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MS Code § 19-29-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-23. Contracts or leases in connection with operation of railroad properties and facilities

  In connection with the operation of railroad properties and facilities owned or controlled by an authority, the authority may enter into contracts, leases and other arrangements with any persons:   Granting the privilege of using or improving the railroad properties and facilities or any portion or facility thereof or space therein for railroad purposes;   Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, things, services or facilities at railroad properties and facilities; and   Making available services to be furnished by the authority or its agents at the railroad properties and facilities.  In each case the authority may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals or fees for the privileges or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service and which shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the authority.      Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement authorized by Section 19-29-9, an authority may, by contract, lease or other arrangements, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person for a term to be agreed upon, the privilege of operating, as agent of the authority or otherwise, any railroad owned or controlled by the authority.
MS Code § 19-29-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-25. Rules and regulations

 An authority is authorized to adopt, amend and repeal such reasonable resolutions, rules, regulations and orders as it shall deem necessary for the management, government and use of any railroad properties and facilities owned by it or under its control. No rule, regulation, order or standard prescribed by the commission shall be inconsistent with, or contrary to, this chapter, or any act of the Congress of the United States or any regulation promulgated or standard established pursuant thereto. The authority shall keep on file at the principal office of the authority for public inspection a copy of all its rules and regulations.
MS Code § 19-29-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-27. Designation of agent for receipt and disbursement of funds

 An authority is authorized to designate the Governor's office of planning and coordination as its agent to accept, receive, receipt for and disburse federal and state moneys, and other moneys, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both, to accomplish in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this chapter. All moneys received by the said agent pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the state treasury, and unless otherwise prescribed by the agency from which such moneys were received, shall be kept in separate funds designated according to the purposes for which the moneys were made available, and held by the state in trust for such purpose.
MS Code § 19-29-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-29. Issuance of bonds by authority; security; limitation of liability thereon; tax exemption

 An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time, in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) bonds on which the principal and interest are payable out of income or revenues from certain designated railroad properties and facilities and/or out of any general revenues of the authority, including income or revenues received from the federal government or from other sources. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contributions from the federal government or other source, or a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority, or a mortgage of any railroad properties and facilities of the authority.   Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority (and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face) shall not be a debt of the city, the county, the state or any political subdivision thereof and neither the city or the county, nor the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be liable thereon, nor in any event shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of said authority. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from taxes.
MS Code § 19-29-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-31. Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds; terms and covenants

 The issuance of bonds by an authority shall be authorized by a resolution of the governing body of such authority. Every such resolution shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of at least three-fifths (3/5) of all the members of such governing body.   A resolution in compliance with this section shall include any covenants with the bondholders deemed necessary by the commissioners to make such bonds secure and marketable, including, but without limitation, covenants regarding the application of the bond proceeds; the pledging, application and securing of the revenues of the authority, including tolls, fees, rents, charges or any other revenues derived from the operation of the railroad and related uses of the property, the creation and maintenance of reserves; the investment of funds; the issuance of additional bonds; the maintenance of minimum fees, charges and rentals; the operation and maintenance of its railroad properties and facilities, insurance and insurance proceeds; accounts and audits; the sale of railroad properties and facilities; remedies of bondholders; the vesting in a trustee or trustees such powers and rights as may be necessary to secure the bonds and the revenues and funds from which they are payable; the terms and conditions upon which bondholders may exercise their rights and remedies; the replacement of lost, destroyed or mutilated bonds; the definition, consequences and remedies of an event of default; the amendment of such resolution; and the appointment of a receiver in the event of a default.   Upon final enactment, each such resolution shall be published in full.
MS Code § 19-29-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-37. Bonds to be legal investments and negotiable instruments

 The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be legal investments for the state, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, public bodies, commercial banks, savings and loan associations and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state.   All bonds and appurtenant coupons issued pursuant to this chapter shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 19-29-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-39. Property and income of authority exempt from taxation

 Any property in this state acquired by an authority for railroad purposes pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and any income derived by the authority from the ownership, operation or control thereof shall be exempt from taxation to the same extent as other property belonging to political subdivisions of this state.
MS Code § 19-29-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-41. Real property of authority exempt from levy and execution

 All real property of an authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against an authority be for a charge or lien upon its real property; however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage of an authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by an authority on its rents, fees or revenues.
MS Code § 19-29-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-43. Aid and cooperation of political subdivisions

 For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, acquisition, construction, reconstruction or operation of the railroad facilities pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, any county for which an authority has been created and any city, town or village located therein, may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:   Lend or donate money out of the county or municipal general fund to the authority;   Provide that all or a portion of the taxes or funds available or to become available to, or required by law to be used by the county for railroad purposes be transferred or paid directly to the railroad authority as such funds become available to the county;   Cause water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other facilities which it is empowered to provide, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with such railroad or railroad facilities;   Dedicate, sell, convey or lease any of its interest in any property, or grant easements, licenses or any other rights or privileges therein to the authority;   Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways and walks from established streets or roads to such railroads or railroad facilities;   Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section and not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in the planning, undertaking, construction, reconstruction, acquisition or operation of railroads or railroad facilities; and   Enter into agreements with the authority respecting action to be taken by the county, city, town or village pursuant to the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 19-29-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-45. Annual report and recommendations of railroad authorities

 At least once a year an authority shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, or each county if it is a regional authority, and the Governor's office of planning and coordination, a report of its activities for the preceding year, and shall make recommendations with reference to such additional legislation or other action as it deems necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
MS Code § 19-29-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-47. Provisions inapplicable to certain counties with port commissions

 The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable with respect to any county in which an existing port commission is authorized to purchase and operate or lease railroad facilities pursuant to Section 59-7-453, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 19-29-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-49. Powers to be supplemental

 The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
MS Code § 19-29-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities|§ 19-29-51. Provisions to be controlling

 Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.
MS Code § 19-31-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 31 - Public Improvement Districts|§ 19-31-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Improvement District Act."
MS Code § 19-31-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 31 - Public Improvement Districts|§ 19-31-3. Legislative findings

 The Legislature finds that:   There is a need for uniform, focused and fair procedures in state law to provide a reasonable alternative for the establishment, power, operation and duration of independent districts to manage and finance basic public improvement services; and that, based upon a proper and fair determination of applicable facts, an independent district can constitute a timely, efficient, effective, responsive and economic way to deliver these basic services, thereby providing a solution to the state's planning, management and financing needs for delivery of capital infrastructure in order to service projected growth without overburdening counties and municipalities and their taxpayers.   It is the legislative intent and purpose to authorize a uniform procedure by general law to establish an independent special district as an alternative method to manage and finance basic services for public improvements through the levy and collection of special assessments. It is further the legislative intent and purpose to provide by general law for the uniform operation, exercise of power and procedure for termination of any such independent district. It is further the purpose and intent of the Legislature that a district created under this chapter not have or exercise any zoning or permitting power. It is further the purpose and intent of the Legislature that no debt or obligation of a district shall constitute a burden on any local government without its consent.
MS Code § 19-31-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 31 - Public Improvement Districts|§ 19-31-11. District manager; powers and duties; compensation; treasurer; district funds; audit; depository for district funds

  The board shall employ and fix the compensation of a district manager. The district manager shall have charge and supervision of the works of the district and shall be responsible for (a) preserving and maintaining any improvement or facility constructed or erected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, (b) maintaining and operating the equipment owned by the district, and (c) for performing such other duties as may be prescribed by the board. The district manager may hire or otherwise employ and terminate the employment of such other persons including, without limitation, professional, supervisory and clerical employees, as may be necessary as authorized by the board. The compensation and other conditions of employment of the officers and employees of the district shall be as provided by the board. The district manager, a board member or district employee may be a stockholder, officer or employee of a landowner.   The board shall designate a person who is a resident of the state as treasurer of the district, who shall have charge of the funds of the district. Such funds shall be disbursed only upon the order or pursuant to the resolution of the board by warrant or check countersigned by the treasurer and by such other person as may be authorized by the board. The board may give the treasurer such other or additional powers and duties as the board may deem appropriate and may fix his or her compensation. The board may require the treasurer to give a bond in such amount on such terms, and with such sureties as may be deemed satisfactory to the board to secure the performance by the treasurer of his or her powers and duties. The financial records of the district shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant at least once a year.   The board may select as a depository for its funds any qualified public depository as provided for under Sections 27-105-301 through 27-105-371.
MS Code § 19-31-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 31 - Public Improvement Districts|§ 19-31-13. Compliance with county budget law; submission of proposed annual budget 60 days prior to adoption

  The district shall comply with Sections 19-11-1 through 19-11-27, the County Budget Law.   At least sixty (60) days before adoption of the annual budget, the district board shall submit to the local governing authorities having jurisdiction over the area included in the district for purposes of disclosure and information only, the proposed annual budget for the ensuing fiscal year and any proposed long-term financial plan or program of the district for future operations.
MS Code § 19-31-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 31 - Public Improvement Districts|§ 19-31-15. Full disclosure of information relating to public financing and maintenance of improvements

 The district shall take affirmative steps to provide for the full disclosure of information relating to the public financing and maintenance of improvements to real property undertaken by the district. Such information shall be made available to all existing residents and to all prospective residents of the district. The district shall furnish each developer of a residential development within the district with sufficient copies of that information who shall provide each prospective initial purchaser of property in that development with a copy.
MS Code § 19-31-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 31 - Public Improvement Districts|§ 19-31-19. Special powers relating to public improvements and community facilities

 The district shall have, and the board may exercise, any or all of the special powers relating to public improvements and community facilities authorized by this chapter. The district shall have the power to finance, fund, establish, acquire, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate and maintain systems, facilities, projects and basic infrastructures that are within the district, or which benefit or serve the district, for the following:   Water management and control for the lands within the district and connection of some or any of such facilities with roads and bridges;   Water supply, sewer and wastewater management, reclamation and reuse, or any combination thereof;   Bridges or culverts that may be needed across any drain, ditch, canal, floodway, holding basin, excavation, public highway, tract, grade, fill or cut and roadways over levees and embankments;   District roads equal to or exceeding the specifications of the county in which such district roads are located, including street lights and the location of underground utilities;   Parks and facilities for indoor and outdoor recreational, cultural and educational uses, and other tourism related infrastructure and facilities;   Fire prevention and control, including fire stations, water mains and plugs, fire trucks, and other vehicles and equipment;   Security, except that the district may not exercise any police power, but may contract with the appropriate local governmental agencies for an increased level of such services within the district boundaries;   Waste collection and disposal;   Systems, as defined in Section 21-27-11(b); and   Projects, as defined in this chapter.
MS Code § 19-31-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 31 - Public Improvement Districts|§ 19-31-21. Public hearing and determination of public interest required before district may purchase, sell, dedicate, donate or convey in any manner, or enter into management contract for public wastewater utility

 No public improvement district may purchase, sell, dedicate, donate or convey in any manner a water or wastewater utility that provides service to the public, or enter into a management contract for such facilities, until the board has held a public hearing on the purchase, sale, dedication, donation, conveyance or management contract and has made a determination that the purchase, sale or management contract is in the public interest.
MS Code § 19-31-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 31 - Public Improvement Districts|§ 19-31-25. Pledge made by district valid and binding; recording or filing not required for perfection of lien or security interest in pledged property

 Any pledge made by the district shall be valid and binding from time to time when the pledge is made without the need for physical delivery of any pledged property. The money, assets or revenues of the district so pledged and thereafter received by the district shall be immediately subject to the lien of such pledge and shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the district, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded or filed in order to establish and perfect a lien or security interest in the property so pledged by the district.
MS Code § 19-31-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 31 - Public Improvement Districts|§ 19-31-27. Creation and operation of district a public and governmental purpose; district exempt from state and local taxes

 It is hereby determined that the creation of the district and the carrying out of its public functions and corporate purposes is, in all respects, a public and governmental purpose for the benefit of the people of the state and for the improvement of their health, safety, welfare, prosperity and security, that such functions and purposes are public purposes and that the district will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this chapter. All obligations authorized to be issued by the district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, together with interest thereof, income therefrom, and gain upon the sale thereof shall be exempt from all state and local taxes.
MS Code § 19-31-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 31 - Public Improvement Districts|§ 19-31-29. Bonds

 Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be limited obligations of the district payable solely from the sources pledged for the payment thereof. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face substantially to the effect that neither the full faith and credit of the state nor the full faith and credit of any governmental unit of the state are pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds. Except as provided in a contribution agreement, the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly, indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any governmental unit of the state to levy any taxes or to make any appropriation for their payment arising out of contracts authorized under this chapter.