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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 21 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 17-21-1 — 17-21-55) › Article 3 - UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF NEGOTIABLE NOTES OR CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS (§§ 17-21-51 — 17-21-55) › Section 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.
Laws, 1985, ch. 437, § 3, eff. 7/1/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 23 - RURAL FIRE TRUCK ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (§§ 17-23-1 — 17-23-21) › SUPPLEMENTARY RURAL FIRE TRUCK ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (§§ 17-23-11 — 17-23-21) › Section 17-23-21 - Annual Fire Fund created

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "Annual Fire Fund" to be administered by the Commissioner of Insurance. Monies in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, may be used by the commissioner only for the purpose of his or her discretion in requesting the State Fiscal Officer, and notifying the Legislative Budget Office of such, to transfer funds from this fund to the Rural Fire Truck Fund, the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund, the Municipal Fire Protection Fund and/or the County Volunteer Fire Department Fund; however, the commissioner shall request the State Fiscal Officer to transfer at least One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($ 1,500,000.00) annually to the Rural and Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Funds. Upon the request of the commissioner, the State Fiscal Officer shall transfer the requested amounts from the Annual Fire Fund to the Rural Fire Truck Fund, the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund, the Municipal Fire Protection Fund and/or the County Volunteer Fire Department Fund. The total amount of all such transfers shall not exceed the amount appropriated by the Legislature from the Annual Fire Fund for the fiscal year in which the transfers are made, and those transfers shall not reduce the amount of the spending authority provided to the commissioner by that appropriation. The commissioner shall document those transfers through a reconciliation with the Department of Finance and Administration. The Annual Fire Fund shall consist of monies provided to it through the provisions of Section
83-34-4(6)
, and any monies which may be appropriated to it by the Legislature. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 549, HB 603,§ 29, eff. 4/21/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-1 - County boards of supervisors and municipal governing authorities authorized to allow payment of taxes, fees and other accounts receivable and payment for retail merchandise sold by county or municipality by credit card, charge card, debit card, etc

The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality may allow the payment of various taxes, fees and other accounts receivable to the county or municipality, and the payment for retail merchandise sold by the county or municipality, by credit cards, charge cards, debit cards and other forms of electronic payment, in accordance with policies established by the State Auditor. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any fees or charges associated with the use of such electronic payments shall be assessed to the user of the electronic payment as an additional charge for processing the electronic payment, so that the user will pay the full cost of using the electronic payment. However, a county or municipality shall not charge the user any additional amount above the processing fee on each transaction. For purposes of this section, the term "accounts receivable" includes, but is not limited to, judgments, fines, costs and penalties imposed upon conviction for criminal and traffic offenses. A county or municipality may bear the full cost of processing such electronic payments for retail merchandise sold by the county or municipality.
Laws, 2001, ch. 511, § 2, eff. 3/29/2001.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 371, HB 406, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 441, HB 1326, 1, eff. 3/25/2013.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 344, SB 2447, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-3 - Lease or conveyance of property to nonprofit primary health care clinic

(1)
The governing body of any county or municipality, in its discretion, may sell, lease or convey, with or without consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the parties may agree, any land, buildings, fixtures, equipment or other real or personal property belonging to the county or municipality that is determined by the governing body as no longer needed by the county or municipality for governmental purposes, to any nonprofit primary health care clinic, which is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code located or to be located in the county for the purpose of assisting any such clinic to provide primary health care services to residents who are employed or temporarily out of work and who do not have health insurance. If such property is sold, leased or conveyed without consideration, the governing body of the county or municipality shall state in its minutes the purpose for which the property shall be used, and such property shall revert to the county or municipality whenever it ceases to be used for that stated purpose.
(2)
As used in this section, the term "governing body" means the board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality.
Laws, 2003, ch. 483, § 1; Laws, 2005, ch. 477, § 1, eff. 7/1/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-5 - Municipalities and counties to grant examination reciprocity to contractors licensed by another municipality or county; conditions for granting reciprocity

(1)
Every municipality and county of the State of Mississippi shall grant competency examination reciprocity to any contractor, including, but not limited to, any electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, water and sewer, roofing or mechanical contractor, who is licensed by another municipality or county of this state without imposing any further competency examination requirements provided:
(a)
That the contractor furnishes evidence that he has a license issued on the basis of a competency examination administered in one (1) municipality or county of the State of Mississippi which has an examining board that regularly gives a written examination which has been approved by the State Board of Public Contractors or the Building Officials Association of Mississippi;
(b)
That he furnishes evidence that he actually took and passed the written examination which qualified him for such license; however, in lieu thereof, he may furnish evidence that he was issued a license prior to May 1, 1972, and prior to the existence of a written examination by a county or municipality which has an examining board that requires written examination to qualify for a license;
(c)
That he has been actively engaged in the business for which he is licensed for two (2) years or more;
(d)
That he has held a license for his business for one (1) year or more; and
(e)
That he pays the license fee to the municipality or county to which application is made for a license unless he holds a current certificate of responsibility issued by the State Board of Public Contractors, in which case no license fee shall be collected.
(2)
(a)
Any contractor who operates more than one (1) separate place of business within the state must obtain the appropriate privilege license and pay the privilege license fee for each location if required by the local jurisdiction.
(b)
Every jurisdiction in which a contractor does business may impose its own separate bonding requirements on the contractor desiring to do business there.
Laws, 2003, ch. 539, § 7, eff. 7/1/2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-7 - Prohibition against ordinance restricting woman's right to breast-feed absent state authorization

No county, municipality or other political subdivision shall enact any ordinance restricting a woman's right to breast-feed her child until such time as the state may authorize a county, municipality or other political subdivision to enact such an ordinance.
Laws, 2006, ch. 520, § 2, eff. 4/3/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-9 - Mother may breast-feed her child in any location she is otherwise authorized to be

A mother may breast-feed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, without respect to whether the mother's breast or any part of it is covered during or incidental to the breast-feeding.
Laws, 2006, ch. 520, § 3, eff. 4/3/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-13 - Procedure to assist in collection of delinquent water sewer service bills by counties, municipalities and water sewer associations

(1)
For purposes of this section:
(a)
"Water sewer association" means any corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps, or stores raw or potable water to, or for the benefit of, members of the general public or commercial, industrial and other users; and
(b)
"Water sewer system" means any entity that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps or stores raw or potable water to or for the benefit of members of the general public and commercial, industrial, and other users, including, without limitation, the following entities that perform such activities:
(i)
Municipalities;
(ii)
Counties; and
(iii)
Water sewer associations.
(2)
(a)
When a person is delinquent on the payment of an undisputed bill for water sewer service provided by a water sewer system within this state, moves into another area of this state, and applies for or receives water from another water sewer system, if the person's former water sewer system establishes that there is no dispute that the delinquent amount is properly due and owed by that particular individual in that amount, the new water sewer system shall refuse to provide water sewer service to the delinquent person until such person provides proof of curing the delinquency.
(b)
This subsection shall not apply to a delinquency that has been disputed by the person in writing, unless the delinquency has been reduced to a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(3)
No provision of this section shall apply to a water sewer system that is regulated by the Mississippi Public Service Commission as a "public utility" as defined in Section
77-3-3
.
Laws, 2007, ch. 312, §§ 1 and and 2, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-17 - Reimbursement of steel rebar micro-mills for costs incurred for site preparation, real estate improvements, railroads, roads, utilities and infrastructure related to project

(1)
As used in this section, "project" means a major steel rebar micro-mill for use in the manufacture of steel rebar with an initial capital investment from private sources of not less than One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) which will create at least one hundred (100) full-time jobs with an average annual salary, excluding benefits which are not subject to Mississippi income taxes, of at least Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), and for which construction begins on or before September 15, 2010.
(2)
The governing authorities of any municipality or the board of supervisors of any county in which there is to be located a project may provide funds to the enterprise owning or leasing the project in order to reimburse the enterprise for costs it incurs for site preparation, real estate improvements, railroads, roads, utilities and infrastructure related to the project. Reimbursements shall be made with local funds and may include, but not be limited to, the proceeds of bonds.
Laws, 2008, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 42, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 520, § 6, eff. 4/14/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-19 - Prohibition against ordinance authorizing use of automated recording equipment to enforce compliance with or impose penalties for violation of traffic laws

(1)
(a)
Neither the board of supervisors of any county nor the governing authority of any municipality shall adopt, enact or enforce any ordinance authorizing the use of automated recording equipment or system to enforce compliance with traffic signals, traffic speeds or other traffic laws, rules or regulations on any public street, road or highway within this state or to impose or collect any civil or criminal fine, fee or penalty for any such violation.
(b)
Any county or municipality using automated recording equipment or system shall remove the equipment or system before October 1, 2009.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, the term "automated recording equipment or system" means a camera or optical device installed to work in conjunction with a traffic control signal or radar speed detection equipment or both and designed to record images that depict the license plate attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that is not operated in compliance with instructions of the traffic control signal or the posted speed limit.
Laws, 2009, ch. 416, § 1, eff. 3/20/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-21 - Authorization to enter into collection agreements to collect cash appearance bonds from certain defendants

The board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, and the governing authority of any municipality, in its discretion, may proceed under Section
19-3-41(2)
, in the case of a county, or under 21-17-1(6), in the case of a municipality, to contract with a private attorney, private collection agent or agency, or the office of the district attorney for the circuit court district in which the county or municipality is located to collect cash appearance bonds from any defendant who has failed to appear in court within ninety (90) days after the court date is set for the defendant, subject to the right of a defendant who is charged with an offense to a trial on the merits of the charge against him, so that the court may authorize the clerk to give notice to any defendant who has failed to appear at the time set that collection fees may be included as part of the court costs.
Laws, 2010, ch. 517, § 2, eff. 7/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-23 - Authorization to enter into agreements with approved business enterprises under certain circumstances; authorization to enter into fee-in-lieu agreements

(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Enterprise" means an approved business enterprise as defined in Section
57-1-221
.
(b)
"Project" means a project as defined in Section
57-1-221
with a minimum capital investment in this state of not less than One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00).
(2)
The board of supervisors of a county or the governing authorities of a municipality may each enter into an agreement with an enterprise that receives a loan for a project under Section
57-1-221
, that provides that the county or municipality will not levy any taxes, fees or assessments upon the enterprise other than taxes, fees or assessments that are generally levied upon all taxpayers.
(3)
The board of supervisors of a county or the governing authorities of a municipality may each enter into a fee-in-lieu agreement as provided in Section
27-31-104
, with an enterprise that receives a loan for a project under Section
57-1-221
.
(4)
The agreements authorized in this section may be for a period not to exceed twenty (20) years.
Laws, 2011, ch. 301, § 2, eff. 1/10/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-27 - Authorization to enter into certain agreements with economic development projects

(1)
As used in this section, "economic development project" means any project in which the State of Mississippi has committed state or federal program funds to incentivize a company to locate or expand a business in the state and create or maintain jobs within the state.
(2)
The board of supervisors of a county or the governing authorities of a municipality may enter into agreements with an economic development project that are binding on future boards of supervisors of the county or governing authorities of the municipality:
(a)
To provide water, sewer and other county or municipal services; and/or
(b)
Providing that the board of supervisors or governing authorities will agree in advance to approve any request for exemption from ad valorem taxes in the manner provided by law and that any such exemption shall be for a period of ten (10) years.
(3)
The agreements authorized under this section may be for a period not to exceed twenty (20) years.
Laws, 2012, ch. 379, § 1, eff. 4/17/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-29 - Rights of members of member-owned water association or system to attend meetings; notice

In addition to the rights prescribed in Section
79-11-177
, a member of a member-owned rural water association or system, incorporated under Chapter 11, Title 79, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall have the right to attend regularly scheduled board meetings of the association or system. Further, if a meeting pertains to the election of board members for the association or system, then the association or system shall provide written notice of the meeting by mail at least fifteen (15) days in advance of the meeting at which the election will occur. The written notice shall also be included on any association's or system's invoice or statement that is submitted to the member within thirty (30) days of the meeting.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 526, SB 2322, 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-31 - Sale of badge and helmet to retiring firefighter or spouse of firefighter killed in line of duty authorized

Upon approval of the governing authority of the municipality or county, a member of any municipal or county fire protection department who retires or the spouse of a fireman who is killed in the line of duty may be allowed to purchase the helmet and badge that were issued to the fireman by the fire protection department from which he or she retired or by whom he or she was employed at the time of death. The governing authority of the municipality or county shall determine the amount to be paid for the helmet and badge by the retiring fireman or the spouse of the fireman. The governing authority of the municipality or county may approve such a sale for a helmet and badge issued to a volunteer fireman if the equipment was originally purchased using municipal or county funds.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 330, SB 2573, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-33 - Prohibition against law, rule, ordinance, etc. interfering with employer's ability to be informed about employee or potential employee background

(1)
No county, board of supervisors of a county, municipality, governing authority of a municipality or any other political subdivision shall adopt or maintain in effect any law, ordinance, or rule that creates requirements, regulations, processes or prohibitions that in any way interfere with an employer's ability to become fully informed about the background of an employee or potential employee for the purpose of creating or maintaining a fair, secure, safe and productive workplace. Any ordinance or regulation that exists as of July 1, 2014, or is created after July 1, 2014, that violates the provisions of this section shall be explicitly preempted and voided by this section.
(2)
The Legislature recognizes that fair, secure and safe workplaces are critical to high employer and employee productivity and increased employer and employee productivity improve the economic health of our state. Because the employer is in the best position to understand the fairness, security and safety needs of his or her workplace, any law or ordinance that hinders an employer's ability to meet the demands of such needs by limiting the ability of an employer to become informed about the background of an employee or potential employee, shall be declared unfair and against the laws and policies of this state.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 340, SB 2689, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-34 - All Fuels Act of 2021; prohibition against law, rule, ordinance, etc. prohibiting expansion, utilization, connection or reconnection of service based on type or source of energy to individual customer

(1)
No political subdivision of this state may adopt an ordinance, resolution, regulation, code or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting the expansion, utilization, connection or reconnection of a service based upon the type or source of energy to be delivered to an individual customer.
(2)
For purposes of this section, the term "political subdivision" shall have the same meaning as provided under Section
11-46-1
.
Added by Laws, 2021, ch. 345, HB 632,§ 2, eff. 3/17/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-35 - Continued payment of compensation and related benefits of county or municipality employees who protect public interest and are injured in the line of duty

The governing authority of any municipality and the board of supervisors of any county may, in its discretion, adopt a policy to continue to pay all or a portion of the regular compensation and related benefits of any law enforcement officer, firefighter or other employee that protects the public interest of the municipality or county who is injured in the line of duty, during the time that the injured employee is physically unable to perform the duties of his or her employment, in accordance with the following:
(a)
The municipality or county may continue to pay all or a portion of the injured employee's regular compensation and related benefits until such time as the employee is physically able to perform the duties of his or her employment, or the employee retires on a disability retirement allowance, whichever occurs first.
(b)
The maximum portion of the injured employee's regular compensation that the municipality or county may continue to pay is the difference between the total amount that the injured employee is receiving from workers' compensation benefits and disability benefits from the trust fund created under Section
45-2-21
and the amount of the employee's regular compensation.
(c)
At such time as the injured employee is no longer receiving any workers' compensation benefits or disability benefits from the trust fund created under Section
45-2-21
, the municipality or county may continue to pay the full amount of the employee's regular compensation for such period of time as allowed under the policy.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 495, SB 2597, 4, eff. 4/16/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-37 - Violator of local government final order, resolution or ordinance to pay court costs and attorney fees associated with civil action to enforce the final order, resolution or ordinance if local government prevails

(1)
For purposes of this section:
(a)
"Local government" means the board of supervisors of any county or the governing authorities of any municipality.
(b)
"Person" means any individual, corporation or any other legal entity.
(2)
If a local government passes an order, resolution or ordinance that is final and is no longer appealable to the local government and a person continues to violate a final decision of the local government regarding the order, resolution or ordinance, as the case may be, and the local government then files a civil action to enforce such order, resolution or ordinance, the person shall pay all court costs and attorney fees associated with the enforcement of the order, resolution or ordinance. The court costs and attorney fees shall be paid by such person after the court costs and attorney fees have been submitted to and approved by the court in which the action was taken, and only if the local government prevails.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 424, HB 353, 1, eff. 7/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-25-1 — 17-25-39) › Section 17-25-39 - Provision of mental health first aid training to county and municipal law enforcement officers; employment of at least one crisis intervention team officer by each county and municipal law enforcement agency

(1)
Each county and municipal law enforcement agency shall provide Mental Health First Aid training that is evidence-based and approved by the Department of Mental Health to all law enforcement officers who are employed or contracted by the agency by July 1, 2031.
(2)
On or before July 1, 2025, each county and municipal law enforcement agency shall employ at least one (1) law enforcement officer who is a Crisis Intervention Team Officer, as defined in Section
41-21-131
. An agency which employs fewer than five (5) law enforcement officers may execute an agreement with one or more other law enforcement agencies to have a Crisis Intervention Team officer to serve as the officer for that agency.
Added by Laws, 2023, ch. 427, HB 353, 2, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 27 - MUNICIPAL HISTORICAL HAMLET ACT (§§ 17-27-1 — 17-27-11) › Section 17-27-1 - Short title; purpose

This chapter shall be known as the "Municipal Historical Hamlet Act," and it shall serve the purpose of having historical small communities organize community activities that will positively influence the infrastructure of such communities.
Laws, 2009, ch. 380, § 1, eff. 3/17/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 27 - MUNICIPAL HISTORICAL HAMLET ACT (§§ 17-27-1 — 17-27-11) › Section 17-27-3 - Legislative findings

The Legislature finds the following:
(a)
Population growth as well as development in historical communities result in new and increased demands for public facilities and services that promote the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare;
(b)
The residents and property owners in these communities should have reasonable methods available so they can provide these public facilities and services; and
(c)
The ability of residents and property owners in historical communities to propose the establishment of municipal historical hamlets is a method to fulfill the demands for these much needed public facilities and services.
Laws, 2009, ch. 380, § 2, eff. 3/17/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 27 - MUNICIPAL HISTORICAL HAMLET ACT (§§ 17-27-1 — 17-27-11) › Section 17-27-5 - Municipal historical hamlet defined; powers

(1)
For purposes of this chapter, the term "municipal historical hamlet" means any former city, town or village with a current population of less than six hundred (600) inhabitants that lost its charter before 1945.
(2)
After the creation of a municipal historical hamlet, as prescribed in Sections
17-27-7
through
17-27-11
, the powers of such historical hamlet shall be as follows:
(a)
To designate the county seat of government located at a county courthouse within the jurisdiction where the hamlet is located as the municipal historical hamlet meeting place;
(b)
To be recognized for historical districts within a municipal historical hamlet; and
(c)
To work with a planning and development district in promoting economic, community and human resources within a municipal historical hamlet and to apply for any type of grant to improve the infrastructure of such hamlet, including any small municipalities grant programs authorized, such as in Sections
21-17-1
and
21-27-23
.
(3)
The board of supervisors of the county in which a municipal historical hamlet is located, acting for and on the behalf of the hamlet, may exercise any powers authorized under this section.
(4)
Taxes or fees shall not be imposed by or against any municipal historical hamlet for any general or special purpose.
(5)
A municipal historical hamlet shall not be considered as one (1) of the classes of municipal corporations which are prescribed in Section
21-1-1
but shall be considered an unincorporated area zoned for consideration of issues affecting the designated community through any application or process recognizing the area specifically within any county or counties.
Laws, 2009, ch. 380, § 3; Laws, 2011, ch. 390, § 1, eff. 3/11/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 27 - MUNICIPAL HISTORICAL HAMLET ACT (§§ 17-27-1 — 17-27-11) › Section 17-27-7 - Petition for creation of municipal historical hamlet; requirements

Any inhabitant or inhabitants of any former city, town or village that meets the criteria of a municipal historical hamlet, as defined in Section
17-27-5
, and desires to create a municipal historical hamlet, shall prepare a petition and file such petition with the chancery clerk of the county in which such proposed historical hamlet is located or, if the proposed municipal historical hamlet is located in more than one (1) county, the chancery clerk of both counties. The petition shall meet the following requirements:
(a)
It shall accurately reference the territory proposed to be a municipal historical hamlet as the former municipal corporation and the date on which that charter was suspended, with the last date of such suspension being before 1945;
(b)
It shall set forth the name of the hamlet which is desired;
(c)
It shall set forth the number of inhabitants of such territory as per the most recent decennial census; and
(d)
It shall be sworn to by one or more of the petitioners and placed on file in the land records of the chancery clerk.
Laws, 2009, ch. 380, § 4, eff. 3/17/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 27 - MUNICIPAL HISTORICAL HAMLET ACT (§§ 17-27-1 — 17-27-11) › Section 17-27-9 - Effective date of existence of municipal historical hamlet; prohibition against formation of municipal historical hamlet for certain purposes

(1)
After the filing of the petition for the creation of a municipal historical hamlet, as prescribed in Section
17-27-7
, a certified copy of the petition shall be delivered to the president of the board of supervisors in the county or counties where the hamlet is located and shall be spread upon the minutes for recognition as a hamlet, and at that time the existence of the historical hamlet shall become effective.
(2)
No municipal historical hamlet shall be recognized that lies in whole or in part in any incorporated area and shall not be considered a municipal corporation under Section
21-1-1
in order to defeat or defend against the inclusion within the boundaries of any municipal corporation.
Laws, 2009, ch. 380, § 5, eff. 3/17/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 27 - MUNICIPAL HISTORICAL HAMLET ACT (§§ 17-27-1 — 17-27-11) › Section 17-27-11 - Form of name of municipal historical hamlet

The name of a created municipal historical hamlet shall either be "The Municipal Historical Hamlet of ____________________ ," "The Hamlet of ____________________ " or "The Historical Hamlet of ____________________." The blank shall be filled in with the name by which such hamlet has been legally designated and shall be placed in the records of the Secretary of State.
Laws, 2009, ch. 380, § 6, eff. 3/17/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 29 - MISSISSIPPI ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ACT (§§ 17-29-1 — 17-29-9) › Section 17-29-1 - Short title

This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Entertainment District Act."
Laws, 2009, ch. 501, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 29 - MISSISSIPPI ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ACT (§§ 17-29-1 — 17-29-9) › Section 17-29-3 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter:
(a)
"Business" means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or sole proprietorship.
(b)
"Entertainment district" or "district" means an area designated by a county or municipality in which entertainment services are centered.
(c)
"Entertainment services" means any sale of tickets, passes, or admissions to an event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event, athletic event, festival, concert, or theater show.
(d)
"Entertainment facility" means any structure that provides entertainment services and shall include, but not be limited to, a theater, amphitheater, golf course, museum, zoo, automobile racetrack, arena, stadium, or similar venue.
(e)
"Municipality" means any county or incorporated city, municipality, town or village in the state.
(f)
"Ticket fee" means an additional fee added on to the price of entertainment services sold.
(g)
"Qualifying business" means any business within an entertainment district that constructs and operates an entertainment facility that is established or remodeled after July 1, 2009, elects to participate in the accelerated depreciation deduction authorized by Section
17-29-7
, and is approved to do so in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the State Tax Commission.
Laws, 2009, ch. 501, § 2, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 29 - MISSISSIPPI ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ACT (§§ 17-29-1 — 17-29-9) › Section 17-29-5 - Establishment of entertainment districts by governing authorities of municipalities and counties; application for approval of district to State Tax Commission

The governing authorities of a municipality, by majority vote, may establish entertainment districts within its boundaries and shall designate the geographic area or areas in which a district shall be established. Following establishment of a district, application for approval of the entertainment district shall be made by the establishing municipality to the State Tax Commission which shall be required to approve the establishment and designation of the district within such municipality in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the State Tax Commission.
Laws, 2009, ch. 501, § 3, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 29 - MISSISSIPPI ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ACT (§§ 17-29-1 — 17-29-9) › Section 17-29-7 - Use of accelerated state income tax depreciation deduction by qualifying business authorized; exceptions

(1)
Except as otherwise provided by this section, qualifying businesses which construct or renovate an entertainment facility or facilities within an entertainment district after July 1, 2009, may use an accelerated state income tax depreciation deduction. The accelerated depreciation deduction shall be computed by accelerating depreciation period required by Title 35, Part III, Subpart 5, Chapter 4, Mississippi Administrative Code, to a five-year depreciation period.
(2)
Gaming establishments licensed under the Mississippi Gaming Control Act shall not be eligible for the accelerated depreciation deduction authorized under this section. Licensees under the Charitable Bingo Law shall not be eligible for the accelerated depreciation deduction authorized under this section, and the accelerated depreciation deduction shall not apply to any property utilized in the conduct of charitable bingo under the Charitable Bingo Law.
Laws, 2009, ch. 501, § 4, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-29-9) › Chapter 29 - MISSISSIPPI ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ACT (§§ 17-29-1 — 17-29-9) › Section 17-29-9 - Qualifying businesses electing to use accelerated depreciation deduction to impose ticket fee on entertainment services provided by the business; collection of fees; enforcement

(1)
Any qualifying business that elects to utilize the accelerated depreciation deduction provided in Section
17-29-7
shall impose a ticket fee on any entertainment services provided by the qualifying business in the amount of Two Dollars ($2.00) per ticket, pass or admission, as applicable, in addition to the tax levied by Section
27-65-22
.
(2)
The fee shall be collected by and paid to the Mississippi State Tax Commission on a form prescribed by the State Tax Commission in the manner that state sales taxes are collected and paid; and full enforcement provisions and all other provisions of Chapter 65, Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall apply as necessary to the implementation and administration of this section. The revenue collected by the State Tax Commission pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund.
(3)
The ticket fee shall be charged and collected for a period of five (5) years from the date a qualifying business elects to utilize the accelerated depreciation deduction authorized in Section
17-29-7
.
Laws, 2009, ch. 501, § 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-1-163) › Section 19-1-1 - Adams County

Adams County is bounded by beginning on the Mississippi River, bounding on Jefferson County, at the upper side of Rose's old settlement, and thence easterly in a direct line to Strover's mound, near Fairchild's creek; thence up the south branch of said creek, with its meanderings, to a place once known as Griffin's stillhouse, and afterward George Selser's springs; thence in a direct line to the northeast corner of what was once Edmond Andrews' cotton gin; thence in a due east course to the basis meridian line; thence south with said line, on Jefferson and Franklin Counties, to the River Homochitto; thence with said river, bounding on Wilkinson County (to leave Tansy Island in Wilkinson County), to the Mississippi River; and thence northerly along the same to the place of beginning. The county site is Natchez.
Codes, 1871, § 20; 1880, § 24; 1892, § 348; 1906, § 411; Hemingway's 1917, § 3825; 1930, § 3888; 1942, § 3023; Laws, 4/2/1799.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-1-163) › Section 19-1-3 - Alcorn County

Alcorn County is bounded by beginning on the boundary line between the States of Mississippi and Tennessee, where the line between ranges four and five, east, intersects the same; thence east with said state line to a point two miles east of the line between ranges eight and nine, east; thence south on section lines to the southeast corner of section five, township four, range nine, east; thence west on section lines to the southwest corner of section two, township four, range five, east; thence north on section lines to the line between townships two and three; thence west on said township line to the southwest corner of township two, range five, east; thence north on the line between ranges four and five, east, to the beginning. The county site is Corinth.
Codes, 1871, § 21; 1880, § 25; 1892, § 349; 1906, § 412; Hemingway's 1917, § 3826; 1930, § 3889; 1942, § 3024; Laws, 4/15/1870.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-1-163) › Section 19-1-5 - Amite County

Amite County is bounded by beginning on the Homochitto River at the mouth of Foster's creek; thence up said river, with its meanderings, to the line between townships four and five; thence with said township line east to its intersection with the line between ranges six and seven, east; thence south with said range line to the boundary of Louisiana; thence west on the boundary line to the line between ranges one and two, east; thence north on the range line to Foster's creek; thence down said creek to the place of beginning. The county site is Liberty.
Codes, 1871, § 22; 1880, § 26; 1892, § 350; 1906, § 413; Hemingway's 1917, § 3827; 1930, § 3890; 1942, § 3025; Laws, 2/24/1809.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-1-163) › Section 19-1-7 - Attala County

Attala County is bounded by beginning at the point on Big Black River where the line between townships sixteen and seventeen crosses the same; thence east with said township line to the line between ranges nine and ten, east; thence south to the line between townships twelve and thirteen, being the northeast corner of Leake County; thence west with the line between townships twelve and thirteen to the line between ranges five and six, east; thence south with said range line to the center of township twelve, range five, east; thence due west with sectional lines to the Choctaw boundary; thence southerly on said boundary line one mile; thence west on section lines to Big Black River; thence up said river, with its meanderings, to the beginning. The county site is Kosciusko.
Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art 61; 1871, § 23; 1880, § 27; 1892, § 351; 1906, § 414; Hemingway's 1917, § 3828; 1930, § 3891; 1942, § 3026; Laws, 12/23/1833.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-1-163) › Section 19-1-9 - Benton County

Benton County is bounded by beginning at a point on the boundary between the States of Mississippi and Tennessee where it is intersected by the line between ranges one and two, west; thence south on section lines to the southwest corner of section six, township three, range one, west; thence due east on section lines to the southeast corner of section four, township three, range one, west; thence due south on section lines to the southwest corner of section three, township six, range one, west; thence east to the basis meridian; thence north on said meridian line to the line between townships five and six; thence due east on said township line to the southeast corner of section thirty-three, in township five, range two, east; thence due north on section lines to the southeast corner of section sixteen, in township three, range two, east; thence due east on section lines to the southeast corner of section thirteen, township three, range two, east; thence due north on range line between ranges two and three to the southeast corner of township two, range two, east; thence due east on township lines to the southeast corner of section thirty-one, township two, range three, east; thence due north on section lines to the Tennessee state line; thence due west on said state line to the beginning. The county site is Ashland.
Codes, 1871, § 24; 1880, § 28; 1892, § 352; 1906, § 415; Hemingway's 1917, § 3829; 1930, § 3892; 1942, § 3027; Laws, 7/15/1870.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-1-163) › Section 19-1-11 - Bolivar County

Bolivar County is bounded by beginning on the Mississippi River, at the center of township twenty-six, north, range seven, west; thence east with said line to the line between ranges four and five, west; thence south on said line to the line between townships twenty and twenty-one; thence west on said township line to the range line between ranges five and six, west; thence south to the township line between townships nineteen and twenty; thence west to the Mississippi River; thence up said river to the beginning. The county sites are Rosedale and Cleveland.
Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art 80; 1871, § 25; 1880, § 29; 1892, § 353; 1906, § 416; Hemingway's 1917, § 3830; 1930, § 3893; 1942, § 3028; Laws, 2/9/1836.