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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-1 — 77-5-911) › Article 15 - JOINT MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-701 — 77-5-783) › Section 77-5-775 - Personal liability of certain personnel

No commissioner of any joint agency or officer of any municipality or person or persons acting in their behalf, while acting within the scope of their authority, shall be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of his carrying out any of the powers expressly or impliedly given in this article.
Laws, 1978, ch. 363, § 33, eff. 3/14/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-1 — 77-5-911) › Article 15 - JOINT MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-701 — 77-5-783) › Section 77-5-777 - Exemption from requirements of separate actions under this article when governing authorities of utility commission and municipality are same

Whenever the governing authorities of the utility commission and of any municipality are one and the same, separate actions required by this article by the governing authorities of the municipality with respect to an action or determination required by this article by the governing authorities of the municipality with respect to an action or determination required by this article of a utility commission, including the ratification of resolutions of said utility commission, shall not be necessary, but the action required of a utility commission by this article shall be deemed to have occurred when done by the body forming the governing authorities and the utility commission.
Laws, 1978, ch. 363, § 34, eff. 3/14/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-1 — 77-5-911) › Article 15 - JOINT MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-701 — 77-5-783) › Section 77-5-779 - Provisions supplemental and additional

The foregoing sections of this article shall be deemed to provide an additional, alternative and complete method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be deemed and construed to be supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing; provided, however, that insofar as the provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other general, special or local law, the provisions of this article shall be controlling. Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the issuance of bonds for the purpose of financing the ownership of any facilities or any interest therein by any private corporation.
Laws, 1978, ch. 363, § 35, eff. 3/14/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-1 — 77-5-911) › Article 15 - JOINT MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-701 — 77-5-783) › Section 77-5-781 - Authority or right of other entities to engage in retail distribution of electric power not impaired

Nothing contained in this article shall affect in any manner the authority or rights of any public utility, any electric power association, or any municipality to engage in the retail distribution of electric power within the service areas as certificated to them by the public service commission under the Public Utilities Act of 1956.
Laws, 1978, ch. 363, § 36, eff. 3/14/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-1 — 77-5-911) › Article 15 - JOINT MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-701 — 77-5-783) › Section 77-5-783 - Construction of article

In order to effectuate the purposes and policies prescribed in this article, the provisions hereof shall be liberally construed.
Laws, 1978, ch. 363, § 38, eff. 3/14/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-1 — 77-5-911) › Article 17 - MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY UTILITY SAFETY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS (§§ 77-5-801 — 77-5-803) › Section 77-5-801 - Definitions

For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require:
(a)
"Municipal utility" means any municipality of the State of Mississippi and any board, commission or other governing or supervisory body created by law, ordinance or resolution, that includes in its operations a system for the distribution of electric power from a federal agency, as defined in Section
77-5-403(h)
, that both owns the generation and transmission facilities for the sale of electric power; and shall include any county utility that includes in its operation an electric system operated under the Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1934, as provided in Sections
77-5-301
through
77-5-315
, and any municipal utility operating under the provisions of Chapter 27 of Title 21.
(b)
"Safety incentive" means any award in the form of cash, property or other remuneration rendered on a contingent and prospective basis and available to all employees of a municipal utility whose governing body has adopted a safety incentive program that provides the incentive on a contingent and prospective basis subject to the municipal utility achieving certain safety goals prescribed by the governing body.
Laws, 1995, ch. 460, § 1, eff. 3/27/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-1 — 77-5-911) › Article 17 - MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY UTILITY SAFETY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS (§§ 77-5-801 — 77-5-803) › Section 77-5-803 - Authorization of safety incentive program; form of incentive; eligibility for incentives; sources of funding for payment of incentives

A municipal utility as defined in this article may adopt a safety incentive program and may pay safety incentives from the revenues of the municipal utility, but not from tax revenues, subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a)
The safety incentive shall be in the form of contingent compensation which shall be established prospectively before the commencement of the time period for which certain safety goals are to be in effect and in such levels and amounts as prescribed under eligibility standards established by the municipal utility. The safety incentives may be in the form of cash, property, merchandise certificates or other forms of award.
(b)
No tax revenues of the municipality may be used for payment of the safety incentive, and all safety incentives shall be payable only from revenues received from the sale of utility services and matching funds obtained pursuant to paragraph (e) of this section.
(c)
All employees of the municipal utility shall be eligible to receive safety incentives upon the municipal utility achieving its prescribed goals.
(d)
The aggregate amount payable from the revenues of the municipal utility in the form of safety incentives shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) annually per employee; however, this limitation shall be increased in an amount equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index, as established by the United States Department of Labor, with the January, 1995, index to be used as the base month and year for calculating increases.
(e)
Any safety incentive program adopted by a municipal utility shall be conditioned upon an amount not less than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate value of safety incentive awards being derived from nonpublic sources such as, without limiting the scope of qualifying, nonpublic sources, private foundations, corporations, nonprofit organizations, insurance companies, associations, cooperatives, and other private sources; however, any matching funds received by grants or awards from any federal agency, as defined in Section
77-5-403(h)
, may be used for matching purposes. This paragraph (e) shall not apply to a municipal utility located in a city which has a state-supported institution of higher learning within its corporate limits and which is located on the Tennessee-Tombigbee River.
Laws, 1995, ch. 460, § 2, eff. 3/27/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-1 — 77-5-911) › Article 19 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES BROADBAND COVID-19 ACT (§§ 77-5-901 — 77-5-911) › Section 77-5-901 - Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Electric Cooperatives Broadband COVID-19 Act."
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 495, SB 3054,§ 1, (became law without the Governor's signature on September 1, 2020).
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 487, SB 3046,§ 2, (became law without the Governor's signature on July 9, 2020).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC POWER (§§ 77-5-1 — 77-5-911) › Article 19 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES BROADBAND COVID-19 ACT (§§ 77-5-901 — 77-5-911) › Section 77-5-907 - Public Utilities Application Fund created; source of funds; unexpended monies; use of monies

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "Public Utilities Application Fund," which shall consist of funds made available by the Legislature in any manner and funds from any other source designated for deposit into such fund. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. Monies in the fund shall be used for administration expenses related to the processing of grants by the Public Utilities Staff. Any application fee collected under the grant programs and deposited to the Public Utilities Staff Regulation Fund before September 1, 2020, shall be transferred to the Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM) Fund created by House Bill No. 1029, 2022 Regular Session.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 482, SB 2780,§ 14, eff. 4/19/2022.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 487, SB 3054,§ 1, eff. 9/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-1 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Municipal Gas Authority of Mississippi Law."
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 1, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-3 - Legislative intent

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that certain municipalities of this state now own and operate gas distribution systems to serve their citizens, inhabitants and customers by providing them with gas for all purposes; and if such municipalities are to furnish, and if the members of the public in the areas they serve are to receive adequate service, such municipalities must have adequate, dependable and economical sources of gas supplies. The Legislature declares that there exists in this state a need for an authority to function without profit in developing, obtaining and promoting for the public good in this state adequate, dependable and economical sources and supplies of gas for the purposes expressed in this section, and to assist in the financing of additions and other expenditures for the municipal gas systems of such municipalities.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 2, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-9 - Membership in authority after its creation; withdrawal

After the creation of the authority, any other municipality may become a member thereof upon application to such authority after the adoption of a resolution by the utility commission of the municipality setting forth the determination and finding prescribed in Section
77-6-7
, and the adoption by the governing authorities of the municipality of a resolution or ordinance ratifying the determination of the utility commission and authorizing said municipality to participate, and with the majority consent of the members of the authority evidenced by the resolutions of their respective utility commissions. Any municipality may withdraw from the authority, provided that all contractual rights acquired and obligations incurred while a municipality was a member shall remain in full force and effect. The withdrawing municipality shall continue to honor its obligations entered into while a member of the authority.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 5, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-13 - Executive committee of board of commissioners

The board of commissioners of the authority may create an executive committee of the board of commissioners. The board may provide for the composition of the executive committee so as to afford, in its judgment, fair representation of the member municipalities. The executive committee shall have and exercise such of the powers and authority of the board of commissioners during intervals between the board's meetings as may be prescribed by its rules, motions or resolutions. The terms of office of the members of the executive committee and the method of filling vacancies therein shall be fixed by the rules of the board of commissioners of the authority.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 7, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-19 - Municipalities that may contract with authority

The municipalities with which the authority shall be authorized to contract to provide a gas supply pursuant to this chapter shall be those municipalities of this state or any other state who may distribute or be end-users thereof.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 10, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-23 - Excess capacity or output may be sold or exchanged

The authority may sell or exchange the excess capacity or output of a project not then required by any of its members or with any party with whom the authority may contract for such consideration and for such period and upon such other terms and conditions as may be determined by the parties to any municipality or with any party with whom the authority may contract in this state or any other state owning gas distribution facilities, to any municipalities, agencies or instrumentalities of any other state, to any gas association, to any end-user, to any public or private utility, or to any other state, federal or municipal agency which owns gas production, transmission or distribution facilities either within or without this state. Provided, however, that sales of excess capacity or output of a project to gas associations, public or private utilities, and other persons the interest on whose securities and other obligations are not exempt from taxation by the federal government shall not be made in such amounts, for such periods of time, and under such terms and conditions as will cause the interest on bonds issued to finance the cost of a project to become taxable by the federal government.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 12, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-25 - Provisions to be construed as authorizing joint and several ownership of projects

The definitions and all other terms and provisions of this chapter shall be construed so as to include and authorize the joint or several ownership, operation, and/or maintenance by one or more municipalities or the authority of a project, or any undivided ownership interest therein, with any person, firm, association or corporation, public or private, engaged in the production, transmission or distribution of gas either within or without this state.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 13, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-27 - Acquisition of property; contract requirements

A municipality's or the authority's purchase of, contract for the acquisition of, or contract for any property, including any project or interest therein, or the construction of, or the operation and maintenance of, any project, owned or to be owned jointly by such municipality or the authority with any person, firm or corporation engaged in the production, transmission or distribution of gas, either within or without this state, other than with a municipality of this state or the authority created pursuant to this chapter, may be made or entered into without meeting the requirements of any law relating to acquisitions, purchases or contracts by competitive bids where the interest to be acquired by such municipality or the authority in such property or project is twenty-five percent (25%) or less.
If a municipality or the authority which finds and records on its minutes that acquisition of any project or any interest therein or any portion thereof, or any property or any interest therein or any portion thereof, which is authorized by this chapter is available or can be acquired or contracted for from or with a municipality or the authority or only a single source, person, firm or corporation, then such acquisition or contract may be made or entered into without meeting the requirements of any law relating to acquisitions, purchases or contracts by competitive bids. If, after advertising for competitive bids as to other proposed purchases, acquisitions or contracts, only one (1) bid is received, the municipality or the authority, as the case may be, may reject the bid and negotiate privately any purchase, contract or acquisition for a consideration not exceeding that proposed in the bid.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 14, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-29 - Power to issue revenue bonds

The authority may issue revenue bonds pledging to the payment thereof as to both principal and interest the revenues or any portion thereof, derived or to be derived from all or any of its projects, and any additions and betterments thereto or extensions thereof, or contributions or advances from its members. Bonds of the authority shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by its governing board and spread upon its minutes.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 15, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-35 - Rents, rates, fees and charges by municipality

A municipality is hereby authorized to fix, charge and collect rents, rates, fees and charges for gas and other services, facilities and commodities sold, furnished or supplied through the facilities of its gas system or its interest in any joint project. For so long as any bonds of a municipality are outstanding and unpaid, the rents, fees and charges shall be so fixed as to provide revenues sufficient to pay all costs of and charges and expenses in connection with the proper operation and maintenance of its gas system, and its interest in any joint project, and all necessary repairs, replacements or renewals thereof, to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all bonds and other evidences of indebtedness payable from said revenues, to create and maintain reserves as may be required by any resolution authorizing and securing bonds, to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all bonds heretofore or hereafter issued to finance additions, improvements and betterments to its gas system, and to pay any and all amounts which the municipality may be obligated to pay from said revenues by law or contract. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit any municipality from expending any revenues in excess of that required herein in any manner otherwise permitted by law.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 18, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-37 - Rents, rates, fees and charges by authority

The authority is hereby authorized to fix, charge and collect rents, rates, fees and charges for gas and other services, facilities and commodities sold, furnished or supplied through the facilities of its projects. For so long as any bonds of the authority are outstanding and unpaid, the rents, rates, fees and charges shall be so fixed as to provide revenues sufficient to pay all costs of and charges and expenses in connection with the proper operation and maintenance of its projects and all necessary repairs, replacements or renewals thereof, to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all bonds and other evidences of indebtedness payable from said revenues, to create and maintain reserves as may be required by any resolution authorizing and securing bonds, and to pay any and all amounts which the authority may be obligated to pay from said revenues by law or contract.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 19, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-39 - Pledge of municipality or authority valid and binding when made

Any pledge made by a municipality or the authority pursuant to this chapter shall be valid and binding from the date the pledge is made. The revenues, securities and other moneys so pledged and then held or thereafter received by the municipality or the authority or any fiduciary shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the municipality or the authority without regard to whether such parties have notice thereof. The resolution, trust indenture or other security instrument by which a pledge is created need not be filed or recorded in any manner.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 20, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-41 - Investment of all monies received

All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues may be temporarily invested and reinvested pending the disbursements thereof in such securities and other investments as may be permitted by law for investment of excess funds of municipalities.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 21, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-43 - Rights of holders of bonds

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted hereunder, or, to the extent permitted by law, under such resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or under any agreement or other contract executed by the municipality or the authority pursuant to this chapter, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter or by such resolution to be performed by the authority or municipality or by any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging and collecting of rents, rates, fees and charges.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 22, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-45 - Bonds to be securities

Bonds issued by a municipality or the authority under the provisions of Sections
77-6-29
through
77-6-57
are hereby made securities in which all public officers and agencies of the state and all political subdivisions, all insurance companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any officer or agency of the state or any political subdivision for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state or any political subdivision is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 23, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-47 - Obligations of issuing municipality or authority

The bonds shall be special obligations of the municipality or the authority issuing them. The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds shall not be payable from the general funds of the municipality or the authority, nor shall they constitute a legal or equitable pledge, charge, lien or encumbrance upon any of its property or upon any of its income, receipts or revenues, except the funds which are pledged under the resolution authorizing the bonds. Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of a municipality or of the state are, or may be, pledged for the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds, and no holder of the bonds shall have the right to compel the exercise of the taxing power by the state or a municipality or the forfeiture of any of its property in connection with any default thereon. Every bond shall recite in substance that the principal of and interest on the bond is payable solely from the revenues pledged to its payment and that the municipality or the authority is not obligated to pay the principal or interest except from such revenues.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 24, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-49 - Issuance of negotiable notes

(1)
The authority shall have the power and is authorized, whenever revenue bonds of the authority have been validated as provided in Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972, to issue from time to time its negotiable notes in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds as validated and to renew from time to time any such notes by the issuance of new notes, regardless of whether the notes to be renewed have matured. The authority may issue notes only to provide funds which would otherwise be provided by the issuance of the bonds as validated. The notes may be authorized, sold, executed and delivered in the same manner as bonds.
(2)
Any resolution authorizing notes of the authority or any issue thereof may contain any provisions which the authority is authorized to include in any resolution authorizing bonds of the authority or any issue thereof; and the authority may include in any notes any terms, covenants or conditions which it is authorized to include in any bonds.
(3)
All notes shall be general obligations of the authority, payable out of any of its funds or revenues, subject only to any contractual rights of the holders of any of its notes or other obligations then outstanding, provided that there may be specially pledged to the payment of such notes the proceeds to be derived from the issuance of the validated bonds in anticipation of the issuance of which the notes have been issued.
(4)
Validation of such bonds shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of such notes, but it shall not be required that such notes be judicially validated.
(5)
Bond anticipation notes shall not be issued in an amount exceeding the par value of the bonds in anticipation of which they are to be issued.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 25, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-51 - Evidence of indebtedness to be considered negotiable instruments

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, every evidence of indebtedness issued under this chapter shall have all the rights and incidences of negotiable instruments, subject to provisions for registration.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 26, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-53 - Refunding bonds

A municipality or the authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds of the municipality or the authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds. The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties and obligations of the municipality or the authority in respect to the same shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter which relate to the issuance of bonds, insofar as such provisions may be appropriate therefor.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 27, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-55 - Exemption from taxation

Bonds, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision or any agency of either thereof, excepting inheritance, estate or gift taxes.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 28, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-57 - Dissolution of board of commissioners

Whenever the board of commissioners of the authority and the utility commissions of its member municipalities shall by resolution or ordinance determine that the purposes for which the authority was formed have been substantially fulfilled and that all bonds theretofore issued and all other obligations theretofore incurred by the authority have been fully paid or satisfied, such board of commissioners and utility commissions may declare the authority to be dissolved. On the effective date of such resolution or ordinance, the title to all funds and other property owned by the authority at the time of such dissolution shall vest in the member municipalities of the authority as provided in this chapter and the bylaws of the authority.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 29, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-59 - Annual reports; audits

The authority shall, following the closing of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the governing authorities and to the utility commissions of its member municipalities. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations of the authority during such year. The authority shall cause an audit of its books of record and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof may be treated as a part of the cost of construction of a project or projects, or otherwise as part of the expense of administration of a project covered by such audit.
The municipalities possessing ownership interests in a project shall, following the closing of each fiscal year, submit a consolidated or combined annual report of their activities with respect to such project for the preceding year to the respective governing authorities of such municipalities. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations of the jointly owned project during such year. The municipalities possessing ownership interests in a project shall cause an audit of the books of record and accounts relating to such project to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof may be treated as a cost of construction of the project, or otherwise as part of the expenses of the administration of the project covered by such audit.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 30, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-61 - Application of laws of other states

Legislative consent is hereby given (a) to the application of the laws of other states with respect to taxation, payments in lieu of taxes, and the assessment thereof, to any municipality or the authority which has acquired or has an interest in a project, real or personal, situated without the state, or which owns or operates a project without the state pursuant to this chapter, and (b) to the application of regulatory and other laws of other states and of the United States to any municipality or authority which owns or operates a project without the state.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 31, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-63 - Grants and loans authorized

The governing authorities of any municipality or the authority are hereby authorized to make application and to enter into contracts for and to accept grants-in-aid and loans from the federal and state governments and their agencies for planning, acquiring, constructing, expanding, maintaining and operating any project or facility, or participating in any research or development program, or performing any function which such municipality or the authority may be authorized by general or local law to provide or perform.
In order to exercise the authority granted by this section, the governing authorities of any municipality or the authority may:
(a)
Enter into and carry out contracts with the state or federal government or any agency or institution thereof under which such government, agency or institution grants financial or other assistance to the municipality or authority;
(b)
Accept such assistance or funds as may be granted or loaned by the state or federal government with or without such a contract;
(c)
Agree to and comply with any reasonable conditions which are imposed upon such grants or loans;
(d)
Make expenditures from any funds so granted.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 32, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-65 - Powers and duties in connection with eminent domain, sales to customers of public utilities, and utility lines and rights-of-way

Municipalities participating in a project of the authority shall possess the power of eminent domain for a project authorized by this chapter to the extent and in the same manner and under the same laws now available to municipalities under the laws of this state; provided, however, a municipality or the authority exercising the power of eminent domain for a project authorized by this chapter shall have no power to condemn any facilities or property owned by a public utility or gas association for the production, transmission or distribution of gas.
There shall be no transmission, sale, distribution or delivery of natural, artificial or mixed gas by the authority to any end user being served by a public utility as defined by Section
77-3-3(d)(ii)
holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Mississippi Public Service Commission or to any end user located or to be located within the certificated area of such a public utility nor shall the powers of the authority be exercised for or on behalf of any such end user unless the public utility holding such a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall have filed with the Mississippi Public Service Commission a statement that it is either unwilling or unable to serve such user.
The lines and rights-of-way of any public utility or of gas associations or of municipalities participating in a project or of the authority may be crossed by any other municipalities participating in a project of the authority. The lines of any municipality participating in a project of the authority may be crossed by any public utility or gas association. Provided, however, the amount of damages, if any, resulting to the line or right-of-way from the crossing thereof as provided herein shall be determined by the affected parties and shall be paid by the public utility, gas association, municipality or municipalities participating in a project, or the authority, to the owner of the lines or rights-of-way crossed. When the parties affected cannot agree upon the damages to be paid for the crossing, either party may file with the circuit court of the county in which the crossing occurs a petition seeking a determination of the amount of the damages. Said action shall be tried by jury at the next regular term of said court in the same manner and under the same principles as provided for the determination of damages in eminent domain proceedings.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 33, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-67 - Where utility commission and municipality have same governing authorities

Whenever the governing authorities of the utility commission and of any municipality are one and the same, separate actions required by this chapter by the governing authorities of the municipality with respect to an action or determination required by this chapter by the governing authorities of the municipality with respect to an action or determination required by this chapter of a utility commission, including the ratification of resolutions of said utility commission, shall not be necessary, but the action required of a utility commission by this chapter shall be deemed to have occurred when done by the body forming the governing authorities and the utility commission.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 34, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-69 - Provisions supplemental to other laws

The foregoing sections of this chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional, alternative and complete method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be deemed and construed to be supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing; provided, however, that insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other general, special or local law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the issuance of bonds for the purpose of financing the ownership of any facilities or any interest therein by any private corporation.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 35, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-71 - Provisions not subject to Public Service Commission law

(1)
The rates, services and practices relating to the purchase, development, storage, transmission, distribution and sale by the authority of gas as authorized by this chapter shall not be subject to the provisions of the Mississippi Public Service Commission law nor to its regulation.
(2)
The provisions of this chapter do not, and are not intended to, increase or diminish the authority and jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission with respect to the distribution, sale, or transmission of gas by any county, municipal corporation or other political subdivision of this state.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 36, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-73 - Provisions to be liberally construed

In order to effectuate the purposes and policies prescribed in this chapter, the provisions hereof shall be liberally construed.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 39, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-75 - Members of legislature to have no interest in bonds

No member of the Legislature or elected official or any partner or associate of any member of the Legislature or elected official shall be interested or derive any income, either directly or indirectly, from the issuance of any bonds under this chapter during his or her term of office or within one (1) year after the expiration of such term of office.
Laws, 1988, ch. 515, § 40, eff. 5/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 6 - MUNICIPAL GAS AUTHORITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW (§§ 77-6-1 — 77-6-77) › Section 77-6-77 - Temporary borrowing through revenue anticipation notes for current and necessary expenses

(1)
The authority is hereby authorized to make temporary borrowings through revenue anticipation notes for the purpose of meeting the current and necessary expenses of the authority (including the purchase of gas supplies) and paying the costs of issuing the revenue anticipation notes. The authority is authorized to make such temporary borrowings through revenue anticipation notes for a period not to exceed thirteen (13) months. To provide for such temporary borrowings, the authority may provide for the private sale of such revenue anticipation notes and may enter into any purchase, loan or credit agreements or other agreements with any banks, trust companies or other lending institutions, investment banking firms or persons in the United States having power to enter into the same. The authority shall provide for repayment of any revenue anticipation note issued hereunder within thirteen (13) months from the issuance date thereof from all or a portion of any available revenues of the system.
(2)
All temporary borrowings made under this section shall be evidenced by revenue anticipation notes of the authority which shall be issued, from time to time, for such amounts, in such form and in such denominations and subject to terms and conditions of sale and issuance, prepayment or redemption and maturity, rate or rates of interest and time of payment of interest as the board of commissioners shall authorize and direct in accordance with this section. Such authorization and direction may provide for the subsequent issuance of replacement notes to refund, upon issuance thereof, such notes, and may specify such other terms and conditions with respect to the notes or any replacement notes authorized for issuance as the board of commissioners of the authority may determine and direct. Revenue anticipation notes issued by the authority under the provisions of this section shall not be subject to any other requirements set forth in this chapter with respect to projects financed with bonds or the sale of issuance of bonds.
Laws, 2003, ch. 324, § 1, eff. 3/7/2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 7 - MOTOR CARRIERS (§§ 77-7-1 — 77-7-345) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 77-7-1 — 77-7-25) › Section 77-7-1 - Short title

This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Motor Carrier Regulatory Law of 1938."
Codes, 1942, § 7632; Laws, 1938, ch. 142.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 7 - MOTOR CARRIERS (§§ 77-7-1 — 77-7-345) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 77-7-1 — 77-7-25) › Section 77-7-3 - Declaration of public policy; application of chapter

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature to regulate motor carriers in the public interest to the end that the safety and welfare of the public in its use of the highways and of the transportation agencies by motor vehicle used thereon may be practiced; that the property of the state in its highways may be protected from unreasonable, improper and excessive use; that the inherent advantages of highway transportation may be recognized and preserved; that sound economic conditions in such transportation and among such carriers may be fostered; that the service by motor carriers may be adequate, economical, and efficient; that reasonable charges may be made therefor, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages, and unfair or destructive competitive practices; that relations between motor carriers and other carriers may be improved and coordinated; and that cooperation may be maintained with the governments of the United States and the several states, and with their duly authorized officials in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter. This chapter shall apply to persons and motor vehicles engaged in interstate commerce to the extent permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States and as provided herein.
Codes, 1942, § 7633; Laws, 1938, ch. 142.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 7 - MOTOR CARRIERS (§§ 77-7-1 — 77-7-345) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 77-7-1 — 77-7-25) › Section 77-7-5 - Construction of chapter

(1)
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any person from the payment of any licenses, fees, taxes or levies now or hereafter imposed by law.
(2)
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to transportation network companies or transportation network company drivers as defined in Section
77-8-1
or any activity regulated in Chapter 8, Title 77.
(3)
Neither this chapter nor any provision thereof shall apply or be construed to apply to commerce with foreign nations, or commerce among the several states of the union, except insofar as the same may be permitted under the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and the Acts of Congress.
Codes, 1942, § 7686; Laws, 1938, ch. 142.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 328, HB 1381, 22, eff. 7/1/2016.