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MS Code § 37-29-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Junior College Districts|§ 37-29-33. Property of existing institutions transferred to and vested in district trustees

 Except as otherwise provided in Sections 37-29-1 through 37-29-273, all of the property belonging to the board of trustees of any existing junior college and all of the property belonging to any or all of the counties cooperating, as of July 1, 1964, in the existing junior colleges or the agricultural high schools and junior colleges located at the existing campuses and utilized or held for the present or future use and benefit of such junior colleges and/or agricultural high schools and junior colleges, shall be and the same is hereby transferred to and vested in the boards of trustees of the junior college districts created in Section 37-29-31.
MS Code § 37-29-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Junior College Districts|§ 37-29-37. Continuation of operation of junior college lying in county bordering on the Mississippi River

  Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 37-29-1 through 37-29-273 to the contrary, any existing publicly operated junior college, lying in and operated by a county bordering on the Mississippi River, may, in the discretion of the board of supervisors of such county, continue to operate said college under such terms and conditions as said board may deem necessary and requisite in the premises. The governing authorities of other counties and municipalities are authorized and empowered, in the discretion of said governing bodies, to appropriate funds for the support of said junior college.   The provisions of the preceding subsection shall not impair nor abrogate the aforesaid county's obligations, duties, powers, and rights as a member county of the junior college district to which it is made a part by Section 37-29-31.   All of the property and facilities of any existing junior college located outside of the boundaries of the county owning and operating the same shall be and the same are hereby transferred to and vested in the board of trustees of the junior college district in which said county owning and operating said junior college is situated, and the board of trustees of said junior college district is authorized to continue the operation of said college under such terms and conditions as such board may deem necessary and requisite.  The governing authorities of other counties and municipalities lying outside of such junior college district are authorized and empowered, in the discretion of their governing bodies, to levy taxes and to appropriate funds for the support of such junior college.
MS Code § 37-29-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Junior College Districts|§ 37-29-39. Continuation of Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College District

 It is expressly provided that nothing in Sections 37-29-1 through 37-29-273 shall be construed as affecting a junior college district heretofore established under authority of Sections 37-29-401 through 37-29-437.
MS Code § 37-29-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|President and Board of Trustees|§ 37-29-61. President; selection and term

 The executive head of a junior college shall be the president of the college who shall be selected by the board of trustees for a term not to exceed four years.
MS Code § 37-29-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|President and Board of Trustees|§ 37-29-63. Powers of the president

  The president of any community college, or such other person designated or authorized by the board of trustees, shall have the power to recommend to the board of trustees all teachers to be employed in the district.   The president may remove or suspend any member of the faculty subject to the approval of the trustees. He shall be the general manager of all fiscal and administrative affairs of the district with full authority to select, direct, employ and discharge any and all employees other than teachers; however, the board may make provisions and establish policies for leave for faculty members and other key personnel.   The president shall have the authority, subject to the provisions of Section 75-76-34 and Sections 37-29-1 through 37-29-273 and the approval of the trustees, to arrange and survey courses of study, fix schedules, and establish and enforce rules and discipline for the governing of teachers and students. He shall be the general custodian of the property of the district.
MS Code § 37-29-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|President and Board of Trustees|§ 37-29-69. Junior college attendance centers

 Any junior college district is hereby authorized and empowered to operate junior college attendance centers at existing sites of junior college plants and facilities and at such other places within the district, subject to the approval of the Mississippi Community College Board, as the board of trustees shall determine to be in the best interest of the district.   Two (2) or more boards of trustees may cooperate in establishing, operating and maintaining attendance centers.
MS Code § 37-29-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|President and Board of Trustees|§ 37-29-71. Preparation of budget

 The board of trustees shall annually prepare a budget which shall contain a detailed estimate of the revenues and expenses anticipated for the ensuing year for general operation and maintenance and which shall set forth the reasonable requirements for anticipated needs for capital outlays for land, buildings, initial equipment for new buildings and major repairs, a reasonable accumulation for such purposes being hereby expressly authorized.
MS Code § 37-29-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|President and Board of Trustees|§ 37-29-73. Board may execute oil, gas and mineral leases; terms; limits

 The board of trustees is authorized to execute oil, gas and mineral leases on any of the property owned by the board of trustees of the district, but such leases shall not extend for a term beyond five years unless oil, gas or other minerals shall be in production under said leases at the expiration of said period. The terms and conditions of said lease, within the limitations above set out, shall be for the determination and within the discretion of the board of trustees.
MS Code § 37-29-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|President and Board of Trustees|§ 37-29-75. Sales of surplus real and personal property

 When any land or other property owned by a junior college/community college district shall cease to be used or needed by the district, the same may be sold by the board of trustees upon sealed bids or at public auction after three (3) weeks' advertisement in a newspaper in the county where the said property is located. Personal property having a value determined by the board of less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) may be sold without such advertisement; however, in such event, notice shall be posted in at least three public places in the county where such property is situated or where it is to be sold, giving notice of the time and place of such sale, and such property shall be sold to the highest and best bidder for cash. Such notice shall be posted for ten (10) days before the sale.
MS Code § 37-29-76 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|President and Board of Trustees|§ 37-29-76. Exchange of lands

 When any junior college district in which the junior college campus is located in a county having a population in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000) according to the 1970 federal decennial census, owns lands adjacent to lands owned by any county forming a part of such district, the board of trustees of any such district and the board of supervisors of any such county may make such exchanges of land and may execute such instruments perfecting the title of the county and that of the district as they, by appropriate resolutions, may find proper, all without the necessity of advertisement for or receiving bids.
MS Code § 37-29-77 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|President and Board of Trustees|§ 37-29-77. Lease of school buildings, equipment and lands

 The board of trustees of any junior college is hereby authorized to lease the buildings and equipment thereof to any responsible individual for the purpose of carrying on a private school when there are no funds available for running said institution, and to lease the lands of said institution to some responsible person for agricultural purposes. Said leases shall not extend for any greater length of time than a period of three years from date of granting said lease.
MS Code § 37-29-79 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|President and Board of Trustees|§ 37-29-79. Transportation of pupils; no additional allocation; promulgation of rules

 Any junior college district is charged with the responsibility for providing preprofessional courses, liberal arts, technical, vocational, and adult education courses and shall undertake to provide the same as conveniently as is possible to the residents of the district, and to this end, the board of trustees is authorized and empowered to transport such enrollees as, in its discretion, should be transported in the best interest of the district. However, no additional allocation of any appropriation shall be made for such transportation. The board of trustees shall promulgate uniform rules to prevent discrimination in all matters of transportation.
MS Code § 37-29-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|President and Board of Trustees|§ 37-29-81. Fees and tuition

 The district, in the discretion of the board of trustees, may charge fees and tuitions in accordance with Section 37-103-25.
MS Code § 37-29-85 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|President and Board of Trustees|§ 37-29-85. Liability insurance to cover official actions of board members

 The board of trustees of any public junior college district is hereby authorized to purchase liability insurance to cover the official actions of its board members and the official actions of employees of such public junior college district. Such coverage shall be in an amount judged by the board to be adequate. The costs of such insurance shall be paid out of the public junior college district's general maintenance fund.
MS Code § 37-29-87 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|President and Board of Trustees|§ 37-29-87. Conveyance of land to counties within junior college districts

 The board of trustees of any public junior college district is hereby authorized, in its sole discretion, to convey real property and improvements thereon to any county within the junior college district without the necessity of advertising for and receiving bids and without receiving compensation therefor, provided the following requirements are met:   Where the county received title to the property and conveyed said property to the board of trustees of the junior college district, or where the board of trustees of such district received title to the property from any source and the purchase price therefor was paid by the county, for the purpose of operating an attendance center; and   Where the board of trustees of the junior college district has not received approvals from necessary state agencies or authorities to use said land for the operation of an attendance center; and   Where said board of trustees has adopted a resolution that such land and improvements are not needed for junior college purposes and expressing the desire to convey such land and improvements back to the county.
MS Code § 37-29-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Borrowing of Money; Issuance of Bonds|§ 37-29-101. Borrowing in anticipation of taxes; authorization to borrow funds from federal government to compensate for loss of revenue as result of Hurricane Katrina

  In addition to other authority granted by Sections 37-29-1 through 37-29-273 or existing laws, the board of trustees may borrow money in anticipation of taxes, not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the previous year's ad valorem tax receipts, for the purpose of paying any expenses authorized by law for the operation, maintenance and support of the college. The loan shall be evidenced by note or notes bearing the signatures of the chairman of the board and of the secretary of the board of trustees, and the seal of the college shall be thereon impressed. The notes shall mature not later than the thirtieth day of June next thereafter, and the notes shall not bear interest in excess of that allowed in Section 75-17-105, Mississippi Code of 1972.   The board of trustees may borrow funds from the United States federal government or any agency thereof to compensate for the loss of revenue collected or estimated to be collected on behalf of the community or junior college district from local sources during a fiscal year as a result of Hurricane Katrina, may issue its promissory note to the United States federal government or any agency thereof, and may comply with and issue the regulations of the United States federal government or agency thereof regarding the promissory note. However, this section does not authorize any levy of taxes or pledge of collateral for the security of a promissory note not otherwise allowed by law. The State of Mississippi may sign any promissory note as an equal co-obligor on any such note, and in the event the State of Mississippi signs the promissory note as a co-obligor, the full faith and credit of the State of Mississippi shall be pledged for the payment of the promissory note.
MS Code § 37-29-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Borrowing of Money; Issuance of Bonds|§ 37-29-103. Long-term borrowing; procedure

 Any board of trustees may, in its discretion, by the concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of its authorized members present and voting and for good cause shown therefor, to be spread upon its minutes by way of its resolution or order, which shall contain a proposal as to the revenues from which it is anticipated the loans herein authorized are to be repaid, authorize the junior college district to borrow money from time to time for periods not to exceed twenty-five (25) years under such terms and conditions as the board deems necessary and requisite and upon its issuing its promissory note or notes or other negotiable instruments. Such loans may be repaid from the general fund of the district, whether the same shall have been derived from ad valorem tax receipts or otherwise and may be further secured by a pledge of the avails of the levies, whether for support, enlargement, improvement or repairs, authorized by Section 37-29-141, Mississippi Code of 1972; and the tax receipts used to repay such loans from any levies so pledged shall be excluded from the ten percent (10%) growth limitation on ad valorem taxes imposed in Sections 27-39-320, 27-39-321 and 37-57-107, Mississippi Code of 1972. Such note or notes or other negotiable instruments shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the chairman of the board of trustees and countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the secretary thereof, with the seal of the district affixed thereto. At least one (1) signature on each such note shall be a manual signature, as specified in the issuing resolution. The coupons, if any, may bear only facsimile signatures. Any notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to this section shall be sold pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, and shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-101, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 37-29-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Borrowing of Money; Issuance of Bonds|§ 37-29-105. Utilization of available funds for commencement of projects for which bonds have been authorized

 In the event that bonds shall have been authorized for projects determined by the board of trustees and such bonds validated, the board of trustees is authorized to utilize any available funds for the immediate commencement of such project and to reimburse the funds from which any such expenditures are made from the proceeds of the bonds when the same are received.
MS Code § 37-29-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Borrowing of Money; Issuance of Bonds|§ 37-29-107. Issuance of bonds for dormitories and other housing facilities

 Subject to the approval of the Mississippi Community College Board, the boards of trustees of junior college districts are hereby authorized and empowered to contract with and borrow money from the United States of America, or any department, instrumentality, agency or agencies thereof, as may be designated or created to make loans or grants, or from private lenders, for the purpose of acquiring land for, and erecting, repairing, remodeling, maintaining, adding to, extending, improving, equipping or acquiring dormitories with or without dining facilities, dwellings or apartments to be located at or near the campuses of such junior colleges, for the use of students, faculty members or officers or employees thereof. The said boards are hereby authorized to supervise the contracting for and the construction and equipping of all facilities constructed and financed hereunder.
MS Code § 37-29-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Borrowing of Money; Issuance of Bonds|§ 37-29-111. When bonds may be refunded

 Bonds issued under the provisions of Section 37-29-109, may be refunded, in whole or in part, in any of the following circumstances, to wit:   When any such bonds by their terms become due and payable and there are not sufficient sums in the fund established for their payment to pay such bonds and the interest thereon;   When any such bonds are by their terms callable for payment and redemption in advance of their date of maturity and shall have been duly called for payment and redemption;   When any such bonds are voluntarily surrendered by the holder or holders thereof in exchange for refunding bonds; and   When, in connection with the issuance of any additional bonds under the provisions of Section 37-29-109 for the purpose of financing any additional construction authorized under the provisions of Section 37-29-107, any such board shall determine to combine such new issue of bonds with any issue or issues of bonds of the same board then outstanding, for the purpose of unifying such indebtedness and utilizing the income and revenues derived from all projects or facilities operated by such board to the payment of such indebtedness, and such board shall determine that such outstanding bonds are by their terms then callable for redemption or are obtainable by and through the voluntary surrender thereof by the holder or holders thereof.
MS Code § 37-29-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Borrowing of Money; Issuance of Bonds|§ 37-29-113. Refunding bonds

 For the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under the provisions of Section 37-29-109, including refunding bonds, any board of trustees may make and issue refunding bonds in such amount as may be necessary to pay off and redeem the bonds to be refunded together with unpaid and past due interest thereon and any premium which may be due under the terms of such outstanding bonds, together also with the cost of issuing such refunding bonds. Said board may sell the same in like manner as provided for the initial issuance of bonds. With the proceeds of any such refunding bonds such board shall pay off, redeem and cancel such old bonds and interest coupons as may have matured, or such bonds as may have been called for payment and redemption together with the past due interest and premium, if any, due thereon; such bonds may be issued and delivered in exchange for a like par value amount of bonds to refund which the refunding bonds were issued. No refunding bonds issued hereunder shall be payable in more than twenty-five (25) years from the date thereof, nor shall any such refunding bonds bear interest at a rate in excess of that allowed in Section 75-17-101, Mississippi Code of 1972, payable semiannually. All such refunding bonds shall be payable from the same source or sources as were pledged to the payment of the bonds refunded thereby and, in the discretion of such board of trustees, may be payable from any other source or sources which may be pledged to the payment of revenue bonds issued hereunder. Bonds of two (2) or more outstanding issues of the same board may be refunded in a single issue of refunding bonds.
MS Code § 37-29-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Borrowing of Money; Issuance of Bonds|§ 37-29-117. Actions or proceedings by bondholders

 The holder of any bond or any interest coupon issued under the provisions of Sections 37-29-107 through 37-29-115 may, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings at law or in equity, enforce and compel performance by the appropriate official or officials of the said boards of trustees of any or all acts and duties to be performed by such boards or such officials under the provisions of said sections and under the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bond or interest coupon. If there be any default in the payment of the interest on and principal of any of such bonds, any court having jurisdiction in the proper action may, upon petition of the holder of any such bonds, appoint a receiver to administer and operate the facilities, the revenues of which were pledged to the payment of such bonds, with power to fix and collect fees, rentals and other charges sufficient to provide for the payment of all bonds outstanding, to the payment of which the revenues of such facilities were pledged and to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining such facilities and to apply the revenues thereof in conformity with the provisions of said sections and of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds.
MS Code § 37-29-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Borrowing of Money; Issuance of Bonds|§ 37-29-119. Full faith and credit of state not pledged to payment of bonds

 It shall be understood that the full faith and credit of the State of Mississippi is not pledged to the payment of such bonds as are issued under the provisions of Sections 37-29-107 through 37-29-115, and that such bonds are payable solely from the sources provided by law.
MS Code § 37-29-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Borrowing of Money; Issuance of Bonds|§ 37-29-121. Junior college district may borrow not to exceed $50,000 for housing facilities

 Any junior college district, supported in whole or in part by tax levies of one or more counties, may borrow not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), for the purpose of receiving, transporting, erecting on the ground of said institution, and equipping and furnishing any prefabricated houses, or other materials, or appliances, fixtures, machines, furnishings or equipment, obtained by grant or otherwise from the United States of America or any department or agency thereof, or from any other source, where the same may be acquired for the use of the institution, any student personnel, or faculty members.