Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-5
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority to erect, establish and regulate hospitals, workhouses, and houses of correction in the corporate limits, or within three miles thereof, and to provide for the government and support of same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-5
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of each municipality shall prescribe by order the form of the land assessment roll, adhering to the basic form prescribed by the state tax commission which shall be similar to the form prescribed for and used by county tax assessors for the assessment of municipal lands. When a municipality has added territory, the roll used for the assessment of lands in such added territory shall be generally in the form of the roll used in the assessment of such lands by the county, and be on sheets of the same size.

The land roll shall contain space or columns for the name of the owner, for the name of the subdivision, survey or addition, for block and lot numbers and, if required, for the section, township and range. It shall contain a column to show the value of any buildings, structures or improvements, and separately a column to show the value of the lands, and the total value.

In addition to the columns above specified, the governing authorities may provide columns to show the number of the tax receipt, the amount of ad valorem taxes collected, and the amounts collected for any special improvement or improvements.

Municipalities using accounting machines equipment may adopt such forms as may be required for the use of such equipment, provided that the information required herein is substantially set forth on said forms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-307 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 29-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-307
Status: in_force

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

(2) Any retired member or beneficiary receiving a retirement allowance or benefit under Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter may authorize the Public Employees' Retirement System to make deductions from the retirement allowance or benefit for the payment of employer or system sponsored group life or health insurance. The deductions authorized under this subsection shall be subject to rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-33 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-33
Status: in_force

Upon retirement from service as provided in Section 21-29-31 a member shall receive a service retirement allowance for the remainder of his life, payable monthly, which allowance shall be a sum equal to fifty percent (50%) of his average monthly salary for the last four (4) years of service immediately prior to retirement; provided, however, that upon retirement from service in any municipality having a commission form of government on March 31, 1948, as provided in Section 21-29-5 and having a separate firemen and policemen retirement system and having a population not in excess of 48,000 according to the 1980 decennial census, which municipality has established a retirement system according to the provisions of this chapter, the service retirement allowance shall be based upon the average monthly salary for the last two (2) years of service immediately prior to retirement. Any member who has been in paid service for longer than twenty (20) years shall be entitled to receive additional payments for life in a sum equal to one and seven-tenths percent (1.7%) of the average monthly salary received by such member in the two-year period next preceding the filing of said application for each full year of service in excess of twenty (20) years' service. However, no retired payment to any member shall exceed sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2 / 3 %) of the average monthly salary received by a member for the four-year or two-year period, as the case may be, next preceding the filing of said application. Periods of time in which a member may have been inactive on account of physical or mental disability shall not be excluded in computing the twenty-year period and the seven-year period hereinbefore mentioned, provided the employee continues to contribute his share to the program based on the average of his last two (2) months' compensation. This contribution shall continue during the total time the employee shall be inactive.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-217 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-217
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-217
Status: in_force

(1) Any person found by the board or commission, as the case may be, or any duly designated hearing officer appointed thereby, violating any of the provisions of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 , or any rule or regulation promulgated by the board or commission hereunder, or any order issued by the board or commission in the exercise of their authority and duties hereunder, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), for each violation, such penalty to be levied and assessed by the board or commission or designated hearing officer. Appeals from such actions may be taken as provided hereinafter. Each day upon which a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate and additional violation.

In determining the amount of any monetary penalty assessed hereunder, the board or commission or duly appointed hearing officer shall consider all factors bearing upon the violation, including but not limited to, any resulting actual or probable pollution of the lands and/or waters of the state and/or endangerment to public health, and the nature and extent thereof, any violation of the terms or conditions of permits issued by the board or commission for the affected facility, and any actual or probable damage to the affected facility caused by improper operation thereof.

(2) In lieu of, or in addition to, the penalty provided in subsection (1) of this section, the board and commission shall have power to institute and maintain in the name of the state any and all proceedings necessary or appropriate to enforce the provisions of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 , rules and regulations in force pursuant hereto, and orders and operator certifications made and issued hereunder, in the appropriate circuit, chancery, county or justice court of the county in which venue may lie. The board and commission may obtain mandatory or prohibitory injunctive relief, either temporary or permanent.

(3) Any person found guilty of violating any provision of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 , upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per day of violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-141 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-141
Status: in_force

(1) Any person or persons who may violate any of the provisions of Sections 21-27-131 , 21-27-135 , 21-27-137 , or 21-27-139 , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction shall be fined not more than $50.00 or thirty days in jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(2) Failure of any owner or operator to comply with any of the requirements of Section 21-27-133 shall be cause for the revocation or suspension of his permit, or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-39 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-39
Status: in_force

Any taxpayer, or any person owning or having a legal interest in any property, feeling aggrieved at the action of the governing authorities in equalizing and making final assessments, shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court in the manner provided by Section 11-51-77, Mississippi Code of 1972 , within twenty (20) days after the adjournment of the meeting of the said governing authorities at which the final approval of the assessment roll is entered on the minutes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-105 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-105
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi shall have operational and administrative control of the funds created herein.

In each municipality there shall be a board to serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System with respect to matters concerning the disability and relief fund. Such board shall consist of five (5) members as follows: two (2) shall be elected by the membership of the police department, two (2) shall be elected by the membership of the fire department; and the mayor or his designee shall be an ex officio member. Retired members of the police department and fire department may participate in elections to choose members of the board, and such retired members are also eligible to serve on the board. The term of elected members shall be for four (4) years, and any vacancy in the elected membership shall be filled in the same manner as the original membership was selected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-231 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 29-231
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-231
Status: in_force

Said tax on insurance premiums shall not be imposed or collected upon any premiums except upon those under insurance policies upon property situated in the municipality coming under the provisions of this article. The tax paid hereunder for the maintenance of such fire department system in any municipality coming under the provisions of this article, shall not be used as an element of any premium or be considered in the making of rates except in proper causes under the provisions of the rating bureau law in connection with property situated in the municipality to which said tax is paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-141 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-141
Status: in_force

(1) Any person or persons who may violate any of the provisions of Sections 21-27-131 , 21-27-135 , 21-27-137 , or 21-27-139 , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction shall be fined not more than $50.00 or thirty days in jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(2) Failure of any owner or operator to comply with any of the requirements of Section 21-27-133 shall be cause for the revocation or suspension of his permit, or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-121 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-121
Status: in_force

The disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen shall be a special trust fund and shall be disbursed only in the manner hereafter provided. Such fund shall be a part of the public funds of the Public Employees' Retirement System and shall be kept by the board as it is required to keep its other funds. Interest earned on said fund shall be credited to and become a part of said fund. All moneys on deposit in such funds on July 1, 1987, shall be paid over to the Board of Trustees of Public Employees' Retirement System on or before July 1, 1987.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-77 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-77
Status: in_force

When any municipality shall buy in property for delinquent taxes, such municipality is hereby authorized to issue notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness for the amount of the tax, for a period of time not to exceed one year after the period provided for the redemption of such land and, in addition to pledging the full faith, credit, and resources of the municipality therefor, such municipality may pledge the taxes and damages from delinquent tax sales thereon. When said notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness are so issued, all funds collected on said delinquent taxes and damages, or the sale of the property, in the event the title ripens in the municipality, shall be set aside as a special or trust fund for the retirement of said notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness. The rate of interest of said notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness not to exceed six per centum per annum. The authority implied and granted in this section shall apply also to the boards of trustees in municipal separate school districts, by and with the consent of the governing authorities of such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-21 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-21
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all municipalities of this state, whether operating under the code charter, a special charter, commission form, or other form of government.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-11
Status: in_force

Every ordinance passed by the governing body of a municipality, except as is otherwise provided by law, shall be certified by a municipal clerk, signed by the mayor or a majority of all the members of the governing body, recorded in the ordinance book, and published at least one (1) time in some newspaper published in such municipality, or, if there be no such newspaper, then in a newspaper within the county having general circulation in said municipality, or, if there be no newspaper published in or having general circulation in same, then in any newspaper published in the State of Mississippi having general circulation in said county; and all of same shall be done before such ordinance shall be effective. The publication of the ordinance may be made as provided in Section 21-17-19 . No ordinance shall be in force for one (1) month after its passage; however, any ordinance for the immediate and temporary preservation of the public peace, health or safety or for other good cause, which is adopted by unanimous vote of all members of the governing body, may be made effective from and after its passage by a unanimous vote of all members of the governing body. However, in such cases, such ordinance shall contain a statement of reason why it is necessary that same become immediately effective. All such ordinances shall be published and recorded in the ordinance book in the same manner as other ordinances, but shall become effective immediately upon the adoption thereof, and prior to being so recorded and published. Nothing in this section shall apply to ordinances appropriating money for the payment of the current expenses of the municipality or the payment of sums due on any contract previously made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-313 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-313
Status: in_force

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

Benefits payable under the provisions of Articles 1, 3 and 5 that previously were made on the basis of full years of creditable service shall be computed on the basis of the fractional years of service as provided in this section beginning July 1, 1991.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-1
Status: in_force

All officers elected at the general municipal election provided for in Section 23-15-173 , shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of their duties on the first day of July after such general election that is not on a weekend, and shall hold their offices for a term of four (4) years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-115 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 37 / Section 43-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-115
Status: in_force

All property owners of record in the proposed district as of the date of initial notice given as provided in Section 21-43-111 , shall be eligible to participate in the process to approve or reject the district plan and the proposed assessment for properties in the district. Votes of property owners within the proposed district shall be weighted in proportion to the amount of the assessment against properties in the district; provided, however, that in no case shall the total number of votes assigned to any one such property owner, through common ownership of property, be equal to more than one-third ( 1 / 3 ) of the total number of votes which may be cast.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-75 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 33-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-75
Status: in_force

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

Said municipal governing authorities may lease or sell any of said lands to any person in any manner that may be prescribed by an order or resolution, which said order or resolution shall be entered in the minutes covering each particular tract of land so leased or sold, it being the intention of the legislature to vest in municipal authorities in each specific case of lease or sale the right to fix the price, terms, and conditions of each sale or lease.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-165 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-165
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-165
Status: in_force

A municipality is authorized and empowered to acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, extend, repair, operate and maintain one or more sewage disposal systems and make contracts with any person or any public agency, under the terms of which the municipality will, within or without the municipality but within its metropolitan area, collect, transport, treat or dispose of waste for such person or public agency. A municipality may also enter into contracts with any person to purchase or sell, by installments over such term as may be deemed desirable, or otherwise, any waste collection, transportation, treatment or sewage disposal facilities or systems. A municipality is also authorized to enter into operating agreements with any person, for such terms and upon such conditions as may be deemed desirable, for the operation of any waste collection, transportation, treatment or sewage disposal facilities or systems of any person by the municipality; and a municipality may lease to or from any person, for such term and upon such conditions as may be deemed desirable, any waste collection, transportation, treatment or sewage disposal facilities or systems.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-301 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 33-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-301
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality are authorized to issue negotiable bonds of the municipality to raise money for the following purposes:

(a) Erecting municipal buildings, armories, auditoriums, community centers, gymnasiums and athletic stadiums, preparing and equipping athletic fields, and purchasing buildings or land therefor, and for repairing, improving, adorning and equipping the same, and for erecting, equipping and furnishing of buildings to be used as a municipal or civic arts center;

(b) Erecting or purchasing waterworks, gas, electric and other public utility plants or distribution systems or franchises, and repairing, improving and extending the same;

(c) Purchasing or constructing, repairing, improving and equipping buildings for public libraries and for purchasing land, equipment and books therefor, whether the title to same be vested in the municipality issuing such bonds or in some subdivision of the state government other than the municipality, or jointly in such municipality and other such subdivision;

(d) Establishing sanitary, storm, drainage or sewerage systems, and repairing, improving and extending the same;

(e) Protecting a municipality, its streets and sidewalks from overflow, caving banks and other like dangers;

(f) Constructing, improving or paving streets, sidewalks, driveways, parkways, walkways or public parking facilities, and purchasing land therefor;

(g) Purchasing land for parks, cemeteries and public playgrounds, and improving, equipping and adorning the same, including the constructing, repairing and equipping of swimming pools and other recreational facilities;

(h) Constructing bridges and culverts;

(i) Constructing, repairing and improving wharves, docks, harbors and appurtenant facilities, and purchasing land therefor;

(j) Constructing, repairing and improving public slaughterhouses, markets, pest houses, workhouses, hospitals, houses of correction, reformatories and jails in the corporate limits, or within three (3) miles of the corporate limits, and purchasing land therefor;

(k) Altering or changing the channels of streams and water courses to control, deflect or guide the current thereof;

(l) Purchasing fire-fighting equipment and apparatus, and providing housing for same, and purchasing land therefor;

(m) Purchasing or renting voting machines and any other election equipment needed in elections held in the municipality;

(n) Assisting the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management of the Governor's Office of General Services, or any other state agency in acquiring a site for, constructing suitable buildings and runways and equipping an airport for the university or other state-supported four-year college, now or hereafter in existence, in or near which the municipality is located, within not more than ten (10) miles of the municipality;

(o) Acquiring and improving existing mass transit system; however, no municipal governing authorities shall authorize any bonds to be issued for the acquiring and improving of an existing mass transit system unless an election be conducted in said municipality in the same manner provided for general and special elections, and a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality participating in said election approve the bond issuance for the acquiring and improving of an existing mass transit system;

(p) Purchasing machinery and equipment which have an expected useful life in excess of ten (10) years. The life of such bonds shall not exceed the expected useful life of such machinery and equipment. Machinery and equipment shall not include any motor vehicle weighing less than twelve thousand (12,000) pounds;

(q) A project for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been obtained by the municipality pursuant to the Regional Economic Development Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-1 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-1
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the “General Municipal Employees' Retirement Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-9
Status: in_force

In all municipalities of this state maintaining a police department, the personnel of which department is actively and exclusively engaged in police duty, the governing authorities of such municipality may pay out of the general fund of said municipality reasonable hospital and medical expenses for any member of said police department on account of any occupational disease contracted or for any accident sustained by said member by reason of his service or discharge of his duty in said department. The governing authorities of such city shall be the sole judge as to whether such illness or such injury was contracted or sustained in the line of duty of any such employee, and the reasonableness of said expenses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-25 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-25
Status: in_force

The failure of the assessor to certify and swear to his assessment roll, or to return it on the day named for its return, or his failure to do any other act with respect to the roll, shall not affect the validity of the assessment, if it is corrected, revised, and approved by the municipal authorities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-10 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-10
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-10
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipality which adopts the part of the county assessment roll containing the property located within the municipality as provided in Sections 21-33-9 and 27-35-167 shall not correct or revise such assessment roll except for the purpose of conforming the municipal assessment roll to corrections or revisions made to the county assessment roll. The governing authority of such municipality shall not meet to hear objections to the assessment roll. All objections to the municipal assessment roll shall be heard by the board of supervisors at the time and in the manner that objections to the county assessment roll are heard. The board of supervisors shall notify, in writing, the municipal governing authority and the municipal tax assessor of any corrections or revisions made by them to the part of the county assessment roll adopted as the municipal assessment roll. Any taxpayer feeling aggrieved at the action of the board of supervisors in equalizing his assessments shall have the right to appeal to the circuit court as provided in Section 27-35-119 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-79 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-79
Status: in_force

The tax collectors of all municipalities are hereby authorized to refund erroneously-paid privilege or ad valorem taxes paid such municipalities. An applicant for such refunds shall submit application to the tax collector of any such municipality, and if such claim be found by the tax collector to be due, and is allowed, then the tax collector of said municipality shall issue a warrant to the claimant and deduct the proper amounts from his next settlement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-29 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-29
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 21-33-10 , the governing authorities of every municipality shall, at a regular or special meeting to be held in September or October in each year (unless a different time be fixed by order), receive the assessment rolls of real and personal property from the assessor and shall proceed to change, correct, revise, and equalize said assessments in the same manner and with the same powers as is provided for the equalization of assessments by county boards of supervisors. When the equalization has been completed, the governing authorities shall give ten (10) days' notice of the regular or special meeting at which objections to such assessments will be heard. The Notice shall be given by publication at least one (1) time in a legal newspaper, if there be one published in the municipality, and if no such newspaper be published in the municipality, the notice shall be given by posting written notices thereof in five (5) or more public places in the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-127 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-127
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-127
Status: in_force

The governing authority may immediately advance necessary moneys from the general fund to said fund to enable payments to all qualified beneficiaries to be brought into a current status. Any moneys necessarily advanced shall be paid back to the general fund from the surplus of said fund as it is allocated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-173 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 27-173
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-173
Status: in_force

Payments by a public agency to the municipality for waste collection, transportation, treatment and sewage disposal services and facilities may be made from the income of the public agency's waterworks system or water supply system or its sewerage system, treatment facilities or sewage disposal system or of both such systems or of its combined waterworks, water supply, treatment facilities, sewerage and sewage disposal systems, as may be prescribed in the contract between the municipality and the public agency, or as otherwise authorized by law. Such payments shall constitute an operating expense of the system or systems whose revenues are thus to be applied. Payments to be made under the contract by the public agency from the income of its waterworks system, water supply system, treatment facility, sewerage system or sewage disposal system or both such systems or its combined waterworks, water supply, treatment facility, sewerage and sewage disposal systems shall be subordinate to amounts required to be paid from the net revenues of such systems for principal of and interest on bonds of the public agency which are outstanding at the time of the making of the contract and which are payable solely from such net revenues unless the ordinance or resolution authorizing such outstanding bonds of the public agency expressly reserves the right to accord such contract payments a priority over such public agency's bond requirements. No provision of Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 shall be construed to prohibit any public agency, otherwise permitted by law to issue bonds, from issuing bonds in the manner provided by law for the construction, renovation, repair or development of waste disposal facilities within the jurisdictional limits of the public agency. Except to the extent provided in Section 21-27-175 , neither the municipality nor the holder of any bonds of the municipality shall have the right to demand payment of the public agency's obligation out of any funds raised or to be raised by taxation, but such contracts shall constitute an obligation of the public agency and shall be binding upon such public agency according to its terms and shall continue in effect until all bonds specified therein and refunding bonds issued in lieu of such bonds and all other obligations thereunder shall have been paid. Payments made or to be made to a municipality by a public agency or other person pursuant to a contract for waste collection, transportation, treatment and sewage disposal services and facilities shall be determined by the method specified in the contract and shall not be subject to approval or review by the public service commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-257 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-257
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-257
Status: in_force

No part of said fund to which any of said firemen or policemen shall be entitled, or which may be payable or ordered paid to him shall be seized, attached, assigned or levied upon by any writ of attachment, garnishment, execution, sequestration or other like process or writ.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-51 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-51
Status: in_force

The right of a person to an annuity, a retirement allowance or benefit, or to the return of contributions, or to any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this article, any retirement system and the moneys in any retirement system created by this article, shall be governed by the provisions of Section 21-29-307, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-69 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 33-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-69
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 27-41-2 , where lands are offered for sale for unpaid municipal taxes or special improvement taxes or municipal separate school district taxes, and a person will not bid therefor the amount of taxes, damages, and costs due, the same shall be struck off to the municipality and otherwise, where applicable, dealt with as lands are which are sold to the state for delinquent state and county taxes. The governing authorities shall be authorized to pay the state and county taxes on lands thus acquired by the municipality, and to collect the money thus paid, with the same damages and interest allowed individuals in similar cases under the general revenue laws of the state thereon from the date of such payment, upon the redemption of the lands from the municipal sale.

Where lands have heretofore been, or may hereafter be struck off to a municipality for unpaid municipal taxes or special improvement taxes or municipal separate school districts taxes, and such lands have also been sold or struck off to an individual or to the state for unpaid state, county, or taxing district taxes, the governing authorities of such municipality are hereby authorized to redeem such lands from the sale for delinquent state, county, or taxing district taxes by paying to the chancery clerk of the county where such lands are situated the amount necessary to redeem same and to collect the money thus paid, together with interest thereon at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the date of such payment, upon the redemption of such lands from the municipal sale. Such lands may be redeemed from the municipal sale for unpaid municipal taxes or special improvement taxes by the owner or other person interested in such lands, including the person to whom such lands were struck off or sold at the sale for state, county, or taxing district taxes.

When lands have heretofore or may hereafter be struck off to a municipality for unpaid municipal taxes or special improvement taxes or municipal separate school district taxes, and the title to such lands has matured or may hereafter mature in the state by virtue of a sale for unpaid state, county, or taxing district taxes, the governing authorities of such municipality may purchase said lands from the state at a price to be agreed upon by the Secretary of State, Governor, or other lawful authority. Upon payment of such amounts into the State Treasury, the state's title to said lands shall be conveyed to the said municipality by a patent, or patents, executed and delivered as provided by law in cases of sales of state lands to individuals.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-309 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-309
Status: in_force

The election provided for by Section 21-33-307 shall be held, as far as is practicable, in the same manner as other elections are held in municipalities. At such election, all qualified electors of such municipality may vote. The ballots used at such election shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purpose of the proposed bond issue and the words “FOR THE BOND ISSUE” and “AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE,” and the voter shall vote by placing a cross (X) or check mark (✓) opposite his choice on the proposition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-41 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-41
Status: in_force

When the roll is finally completed by the governing authorities of the municipality, in accordance with law, the clerk shall make a true and correct copy of each roll, including the assessment of property in any added territory, and the original shall be retained and carefully preserved by him as a public record in his office. The clerk shall make the proper extensions of the total amount of property assessed to every taxpayer, and the total assessment of each parcel or tract of land, both within the municipality and in the added territory, if there be any. The clerk shall add truly and correctly every page of the copy, and carry the results thereof to the recapitulation, and he shall add said recapitulation and attach his certificate to the roll, or rolls, verifying the truth and correctness of all calculations and entries in the copy. The copy of the assessment rolls, of both real and personal property, as hereby provided, shall be placed in the hands of the tax collector and be his warrant for the collection of municipal and separate school district ad valorem taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-61 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-61
Status: in_force

Any municipality in this state which has a population in excess of one hundred thousand people may set aside, appropriate and expend moneys for the purpose of advertising and bringing to the attention of the citizens of such municipality the reasons for and status of any municipal activity, litigation, franchise, proposed bond issue, and any other municipal matter about which it is for the best interest of the people that they be fully informed.

Such advertising and publicizing may be done by newspaper, magazine, radio, television, or by any combination of same, which in the judgment of the governing body of such municipality will be helpful toward advancing the moral, financial and other interests of such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-49 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 31 / Section 33-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-49
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authorities of each municipality shall furnish their tax collector a sufficient number of tax receipts, in books, printed in triplicate, in blank form, numbered serially by the printer. The clerk shall first make a record of all such receipts by numbers, and shall take the tax collector's receipt therefor, and shall thereafter, at the end of the fiscal year, credit the tax collector with all unused receipts.

Such tax receipts shall be prepared and printed so as to show the total assessment of the property on which the taxes are collected, together with a description of the property, the line and page of the assessment roll where the assessment is listed, and the amount, if any, shown as a home exemption, if the property be an exempt home. They shall show the rate of levy, separately for general current expenses and maintenance taxes, for school maintenance taxes, for bonds, interest, notes or other obligations, and the total tax levy, and the total amount of all taxes received. If the property described in the receipt be an exempt home, there shall be shown the additional amount of taxes which would have been collected had the home not been exempt, which additional amount shall be separately stated.

The said tax receipts may contain such other and additional statements as the governing authorities of the municipality may prescribe and shall generally comply with the requirements of Sections 27-41-1 through 27-41-89, Mississippi Code of 1972 , governing the installment payment of taxes.

(2) As to any real property on which taxes for any previous year were not paid, the tax collector shall give notice of the delinquent taxes by stamping on the current tax receipt the fact that previous taxes are delinquent. The tax collector shall not accept payment of current year taxes for real property which has sold for delinquent taxes until the taxpayer provides the tax collector with proof that the tax sales for such real property for the previous two (2) years have been redeemed in the chancery clerk's office. Failure of the tax collector to stamp tax receipts shall not void any tax sale. The tax collector shall have no liability for errors made in complying with the provisions of this subsection if such tax collector makes a good faith effort to comply with such provisions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-49 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-49
Status: in_force

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

All such agreements heretofore entered into by any such municipality, whether such bonds have actually been delivered and paid for or not, are hereby ratified, approved and validated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 33-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-5
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of each municipality shall prescribe by order the form of the land assessment roll, adhering to the basic form prescribed by the state tax commission which shall be similar to the form prescribed for and used by county tax assessors for the assessment of municipal lands. When a municipality has added territory, the roll used for the assessment of lands in such added territory shall be generally in the form of the roll used in the assessment of such lands by the county, and be on sheets of the same size.

The land roll shall contain space or columns for the name of the owner, for the name of the subdivision, survey or addition, for block and lot numbers and, if required, for the section, township and range. It shall contain a column to show the value of any buildings, structures or improvements, and separately a column to show the value of the lands, and the total value.

In addition to the columns above specified, the governing authorities may provide columns to show the number of the tax receipt, the amount of ad valorem taxes collected, and the amounts collected for any special improvement or improvements.

Municipalities using accounting machines equipment may adopt such forms as may be required for the use of such equipment, provided that the information required herein is substantially set forth on said forms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-27 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-27
Status: in_force

No free service shall be furnished by any such system, or combined system, to any private person, firm, corporation, or association. The municipality may, however, furnish such service, free of charge, to the municipality or any agency or department thereof, to any public school, or to any hospital or benevolent institution located within such municipality, including county, city, and community fairs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-53 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-53
Status: in_force

The tax collector shall collect municipal taxes during the time and in the same manner and under the same penalties as the state and county taxes are collected. He shall, where not otherwise provided, in all particulars be governed by the general revenue laws of the state, so far as applicable, in making such collections. He shall make the reports thereby required to the governing authorities. He shall receive only such commissions or compensations as may be allowed by ordinance. In no case shall he retain any commissions or compensations from his collections, but the full amount of such collections shall be paid to the municipal treasurer or depository, and his commissions or compensations shall thereafter be paid by allowance thereof by the governing authorities of the municipality, and the issuance of warrants, as in other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-5
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality in the state are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to purchase by negotiation or otherwise, any breed of dogs suitable for law enforcement purposes, and pay for same out of the proceeds derived from tax levies made for their support and maintenance. Said dogs may be furnished to the police or police department of said municipality to be used by them in the enforcement of the laws of said municipality and the State of Mississippi. The governing authorities may also appropriate and pay monthly such amounts as may be necessary to maintain and care for said law enforcement dogs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-311 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-311
Status: in_force

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

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

(b) Benefits to dependent children through the age of twenty-three (23) when the dependent child or children are full-time college students.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-37-6 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-37-6
Status: in_force

Every municipality shall install ramps at crosswalks, in both business and residential areas, when making new installations of sidewalks, curbs or gutters, or improving or replacing existing sidewalks, curbs or gutters, so as to make the transition from street to sidewalk easily negotiable for physically handicapped persons in wheelchairs and for other persons who may have difficulty in making the required step up or down from curb level to street level.

The term “ramps” as used herein means a sloping asphalt or concrete surface, from the level of the sidewalk or curb to the level of the street at curbside, extending outward and downward from the curb to the street for such a distance, at such an angle, and at such a width as will facilitate the movement up and down such ramps of persons in wheelchairs or persons who have difficulty in stepping up or down between curb level and street level.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-101 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 27-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-101
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality not operating with a public utility commission, is hereby authorized to pay all expenses incurred in reproducing such records and in making provision for the preservation, retention and storage of such reproductions from the general fund of such municipality. A municipal public utility commission shall pay for the same from the earnings of the municipally-owned utility or utilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-9
Status: in_force

The legislative power of the municipality shall be exercised by the municipal council, except as may be otherwise provided by general law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-15 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 38 / Section 43-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-15
Status: in_force

If the governing authority, following the hearing, decides to establish the proposed area, it shall adopt an ordinance to that effect. This ordinance shall contain the following information:

(a) the number, date and title of the resolution of intention pursuant to which it was adopted;

(b) the time and place the hearing was held concerning the formation of such area;

(c) the description of the boundaries of such area;

(d) a statement that the businesses in the area established by the ordinance shall be subject to the provisions of the additional tax provided by this chapter;

(e) the initial rate of increase, or additional levy, of the privilege license tax to be imposed with a breakdown by classification of business, if such classification is used;

(f) a statement that a parking and business improvement area has been established; and

(g) the uses to which the additional revenue shall be put.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-220 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 29-220
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-220
Status: in_force

The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi is hereby authorized to deduct two percent (2%) of all tax levied hereunder and paid into the “disability and relief fund” for firemen and policemen to be transferred to the expense fund of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi to defray the cost of administering this fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-67 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 27-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-67
Status: in_force

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

The powers conferred by Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other law, general, special or local, and such sections shall, without reference to any other statute or to any charter, be deemed full authority to purchase or improve and to own and operate the authorized revenue producing systems, to fix, maintain, and to collect rates for the facilities afforded by such systems, to issue and to sell the authorized bonds, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, any provisions of the general laws of the state or of any charter to the contrary notwithstanding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-27 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 31-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-27
Status: in_force

No person holding any office, place, position or employment subject to civil service, is under any obligation to contribute to any political fund or to render any political service to any person or party whatsoever, and no person shall be removed, reduced in grade or salary, or otherwise prejudiced for refusing so to do. No public officer, whether elected or appointed, shall discharge, promote, demote or in any manner change the official rank, employment or compensation of any person under civil service, or promise or threaten so to do, for giving or withholding, or neglecting to make any contribution of money, or service, or any other valuable thing, for any political purpose.

If any person holding any office, place, position or employment subject to civil service, actively participates in political activity in any primary or election in a municipality where he is employed, it shall be deemed cause for removal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-19 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 33-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-19
Status: in_force

The assessor shall make the personal roll at the same time and in the same manner that the land roll is made, except that it shall be made annually. He shall make a recapitulation thereof as is required for the land roll.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-35 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 29-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-35
Status: in_force

Upon application of a member in service of the employer, any member who has become totally and permanently incapacitated for duty as the natural and proximate result of the actual performance of duty of the employer, without wilful negligence on his part, may be retired by the board on a duty disability retirement allowance effective thirty days after the filing of an application in writing with the board. However, the physician or physicians selected by the board to examine the member shall certify that such member is presumably permanently and totally disabled from engaging in any gainful occupation for compensation or profit, that under the facts as to the cause of disability, as certified by the board, the member's disability could have with reasonable probability resulted, in such physician's opinion, and that such member should be retired.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-317 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-317
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-317
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of Articles 1, 3 and 5 of this chapter to the contrary, the maximum annual retirement allowance attributable to the employer contributions payable by the system to a member under Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code and any regulations issued thereunder as applicable to governmental plans as the term is defined under Section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code .

(b) The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System is authorized to provide by rule or regulation for the payment of benefits as provided under Articles 1, 3 and 5 of this chapter to members or beneficiaries of a municipal employees retirement fund or disability and relief fund at a time and under circumstances not otherwise provided for in this chapter to the extent that the payment is required to maintain the municipal employees retirement fund or disability and relief fund as a qualified retirement plan for purposes of federal income tax laws.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this plan, all distributions from this plan shall conform to the regulations issued under Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code , applicable to governmental plans, as defined in Section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code , including the incidental death benefit provisions of Section 401(a)(9)(G) of the Internal Revenue Code . Further, such regulations shall override any plan provision that is inconsistent with Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code .

(3) The actuarial assumptions used to convert a retirement allowance from the normal form of payment to an optional form of payment shall be an appendix to Article 7 of this chapter and subject to approval by the board of directors based upon certification by the actuary.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this plan, the maximum compensation that can be considered for all plan purposes shall not be greater than that allowed under Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code .

(5) In the event of the termination of one or more of the retirement plans established pursuant to Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter, all members of the plan or system as of the date of termination of the system shall be deemed to have a vested right to benefits to the extent and in the same manner that rights would be vested under the laws existing as of the date of termination of the system; however, any member, who because of a termination of the system has not fulfilled the requirements for length of service, shall be entitled to compensation as of the date that such member would otherwise be eligible, with such compensation to be computed on the basis of time actually a member of the service and compensation actually earned during the time a member, in the manner now provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-119 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-119
Status: in_force

When the amount of funds derived from the tax levied pursuant to Section 21-29-117 is sufficient to care for the requirements and necessities as determined by an actuarial study, the governing authorities of said municipality shall discontinue entirely or reduce the tax rate provided in Section 21-29-117 until such time as financial necessity creates a demand for the reassessment of said tax. It is understood, however, in this connection, that when and if the tax collections as herein provided are discontinued, that said tax shall be reassessed when necessity requires, without the necessity of an election. Each municipality with a disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen shall have prepared an actuarial study of the fund at least every four (4) years and report the findings to the legislature of the State of Mississippi. The first such study shall be filed with the legislature in January, 1980.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-7 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 41 / Section 43-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-7
Status: in_force

A parking and business improvement area may be established whenever the governing authority of any municipality shall by resolution establish such an area. The resolution shall contain the following information:

(a) description of the boundaries of the proposed area;

(b) the time and place of a hearing to be held to consider establishment of an area;

(c) the proposed uses to which the additional revenue shall be put; and

(d) the initial rate of increase, or additional levy, of the license privilege tax, with a breakdown by class of business if such classification is to be used.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-49 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-49
Status: in_force

Should the retirement reserve fund at any time be insufficient to make all payments properly payable therefrom, the amounts available in said fund shall be properly prorated until such time as amounts available therein may be sufficient to make all payments payable therefrom in full.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-245 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 29-245
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-245
Status: in_force

If any member of said fire and/or police department who has been in paid fire and/or police department service for as long as twenty (20) years before making application hereinafter mentioned, the last ten (10) years of which shall have been continuous in the city in which the application is made, shall make written application for retirement and relief, the board of disability and relief shall without medical examinations of disability, retire him from active service in said fire and/or police department. Upon such retirement from active service said disability and relief board shall order the payment to such retired member monthly from said fund a sum equal to fifty percent (50%) of the average monthly base salary and longevity pay received as salary by such member in the six-month period next before the filing of such application in said fire and/or police department. Such payments shall thereafter be made to said retired member for life, such payments to be known as “retired relief.”

Any member of the fire and/or police department who has been in paid fire and/or police department service for longer than twenty (20) years shall be entitled to and shall receive additional retired relief payment for life in a sum equal to one and seven-tenths percent (1.7%) of the same monthly base salary and longevity pay received by such member in the six-month period next preceding the filing of said application for each full year of service in excess of twenty (20) years' service. However, such additional retired relief payment shall be paid only for each year served after July 1, 1966. No retired relief payment to any member shall exceed sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2 / 3 %) of the average monthly base salary and longevity pay received by a member for the six-month period next preceding the filing of said application, except such other additional benefits as may be hereinafter provided.

The board of disability and relief shall, when a member of the fire and/or police department completes thirty-five (35) years of paid employment, or attains the age of sixty (60), whichever occurs first, retire him from active service in said fire and/or police department and order the payment of such funds as the member is entitled to under this article.

Periods of time in which a member may have been inactive on account of physical or mental disability shall not be excluded in computing the twenty-year period and the ten-year period hereinabove mentioned. Neither shall there be excluded therefrom periods of time within which a member may have been absent from his employment while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any civil employee engaged by the Armed Forces of the United States while serving outside the continental United States, in time of war during World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, Cuban Crisis, Berlin Crisis, Vietnam Conflict, or when involuntarily called on active duty, provided that the maximum period for such creditable service shall be four (4) years unless positive proof can be furnished by such person that he was retained in the Armed Forces by cause beyond his control, and without opportunity of discharge, and provided that the discharge or release of such member from the Armed Forces was under conditions other than dishonorable. Any member who has been retired or is voluntarily retired hereunder, or who has received relief or disability benefits hereunder, shall be required to report such duties as then may be required of them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-329 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-329
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-329
Status: in_force

(1) Any municipality that has established a retirement fund or disability and relief fund under the provisions of Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter, shall be authorized to adopt a resolution to allow those spouses who are receiving retirement benefits under the provisions of those articles, to continue to receive the spouse retirement benefits for life even if the spouse remarries. The resolution also may provide that surviving spouses of deceased members who received spouse retirement benefits that were terminated upon remarriage may again receive the spouse retirement benefits from and after making application with the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System to reinstate the benefits. Any reinstatement of spouse retirement benefits shall be prospective only from and after the first of the month following the date of application for reinstatement.

(2) The continuation or reinstatement of spouse retirement benefits authorized under this section shall not be continued or reinstated unless all of the following requirements are met:

(a) The municipal retirement fund or disability and relief fund is actuarially sound, as shown by the most recent actuarial study required by Section 21-29-27 , 21-29-119 or 21-29-221 ;

(b) The municipal retirement fund or disability and relief fund will remain actuarially sound if the spouse retirement benefits are continued or reinstated, as shown by a certified statement from the actuarial firm that prepared the most recent actuarial study;

(c) The governing authorities of the municipality adopt a resolution requesting the continuation or reinstatement of the spouse retirement benefits as authorized in this section and transmit the resolution to the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System; and

(d) If applicable, the surviving spouse makes an application to the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System to reinstate the spouse retirement benefits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-43 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-43
Status: in_force

(1) Once a year during the first five (5) years following retirement of a member on either duty or non-duty disability retirement allowance, and once in every three-year period thereafter, the board may require any disability beneficiary who has not completed twenty (20) years' service under the terms and provisions of this article to undergo a medical examination at the place of residence of the beneficiary or other place mutually agreed upon, to be made by a physician or physicians designated by the board. Should any disability beneficiary who has not completed twenty (20) years' service under the terms and provisions of this article refuse to submit to at least one (1) medical examination in any such year by a physician or physicians designated by the board, his allowance shall be discontinued until his withdrawal of such refusal, and should his refusal continue for one (1) year, all his rights in and to any and all retirement allowances under the retirement system shall be revoked by the board.

(2) Should the examining physician or physicians report and certify to the board that a disability retirant has recovered and is able to engage in a gainful occupation, and should the board concur in such report, then the disability retirement allowance shall cease. In the case of a duty disability retirant only, upon again becoming an employee of the employer, he shall again become a member of the retirement system and the time during which he was a disability retirant shall be counted as time in the service of the employer for the purpose of service retirement.

(3) Any disability retirant, who has not completed twenty (20) years' service under this article prior to retirement, who secures gainful employment over a period of three (3) consecutive months shall not thereafter receive any disability retirement allowance and it shall be the duty of the board to revoke its order directing the payment of a retirement allowance to such person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-17-15 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-17-15
Status: in_force

Within the discretion of the governing authorities of any municipality having a population of seventy-five thousand (75,000) or more according to the latest federal decennial census, there may be established a fiscal or financial department and the director thereof shall be invested with the full authority to act in all financial matters for and on behalf of such municipality as the city clerk is now authorized to act in such matters.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-11
Status: in_force

The duly constituted authorities of each and every city coming within the purview of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 , shall provide the commission with suitable and convenient rooms and accommodations and cause the same to be furnished, heated and lighted and supplied with all office supplies and equipment necessary to carry on the business of the commission and with such clerical assistance as may be necessary, all of which is to be commensurate with the number of persons in each such city coming within the purview of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 . The failure upon the part of the duly constituted authorities to do so shall be considered a violation of this section and shall be punishable as such.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-329 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 29-329
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-329
Status: in_force

(1) Any municipality that has established a retirement fund or disability and relief fund under the provisions of Article 1, 3 or 5 of this chapter, shall be authorized to adopt a resolution to allow those spouses who are receiving retirement benefits under the provisions of those articles, to continue to receive the spouse retirement benefits for life even if the spouse remarries. The resolution also may provide that surviving spouses of deceased members who received spouse retirement benefits that were terminated upon remarriage may again receive the spouse retirement benefits from and after making application with the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System to reinstate the benefits. Any reinstatement of spouse retirement benefits shall be prospective only from and after the first of the month following the date of application for reinstatement.

(2) The continuation or reinstatement of spouse retirement benefits authorized under this section shall not be continued or reinstated unless all of the following requirements are met:

(a) The municipal retirement fund or disability and relief fund is actuarially sound, as shown by the most recent actuarial study required by Section 21-29-27 , 21-29-119 or 21-29-221 ;

(b) The municipal retirement fund or disability and relief fund will remain actuarially sound if the spouse retirement benefits are continued or reinstated, as shown by a certified statement from the actuarial firm that prepared the most recent actuarial study;

(c) The governing authorities of the municipality adopt a resolution requesting the continuation or reinstatement of the spouse retirement benefits as authorized in this section and transmit the resolution to the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System; and

(d) If applicable, the surviving spouse makes an application to the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System to reinstate the spouse retirement benefits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-7-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-7-9
Status: in_force

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

(2) The council may, pursuant to Section 21-17-17 , set a day other than Tuesday for the holding of its regular monthly meeting.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-121 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-121
Status: in_force

The disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen shall be a special trust fund and shall be disbursed only in the manner hereafter provided. Such fund shall be a part of the public funds of the Public Employees' Retirement System and shall be kept by the board as it is required to keep its other funds. Interest earned on said fund shall be credited to and become a part of said fund. All moneys on deposit in such funds on July 1, 1987, shall be paid over to the Board of Trustees of Public Employees' Retirement System on or before July 1, 1987.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-37 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 38 / Section 41-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-37
Status: in_force

If any municipality in this state, including those operating under a special charter, having the power to construct or cause to be made improvements consisting of grading, paving, graveling or any other form of improvement to its streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, gutters, sewerage or drainage, has levied or assessed or charged the cost thereof against the property abutting thereon and to the owners thereof, and has paid such cost and has not been paid therefor in full, and if in the judgment of the governing authorities of said municipalities, errors or irregularities have occurred in the assessing or computing of such cost, then such municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to ascertain the cost thereof and to add thereto accrued and unpaid interest, and to declare the same by resolution, and to correct errors or irregularities in said former assessment or assessments accordingly. In no event, however, shall the principal amount thereof, exclusive of interest, be increased.

When such errors or irregularities have been corrected, the assessment or assessments so made, and all steps and proceedings leading up thereto or precedent thereto are hereby confirmed and validated for all purposes and against all persons, and said assessment or assessments shall be in lieu of the assessment or assessments in which said errors or irregularities have been made or occurred. Such further proceedings may be had thereon to provide for and fix a lien on said property to secure the payment of said assessment or assessments, and for enforcing the collection thereof, and otherwise, in the same manner as is provided in this chapter, when valid assessments have been made that are not erroneous or irregular.

All orders, resolutions, ordinances, and proceedings relative to sidewalk, curb, or gutter improvements heretofore passed and adopted by any such municipality or its governing authorities, are hereby in all things made valid and binding regardless of defects or omissions or informalities or the failure to comply with any law or part of law relative thereto.

If and when it shall have been determined by said governing authorities that an over-assessment shall have been made against such person or property, such governing authorities are hereby authorized and empowered to give credit for or refund the amount of such excess.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-245 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-245
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-245
Status: in_force

If any member of said fire and/or police department who has been in paid fire and/or police department service for as long as twenty (20) years before making application hereinafter mentioned, the last ten (10) years of which shall have been continuous in the city in which the application is made, shall make written application for retirement and relief, the board of disability and relief shall without medical examinations of disability, retire him from active service in said fire and/or police department. Upon such retirement from active service said disability and relief board shall order the payment to such retired member monthly from said fund a sum equal to fifty percent (50%) of the average monthly base salary and longevity pay received as salary by such member in the six-month period next before the filing of such application in said fire and/or police department. Such payments shall thereafter be made to said retired member for life, such payments to be known as “retired relief.”

Any member of the fire and/or police department who has been in paid fire and/or police department service for longer than twenty (20) years shall be entitled to and shall receive additional retired relief payment for life in a sum equal to one and seven-tenths percent (1.7%) of the same monthly base salary and longevity pay received by such member in the six-month period next preceding the filing of said application for each full year of service in excess of twenty (20) years' service. However, such additional retired relief payment shall be paid only for each year served after July 1, 1966. No retired relief payment to any member shall exceed sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2 / 3 %) of the average monthly base salary and longevity pay received by a member for the six-month period next preceding the filing of said application, except such other additional benefits as may be hereinafter provided.

The board of disability and relief shall, when a member of the fire and/or police department completes thirty-five (35) years of paid employment, or attains the age of sixty (60), whichever occurs first, retire him from active service in said fire and/or police department and order the payment of such funds as the member is entitled to under this article.

Periods of time in which a member may have been inactive on account of physical or mental disability shall not be excluded in computing the twenty-year period and the ten-year period hereinabove mentioned. Neither shall there be excluded therefrom periods of time within which a member may have been absent from his employment while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any civil employee engaged by the Armed Forces of the United States while serving outside the continental United States, in time of war during World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, Cuban Crisis, Berlin Crisis, Vietnam Conflict, or when involuntarily called on active duty, provided that the maximum period for such creditable service shall be four (4) years unless positive proof can be furnished by such person that he was retained in the Armed Forces by cause beyond his control, and without opportunity of discharge, and provided that the discharge or release of such member from the Armed Forces was under conditions other than dishonorable. Any member who has been retired or is voluntarily retired hereunder, or who has received relief or disability benefits hereunder, shall be required to report such duties as then may be required of them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-53 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-53
Status: in_force

The General Municipal Employees' Retirement Law and the provisions thereof shall in no way affect the provisions of Sections 21-29-101 through 21-29-151 of this chapter, establishing the firemen's and policemen's disability and relief fund, or the provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 25 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 , concerning the retirement of school teachers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-327 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-327
Status: in_force

Any municipality that has established a retirement fund or disability and relief fund under Articles 1, 3 and 5 of this chapter shall be assessed interest on delinquent payments as determined by the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board of trustees. Any delinquent payments, assessed interest and any other amount certified by the board of trustees as owed by the municipality may be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the municipality or may, upon due certification of delinquency and at the request of the board of trustees, be deducted from any other monies payable to the municipality by any department or agency of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-49 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 19-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-49
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authority of any municipality or the board of supervisors of any county are hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate money or dedicate and convey municipally-owned buildings and property or county-owned buildings and property, as the case may be, to the school district or districts situated within that municipality or county for the purpose of erecting, purchasing or otherwise providing the school building or a site for such school building of such school district, in cases where the governing authority or board of supervisors are of the opinion that the location of such school building within the corporate limits of the municipality or the county, or in close proximity thereto, will be of special benefit to the inhabitants of the municipality or county.

(2) Municipalities, municipal police departments and the sheriffs' departments may contract with the school board of any school district to provide additional Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy-certified police protection to said school district on such terms and for such reimbursement as the school district and the entity may agree in their discretion.

(3)(a) The governing authority of any municipality or the board of supervisors of any county may allow off-duty municipal or county law enforcement officers who are hired individually for security purposes by the school district or districts within that municipality or county to use municipal or county law enforcement uniforms and equipment, which includes vehicles, during such off-duty employment.

(b) 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.

(4) The governing authority of any municipality, in its discretion, may donate funds, equipment or in-kind services to any school district located within the boundaries of the municipality to assist the voluntary character development or public service programs of that school district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-303 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 33-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-303
Status: in_force

No municipality shall hereafter issue bonds secured by a pledge of its full faith and credit for the purposes authorized by law in an amount which, when added to the then outstanding bonded indebtedness of such municipality, shall exceed either (a) fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed value of the taxable property within such municipality, according to the last completed assessment for taxation, or (b) ten percent (10%) of the assessment upon which taxes were levied for its fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, whichever is greater. In computing such indebtedness, there may be deducted all bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, heretofore or hereafter issued, for school, water, sewerage systems, gas, and light and power purposes and for the construction of special improvements primarily chargeable to the property benefited, or for the purpose of paying the municipality's proportion of any betterment program, a portion of which is primarily chargeable to the property benefited. However, in no case shall any municipality contract any indebtedness which, when added to all of the outstanding general obligation indebtedness, both bonded and floating, shall exceed either (a) twenty percent (20%) of the assessed value of all taxable property within such municipality according to the last completed assessment for taxation or (b) fifteen percent (15%) of the assessment upon which taxes were levied for its fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, whichever is greater. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to contract obligations in any form heretofore or hereafter incurred by any municipality which are subject to annual appropriations therefor, or to bonds heretofore issued by any municipality for school purposes, or to contract obligations in any form heretofore or hereafter incurred by any municipality which are payable exclusively from the revenues of any municipally owned utility, or to bonds issued by any municipality under the provisions of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51 , or to any special assessment improvement bonds issued by any municipality under the provisions of Sections 21-41-1 through 21-41-53 , or to any indebtedness incurred under Section 55-23-8 , or to any indebtedness incurred through a loan to a municipality under Section 57-75-11(tt) in connection with a project defined in Section 57-75-5(f)(xxvii) .

All bonds issued prior to July 1, 1990, pursuant to this chapter by any municipality for the purpose of the constructing, replacing, renovating or improving wastewater collection and treatment facilities in order to comply with an administrative order of the Mississippi Department of Natural Resources issued pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and amendments thereto, are hereby exempt from the limitation imposed by this section if the governing body of the municipality adopts an order, resolution or ordinance to the effect that the rates paid by the users of such facilities shall be increased to the extent necessary to provide sufficient funds for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as each respectively becomes due and payable as well as the necessary expenses in connection with the operation and maintenance of such facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-321 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-321
Status: in_force

For purposes of determining the “average monthly base salary and longevity pay” as provided in Sections 21-29-101 et seq. , the wages to be considered shall be the average base salary and longevity pay which was received in consecutive pay periods immediately preceding retirement. This amount shall be the average of six (6) pay periods if the employee was paid monthly, or the equivalent if the pay periods are bi-weekly, semi-monthly or weekly. In addition, wages may include holiday pay and regularly scheduled overtime pay earned for services performed during the last six (6) months of employment, as certified by the employer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-17 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-17
Status: in_force

Whenever in any judicial proceeding it shall be necessary to prove the existence of any municipal ordinance, a copy of such ordinance, certified to by the clerk of the municipality, or the ordinance book in which such ordinance is entered, may be introduced in evidence, and shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of such ordinance and that the same was adopted and published in the manner provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-55 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-55
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality authorizing revenue bonds pursuant to the authority granted in Sections 21-27-23 and 21-27-51 , may make provisions for any of such revenue bonds to be called for payment at any interest payment date before maturity, provided the municipality shall have on hand in its bond and interest fund sufficient moneys, not otherwise appropriated or pledged, in excess of the interest and principal requirements within the next two succeeding calendar, operating or fiscal years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-43 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-43
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 21-33-10 , the governing authorities of any municipality shall have the power to change assessments, after the assessment roll, or rolls, of real and personal property have been finally approved, but not after the expiration of the fiscal year in which the taxes on said assessments are due and payable. The assessments may be reduced or increased for the same reasons and in like manner, as provided by law for the reduction and/or increasing of county assessments. Such change shall not be submitted to the state tax commission for approval.

Where a reduction is sought, the governing authorities shall require the owner of the property, or his duly authorized agent or attorney, to make a suitable application or petition, and where an increase is sought the application or petition shall be made by the assessor. The governing authorities shall have the right and power to consider the application or petition and to do any and all things necessary to determine whether or not it shall be allowed, and shall adopt an order rejecting or approving the application or petition. Said authorities may adopt an order to change the assessment so as to increase or decrease the assessment to the fair value of the property, or to cause the taxes to be charged to the person or property liable therefor.

The clerk shall carefully file and preserve, as a public record, in his office, all petitions or applications, and exhibits thereto, for either an increase or decrease in assessments as herein provided, for a period of three (3) years after the expiration of the fiscal year in which such petitions or applications were filed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-23 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 31 / Section 33-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-23
Status: in_force

The assessor shall complete the assessment of both real and personal property and file the rolls with the municipal clerk on or before the first Monday in September. The governing authorities may, by an order entered upon their minutes, allow the assessor additional time within which to complete and file the assessment rolls. The assessor shall attach his affidavit to each roll in the form required of the county tax assessor.

Municipalities operating under a private charter, and having a different time for the assessment of property than fixed for municipalities operating under a code charter, shall provide the time when the assessor shall make and file the assessment rolls.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-145.nr2 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-145.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-145.nr2
Status: in_force

(1) If any member of the fire or police department dies in active service, or dies in inactive service on account of disability approved for disability relief under the provisions of Section 21-29-133 , as a result of injury received while in the discharge of duty in the service of the fire department or police department, or dies as a result of sickness or disease, due to the discharge of duty while in service as a member of the fire or police department, or if the member dies while entitled to relief after retirement under Section 21-29-139 , the amount of disability relief or retirement being paid, or which should have been properly paid, shall continue to be paid from the fund to the spouse of the deceased member for life for the use of the spouse and the child or children of the deceased member. If the deceased member is not survived by a spouse, but there remains a child or children of the deceased member, the payments shall continue to be made to a parent or lawful custodian of the child or children without the necessity of appointment as guardian for the benefit of the child or children. After the death of the spouse, all payments to the spouse shall cease, and after the death of any child or children of the deceased member, all payments to the child or children shall cease. If the deceased member is not survived by spouse or child or children, but is survived by a father, mother or an unmarried sister dependent upon him or her, the payments shall continue to be made to the dependent father or mother or both, so long as each lives. If there is no dependent father or mother surviving the deceased member, the payments shall continue to be made to the unmarried dependent sister or sisters of the deceased member, so long as the beneficiary or beneficiaries remain unmarried. Upon the death or marriage of any such sister, all payments shall cease to her. Payments to dependents under this section are for services rendered by the members of the fire and/or police department, and the amount of payment is within the discretion of the board of disability and relief, but in no event shall the amount payable under this section be in excess of the amount that would have been payable as disability and relief to a member of the department. If the father, mother or sisters are not wholly dependent, then they shall not receive any amount in excess of the difference between the income of the father, mother, sister or sisters, and the amount that the deceased member would have been entitled to.

(2) For the purposes of this section:

(a) “ Dependent ” means wholly dependent upon the deceased member at the time of his or her death.

(b) “ Child ” or “ children ” means:

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

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

(iii) Children of the deceased member who, though eighteen (18) years of age or older, are wholly dependent upon the deceased member and incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical disability.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-201 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 33-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-201
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the City Utility Tax Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-43 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-43
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided, no bonds shall be issued pursuant to the authority granted in Section 21-27-23 until and unless a majority of those qualified electors of the municipality, voting on a proposition stating in general terms the maximum amount and purposes of the bonds, have approved the issuance at a special election called thereon according to law.

However, the requirement for an election to be held before the issuance of the bonds shall not apply to the issuance of the revenue bonds for the purpose of improving, repairing or extending any waterworks system, water supply system, sewage system, sewage disposal system (or the addition of a sewage disposal system to a sewage system), gas producing system, gas generating, transmission, or distribution system, electric generating, transmission, or distribution system, garbage disposal system, rubbish disposal or incinerator system, or motor vehicle transportation system, which is now, or hereafter, owned or operated by any municipality, or railroad transportation system owned or operated by any municipality located in a county bordering the Mississippi River and in which Highways 49 and 61 intersect. The revenue bonds may be issued for such purposes in the following manner: notice of intention to issue the revenue bonds, setting out the amount and other terms or conditions of the proposed issue, shall be given by publication once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a local newspaper published in the municipality, and if a newspaper is not published in the municipality, then in some newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality. After ten (10) days from the last publication of the notice, the bonds may be sold under the regular procedure for selling the bonds unless, within ten (10) days after the last publication of the notice, a petition signed by not less than twenty percent (20%) of the qualified voters of such municipality be filed objecting to and protesting against such revenue bond issue, in which event the same shall not be made unless submitted to a special election ordered for the purpose of determining whether or not a majority of those voting in the election shall vote for or against the revenue bond issue. The election shall be ordered to be held not later than forty (40) days after the date of the last notice of the proposed revenue bond issue. Notice of the election, stating the purpose of the election, shall be published once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks next preceding the time set for holding the election in the newspaper, provided in this section. The laws governing municipal elections shall govern the order and conduct of the election. However, nothing in this section shall prevent the governing authorities from calling an election, whether required by petition of twenty percent (20%) of the qualified voters or not. This section shall not have application to and it shall not affect the authority granted public utilities commissions under Section 21-27-25 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-123 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-123
Status: in_force

(1) A business improvement district may be funded in whole or in part by an assessment authorized pursuant to this section. Such assessment shall be in addition to any taxes or assessments that may be imposed on property that is included in the district.

(2) The assessment shall be levied on the property in the district based upon the gross square footage of the property. The district plan shall set the amount that shall be assessed on each square foot of property. A district plan may authorize that the assessment per square foot for buildings may be at a different rate than that for land; provided, however, that the square foot rate for each type of property shall be uniform.

(3) Upon presentation of a district plan by a district created pursuant to Sections 21-43-101 through 21-43-133 , the governing authorities of a municipality shall, at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are levied, levy the assessment provided for in this section on the property in the district in the amount specified in the district plan.

(4) Assessments shall constitute a lien upon the respective lots or parcels of land and other real property upon which they are levied, superior to all other liens except those for state and county taxes.

(5) In addition to the assessment authorized under this section, a business improvement district shall also be authorized and empowered to apply for and receive public and private grants and to accept any monetary contribution or donation of real or personal property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-19 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-19
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, should a member separate from the service of an employer or should he become a beneficiary or die, he shall thereupon cease to be a member and any prior service and membership service which may be credited to his service account at the time of his separation from the service of the employer shall be forfeited by him. Should such person again become an employee of the same employer within a period of five (5) years following the date of his last separation from the service of such employer, he shall again become a member of the retirement system, if not otherwise by this article prevented, conditioned on his redepositing at time of reemployment, and not afterwards, any part of his accumulated contributions theretofore withdrawn from the employees' savings fund, and any prior service and membership service which may have been credited to him at the time of his separation from service shall be restored to him. However, that in the case of the reemployment of a duty disability retirant neither the limitation of five (5) years nor the redepositing of any sum withdrawn from the employees' savings fund shall apply.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to any employees of a municipality who are employed after adoption of a resolution in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 21-29-17 . However, under the provisions of the agreement between the municipality and the public employees' retirement system, after the employee has been actively employed for a period of four (4) years and reported as a member of the public employees' retirement system of Mississippi, he may pay the employee contributions, the employer contributions and interest as determined by the public employees' retirement system of Mississippi based on the earnings during the previous period of service with the municipality and receive creditable service for such prior service in the public employees' retirement system of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-45 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-45
Status: in_force

The council may, by ordinance, create new departments and offices as shall appear proper but only on recommendation of the city manager, and shall likewise fix the powers and duties and number of employees and compensation therefor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-167 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-167
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-167
Status: in_force

A municipality shall have the power and right to acquire and to own, maintain, use and operate any and all property of any kind, real, personal or mixed, or any interest therein within or without the boundaries of its metropolitan area necessary or convenient to the exercise of the purposes of and the powers granted by Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 . Within any unincorporated portion of its metropolitan area, a municipality may acquire such property by exercise of the power of eminent domain as provided in Chapter 27, Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972 . Prior to the exercise of the power of eminent domain within any unincorporated portion of its metropolitan area, a municipality shall seek and obtain a written agreement with the public agency or other person having local jurisdiction of such area for the acquisition of such property. The written agreement provided for herein for the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall be spread upon the minutes of said public agency or person as defined herein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-67 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-67
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipality in the state, in its discretion, is authorized to donate annually, out of any funds in the municipal treasury, to:

(a) Boys and Girls Club. Any chartered chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America located within the municipality, provided that the cumulative sum of donations to all chapters within the municipality does not exceed the amount generated in the municipality by one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) mill on all of the taxable property within the municipality, during the fiscal year in which the donations are made. Nothing in this paragraph authorizes the imposition of additional tax.

(b) Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). Any chartered chapter of the YMCA located within the municipality, out of any funds in the treasury of the municipality, provided that the cumulative sum of donations to all chapters within the municipality does not exceed the amount generated in the municipality by one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) mill on all of the taxable property within the municipality, during the fiscal year in which the donations are made. Nothing in this paragraph authorizes the imposition of additional tax.

(c) Farmers' markets. Any farmers' market that is certified by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and operating within the municipality, not to exceed the amount that would be generated from the levy of a one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) mill ad valorem tax upon all taxable property in the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-35 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 27-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-35
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality which have sold or which may hereafter sell any utility system owned by such municipality, may use the proceeds of the sale of such system, or any part thereof, for the purpose of retiring and paying off any of the public debt of the municipality, and they may purchase the outstanding bonds or other obligations of the said municipality at such price, whether above or below par, as they may consider fair and reasonable. The said governing authorities may, in their discretion, invest the said funds, or any part thereof, derived from the sale of the said system or systems in any of the securities now eligible for purchase by public sinking funds of municipalities, at such price, whether above or below par, as they may determine to be fair and reasonable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-75 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-75
Status: in_force

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

Said municipal governing authorities may lease or sell any of said lands to any person in any manner that may be prescribed by an order or resolution, which said order or resolution shall be entered in the minutes covering each particular tract of land so leased or sold, it being the intention of the legislature to vest in municipal authorities in each specific case of lease or sale the right to fix the price, terms, and conditions of each sale or lease.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-221 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-221
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-221
Status: in_force

(1) Any person aggrieved by the final decision of any duly designated hearing officer appointed by the board or commission as a result of any hearing held under the provisions of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 may, within thirty (30) days of receipt of written notice of the action of the hearing officer, appeal such final decision to the full board or commission, as the case may be, by filing therewith a written notice of appeal. No cost bond or other security shall be required to perfect such appeal. The hearing officer shall forthwith prepare and submit to the board or commission the record made at the hearing, which shall thereupon become the record of the cause. Appeals to the board or commission shall be considered only upon the record made before the hearing officer. The board or commission shall review all findings of fact and conclusions of law of the hearing officer, together with any penalties levied, and may affirm, modify or reverse and remand the decision of the hearing officer, as may be determined to be necessary or appropriate. Appeals from the final decision of the board or commission shall be perfected as hereinafter provided.

(2) Any person aggrieved by the final decision of the board or commission as a result of any hearing held under the provisions of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 , including hearings requested incidental to the issuance, denial, modification or revocation of any operator certification issued hereunder, may, within thirty (30) days of receipt of written notice of the action of the board or commission, appeal such final decision to the chancery court of the county of the situs in whole or in part of the subject matter by giving a cost bond with sufficient sureties, payable to the state in the sum of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), to be fixed by the board or commission and to be filed with and approved by the chief administrative officer of the appropriate agency, who shall forthwith certify the same together with a certified copy of the record made before the board or commission or designated hearing officer in the matter to the chancery court to which the appeal is taken, which shall thereupon become the record of the cause. An appeal to the chancery court as provided herein shall not stay the decision of the board or commission. The aggrieved party may, within such thirty (30) days, petition the said chancery court for an appeal with supersedeas and the chancellor shall grant a hearing on said petition and upon good cause shown may grant such appeal with supersedeas; the appellant shall be required to post a supersedeas bond with sufficient sureties according to law in an amount to be determined by the chancellor. Appeals shall be considered only upon the record as made before the board or commission. The chancery court shall always be deemed open for hearing of such appeals and the chancellor may hear the same in termtime or in vacation at any place in his district, and the same shall have precedence over all civil cases, except election contests. The chancery court shall review all questions of law and of fact. If no prejudicial error be found, the matter shall be affirmed. If prejudicial error be found, the same shall be reversed, and the chancery court shall remand the matter to the board or commission for appropriate action as may be indicated or necessary under the circumstances. Appeals may be taken from the chancery court to the Supreme Court in the manner as now required by law, except that if a supersedeas is desired by the party appealing to the chancery court, he may apply therefor to the chancellor thereof, who shall award a writ of supersedeas, without additional bond, if in his judgment material damage is not likely to result thereby; but otherwise, he shall require such supersedeas bond as he deems proper, which shall be payable to the state for damage.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-203 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-203
Status: in_force

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

Any such public utility which pays any municipality of the State of Mississippi the compensation provided for in municipal franchises or levied and provided for by Section 77-3-17, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall be exempt from the tax herein imposed and from the provisions of the City Utility Tax Law. In addition, any such public utility which makes payment of the tax imposed herein shall not be required to make payments, if any, which may be required under the terms of said Section 77-3-17 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-29 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-29
Status: in_force

Rates charged for services furnished by any system or combined system purchased, constructed, improved, enlarged, extended or repaired under the provisions of Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any state bureau, board, commission, or other like instrumentality or agency thereof. It shall not be necessary for any municipality operating under the provisions of said sections to obtain any franchise or other permit from any state bureau, board, commission or other instrumentality thereof, in order to construct, improve, enlarge, extend or repair any system or combined system. However, billing and service disputes between the system and its customers shall be subject to review and arbitration by the Public Service Commission as provided under Section 77-3-6 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-67 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-67
Status: in_force

Whenever any ordinance or resolution adopted by the council, or any other matter, is required to be referred to a vote of the qualified electors of any city, the council shall order a special election for the determination of the matter, to be held no less than thirty days nor more than sixty days from the making of such order, provided that there shall not be a general election to be held in such city within sixty days from the date of the order referring such matter to the judgment of the electors. In case there is to be such a general election, the matter shall be referred to and voted upon at such general election. All such special elections shall be held and conducted as other elections in such city.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-3-3 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-3-3
Status: in_force

The elective officers of all municipalities operating under a code charter shall be the mayor, the aldermen, municipal judge, the marshal or chief of police, the tax collector and the tax assessor. From and after July 1, 2017, the governing authorities of the municipality shall appoint a city or town clerk who shall likewise serve as an officer of the municipality. However, the governing authorities of the municipality shall have the power, by ordinance, to combine the office of clerk or marshal with the office of tax collector and/or tax assessor. Such governing authorities shall have the further power to provide that all or any of such officers, except those of mayor and aldermen, shall be appointive, in which case the marshal or chief of police, the tax collector, the tax assessor, and the city or town clerk, or such of such officers as may be made appointive, shall be appointed by the governing authorities. Any action taken by the governing authorities to make any of such offices appointive shall be by ordinance of such municipality, and no such ordinance shall be adopted within ninety (90) days prior to any regular general election for the election of municipal officers. No such ordinance shall become effective during the term of office of any officer whose office shall be affected thereby. If any such office is made appointive, the person appointed thereto shall hold office at the pleasure of the governing authorities and may be discharged by such governing authorities at any time, either with or without cause, and it shall be discretionary with the governing authorities whether or not to require such person appointed thereto to reside within the corporate limits of the municipality in order to hold such office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-97 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-97
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-97
Status: in_force

Any reproduction or copy of any original record shall be deemed to be the original record for all purposes and shall be admissible as evidence in all courts or administrative agencies. A facsimile, exemplification or certified copy thereof shall, for all purposes set forth herein, be deemed to be a transcript, exemplification or certified copy of the original record.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-13 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-13
Status: in_force

The City of Jackson, at all times, shall adequately staff its police department with the necessary number of law enforcement officers. The Jackson Police Department shall continue to enforce all ordinances of the City of Jackson.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-129 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-129
Status: in_force

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

However, in any municipality having a population of not less than twenty-eight thousand (28,000) and not more than thirty thousand (30,000) according to the 1960 decennial census and located in a county having an assessed valuation in 1969 of not less than Eighty-five Million Dollars ($85,000,000.00) and not more than Ninety Million Dollars ($90,000,000.00), any former member of the fire or police department with thirteen (13) or more consecutive and paid years longevity retirement benefits in the retirement system, who remains in public service of such municipality in an elected capacity which includes ex officio chief of police or fire department, such elected public service shall be credited under this article, when the member pays into the system all employer and employee contributions with any interest or earnings thereon based upon the salary he received during the last six (6) months of his employment as a fireman or policeman prior to his becoming an elected official, and his retirement benefits shall be computed upon the salary so received.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-13 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-13
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 shall include all full paid employees of the fire and/or police departments of each municipality coming within its purview, including the chiefs of those departments. All appointments to and promotions in said departments shall be made solely on merit, efficiency, and fitness, which may be ascertained by open competitive examination and impartial investigation. No person shall be reinstated in, or transferred, suspended, or discharged from any place, position or employment contrary to the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 . The governing authorities of the municipality may, with the approval of the civil service commission, extend the benefits of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 to other full time employees of the municipality.

All incumbents and future appointees shall be subject to civil service, except, however, those appointees now and hereafter serving as extra members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-191 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 27-191
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-191
Status: in_force

Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 are cumulative of other statutes now or hereafter enacted relating to the issuance of bonds; the collection, transportation, treatment or disposal of wastes; and the design, construction, acquisition or approval of facilities for such purposes, and the municipality may exercise all presently held powers in the furtherance of said sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-47 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 8-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-47
Status: in_force

The term “ordinance” as used in this chapter shall be deemed to include ordinances, resolutions, orders and any other official actions of the council, except those procedural actions governing the conduct of the council's meetings, appointing a clerk of council, and exercising the council's investigative functions under Section 21-8-13(4) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-51 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-51
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created a civil service commission to administer a civil service system in every municipality described in subsection (2) of this section which has administrative and other employees employed on a monthly basis.

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

(a) Any municipality, operating under a commission form of government, and having a population of more than twenty-one thousand, according to the federal census of 1950; and

(b) Any municipality located in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District, and having a population of more than fifteen thousand and less than twenty thousand, according to the federal census of 1950.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-325 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-325
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-325
Status: in_force

The Public Employees' Retirement System shall make payments of retirement benefits under this chapter to members and to the beneficiaries of those members, by whatever means the board prescribes by regulation to be the most appropriate for the proper and efficient payment of benefits, including, but not limited to, direct deposit to an account with a financial institution that is a participant of the Automated Clearing House designated by the member or beneficiary. The board may provide for alternative means of payment if the member or beneficiary can demonstrate that payment by the prescribed means will cause the member or beneficiary undue hardship.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 31-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-5
Status: in_force

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

(b) From and after May 18, 1988, the governing authorities of any municipality organized under the provisions of Chapter 8, Title 21, Mississippi Code of 1972 , in which a civil service commission is created pursuant to Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 , may increase the members of the commission to the same number of wards into which the municipality is divided and, if the commission is so expanded, the governing authorities shall appoint one (1) member of the commission from each ward. The commissioners shall serve without compensation; however, the governing authorities of any municipality, in their discretion, may pay each of the members of the commission a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month to compensate them for their services. No person shall be appointed a member of such commission who is not a citizen of the United States, a resident of the municipality for at least five (5) years immediately preceding such appointment, and an elector of the county wherein he resides. When making initial appointments under this paragraph (b), the governing authorities may stagger the terms of such appointees provided that no initial appointment is made for a period of less than one (1) year nor more than six (6) years; thereafter, all appointments shall be for terms of six (6) years. Appointment of members of the commission by the governing authorities under this paragraph (b) shall be made by the mayor with the confirmation of an affirmative vote of a majority of the city council present and voting at any meeting.

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

(3) A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-31 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-31
Status: in_force

After the expiration of four (4) years from the effective date of an employer's operation under this article, any member who has been an employee of the employer, to whom application is made, for twenty (20) years or more, whether continuous or not, provided the last seven (7) years of which service shall have been continuous, may retire upon his written application to the board setting forth at what time, not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days subsequent to the filing thereof, he desires to be retired. The board shall grant him the benefits under Section 21-29-33 to which he is entitled because of the service retirement. It shall be mandatory that any member retire after he attains the age of seventy (70) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-3 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-3
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases when used in this article, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Retirement system” shall mean a retirement system as authorized by this article;

(b) “Board” shall mean the retirement board provided for in this article to administer the retirement system;

(c) “Municipality” shall mean any city, as defined by Section 21-1-1 which has a population of twenty-one thousand (21,000), or more;

(d) “Governing body” shall mean the legislative body, board or commission of any municipality, as defined in subsection (c) of this section;

(e) “Employer” shall mean a municipality, as defined in subsection (c) of this section, which has elected, as by this article provided, to provide a retirement system;

(f) “Employee” shall mean all administrative and other employees on a monthly salary basis, excepting policemen, firemen, and school teachers;

(g) “Member” shall mean any municipal employee included in the membership of the retirement system;

(h) “Beneficiary” shall mean any person in receipt of an annuity, pension, or retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this article;

(i) “Compensation” shall mean the remuneration paid the employee in cash or warrant out of public funds in return for his services to the employer, plus the monetary value, as determined by the governing body, of whatever living quarters or other thing of monetary value the employer furnishes him in return for his services. Compensation in addition to an employee's base salary that is paid to the employee at the time of his retirement for unused accumulated annual leave, sick leave or both, pursuant to the vacation and sick leave policies of the employer, shall be excluded from the calculation of compensation under this article;

(j) “Accumulated contributions” shall mean the sum of all amounts deducted from the compensation of a member and credited to his individual account in the employees' savings fund, together with interest thereon as by this article provided;

(k) “Service” shall mean time spent as an employee of one (1) employer, the time spent in the employ of one (1) employer under this article not being transferable nor to be considered by any other employer under this article. Service shall not include any unused accumulated annual leave, sick leave or both that any employee has at the time of his retirement pursuant to the vacation and sick leave policies of the employer;

(l) “Prior service” shall mean time spent in the employ of an employer, under this article, prior to the effective date of the retirement system; provided, the time spent in the employ of one (1) employer under this article may not be transferable nor considered by any other employer under this article.

Words of the masculine gender shall include words of the feminine gender and vice versa, and words of the singular number in relation to persons shall include the plural number and vice versa.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-63 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 31-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-63
Status: in_force

Any applicant for a position of any kind under civil service must be a citizen of the United States and an elector of the county in which he resides and must meet only such bona fide occupational residency requirements as may be determined by the civil service commission or the governing authority of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-303 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 33-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-303
Status: in_force

No municipality shall hereafter issue bonds secured by a pledge of its full faith and credit for the purposes authorized by law in an amount which, when added to the then outstanding bonded indebtedness of such municipality, shall exceed either (a) fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed value of the taxable property within such municipality, according to the last completed assessment for taxation, or (b) ten percent (10%) of the assessment upon which taxes were levied for its fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, whichever is greater. In computing such indebtedness, there may be deducted all bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, heretofore or hereafter issued, for school, water, sewerage systems, gas, and light and power purposes and for the construction of special improvements primarily chargeable to the property benefited, or for the purpose of paying the municipality's proportion of any betterment program, a portion of which is primarily chargeable to the property benefited. However, in no case shall any municipality contract any indebtedness which, when added to all of the outstanding general obligation indebtedness, both bonded and floating, shall exceed either (a) twenty percent (20%) of the assessed value of all taxable property within such municipality according to the last completed assessment for taxation or (b) fifteen percent (15%) of the assessment upon which taxes were levied for its fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, whichever is greater. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to contract obligations in any form heretofore or hereafter incurred by any municipality which are subject to annual appropriations therefor, or to bonds heretofore issued by any municipality for school purposes, or to contract obligations in any form heretofore or hereafter incurred by any municipality which are payable exclusively from the revenues of any municipally owned utility, or to bonds issued by any municipality under the provisions of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51 , or to any special assessment improvement bonds issued by any municipality under the provisions of Sections 21-41-1 through 21-41-53 , or to any indebtedness incurred under Section 55-23-8 , or to any indebtedness incurred through a loan to a municipality under Section 57-75-11(tt) in connection with a project defined in Section 57-75-5(f)(xxvii) .

All bonds issued prior to July 1, 1990, pursuant to this chapter by any municipality for the purpose of the constructing, replacing, renovating or improving wastewater collection and treatment facilities in order to comply with an administrative order of the Mississippi Department of Natural Resources issued pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and amendments thereto, are hereby exempt from the limitation imposed by this section if the governing body of the municipality adopts an order, resolution or ordinance to the effect that the rates paid by the users of such facilities shall be increased to the extent necessary to provide sufficient funds for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as each respectively becomes due and payable as well as the necessary expenses in connection with the operation and maintenance of such facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-95 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-95
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-95
Status: in_force

Any municipality or public utility commission desiring to reproduce by microfilm, photograph, photostat or other process, the records of municipal system or systems under the authority granted in Section 21-27-93 are authorized and vested with the authority to purchase or acquire any equipment, materials and supplies necessary therefor, or to contract for the reproducing of said records in accordance with Section 31-7-1 et seq. Any such contract shall not exceed a period of twelve (12) months.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-319 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 33-319
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-319
Status: in_force

Whenever a balance shall remain of the proceeds of any bond issue after the purpose for which such bonds were issued shall have been accomplished, such balance shall forthwith be transferred to the bond and interest fund applicable to such bond issue.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-23 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-9-23
Status: in_force

Members of the city council shall have no administrative powers or duties. All such powers or duties vested in members of the governing body of the city before adoption of the council-manager plan of government shall be transferred to the city manager or his subordinates.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-57 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-57
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the civil service commission to make suitable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 and not inconsistent with personnel rules and regulations duly adopted by the governing authorities of the municipality. Such rules and regulations shall provide in detail the manner of conducting examinations, appointments, promotions, transfers, reinstatements, demotions, suspensions and discharges, and may also provide for any other matter connected with the general subject of personnel administration, and which may be considered desirable to further carry out the general purposes of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 . It shall have the power to conduct investigations, and make reports on all matters touching the enforcement and effect of the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 , and the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. The commission shall have the power to investigate all complaints which must be reduced to writing, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and conduct hearings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-11
Status: in_force

(1) During the first council meeting of a new council, the council shall elect one (1) member as president of the council and one (1) of its other members as vice president, both of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The president shall preside at all council meetings. In the event of the president's absence or disability, the vice president shall act as president. In the event of the absence of the president and vice president, a presiding officer shall be designated by majority vote of the council to serve during such meeting. All councilmen, including the president, shall have the right to vote in the council at all times, even when serving as acting mayor.

(2) Regular public meetings of the council shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first day of July after the election of the members of the council that is not on a weekend and at least monthly thereafter on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in each month, or at such other times as the council by order may set. Special meetings may be called at any time by the mayor or a majority of the members of the council. At any and all meetings of the council, a majority of the members thereof shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum at any meeting shall be necessary to adopt any motion, resolution or ordinance, or to pass any measure whatever unless otherwise provided in this chapter. The quorum required by this section may be established by teleconference or video means as provided in Section 25-41-5(2) . Upon every vote taken by the council, the yeas and nays shall be recorded and every motion, resolution or ordinance shall be reduced to writing before the vote is taken thereon. Upon request of one or more council members, any motion, resolution or ordinance shall be read by the clerk before the vote is taken thereon.

(3) No councilman shall be a member of any commission or board appointed or designated herein, or serve as a member of any commission or board under their jurisdiction except as otherwise provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-13 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-13
Status: in_force

The marshal or chief of police of the municipality shall be the executive officer of the municipal court. He shall attend the sittings of the court in person or by duly appointed deputies, and he shall be under the direction of the municipal judge. Any police officer of the municipality may be an ex officio deputy marshal. The marshal or chief of police shall execute all process by himself or deputy and do whatever else may be required of him by the court in the line of his duty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-57 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 31-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-57
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the civil service commission to make suitable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 and not inconsistent with personnel rules and regulations duly adopted by the governing authorities of the municipality. Such rules and regulations shall provide in detail the manner of conducting examinations, appointments, promotions, transfers, reinstatements, demotions, suspensions and discharges, and may also provide for any other matter connected with the general subject of personnel administration, and which may be considered desirable to further carry out the general purposes of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 . It shall have the power to conduct investigations, and make reports on all matters touching the enforcement and effect of the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 , and the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. The commission shall have the power to investigate all complaints which must be reduced to writing, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and conduct hearings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-319 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-319
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-319
Status: in_force

Deductions made prior to retirement by the employer for employment-related fringe benefits may continue to be paid after retirement in accordance with rules and regulations established by the board of trustees if the retirement allowance payable under Section 21-29-1 et seq. , Section 21-29-101 et seq. , and Section 21-29-201 et seq. , is in an amount sufficient to cover the deductions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-15 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-15
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of such municipality shall have the power to remove any member of said commission for inefficiency or incompetency or any other cause, but the governing authority of any municipality which has created a commission under the terms of Section 21-27-13 , shall not have authority to abolish the commission, or to diminish its powers, except by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality at a special election, duly called and held for that purpose. However, nothing herein shall limit, alter, impair or in any way change the procedure prescribed for the sale or lease of a public utility system under Section 21-27-33 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-311 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-311
Status: in_force

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

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

(b) Benefits to dependent children through the age of twenty-three (23) when the dependent child or children are full-time college students.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-173 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-173
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-173
Status: in_force

Payments by a public agency to the municipality for waste collection, transportation, treatment and sewage disposal services and facilities may be made from the income of the public agency's waterworks system or water supply system or its sewerage system, treatment facilities or sewage disposal system or of both such systems or of its combined waterworks, water supply, treatment facilities, sewerage and sewage disposal systems, as may be prescribed in the contract between the municipality and the public agency, or as otherwise authorized by law. Such payments shall constitute an operating expense of the system or systems whose revenues are thus to be applied. Payments to be made under the contract by the public agency from the income of its waterworks system, water supply system, treatment facility, sewerage system or sewage disposal system or both such systems or its combined waterworks, water supply, treatment facility, sewerage and sewage disposal systems shall be subordinate to amounts required to be paid from the net revenues of such systems for principal of and interest on bonds of the public agency which are outstanding at the time of the making of the contract and which are payable solely from such net revenues unless the ordinance or resolution authorizing such outstanding bonds of the public agency expressly reserves the right to accord such contract payments a priority over such public agency's bond requirements. No provision of Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 shall be construed to prohibit any public agency, otherwise permitted by law to issue bonds, from issuing bonds in the manner provided by law for the construction, renovation, repair or development of waste disposal facilities within the jurisdictional limits of the public agency. Except to the extent provided in Section 21-27-175 , neither the municipality nor the holder of any bonds of the municipality shall have the right to demand payment of the public agency's obligation out of any funds raised or to be raised by taxation, but such contracts shall constitute an obligation of the public agency and shall be binding upon such public agency according to its terms and shall continue in effect until all bonds specified therein and refunding bonds issued in lieu of such bonds and all other obligations thereunder shall have been paid. Payments made or to be made to a municipality by a public agency or other person pursuant to a contract for waste collection, transportation, treatment and sewage disposal services and facilities shall be determined by the method specified in the contract and shall not be subject to approval or review by the public service commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-75 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 27-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-75
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authorities of a municipality are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to enter into an interlocal agreement with a rural water association operating within the corporate limits of the municipality that requires the association to terminate the water service of any of its customers who are thirty (30) days or more delinquent in the payment of charges for sewer services provided by the municipality.

(2) Any agreement entered into under this section shall at a minimum:

(a) Require the municipality to notify the association of any customer of the association who also has sewer service provided by the municipality who is thirty (30) days or more delinquent in the payment of sewer charges by a method agreeable to the municipality and the association;

(b) Provide that upon receipt of a notification the association shall terminate the water service of the named customer;

(c) Provide that upon satisfaction of the delinquency and any fees connected with the delinquency and the termination of water service, the association shall restart the water service of the customer;

(d) Provide that the municipality shall save and hold harmless the association against any and all claims based on the disconnection of water or sewer service and any other damages resulting from any action taken by the association under an interlocal agreement entered into under this section.

(3) Upon entering into an interlocal agreement under this section, the association is authorized to terminate the water service of any customer delinquent in the payment of sewer charges to the municipality pursuant to the terms of the interlocal agreement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 31-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-5
Status: in_force

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

(b) From and after May 18, 1988, the governing authorities of any municipality organized under the provisions of Chapter 8, Title 21, Mississippi Code of 1972 , in which a civil service commission is created pursuant to Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 , may increase the members of the commission to the same number of wards into which the municipality is divided and, if the commission is so expanded, the governing authorities shall appoint one (1) member of the commission from each ward. The commissioners shall serve without compensation; however, the governing authorities of any municipality, in their discretion, may pay each of the members of the commission a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month to compensate them for their services. No person shall be appointed a member of such commission who is not a citizen of the United States, a resident of the municipality for at least five (5) years immediately preceding such appointment, and an elector of the county wherein he resides. When making initial appointments under this paragraph (b), the governing authorities may stagger the terms of such appointees provided that no initial appointment is made for a period of less than one (1) year nor more than six (6) years; thereafter, all appointments shall be for terms of six (6) years. Appointment of members of the commission by the governing authorities under this paragraph (b) shall be made by the mayor with the confirmation of an affirmative vote of a majority of the city council present and voting at any meeting.

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

(3) A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-17-19 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-17-19
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever a municipality is required by law to publish in a newspaper any public measure or amendment thereto, the substance of the public measure or amendment thereto may be printed in lieu of the full text of the public measure or amendment thereto, as provided in this Section. Such a public measure shall include, but shall not be limited to, an ordinance, resolution, amendment to a municipal charter or annual audit. The provisions of this section shall not apply to publication of the annual budget or amendments thereto; such publication shall be made as provided in Chapter 35, Title 21, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(2) The substance of the public measure or amendment thereto shall be an explanatory statement summarizing the full text of the public measure or amendment thereto, in which the chief purpose of the measure is explained in clear and unambiguous language. Such statement shall be prepared by the governing authorities of the municipality, and shall not exceed three hundred (300) words in length to the extent practicable.

(3) During the entire time of the publication of the explanatory statement in a newspaper, a copy of the full text of the public measure or amendment thereto shall be posted by the clerk of the municipality (a) at the city hall, (b) at the main public library in the municipality, or at the courthouse in the judicial district or county in which the municipality is located; and in addition, the clerk shall post such copy at least at one (1) other public place in the municipality. The clerk shall furnish any resident of the municipality a copy of the full text of the public measure or amendment thereto upon request, and this shall be stated in the publication of the explanatory statement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 33-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-11
Status: in_force

The municipal assessment of railroad property, and other property required by law to be assessed by the state railroad assessors, shall be made by the assessor by copying from the assessment roll of such property, filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, the assessment of all the property situated inside the municipality. Where any municipality has added territory, the assessor shall likewise copy, from the roll filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, the assessment of all the property situated within such added territory constituting, with a municipality, a separate school district. The assessment so copied shall be the legal assessment for the municipality, and the municipal separate school district, and, when certified by the clerk and placed in the hands of the municipal tax collector, shall be his warrant for the collection of municipal and separate school district ad valorem taxes.

The governing authorities of any municipality may present to the state assessors of railroads orally or in writing at any time before the assessment is made, information with respect to the property owned by any public utility, its value and the assessment of same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-45-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-45-5
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be construed as cumulative authority to other existing laws relating to the powers of municipalities to undertake and carry out slum clearance and redevelopment work. Any municipality engaged in slum clearance or redevelopment work through a redevelopment project within the boundaries of the municipality may provide for financing to defray the cost, in whole or in part, of the same as hereinafter provided. Insofar as this chapter is inconsistent with any other law, this chapter shall be controlling.

Any municipality may accept grants or other financial assistance from the state or federal government, or any other entity, to defray the cost, in whole or in part, of any activity consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

Any municipality may enter into agreements with any developer whereby the developer will agree to construct, operate and maintain buildings or other facilities or improvements included within such projects as are provided in a redevelopment plan.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-41 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-41
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing authorities of any municipality shall determine to issue bonds pursuant to the authority granted in Section 21-27-23 to acquire or improve a system, it shall cause an estimate to be made of the cost of such system or improvement, and the fact that such estimate has been made shall appear in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds, which ordinance shall set forth a brief description in general terms of the contemplated system or improvement, the estimated life thereof, the said estimated cost thereof, the amount, date, denominations, rate of interest, times and places of payment and other details in connection with the issuance of the bonds, and such covenants and restrictions as may be necessary or desirable to safeguard the interests of the holders of the bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-251 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 27-251
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-251
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(d) “ Town ” means a municipal corporation existing within the State of Mississippi classified as a town pursuant to Section 21-1-1, Mississippi Code of 1972 , as of April 20, 2024, with a short-line railroad partially located within its municipal boundaries.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-319 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-319
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-319
Status: in_force

Deductions made prior to retirement by the employer for employment-related fringe benefits may continue to be paid after retirement in accordance with rules and regulations established by the board of trustees if the retirement allowance payable under Section 21-29-1 et seq. , Section 21-29-101 et seq. , and Section 21-29-201 et seq. , is in an amount sufficient to cover the deductions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-67 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-67
Status: in_force

A list of the conveyances of land sold for municipal taxes, either to the municipalities or to individuals, shall be recorded in an indexed record, which shall be kept in the office of the mayor or the city clerk of the municipality. All redemptions of said lands shall be noted on said record.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-41 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-41
Status: in_force

When the roll is finally completed by the governing authorities of the municipality, in accordance with law, the clerk shall make a true and correct copy of each roll, including the assessment of property in any added territory, and the original shall be retained and carefully preserved by him as a public record in his office. The clerk shall make the proper extensions of the total amount of property assessed to every taxpayer, and the total assessment of each parcel or tract of land, both within the municipality and in the added territory, if there be any. The clerk shall add truly and correctly every page of the copy, and carry the results thereof to the recapitulation, and he shall add said recapitulation and attach his certificate to the roll, or rolls, verifying the truth and correctness of all calculations and entries in the copy. The copy of the assessment rolls, of both real and personal property, as hereby provided, shall be placed in the hands of the tax collector and be his warrant for the collection of municipal and separate school district ad valorem taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-17 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 29-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-17
Status: in_force

The membership of the retirement system shall be composed as follows:

(a) All persons who become employees after the date fixed in the ordinance of the governing body for the retirement system to go into effect shall become members of the retirement system on the expiration of two (2) months from date of employment; however, persons who have reached the age of forty (40) years who have not had prior service or membership service which may be reinstated as hereinafter provided shall not be members of the retirement system.

(b) All persons who are employees of the municipality, and who are members of the general municipal employees' retirement system shall come under the provisions and benefits of this article and shall receive all benefits provided for in this article. The municipality shall each month deduct from the total compensation of each member not less than seven percent (7%) nor more than ten percent (10%) of the amount thereof, and put the amounts deducted in the employees' savings fund. Any increase to an amount in excess of seven percent (7%) shall be in increments of not more than one percent (1%) per annum. No increase from the deduction of seven percent (7%) shall be made unless the municipality determines that the avails of a levy of three (3) mills, when combined with the avails of the deduction of seven percent (7%), is insufficient to keep the system actuarially sound.

(c) In lieu of the other provisions of this article, any municipality operating under the provisions of this article on March 1, 1976, may, by a resolution duly adopted and entered upon its minutes, enter into an agreement with the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi whereby all new firemen and policemen employed or reemployed after the effective date of such agreement shall be included in the provisions of such agreement for retirement purposes to the same extent as are other employees covered by the Public Employees' Retirement System.

(d) No new member may be joined after July 1, 1987, and all new employees of the municipality who are employed after July 1, 1987, shall be covered by the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-237 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 29-237
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-237
Status: in_force

Every member of said fire department and police department including its officers, but not including the governing authorities of said city on account of their relation as such to said fire department and/or police department, who are members of the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen shall come under the provisions and benefits of this article, and shall receive all benefits provided for in this article. All firemen and policemen who are employed in the said fire department or police department after adoption of a resolution by the municipality in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 21-29-17 shall not become members of the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-9
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the civil service commission to make suitable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 . Such rules and regulations shall provide in detail the manner of conducting examinations, appointments, promotions, transfers, reinstatements, demotions, suspensions and discharges, and may also provide for any other matter connected with the general subject of personnel administration, and which may be considered desirable to further carry out the general purposes of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 . It shall have the power to conduct investigations, and make reports on all matters touching the enforcement and effect of the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 , and the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. The commission shall have the power to investigate all complaints which must be reduced to writing, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and conduct hearings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-58 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-58
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-58
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county, and the governing authorities of any municipality in the state, are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to make contributions to the Mississippi Department of Health, or the University of Mississippi Medical Center after the Mississippi Burn Center is operational, for deposit to the Mississippi Burn Care Fund from the general fund or federal revenue sharing funds of such county or municipality wherein such funds may be available.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-65 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 13 / Section 31-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-65
Status: in_force

For the benefit of the public service and to prevent delay, injury, or interruption therein by reason of the enactment of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 , all persons holding a position as an administrative or other employee (firemen and policemen excepted) of any such municipality coming under the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 , who shall have served continuously in such positions for a period of at least the preceding six months, are hereby declared eligible for permanent appointment under civil service to the offices, positions or employments which they shall then hold, respectively, without examination or other act on their part, and not on probation, and every such person is hereby automatically adopted and inducted permanently into civil service, into such office, place, position or employment which such person then holds as completely and effectually to all intents and purposes as if said person had been permanently appointed thereto under civil service after examination and investigation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-11 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-11
Status: in_force

The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system and for making effective the provisions of this article are hereby vested in the board, the members of which shall serve without compensation except as otherwise provided by law. The board shall organize and adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and promptly do such things as may properly be done.

The board shall have, in addition to all others, the following rights, powers and duties:

(a) It shall keep minutes of its proceedings which shall be open to public inspection;

(b) Fix a time for regular meetings and provide for the means of calling special meetings;

(c) A majority of all of the board members present shall constitute a quorum for transaction of the affairs of the board;

(d) To hear, consider and pass upon all applications coming before it and order payments as provided by this article, and the board may hear witnesses and administer oaths, appoint hearing officers and make decisions in all matters properly before said board;

(e) It shall have full power to invest and reinvest the funds of the retirement system under the provisions of Section 25-11-121 . Moreover, said board shall have full power to order the custodian of securities and funds hereafter designated to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer and dispose of any of the securities and investments in which any of the funds created herein shall have been invested, as well as the proceeds of said investments and all moneys belonging to said funds. The funds held by the board may be commingled with other Public Employees' Retirement System investments for the most advantageous investments;

(f) It shall annually determine and allow interest on each individual account in the employees' saving fund based on the average percentage of interest earned from investment or deposit of all funds of the retirement system. However, the interest to be credited to such individual accounts shall not exceed one percent (1%) per annum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-333 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-333
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-333
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System may provide rules and regulations for the administration of waivers under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-21 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-21
Status: in_force

The commission shall keep an accurate account and record of power, current, water, or other services furnished to all departments of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-33 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-33
Status: repealed

All laws governing any municipality coming under the provisions of this chapter which are not inconsistent with the provisions hereof respecting the mayor-council form of government shall apply to and govern such municipalities respectively when they shall come under the mayor-council form. All orders, ordinances or resolutions heretofore adopted by a municipality adopting the mayor-council form of government shall remain in full force and effect until altered or repealed by the council established hereunder, and all of the provisions of the civil service acts applying to any municipality adopting the mayor-council form of government at the time of such adoption shall continue to apply in full force and effect to such municipality after adoption of such mayor-council form of government. The board of civil service commissioners existing and operating under the former plan of government shall continue to operate without interruption or impairment under the mayor-council form of government. All rights, privileges, and advantages of all employees coming under the civil service acts applying to said municipality at the time of adoption shall remain in full force and effect and shall in nowise be impaired, altered, or changed by such adoption, except as otherwise provided by this chapter. After the election and taking of office of the councilmen and mayor under the mayor-council form of government, all functions and duties of every nature that would have otherwise been performed by the governing body under the previous form of government in relation to such civil service acts shall thereafter be exercised and performed by the municipal council under the mayor-council form of government except that all appointments of employees coming under the provisions of such civil service acts shall be made, subject to such civil service acts, by the mayor, but all appointments made prior to the change to the mayor-council form shall remain in full force and effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-37 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-37
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 21-33-10 , if the board of municipal authorities shall fail to hold any meeting for the equalization of assessment rolls or for hearing objections to assessments or if the board fails to give the proper notice to the taxpayers, it shall immediately proceed to give the required notice and to hold the necessary meetings and do the necessary things in connection with the completion of the assessment roll. When the notice has been given as required by law, the board shall proceed to deal with the rolls with all the powers and duties as are now prescribed by law, except as to the time. If the board fails to hold any meeting, or give any notice, or to perform any other duty in reference to the assessment rolls, at the time required by law, such duty shall be performed at a later date upon the giving of legal and proper notice to the persons affected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-44 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-44
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-44
Status: in_force

The municipal governing authorities of any municipality shall have the power and authority, in their discretion, to execute contracts and agreements with, and to appropriate, contribute and donate to, or expend budgeted funds for, local economic development organizations and designated Main Street programs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-57 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-57
Status: in_force

In the authorizing order or ordinance, the governing authorities of the municipality shall set aside monthly and shall pledge the revenues of the system or combined system, in separate and special funds as follows: (1) operation and maintenance fund; (2) depreciation fund; (3) bond and interest fund; (4) contingent fund. A sufficient amount shall be set aside each year for the retirement of the bonds and interest. Any surplus revenue remaining shall be disposed of by the governing authorities of the municipality as they may determine from time to time for the best interest of the municipality. However, in the segregation into the several funds the governing authorities may prescribe a reasonable excess amount to be placed in the revenue bond and interest fund from time to time during the earlier years of maturity of such bonds so as to thereby provide and produce a cushion fund to meet any possible deficiencies therein in future years. In the event such excess amounts are provided in the earlier years, the same would be available for such purposes. Bonds pursuant to the authority granted in Sections 21-27-23 and 21-27-51 , shall be payable solely from revenues of said project and out of the bond and interest fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-21 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-21
Status: in_force

The tenure of everyone holding an office, place, position or employment under the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 shall be only during good behavior. Any such person may be removed or discharged, suspended without pay, demoted or reduced in rank, or deprived of vacation privileges or other special privileges, or any combination thereof, for any of the following reasons:

Incompetency, inefficiency, or inattention of duty; dishonesty, intemperance, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public or a fellow employee, or any other act of omission or commission tending to injure the public service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-101 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-101
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality not operating with a public utility commission, is hereby authorized to pay all expenses incurred in reproducing such records and in making provision for the preservation, retention and storage of such reproductions from the general fund of such municipality. A municipal public utility commission shall pay for the same from the earnings of the municipally-owned utility or utilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-49 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-49
Status: in_force

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

All such agreements heretofore entered into by any such municipality, whether such bonds have actually been delivered and paid for or not, are hereby ratified, approved and validated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-101 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 35 / Section 43-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-101
Status: in_force

Sections 21-43-101 through 21-43-133 shall be known and may be cited as the “Business Improvement District Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-9 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-9
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi is hereby constituted a board, which shall be known as the Board of the General Retirement System of __________.

The governing body of a municipality may appoint a board of not more than five (5) members who shall be representative of the membership of the retirement system. Such board shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-5 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-5
Status: in_force

In every municipality of the State of Mississippi, operating under a commission form of government as of March 31, 1948, and having a population of twenty-one thousand or more, according to the 1940 federal census, and in every municipality bordering on tide water and having a population of more than fifteen thousand, it shall be the duty of the governing body of said municipality to create and maintain a fund known as the “City Employees Retirement Fund,” which shall be maintained for the benefits of certain city employees hereinafter named and which shall be derived, raised and administered in the manner hereinafter provided.

In any municipality coming under the provisions of this article, upon a petition signed by twenty per cent of the qualified electors of such municipality, protesting against the operation of this article and petitioning for an election thereon to determine whether a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality desire for such municipality to come from under the terms of this article, providing such petition is filed with the governing body of such municipality by July 29, 1948, the municipal authorities of such municipality shall call an election by August 28, 1948, after giving notice for three consecutive weeks, as to whether the municipality desires to come from under the provisions of this article. At said election, the ballots used by the qualified electors shall read: “For the Retirement Fund for the City Employees,” “Against the Retirement Fund for the City Employees.” Said election shall be held as such other elections of like nature, and if at such election a majority of those participating thereat shall vote against the retirement fund for the city employees, then this article shall not apply to such municipality. If no petition is filed as above provided, the governing body of said municipality shall by August 28, 1948, pass the required ordinance to begin the operation of said retirement system in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-21 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-21
Status: in_force

Should any member cease to be an employee before becoming eligible to receive either a service or disability retirement allowance as provided by this article, for reasons other than becoming a beneficiary or his death, he thereafter, at any time while not a member of the system, may request in writing, of the board a refund to him of his accumulated contributions, whereupon one hundred percent (100%) of his accumulated contributions then credited to his individual account in the employees' savings fund, less and except all interest credited to his individual account, shall be refunded to him within one (1) year from the filing of the request. However, from the date of separation of any employee, no further interest shall be credited to his individual account in said fund by the board unless and until such employee again becomes a member of the retirement system.

Should any former member, who has accumulated contributions remaining in the employees' savings fund, die, or any member die before his retirement becomes effective, one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of his accumulated contributions standing to his credit in the employees' savings fund, including the accumulated interest therein at the rate of one percent (1%) per annum, at the time of his death shall be paid to such person or persons as shall have been nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the board. If there be no such designated person or persons, then one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of his accumulated contributions shall be paid to his legal representative. However, such payments shall be postponed, at the discretion of the board, for not more than eighteen (18) months.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-301 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 31 / Section 33-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-301
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality are authorized to issue negotiable bonds of the municipality to raise money for the following purposes:

(a) Erecting municipal buildings, armories, auditoriums, community centers, gymnasiums and athletic stadiums, preparing and equipping athletic fields, and purchasing buildings or land therefor, and for repairing, improving, adorning and equipping the same, and for erecting, equipping and furnishing of buildings to be used as a municipal or civic arts center;

(b) Erecting or purchasing waterworks, gas, electric and other public utility plants or distribution systems or franchises, and repairing, improving and extending the same;

(c) Purchasing or constructing, repairing, improving and equipping buildings for public libraries and for purchasing land, equipment and books therefor, whether the title to same be vested in the municipality issuing such bonds or in some subdivision of the state government other than the municipality, or jointly in such municipality and other such subdivision;

(d) Establishing sanitary, storm, drainage or sewerage systems, and repairing, improving and extending the same;

(e) Protecting a municipality, its streets and sidewalks from overflow, caving banks and other like dangers;

(f) Constructing, improving or paving streets, sidewalks, driveways, parkways, walkways or public parking facilities, and purchasing land therefor;

(g) Purchasing land for parks, cemeteries and public playgrounds, and improving, equipping and adorning the same, including the constructing, repairing and equipping of swimming pools and other recreational facilities;

(h) Constructing bridges and culverts;

(i) Constructing, repairing and improving wharves, docks, harbors and appurtenant facilities, and purchasing land therefor;

(j) Constructing, repairing and improving public slaughterhouses, markets, pest houses, workhouses, hospitals, houses of correction, reformatories and jails in the corporate limits, or within three (3) miles of the corporate limits, and purchasing land therefor;

(k) Altering or changing the channels of streams and water courses to control, deflect or guide the current thereof;

(l) Purchasing fire-fighting equipment and apparatus, and providing housing for same, and purchasing land therefor;

(m) Purchasing or renting voting machines and any other election equipment needed in elections held in the municipality;

(n) Assisting the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management of the Governor's Office of General Services, or any other state agency in acquiring a site for, constructing suitable buildings and runways and equipping an airport for the university or other state-supported four-year college, now or hereafter in existence, in or near which the municipality is located, within not more than ten (10) miles of the municipality;

(o) Acquiring and improving existing mass transit system; however, no municipal governing authorities shall authorize any bonds to be issued for the acquiring and improving of an existing mass transit system unless an election be conducted in said municipality in the same manner provided for general and special elections, and a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality participating in said election approve the bond issuance for the acquiring and improving of an existing mass transit system;

(p) Purchasing machinery and equipment which have an expected useful life in excess of ten (10) years. The life of such bonds shall not exceed the expected useful life of such machinery and equipment. Machinery and equipment shall not include any motor vehicle weighing less than twelve thousand (12,000) pounds;

(q) A project for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been obtained by the municipality pursuant to the Regional Economic Development Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-23 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 19-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-23
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of municipalities may enter into mutual assistance pacts or agreements with other municipalities in the assignment of personnel, equipment, supplies and material for the purposes of combatting fires and natural and enemy disasters, and of preventing and alleviating riots or civil disturbances of the peace and tranquility within such municipalities. This section shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-25 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-25
Status: in_force

The fixing of the rate of compensation of every employee coming under the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 shall remain vested in those public officials authorized by law to fix the rate of such compensation, and nothing contained in said sections shall infringe upon the power and authority of any such public officials to so fix the rate of such compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-19 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-19
Status: in_force

The commission shall devote all monies, derived from any source other than the issuance of bonds for purposes authorized by the laws of the State of Mississippi, to or for the payment of all operating expenses, including such items as are normally required of utilities for sales development; to or for the payment of all bonds and interest on outstanding revenue bonds, if any, of such systems; to or for the acquisition and improvement of the system contingencies; to or for the payment of all other obligations incurred in the operation and maintenance of the systems and the furnishing of service; to or for the creation and maintenance of a cash working fund or a surplus fund to be used for replacement, extension of systems, and emergencies. The balance of the revenues of said systems, if any, may be used for any other lawful municipal purpose and may be paid to the governing authorities of the municipality for distribution to the various municipal funds, or may be disbursed for said purpose by the said commission at the direction and request of the governing authorities of such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-69 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-69
Status: repealed

The repeal heretofore of any law authorizing a municipality to borrow money and issue bonds to acquire or improve any system shall not affect the validity of any bonds issued or contracts entered into under the provisions of any such repealed laws.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-245 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 19 / Section 29-245
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-245
Status: in_force

If any member of said fire and/or police department who has been in paid fire and/or police department service for as long as twenty (20) years before making application hereinafter mentioned, the last ten (10) years of which shall have been continuous in the city in which the application is made, shall make written application for retirement and relief, the board of disability and relief shall without medical examinations of disability, retire him from active service in said fire and/or police department. Upon such retirement from active service said disability and relief board shall order the payment to such retired member monthly from said fund a sum equal to fifty percent (50%) of the average monthly base salary and longevity pay received as salary by such member in the six-month period next before the filing of such application in said fire and/or police department. Such payments shall thereafter be made to said retired member for life, such payments to be known as “retired relief.”

Any member of the fire and/or police department who has been in paid fire and/or police department service for longer than twenty (20) years shall be entitled to and shall receive additional retired relief payment for life in a sum equal to one and seven-tenths percent (1.7%) of the same monthly base salary and longevity pay received by such member in the six-month period next preceding the filing of said application for each full year of service in excess of twenty (20) years' service. However, such additional retired relief payment shall be paid only for each year served after July 1, 1966. No retired relief payment to any member shall exceed sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2 / 3 %) of the average monthly base salary and longevity pay received by a member for the six-month period next preceding the filing of said application, except such other additional benefits as may be hereinafter provided.

The board of disability and relief shall, when a member of the fire and/or police department completes thirty-five (35) years of paid employment, or attains the age of sixty (60), whichever occurs first, retire him from active service in said fire and/or police department and order the payment of such funds as the member is entitled to under this article.

Periods of time in which a member may have been inactive on account of physical or mental disability shall not be excluded in computing the twenty-year period and the ten-year period hereinabove mentioned. Neither shall there be excluded therefrom periods of time within which a member may have been absent from his employment while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any civil employee engaged by the Armed Forces of the United States while serving outside the continental United States, in time of war during World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, Cuban Crisis, Berlin Crisis, Vietnam Conflict, or when involuntarily called on active duty, provided that the maximum period for such creditable service shall be four (4) years unless positive proof can be furnished by such person that he was retained in the Armed Forces by cause beyond his control, and without opportunity of discharge, and provided that the discharge or release of such member from the Armed Forces was under conditions other than dishonorable. Any member who has been retired or is voluntarily retired hereunder, or who has received relief or disability benefits hereunder, shall be required to report such duties as then may be required of them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-39 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-39
Status: in_force

Upon application of a member in service of the employer, any member who has had not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years' service with the employer and who has become totally and permanently incapacitated for duty, as a result of causes occurring other than in the performance of his duty, shall be retired by the board not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days next following the date of filing such application, on a non-duty disability retirement allowance. Any such disability shall be certified to the board in the same manner as provided in Section 21-29-35 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-33 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 33-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-33
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 21-33-10 , the governing authorities of each municipality shall hold a meeting at the city hall, or at such other place as their regular meetings are held, on the date specified in the notice required by Section 21-33-29 , to hear objections to the real and personal rolls and the assessments therein contained. The governing authorities shall hear and determine all objections, and shall sit from day to day until the same shall have been disposed of, and all proper corrections made. The proceedings shall, in all respects, conform to the requirements of law governing such meetings of the county board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-133 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-133
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-27-133
Status: in_force

No certificate or permit shall be issued by any municipality to the owner or operator of any motor vehicle owned or operated for hire in any city or town in this state, unless and until such owner or operator shall have filed with, and the same has been approved by, the governing authorities of the municipality, an insurance policy, or certificates of insurance in lieu thereof, issued by some insurance company authorized to transact business in this state, or bond or bonds, to be approved by the said governing authorities of the municipality, in an amount required by an ordinance of said municipality, conditioned to pay any final judgment against said owner or operator for personal injuries or property damages resulting from or arising out of the use, maintenance, or operation of the said motor vehicle. The amount of the insurance policy or bond required under this section on any motor vehicle of any such owner or operator shall in no case be less than ten thousand dollars for the death or injury to any one person, and subject to said limit for one person, twenty thousand dollars total public liability for any one accident and ten thousand dollars for property damage.

The insurance policy or bond, filed with the municipality as required by this section, shall contain a provision or indorsement to the effect that the same shall not be cancelled for any cause by either party thereto unless and until ten days' written notice thereof shall have been given to the said municipality.

In any action, whether in law or in equity, against any owner or operator, operating under the provisions of this section, the insurer, insurance company, or obligor in the policy of insurance or bond given by such owner or operator in compliance with this section, shall not be joined as a party to such suit and shall not be a proper party thereto, except as hereinafter provided.

The insurer, insurance company, or obligor, in any policy of insurance or bond filed in compliance with this section, shall be obligated to pay any final judgment obtained against such owner or operator as herein provided, regardless of the solvency, insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, of such owner or operator. In the event that the insured shall abandon his permit and leave the state, a claimant asserting his claim within the provisions of said insurance policy or bond may file suit against the insurer or insurance company or obligor issuing such insurance policy or executing such bond in a court of competent jurisdiction without the necessity of making the insured a party to said suit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-37 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-37
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authority of a municipality shall have the power and authority, in its discretion, to destroy or dispose of any records, documents, files or papers which are required by law to be preserved and retained, or which are necessary or desirable to be preserved or retained, after having reproductions made thereof under standards established by the Department of Archives and History and in accordance with a records control schedule approved by the Local Government Records Committee as provided in Section 25-60-1 .

(2) Any reproductions or copy of any original record or other documents shall be deemed to be the original record for all purposes and shall be admissible as evidence in all courts or administrative agencies. A facsimile, exemplification or certified copy thereof shall, for all purposes set forth herein, be deemed to be a transcript, exemplification or certified copy of the original record.

(3) The governing authority of any municipality is hereby authorized to pay all expenses incurred in reproducing such records or other documents and in making provision for the preservation, retention and storage of such reproductions from the general support fund of such municipality.

(4) When any of the records or documents of which reproductions are made under the provisions of this section, are declared by law, or are by their nature, confidential and privileged records, then the reproduction thereof shall likewise be deemed to be confidential and privileged to the same extent as the original records or documents.

(5) Nothing herein shall be construed to require the keeping and preservation of any records and documents which are not required by law to be kept and preserved, or which it is not desirable or necessary to keep and preserve, and such records and documents may be destroyed or disposed of in accordance with a records control schedule approved by the Local Government Records Committee as provided in Section 25-60-1 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-37-27 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-37-27
Status: in_force

For the purpose of securing funds to carry out Section 21-37-23 , the governing authorities of such municipality are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to issue bonds or negotiable notes for the purpose of acquiring land and property for a municipal parking facility, and also for owning, erecting, building, establishing, operating and maintaining such facility, and to remodel or repair the same. Such bonds or notes shall be issued in an amount not to exceed the limitation now or hereafter imposed by law, and shall be issued in all respects, including interest rate, maturities and other details, as is now or may hereafter be provided by general law regulating the issuance of bonds or notes by corporate authorities of such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-123 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-123
Status: in_force

All allowances made upon the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen shall be drawn against the fund by the board of trustees, and shall be issued only upon compliance with the rules and regulations of the board of trustees, or the board of disability and relief appeals.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-23 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-23
Status: in_force

(1) The municipality may have a department of administration and such other departments as the council may establish by ordinance. All of the administrative functions, powers and duties of the municipality shall be allocated and assigned among and within such departments.

(2) Each department shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by an affirmative vote of a majority of the council present and voting at any such meeting. Each director shall serve during the term of office of the mayor appointing him and until the appointment and qualification of the director's successor not exceeding the limitation period provided in Section 21-15-41 .

(3) The mayor may, in his discretion, remove the director of any department. Directors of departments shall be excluded from the coverage of any ordinance or general law providing for a civil service system in the municipality; provided, however, all individuals serving as heads of departments at the time of the municipality's adoption of the mayor-council form as described in this chapter shall continue to be covered by the provisions of the civil service system in effect at the time the mayor-council form is adopted.

(4) Directors of departments shall appoint subordinate officers and employees within their respective departments and may, with approval of the mayor, remove such officers and employees subject to the provisions of any ordinance establishing a civil service system where that system is effective in the municipality, or other general law; provided, however, that the council may provide by ordinance for the appointment and removal of specific boards or commissions by the mayor.

(5) Whenever the city council is authorized by any provision of general law to appoint the members of any board, authority or commission, such power of appointment shall be deemed to vest in the mayor with the confirmation of an affirmative vote of a majority of the council present and voting at any meeting.

(6) The council shall also require all officers and employees handling or having the custody of any of the public funds of such municipality to give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in an amount to be determined by the council (which shall not be less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)), the premium on which bonds shall be paid by the city.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-51 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 23 / Section 33-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-33-51
Status: in_force

The tax collector shall give to everyone paying taxes a signed receipt, dated, numbered and filled in so as to show by whom, and on what, taxes were paid, and conforming to the requirements of Section 21-33-49 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-257 — MS Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21 / Section 29-257
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-29-257
Status: in_force

No part of said fund to which any of said firemen or policemen shall be entitled, or which may be payable or ordered paid to him shall be seized, attached, assigned or levied upon by any writ of attachment, garnishment, execution, sequestration or other like process or writ.