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MS Code § 19-9-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds|§ 19-9-5. Limitation of indebtedness

 No county 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 bonds of such county, shall exceed either (a) fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed value of the taxable property within such county 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.   However, any county in the state which shall have experienced washed-out or collapsed bridges on the public roads of the county for any cause or reason may hereafter issue bonds for bridge purposes as now authorized by law in an amount which, when added to the then outstanding general obligation bonds of such county, shall not exceed either (a) twenty percent (20%) of the assessed value of the taxable property within such county 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.   Provided further, in computing such indebtedness, there may be deducted all bonds or other evidences of indebtedness heretofore or hereafter issued, for the construction of hospitals, ports or other capital improvements which are payable primarily from the net revenue to be generated from such hospital, port or other capital improvement, which revenue shall be pledged to the retirement of such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, together with the full faith and credit of the county. However, in no case shall any county contract any indebtedness payable in whole or in part from proceeds of ad valorem taxes 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 county 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 county which are subject to annual appropriations therefor, or to bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by any county for school purposes, or to bonds issued by any county under the provisions of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51, or to any indebtedness incurred under Section 55-23-8, or to bonds issued under Section 57-75-37 or to any other indebtedness incurred under 57-75-37(4).
MS Code § 19-9-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds|§ 19-9-7. Details of county bonds; supplemental powers conferred in issuance of bonds

 All such bonds shall be lithographed or engraved, and printed in two (2) or more colors, to prevent counterfeiting, and shall be in sums not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) each, and shall be registered as issued, be numbered in a regular series from one (1) upward, and every such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was issued and the total amount authorized to be issued, and each shall be made payable to bearer, and interest shall be evidenced by proper coupons thereto attached.   Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7.
MS Code § 19-9-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds|§ 19-9-9. Levy of special tax

 The board of supervisors of such county shall annually levy a special tax upon all of the taxable property within the county, which tax shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds according to the terms thereof.
MS Code § 19-9-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds|§ 19-9-11. Notice of intention to issue bonds; calling of election

 Before issuing any bonds for any of the purposes enumerated in Sections 19-9-1, 19-9-3, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention so to do, stating the amount of bonds proposed to be issued and the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued, and the date upon which the board proposes to direct the issuance of such bonds. Such resolution shall be published once a week for at least three consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper published in such county. The first publication of such resolution shall be made not less than twenty-one days prior to the date fixed in such resolution for the issuance of the bonds, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven days prior to such date. If no newspaper be published in such county, then such notice shall be given by publishing the resolution for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in such county and, in addition, by posting a copy of such resolution for at least twenty-one days next preceding the date fixed therein at three public places in such county. If twenty per cent (20%), or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the county, supervisors district, or road district, as the case may be, shall file a written protest against the issuance of such bonds on or before the date specified in such resolution, then an election on the question of the issuance of such bonds shall be called and held as is provided in Sections 19-9-13, 19-9-15. If no such protest be filed, then such bonds may be issued without an election on the question of the issuance thereof, at any time within a period of two years after the date specified in the above mentioned resolution. However, the board of supervisors, in its discretion, may nevertheless call an election on such question, in which event it shall not be necessary to publish the resolution declaring its intention to issue such bonds as herein provided.
MS Code § 19-9-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds|§ 19-9-13. Notice of election

 Where an election is to be called, as provided in Section 19-9-11, notice of such election shall be signed by the clerk of the board of supervisors and shall be published once a week for at least three consecutive weeks, in at least one newspaper published in such county. The first publication of such notice shall be made not less than twenty-one days prior to the date fixed for such election, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven days prior to such date. If no newspaper is published in such county, then such notice shall be given by publishing the same for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in such county and, in addition, by posting a copy of such notice for at least twenty-one days next preceding such election at three public places in such county.
MS Code § 19-9-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds|§ 19-9-15. Holding of election

 Such election shall be held, as far as is practicable, in the same manner as other elections are held in counties. At such election, all qualified electors of such county may vote, and 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 (Π) opposite his choice on the proposition.
MS Code § 19-9-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds|§ 19-9-17. Results of election

 When the results of the election on the question of the issuance of such bonds shall have been canvassed by the election commissioners of such county and certified by them to the board of supervisors of such county, it shall be the duty of such board of supervisors to determine and adjudicate whether or not three-fifths (3/5) of the qualified electors who voted in such election voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds. Unless three-fifths (3/5) of the qualified electors who voted in such election shall have voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then such bonds shall not be issued. Should three-fifths (3/5) of the qualified electors who vote in such election vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then the board of supervisors of the county may issue such bonds, either in whole or in part, within two years from the date of such election or within two years after the final favorable termination of any litigation affecting the issuance of such bonds, as such board shall deem best.
MS Code § 19-9-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds|§ 19-9-21. Proceeds shall not be diverted

 The proceeds of any bonds issued by a county shall be placed in the county treasury or depository, if there be one, as a special fund, and shall be used for no other purpose than that for which such bonds were authorized to be issued. If the board of supervisors of such county, or any member thereof, or any other officer, shall wilfully divert or aid or assist in diverting any such fund, or any part thereof, to any purpose other than that for which such bonds were authorized to be issued, then such person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term not exceeding five years and, in addition, he shall be liable personally and on his official bond for the amount so diverted. Any member of such board of supervisors may escape the penalty provided for above by requesting and having his vote recorded in the negative on any illegal diversion of the proceeds of such bonds.
MS Code § 19-9-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds|§ 19-9-23. Transfer of residue of bond proceeds

 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.
MS Code § 19-9-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds|§ 19-9-25. Bond and interest funds may be used to buy outstanding bonds

 Whenever there shall be on hand in any bond and interest fund an amount in excess of the amount which will be required for expenditure therefrom within the next succeeding twelve months, the board of supervisors may use such excess amount to purchase the outstanding bonds of the county which are payable from such fund whenever, in the judgment of such board the best interest of the county would be served thereby. When such bonds are purchased, they shall be cancelled and retired and shall not thereafter be resold or reissued.
MS Code § 19-9-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds|§ 19-9-27. Borrowing in anticipation of taxes

 The board of supervisors of any county may borrow money in anticipation of taxes for the purpose of defraying the expenses of such county, and may issue negotiable notes of the county therefor, to mature not later than April 1 of the year succeeding the year in which they are issued. The amount of money herein authorized to be borrowed shall not be in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the estimated amount of taxes collected and to be collected under the last preceding annual tax levies for the particular fund for which said money is borrowed. The board of supervisors may borrow said money, as hereinbefore provided, from any available fund in the county treasury, or from any other source, and such loan shall be repaid in the manner herein provided. The notes herein authorized shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the board, not to exceed that allowed in Section 75-17-105, Mississippi Code of 1972, and such notes shall be payable at any place to be named by the board of supervisors. Any notes or obligations issued in excess of the amount authorized to be issued under the provisions of this section shall be void. Money may be borrowed in anticipation of ad valorem taxes under the provisions of this section, regardless of whether or not such borrowing shall create an indebtedness in excess of statutory limitations.   For the payment of such loan, the board of supervisors shall either pledge the levy of a special tax each year sufficient to pay the amount borrowed for use that year, with interest, or shall pledge that such notes shall be paid out of the first money collected from taxes for the year in which they are issued. The aforesaid special tax, if necessary, may be in excess of the rate of taxation otherwise limited by law. The notes herein authorized shall not be issued until the board of supervisors shall have published notice of its intention to issue same; said notice to be published once each week for three (3) weeks in some newspaper having a general circulation in such county, but not less than twenty-one (21) days, nor more than sixty (60) days, intervening between the time of the first notice and the meeting at which said board proposes to issue such notes. If, within the time of giving notice, twenty percent (20%), of fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the county shall protest or file a petition against the issuance of such notes, then such notes shall not be issued unless authorized by a three-fifths (3/5) majority of the qualified electors of such county, voting at an election to be called and held for that purpose.
MS Code § 19-9-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds|§ 19-9-31. Exclusiveness of procedure

 No interest-bearing indebtedness shall hereafter be incurred by any county except in the manner provided by Sections 19-9-1 through 19-9-31 or as may otherwise be provided by law.   The authority provided for the issuance of bonds for hospitals and related subjects by Sections 41-13-15 through 41-13-53 Mississippi Code of 1972, shall not be affected by the provisions of Sections 19-9-1 through 19-9-31, and the authority herein conferred relative to hospitals and related subjects shall be in addition thereto.
MS Code § 19-9-93 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-93. Financing the erection, remodeling, enlargement, or repair of county buildings

 The board of supervisors of any county may set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the erection, remodeling, enlarging, or repairing of the courthouse, jail or other county buildings.
MS Code § 19-9-95 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-95. Defrayal of expenses of courts of certain coast counties

 The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and having an assessed valuation of less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the courts of the county.
MS Code § 19-9-96 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-96. Funding operation of youth court division

 The board of supervisors of any county may, in its discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund to be used for funding of the operation of the youth court division other than a municipal youth court division. Such funds shall be expended for no other purpose than:   Payment of the salaries of the referees, court administrators, youth court prosecutor when court appointed, youth court public defender, court reporters other than regular chancery court or county court reporters, clinical psychologists and other professional personnel, secretaries and other clerical or other court-appointed personnel, detention home employees, shelter home employees, halfway house employees and youth counsellors;   Travel and training expenses;   The operation of a youth court and related facilities, detention facilities, shelter home facilities, group homes and halfway houses;   Volunteer programs or other court-authorized programs;   Providing the youth court referee with a current set of the Mississippi Code of 1972 if a set has not been provided.
MS Code § 19-9-97 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-97. Funding for certain matters of public health

 The boards of supervisors of the various counties in the state are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for treatment of the indigent sick, for the promotion of public health of the county, and for the support and maintenance of a full-time county health department. The boards of supervisors are further authorized, in their discretion, to appropriate and transfer moneys from the general fund to any state agency, department or institution for the purpose of providing health care services or having such services provided to indigent persons of the county.
MS Code § 19-9-99 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-99. Securing funds for eradication of fire ants

 The board of supervisors of any county of the state may, in its discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the purpose of securing funds with which to cooperate with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce in eradicating fire ants, as authorized by Section 69-25-33.
MS Code § 19-9-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-101. Securing funds for maintenance of fair associations

 The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi may, in its discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the purpose of securing funds with which to maintain fair associations, including the upkeep, repairs and payment of the necessary prizes and awards of said associations.
MS Code § 19-9-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-103. Funds for advertisement of economic opportunities in certain counties

 The boards of supervisors of all counties in the State of Mississippi situated wholly or partially in a levee district may, within their discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the purpose of deriving funds for advertising and bringing into favorable notice the opportunities, possibilities and resources of such counties.   The boards of supervisors of such counties may in their discretion cooperate with and appropriate funds to the Delta Council for advertising purposes as herein provided.
MS Code § 19-9-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-105. Funds for making soil survey maps and land classifications and reports thereof

 The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund in cooperating with the Mississippi State Experiment Station and the Department of Agriculture of the United States of America in having made soil survey maps and land classifications and reports thereof.   The funds set aside for said purpose shall be appropriated by the board of supervisors upon the presentation and allowance of itemized bills therefor, as provided by law.
MS Code § 19-9-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-107. Funds for support of industrial and economic development programs in certain counties

 In any Class 5 county having an area between five hundred eighty (580) and six hundred fifteen (615) square miles and having a population between twenty-one thousand, six hundred eighty-one (21,681) and twenty-two thousand, six hundred eighty-one (22,681) according to the 1950 decennial census, and traversed by U.S. Highway No. 80 and in which is located a state park or junior college, and in any Class 6 county having an area between five hundred seventy-five (575) and six hundred seventy-five (675) square miles and having a population between twenty-one thousand (21,000) and twenty-two thousand (22,000) according to the 1950 decennial census, and traversed by the Natchez Trace, and in any Class 7 county having an area in excess of six hundred forty (640) square miles and a population between sixteen thousand (16,000) and seventeen thousand (17,000) according to the 1950 decennial census, and wherein there are located producing oil or gas wells, and in any Class 1 county in which there is located a state-supported college for women and a U.S. Air Force Base, the boards of supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund which shall be used for the industrial and economic development programs of said counties through donations to industrial development corporations, and to maintain and support the same.
MS Code § 19-9-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-109. Levy of ad valorem tax for purchase, operation and maintenance of fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment

 In order to fund such expenditures as may arise pursuant to the authority granted by Section 19-5-97 to boards of supervisors of any county to purchase, operate, and maintain fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment, such boards of supervisors are empowered to levy an annual ad valorem tax not to exceed one-fourth (1/4) of one mill in such supervisors districts as participate in the provisions of Section 19-5-97. However, such tax shall not be levied upon any of the taxable property of the county or districts thereof lying in a municipality which furnishes fire protection within its corporate limits. No part of such additional levy shall be reimbursable under Sections 27-33-1 through 27-33-65, Mississippi Code of 1972.