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MS Code § 19-9-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-111. Levy of tax for purpose of financing economic development districts

 The board of supervisors of any county authorized to establish or cooperate in the establishment of economic development districts pursuant to Section 19-5-99 may, in its discretion, levy a tax of not more than two (2) mills against the taxable property in the county or the portion thereof comprising an economic development district, to be used to support and maintain such district. The levy so made shall be in addition to all other levies provided by law.   Before any such levy is made, the board of supervisors shall signify its intention to make such a levy and publish same in a newspaper published in said county for thirty (30) days prior to making said levy. In the event more than twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of said economic development district protest in writing to the board of supervisors against the imposition of such tax levy within thirty (30) days from the date such notice is published, then such proposed tax levy shall not be made unless same is approved by a special election called for said purpose. Said special election shall be conducted and had as provided by law.   The governing authorities of any municipality in a county, which has established an economic development district or which is included in an economic development district, may contribute to the support of such economic development district from its general fund.
MS Code § 19-9-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-113. Funds for support of soil and water conservation district

 The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi, in its discretion, is hereby authorized to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the support of the county's soil and water conservation district.
MS Code § 19-9-114 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-114. Levy of tax for construction of vocational and technical educational center

 The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico having a population according to the 1970 census of 134,582 persons, and having two cities located therein each having a population of over 30,000 persons according to the 1970 census, and in which is located a deep water port of entry and two military establishments located therein, is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to levy an additional ad valorem tax not to exceed one (1) mill to provide funds for the construction of a facility to house a county-wide vocational and technical educational center. Such additional levy may be in excess of and in addition to the rate of taxation otherwise limited by law.   The tax herein authorized shall not be levied until the board of supervisors shall have published notice of its intention to levy same. Said notice shall 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 levy such tax. If, within the time of giving notice, twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the county shall protest or file a petition against the levy of such tax, then such tax shall not be levied 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 § 19-9-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-115. Bond for special tax

 When any special tax may be levied for county purposes, the board of supervisors may require the tax collector to give an additional bond for the faithful collection and payment of the same.
MS Code § 19-9-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Special Tax Levies|§ 19-9-117. Tax levy in second judicial district of Harrison County; issuance and sale of bonds

 The board of supervisors of Harrison County shall have the power and it shall be its duty to levy upon the property of the second judicial district whatever taxes may be required to meet the expenditures called for and required by the construction of the courthouse and offices and in order to secure funds for the procuring of and the erection, construction or alteration of any required building or buildings, the lands on which the same shall be, be erected, constructed, added to or altered, and any other expenditures authorized and required by law, including furnishing and equipping of said courthouse and offices. Said board shall have the power to borrow money by issuing and selling the bonds of the second district to an amount not exceeding the sum of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) for the aforesaid purposes as set out in this section. Said bonds shall be issued in the same manner as provided in Sections 19-9-1 through 19-9-31.
MS Code § 19-9-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Payments to Counties in Which Nuclear Generating Plants are Located|§ 19-9-151. Distributions to situs counties

 The in-lieu payments made to the State Tax Commission pursuant to Section 27-35-309(3)(b), excluding payments made in excess of Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000.00) which are required to be paid into the General Fund of the state, shall be distributed by the State Tax Commission as follows:   For fiscal year 1987, fifty percent (50%) of such payment shall be paid to the situs county wherein such nuclear generating plant is located;   For fiscal year 1988, forty-five percent (45%) of such payment shall be paid to the situs county wherein such nuclear generating plant is located;   For fiscal year 1989, forty percent (40%) of such payment shall be paid to the situs county wherein such nuclear generating plant is located;   For fiscal year 1990, thirty-five (35%) of such payment shall be paid to the situs county wherein such nuclear generating plant is located;   For fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, thirty percent (30%) of such payment shall be paid to the situs county wherein such nuclear generating plant is located.
MS Code § 19-9-153 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Payments to Counties in Which Nuclear Generating Plants are Located|§ 19-9-153. Distributions to municipalities within situs counties

 Of the funds received pursuant to Section 19-9-151 by a situs county wherein such nuclear generating plant is located, the board of supervisors of such situs county shall distribute ten percent (10%) of each payment, upon receipt, to the most populous incorporated municipality within the county; however, if such plant is located within a municipality, such payments which would otherwise be made to the situs county pursuant to Section 19-9-151 shall be divided equally between the situs county and situs municipality.
MS Code § 19-9-155 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Payments to Counties in Which Nuclear Generating Plants are Located|§ 19-9-155. Limitations on expenditure of funds by situs counties

 Of the funds retained by the situs county after the payment made pursuant to Section 19-9-153, not more than Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5,500,000.00) per year may be expended by the board of supervisors of the county for any purposes for which a county is authorized by law to levy an ad valorem tax, and any funds in excess of such amount shall be expended in accordance with Section 19-9-157.
MS Code § 19-9-157 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Payments to Counties in Which Nuclear Generating Plants are Located|§ 19-9-157. Payment of excess funds to governing authorities of public school districts; use of funds; borrowing in anticipation of payment

 The board of supervisors of the situs county, upon receipt of the payments pursuant to Section 19-9-151 less the payment made according to Section 19-9-153, shall pay all such funds in excess of Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5,500,000.00) to the governing authorities of the public school districts in such county in the proportion that the average daily attendance for the preceding scholastic year of each school district bears to the total average daily attendance of the county for the preceding scholastic year. Such funds may be expended only for the purposes of capital improvements to school facilities and only after plans therefor have been submitted to and approved by the Educational Finance Commission or its successor. The governing authorities of such school districts may borrow money in anticipation of receipt of payments pursuant to this section and the levying authority for the school district may issue negotiable notes therefor, for the purposes set forth herein. Such loan shall be repaid from the payments received under this section by the governing authorities of the public school district. However, no public school districts within the situs county shall be entitled to any payments after January 1, 1990.
MS Code § 19-9-171 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation|Distribution of Revenue to Public School Districts in Counties in Which Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals or Crude Oil Refineries are Located|§ 19-9-171. Distribution of revenue from ad valorem taxes levied on certain liquefied natural gas terminals or crude oil refineries to public school districts in situs counties

 The revenue from ad valorem taxes for school district purposes that are levied upon liquefied natural gas terminals or improvements thereto constructed after July 1, 2007, crude oil refineries constructed after July 1, 2007, and expansions or improvements to existing crude oil refineries constructed after July 1, 2007, shall be distributed to all public school districts in the county in which the facilities are located in the proportion that the average daily attendance of each school district bears to the total average daily attendance of all school districts in the county. The county or municipal tax collector, as the case may be, shall pay such tax collections, except for taxes collected for the payment of the principal of and interest on school bonds or notes and except for taxes collected to defray collection costs, into the appropriate school depository and report to the school board of the appropriate school district at the same time and in the same manner as the tax collector makes his payments and reports of other taxes collected by him.
MS Code § 19-13-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties|In General|§ 19-13-11. Contracts not to be made in vacation; approval

 A board of supervisors shall not empower or authorize any one or more members of such board, or other person, to let or make contract for the building or erection of public works of any description, or for working public roads, in vacation or during a recess of said board, except as provided in Title 65 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 in cases of emergency when a bridge or road has been or is about to be damaged by floods or otherwise, and in other special cases. All other contracts shall be made and approved by said board in open session, and it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to accept the lowest responsible bid for the erection or construction of all public buildings, bridges or public works, or for the execution of any other contract. Any bidder will be deemed responsible who will enter into bond, with sufficient sureties, according to law, to be approved by said board, in double the amount of the bids made by such bidder for the prompt, proper and efficient performance of his contract. All contracts made in violation of any of the provisions of law shall be void.
MS Code § 19-13-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties|In General|§ 19-13-19. Purchase of surplus road equipment from federal agencies

 The authority is hereby granted to boards of supervisors to purchase tractors, trucks and other machinery or equipment for use of the county or any road district of any county in constructing, reconstructing and maintaining public roads from any agency of the federal government authorized to sell and dispose of surplus property.   Such purchases may be made without first having advertised for bidders and without competitive bids having first been submitted.
MS Code § 19-13-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties|In General|§ 19-13-21. Repairs of road equipment

 The board of supervisors of any county which owns any tractor, truck, or other road machinery or equipment, or any district of which owns any such machinery or equipment, may at any time have the same repaired, or purchase necessary repair parts therefor, where it is necessary to use the machinery or equipment in constructing, reconstructing or maintaining the public roads, whether or not there is then a sufficient amount in the fund out of which the cost thereof must be paid to pay the same. The claim for the repairs or repair parts shall be allowed in due course when filed, and be paid in its proper order as other claims. However, if any repairs herein permitted to be made after the first day of July of the last year of the term of office of the members of the board making such repairs shall exceed the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), the repairs shall not be made unless and until the board of supervisors, or a majority of the members thereof, shall have authorized the making of the repairs at a regular meeting of the board, or a special meeting called for that purpose.
MS Code § 19-13-22 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties|In General|§ 19-13-22. Road maintenance agreements with certain taxpayers

 A county may, by resolution spread upon its minutes, enter into a road maintenance agreement with a taxpayer that is eligible for the reduced severance tax levied pursuant to Section 27-25-503(1)(c) or 27-25-703(1)(b).
MS Code § 19-13-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties|In General|§ 19-13-23. Presentation of claims against county for allowance

 Any person having a just claim against any county shall first file the same on or before the last day of the month for which such claim may be payable, with the clerk of the board of supervisors for presentation to the board for allowance, which said claim shall be properly dated and itemized, and shall be accompanied by any evidence of performance or delivery as required by Section 19-13-25. The claimant may amend said claim at any time before final rejection or allowance, and may appear before the board and submit further evidence or argument in support thereof, having a continuance for either or both of said purposes if desired.
MS Code § 19-13-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties|In General|§ 19-13-25. Itemization of claims for sales of personal property

 All claims filed for allowance by a board of supervisors which are based upon a sale or sales of any personal property shall be sufficiently itemized to show in detail the kind, quantity and price of the articles sold. Claims covering the sale of lumber shall be itemized so as to show in detail the grade or grades thereof, the amount of each different size of lumber covered by said invoice or statement, together with the total number of feet of each different grade and size, and the price per thousand feet at which it is sold, stated separately for each different grade and size. Each itemized invoice or statement so filed shall be accompanied by either (1) a receipt, in like detail, properly dated, and signed by a public officer, agent or employee authorized to accept delivery of such property, or, (2) a bill of lading or shipping receipt issued by a common carrier making delivery of such property, the rules of which carrier require a receipt to be given by the consignee on delivery, or (3) an affidavit of the seller, his agent or employee, showing how, where, when, and to whom delivery of such property was made. Where an affidavit is filed as proof of delivery, if delivery was by mail, the affidavit must have attached thereto a post office registry or insurance receipt, and if delivery was made by car, truck, or other public or private conveyance or means, the affidavit must state the name and address of the party actually making the delivery, and the make and license number of any car or truck used therein, as well as the other matters above required. The person so mailing or making actual delivery of such property shall, for the purpose of making such affidavit only, be considered an agent or employee of the seller. It is expressly provided, however, that no claim not first filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors shall be allowed until the seller has filed such claim in accordance with the requirements of this section.
MS Code § 19-13-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties|In General|§ 19-13-27. Docket of claims

 The clerk of the board of supervisors shall be supplied with, and shall keep as a record of his office, a book to be styled "The Docket of Claims," in which he shall enter monthly all demands, claims and accounts against the county presented to him during the month. The docket shall provide spaces for the name of the claimant, the number of the claim, the amount of the claim, and on what account. All demands, claims and accounts filed against the county shall be preserved by the clerk as a permanent record, and numbered to correspond with the warrants to be issued therefor, if allowed. Immediately upon being notified of any judgment being rendered against the county, the clerk shall docket the same as a claim for allowance and payment as provided by law. Any claimant who has filed a claim with the clerk of the board of supervisors in the manner provided in Section 19-13-25 whose said claim is not allowed because of the failure of such clerk to keep the docket of claims as herein required, shall be entitled to recover the amount of such claim from such clerk on his official bond. Failure of the clerk to keep the docket of claims as herein required shall render such clerk liable to the county in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and the Auditor of Public Accounts, upon information to the effect that such claims docket has not been kept, shall proceed immediately against such clerk for the collection of said penalty.
MS Code § 19-13-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties|In General|§ 19-13-29. Duties of clerk in receiving, filing and paying claims

 When claims against the county shall be presented to the clerk thereof, said clerk shall mark "filed" on each such claim, as of the date of presentation of same, and shall audit, number, and docket the same consecutively under the heading of each fund in the book of accounts required by Section 19-11-13 out of which the same shall be paid. The said clerk shall file the claims in like manner, and shall safely preserve the same as records of his office. Each year's records shall be kept separate and begin with a new number for each year, and thence run in regular order for that year.   In issuing any warrant under order of the board of supervisors to pay any one of said claims so numbered and kept, said clerk shall enter the number of the claim and designate the fund against which allowed in the body of the warrant so that the claim may be easily found and identified, and so that possible duplication may be avoided.   For failure to perform any duty required of him herein, said clerk shall not be entitled to the compensation now provided by law for such duty, when performed, and the board of supervisors shall be prohibited from authorizing payment of the same to said clerk, but, instead, said board shall be authorized to employ a competent person to perform any duty which such clerk has failed to perform, either in his capacity as the clerk of the board or as the county auditor, and pay to such person the compensation now provided by law for such services, as aforesaid.   Any claim filed with the clerk on or before the last working day in the month prior to the next regular meeting of the board of supervisors at which claims are considered pursuant to Section 19-13-31 shall be so docketed as to be considered by the board of supervisors at such meeting.
MS Code § 19-13-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties|In General|§ 19-13-33. Certain allowances unlawful

 It shall be unlawful for the board of supervisors to allow a greater sum for any account, claim, or demand against the county than the amount actually due thereon, dollar for dollar, according to the legal or ordinary cash compensation for such services rendered, or for salaries or fees of officers, or for materials furnished, or to issue county warrants or orders upon such accounts, claims or demands, when allowed for more than the actual amount so allowed, dollar for dollar. Any illegal allowance by such board may be inquired into by the proper tribunal, upon legal proceedings for that purpose, whenever such matter may come into question in any case.
MS Code § 19-13-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties|In General|§ 19-13-35. Penalty for unauthorized appropriations

 If any person shall claim and receive from the board of supervisors of a county any fee or compensation not authorized by law, or if a member of such board shall knowingly vote for the payment of any such unauthorized claim, or any appropriation not authorized by law, he shall be subject to indictment, and, on conviction, be fined not exceeding double the amount of such unlawful charge, or may be imprisoned in the county jail not more than three months, or be subject to both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 19-13-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties|In General|§ 19-13-39. How member may avoid liability

 Any member of the board of supervisors may have his vote, on any question before the board, recorded on the minutes of the board at the time of such vote, and a member who voted against any unauthorized appropriation of money shall not be liable therefor.
MS Code § 19-13-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties|In General|§ 19-13-41. Supervisors to furnish printed blank warrants

 The board of supervisors of each county shall provide printed warrants, with proper blanks, bound in book form, with a sufficient blank margin, to be used in drawing money out of the county treasury, and such warrants, so printed and bound, as may be needed to draw money out of the school fund.