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MS Code § 77-5-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 1 - Mississippi Rural Electrification Authority|§ 77-5-39. Rights and remedies of bondholders

 In addition to all other rights and all other remedies, any holders of bonds of the authority, including a trustee for bondholders, shall have the right by mandamus or other suit, action or proceeding, at law or in equity, to enforce their rights against the authority and the board of the authority, including the right to require the authority and such board to fix and collect rates and charges adequate to carry out any agreement as to, or pledge of, the revenues produced by such rate or charges, and to require the authority and such board to carry out any other covenants and agreements with such bondholders and to perform its and their duties under this article.
MS Code § 77-5-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 1 - Mississippi Rural Electrification Authority|§ 77-5-41. Moneys of the authority

 All moneys of the authority, from whatever source derived, shall be deposited in one or more banks or trust companies and, if the authority shall so require, each of such accounts shall be continuously secured by a pledge of direct obligations of the United States of America or of the State of Mississippi having an aggregate market value, exclusive of accrued interest, at all times at least equal to the balance on deposit in such account or accounts. Such securities shall either be deposited with the authority or held by a trustee or agent satisfactory to the authority. In lieu of any such pledge of such securities, said deposits may be secured by a surety bond or bonds which shall be in form, sufficiency and substance satisfactory to the authority.
MS Code § 77-5-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 1 - Mississippi Rural Electrification Authority|§ 77-5-43. Assets of authority shall pass to state upon cessation of authority's existence

 In the event that the authority shall cease to exist, all of its assets remaining after all of its obligations and liabilities have been satisfied or discharged shall pass to and become the property of the state.
MS Code § 77-5-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 1 - Mississippi Rural Electrification Authority|§ 77-5-45. Authority and its property subject to taxation

 The authority and its property shall be liable for taxes and shall be taxed and assessed in the same manner and to the same extent as a privately owned utility.
MS Code § 77-5-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 1 - Mississippi Rural Electrification Authority|§ 77-5-47. Right of way over certain state lands granted to associations and corporations operating under this article

 All associations or corporations formed and operating under this article are hereby authorized and empowered to construct electric lines on and over all of those lands matured in the State of Mississippi through tax sale, and also on and over unimproved sixteenth sections, and lands granted in lieu of sixteenth sections.   The right and power to construct and maintain said lines shall be during the existence of said corporation or association, and without payment to the state for said easement.
MS Code § 77-5-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 1 - Mississippi Rural Electrification Authority|§ 77-5-49. Article complete in itself

 This article is complete in itself and shall be controlling. The provisions of any other law, general, special, or local, except as provided in this article, shall not limit or restrict the powers granted by this article.
MS Code § 77-5-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-101. Short title

 This article may be cited as "The Power District Law."
MS Code § 77-5-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-103. Definitions

 Unless the context otherwise requires:   "Power district" or "district" means a power district organized under this article, either as originally organized or as the same may be from time to time altered or amended.   "Municipality" means any incorporated city, incorporated town or incorporated village.   "Governing body," whenever used in relation to any municipality or county, means the body or board, by whatsoever name known, having charge of the governing of such municipality or county and shall be held to include the mayor or other chief executive officer of such municipality or county in any case wherein the concurrence or approval of such officer is required by the law governing such municipality or county for the adoption of any municipal or county ordinance or resolution or other municipal or county act provided for in this article.   "Board of directors," "directors" or "board" means the board of directors of a power district selected as provided in this article, duly constituted, organized and acting as a board.   "Election unit" means an election district as provided for by Chapter 5 of Title 23, Mississippi Code of 1972.   "Bonds" shall mean and include negotiable bonds, interim certificates or receipts, notes, debentures and all other evidences of indebtedness either issued or the payment thereof assumed by the authority.   "Public utility" or "utility" means the plant, works, system, facilities or properties together with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, including contract rights, used and useful primarily for the production, transmission or distribution of electric energy to or for the public for any purpose.
MS Code § 77-5-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-105. Boundaries of power districts

 Power districts, the boundaries of which shall be coterminous with the boundaries of one or more election units, which need not be contiguous, but which shall not be more distant from one another than twenty miles, may be created as hereafter provided in this article, and when so created shall be considered bodies politic and corporate and shall possess and may exercise the powers granted in this article. However, no municipality shall be divided in the creation of a district.
MS Code § 77-5-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-107. Resolution seeking election authorizing creation of power district

 The governing bodies of one-half or more of the municipalities, if any, proposed to be included in the district [or, (a) if the proposed district includes only territory not within the corporate limits of any municipality, then the governing body or bodies of the county or counties containing such territory, or (b) if the proposed district includes a municipality or municipalities and territory not within the corporate limits of any municipality, then the governing bodies of the municipality, or if more than one, the governing bodies of one-half or more of the total number of municipalities proposed to be included in the district and of the county or counties containing such territory] shall first pass resolutions, declaring the public convenience and necessity demand the creation and maintenance of the power district to be known as the "(giving the name) power district." Such resolution shall name the municipalities and describe the unincorporated territory, if any, which it is proposed to include in such district. Any such resolutions so passed shall be presented to the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county containing a part of the proposed district. Such resolutions shall request that an election be called without delay for determining whether such district shall be created.   Each such resolution shall divide the proposed district into five subdistricts, as provided in Section 77-5-123, giving each a number. In the event that the boundaries of the district as originally proposed are changed at the election, the boundaries of the subdistricts shall be changed as hereinafter provided.
MS Code § 77-5-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-109. Petition seeking election authorizing creation of power district

 In lieu of the resolutions, or any of them, provided for in the preceding section, a petition or petitions may be presented to the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county in which any part of the proposed district is situated, signed by at least ten percent (10%) of the qualified voters in any election unit or units to be included in the proposed district. Said petition shall declare that in the opinion of the petitioners, public convenience and necessity demand the creation and maintenance of a power district, and shall contain the information required by this article of the resolutions referred to in the preceding section. The petition may be on separate sheets of paper, but each sheet shall contain the affidavit of the person who circulated the same, certifying that each name signed thereto is the true signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
MS Code § 77-5-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-111. Calling of election

 Upon receipt of the certified copies of the resolutions and/or petitions mentioned in the preceding sections, each such board of supervisors shall without delay call an election in each election unit of such county proposed to be included in the district, for the purpose of determining whether the proposed district shall be created, and shall give notice of such election. Such notice shall state the name of the proposed district and describe its boundaries, and shall state the time when such election shall be held and the location of the polling places. The same shall be published at least once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of said election in some newspaper or newspapers having a general circulation within the proposed district. In case the proposed power district includes election units located in two (2) or more counties, then the board of supervisors of the county in which the largest portion of the territory of the proposed power district is located shall fix the date of such election.
MS Code § 77-5-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-113. Conduct of election

 The ballots for said election shall be in such form, shall contain such instructions and shall be of such size and color as are required by Chapter 5 of Title 23, Mississippi Code of 1972, except that there shall appear thereon the following: "Shall the ‘(giving the name thereof) power district' be created and established?   ( ) Yes ( ) No"   Such election and all matters pertaining thereto not otherwise provided for herein shall be held and conducted and the results thereof ascertained, determined and declared in accordance with Chapter 5 of Title 23, Mississippi Code of 1972. No person shall be entitled to vote in such election unless he or she be a qualified elector of an election unit in which such election is held. Such election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election and may be consolidated therewith.
MS Code § 77-5-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-115. Canvassing results of election; declaration of creation of district

 Each county board of election commissioners, if more than one (1), shall canvass the returns as required by Section 23-5-169, and shall ascertain and declare the result of such election in each election unit separately and shall further ascertain and determine the total number of qualified electors in each such election unit separately as of the date of such election. Each county board of election commissioners, if more than one (1), shall, within ten (10) days from the date of such election, file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of their county a statement of the result of said election in each such election district separately and of the number of qualified electors in each such election unit as of the date of the election. In the event the proposed power district includes territory located in two or more counties such statement shall also, within the same period of time, be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the largest portion of the territory of the proposed power district is located. The board of supervisors of the county in which such proposed power district is located, or in the event such proposed power district includes territory located in two (2) or more counties, the board of supervisors of the county in which the largest portion of such territory is located, shall promptly canvass all such statements and shall order and declare the district created and composed of the election units in which a majority of those voting on the proposition voted in favor of the creation of the district. The election unit or units so approving the organization of said district shall contain not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the number of qualified voters within the district as first proposed.
MS Code § 77-5-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-117. Filing of order declaring creation of district

 Such board of supervisors shall thereupon promptly cause a certified copy of the order declaring such power district created to be filed in the office of the secretary of state. A certified copy of such order shall also be filed with the clerk of each municipality included in the proposed district, and with the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county, any unincorporated part of which is included in the proposed district. From and after the filing of such copy of the order with the secretary of state, the creation and incorporation of such district shall be deemed complete.
MS Code § 77-5-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-119. Payment of costs incurred in creation of district

 All costs properly incurred by the boards of supervisors and the boards of election commissioners of the respective counties in publishing notice of the election, in employing persons to conduct the same, or in performing other duties imposed by the provisions of this article, shall be paid as other similar expenses of such boards are paid and shall be and become a charge in favor of such boards against the district, to be repaid upon the presentation of proper vouchers therefor to such district, when and as such district has funds available for that purpose.
MS Code § 77-5-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-121. Proceedings contesting creation of district

 No informality in any proceedings or in the conduct of said election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to invalidate the creation of any district. Any proceedings wherein the validity of such creation is denied shall be commenced within thirty (30) days from the date of filing the order creating the district with the secretary of state, otherwise such creation and the legal existence of said district shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
MS Code § 77-5-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-123. Subdistricts

 The boundaries of the subdistricts shall be drawn in such a manner that each shall contain approximately an equal number of voters, except that no municipality shall contain more than two (2) subdistricts, nor shall any municipality be divided unless it shall comprise more than one (1) subdistrict. Should the district as finally constituted comprise a smaller area than originally proposed because of the failure of one or more election units or municipalities to approve the district at the election, then at the first meeting of the board of directors the boundaries of the subdistricts shall be redetermined so as to conform to the terms hereof.
MS Code § 77-5-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-125. Alteration of districts

 Whenever a district shall, by resolution of its board, determine that it is in the public interest and in the interest of efficient and economical operation of a utility to alter the territorial limits of a district, it shall so order and certified copies of such order shall be filed with the secretary of state, the clerk of each municipality in the district and the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county in which any portion of the district is located. Thereupon the territorial limits of a district shall be considered altered in accordance with such order. However, any territory added to a district must be coterminous with an election unit or units. No additional territory may be added to a district except upon the petition of not less than one-third (1/3) of the qualified voters residing therein, certified as provided in Section 77-5-109. The order of the board hereinabove referred to shall contain a statement of the number and percentage of such petitioners, if any. In the event the boundaries of any election unit or units are changed subsequent to the creation of a district, then the whole of any election unit, any part of which was theretofore within the district, shall automatically become a part of said district.
MS Code § 77-5-127 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-127. Consolidation of districts

 Two (2) or more districts may be consolidated by a determination of the board of each district, fixing the terms and conditions of such consolidation. Certified copies of such determination shall be filed with the secretary of state, the clerk of each municipality in the district and the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county in which any portion of the district is located. Thereupon the consolidation shall be effective to create a single district.   Preexisting rights and liabilities shall not be affected by such consolidation.
MS Code § 77-5-129 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-129. Dissolution of districts

  A district shall be considered dissolved:   Where, within two (2) years after its creation, it has not become the owner or operator, or commenced construction, of a public utility. Any time consumed in any proceeding or contest before any judicial or other tribunal shall not be included as part of said two-year period.   Where a district has disposed of all of its utility property and for one (1) year thereafter shall not have owned or operated a public utility.   Where the board has by resolution determined that the continued existence of the district is not in the public interest, and shall have made an order to such effect and filed a certified copy of such order with the secretary of state. However, no district shall be dissolved under this subsection until after an election held in the manner set forth in this article to be called and held by the respective county boards of election commissioners upon the request of the board, except that in lieu of the question prescribed by section 77-5-113 for inclusion on the ballot there shall appear thereon the following: "Shall the ‘(giving the name thereof) power district' be dissolved?  ( )Yes ( ) No"   A majority of those voting in the entire district shall govern.      Any district dissolved in accordance with the provisions of this section shall cease to continue as a body corporate for the purpose of doing business but shall continue as such for such period as may be necessary to settle the business of the district, wind up its affairs, dispose of its assets and settle its obligations, and for no other purpose. Under such circumstances the board shall have the powers of receivers in equity to determine what is in the best interest of creditors and users of the service of the district. In the event of dissolution the assets of the district and the proceeds thereof shall be used first to pay the expenses of settling the affairs of the district, then for the payment of creditors in the order of their priority, and any surplus remaining shall become the property of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 77-5-133 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-133. Term and oath of directors

 Directors selected from odd numbered subdistricts shall for the first term serve for a period which shall end two (2) years after the first Monday of May of the next even numbered year. Directors selected from even numbered subdistricts shall for the first term serve for a period which shall end four (4) years after the first Monday of May of the next even numbered year.   The regular term of directors of the district after the first term shall be for four (4) years. Each director shall hold office until his successor is selected and qualifies.   Each director shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by Section 268 of the Constitution of 1890. Such oath shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the district.
MS Code § 77-5-135 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-135. Vacancies in director's office

 The death of a director, his resignation, his removal for cause by the appointing power, his disability to continue for any cause to act as director, or his change of residence from the district, shall vacate the office. Within twenty (20) days after a determination of the vacancy by the appointing power, a successor for the unexpired term shall be selected by such appointing power.
MS Code § 77-5-137 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-137. Compensation and expenses of directors

 Each director of the district shall receive compensation from the district for his services as such at the rate of not more than ten dollars ($10.00) for each day he shall attend meetings of the board or when he is engaged upon the business of the board, not to exceed the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) in any one year. He shall also be entitled to be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties required of him by law or by resolution or vote of the board.
MS Code § 77-5-139 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 3 - Power Districts|§ 77-5-139. Board of directors to function as legislative body of district

 The board of directors shall constitute the legislative body of such district and determine all questions of policy.