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MS Code § 57-1-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder of Other Municipalities and Supervisors District in Which Situated With Municipality in Establishing Industrial Enterprises|§ 57-1-105. Powers and rights of city, town or village and supervisors district

 When a city, town or village and the supervisors district wherein such city, town or village is situated join for the establishment of an industrial enterprise under the provisions of Sections 57-1-101 through 57-1-107 they shall be and they are hereby authorized to exercise the powers conferred by Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51; and for the purpose of carrying out such joint industrial enterprise, all provisions of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51, so far as the same are applicable, shall apply to all proceedings by such city, town or village and to all proceedings by such board of supervisors for the county in which such supervisors district is situated. The city, town or village and the supervisors district so joining shall have each an undivided interest in the industrial enterprise, including any land acquired for such purpose, in the same proportion as the amount of bonds issued by each bears to the total issued by both.
MS Code § 57-1-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder of Other Municipalities and Supervisors District in Which Situated With Municipality in Establishing Industrial Enterprises|§ 57-1-107. Contracts

 When a city, town or village and the supervisors district wherein such city, town or village is situated join as provided in Sections 57-1-101 through 57-1-107 for the establishment of an industrial enterprise under the provisions of said sections, they shall be and are hereby authorized to contract jointly for the acquisition of land and to jointly enter into contracts for the purpose of establishing, operating, maintaining or leasing such industrial enterprise, including contracts for the construction thereof; or they may, by agreement adopted by resolution spread upon the minutes of the governing authority of such city, town or village and upon the minutes of the board of supervisors of the county, authorize either the governing authority of such city, town or village or the board of supervisors to enter into such contracts for and on behalf of both.
MS Code § 57-1-131 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder of Supervisors Districts of Adjacent Counties in Establishing Industrial Enterprises|§ 57-1-131. Declaration of intention; petition for certificate; constitution of board of commissioners; petition of electors

 When two or more adjoining supervisors districts of adjacent counties which desire to enter jointly into the establishment of an enterprise under the provisions of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51, the board of supervisors of each county shall declare its intention of entering into such plan by resolution spread upon its minutes and shall jointly with the boards of supervisors of the counties affected file with the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, a petition for a certificate of public convenience and necessity in the manner and for the purposes prescribed by Section 57-1-21, and the board of supervisors of each county affected shall name two commissioners who, together with the commissioners appointed by the other counties acting jointly with them, shall constitute a board of commissioners for the purpose of proceeding the same as if the supervisors districts of the adjacent counties were within the same county.   A petition bearing the signatures of a majority of the qualified electors of a supervisors district filed with the chancery clerk, shall make it the mandatory duty of the board of supervisors of the county to pass the necessary resolution, appoint the commissioners and perform all other duties and functions necessary for the establishment of the enterprise.
MS Code § 57-1-133 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder of Supervisors Districts of Adjacent Counties in Establishing Industrial Enterprises|§ 57-1-133. Election

 Should a certificate of public convenience and necessity be issued by the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, the boards of supervisors of each of the counties affected shall call an election in each of the supervisors districts affected in the manner and method for calling, conducting and holding elections provided in Section 57-1-25, and should two-thirds of the qualified electors residing in each of the supervisors districts affected voting in the election, vote in favor of the enterprise, the supervisors districts included in the petition for public convenience and necessity shall be deemed a municipality within the meaning of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51, and shall have all rights, powers and authority granted to municipalities as defined in said sections and by said sections.
MS Code § 57-1-135 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder of Supervisors Districts of Adjacent Counties in Establishing Industrial Enterprises|§ 57-1-135. Appointment, terms of office, organization, and meetings of board of commissioners

 The commissioners authorized by Section 57-1-131 shall be deemed to be the governing body of the municipality. Except as hereinafter provided, the term of each commissioner shall be four (4) years, and until his successor shall have been appointed in like manner and shall have qualified. In case of death, disability or resignation, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment to be made by the board of supervisors of the county in which such vacancy occurred. Of the two (2) commissioners first appointed by each county, one (1) shall be designated to serve for a term of two (2) years, and the other shall be designated to serve for a term of four (4) years, and until their respective successors shall have been appointed and qualified. The aforesaid designations shall be made by the respective boards of supervisors. Such commissioners shall constitute a board, and shall organize by electing a president and a secretary, and by adopting an official seal with which to attest its official acts, and by adopting a name by which the municipality formed by the districts involved shall be known and recognized. The adoption of a name for any such municipality prior to the enactment of this statute is hereby validated and confirmed. The commissioners shall meet at such time and place as they may determine, shall keep full, complete and permanent minutes of their meetings and records of their proceedings, and shall receive no compensation for their services, except reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by them in traveling in performance of their duties. No action taken by such commissioners and no contract or agreement entered into by them shall be valid and effectual unless and until the same is approved by the board of supervisors of each county having territory involved, by resolution spread at large upon the minutes of such board.
MS Code § 57-1-137 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder of Supervisors Districts of Adjacent Counties in Establishing Industrial Enterprises|§ 57-1-137. Rights, powers and authority of municipalities generally

 For the purpose of operating or engaging in the enterprise as authorized at the election held for that purpose, the municipality herein authorized acting through its board of commissioners and subject to the approval of the boards of supervisors of each of the counties having territory included within such municipality shall have all the rights, powers, and authority granted to municipalities by Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51.
MS Code § 57-1-139 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder of Supervisors Districts of Adjacent Counties in Establishing Industrial Enterprises|§ 57-1-139. Issuance of bonds; contracts

 The board of commissioners of the municipality as defined in Section 57-1-133, subject to the approval of the boards of supervisors of each county having territory involved, may issue such bonds as may be authorized in the election held for the operation of the enterprise, and may make all contracts for the erection of buildings and structures and the acquisition and purchase of lands, and for the operation of such enterprise. All such contracts so entered into by such commissioners shall not be valid, however, until approved by resolution spread at large upon the minutes of each of the boards of supervisors of the counties having territory included in the municipality.
MS Code § 57-1-141 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder of Supervisors Districts of Adjacent Counties in Establishing Industrial Enterprises|§ 57-1-141. Execution of bonds

 The bonds issued under Section 57-1-139 shall be signed by the president of the board of commissioners, counter-signed by the clerk of said board of commissioners, and shall pledge the full faith and credit of the supervisors districts included in the municipality.
MS Code § 57-1-143 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder of Supervisors Districts of Adjacent Counties in Establishing Industrial Enterprises|§ 57-1-143. Depository

 The board of commissioners of the municipality as defined in Section 57-1-133 shall designate a depository for the funds of the municipality in the same manner as county depositories are designated.
MS Code § 57-1-145 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder of Supervisors Districts of Adjacent Counties in Establishing Industrial Enterprises|§ 57-1-145. Tax levy

 On or before the first Monday of September of each year, the board of commissioners for the municipality comprising two or more supervisors districts of adjacent counties shall meet and levy a tax sufficient upon the taxable property of the territory to provide funds for the payment of interest on bonds and the payment of bonds maturing within one year, and to provide a sinking fund for the redemption of any outstanding bond and shall certify such levy to the boards of supervisors of each of the counties affected, prior to the date on which county tax levies are fixed, and it shall be the duty of the respective boards of supervisors to levy the tax prescribed by the board of commissioners of the municipality upon the taxable property of the territory of the county which is embraced in the municipality. The tax collector of each county shall thereupon collect such tax in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are collected and shall transmit the proceeds thereof to the proper depositories.
MS Code § 57-1-171 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder With Adjoining Supervisors District Which Has Certificate of Necessity and Convenience|§ 57-1-171. Definitions for Sections 57-1-171 through 57-1-179

 The word "municipality" as used in Sections 57-1-171 through 57-1-179 shall mean "county, supervisors district, city, town or village."
MS Code § 57-1-173 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder With Adjoining Supervisors District Which Has Certificate of Necessity and Convenience|§ 57-1-173. Application for and issuance of certificate

 Whenever a supervisors district or a city, town or village in a supervisors district, or both, which adjoins a supervisors district in the same county, already having a certificate of convenience and necessity issued under the provisions of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51, and which has already voted to engage in an enterprise authorized under the provisions of said sections, desires to join in the enterprise, the adjoining supervisors district or city, town or village, or both, wishing to so join may make application to the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board for a certificate of convenience and necessity, the same as if such supervisors district or city, town or village, or both, had joined with the supervisors district already having a certificate of convenience and necessity in its original application. Such application shall show that the joining of the said supervisors district or city, town or village, or both, will benefit such municipality by the use of its natural resources or the employment of its labor, and that it has adequate property values and suitable financial conditions so that the total bonded indebtedness of the municipality shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total assessed valuation of all of the property in the municipality, and that the joining of such municipality in the operation of the enterprise by the supervisors district already holding a certificate of convenience and necessity shall result in the enlargement of the enterprise and that such enlargement of the enterprise shall benefit the petitioning municipality. The board may issue a certificate of convenience and necessity the same as if the petitioning municipality had joined in the original application. However, when bonds are issued jointly by a municipality and a county or a supervisors district of such county, then in such event, the limitation of twenty percent (20%) of the assessed valuation of such municipality or county or supervisors district shall apply to each such taxing district even though such assessments include identical property.
MS Code § 57-1-175 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder With Adjoining Supervisors District Which Has Certificate of Necessity and Convenience|§ 57-1-175. Election; issuance of bonds

 When such certificate of convenience and necessity is issued authorizing the petitioning municipality to join in the operation of the enterprise, proceedings thereafter shall be held within such municipality as is provided in Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51 with reference to notice, voting and election, and such municipality may issue its bonds in such amount as may be authorized by the board for the enlargement and extension of the enterprise.
MS Code § 57-1-177 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder With Adjoining Supervisors District Which Has Certificate of Necessity and Convenience|§ 57-1-177. Application of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51

 All provisions of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51, so far as the same are applicable, shall apply to all proceedings by the municipality desiring to join with another municipality which has already received a certificate of convenience and necessity.
MS Code § 57-1-179 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Joinder With Adjoining Supervisors District Which Has Certificate of Necessity and Convenience|§ 57-1-179. Interest of joining municipality in enterprise

 The municipality joining with another municipality which has already received a certificate of convenience and necessity shall have an undivided interest in the enterprise in the same proportion as the amount of bonds issued by such municipality bears to the total bonds issued by both municipalities in the establishment of such enterprise.
MS Code § 57-1-253 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Major Energy Project Developments|§ 57-1-253. Duties of department as to proposal, planning, financing, development, operation, etc., of project; cooperation by other agencies

 The department is hereby designated and empowered to act on behalf of the state in submitting a siting proposal for the project. The department is empowered to take all steps appropriate or necessary to effect the siting, development, and operation of the project within the state. If the state is selected as the preferred site for the project, the department is hereby designated and empowered to act on behalf of the state and to represent the state in the planning, financing, development, construction and operation of the project or any facility related to the project, with the concurrence of the affected public agency. The department may take affirmative steps to coordinate fully all aspects of the submission of a siting proposal for the project and, if the state is selected as the preferred site, to coordinate fully, with the concurrence of the affected public agency, the development of the project or any facility related to the project with private business, the United States government and other public agencies. All public agencies are encouraged to cooperate to the fullest extent possible to effectuate the duties of the department; however, the development of the project or any facility related to the project by the department may be done only with the concurrence of the affected public agency.
MS Code § 57-1-259 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Major Energy Project Developments|§ 57-1-259. Concurrence of affected county, municipality, and/or school district required

 The department shall not undertake to develop any project or facility related to the project within a county, municipality and/or school district without the concurrence of the affected county, municipality and/or school district.
MS Code § 57-1-261 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Major Energy Project Developments|§ 57-1-261. Construction of Sections 57-1-251 through 57-1-261

 The provisions of Sections 57-1-251 through 57-1-261 are cumulative of other statutes now or hereafter enacted relating to the department, and the department may exercise all presently held powers in the furtherance of Sections 57-1-251 through 57-1-261. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or any part of the provisions of Sections 57-1-251 through 57-1-261 is declared to be unconstitutional or void, or for any reason is declared to be invalid or of no effect, the remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases shall in no manner be affected thereby but shall remain in full force and effect.
MS Code § 57-1-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Program|§ 57-1-301. Local governments capital improvements revolving loan program established; "capital improvements" defined

  There is established a local governments capital improvements revolving loan program to be administered by the Mississippi Development Authority for the purpose of assisting counties and municipalities in making capital improvements.   For purposes of Sections 57-1-301 through 57-1-335, "capital improvements" include any combination of the following:   Construction or repair of water and sewer facilities;   Construction or repair of drainage systems for industrial development;   Improvements in fire protection;   Construction of new buildings for economic development purposes;   Renovation or repair of existing buildings for economic development purposes;   Construction or repair of access roads for industrial development;   Purchase of buildings for economic development purposes;   Construction or repair of railroad spurs for industrial development;   Construction of any county or municipally owned health care facilities, excluding any county health departments;   Construction, purchase, renovation or repair of any building to be utilized as an auditorium or convention center;   Construction of multipurpose facilities for tourism development;   Loans to a county to aid in retiring interest-bearing loans utilized for the purchase of a motion picture sound stage;   Construction, repair and renovation of parks, swimming pools and recreational and athletic facilities; or   Remediation of brownfield agreement sites in accordance with Sections 49-35-1 through 49-35-25.
MS Code § 57-1-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority|Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Program|§ 57-1-305. General powers and duties of department

 In administering the provisions of Sections 57-1-301 through 57-1-335, the Department of Economic and Community Development shall have the following powers and duties:   To supervise the use of all funds made available under Sections 57-1-301 through 57-1-335 for local governments capital improvements;   To review and certify all projects for which funds are authorized to be made available under Sections 57-1-301 through 57-1-335 for local governments capital improvements;   To requisition monies in the Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Fund and distribute those monies on a project-by-project basis in accordance with the provisions of Sections 57-1-301 through 57-1-335;   To insure that the funds made available to a county or an incorporated municipality under Sections 57-1-301 through 57-1-335 provide for an equitable distribution of projects and funds among the counties and incorporated municipalities;   To maintain an accurate record of all local governments capital improvements funds made available to counties and municipalities and the costs for each project.   To adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for the purpose of implementing the provisions of Sections 57-1-301 through 57-1-335; and   To file annually with the Legislature a report detailing how monies in the Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Fund were spent during the preceding fiscal year in each county and incorporated municipality, the number of projects approved and constructed, and the cost of each project.