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MS Code § 17-17-437 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 17 - Solid Wastes Disposal|Disposal of Waste Tires and Lead Acid Batteries; Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program|§ 17-17-437. Promulgation, etc., of rules and regulations for implementation of §§ 17-17-429 through 17-17-445; penalties for violations

 The commission may adopt, modify, repeal, promulgate, make exceptions to, grant exemptions and variances from and enforce rules and regulations required to implement Sections 17-17-429 through 17-17-445. Unless a different penalty is specifically prescribed, any person found guilty by the commission of violating Sections 17-17-401 through 17-17-445, any rule or regulation or written order promulgated or issued by the commission shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Section 17-17-29.
MS Code § 17-17-439 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 17 - Solid Wastes Disposal|Disposal of Waste Tires and Lead Acid Batteries; Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program|§ 17-17-439. Creation of "Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program."

 To ensure the proper collection and management of hazardous wastes from households, farms, schools and small businesses, there is hereby created a program to be known as the "Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program."
MS Code § 17-17-441 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 17 - Solid Wastes Disposal|Disposal of Waste Tires and Lead Acid Batteries; Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program|§ 17-17-441. Development and administration of program; promulgation of rules and regulations for administration of funds for grants for establishment of household hazardous waste collection and management programs

  The department shall develop and administer the Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program.   The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of funds, as may be appropriated or otherwise made available, for grants to counties, municipalities and multicounty agencies for the establishment and operation of household hazardous waste collection and management programs. The commission shall give priority to those programs operated by multicounty agencies.
MS Code § 17-17-443 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 17 - Solid Wastes Disposal|Disposal of Waste Tires and Lead Acid Batteries; Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program|§ 17-17-443. Registration and approval of programs for collection and management of household hazardous wastes; maintenance and submission of records

 No person shall establish a program for the collection and management of household hazardous wastes until such program has been registered with and approved by the department. Each person shall also maintain and submit records to the department as required under the guidelines developed under Section 17-17-445.
MS Code § 17-17-445 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 17 - Solid Wastes Disposal|Disposal of Waste Tires and Lead Acid Batteries; Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program|§ 17-17-445. Powers and duties regarding administration of program

  The department shall have the following powers and duties in the administration of the Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program established under Sections 17-17-439 through 17-17-445:   To determine the types of household hazardous wastes to be handled in the program;   To approve any collection contractor or contractors used in the implementation of a local household hazardous waste collection and management program;   To prepare a request for proposals, select a collection contractor and facilitate the use of that contractor on a statewide basis to conduct all local household hazardous waste collection and management programs;   To establish guidelines for the registration and operations of household hazardous waste collection and management programs;   To inspect any collection site operated under Sections 17-17-439 through 17-17-445 to insure that collection is performed in a safe and environmentally sound manner;   To develop record keeping requirements identifying types and amounts of household hazardous wastes collected, entities submitting household hazardous waste and the points of ultimate disposition;   To submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature summarizing the operation and costs of the program, including location of sites, types and amounts of waste collected, entities disposing of waste at the collection sites and the methods utilized for disposal of the wastes; and   To exercise any other powers and duties as the department may require to administer the Right-Way-To-Throw-Away Program.     The commission may consolidate any grant provided under this section with any grant provided under the local governments solid waste assistance program or the waste tire management program. Funds provided through any consolidated grant shall be used in accordance with the program under which the funds are provided.
MS Code § 17-17-501 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 17 - Solid Wastes Disposal|Disclosure Requirements of Applicants for Commercial Hazardous or Nonhazardous Solid Waste Facility Permits|§ 17-17-501. Definitions

 The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "Applicant" means any person except a public agency applying for a permit to operate and/or construct a commercial nonhazardous solid waste management facility or commercial hazardous waste management facility. If a public agency applies for a permit and proposes to operate a facility by contract, the contractor shall also be required to file a disclosure statement as described in Section 17-17-503 and the permit board shall evaluate such statement as described in Section 17-17-505.   "Business concern" means any corporation, association, firm, partnership, trust, joint venture or other form of commercial organization.   "Key employee" means any person employed by an applicant in a management capacity and empowered to make operational or financial management decisions with respect to solid waste or hazardous waste management operations of the business concern as determined by the commission, but shall not include employees primarily engaged in the physical or mechanical treatment, processing, storage or disposal of solid or hazardous waste.   "Public agency" means any incorporated city or town, county, political subdivision, governmental district or unit, public corporation, public institution of higher learning, community college district, planning and development district or governmental agency created under the laws of the state.
MS Code § 17-17-507 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 17 - Solid Wastes Disposal|Disclosure Requirements of Applicants for Commercial Hazardous or Nonhazardous Solid Waste Facility Permits|§ 17-17-507. Consideration of performance history of public agencies applying for permits

 If a public agency applies for a permit, the permit board shall consider the performance history of the public agency as prescribed by Section 17-17-27. The provisions of Sections 17-17-501 through 17-17-507 shall be supplemental and in addition to Section 17-17-27, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 17-21-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 21 - Finance and Taxation|Article 1 - Exemptions|§ 17-21-1. Exemption from ad valorem taxes for real property of nonprofit industrial or economic development organizations

 The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to grant exemptions from ad valorem taxes on real property:   Which is owned by a nonprofit industrial foundation, corporation or like association organized and operated for the public purpose of promoting economic and industrial development; and   Which is acquired for the sole purpose of making sites available for industrial development; and   When no part of the income thereof inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual.
MS Code § 17-21-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 21 - Finance and Taxation|Article 1 - Exemptions|§ 17-21-3. Termination of exemption; exemption inapplicable to real estate with building thereon

 The exemptions provided by Sections 17-21-1 and 17-21-3 if granted by the board of supervisors or the governing authorities of any municipality may be withdrawn or terminated as to any subsequent year and any exemptions granted pursuant to Sections 17-21-1 and 17-21-3 on real property which is subsequently leased or sold by the nonprofit industrial foundation, corporation or like association shall be terminated and such real property shall then be assessed for ad valorem taxation as other taxable property. The terms and provisions of Sections 17-21-1 and 17-21-3 shall not apply to any real estate having a building located thereon.
MS Code § 17-21-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 21 - Finance and Taxation|Article 1 - Exemptions|§ 17-21-5. Exemption from municipal ad valorem tax for certain structures in central business districts, historic preservation districts, business improvement districts, urban renewal districts, redevelopment districts, or on historic landmarks; application for exemption

  The governing authorities of any municipality of this state may, in their discretion, exempt from any or all municipal ad valorem taxes, excluding ad valorem taxes for school district purposes, for a period of not more than seven (7) years, any privately owned new structures and any new renovations of and improvements to existing structures lying within a designated central business district or historic preservation district or on a historic landmark site, as determined by the municipality, but only in the event such structures shall have been constructed, renovated or improved pursuant to the requirements of an approved project of the municipality for the development of the central business district and/or the preservation and revitalization of historic landmark sites or historic preservation districts. The tax exemption authorized herein may be granted only after written application has been made to the governing authorities of the municipality by any person, firm or corporation claiming the exemption, and an order passed by the governing authorities of such municipality finding that the construction, renovation or improvement of said property is for the promotion of business, commerce or industry in the designated central business district or for the promotion of historic preservation.   The governing authorities of any municipality of this state with a population of twenty thousand (20,000) or more according to the latest federal decennial census, may, in their discretion, exempt from any or all municipal ad valorem taxes, excluding ad valorem taxes for school district purposes, for a period of not more than seven (7) years, any privately owned new structures and any new renovations of and improvements to existing structures lying within a designated business improvement district, urban renewal district or redevelopment district, as determined by the municipality, but only in the event such structures shall have been constructed, renovated or improved pursuant to the requirements of an approved project of the municipality for the development of the business improvement district, urban renewal district or redevelopment district. The tax exemption authorized herein may be granted only after written application has been made to the governing authorities of the municipality by any person, firm or corporation claiming the exemption, and an order passed by the governing authorities of such municipality finding that the construction, renovation or improvement of said property is for the promotion of business, commerce or industry in the designated business improvement district, urban renewal district or redevelopment district.
MS Code § 17-21-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 21 - Finance and Taxation|Article 1 - Exemptions|§ 17-21-7. Exemption from county ad valorem taxes for certain central business district structures; application for exemption

 The board of supervisors of any county wherein there is located a municipality described in Section 17-21-5 may, in its discretion, exempt from any or all county ad valorem taxes, excluding ad valorem taxes for school district purposes, for a period of not more than seven (7) years, any privately owned new structures and any new renovations of and improvements to existing structures where an exemption has been granted by the municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 17-21-5. The exemption from county ad valorem taxes may be granted only upon written application to the board of supervisors of the county by any person, firm or corporation claiming the exemption. A copy of the order of the governing authority of the municipality granting an exemption from municipal ad valorem taxes shall be attached to the application as an exhibit thereto.
MS Code § 17-21-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 21 - Finance and Taxation|Article 3 - Uniform System for Issuance of Negotiable Notes or Certificates of Indebtedness|§ 17-21-51. Authority to incur debt; limitation on amount of debt

  The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality (both referred to in this article as "governing authority") are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to borrow money, pursuant to the provisions of this article, for the following purposes:   To accomplish any purpose for which such governing authorities are otherwise authorized by law to issue bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness;   To pay costs incurred by governing authorities as a result of a natural disaster. Such costs shall include, but not be limited to, debris removal and disposal, overtime wages paid to public employees, and the repair or replacement of public streets, roads and bridges, storm drains, water and sewer facilities and other public buildings, facilities and equipment. Money borrowed pursuant to this paragraph (b) may also be utilized as matching funds for federal or state disaster relief assistance; and   To purchase motor vehicles for public safety.     The total outstanding indebtedness incurred by a governing authority under this article at any one (1) time shall not exceed the greater of one percent (1%) of the assessed value of all taxable property located within the governing authority according to the last completed assessment for taxation or Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) and shall be included in computing the statutory limitation upon indebtedness which may be incurred by such governing authority.
MS Code § 17-21-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities|Chapter 21 - Finance and Taxation|Article 3 - Uniform System for Issuance of Negotiable Notes or Certificates of Indebtedness|§ 17-21-55. Use of proceeds

 The proceeds of any notes or certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this article shall be placed in a special fund and shall be expended only for the purpose or purposes for which they were issued as shown by the resolution authorizing the issuance thereof. If a balance shall remain of the proceeds of such notes or certificates of indebtedness after the purpose or purposes for which they were issued shall have been accomplished, such balance shall be used to pay such obligations at or before maturity and may be transferred to any sinking fund previously established for the payment thereof.   Proceeds from the sale of notes or certificates of indebtedness not immediately necessary for expenditure shall be invested in the same manner as surplus funds of the governing authority may be invested.
MS Code § 19-3-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-1. Districts and boundaries; election of supervisors

 Each county shall be divided into five (5) districts, with due regard to equality of population and convenience of situation for the election of members of the boards of supervisors, but the districts as now existing shall continue until changed. The qualified electors of each district shall elect, at the next general election, and every four (4) years thereafter, in their districts one (1) member of the board of supervisors. Subject to the provisions of Sections 23-15-283 and 23-15-285, the board, by a three-fifths (3/5) vote of all members elected, may change the districts, the boundaries to be entered at large in the minutes of the proceedings of the board.   If the boundaries of the districts are changed by order of the board of supervisors as provided in this section, the order shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the county once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks.
MS Code § 19-3-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-3. Eligibility of supervisors

 A person shall not be a member of the board of supervisors who is not a resident freeholder in the district for which he is chosen, and the owner of real estate of the value of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00).
MS Code § 19-3-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-5. Bond to be executed by supervisor

 Each member of the board of supervisors, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of all the state and county taxes shown by the assessment rolls and the levies to have been collectible in the county for the year immediately preceding the commencement of the term of office of said member; however, such bond shall not exceed the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). Furthermore, any taxpayer of the county may sue on such bond for the use of the county, and such taxpayer shall be liable for all costs in case his suit shall fail. No member of the board shall be surety for any other member.
MS Code § 19-3-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-7. Organizational meeting

 The members of the board of supervisors, having given bond and taken the oath of office, shall meet at the courthouse of their county, on the first Monday in January next succeeding the election, and shall organize by electing one of their number to be president, and by electing one of their number to be vice-president, and, being so organized, and attended by the sheriff and clerk, the board may proceed to discharge its duties.
MS Code § 19-3-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-9. Organizational and other meetings in case of epidemics

 In case it be impracticable, in consequence of the prevalence of an epidemic at the county seat, or from other cause, for the board to meet on the first Monday in January succeeding the election, then such meeting and organization shall take place as early as it may safely be had, on the call of any three members-elect, and at such place as they may designate within the county, and for like cause any other meeting of the board of supervisors may be called by the president, or by the vice-president in the absence or disability of the president, or any three members, to meet at such place as they may designate within the county.
MS Code § 19-3-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-11. Regular meetings in counties having one court district

 In counties having only one (1) court district, the board of supervisors shall hold regular meetings at the courthouse or in the chancery clerk's office in those counties where the chancery clerk's office is in a building separate from the courthouse. However, the board of supervisors may meet in any other county-owned building if such building is located within one (1) mile of the courthouse and if, more than thirty (30) days prior to changing the meeting place, the board posts a conspicuous, permanent notice to that effect in the chancery clerk's office and in one (1) other place in the courthouse, publishes notice thereof in a newspaper published in the county, or if there be no newspaper published in the county, then in a newspaper having general circulation in the county, once each week, for at least three (3) consecutive weeks, and enters an order upon its minutes designating and describing in full the building and room to be used as the meeting room of the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors shall meet on the first Monday of each month. However, when such meeting date falls on a legal holiday, then the said meeting shall be held on the succeeding day.