Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 51 - WATERS, WATER RESOURCES, WATER DISTRICTS, DRAINAGE, AND FLOOD CONTROL (§§ 51-1-1 — 51-41-33) › Chapter 11 - PEARL RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (§§ 51-11-1 — 51-11-107) › PEARL RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; DISSOLUTION (§§ 51-11-101 — 51-11-107) › Section 51-11-101 - Dissolution; Department of Finance and Administration to be agent-in-fact for district; settlement of outstanding operating accounts; contracts with former employees; disposal of district personalty or equipment

(1)
On July 1, 2018, the Pearl River Basin Development District (the "district") is dissolved, and all statutory authority granted to the district under Sections
51-11-1
through
51-11-87
is repealed as provided in Section 5 of Chapter 356, Laws of 2018.
(2)
Through June 30, 2018, the district is authorized to continue to conduct such business as is necessary to settle any accounts and/or financial obligations of the district.
(3)
From and after July 1, 2018, the Department of Finance and Administration (the "department") shall be the agent-in-fact for the district for all purposes, and notwithstanding the repeal of the statutory authority of the district, the department shall have all of the authority that was granted to the district under Sections
51-11-1
through
51-11-87
as they existed on June 30, 2018, to the extent necessary and for as long as necessary for the department to complete the dissolution of the district and ensure that all obligations of the district are met.
(4)
From and after July 1, 2018, the department is authorized to settle any outstanding operating accounts of the district, and the department shall have the use of all funds that were available to the district before July 1, 2018, in the State Treasury or in any approved depository, together with any net proceeds derived from the sale of any property of the district, in order to fulfill the district's outstanding financial obligations. Those funds may be expended by the department upon appropriation by the Legislature, and shall not lapse into the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year. However, if there are any of those funds remaining after all expenditures relating to the dissolution of the district have been made, the department shall deposit the remaining funds into the State General Fund. The department shall maintain accurate records of all accounts and disbursals of those funds and shall periodically share those records with the Legislative Budget Office and the Office of the State Auditor as a part of any close-out audit.
(5)
From any funds that were formerly available to the district as described in subsection (4) of this section or any funds appropriated to the department specifically for this purpose, the department is authorized, in any fiscal year, to engage on a contract basis the services of any former employee or contract employee of the district to the extent that the State Fiscal Officer deems such a contract to be beneficial to the administration of dissolution of the district and the performance of the department's obligations under Sections
51-11-101
through
51-11-107
.
(6)
From and after July 1, 2018, the department is authorized to dispose of any personalty or equipment of the district as surplus property or through inventory transfer to another public entity, and is authorized to settle any existing lease or leases of the district, either by canceling, assigning or subleasing the same. For the vehicles of the district, the department may transfer any of the vehicles to other state agencies without any payment being required from the agency, or may sell any of the vehicles for such price as determined by the State Fiscal Officer, and shall deposit all funds received from the sale of the vehicles into the funds in the State Treasury that were formerly available to the district, as described in subsection (4) of this section.
Added by Laws, 2018, ch. 356, HB 593,§ 1, eff. 3/15/2018.