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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-51 - Refunding bonds; consolidated bonds

Any municipality which shall have issued bonds pursuant to the authority granted in Section
21-27-23
, all or any portion of which shall at any time hereafter remain outstanding and unpaid, is hereby authorized, in connection with the issuance of additional bonds hereunder, to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of taking up, paying and redeeming all such outstanding and unpaid bonds. Such refunding bonds and such additional bonds may be authorized and issued separately or may be consolidated into one issue. Such outstanding and unpaid bonds may be refunded without notice and without an election thereon, and such additional bonds may be refunded without notice and without an election except as provided in Section
21-27-43
. The proceeds of any such consolidated bonds shall be used to take up, pay and redeem all of such outstanding and unpaid bonds, at their redemption price, and the balance of such proceeds shall be used and expended for the purposes for which the additional bonds were authorized to be issued. In the event any such outstanding bonds, by the terms thereof, shall be redeemable prior to maturity at the option of such municipality, then such option of redemption shall be exercised in the manner provided in such bonds, and the refunding bonds shall not be issued or delivered more than two calendar months in advance of the date upon which such outstanding bonds shall have been called for redemption. In the event that such outstanding bonds, by the terms thereof, be not so redeemable prior to maturity, then the refunding bonds shall not be issued, except concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of a like amount of the bonds to be refunded thereby. All bonds issued under the provisions of this section shall have like incidents and shall be payable from the same source or sources and the payment thereof shall be secured in like manner as are bonds issued pursuant to the authority granted in Section
21-27-23
. In lieu of selling such portion of such consolidated bonds, as may be required to provide for the redemption of such outstanding bonds, such consolidated bonds may be issued and delivered in exchange for and upon surrender and cancellation of a like amount of the bonds to be refunded thereby.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-09; Laws, 1942, ch. 231; Laws, 1950, ch. 494, § 9; Laws, 1958, ch. 529, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-53 - Default on bonds

The holder of any bond or any interest coupon issued pursuant to the authority granted in Sections
21-27-23
and
21-27-51
may, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings at law or in equity, enforce and compel performance by the appropriate official or officials of the municipality of any or all acts and duties to be performed by such municipality under the provisions of Sections
21-27-11
through
21-27-69
and the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bond or interest coupon. If there be any default in the payment of the interest on and principal of any of said bonds, any court having jurisdiction in the proper action may, upon petition of the holder of any of such bonds, appoint a receiver to administer and operate the system with power to fix rates and collect charges sufficient to provide for the payment of all bonds outstanding to the payment of which the revenues of such system are pledged and to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining such system and to apply the revenues of such system, all in conformity with the provisions of Sections
21-27-11
through
21-27-69
and of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-12; Laws, 1934, ch. 317; Laws, 1950, ch. 494, § 12, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-55 - Bonds may be called

The governing authorities of any municipality authorizing revenue bonds pursuant to the authority granted in Sections
21-27-23
and
21-27-51
, may make provisions for any of such revenue bonds to be called for payment at any interest payment date before maturity, provided the municipality shall have on hand in its bond and interest fund sufficient moneys, not otherwise appropriated or pledged, in excess of the interest and principal requirements within the next two succeeding calendar, operating or fiscal years.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-20; Laws, 1934, ch. 316; Laws, 1950, ch. 494, § 20, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-57 - Disposition of revenues

In the authorizing order or ordinance, the governing authorities of the municipality shall set aside monthly and shall pledge the revenues of the system or combined system, in separate and special funds as follows:
(1)
operation and maintenance fund;
(2)
depreciation fund;
(3)
bond and interest fund;
(4)
contingent fund. A sufficient amount shall be set aside each year for the retirement of the bonds and interest. Any surplus revenue remaining shall be disposed of by the governing authorities of the municipality as they may determine from time to time for the best interest of the municipality. However, in the segregation into the several funds the governing authorities may prescribe a reasonable excess amount to be placed in the revenue bond and interest fund from time to time during the earlier years of maturity of such bonds so as to thereby provide and produce a cushion fund to meet any possible deficiencies therein in future years. In the event such excess amounts are provided in the earlier years, the same would be available for such purposes. Bonds pursuant to the authority granted in Sections
21-27-23
and
21-27-51
, shall be payable solely from revenues of said project and out of the bond and interest fund.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-15; Laws, 1934, ch. 316; Laws, 1950, ch. 494, § 15, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-59 - General revenues may be used for operation and maintenance of system

Nothing in Sections
21-27-11
through
21-27-69
shall be construed to prohibit the municipality from appropriating and using any part of its available income or revenues derived from any source other than from the operation of such system or combined system in paying any immediate expenses of operation and/or maintenance of any such system or combined system. Nothing in Sections
21-27-11
through
21-27-69
shall be construed, however, to require the municipality to do so.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-16; Laws, 1934, ch. 316; Laws, 1950, ch. 494, § 16, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-61 - Distribution of revenues and surplus; minutes of municipal governing authorities

The governing authorities of any municipality shall devote all monies of the system derived from any source other than the issuance of bonds for purposes authorized by the laws of the State of Mississippi, to or for the payment of all operating expenses, including such items as are normally required of utilities for sales development; to or for the payment of all bonds and interest on outstanding revenue bonds, if any, of such system; to or for the acquisition and improvement of the system contingencies; to or for the payment of all other obligations incurred in the operation and maintenance of the system and the furnishing of service; and to or for the creation and maintenance of a cash working fund or a surplus fund to be used for replacement, extension of systems and emergencies. The balance of any monies, including but not limited to, any which have heretofore been classified as revenues or surplus of such system, if any, may be used for any lawful, municipal purpose and may be paid to the governing authorities of the municipality for distribution to the various municipal funds or may be disbursed for such purpose by the governing authorities at their direction. The purpose of any allocation or expenditure of money made pursuant to this section shall be spread upon the minutes of the municipal governing authorities.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-17; Laws, 1934, ch. 316; Laws, 1950, ch. 494, § 17; Laws, 1990, ch. 435, § 1, eff. 3/19/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-63 - Contracts and liens not impaired

Nothing in Sections
21-27-11
through
21-27-69
shall be construed as authorizing any municipality to impair or commit a breach of the obligation of any valid lien or contract created or entered into by it, the intention hereof being to authorize the pledging, setting aside and segregation of gross revenue only where consistent with outstanding obligations of such municipality.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-21; Laws, 1934, ch. 316; Laws, 1950, ch. 494, § 21, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-65 - Penalty for failing to set aside trust funds

If, after the governing authorities of any municipality have issued revenue bonds pursuant to the authority granted in Sections
21-27-23
and
21-27-51
, said governing authorities fail or refuse to carry out their duties with reference to setting aside the trust funds, said officers shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon trial and conviction, shall be removed from office.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-22; Laws, 1934, ch. 316; Laws, 1950, ch. 494, § 22, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-67 - Construction of sections

Sections
21-27-11
through
21-27-69
, being necessary for and to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare of the municipalities of the State of Mississippi, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.
The powers conferred by Sections
21-27-11
through
21-27-69
shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other law, general, special or local, and such sections shall, without reference to any other statute or to any charter, be deemed full authority to purchase or improve and to own and operate the authorized revenue producing systems, to fix, maintain, and to collect rates for the facilities afforded by such systems, to issue and to sell the authorized bonds, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, any provisions of the general laws of the state or of any charter to the contrary notwithstanding.
Codes, 1942, §§ 3519-13, 3519-29; Laws, 1934, ch. 317; Laws, 1936, ch. 186; Laws, 1942, ch. 231; Laws, 1950, ch. 494, §§ 13, 29; Laws, 1958, ch. 529, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-69 - Obligations under repealed laws remain valid

The repeal heretofore of any law authorizing a municipality to borrow money and issue bonds to acquire or improve any system shall not affect the validity of any bonds issued or contracts entered into under the provisions of any such repealed laws.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-30; Laws, 1950, ch. 494, § 30, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-73 - Contract for purchase of supply of natural gas from any public nonprofit corporation for up to 10 years

The governing authority of any municipality that owns and operates a gas distribution system, as defined in Section
21-27-11(b)
, and the governing authority of any public natural gas district are authorized to contract for the purchase of the supply of natural gas for a term of up to ten (10) years with any public nonprofit corporation which is organized under the laws of this state or any other state.
Laws, 2004, ch. 560, § 1, eff. 5/14/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-75 - Authority to enter into interlocal agreement with rural water associations operating within corporate limits of municipality that requires associations to terminate water service of certain customers; agreement requirements

(1)
The governing authorities of a municipality are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to enter into an interlocal agreement with a rural water association operating within the corporate limits of the municipality that requires the association to terminate the water service of any of its customers who are thirty (30) days or more delinquent in the payment of charges for sewer services provided by the municipality.
(2)
Any agreement entered into under this section shall at a minimum:
(a)
Require the municipality to notify the association of any customer of the association who also has sewer service provided by the municipality who is thirty (30) days or more delinquent in the payment of sewer charges by a method agreeable to the municipality and the association;
(b)
Provide that upon receipt of a notification the association shall terminate the water service of the named customer;
(c)
Provide that upon satisfaction of the delinquency and any fees connected with the delinquency and the termination of water service, the association shall restart the water service of the customer;
(d)
Provide that the municipality shall save and hold harmless the association against any and all claims based on the disconnection of water or sewer service and any other damages resulting from any action taken by the association under an interlocal agreement entered into under this section.
(3)
Upon entering into an interlocal agreement under this section, the association is authorized to terminate the water service of any customer delinquent in the payment of sewer charges to the municipality pursuant to the terms of the interlocal agreement.
Added by Laws, 2018, ch. 330, HB 380,§ 1, eff. 3/8/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-11 — 21-27-77) › Section 21-27-77 - [Repealed]

Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 494, SB 2898,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by Laws, 2021, ch. 469, HB 359,§ 1, eff. 4/18/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › REPRODUCTION AND DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS OF MUNICIPALLY-OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-91 — 21-27-103) › Section 21-27-91 - Definitions

Whenever used in Sections
21-27-91
through
21-27-103
:
(a)
The term "municipality" shall be defined as it is in subdivision (a) of Section
21-27-11
;
(b)
The term "system" shall be defined as including any waterworks system, water supply system, sewage system, sewage disposal system, or any combination thereof, including any combined waterworks and sewage system, consisting of an existing waterworks system or water supply system or both, combined with an existing sewage system or sewage disposal system or both, or consisting of an existing waterworks system or water supply system or both, combined with a sewage system or sewage disposal system or both, to be acquired, or consisting of an existing sewage system or sewage disposal system or both, combined with a waterworks system or water supply system or both, to be acquired, gas producing, generating, transmission or distribution system, or any one or all thereof, electric generating, transmission, or distribution system, garbage disposal system, rubbish disposal system, and incinerators, and all parts and appurtenances thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-41; Laws, 1956, ch 395, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › REPRODUCTION AND DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS OF MUNICIPALLY-OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-91 — 21-27-103) › Section 21-27-93 - General grant of authority

The governing authorities of any municipality which now owns and operates any system or systems, but which has not adopted and set up a public utility commission as provided in Section
21-27-13
, and the public utility commission of such municipalities that have adopted and set up a public utility commission as provided in said section, are authorized and vested with the authority to microfilm, photograph, photostat, or otherwise reproduce records of the municipally-owned utilities of such municipality. However, the destruction or disposal of any books containing the minutes of any municipal board or of any municipal public utility commission, contracts in effect, real estate deeds, or records showing the date of acquisition, depreciation, or disposition of capital assets, is not hereby authorized.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-42; Laws, 1956, ch. 395, § 2; Laws, 1995, ch. 447, § 9, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › REPRODUCTION AND DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS OF MUNICIPALLY-OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-91 — 21-27-103) › Section 21-27-95 - Reproduction of records

Any municipality or public utility commission desiring to reproduce by microfilm, photograph, photostat or other process, the records of municipal system or systems under the authority granted in Section
21-27-93
are authorized and vested with the authority to purchase or acquire any equipment, materials and supplies necessary therefor, or to contract for the reproducing of said records in accordance with Section
31-7-1
et seq. Any such contract shall not exceed a period of twelve (12) months.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-43; Laws, 1956, ch. 395, § 3; Laws, 1980, ch. 440, § 19, eff. 1/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › REPRODUCTION AND DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS OF MUNICIPALLY-OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-91 — 21-27-103) › Section 21-27-97 - Destruction of records; admissibility of reproductions, copies, facsimiles, etc

Any reproduction or copy of any original record shall be deemed to be the original record for all purposes and shall be admissible as evidence in all courts or administrative agencies. A facsimile, exemplification or certified copy thereof shall, for all purposes set forth herein, be deemed to be a transcript, exemplification or certified copy of the original record.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-44; Laws, 1956, ch. 395, § 4; Laws, 1995, ch. 447, § 10, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › REPRODUCTION AND DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS OF MUNICIPALLY-OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-91 — 21-27-103) › Section 21-27-99 - Reproductions to be confidential and privileged if original records are likewise

When any of the records of which reproductions are made are declared by law, or are by their nature confidential and privileged records, then the reproduction thereof shall likewise be deemed to be confidential and privileged to the same extent as the original records.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-46; Laws, 1956, ch. 395, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › REPRODUCTION AND DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS OF MUNICIPALLY-OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-91 — 21-27-103) › Section 21-27-101 - Expenses in reproduction of records

The governing authorities of any municipality not operating with a public utility commission, is hereby authorized to pay all expenses incurred in reproducing such records and in making provision for the preservation, retention and storage of such reproductions from the general fund of such municipality. A municipal public utility commission shall pay for the same from the earnings of the municipally-owned utility or utilities.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-45; Laws, 1956, ch. 395, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › REPRODUCTION AND DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS OF MUNICIPALLY-OWNED UTILITIES (§§ 21-27-91 — 21-27-103) › Section 21-27-103 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1995, ch. 447, § 15, eff. 7/1/1995.
Codes, 1942, § 3519-47; Laws, 1956, ch. 395, § 7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION FARES (§ 21-27-121) › Section 21-27-121 - General grant of authority

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to fix the rates and charges of persons operating vehicles for the transportation of persons for compensation within the limits of the municipality. The authority granted by this section shall not apply, however, to railroads operated within or through such municipality.
Codes, 1892, § 2960; 1906, § 3356; Hemingway's 1917, § 5853; 1930, § 2433; 1942, § 3374-143; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 143, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › LICENSING OF OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE (§§ 21-27-131 — 21-27-141) › Section 21-27-131 - Obtaining permit; appeal from refusal to grant permit

No person may drive or operate motor vehicles for hire in any city or town in this state unless he shall first have been licensed so to do as follows: he shall make application to the mayor of such municipality in writing, accompanied by a statement of some reputable citizen thereof, that the applicant is over the age of eighteen (18) years, an experienced driver, of good moral character, and physically and mentally capacitated to drive and operate such motor vehicle. The mayor shall place such application before the board of aldermen, or other governing authorities, whereupon inquiry may be made by such governing authorities into the moral character and mental and physical fitness of the applicant. If the permit shall be granted the applicant shall receive a certificate of such permit, signed by the mayor, together with an identification badge, and the name of the municipality thereon, and which shall be worn so that the same will be displayed while engaged in or about such occupation. The governing authorities of the municipality may require the applicant to give a reasonable bond, of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), to guarantee the faithful observance of the law as well as the rules and regulations which may be prescribed by the said municipality, and they may also require a reasonable fee, for such permit and badge. In the event the governing authority of such municipality refuse to grant such permit to an applicant, an appeal may be taken to the circuit court, in the manner provided by law for appealing from other orders of the governing authorities of municipalities, and the questions to be tried upon appeal will be as to the age and experience and the moral, mental and physical fitness of the said applicant to pursue such vocation in such municipality.
Codes, 1930, § 5596; 1942, § 3495; Laws, 1922, ch. 217; Laws, 1994, ch. 459, § 1, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › LICENSING OF OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE (§§ 21-27-131 — 21-27-141) › Section 21-27-133 - Owner or operator of motor vehicle for hire must carry liability insurance or bond; actions thereon

No certificate or permit shall be issued by any municipality to the owner or operator of any motor vehicle owned or operated for hire in any city or town in this state, unless and until such owner or operator shall have filed with, and the same has been approved by, the governing authorities of the municipality, an insurance policy, or certificates of insurance in lieu thereof, issued by some insurance company authorized to transact business in this state, or bond or bonds, to be approved by the said governing authorities of the municipality, in an amount required by an ordinance of said municipality, conditioned to pay any final judgment against said owner or operator for personal injuries or property damages resulting from or arising out of the use, maintenance, or operation of the said motor vehicle. The amount of the insurance policy or bond required under this section on any motor vehicle of any such owner or operator shall in no case be less than ten thousand dollars for the death or injury to any one person, and subject to said limit for one person, twenty thousand dollars total public liability for any one accident and ten thousand dollars for property damage.
The insurance policy or bond, filed with the municipality as required by this section, shall contain a provision or indorsement to the effect that the same shall not be cancelled for any cause by either party thereto unless and until ten days' written notice thereof shall have been given to the said municipality.
In any action, whether in law or in equity, against any owner or operator, operating under the provisions of this section, the insurer, insurance company, or obligor in the policy of insurance or bond given by such owner or operator in compliance with this section, shall not be joined as a party to such suit and shall not be a proper party thereto, except as hereinafter provided.
The insurer, insurance company, or obligor, in any policy of insurance or bond filed in compliance with this section, shall be obligated to pay any final judgment obtained against such owner or operator as herein provided, regardless of the solvency, insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, of such owner or operator. In the event that the insured shall abandon his permit and leave the state, a claimant asserting his claim within the provisions of said insurance policy or bond may file suit against the insurer or insurance company or obligor issuing such insurance policy or executing such bond in a court of competent jurisdiction without the necessity of making the insured a party to said suit.
Codes, 1942, § 3495.5; Laws, 1958, ch. 506, §§ 1-5, eff. 7/1/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › LICENSING OF OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE (§§ 21-27-131 — 21-27-141) › Section 21-27-135 - Transfer of badge unlawful

It shall be unlawful for any driver who secures such permit and badge to transfer such badge to any other driver, or for any person to use the badge of another person while driving or operating a motor vehicle for hire.
Codes, 1930, § 5597; 1942, § 3496; Laws, 1922, ch. 217.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › LICENSING OF OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE (§§ 21-27-131 — 21-27-141) › Section 21-27-137 - Revocation or suspension of permit

The governing authority of the municipality may revoke or suspend such permit and demand the return of such badge upon proof that the holder while driving, or while in charge of such motor vehicle:
(a)
was intoxicated, or noticeably under the influence of intoxicating liquor; or,
(b)
had disturbed the peace while so engaged; or,
(c)
had recklessly disregarded the speed regulations prescribed by law; or,
(d)
had been guilty of knowingly transporting intoxicating liquor; or,
(e)
had carried concealed weapons in violation of law; or,
(f)
had knowingly transported persons for the purpose of gaming or prostitution, or for the purpose of obtaining intoxicating liquor.
The said authority may by ordinance prescribe other reasonable rules and regulations governing the use and operation of motor vehicles for hire within the municipality, and cause the same to be observed by such driver or operator, under penalty of revocation or suspension of such permit. Any person whose permit to drive or operate a motor vehicle for hire has been suspended or revoked may appeal to the circuit court from such order in the manner provided for appeals from orders of the governing authority of municipalities, but such appeal shall not operate as a supersedeas of said order.
Codes, 1930, § 5598; 1942, § 3497; Laws, 1922, ch. 217.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › LICENSING OF OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE (§§ 21-27-131 — 21-27-141) › Section 21-27-139 - Vehicle to be registered and numbered

The owner of any motor vehicle operated for hire in any city or town in this state, shall before causing the same to be operated, register the said vehicle with the clerk of such municipality, in the name of the owner, with the number of motor, and number of license tag for that year. The clerk shall keep said registration in a book kept for that purpose and give a number to such vehicle, which the owner shall cause to be painted or stenciled on two sides of the said vehicle. Such number shall not be required to be changed at subsequent registrations.
Such vehicle shall be reregistered on or before the first day of February each year.
Codes, 1930, § 5599; 1942, § 3498; Laws, 1922, ch. 217.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › LICENSING OF OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE (§§ 21-27-131 — 21-27-141) › Section 21-27-141 - Penalty for violations

(1)
Any person or persons who may violate any of the provisions of Sections
21-27-131
,
21-27-135
,
21-27-137
, or
21-27-139
, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction shall be fined not more than $50.00 or thirty days in jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
Failure of any owner or operator to comply with any of the requirements of Section
21-27-133
shall be cause for the revocation or suspension of his permit, or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both.
Codes, 1930, § 5601; 1942, §§ 3495.5, 3500; Laws, 1922, ch. 217; Laws, 1958, ch. 506, §§ 1-5, eff. 7/1/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › LICENSING OF BUS DRIVERS (§§ 21-27-151 — 21-27-155) › Section 21-27-151 - Obtaining permit; appeal from refusal to grant permit

No person may drive or operate any bus of a transportation system for the transportation of passengers within any city or town in this state, where the operation of such bus is subject to regulation by the authorities of such city or town under Section
21-27-121
, unless he shall first have been licensed so to do as follows: he shall make application to the mayor of such municipality in writing, accompanied by a statement of some reputable citizen thereof, that the applicant is over the age of eighteen years, an experienced driver, of good moral character, and physically and mentally capacitated to drive and operate such motor vehicle. The mayor shall place such application before the board of aldermen, or other governing authorities, whereupon inquiry may be made by such governing authorities into the moral character and mental and physical fitness of the applicant. If the permit shall be granted the applicant shall receive a license, signed by the mayor, together with a metallic badge, which shall have a number and the name of the municipality thereon, and which shall be worn so that the same will be displayed while engaged in or about such occupation. The governing authorities of the municipality may require the applicant to give a reasonable bond, of not more than five hundred dollars, to guarantee the faithful observance of the law as well as the rules and regulations which may be prescribed by the said municipality, and they may also require a reasonable fee, not to exceed five dollars for such license, which said license fee shall be paid into the general fund of such municipality. In the event the governing authority of such municipality refuse to grant such license to an applicant, an appeal may be taken to the circuit court, in the manner provided by law for appealing from other orders of the governing authorities of municipalities, and the questions to be tried upon appeal will be as to the age and experience and the moral, mental and physical fitness of the said applicant to pursue such vocation in such municipality.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-143.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 543, §§ 1-4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › LICENSING OF BUS DRIVERS (§§ 21-27-151 — 21-27-155) › Section 21-27-153 - Transfer of badge unlawful

It shall be unlawful for any driver who secures such license and badge to transfer such license or badge to any other driver, or for any person to use the license or badge of another person while driving or operating such bus.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-143.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 543, §§ 1-4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › LICENSING OF BUS DRIVERS (§§ 21-27-151 — 21-27-155) › Section 21-27-155 - Revocation or suspension of permit

The governing authority of the municipality may revoke or suspend such license and demand the return of such badge upon proof that the holder while driving, or while in charge of such motor vehicle:
(a)
was intoxicated, or noticeably under the influence of intoxicating liquor; or,
(b)
had disturbed the peace while so engaged; or,
(c)
had recklessly disregarded the speed regulations prescribed by law; or,
(d)
had carried concealed weapons in violation of law.
The said authority may by ordinance prescribe other reasonable rules and regulations governing the use and operation of such bus within the municipality, and cause the same to be observed by such driver or operator, under penalty of revocation or suspension of such license. Any person whose license to drive or operate such bus has been suspended or revoked may appeal to the circuit court from such order in the manner provided for appeals from orders of the governing authority of municipalities, but such appeal shall not operate as a supersedeas of said order.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-143.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 543, §§ 1-4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › METROPOLITAN AREA WASTE DISPOSAL (§§ 21-27-161 — 21-27-191) › Section 21-27-161 - Declaration of purpose; short title

Sections
21-27-161
through
21-27-191
are for the purpose of authorizing a cooperative effort by public agencies for the safe and economical construction and operation of systems for the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of wastes, including sewerage systems and sewage disposal systems, in order to prevent and control the pollution of the waters in this state. Said sections may be cited as the "Metropolitan Area Waste Disposal Act."
Laws, 1975, ch. 496, § 1, eff. 4/7/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › METROPOLITAN AREA WASTE DISPOSAL (§§ 21-27-161 — 21-27-191) › Section 21-27-165 - General powers of municipality as to waste collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal within metropolitan area

A municipality is authorized and empowered to acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, extend, repair, operate and maintain one or more sewage disposal systems and make contracts with any person or any public agency, under the terms of which the municipality will, within or without the municipality but within its metropolitan area, collect, transport, treat or dispose of waste for such person or public agency. A municipality may also enter into contracts with any person to purchase or sell, by installments over such term as may be deemed desirable, or otherwise, any waste collection, transportation, treatment or sewage disposal facilities or systems. A municipality is also authorized to enter into operating agreements with any person, for such terms and upon such conditions as may be deemed desirable, for the operation of any waste collection, transportation, treatment or sewage disposal facilities or systems of any person by the municipality; and a municipality may lease to or from any person, for such term and upon such conditions as may be deemed desirable, any waste collection, transportation, treatment or sewage disposal facilities or systems.
Laws, 1975, ch. 496, § 3, eff. 4/7/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › METROPOLITAN AREA WASTE DISPOSAL (§§ 21-27-161 — 21-27-191) › Section 21-27-167 - Acquisition of necessary property by municipality

A municipality shall have the power and right to acquire and to own, maintain, use and operate any and all property of any kind, real, personal or mixed, or any interest therein within or without the boundaries of its metropolitan area necessary or convenient to the exercise of the purposes of and the powers granted by Sections
21-27-161
through
21-27-191
. Within any unincorporated portion of its metropolitan area, a municipality may acquire such property by exercise of the power of eminent domain as provided in Chapter 27, Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972. Prior to the exercise of the power of eminent domain within any unincorporated portion of its metropolitan area, a municipality shall seek and obtain a written agreement with the public agency or other person having local jurisdiction of such area for the acquisition of such property. The written agreement provided for herein for the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall be spread upon the minutes of said public agency or person as defined herein.
Laws, 1975, ch. 496, § 4, eff. 4/7/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › METROPOLITAN AREA WASTE DISPOSAL (§§ 21-27-161 — 21-27-191) › Section 21-27-169 - Municipality may obtain federal assistance

A municipality is authorized to make such applications and enter into such contracts for financial assistance in comprehensive planning as may be appropriate under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as now or hereafter amended; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (P. L. 92-500); under Chapter 23 and Chapter 26, Title 33, United States Code; under Chapter 9, Title 40, United States Code and under any other relevant statutes.
Laws, 1975, ch. 496, § 5, eff. 4/7/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › METROPOLITAN AREA WASTE DISPOSAL (§§ 21-27-161 — 21-27-191) › Section 21-27-171 - Contracts with municipalities

A municipality may enter into contract with any person or public agency situated wholly or partly within its metropolitan area, whether or not lying wholly or partially within its boundaries, for any of the purposes authorized by Sections
21-27-161
through
21-27-191
. Public agencies and other persons are hereby authorized to make contracts with a municipality under which the municipality will make a sewage disposal system available to a public agency or group of public agencies or to other persons and furnish waste collection, transportation, treatment and sewage disposal services by the municipality's sewage disposal system. The contract may be upon such terms and for such period of time as the parties may agree and may provide that it will remain in effect until any bonds issued or to be issued by the municipality, and any bonds which may be issued to refund the same are paid; the contract may contain provisions to assure equitable treatment of persons or public agencies who contract with the municipality for waste collection, transportation, treatment and sewage disposal services from the same sewage disposal system; may contain provisions requiring any public agency or other person to regulate the quality and strength of waste to be handled by the sewage disposal system; shall provide the method of determining the amounts to be paid by a public agency or other person to the municipality; may provide for the sale or lease to or use of by the municipality of any sewage disposal system or any part thereof at the time owned or to be acquired by a public agency or other person; may provide that the municipality shall operate any sewage disposal system or part thereof at the time owned or to be acquired by a public agency or other person; may provide that a public agency shall have the right to continued performance of such services after the amortization of the municipality's investment in the sewage disposal system during the useful life thereof upon payments of reasonable charges therefor, reduced to take into consideration such amortization; and may contain such other provisions and requirements as the municipality and a public agency or other person may determine to be appropriate or necessary. A municipality may also provide in its contract that the municipality shall have the right to use any streets, alleys and public ways and places within the jurisdiction of a public agency or other person during the term of the contract.
Laws, 1975, ch. 496, § 6, eff. 4/7/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › METROPOLITAN AREA WASTE DISPOSAL (§§ 21-27-161 — 21-27-191) › Section 21-27-173 - Payments by public agency under contract

Payments by a public agency to the municipality for waste collection, transportation, treatment and sewage disposal services and facilities may be made from the income of the public agency's waterworks system or water supply system or its sewerage system, treatment facilities or sewage disposal system or of both such systems or of its combined waterworks, water supply, treatment facilities, sewerage and sewage disposal systems, as may be prescribed in the contract between the municipality and the public agency, or as otherwise authorized by law. Such payments shall constitute an operating expense of the system or systems whose revenues are thus to be applied. Payments to be made under the contract by the public agency from the income of its waterworks system, water supply system, treatment facility, sewerage system or sewage disposal system or both such systems or its combined waterworks, water supply, treatment facility, sewerage and sewage disposal systems shall be subordinate to amounts required to be paid from the net revenues of such systems for principal of and interest on bonds of the public agency which are outstanding at the time of the making of the contract and which are payable solely from such net revenues unless the ordinance or resolution authorizing such outstanding bonds of the public agency expressly reserves the right to accord such contract payments a priority over such public agency's bond requirements. No provision of Sections
21-27-161
through
21-27-191
shall be construed to prohibit any public agency, otherwise permitted by law to issue bonds, from issuing bonds in the manner provided by law for the construction, renovation, repair or development of waste disposal facilities within the jurisdictional limits of the public agency. Except to the extent provided in Section
21-27-175
, neither the municipality nor the holder of any bonds of the municipality shall have the right to demand payment of the public agency's obligation out of any funds raised or to be raised by taxation, but such contracts shall constitute an obligation of the public agency and shall be binding upon such public agency according to its terms and shall continue in effect until all bonds specified therein and refunding bonds issued in lieu of such bonds and all other obligations thereunder shall have been paid. Payments made or to be made to a municipality by a public agency or other person pursuant to a contract for waste collection, transportation, treatment and sewage disposal services and facilities shall be determined by the method specified in the contract and shall not be subject to approval or review by the public service commission.
Laws, 1975, ch. 496, § 7, eff. 4/7/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 27 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION (§§ 21-27-1 — 21-27-221) › METROPOLITAN AREA WASTE DISPOSAL (§§ 21-27-161 — 21-27-191) › Section 21-27-175 - Public agency may levy ad valorem tax

Any public agency having taxing powers, other than a county or a municipality as herein defined, is authorized to levy a special ad valorem tax not to exceed four (4) mills upon all taxable property within its geographical limits to pay all or a portion of the payments to be made by that public agency under a contract between the public agency and a municipality and if the contract as authorized by the governing body of the public agency so provides, then the contract shall constitute an obligation against the taxing power of the public agency to the extent therein provided. The special ad valorem tax millage authorized by Sections
21-27-161
through
21-27-191
shall not be reimbursable by the state under the provisions otherwise made for reimbursements under the homestead exemption laws.
The proceeds derived from two (2) mills of the levy authorized herein shall be included in the ten percent (10%) increase limitation under Section
27-39-321
, and the proceeds derived from any additional millage levied hereunder in excess of two (2) mills shall be excluded from such limitation for the first year of such additional levy and shall be included within such limitation in any year thereafter.
Laws, 1975, ch. 496, § 8; Laws, 1987, ch. 507, § 16, eff. 4/20/1987.