27 ; provided, however, that if a project is constructed solely with revenue bonds the board shall not be required to adjudicate that there are adequate property values and suitable financial conditions so that the total bonded indebtedness of the municipality, solely for the purposes authorized by Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 , shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total assessed valuation of the property in the municipality. The powers conferred in this section to municipalities for projects to recycle or sell recycled solid waste products shall be exercised only after such project has been approved by the Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Development Authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-37 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-37
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authorities of each municipality and county may set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund to finance the provisions of Sections 17-1-1 through 17-1-27 , inclusive.

(2) The governing authorities of each municipality and county may set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund to finance the provisions of Sections 17-1-31 through 17-1-35 , inclusive.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to grant exemptions from ad valorem taxes on real property:

(a) Which is owned by a nonprofit industrial foundation, corporation or like association organized and operated for the public purpose of promoting economic and industrial development; and

(b) Which is acquired for the sole purpose of making sites available for industrial development; and

(c) When no part of the income thereof inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-3
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(hh) “ Unauthorized dump ” means any collection of solid wastes either dumped or caused to be dumped or placed on any property either public or private, whether or not regularly used. An abandoned automobile, large appliance, or similar large item of solid waste shall be considered as forming an unauthorized dump within the meaning of this chapter, but not the careless, scattered littering of smaller individual items as tires, bottles, cans and the like. An unauthorized dump shall also mean any solid waste disposal site which does not meet the regulatory provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-19 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-19
Status: in_force

Rodents and insects of public health importance, as rats, flies, mosquitoes and the like shall be controlled in a manner satisfactory to the health department; and the closing out or conversion to sanitary landfill operations of existing open dumps shall, where deemed necessary by the health officer, be accompanied by an adequate rat eradication program to prevent the spread of rodents to nearby properties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-3-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-3-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in Mississippi, and the mayor and board of aldermen or board of commissioners of any municipality in the State of Mississippi, may in their discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend moneys, not to exceed one mill of their respective valuation and assessment for the purpose of advertising and bringing into favorable notice the opportunities, possibilities and resources of such municipality or county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-21-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 17-17-445 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-445
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-445
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) The commission may consolidate any grant provided under this section with any grant provided under the local governments solid waste assistance program or the waste tire management program. Funds provided through any consolidated grant shall be used in accordance with the program under which the funds are provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-13 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-13
Status: in_force

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

Provided, however, this exemption shall not operate to prevent the conduct of any waste disposal site investigation or inventory required by applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation, and further shall not operate to exclude from the regulatory provisions of this chapter any solid waste determined by the department to have characteristics that constitute an endangerment to the environment or the public health, safety or welfare, or any site used for the disposal of such solid waste.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-3 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 25 / 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. § 17-23-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 21 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-23-11
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(d) The Department of Insurance shall maintain an accurate record of all monies distributed to counties and municipalities and the number of fire trucks purchased and the cost for each fire truck, such records to be kept separate from other records of the Department of Insurance; notify counties and municipalities of the supplementary rural fire truck acquisition assistance program and the requirements for them to become eligible to participate; adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and desirable to implement the provisions of this section; and file with the Legislature a report detailing how monies made available under this chapter were distributed and spent during the preceding portion of the fiscal year in each county and municipality, the number of fire trucks purchased, the counties and municipalities making such purchases and the cost of each fire truck purchased.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-29-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 19 / 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. § 17-13-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-13-7
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(5) No such power, authority and responsibility may be exercised under the provisions of this chapter by a local governmental unit which it would not have authority to exercise otherwise pursuant to the law controlling the local governmental unit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-19-1 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-19-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county and the governing authorities of each municipality in the state are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to appropriate and pay such sums as they deem necessary and desirable, out of any available funds of the county or municipality which are not required for any other purpose, to the planning and development district in which the county or municipality is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-153 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-153
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-153
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds that:

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

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

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

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

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

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that proper facilities must be sited as needed for the management of hazardous waste to meet the needs of Mississippi generators, and allow maximum effective use of regional hazardous waste management facilities; however, the Legislature believes that these objectives should be accomplished without Mississippi becoming a magnet for the hazardous waste from all other states and without the proliferation of unnecessary and unsafe facilities in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-315 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-315
Status: in_force

The board may contract with and designate a local planning and development district in its jurisdiction to serve as the administrative office of the authority and to provide such staff support as may be necessary for the operation and administration of the authority. In addition, the board may contract with any county or municipality to provide support services and any member may contract with or as part of their service contract with the authority to provide such staff support, administrative and operational services as it deems advisable and on such terms as may be mutually agreed.

At the request of the board, the planning and development district shall coordinate and assist in the preparation and development of any solid waste management plan required by state law. A review of such plan shall be provided the board each year and periodically updated as determined to be necessary or as may be required by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-33 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 18-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-33
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(3) If revenues exceed all costs set out and all other costs and charges for which the department is liable, such excess funds shall be paid into a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury to fund a portion of the costs of the Mississippi Comprehensive Waste Minimization Program administered by the Department of Environmental Quality, other programs which foster multimedia waste prevention, reduction, reuse and recycling, programs which provide assistance to small quantity generators and other programs for environmental protection purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-61 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-61
Status: in_force

This chapter shall never be amended unless this chapter is brought forward in its entirety.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-151 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 17-17-123 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-123
Status: in_force

Prior to undertaking the financing of a project, the governing board shall obtain a finding of the authority that the facility is necessary and that the design thereof will result in the collection, processing, generation, distributing, recycling, elimination and/or disposal of any type of waste product from which operation conditions result in or pose a substantial present, future or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported or disposed of or otherwise managed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-217 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 17-11-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-7
Status: in_force

The governing body of the district shall consist of:

(a) The presidents of the boards of supervisors of each county and the mayors of each city within the region electing to associate as a member of the district, each to serve a term concurrent with their respective elective terms of office. In event of the inability of the president of the board of supervisors or a mayor of a city to attend any meeting, he may designate in writing any other member of the board of supervisors or the governing body of such city to attend such meeting, and to vote for and on behalf of such county or city.

(b) Three members to be appointed by the Governor from qualified electors within the region. The initial appointment of one member shall be for a period of one year, one member for a period of two years, and the third member for a period of three years. Thereafter, all such appointments shall be for a period of four years. Each appointment shall be made from a list of at least three qualified persons submitted to the Governor by the elected official members of the governing body at least thirty days prior to the vacancy.

(c) Four members from the qualified electors in the region to be appointed by a vote of two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the governing body of the district. However, at no time shall the number of appointive members of the district as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section be greater than the number of cities and counties then associated with the district. The initial appointment of one member shall be for a period of one year, one member for a period of two years, one member for a period of three years and one member for a period of four years. Thereafter, all such appointments shall be for a period of four years.

(d) The governing body of the district may, in its discretion, designate and appoint ex-officio and nonvoting members to the governing body of the district from such public agencies within the region as the governing body of the district may deem desirable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-23-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-23-11
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(d) The Department of Insurance shall maintain an accurate record of all monies distributed to counties and municipalities and the number of fire trucks purchased and the cost for each fire truck, such records to be kept separate from other records of the Department of Insurance; notify counties and municipalities of the supplementary rural fire truck acquisition assistance program and the requirements for them to become eligible to participate; adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and desirable to implement the provisions of this section; and file with the Legislature a report detailing how monies made available under this chapter were distributed and spent during the preceding portion of the fiscal year in each county and municipality, the number of fire trucks purchased, the counties and municipalities making such purchases and the cost of each fire truck purchased.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-47 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 17-15-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-15-7
Status: in_force

In order to carry out its overall responsibility for administering a human resource program, a human resource agency is hereby given the authority to own and dispose of property, both real and personal, and to receive and administer funds under this chapter, funds and contributions from private or local public sources which may be used in support of a human resource program, and funds under any federal or state assistance program pursuant to which such an agency organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter could serve as grantee, contractor, or sponsor of projects appropriate for inclusion in a human resource program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-333 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-333
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-333
Status: in_force

The authority may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds at or prior to maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. Refunding bonds may be issued at such time prior to the maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds as the authority deems to be in the public interest. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereof, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of such bonds, the expenses of issue of the refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming the bonds being refunded, and such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of such refunding bonds as may be required by the resolution, trust indenture or other security instruments. The issue of refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the holders and the rights, duties and obligations of the authority shall be governed by Sections 17-17-327 and 17-17-329 relating to the issue of bonds other than refunding bonds insofar as the same may be applicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-507 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-507
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-507
Status: in_force

If a public agency applies for a permit, the permit board shall consider the performance history of the public agency as prescribed by Section 17-17-27 . The provisions of Sections 17-17-501 through 17-17-507 shall be supplemental and in addition to Section 17-17-27, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-7 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-11-7
Status: in_force

The governing body of the district shall consist of:

(a) The presidents of the boards of supervisors of each county and the mayors of each city within the region electing to associate as a member of the district, each to serve a term concurrent with their respective elective terms of office. In event of the inability of the president of the board of supervisors or a mayor of a city to attend any meeting, he may designate in writing any other member of the board of supervisors or the governing body of such city to attend such meeting, and to vote for and on behalf of such county or city.

(b) Three members to be appointed by the Governor from qualified electors within the region. The initial appointment of one member shall be for a period of one year, one member for a period of two years, and the third member for a period of three years. Thereafter, all such appointments shall be for a period of four years. Each appointment shall be made from a list of at least three qualified persons submitted to the Governor by the elected official members of the governing body at least thirty days prior to the vacancy.

(c) Four members from the qualified electors in the region to be appointed by a vote of two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the governing body of the district. However, at no time shall the number of appointive members of the district as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section be greater than the number of cities and counties then associated with the district. The initial appointment of one member shall be for a period of one year, one member for a period of two years, one member for a period of three years and one member for a period of four years. Thereafter, all such appointments shall be for a period of four years.

(d) The governing body of the district may, in its discretion, designate and appoint ex-officio and nonvoting members to the governing body of the district from such public agencies within the region as the governing body of the district may deem desirable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-23-11 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-23-11
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(d) The Department of Insurance shall maintain an accurate record of all monies distributed to counties and municipalities and the number of fire trucks purchased and the cost for each fire truck, such records to be kept separate from other records of the Department of Insurance; notify counties and municipalities of the supplementary rural fire truck acquisition assistance program and the requirements for them to become eligible to participate; adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and desirable to implement the provisions of this section; and file with the Legislature a report detailing how monies made available under this chapter were distributed and spent during the preceding portion of the fiscal year in each county and municipality, the number of fire trucks purchased, the counties and municipalities making such purchases and the cost of each fire truck purchased.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-17 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-17
Status: in_force

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

(2) The governing authorities of any municipality or the board of supervisors of any county in which there is to be located a project may provide funds to the enterprise owning or leasing the project in order to reimburse the enterprise for costs it incurs for site preparation, real estate improvements, railroads, roads, utilities and infrastructure related to the project. Reimbursements shall be made with local funds and may include, but not be limited to, the proceeds of bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-335 — MS Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-335
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-335
Status: in_force

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