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MS Code § 17-13-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 13 - Interlocal Cooperation of Governmental Units|§ 17-13-11. Approval and filing of agreements

  Every agreement made by a local governmental unit hereunder shall, prior to and as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the Attorney General of this state who shall determine whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with the laws of this state. No agreement may be considered that does not cite the specific authority under which each of the local governing units involved may exercise the powers necessary to fulfill the terms of the joint agreement. The Attorney General shall approve any such agreement submitted to him hereunder unless he shall find that it does not meet the conditions set forth herein and elsewhere in the laws of this state and shall detail in writing addressed to the governing bodies of the units concerned the specific respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the requirements of law.  Failure to disapprove an agreement submitted hereunder within sixty (60) days of its submission shall constitute approval thereof.    In the event that an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer, unit or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its being in force, be submitted to the state officer, unit or agency having such power of control and shall be approved or disapproved by him or it as to all matters within his or its jurisdiction in the same manner and subject to the same requirements governing action of the attorney general pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.   Prior to its being in force, an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall be filed with the chancery clerk of each of the counties wherein a participating local governmental unit is located and with the Secretary of State. The chancery clerk and the Secretary of State shall preserve such agreements as public records and index and docket the same separate and apart from all other records in his office.
MS Code § 17-13-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 13 - Interlocal Cooperation of Governmental Units|§ 17-13-13. Funds, goods and services

 The governing authority of any local governmental unit entering into an agreement pursuant to this chapter may incur bonded and floating indebtedness, including general obligation indebtedness as authorized by Sections 19-9-1 through 19-9-31 and Sections 21-33-301 through 21-33-329 and may appropriate funds for the purpose and in the manner prescribed by law without regard to whether the activities and improvements authorized by Section 17-13-7 to be financed by such debt or appropriation are within or without the boundaries of the local governmental unit. Said governing authority may sell, lease, grant or otherwise supply goods and services to any other local governmental unit which is a party to said agreement or the administrative body or legal entity created to operate the joint or cooperative undertaking.
MS Code § 17-13-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 13 - Interlocal Cooperation of Governmental Units|§ 17-13-15. General limitation of authority

 All laws in regard to purchases, auditing, depositories and expenditures in general which limit the authority of the agreeing local governing units shall also apply to any joint body created by the agreement pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 17-13-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 13 - Interlocal Cooperation of Governmental Units|§ 17-13-17. Specific restriction of powers

 Any joint administrative body or legal entity created by agreement pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not have the power to levy taxes or incur debt. Such entity may not exercise any power, authority or responsibility except those powers, authorities and responsibilities specifically delegated to such joint administrative body or legal entity by the terms of the agreement made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 17-15-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Human Resource Agencies|§ 17-15-1. Creation; declaration of intent

 The boards of supervisors and the municipal governing boards of the various counties and cities of the State of Mississippi are hereby empowered to create human resource agencies which may be comprised of one or more counties, cities, or any combination thereof. It is the express intention of this chapter that agencies created hereunder shall be operated under local governmental control and shall be responsible for administration of programs heretofore conducted by community action agencies, limited purpose agencies and related programs authorized by federal law.
MS Code § 17-15-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Human Resource Agencies|§ 17-15-3. Governing boards

 There shall be a governing board for each human resource agency so created, which shall be appointed by the board of supervisors or municipal governing authority of the county or city of which the human resource agency is comprised, which shall be comprised of not less than five (5) persons, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum and the membership of which shall be broadly based and equitably distributed between providers and consumers of human resource services, and where more than one (1) county or city or combination thereof comprises such agency, there shall be representation from each of the counties or cities comprising the agency, to be appointed according to a plan to be adopted by the governing authorities thereof at the time of the creation of such agency. The term of the members of the governing board for each agency shall not exceed five (5) years, and the members shall be appointed on a staggered basis in a manner to be determined by the governing authority making the appointments.
MS Code § 17-15-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Human Resource Agencies|§ 17-15-5. Powers of governing board in general; appointment of executive director; bond

 The powers of the governing board of every human resource agency shall include the power to adopt bylaws, to appoint persons to senior staff positions including the appointment of an executive director, to determine major personnel, physical and program policy and approve overall program plans and priorities and to assure compliance with conditions of and approve proposals for financial assistance over this chapter. The executive director shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the governing board and his employment may be terminated at any time by a majority vote thereof and his salary shall be fixed by the board. The executive director shall give bond with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law and by the governing board, in a penalty equal to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), with the premiums thereon to be paid by the governing board from funds provided herein for administrative expenses.
MS Code § 17-15-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Human Resource Agencies|§ 17-15-7. General authority of human resource agency

 In order to carry out its overall responsibility for administering a human resource program, a human resource agency is hereby given the authority to own and dispose of property, both real and personal, and to receive and administer funds under this chapter, funds and contributions from private or local public sources which may be used in support of a human resource program, and funds under any federal or state assistance program pursuant to which such an agency organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter could serve as grantee, contractor, or sponsor of projects appropriate for inclusion in a human resource program.
MS Code § 17-15-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Human Resource Agencies|§ 17-15-9. Audits

 Each governing board shall prepare an annual audit report of its activities through September 30 of each year and shall submit a copy thereof to each board of supervisors and municipal governing authority comprising the human resource agency. In addition, the financial records of each board shall be subject to audit by said boards of supervisors or municipal governing authorities and by the state auditor of public accounts.
MS Code § 17-15-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Human Resource Agencies|§ 17-15-11. Administrative expenses

 The board of supervisors of each county and the municipal governing authority of each municipality comprising a human resource agency may, in their discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend funds from the general fund or federal revenue sharing funds to defray the administrative expenses incurred in the operation of such human resource agency.
MS Code § 17-18-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 18 - Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act of 1990|§ 17-18-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act of 1990."
MS Code § 17-18-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 18 - Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act of 1990|§ 17-18-3. Legislative intent

 It is the intent of the Legislature that:   The generation of hazardous waste should be reduced or eliminated at the source and hazardous waste that is generated should be recycled, reused or minimized; and   This chapter shall describe a process to identify appropriate hazardous waste management technologies and to site a state commercial hazardous waste management facility and if determined necessary design, finance, construct and operate a state commercial hazardous waste management facility.
MS Code § 17-18-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 18 - Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act of 1990|§ 17-18-5. Definitions

 For purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "Advisory committee" means the designated site local advisory committee created under Section 17-18-35.   "Authority" means the Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Authority created under Section 17-18-7.   "Committee" means the Hazardous Waste Technical Siting Committee created under Section 17-18-11.   "Department" means the Department of Finance and Administration.   "Hazardous waste" means hazardous waste as defined under Section 17-17-3.   "Local governmental unit" means any town, municipality or county.   "State commercial hazardous waste management facility" means a facility which receives hazardous wastes directly or indirectly from more than one (1) generator for the storage, processing, treatment, recycling, recovery or disposal of hazardous wastes for a fee and is authorized under this chapter.
MS Code § 17-18-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 18 - Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act of 1990|§ 17-18-7. Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Authority

  There is hereby created the Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Authority, which shall be located within the Department of Finance and Administration. The authority shall exercise all of its powers independently of the department and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the executive director of the department only with respect to the management functions of administration, coordination and reporting.   The authority shall continue in existence until thirty (30) days after the department acquires a site. Upon the termination of the authority all of its rights and properties shall pass to and be vested in the state.   The department shall provide such technical, clerical and other support services and personnel as the authority may require in the performance of its functions. The executive director of the department shall be the chief administrative officer of the authority.   The Governor shall appoint five (5) members, one (1) from each congressional district as constituted on January 1, 1990, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Members of the authority shall include persons with expertise available in the technical, legal, financial and other aspects of hazardous waste management and shall represent insofar as practicable the diverse interests of the state. Original appointments to this authority shall be made on or before July 1, 1990, and shall be for a term ending thirty (30) days after the state acquires the site. The Governor shall require adequate disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by members of the authority. Vacancies on the authority shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the original appointments.   Members of the authority shall receive per diem as provided by Section 25-3-69 and reimbursement of travel expenses as provided by Section 25-3-41 for each day spent in the actual discharge of their duties when attending a meeting of the authority.
MS Code § 17-18-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 18 - Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act of 1990|§ 17-18-9. Powers and duties of authority

 The authority shall exercise the following powers and duties in carrying out the purposes of this chapter:   It shall adopt rules specifying the criteria and methodology for site selection as submitted by the Hazardous Waste Technical Siting Committee.   It shall select one (1) site as the designated site for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility from the three (3) candidate sites submitted by the Hazardous Waste Technical Siting Committee. The site selection shall be made in writing to the Governor and executive director of the department.   It may conduct or cause to be conducted any studies, analyses or evaluations.   It may apply and contract for and accept any grants or gifts in furtherance of the activities of the authority.   It may enter into contracts and perform all acts necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out any power expressly granted to the authority under this chapter. All contracts shall be executed by the Department of Finance and Administration subject to final approval by the authority.   It shall conduct such public meetings or hearings as may be necessary or appropriate and make a permanent record thereof, in furtherance of the activities of the authority.
MS Code § 17-18-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 18 - Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act of 1990|§ 17-18-11. Hazardous Waste Technical Siting Committee

  There is hereby created the Hazardous Waste Technical Siting Committee, which shall be located within the Department of Finance and Administration. The committee shall exercise all of its powers independently of the department and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the executive director of the department only with respect to the management functions of administration, coordination and reporting.   The committee shall continue in existence until thirty (30) days after facility operation begins. Upon the termination of the committee all of its rights and properties shall pass to and be vested in the state.   The department shall provide such technical, clerical and other support services and personnel as the committee may require in the performance of its functions. The executive director of the department shall be the chief administrative officer of the committee.   The committee shall not exceed twelve (12) members: one (1) of whom shall be the director of the emergency management agency, one (1) of whom shall be the state economist, one (1) of whom shall be the Executive Director of the Department of Economic and Community Development, one (1) of whom shall be the Director of the Highway Department, one (1) of whom shall be the State Chemist and not more than seven (7) members to be appointed by the Commissioner of Higher Education from persons with technical expertise in geology, water resources, environmental engineering, environmental biology/ecology, environmental health, sociology, governmental affairs, production agriculture or cultural resources. The Commissioner of Higher Education shall appoint the members on or before July 1, 1990. Members appointed by the Commissioner of Higher Education shall be knowledgeable in aspects of hazardous waste management.   Members of the committee may designate substitute or alternate members to act in their stead should they be unable to attend any meeting or perform any function of the committee.   Members of the committee shall be reimbursed for expenses in accordance with Section 25-3-41.
MS Code § 17-18-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 18 - Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act of 1990|§ 17-18-13. Powers and duties of committee

 The committee shall exercise the following powers and duties in carrying out the purposes of this chapter:   It shall recommend to the authority, in accordance with the hazardous waste management category determination as provided in Section 49-29-7, the technology and design capacity for each component of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility operated under this chapter.   It shall develop criteria and methodology for selecting sites for the state hazardous waste management facility.   It shall actively seek volunteer communities interested in hosting the state commercial hazardous waste management facility.   It shall implement the site selection criteria and the site selection methodology to determine three (3) candidate sites for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. The determination shall be made in writing to the Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Authority. Priority shall be given to the evaluation of potential sites located on state-owned property and in communities volunteering to host the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. If the site is to be located on state-owned land, then the site shall consist of a tract of land of not less than three hundred (300) acres owned by the state on March 31, 1990, but it shall not be necessary for the entire tract to be used in the operation of the facility.   It may request information and assistance from any state agency which has data or expertise which would assist the committee in the identification of sites, provided that no agency which has authority to issue a license or permit for the construction or operation of the facility shall participate in the site selection process in any way that would result in an actual or apparent conflict of interest.   It may conduct, or cause to be conducted, any studies, analyses or evaluations.   It may apply and contract for and accept any grants or gifts in furtherance of the activities of the committee.   It may enter into contracts and do all acts necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out any power expressly granted to the committee under this chapter. All contracts shall be executed by the Department of Finance and Administration subject to final approval by the committee.   It shall conduct such public meetings or hearings as may be necessary or appropriate and make a permanent record thereof, in furtherance of the activities of the committee.
MS Code § 17-18-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 18 - Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act of 1990|§ 17-18-15. Committee to develop site-selection criteria and methodology; considerations; public hearing

  On or before April 1, 1991, the committee shall develop criteria and methodology for selecting sites for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. Site-selection criteria and methodology shall be specifically adapted to take into account the technologies and design capacity of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. Site-selection criteria and methodology shall be developed with and provide for public participation; shall be incorporated into rules; shall include a written justification for each criterion; shall be consistent with all applicable federal and state laws, including statutes, regulations and rules; shall be developed in light of the best available scientific data; shall be applied equally to all counties of the state and shall be based on consideration of at least the following factors:   Hydrological and geological factors, including, but not limited to, flood plains, depth to water table, groundwater travel time, soil pH, soil cation exchange capacity, soil composition and permeability, cavernous bedrock, seismic activity, slope and climate;   Environmental and public health factors, including, but not limited to, air quality, quality of surface and groundwater and proximity to public water supply/watersheds;   Natural and cultural resources, including, but not limited to, wetlands, game lands, endangered species habitats, proximity to parks, forests, wilderness areas, nature preserves and historic sites;   Socioeconomic factors, including, but not limited to, impact on local land uses, property values and governmental services;   Transportation factors, including, but not limited to, proximity to waste generators, route safety and method of transportation;   Aesthetic factors, including, but not limited to, visibility, appearance and noise level of the facility;   Availability and reliability of public utilities;   Availability of emergency response personnel and equipment.     The committee shall hold a public hearing prior to the finalization of the site selection criteria and the site selection methodology.
MS Code § 17-18-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 18 - Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act of 1990|§ 17-18-19. Committee to recommend sites for facility

  On or before October 1, 1991, the committee shall recommend in writing to the authority three (3) candidate sites for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility. The recommendation shall include a comparative evaluation relative to the site selection criteria of each candidate site with other sites and locations that were considered and a description of the implementation of the site selection methodology by which the sites were recommended. Priority shall be given to the recommendation of candidate sites meeting all of the site selection criteria located on state-owned land described in Section 17-18-13(d) and in communities interested in voluntarily hosting the state commercial hazardous waste management facility.   The committee shall hold a public hearing in the county of each of the three (3) candidate sites prior to their recommendation to the authority.