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MS Code § 17-2-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 2 - Building Codes|§ 17-2-1. Certain counties required to enforce wind and flood mitigation requirements of nationally recognized codes and standards; counties and municipalities within the counties may choose not to be subject to the code requirements under certain circumstances

  The counties of Jackson, Harrison, Hancock, Stone and Pearl River, including all municipalities therein, shall enforce, on an emergency basis, all the wind and flood mitigation requirements prescribed by the 2003 International Residential Code and the 2003 International Building Code, as supplemented.   Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, emergency wind and flood building requirements imposed in this section shall remain in force until the county board of supervisors or municipal governing authorities, as the case may be, adopts as minimum mandatory codes the latest editions of the codes described in subsection (3) (a) of this section. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the wind and flood mitigation requirements imposed by this section shall be enforced by the county board of supervisors or municipal governing authorities, as the case may be.     A county board of supervisors or municipal governing authorities, as the case may be, described in subsection (1) of this section shall adopt as minimum codes the latest editions of the following:   International Building Code and the standards referenced in that code for regulation of construction within these counties. The appendices of that code may be adopted as needed, but the specific appendix or appendices must be referenced by name or letter designation at the time of adoption.   International Residential Code (IRC) and the standards referenced in that code are included for regulation of construction within these counties. The appendices of that code may be adopted as needed, but the specific appendix or appendices must be referenced by name or letter designation at the time of adoption, with the exception of Appendix J, Existing Buildings and Structures, which is hereby adopted by this reference.     In addition to any other codes required under this section, a county board of supervisors or municipal governing authorities, as the case may be, described in subsection (1) of this section may adopt the latest editions of any of the following:   Codes established by the Mississippi Building Code Council.   Other codes addressing matters such as electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire and fuel gas.       The provisions of this section shall go into effect thirty (30) days from April 14, 2006. However, within sixty (60) days after the provisions of this section go into effect, the board of supervisors of a county and/or the governing authorities of any municipality within a county, upon resolution duly adopted and entered upon its minutes, may choose not to be subject to the code requirements imposed under this section.
MS Code § 17-2-4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 2 - Building Codes|§ 17-2-4. State Uniform Construction Code; exemptions

  Except as provided in Section 17-2-1(1) and subsection (3) of this section, a county board of supervisors or municipal governing authority shall adopt and amend as minimum codes one (1) of the following as the State Uniform Construction Code:   One (1) of the last three (3) adopted editions of the International Building Code (IBC) and any specific appendix or appendices as adopted and amended by the Mississippi Building Codes Council;   One (1) of the last three (3) adopted editions of the International Residential Code (IRC), and any specific appendix or appendices as adopted and amended by the Mississippi Building Codes Council, with the exception of those provisions that require the installation of a multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler system or any other fire sprinkler protection system in a new or existing one- or two-family dwelling;   Other codes addressing matters such as electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire and fuel gas, and any specific appendix or appendices as adopted and amended by the Mississippi Building Codes Council.     In addition to the codes required under this section, subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, a county or municipality may adopt construction codes that are not less stringent than the codes adopted in subsection (1) of this section.   Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the provisions of this section go into effect, the board of supervisors of a county and/or the governing authorities of any municipality within a county, upon resolution duly adopted and entered upon its minutes, may choose not to be subject to the code requirements imposed under this section.   These provisions do not apply to those buildings exempt from enforcement in Section 17-2-7 and Section 17-2-9.   These provisions do not apply to manufactured homes or mobile homes as defined in Section 75-49-3.
MS Code § 17-2-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 2 - Building Codes|§ 17-2-5. Adoption of minimum codes by county board of supervisors or municipal governing authority; agreements for enforcement of codes

  Any county board of supervisors or municipal governing authority that adopts building codes after July 1, 2008, shall adopt as minimum codes any codes established and promulgated by the Mississippi Building Codes Council.   Any county board of supervisors or municipal governing authority that has adopted construction codes published before January 1, 2000, shall, no later than July 1, 2010, adopt as minimum codes any codes established and promulgated by the Mississippi Building Codes Council.   Any codes adopted by a board of supervisors or municipal governing authority under this section shall be enforced by the board of supervisors or municipal governing authority, as the case may be.   Municipalities and counties may establish agreements with other governmental entities of the state or certified third-party providers to issue permits and enforce state building codes in order to provide the services required by Chapter 524, Laws of 2007. The council may assist in arranging for municipalities, counties or third-party providers the provision of services required by Chapter 524, Laws of 2007, if a written request from the governing authority of the county or municipality is submitted to the council.
MS Code § 17-2-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 2 - Building Codes|§ 17-2-7. Farm structures exempt from provisions of this chapter

  For purposes of this section, "farm structure" means a structure that is constructed on a farm, other than a residence or a structure attached to it, for use on the farm, including, but not limited to, barns, sheds and poultry houses, but not public livestock areas. For purposes of this section, "farm structure" does not include a structure originally qualifying as a "farm structure" but later converted to another use.   The governing body of a county or municipality shall not enforce that portion of any building code established and/or imposed under Sections 17-2-1 through 17-2-5 that regulates the construction or improvement of a farm structure.   The provisions of this section do not apply unless, before constructing or improving a farm structure, the person owning the property on which the structure is to be constructed files an affidavit with the county or municipal official responsible for enforcing the building code stating that the structure is being constructed as a farm structure. The affidavit must include a statement of purpose or intended use of the proposed structure or addition.   This section does not affect the authority of the governing body of a county or municipality to issue building permits before an affidavit for the construction or improvement of a farm structure is filed under subsection (3) of this section.   The provisions of this section shall not apply to any floodplain management ordinances or regulations necessary for eligibility for the National Flood Insurance Program, and such floodplain management ordinances or regulations shall apply retroactively to any construction or improvement permit granted for any structure exempted under this section before May 22, 2012.
MS Code § 17-5-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 5 - Jails, Waterworks and Other Improvements|§ 17-5-3. Counties and municipalities with military camps, etc., authorized to construct waterworks and sewage disposal systems

  Counties or municipalities of such counties of the State of Mississippi having in whole or in part a national guard camp, United States army training camp, army air base or artillery range are hereby authorized and empowered, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of their governing bodies, (a) to acquire, lease, construct, improve or extend, within and without their territorial limits, waterworks systems, sewer systems, sewage disposal systems, garbage disposal systems, rubbish disposal systems, or any one or any combination thereof; and (b) to borrow money and issue bonds therefor, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 17-5-3 through 17-5-11 without regard to the limitations and restrictions of any other law, for the purpose of financing the acquisition, leasing, construction, improvement or extension of any one or any combination of such systems or public works, which bonds shall be payable as to both principal and interest from revenues derived from the operation of any one or any combination of such systems or public works, as the same may be added to, extended or improved. Bonds issued pursuant to Sections 17-5-3 through 17-5-11 shall be subject to validation under the laws of this state, and nothing in the provisions of such sections shall operate to dispense with approvals respecting the authorized systems or public works by any state department or agency in accordance with law.   The provisions of subsection (1) of this section authorizing the acquisition, leasing, construction, improvement or extension of garbage disposal systems and rubbish disposal systems shall not apply in any county having a land area of more than seven hundred (700) square miles and a population of more than ten thousand two hundred (10,200) but not more than ten thousand two hundred fifty (10,250) according to the 1990 federal census.
MS Code § 17-5-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 5 - Jails, Waterworks and Other Improvements|§ 17-5-5. Powers in regard to such systems

 Counties of this state, or the municipalities of such counties, are authorized and empowered (1) to own, operate, and maintain any one or any combination of the systems or public works described in Section 17-5-3; (2) to acquire property, real or personal, by contract, gift, grant, purchase, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain in connection with the acquisition, leasing, construction, improvement, extension, ownership, operation, maintenance, and financing of any one or any combination of such systems or public works; (3) to enter into contracts respecting the acquisition, leasing, construction, improvement, extension, ownership, operation, maintenance and financing of any one or any combination of such systems or public works; and (4) to establish, maintain, and collect rates, fees, and charges for the services, facilities, and commodities afforded by any one or any combination of such systems or public works. Such rates, fees, and charges shall be sufficient at all times to provide revenues (a) to pay the reasonable expenses of the operation and maintenance thereof; (b) for the establishment and maintenance of a bond retirement and interest payment fund sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds or other obligations payable therefrom as the same become due and payable, including reasonable reserves for the payment of such principal and interest; and (c) for the establishment and maintenance of a reasonable reserve for future additions, extensions, and improvements to such systems or any combination thereof, as the case may be.
MS Code § 17-5-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 5 - Jails, Waterworks and Other Improvements|§ 17-5-7. Bonds authorized

 Bonds authorized and issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 17-5-3 through 17-5-11 may be issued in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, shall mature serially, not later than three years from the date thereof, at such time or times, not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding five per centum (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually, may be in such denomination, may be in such form, either coupon or registered, may be payable at such place or places, may carry such registration and conversion privileges, may be executed in such manner, may be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, may be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, and may be declared or become due before the maturity date thereof, as may be provided by the resolution authorizing their issuance. Such bonds and any interest coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed in accordance with the resolution providing for their authorization and issuance. Bonds issued under Sections 17-5-3 through 17-5-11 bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof, as well as any interest coupons appertaining thereto, shall be valid and binding obligations, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof any or all of the persons whose signatures or facsimile signatures appearing thereon shall have ceased to be officers of the county issuing the same. Bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 17-5-3 through 17-5-11 shall be negotiable for all purposes and shall possess all the qualities of a negotiable instrument. Bonds authorized and issued under the provisions of Sections 17-5-3 through 17-5-11 shall be sold and delivered only to the lowest bidder at public sale after notice thereof has been published in accordance with a motion, order, or resolution of the county proposing their issuance and sale, which notice shall be published at least one time, not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for the holding of such public sale, in a daily newspaper published and circulating in the State of Mississippi. Any such bonds may be sold to the United States of America at private sale in furtherance of any loan or grant contract which may be entered into by and between the county proposing to issue such bonds and the United States. The said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value plus accrued interest.
MS Code § 17-5-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 5 - Jails, Waterworks and Other Improvements|§ 17-5-9. Rights of bondholders

 Any holder or holders of bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 17-5-3 through 17-5-11 shall have the right, in addition to all other rights, by mandamus, suit, action, or other proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce his or their rights against the county issuing such bonds, and in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any such bonds, to the appointment of a receiver or trustee who shall have the power to enter upon and take possession of the system, or systems, the revenues of which are pledged to the payment of such bonds, and to operate and maintain the same, to prescribe and collect rates, fees, or charges in connection with such operation and maintenance, to apply all revenues thereof and to do all things as and in the same manner as the county itself might do. No such receiver or trustee shall have the right to sell any such system or systems or any substantial portion thereof.
MS Code § 17-5-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 5 - Jails, Waterworks and Other Improvements|§ 17-5-11. Sections 17-5-3 through 17-5-11 supplemental

 The powers conferred by Sections 17-5-3 through 17-5-11 shall be in addition and supplemental to, and the limitations hereof shall not affect, the powers conferred by any other law; and the powers conferred by Sections 17-5-3 through 17-5-11 are not in substitution for the powers conferred by any other law.
MS Code § 17-5-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 5 - Jails, Waterworks and Other Improvements|§ 17-5-13. Power of county or municipality to apply for, receive and expend funds from federal government for railroad crossing improvements

 The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authority of any municipality shall have the power and authority to apply for, receive and expend grants, loans or other funds from the federal government or any department or agency thereof for use in connection with the relocation or grade separation of railroad lines to eliminate grade level railroad crossings.
MS Code § 17-5-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 5 - Jails, Waterworks and Other Improvements|§ 17-5-15. Power of county or municipality to lend or lease equipment

 The governing authorities of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality, are each authorized, in their discretion, upon order duly adopted and entered upon their official minutes, to lend to or to enter into leases with other counties or municipalities for the use of county-owned or municipally owned equipment and operators of such equipment. Such equipment and operators may be lent or leased for such amount and in accordance with such terms and conditions as the governing authorities may prescribe; however, such equipment and operators may be used only in the performance of public projects of a county or municipality. The lending or lease agreements also may include an equipment operator's fee equal to the average hourly salary that is paid to all operators of such county-owned or municipally owned equipment by the county or municipality that lends or leases the equipment. Proceeds from the lending or leasing of such equipment shall be deposited into the road and bridge fund of the county or the municipal general fund, as the case may be.
MS Code § 17-7-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 7 - Removal of Local Governments in Emergencies|§ 17-7-1. Removal of sites of government in emergency resulting from natural disaster, enemy attacks, etc.

  Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from a natural disaster, the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of municipal and county governments or any subdivisions thereof at the regular or usual place or places thereof, the governing body of each political subdivision of this state may meet at any place within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivision on the call of the presiding officer or any two (2) members of such governing body, and shall proceed to establish and designate by ordinance, resolution or other manner, alternate or substitute sites or places as the emergency temporary location, or locations, of government where all, or any part, of the public business may be transacted and conducted during the emergency situation. Such sites or places may be within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivision and may be within or without this state.   For the purposes of this chapter, "natural disaster" means a natural disaster as declared by the Governor.
MS Code § 17-7-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 7 - Removal of Local Governments in Emergencies|§ 17-7-3. Exercise of governmental powers at temporary location

 During the period when the public business is being conducted at the emergency temporary location, or locations, the governing body and other officers of municipal and county governments of this state shall have and possess and shall exercise, at such location, or locations, all of the executive, legislative and judicial powers and functions conferred upon such body and officers by or under the laws of this state. Such powers and functions may be exercised in the light of the exigencies of the emergency situation without regard to or compliance with time-consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law and pertaining thereto, and all acts of such body and officers shall be as valid and binding as if performed within the territorial limits of their political subdivision.
MS Code § 17-7-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 7 - Removal of Local Governments in Emergencies|§ 17-7-5. Provisions effective notwithstanding conflict with other laws

 The provisions of this chapter shall be effective in the event it shall be employed notwithstanding any statutory charter or ordinance provision to the contrary or in conflict herewith.
MS Code § 17-9-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Lease of Mineral Lands other than Sixteenth Section or "In Lieu" Lands|§ 17-9-1. Powers of governing authorities of counties and municipalities

 Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the boards of supervisors of each county and the mayors and boards of aldermen, or mayors and councilmen, as the case may be, of each municipal corporation are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to lease in the name of the county or municipal corporation any or all lands or minerals owned by the county or by the municipality for oil, gas and mineral exploration and development, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as the boards of supervisors or the mayors and the boards of aldermen or the mayors and councilmen, in their discretion, shall deem proper and advisable.