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MS Code § 51-8-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 8 - Joint Water Management Districts|§ 51-8-41. Creation and enforcement of lien; appointment of receiver

 There is hereby created a statutory lien in the nature of a mortgage lien upon any system or systems acquired or constructed in accordance with this chapter, including all extensions and improvements thereof or combinations thereof subsequently made, which lien shall be in favor of the holder or holders of any bonds issued pursuant to said sections, and all such property shall remain subject to such statutory lien until the payment in full of the principal of and interest on said bonds. Any holder of said bonds or any of the coupons representing interest thereon may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, in any court of competent jurisdiction, protect and enforce such statutory lien and compel the performance of all duties required by said sections, including the making and collection of sufficient rates for the service or services, the proper accounting thereof, and the performance of any duties required by covenants with the holders of any bonds issued in accordance herewith.   If any default is made in the payment of the principal of or interest on such bonds, any court having jurisdiction of the action may appoint a receiver to administer said district and said system or systems, with power to charge and collect rates sufficient to provide for the payment of all bonds and obligations outstanding against said system or systems, and for payment of operating expenses, and to apply the income and revenues thereof in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and any covenants with bondholders.
MS Code § 51-8-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 8 - Joint Water Management Districts|§ 51-8-43. Special tax levy; district authorized to expend tax funds on projects related to Mississippi Delta Study

  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the governing body of any local governmental unit which is a member of any such district may, according to the terms of the resolution, levy a special tax, not to exceed two (2) mills, on all of the taxable property in such district, the avails of which shall be paid over to the board of commissioners of the district to be used for preparation and implementation of the district's water management plan, exclusive of capital expenditures, and operation of the administrative office of the district. Provided, however, that such special tax shall not be levied against any property in any portion of such district where the district has relinquished and surrendered its prior right to provide a particular service, as provided elsewhere in this chapter.   The Board of Commissioners of the Yazoo-Mississippi Joint Water Management District is authorized to expend funds generated from the special tax levy under subsection (1) in connection with projects under the USDA, NRCS Mississippi Delta Comprehensive, Multipurpose Water Resource Plan hereinafter referred to as the "Mississippi Delta Study." Such projects include low flows, interbasin transfers of new water supplies, on-farm storage reservoirs or conservation, and implementation activities such as the Sunflower River Low Flow Project and Well Field Project in Coahoma County, Mississippi. Expenditures under this subsection may include in-kind expenditures as well as direct expenditures, the cost and expenses of construction, operation and maintenance of the projects, and the cost and expenses of an indirect nature, such as technological assistance, engineering and scientific evaluation and analysis by technical personnel, labor, transportation and any expenditure that is intended to satisfy the districts' in-kind obligations in connection with the projects. However, the expenditures authorized by this subsection shall not extend to any project that relates to, encompasses or includes effluent treatment facilities or any water supply system to which the Safe Drinking Water Act applies, and any other projects that are determined by the district to be beyond the scope of the Mississippi Delta Study Projects.
MS Code § 51-8-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 8 - Joint Water Management Districts|§ 51-8-47. Rates, fees, tolls, and charges; penalties for nonpayment

 The board of commissioners of the district issuing bonds pursuant to this chapter shall prescribe and collect reasonable rates, fees, tolls or charges for the services, facilities and commodities of its system or systems; shall prescribe penalties for the nonpayment thereof; and shall revise such rates, fees, tolls or charges from time to time whenever necessary to insure the economic operation of such system or systems. The rates, fees, tolls or charges prescribed shall be, as nearly as possible, such as will always produce revenue at least sufficient to:   Provide for all expenses of operation and maintenance of the system or systems, including reserves therefor;   Pay when due all bonds and interest thereon for the payment of which such revenues are or shall have been pledged, charged or otherwise encumbered, including reserves therefor; and   Provide funds for reasonable expansions, extensions and improvements of services.
MS Code § 51-8-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 8 - Joint Water Management Districts|§ 51-8-49. Tax exemption

 The property and revenue of such district shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation. Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, except inheritance, transfer and estate taxes, and it may be so stated on the face of said bonds.
MS Code § 51-8-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 8 - Joint Water Management Districts|§ 51-8-51. Construction contracts

 All construction contracts by the district shall be made in accordance with the laws governing public contracts for counties and municipalities, being Sections 31-5-3 through 31-5-57.
MS Code § 51-8-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 8 - Joint Water Management Districts|§ 51-8-53. Annexation of adjacent area; services within annexed territory

 Any area adjacent to any district created pursuant to this chapter may be annexed to and become a part of such district by the same procedure as prescribed for the original creation of the district. All costs incident to the publication of notice and all other costs incident to the hearings, election and proceedings shall be paid by the district.   The district shall have the exclusive right to provide any of the services for which it was created in the annexed territory; however, if any part of the annexed territory is then being served by another corporate agency with any such service, the district shall, at the option of the other corporate agency, either relinquish its prior right to serve the area occupied by the corporate agency or acquire by purchase the facilities of such corporate agency, together with its franchise rights to serve such area.   If the option is for the district to purchase, upon notification thereof, the district shall be obligated to buy and pay for, and the corporate agency shall be obligated to convey to the district, all its service facilities and franchise rights in the annexed area. Such property shall be acquired by the district in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, and the district shall have the authority to assume the operation of such entire system or facility and to assume and become liable for the payment of any notes, bonds or other obligations that are outstanding against said system or facility and payable from the revenues therefrom.   If the district is notified to relinquish its prior right to serve the annexed area, the district shall grant the corporate agency a franchise to serve within the annexed territory; however, the corporate agency shall be entitled to serve only such customers or locations within the annexed area as it served on the date that such annexation became effective.   The annexed territory shall become liable for any existing indebtedness of the district and be subject to any taxes levied by a local governing body under Section 51-8-43.
MS Code § 51-8-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 8 - Joint Water Management Districts|§ 51-8-55. Agreements with state or federal government

 The board of commissioners of any district created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall have the authority to enter into cooperative agreements with the state or federal government, or both; to obtain financial assistance in the form of loans or grants as may be available from the state or federal government, or both; and to execute and deliver at private sale notes or bonds as evidence of such indebtedness in the form and subject to the terms and conditions as may be imposed by the state or federal government, or both; and to pledge the income and revenues of the district, or the income and revenues from any part of the area embraced in the district, in payment thereof. It is the purpose and intention of this section to authorize districts to do any and all things necessary to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the state or federal government, or both, in the planning, construction, maintenance or operation of project facilities.
MS Code § 51-8-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 8 - Joint Water Management Districts|§ 51-8-57. Applicability of municipal standards

 When any district is created within three (3) miles of the corporate boundaries of any existing municipality, the municipality is empowered to require such district to construct and maintain all facilities, whether purchased or constructed, to standards commensurate with those of the adjoining municipality; provided, however, the governing authorities of the municipalities may specifically waive compliance with any or all of such requirements.
MS Code § 51-8-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 8 - Joint Water Management Districts|§ 51-8-59. Additional statutory authority not required

 The provisions of this chapter, without reference to any other statute or statutes, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the creation of such districts and for the issuance of such bonds. No proceedings shall be required for the creation of such districts or for the issuance of such bonds other than those provided for and required herein. All the necessary powers to be exercised by the governing bodies of member local governing units and by the board of commissioners of any such district, in order to carry out the provisions of such sections, are hereby conferred.
MS Code § 51-8-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 8 - Joint Water Management Districts|§ 51-8-61. Publication and filing of annual statement; contents

 Within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year, the board of commissioners shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county a sworn statement showing the financial condition of the district, the earnings for the fiscal year just ended, a statement of the water and sewer rates being charged and a brief statement of the method used in arriving at such rates. Such statement shall also be filed with the local governmental units creating the district.
MS Code § 51-8-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 8 - Joint Water Management Districts|§ 51-8-63. Corporate body, acquisition and assumption of powers, duties and responsibilities of joint water management district; petition; water management plan; grant of water management district status

  If authorized pursuant to Section 51-9-121, 51-11-13, 51-13-111 or 51-15-119, as applicable, any corporate body organized under the provisions of Chapters 9, 11, 13 and 15 of Title 51, Mississippi Code of 1972, may elect by resolution duly adopted by its board of directors, to acquire and assume the power, duties and responsibilities of a joint water management district as set forth in Sections 51-8-27 through 51-8-55, Mississippi Code of 1972, by petitioning the Commission on Environmental Quality. The petition shall be in the form and content as prescribed by the commission and shall state the intention of the district to perform functions meeting the purposes for the creation of joint water management districts set out in Section 51-8-3, Mississippi Code of 1972.   The commission may deny, grant preliminary approval of the petition and request additional information or grant preliminary approval of the petition and direct the district to proceed with the formulation of a water management plan for the district.   No petition shall be finally and unconditionally granted until the district has submitted to the commission a water management plan for the district that meets the criteria set forth by the commission. Upon submission of a district water management plan and the satisfactory completion of any other requirements, the commission may finally and unconditionally approve the district's petition and grant the district joint water management district status.
MS Code § 51-8-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 8 - Joint Water Management Districts|§ 51-8-65. Creation of joint district, approval of Commission required; approval of water management plan a condition for creation; amendments to plan; permits, grants and loans to be consistent with plan

  From and after July 1, 1995, no joint water management district shall be created without the approval of the Commission on Environmental Quality. The commission may establish criteria for the approval of a request to create a joint water management district, but may not finally approve a request and grant joint water management district status until a water management plan for the proposed district has been approved by the commission. Any amendments to the district's water management plan must also be approved by the commission.   After the granting of joint water management district status to a district by the commission, neither the department, the permit board nor any other agency in the State of Mississippi shall issue any permit, grant or loan for any water related facility or project that is not consistent with a district's water management plan.   In its consideration of the consistency of a project, grant or loan with a district's water management plan, the department, permit board or other agency shall notify the affected water management district of the request for a permit, grant or loan and give the district a reasonable time, but not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days, to respond to the request.
MS Code § 51-17-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 17 - Big Black River Basin District|§ 51-17-13. Preliminary expenses

 Any municipality or county which is within the territorial limits of the district may advance funds to the district to pay the preliminary expenses of the district, including engineer's reports, organization, or administration expenses, on such terms of repayment as the governing body of such municipality or county shall determine. Notwithstanding the provision of any law to the contrary, any such municipality or county is authorized and empowered to borrow money for a period not to exceed one year from the date of such borrowing for the purpose of making such advances. The board of directors of the district is hereby authorized to repay any such advances from the monies of any funds possessed by the district.
MS Code § 51-25-2 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 25 - Yellow Creek Watershed Authority|§ 51-25-2. Membership and organization of board

 There is hereby created the Yellow Creek Watershed Authority composed of the geographic boundaries of the counties of Alcorn, Prentiss, and Tishomingo in the State of Mississippi which shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of nine (9) members. Three (3) members shall be appointed by the governor, one (1) from each of the counties in which the said watershed lies, all to be appointed for a term of four (4) years or until their successors are appointed and qualified. The board of supervisors of each of the three (3) counties involved shall appoint one (1) member. The three (3) counties involved shall appoint one (1) member. The three (3) members appointed by the supervisors shall serve staggered terms of four (4) years. The mayors of all incorporated municipalities within each of the three (3) counties shall appoint one (1) person from their county who shall be selected by a majority of the mayors. The three (3) members appointed by the mayors shall serve staggered terms of four (4) years. For the initial appointments, each board of supervisors and group of mayors shall appoint one (1) member for two (2) years, one (1) member for three (3) years, and one (1) member for four years. The initial appointment for the board of supervisors shall be as follows: Alcorn County, two (2) years, Tishomingo County, three (3) years, and Prentiss County, four (4) years. The initial appointment for the mayors shall be: Prentiss County, two (2) years, Alcorn County, three (3) years, and Tishomingo County, four (4) years. Board members shall be appointed by the appointing authorities within sixty (60) days after passage of this section. Board members shall serve without pay except for their actual traveling expenses and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties, to be reimbursed as in the case of state employees under the provisions of general law from such funds as may be available to the authority. Upon appointment said members shall meet and organize at Iuka, Mississippi, set a regular time and place for the meetings of the authority, and secure offices and all necessary equipment therefor. A full-time executive director may be appointed by the board if the board deems the appointment advisable, and, if a director is appointed, he shall be full-time and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The salary of a director may be paid out of such funds as may be available to the authority or from any source.
MS Code § 51-25-4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 25 - Yellow Creek Watershed Authority|§ 51-25-4. Powers and duties

 The Yellow Creek Watershed Authority is hereby specifically authorized and empowered to contract with and to be contracted with by the Tennessee Valley Authority and any other agency or agencies of the federal government or of any state or subdivision thereof which may be of assistance in carrying out the purposes set forth herein, and to do any and all other things necessary or desirable in effectuating a plan for the comprehensive development of the resources of the said watershed, including but not limited to such subjects as agriculture, forestry, drainage and flood control, land reclamation, electric power utilization, irrigation, water conservation, recreation, public health and education, said program of development to be carried on in cooperation with the appropriate local, state and federal agencies. All agencies of the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to extend their cooperation and assistance to the said Yellow Creek Watershed Authority in the formulation and implementation of the said program of development.
MS Code § 51-25-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 25 - Yellow Creek Watershed Authority|§ 51-25-6. Financing

 Each of the counties in which the said Yellow Creek Watershed is located is hereby authorized and empowered to contribute any amount or amounts which the board of supervisors thereof shall deem advisable, acting in their sole discretion, to be paid from the general county fund of the respective counties.
MS Code § 51-25-8 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 25 - Yellow Creek Watershed Authority|§ 51-25-8. Chapter supplementary to other laws

 This chapter shall be considered supplemental and additional to any and all other laws and confers sufficient authority in and of itself for the purposes set forth herein.
MS Code § 51-27-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 27 - Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Compact|§ 51-27-3. State of Tennessee admitted into compact

 The admission of the State of Tennessee into the Tombigbee-Tennessee Waterway Development Compact is hereby approved, and the State of Tennessee shall become a party to the compact upon its execution by the governor of the State of Tennessee.   The secretary of state of Mississippi is hereby requested to transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the governor of Alabama and to the governor of Tennessee.
MS Code § 51-27-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 27 - Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Compact|§ 51-27-5. Commonwealth of Kentucky admitted into compact

 The admission of the Commonwealth of Kentucky into the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Compact is hereby approved, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall become a party to the compact upon its execution by the governor of the commonwealth.   The secretary of state is hereby requested to transmit duly certified copies of this section to the governors of the States of Alabama, Tennessee, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
MS Code § 51-27-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 27 - Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Compact|§ 51-27-7. State of Florida admitted into Compact

 The admission of the State of Florida into the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Compact is hereby ratified, approved, and agreed to by the State of Mississippi, and said State of Florida shall become a party to said compact upon the execution of the same by the governor of said state.   The secretary of state is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to transmit certified copies of this section to the governors of the States of Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida and of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
MS Code § 51-29-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 29 - Drainage Districts with Local Commissioners|§ 51-29-1. Scope of chapter

 This chapter shall govern the future operation of all drainage districts heretofore organized or now in process of organization under the provisions of Chapter 195 of the Laws of 1912 and amendments thereto, and such other districts as may hereafter be organized under the provisions of this chapter, or which may elect to come within its provisions in the manner herein provided.   All of the provisions of Chapters 31 and 33 of this title which are not contained in this chapter, and which do not conflict with any of the provisions of this chapter, shall apply to any districts organized or operating hereunder.