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MS Code § 49-17-737 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-737. Board of Directors for Hancock County Utility Authority

  After consolidation, all powers of the Hancock County Utility Authority shall be exercised by a board consisting of the following:   One (1) director who is the Mayor of Bay St. Louis, or his or her designee, for an initial term of two (2) years;   One (1) director who is the Mayor of Waveland, or his or her designee, for an initial term of three (3) years;   One (1) director who is the President of the Board of Supervisors of Hancock County, or his or her designee, for an initial term of four (4) years;   One (1) director who is the Chairman of the Kiln Utility and Fire District;   One (1) director who is the Chairman of the Hancock County Water and Sewer District; and   One (1) director who is the Chairman of the Pearlington Water and Sewer District.  After expiration of the initial terms, the directors in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) shall serve a term of four (4) years.      In addition to any other powers and rights conferred upon such board of directors, the board is granted and may exercise all powers and rights granted pursuant to Sections 49-17-739 through 49-17-773 to promote the health, welfare and prosperity of the general public.   Any designee serving as a director shall serve at the will and pleasure of the governing authority that designated the director.   Any person who is designated by a mayor to be a director on the board of the Hancock County Utility Authority shall have the same voting powers on the board as the mayor who designated such person.
MS Code § 49-17-739 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-739. Provisions common to the county authorities

 The purpose of Sections 49-17-739 through 49-17-773 is to confer certain powers on the county authorities for the purpose of cooperating with federal, state and local public agencies for the further development of local and regional water, wastewater and storm water services within the Gulf Coast Region. In addition to the powers over water, wastewater and storm water, the Harrison County Utility Authority is granted power over solid waste within its jurisdiction.
MS Code § 49-17-741 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-741. Board of directors, officers, compensation

  The board of directors of a county authority shall elect annually from its number a president and vice president of the county authority and such other officers as in the judgment of the board are necessary. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the authority and the presiding officer of the board, and shall have the same right to vote as any other director. The vice president shall act in the absence or disability of the president. Each board also shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer who may or may not be members of the board, and it may combine these offices. The treasurer shall give bond in the sum of not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) as set by the board of directors, and each director may be required to give bond in the sum of not less than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), with sureties qualified to do business in this state, and the premiums on the bonds shall be an expense of the authority. Each bond shall be payable to the State of Mississippi, and the condition of each bond shall be that the treasurer and director will faithfully perform all duties of his office and account for all money and other assets which shall come into his custody as treasurer or director of the authority.   Each director of a county authority shall serve without salary, but shall be entitled to receive per diem pay as provided for in Section 25-3-69 and shall be reimbursed his actual necessary expenses, as provided in Section 25-3-41, incurred while in the performance of his duties as a member of the board of directors of the authority upon authorization by the board. Expenses shall be paid from available funds of the authority.   All business of a county authority shall be transacted by a majority vote of the total membership of the board of directors. The quorum for any meeting of the board of directors shall be a majority of the total membership of the board of directors.
MS Code § 49-17-745 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-745. Promulgation of rules and regulations relating to construction, operation and maintenance of any water, wastewater and storm water systems within each county authority's service area

  The county authority shall have the power, duty and responsibility to exercise general supervision over the design, construction, operation and maintenance of water, wastewater and storm water systems.   The county authority shall adopt rules and regulations regarding the design, construction or installation, operation and maintenance of water, wastewater and storm water systems.   The county authority shall adopt rules and regulations regarding the use of decentralized treatment systems, individual on-site wastewater treatment systems and centralized wastewater treatment systems.   The county authority shall adopt rules establishing performance standards for water, wastewater and storm water systems and the operation and maintenance of the same. Such rules and regulations shall include the implementation of a standard application form for the installation, operation and maintenance of such systems; application review; approval or denial procedures for any proposed system; inspection, monitoring and reporting guidelines; and enforcement procedures.     Before a building or development which requires the installation of a water, wastewater or storm water system is constructed, the system must be submitted to the county authority for certification that the system complies with the county authority requirements for such system.   Before approving or renewing a water, wastewater or storm water related permit for a system within a county authority, the state agency must require certification that the system complies with the requirements of the county authority.     Any system of any municipality, public agency or other persons which contracts with a county authority, shall be subject to the terms of that contract and the terms of this act.   Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 51-39-1 et seq., the county authority shall have the full power to adopt rules and regulations and to construct, maintain and operate facilities for the control of storm water quality and quantity. In addition, the provisions of Section 51-33-1 et seq. relating to drainage districts and flood control districts do not apply to the county authority.   The county authority may control and operate the local retail water, wastewater or storm water services and may provide or be responsible for direct servicing of those services to residences, businesses and individuals; however, the county authority shall not provide the same service in an area provided by a public utility or person holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Mississippi Public Service Commission for the provision of such services in the certificated area.
MS Code § 49-17-749 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-749. Rates, fees and other charges by public agencies for services provided by county authority

 Whenever a public agency shall have executed a contract under this act and the payments thereunder are to be made either wholly or partly from the revenues of the public agency's systems, or any part thereof, or a combination of such systems, the duty is hereby imposed on the public agency to establish and maintain and from time to time to adjust the rate or fees charged by the public agency for the services of such systems, so that the revenues therefrom, together with any taxes and special assessments levied in support thereof, will be sufficient at all times to pay:   The expense of operating and maintaining such systems, including all of the public agency's obligations to the county authority, its successors or assigns under such contract; and   All of the public agency's obligations under and in connection with bonds theretofore issued, or which may be issued thereafter and secured by the revenues of such systems. Any such contract may require the use of consulting engineers and financial experts to advise the public agency whether and when such rates and fees are to be adjusted.
MS Code § 49-17-751 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-751. Public Service Commission notice

  Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 77-3-21 and 77-3-23, Mississippi Code of 1972, the certificate of public convenience and necessity held by any municipality, public agency, district, public utility or other person authorized by law to provide water, sewer and wastewater services may be cancelled and its powers, duties and responsibilities transferred to the county authority in the manner provided by this section.   Any entity described in subsection (1) of this section desiring to have its certificate of public convenience and necessity cancelled and its powers, duties and responsibilities transferred to the county authority shall make a determination to that effect on its official minutes if a public entity, or by affidavit if not a public entity, and transmit such determination to the county authority.   Upon receipt of the document evidencing such determination from an entity to transfer its powers, duties and responsibilities to the county authority, the county authority shall, by resolution, declare whether it is willing and able to accept such transfer from the entity.   Upon completion of the requirements of subsections (2) and (3) herein and agreement by both parties to the transfer, the holder of the certificate of public convenience and necessity and the county authority shall jointly petition the Public Service Commission to cancel the certificate of public convenience and necessity. The petition must be accompanied by copies of the official minutes, affidavit or resolution, as the case may be, reflecting the actions of the petitioners. After review of the petition and any other evidence as the Public Service Commission deems necessary, the commission may issue an order canceling the certificate and transferring to the county authority the powers, duties and responsibilities granted by the certificate, including all assets and debts of the transferor petitioner related to such certificated services, real or personal, or both, if it finds that:   Subsections (2) and (3) of this section have been complied with; and   Such action is in the public interest.     The county authority and providers of water, sewer, wastewater and storm water services that are not holders of a certificate of a public convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission may enter into agreements for the provision of such services, including, but not limited to, the transfer to the county authority of such provider's powers, duties, responsibilities, assets and debts.
MS Code § 49-17-753 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-753. Validation of prior indebtedness

  Any system of a municipality, public agency or person that becomes subject to the jurisdiction of a county authority and this act shall not impair, invalidate or abrogate any liens, bonds or other certificates of indebtedness related to water, storm water or wastewater facilities and systems incurred prior to becoming subject to the jurisdiction of the county authority.   The county authority may do and perform any and all acts necessary, convenient or desirable to ensure the payment, redemption or satisfaction of such liens, bonds or other certificates of indebtedness.
MS Code § 49-17-757 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-757. Bonds of county authority

  Refunding bonds.- The county authority may, by resolution adopted by its board of directors, issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds at or prior to maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. Refunding bonds may be issued at such time prior to the maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds as the board of directors deems to be in the public interest, without an election on the question of the issuance thereof. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereon, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of such bonds, the expenses of issue of the refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming the bonds being refunded, and such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of such refunding bonds as may be required by the resolution, trust indenture or other security instruments. The issue of refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the holders and the rights, duties and obligations of the county authority in respect of the same shall be governed by the provisions of this act relating to the issue of bonds other than refunding bonds insofar as the same may be applicable. Any such refunding may be effected, whether the obligations to be refunded shall have then matured or shall thereafter mature, either by the exchange of the refunding bonds for the obligations to be refunded thereby with the consent of the holders of the obligations so to be refunded, or by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof to the payment of the obligations proposed to be refunded thereby, and regardless of whether the obligations proposed to be refunded shall be payable on the same date or different dates or shall be due serially or otherwise.   Interim notes.- Borrowing by the county authority may be made by the delivery of interim notes to any person or public agency or financial institution by a majority vote of the board of directors.
MS Code § 49-17-759 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-759. Validation of bonds

 All bonds (other than refunding bonds, interim notes and certificates of indebtedness, which may be validated) issued pursuant to this act shall be validated as now provided by law in Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972; however, notice of such validation proceedings shall be addressed to the citizens of the respective public agencies (a) which have contracted with the county authority pursuant to this act, and (b) whose contracts and the payments to be made by the public agencies thereunder constitute security for the bonds of such county authority proposed to be issued, and that such notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper or newspapers having a general circulation within the geographical boundaries of each of the contracting public agencies to whose citizens the notice is addressed. Such validation proceedings shall be instituted in any chancery courts within the boundaries of the county authority. The validity of the bonds so validated and of the contracts and payments to be made by the public agencies thereunder constituting security for the bonds shall be forever conclusive against the county authority and the public agencies which are parties to said contracts; and the validity of said bonds and said contracts and the payments to be made thereunder shall never be called in question in any court in this state.
MS Code § 49-17-761 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-761. Payment of bonds

 Bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not be deemed to constitute, within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation, an indebtedness of the county authority. Such bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or assets of the county authority pledged therefor. Each bond issued under this act shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that such county authority shall not be obligated to pay the same nor the interest thereon except from the revenues or assets pledged therefor.
MS Code § 49-17-765 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-765. Appointment of trustee to represent bond owners; appointment of receiver

 The county authority may, in any authorizing resolution of the board of directors, trust indenture or other security instrument relating to its bonds issued pursuant to this act, provide for the appointment of a trustee who shall have such powers as are provided therein to represent the registered owners of any issue of bonds in the enforcement or protection of their rights under any such resolution, trust indenture or security instrument. The county authority may also provide in such resolution, trust indenture or other security instrument that the trustee, or in the event that the trustee so appointed shall fail or decline to so protect and enforce such registered owners' rights then such percentage of registered owners as shall be set forth in, and subject to the provisions of, such resolution, trust indenture or other security interest, may petition the court of proper jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver of the county authority's systems, the revenues of which are pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds of such registered owners. Such receiver may exercise any power as may be granted in any such resolution, trust indenture or security instrument to enter upon and take possession of, acquire, construct or reconstruct or operate and maintain such system, fix charges for services of the system and enforce collection thereof, and receive all revenues derived from such system or facilities and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of such county authority in the same manner as such county authority itself might do, all under the direction of such court.
MS Code § 49-17-767 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-767. Exemption of county authority from taxes and fees; bonds to be free from taxation; exceptions

  The exercise of the powers granted by this act will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for their well-being and prosperity and for the improvement of their social and economic conditions, and the county authority shall not be required to pay any tax or assessment on any property owned by the county authority under the provisions of this act or upon the income therefrom; nor shall the county authority be required to pay any recording fee or transfer tax of any kind on account of instruments recorded by it or on its behalf.   Any bonds issued by the county authority under and pursuant to the provisions of this act, their transfer and the income therefrom shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any local unit or political subdivision or other instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance and gift taxes.
MS Code § 49-17-769 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-769. Bonds as legal investments and securities

 All bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall be legal investments for trustees, other fiduciaries, savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi; and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and other political subdivisions thereof for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
MS Code § 49-17-771 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air|Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act|§ 49-17-771. Rights and powers of county authority to remain unchanged while bonds are outstanding and unpaid

 The state hereby covenants with the registered owners of any bonds of any county authority that so long as the bonds are outstanding and unpaid the state will not limit or alter the rights and powers of any county authority under this act to conduct the activities referred to herein in any way pertinent to the interests of the bondholders, including, without limitation, such county authority's right to charge and collect rates, fees, assessments and charges and to fulfill the terms of any covenants made with the registered owners of the bonds, or in any other way impair the rights and remedies of the registered owners of the bonds, unless provision for full payment of such bonds, by escrow or otherwise, has been made pursuant to the terms of the bonds or the resolution, trust indenture or security interest securing the bonds.