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MS Code § 19-5-204 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Water, Sewer, Garbage Disposal, and Fire Protection Districts|§ 19-5-204. When district facilities may be required to be commensurate with those of an adjoining municipality

 When any board of supervisors creates a district within three (3) miles of the corporate boundaries of any existing municipality, the municipality is empowered to require such district to construct and maintain all facilities, whether purchased or constructed, to standards commensurate with those of the adjoining municipality; provided, however, the governing authorities of the municipalities may specifically waive compliance with any or all of such requirements.
MS Code § 19-5-205 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Water, Sewer, Garbage Disposal, and Fire Protection Districts|§ 19-5-205. Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 are full and complete authority

 Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the creation of such districts and for the issuance of such bonds. No proceedings shall be required for the creation of such districts or for the issuance of such bonds other than those provided for and required herein. All the necessary powers to be exercised by the board of supervisors of such county and by the board of commissioners of any such district, in order to carry out the provisions of such sections, are hereby conferred.
MS Code § 19-5-207 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Water, Sewer, Garbage Disposal, and Fire Protection Districts|§ 19-5-207. Financial statements

 Within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year, the board of commissioners shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county a sworn statement showing the financial condition of the district, the earnings for the fiscal year just ended, a statement of the water and sewer rates being charged, and a brief statement of the method used in arriving at such rates. Such statement shall also be filed with the board of supervisors creating the district.
MS Code § 19-5-215 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-215. Fire protection grading districts

 Any contiguous area situated within any county of the state, and not being situated within the corporate boundaries of any existing municipality, may become incorporated as a fire protection grading district solely for the purpose of grading by the Mississippi Rating Bureau for fire protection classification in the manner set forth in the following sections.
MS Code § 19-5-217 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-217. Petition for incorporation

  A petition for the incorporation of such a district may be submitted to the board of supervisors of the county, signed by not less than twenty-five (25) owners of real property residing within the boundaries of the proposed district. Such petition shall include: (a) a statement of the necessity for the proposed district to establish legally recognized boundaries solely for fire protection grading purposes; (b) the proposed corporate name for the district; and (c) the proposed boundaries of the district.  Such petition shall be signed in person by the petitioners, with their respective residence addresses, and shall be accompanied by a sworn statement of the person or persons circulating the petition, who shall state under oath that he or they witnessed the signature of each petitioner, that each signature is the signature of the person it purports to be, and that, to the best of his or their knowledge, each petitioner was at the time of signing an owner of real property within and a resident of the proposed district.   The board of supervisors of a county, in its discretion, may initiate the incorporation of a district by resolution of the board and presentation of a petition signed by at least twenty-five (25) property owners of the area to be incorporated if at least forty (40) property owners reside within the district.    With respect to the incorporation of a fire protection grading district in accordance with Sections 19-5-215 through 19-5-241, the word "owners" shall include any lessees of real property the term of whose original lease is not less than sixty (60) years and shall also include sublessees if the original lease of which they are subletting is not less than sixty (60) years.
MS Code § 19-5-219 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-219. Hearing; findings; resolution of intent

 Upon the filing of such petition, or upon the adoption of a resolution declaring the intent of the board of supervisors to incorporate such district, it shall then be the duty of the board of supervisors of such county to fix a time and place for a public hearing upon the question of the public convenience and necessity of the incorporation of the proposed district solely for fire protection grading purposes. The date fixed for such hearing shall be not more than thirty (30) days after the filing of the petition, and the date of the hearing, the place at which it shall be held, the proposed boundaries of the district and the purpose of the hearing shall be set forth in a notice to be signed by the clerk of the board of supervisors of such county. Such notice shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within such proposed district once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of such hearing. The first such publication shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days before the date of such hearing and the last such publication shall be made not more than fourteen (14) days before the date of such hearing.   If, at such public hearing, the board of supervisors finds that the public convenience and necessity require the creation of the fire protection grading district to enable the Mississippi State Rating Bureau to grade the district according to its fire insurance grading schedule, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution making such findings and declaring its intention to create the district on a date to be specified in such resolution. Such resolution shall also designate the name of the proposed district and define its territorial limits, which shall be fixed by the board in accordance with such hearing.
MS Code § 19-5-221 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-221. Publication of resolution of intent

 A certified copy of the resolution so adopted shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation within such proposed district once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks before the date specified in the resolution as the date upon which the board intends to create such district. The first such publication shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days before the date specified, and the last such publication shall be made not more than fourteen (14) days before such date. If twenty percent (20%) or one hundred fifty (150), whichever is the lesser, of the qualified electors of such proposed district file a written petition with such board of supervisors on or before the date specified as the date of creation of the district protesting against creation of such district, the board of supervisors shall call an election on the question of creation of such district. Procedure for the election should conform to the guidelines set forth in Section 19-5-157.
MS Code § 19-5-223 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-223. Resolution creating district

 If no petition requiring an election be filed or if three-fifths of those voting in such election vote in favor of the creation of such district, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution creating the district as desired in the resolution of intention.
MS Code § 19-5-225 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-225. Costs; bond

 All costs incident to the publication of the notices and all other costs incident to the public hearing and election shall be paid by the board of supervisors, in its discretion, or shall be borne by the parties filing the petition. The board of supervisors, in its discretion, may require the execution of a cost bond by the parties filing the petition. Such bond shall be in the amount and with good sureties to guarantee the payment of such costs.
MS Code § 19-5-227 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-227. Appeal to circuit court

 Any party having an interest in the subject matter and aggrieved or prejudiced by the findings and adjudication of the board of supervisors may appeal to the circuit court of the county in the manner provided by law for appeals from orders of the board of supervisors. However, if no such appeal be taken within a period of fifteen (15) days from and after the date of the adoption of the resolution creating any such district, the creation of such district shall be final and conclusive and shall not thereafter be subject to attack in any court.
MS Code § 19-5-229 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-229. District embracing lands in more than one county

 A fire protection grading district embracing lands in more than one (1) county may be created by the following procedure:   The portion of a proposed district containing the largest area of land shall be first created into a district by the board of supervisors of the county in which such largest portion is situated, such county to be known as the "incorporating county."   The resolution first creating such district shall include the exact boundaries of the lands situated in the incorporating county and shall include the exact boundaries of the contiguous area in other counties to be included in the district.   The resolution by the incorporating county shall designate the official name of the district.   The resolution adopted by the board of supervisors of any county desiring to include contiguous lands into a district initially created as outlined above shall contain exact and identical provisions to those in the resolution by the board of supervisors of the incorporating county.   The board of supervisors of the incorporating county, within sixty (60) days after the adoption of a resolution or resolutions by the board of supervisors of adjoining counties to enter lands into the district, shall enter an order on its minutes acknowledging, affirming and adjudicating the incorporation of the district.
MS Code § 19-5-231 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-231. District as governmental entity

 From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution creating any such district, such district shall be a governmental entity of the incorporating county in perpetuity under its corporate name and the supervisors, in that name, shall exercise responsibilities as required by law.
MS Code § 19-5-233 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-233. Board of supervisors to act on behalf of district

 The board of supervisors shall act on behalf of the district and may exercise any of the powers granted under the provisions of Sections 19-5-215 through 19-5-241. The board of supervisors shall record any such actions in its minutes, conducting such business during any public meeting of that body.
MS Code § 19-5-235 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-235. Powers of district

 Any fire protection grading district, acting by and through the board of supervisors on behalf of such district as its governing authority, shall have the following among other powers granted to the board of supervisors:   To sue and be sued;   To acquire by purchase, gift, devise and lease or any other mode of acquisition, hold and dispose of real and personal property of every kind within or without the district;   To make and enter into contracts, conveyances, mortgages, deeds of trust, bonds, leases or contracts for financial advisory services;   To incur debts, to borrow money, to issue negotiable bonds and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof;   To pledge revenues to the payment of its obligations;   To use any right-of-way, public right-of-way, easement or other similar property or property rights necessary or convenient in connection with the acquisition, improvement, operation or maintenance of the facilities of fire protection providers serving such district held by the state or any political subdivision thereof; however, the governing body of such political subdivision shall consent to such use; and   To enter into agreements with state and federal agencies for loans, grants, grants-in-aid and other forms of assistance, including but not limited to participation in the sale and purchase of bonds.
MS Code § 19-5-237 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-237. Exercise of eminent domain

 The board of supervisors of such county may exercise the power of eminent domain on behalf of the district wherever and whenever public necessity and convenience so require.
MS Code § 19-5-239 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-239. Annexation of area adjacent to district

 Any area adjacent to any district created under Sections 19-5-215 through 19-5-241 and situated within the same county as the district, and not being situated within the corporate boundaries of any existing municipality, may be annexed to and become a part of such district by the same procedure prescribed in Sections 19-5-215 through 19-5-241 for the original creation of the district. All costs incident to the publication of notice and all other costs incident to the hearings, election and proceedings shall be paid by the board of supervisors.
MS Code § 19-5-241 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Fire Protection Grading Districts|§ 19-5-241. Agreements with or aid and cooperation of state or federal government

 The board of supervisors creating any such district shall have the authority to enter into cooperative agreements with the state or federal government or both; to obtain financial assistance in the form of loans or grants as may be available from the state or federal government, or both. It is the purpose and intention of this section to authorize districts to do any and all things necessary to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the state or federal government.
MS Code § 19-5-251 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Transactions Involving Property, Assets, and Merger of Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations Chartered for Rural Waterworks or Sewage Disposal System Purposes, and of Utility Districts|§ 19-5-251. General authorization

 Any nonprofit, nonshare corporation chartered under the authority of Title 79, Chapter 11, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the purpose of owning and operating rural waterworks system and/or rural sewage disposal system with the concurrence of a majority of the members of the corporation either voting in person or by proxy, at a duly called meeting, or any utility district incorporated under the authority of Section 19-5-151 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, with the unanimous concurrence of the board of commissioners of said district, is hereby vested with the power to sell, convey, transfer, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property and assets to, or to merge with, any political subdivision of the state, any other utility district or any other such nonprofit, nonshare corporation which is authorized to so acquire such corporation. Any such nonprofit, nonshare corporation or any such utility district is also vested with the authority to so acquire any other such nonprofit, nonshare corporation or any other utility district.
MS Code § 19-5-253 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Transactions Involving Property, Assets, and Merger of Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations Chartered for Rural Waterworks or Sewage Disposal System Purposes, and of Utility Districts|§ 19-5-253. Procedure in general; authorization by members

  A sale, conveyance, transfer, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the property and assets, with or without the good will, of a corporation or a merger, may be made upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration, which may consist in whole or in part of money or property, real or personal, as may be authorized in the following manner:   The board of directors shall adopt a resolution recommending such sale, conveyance, transfer, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition or merger, and directing the submission thereof to a vote at a meeting of the members, which may be either an annual or a special meeting.   Written or printed notice shall be given to each member entitled to vote at such meeting within the time and in the manner provided in Section 19-5-255 for the giving of notice of meetings of members, and, whether the meeting be an annual or a special meeting, shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of such meeting is to consider the proposed sale, conveyance, transfer, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition, or merger.   At such meeting the members may authorize such sale, conveyance, transfer, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition, or merger and may fix, or may authorize the board of directors to fix, any or all of the terms and conditions thereof and the consideration to be received by the corporation therefor. Such authorization shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting.   After such authorization by a vote of the members, the board of directors nevertheless, in its discretion, may abandon such sale, conveyance, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition of assets, or merger, subject to the rights of third parties under any contracts relating thereto, without further action or approval by the members.     A sale, conveyance, transfer, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge or other disposition of less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the property and assets, with or without the good will, of a corporation may be made by an affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration, which may consist in whole or in part of money or property, real or personal, as the board determines to be in the best interest of the corporation. The board of directors shall give written or printed notice of its actions to each member along with the terms and conditions thereof and the consideration to be received by the corporation.
MS Code § 19-5-255 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Transactions Involving Property, Assets, and Merger of Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations Chartered for Rural Waterworks or Sewage Disposal System Purposes, and of Utility Districts|§ 19-5-255. Notice of meeting

 Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each member entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the member at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation with postage thereon paid.
MS Code § 19-5-257 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Transactions Involving Property, Assets, and Merger of Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations Chartered for Rural Waterworks or Sewage Disposal System Purposes, and of Utility Districts|§ 19-5-257. Assumption of existing indebtedness

 Upon acquiring such nonprofit, nonshare corporation or utility district, the political subdivision, utility district or nonprofit, nonshare corporation shall assume any existing indebtedness of the corporation or utility district and be responsible for such indebtedness.
MS Code § 19-5-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Emergency Telephone Service (911)|§ 19-5-301. Purpose

  The Legislature finds and declares it to be in the public interest to reduce the time required for a citizen to request and receive emergency aid, and to raise the level of competence of local public safety and 911 telecommunicators by establishing a minimum standard of training and certification for personnel involved in the answering and dispatching of calls to law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services. The provision of a single, primary three-digit emergency number through which emergency services can be quickly and efficiently obtained will provide a significant contribution to law enforcement and other public service efforts by simplifying the notification of public service personnel. Such a simplified means of procuring emergency services will result in the saving of life, a reduction in the destruction of property, quicker apprehension of criminals and, ultimately, the saving of monies. Establishment of a uniform emergency number is a matter of concern and interest to all citizens of the state.   The Legislature also finds and declares it to be in the public interest to reduce the time required for a citizen to request and receive emergency aid, by requiring all owners and renters of residences, buildings and structures to obtain a 911 address from the county.
MS Code § 19-5-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Emergency Telephone Service (911)|§ 19-5-305. Authorization to create emergency communications district

 The board of supervisors of each county may create, by order duly adopted and entered on its minutes, an emergency communications district composed of all of the territory within the county.