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MS Code § 21-27-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Municipally Owned Utilities|§ 21-27-69. Obligations under repealed laws remain valid

 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any system shall not affect the validity of any bonds issued or contracts entered into under the provisions of any such repealed laws.
MS Code § 21-27-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Municipally Owned Utilities|§ 21-27-73. Contract for purchase of supply of natural gas from any public nonprofit corporation for up to 10 years

 The governing authority of any municipality that owns and operates a gas distribution system, as defined in Section 21-27-11(b), and the governing authority of any public natural gas district are authorized to contract for the purchase of the supply of natural gas for a term of up to ten (10) years with any public nonprofit corporation which is organized under the laws of this state or any other state.
MS Code § 21-27-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Municipally Owned Utilities|§ 21-27-75. Authority to enter into interlocal agreement with rural water associations operating within corporate limits of municipality that requires associations to terminate water service of certain customers; agreement requirements

  The governing authoritiesof a municipality are authorized and empowered, in their discretion,to enter into an interlocal agreement with a rural water associationoperating within the corporate limits of the municipality that requiresthe association to terminate the water service of any of its customerswho are thirty (30) days or more delinquent in the payment of chargesfor sewer services provided by the municipality.   Any agreement enteredinto under this section shall at a minimum:   Require the municipalityto notify the association of any customer of the association who alsohas sewer service provided by the municipality who is thirty (30)days or more delinquent in the payment of sewer charges by a methodagreeable to the municipality and the association;   Provide that upon receiptof a notification the association shall terminate the water serviceof the named customer;   Provide that upon satisfactionof the delinquency and any fees connected with the delinquency andthe termination of water service, the association shall restart thewater service of the customer;   Provide that the municipalityshall save and hold harmless the association against any and all claimsbased on the disconnection of water or sewer service and any otherdamages resulting from any action taken by the association under aninterlocal agreement entered into under this section.     Upon entering into an interlocal agreementunder this section, the association is authorized to terminate thewater service of any customer delinquent in the payment of sewer chargesto the municipality pursuant to the terms of the interlocal agreement.
MS Code § 21-27-91 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Reproduction and Destruction of Records of Municipally-Owned Utilities|§ 21-27-91. Definitions

 Whenever used in Sections 21-27-91 through 21-27-103:   The term "municipality" shall be defined as it is in subdivision (a) of Section 21-27-11;   The term "system" shall be defined as including any waterworks system, water supply system, sewage system, sewage disposal system, or any combination thereof, including any combined waterworks and sewage system, consisting of an existing waterworks system or water supply system or both, combined with an existing sewage system or sewage disposal system or both, or consisting of an existing waterworks system or water supply system or both, combined with a sewage system or sewage disposal system or both, to be acquired, or consisting of an existing sewage system or sewage disposal system or both, combined with a waterworks system or water supply system or both, to be acquired, gas producing, generating, transmission or distribution system, or any one or all thereof, electric generating, transmission, or distribution system, garbage disposal system, rubbish disposal system, and incinerators, and all parts and appurtenances thereof.
MS Code § 21-27-93 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Reproduction and Destruction of Records of Municipally-Owned Utilities|§ 21-27-93. General grant of authority

 The governing authorities of any municipality which now owns and operates any system or systems, but which has not adopted and set up a public utility commission as provided in Section 21-27-13, and the public utility commission of such municipalities that have adopted and set up a public utility commission as provided in said section, are authorized and vested with the authority to microfilm, photograph, photostat, or otherwise reproduce records of the municipally-owned utilities of such municipality. However, the destruction or disposal of any books containing the minutes of any municipal board or of any municipal public utility commission, contracts in effect, real estate deeds, or records showing the date of acquisition, depreciation, or disposition of capital assets, is not hereby authorized.
MS Code § 21-27-95 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Reproduction and Destruction of Records of Municipally-Owned Utilities|§ 21-27-95. Reproduction of records

 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.
MS Code § 21-27-97 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Reproduction and Destruction of Records of Municipally-Owned Utilities|§ 21-27-97. Destruction of records; admissibility of reproductions, copies, facsimiles, etc.

 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.
MS Code § 21-27-99 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Reproduction and Destruction of Records of Municipally-Owned Utilities|§ 21-27-99. Reproductions to be confidential and privileged if original records are likewise

 When any of the records of which reproductions are made 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.
MS Code § 21-27-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Reproduction and Destruction of Records of Municipally-Owned Utilities|§ 21-27-101. Expenses in reproduction of records

 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.
MS Code § 21-27-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Regulation of Transportation Fares|§ 21-27-121. General grant of authority

 The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to fix the rates and charges of persons operating vehicles for the transportation of persons for compensation within the limits of the municipality. The authority granted by this section shall not apply, however, to railroads operated within or through such municipality.
MS Code § 21-27-131 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Licensing of Operators of Motor Vehicles for Hire|§ 21-27-131. Obtaining permit; appeal from refusal to grant permit

 No person may drive or operate motor vehicles for hire in any city or town in this state unless he shall first have been licensed so to do as follows: he shall make application to the mayor of such municipality in writing, accompanied by a statement of some reputable citizen thereof, that the applicant is over the age of eighteen (18) years, an experienced driver, of good moral character, and physically and mentally capacitated to drive and operate such motor vehicle. The mayor shall place such application before the board of aldermen, or other governing authorities, whereupon inquiry may be made by such governing authorities into the moral character and mental and physical fitness of the applicant. If the permit shall be granted the applicant shall receive a certificate of such permit, signed by the mayor, together with an identification badge, and the name of the municipality thereon, and which shall be worn so that the same will be displayed while engaged in or about such occupation. The governing authorities of the municipality may require the applicant to give a reasonable bond, of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), to guarantee the faithful observance of the law as well as the rules and regulations which may be prescribed by the said municipality, and they may also require a reasonable fee, for such permit and badge. In the event the governing authority of such municipality refuse to grant such permit to an applicant, an appeal may be taken to the circuit court, in the manner provided by law for appealing from other orders of the governing authorities of municipalities, and the questions to be tried upon appeal will be as to the age and experience and the moral, mental and physical fitness of the said applicant to pursue such vocation in such municipality.
MS Code § 21-27-133 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Licensing of Operators of Motor Vehicles for Hire|§ 21-27-133. Owner or operator of motor vehicle for hire must carry liability insurance or bond; actions thereon

 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.
MS Code § 21-27-135 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Licensing of Operators of Motor Vehicles for Hire|§ 21-27-135. Transfer of badge unlawful

 It shall be unlawful for any driver who secures such permit and badge to transfer such badge to any other driver, or for any person to use the badge of another person while driving or operating a motor vehicle for hire.
MS Code § 21-27-137 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Licensing of Operators of Motor Vehicles for Hire|§ 21-27-137. Revocation or suspension of permit

 The governing authority of the municipality may revoke or suspend such permit and demand the return of such badge upon proof that the holder while driving, or while in charge of such motor vehicle:   was intoxicated, or noticeably under the influence of intoxicating liquor; or,   had disturbed the peace while so engaged; or,   had recklessly disregarded the speed regulations prescribed by law; or,   had been guilty of knowingly transporting intoxicating liquor; or,   had carried concealed weapons in violation of law; or,   had knowingly transported persons for the purpose of gaming or prostitution, or for the purpose of obtaining intoxicating liquor.   The said authority may by ordinance prescribe other reasonable rules and regulations governing the use and operation of motor vehicles for hire within the municipality, and cause the same to be observed by such driver or operator, under penalty of revocation or suspension of such permit. Any person whose permit to drive or operate a motor vehicle for hire has been suspended or revoked may appeal to the circuit court from such order in the manner provided for appeals from orders of the governing authority of municipalities, but such appeal shall not operate as a supersedeas of said order.
MS Code § 21-27-139 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Licensing of Operators of Motor Vehicles for Hire|§ 21-27-139. Vehicle to be registered and numbered

 The owner of any motor vehicle operated for hire in any city or town in this state, shall before causing the same to be operated, register the said vehicle with the clerk of such municipality, in the name of the owner, with the number of motor, and number of license tag for that year. The clerk shall keep said registration in a book kept for that purpose and give a number to such vehicle, which the owner shall cause to be painted or stenciled on two sides of the said vehicle. Such number shall not be required to be changed at subsequent registrations.   Such vehicle shall be reregistered on or before the first day of February each year.
MS Code § 21-27-141 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Licensing of Operators of Motor Vehicles for Hire|§ 21-27-141. Penalty for violations

  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.   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.
MS Code § 21-27-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Licensing of Bus Drivers|§ 21-27-151. Obtaining permit; appeal from refusal to grant permit

 No person may drive or operate any bus of a transportation system for the transportation of passengers within any city or town in this state, where the operation of such bus is subject to regulation by the authorities of such city or town under Section 21-27-121, unless he shall first have been licensed so to do as follows: he shall make application to the mayor of such municipality in writing, accompanied by a statement of some reputable citizen thereof, that the applicant is over the age of eighteen years, an experienced driver, of good moral character, and physically and mentally capacitated to drive and operate such motor vehicle. The mayor shall place such application before the board of aldermen, or other governing authorities, whereupon inquiry may be made by such governing authorities into the moral character and mental and physical fitness of the applicant. If the permit shall be granted the applicant shall receive a license, signed by the mayor, together with a metallic badge, which shall have a number and the name of the municipality thereon, and which shall be worn so that the same will be displayed while engaged in or about such occupation. The governing authorities of the municipality may require the applicant to give a reasonable bond, of not more than five hundred dollars, to guarantee the faithful observance of the law as well as the rules and regulations which may be prescribed by the said municipality, and they may also require a reasonable fee, not to exceed five dollars for such license, which said license fee shall be paid into the general fund of such municipality. In the event the governing authority of such municipality refuse to grant such license to an applicant, an appeal may be taken to the circuit court, in the manner provided by law for appealing from other orders of the governing authorities of municipalities, and the questions to be tried upon appeal will be as to the age and experience and the moral, mental and physical fitness of the said applicant to pursue such vocation in such municipality.
MS Code § 21-27-153 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Licensing of Bus Drivers|§ 21-27-153. Transfer of badge unlawful

 It shall be unlawful for any driver who secures such license and badge to transfer such license or badge to any other driver, or for any person to use the license or badge of another person while driving or operating such bus.
MS Code § 21-27-155 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Licensing of Bus Drivers|§ 21-27-155. Revocation or suspension of permit

 The governing authority of the municipality may revoke or suspend such license and demand the return of such badge upon proof that the holder while driving, or while in charge of such motor vehicle:   was intoxicated, or noticeably under the influence of intoxicating liquor; or,   had disturbed the peace while so engaged; or,   had recklessly disregarded the speed regulations prescribed by law; or,   had carried concealed weapons in violation of law.   The said authority may by ordinance prescribe other reasonable rules and regulations governing the use and operation of such bus within the municipality, and cause the same to be observed by such driver or operator, under penalty of revocation or suspension of such license. Any person whose license to drive or operate such bus has been suspended or revoked may appeal to the circuit court from such order in the manner provided for appeals from orders of the governing authority of municipalities, but such appeal shall not operate as a supersedeas of said order.
MS Code § 21-27-161 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Metropolitan Area Waste Disposal|§ 21-27-161. Declaration of purpose; short title

 Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 are for the purpose of authorizing a cooperative effort by public agencies for the safe and economical construction and operation of systems for the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of wastes, including sewerage systems and sewage disposal systems, in order to prevent and control the pollution of the waters in this state. Said sections may be cited as the "Metropolitan Area Waste Disposal Act."
MS Code § 21-27-165 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Metropolitan Area Waste Disposal|§ 21-27-165. General powers of municipality as to waste collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal within metropolitan area

 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.
MS Code § 21-27-167 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation|Metropolitan Area Waste Disposal|§ 21-27-167. Acquisition of necessary property by municipality

 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.