Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 49 - CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY (§§ 49-NEW-001 — 49-39-7) › Chapter 17 - POLLUTION OF WATERS, STREAMS, AND AIR (§§ 49-17-1 — 49-17-775) › COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL BONDS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL (§§ 49-17-101 — 49-17-123) › Section 49-17-101 - Definitions

Whenever used in Sections
49-17-101
through
49-17-123
, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following meanings:
(1)
"Bonds" shall include notes, bonds and other obligations authorized to be issued under Sections
49-17-101
through
49-17-123
.
(2)
"Governing board" shall mean the governing bodies of the several counties and incorporated municipalities of the state as now or hereafter constituted; and in the event that any pollution control facilities shall be located in more than one (1) county, the term "governing board" shall also relate to the governing bodies of the several counties wherein such pollution control facilities shall be located.
(3)
"Municipality" shall mean a county or incorporated municipality of this state.
(4)
"Pollution control facilities" shall mean any facilities to be located in the municipality which are designed and used for the elimination, mitigation or prevention of air or water pollution, and shall include all facilities and equipment designed and used to collect, treat and thereafter dispose of all effluents and waste of any sort originating in or about or resulting from conduct of any industrial enterprise. Pollution control facilities may include facilities designed both for water and air pollution. Pollution control facilities may be constructed as part of, and may include facilities also designed for the recovery of chemicals or to serve some other purpose, but which also contribute to the elimination, mitigation or prevention of air or water pollution. Pollution control facilities financed pursuant to Sections
49-17-101
through
49-17-123
by a county or an incorporated municipality shall not be a part of such county's or municipality's municipal water or sewer system.
(5)
"Industry" shall mean any person, firm or corporation operating any enterprise or facility for the manufacturing, processing, generation, assembling, distributing, shipping or rendering of any type of energy, product, or public utility services from which operation conditions result which would, unless eliminated, mitigated or prevented, result in pollution of the atmosphere or waters situated in or abutting this state.
(6)
"Pollution authority" shall mean the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Commission as established by Sections
49-17-1
through
49-17-43
, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(7)
"Lease/sale" shall mean any agreement without limitation whereby a county or incorporated municipality shall lease and/or convey title to pollution control facilities to an industry, made by and between the governing board and such industry by which such industry agrees to pay to (and to secure if so required) the county or the incorporated municipality, as the case may be, or to any assignee thereof, the sums required to meet the payment of the principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, on any bonds, and/or the expenses, if any, of operation by such municipality or county.
(8)
"Board" shall mean the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board.
Laws, 1973, ch. 505, § 1, eff. 4/17/1973.