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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-29-31 — 37-29-39) › Section 37-29-37 - Continuation of operation of junior college lying in county bordering on the Mississippi River

(1)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections
37-29-1
through
37-29-273
to the contrary, any existing publicly operated junior college, lying in and operated by a county bordering on the Mississippi River, may, in the discretion of the board of supervisors of such county, continue to operate said college under such terms and conditions as said board may deem necessary and requisite in the premises. The governing authorities of other counties and municipalities are authorized and empowered, in the discretion of said governing bodies, to appropriate funds for the support of said junior college.
(2)
The provisions of the preceding subsection shall not impair nor abrogate the aforesaid county's obligations, duties, powers, and rights as a member county of the junior college district to which it is made a part by Section
37-29-31
.
(3)
All of the property and facilities of any existing junior college located outside of the boundaries of the county owning and operating the same shall be and the same are hereby transferred to and vested in the board of trustees of the junior college district in which said county owning and operating said junior college is situated, and the board of trustees of said junior college district is authorized to continue the operation of said college under such terms and conditions as such board may deem necessary and requisite.
The governing authorities of other counties and municipalities lying outside of such junior college district are authorized and empowered, in the discretion of their governing bodies, to levy taxes and to appropriate funds for the support of such junior college.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-66; Laws, 1964, ch. 398, § 16; Laws, 1964, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 29, eff. 7/14/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-29-31 — 37-29-39) › Section 37-29-39 - Continuation of Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College District

It is expressly provided that nothing in Sections
37-29-1
through
37-29-273
shall be construed as affecting a junior college district heretofore established under authority of Sections
37-29-401
through
37-29-437
.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-68; Laws, 1964, ch. 398, § 18, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-61 - President; selection and term

The executive head of a junior college shall be the president of the college who shall be selected by the board of trustees for a term not to exceed four years.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-06; Laws, 1950, ch. 369, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-63 - Powers of the president

(1)
The president of any community college, or such other person designated or authorized by the board of trustees, shall have the power to recommend to the board of trustees all teachers to be employed in the district.
(2)
The president may remove or suspend any member of the faculty subject to the approval of the trustees. He shall be the general manager of all fiscal and administrative affairs of the district with full authority to select, direct, employ and discharge any and all employees other than teachers; however, the board may make provisions and establish policies for leave for faculty members and other key personnel.
(3)
The president shall have the authority, subject to the provisions of Section
75-76-34
and Sections
37-29-1
through
37-29-273
and the approval of the trustees, to arrange and survey courses of study, fix schedules, and establish and enforce rules and discipline for the governing of teachers and students. He shall be the general custodian of the property of the district.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-55; Laws, 1964, ch. 398, § 5; Laws, 2002, ch. 532, § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 321, § 1; Laws, 2005, ch. 528, § 1, eff. 7/1/2005.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 327, SB 2499, 5, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-69 - Junior college attendance centers

Any junior college district is hereby authorized and empowered to operate junior college attendance centers at existing sites of junior college plants and facilities and at such other places within the district, subject to the approval of the Mississippi Community College Board, as the board of trustees shall determine to be in the best interest of the district.
Two (2) or more boards of trustees may cooperate in establishing, operating and maintaining attendance centers.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6475-53, 6475-54; Laws, 1964, ch. 398, §§ 3, 4; Laws, 1986, ch. 434, § 6, eff. 7/1/1986 (became law on 4/4/1986, without Governor's signature).
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 397, HB 460, 20, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-71 - Preparation of budget

The board of trustees shall annually prepare a budget which shall contain a detailed estimate of the revenues and expenses anticipated for the ensuing year for general operation and maintenance and which shall set forth the reasonable requirements for anticipated needs for capital outlays for land, buildings, initial equipment for new buildings and major repairs, a reasonable accumulation for such purposes being hereby expressly authorized.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-53; Laws, 1964, ch. 398, § 3, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-73 - Board may execute oil, gas and mineral leases; terms; limits

The board of trustees is authorized to execute oil, gas and mineral leases on any of the property owned by the board of trustees of the district, but such leases shall not extend for a term beyond five years unless oil, gas or other minerals shall be in production under said leases at the expiration of said period. The terms and conditions of said lease, within the limitations above set out, shall be for the determination and within the discretion of the board of trustees.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-59; Laws, § 1964, ch. 398, § 9, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-75 - Sales of surplus real and personal property

When any land or other property owned by a junior college/community college district shall cease to be used or needed by the district, the same may be sold by the board of trustees upon sealed bids or at public auction after three (3) weeks' advertisement in a newspaper in the county where the said property is located. Personal property having a value determined by the board of less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) may be sold without such advertisement; however, in such event, notice shall be posted in at least three public places in the county where such property is situated or where it is to be sold, giving notice of the time and place of such sale, and such property shall be sold to the highest and best bidder for cash. Such notice shall be posted for ten (10) days before the sale.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-60; Laws, § 1964, ch. 398, § 10; Laws, 1993, ch. 556, § 4, eff. 7/1/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-76 - Exchange of lands

When any junior college district in which the junior college campus is located in a county having a population in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000) according to the 1970 federal decennial census, owns lands adjacent to lands owned by any county forming a part of such district, the board of trustees of any such district and the board of supervisors of any such county may make such exchanges of land and may execute such instruments perfecting the title of the county and that of the district as they, by appropriate resolutions, may find proper, all without the necessity of advertisement for or receiving bids.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-60; Laws, 1972, ch. 413, § 1, eff. 4/27/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-77 - Lease of school buildings, equipment and lands

The board of trustees of any junior college is hereby authorized to lease the buildings and equipment thereof to any responsible individual for the purpose of carrying on a private school when there are no funds available for running said institution, and to lease the lands of said institution to some responsible person for agricultural purposes. Said leases shall not extend for any greater length of time than a period of three years from date of granting said lease.
Codes, 1942, § 6484; Laws, 1932, ch. 106.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-79 - Transportation of pupils; no additional allocation; promulgation of rules

Any junior college district is charged with the responsibility for providing preprofessional courses, liberal arts, technical, vocational, and adult education courses and shall undertake to provide the same as conveniently as is possible to the residents of the district, and to this end, the board of trustees is authorized and empowered to transport such enrollees as, in its discretion, should be transported in the best interest of the district. However, no additional allocation of any appropriation shall be made for such transportation. The board of trustees shall promulgate uniform rules to prevent discrimination in all matters of transportation.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6475-15, 6475-56; Laws, 1950, ch. 369, § 15; Laws, 1964, ch. 398, § 6, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-81 - Fees and tuition

The district, in the discretion of the board of trustees, may charge fees and tuitions in accordance with Section
37-103-25
.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-58; Laws, 1964, ch. 398, § 8; Laws, 2003, ch. 364, § 2, eff. 7/1/2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-83 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 518, § 17, eff. 10/1/1993.
Laws, 1973, ch. 477, § 1; Repealed, 1984, ch. 495, § 36, and 1984, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 8, § 3; Reenacted and amended, 1985, ch. 474, § 42; 1986, ch. 438, § 15; 1987, ch. 483, § 20; 1988, ch. 442, § 17; 1989, ch. 537, § 16; 1990, ch. 518, § 17; 1991, ch. 618, § 16; 1992, ch. 491 § 17.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-85 - Liability insurance to cover official actions of board members

The board of trustees of any public junior college district is hereby authorized to purchase liability insurance to cover the official actions of its board members and the official actions of employees of such public junior college district. Such coverage shall be in an amount judged by the board to be adequate. The costs of such insurance shall be paid out of the public junior college district's general maintenance fund.
Laws, 1981, ch. 510, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 459; Laws, 1985, ch. 474, § 48; Laws, 1986, ch. 438, § 16; Laws, 1987, ch. 483, § 21; Laws, 1988, ch. 442, § 18; Laws, 1989, ch. 537, § 17; Laws, 1990, ch. 518, § 18; Laws, 1991, ch. 618, § 17; Laws, 1992, ch. 491, § 18, eff. 5/12/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§§ 37-29-61 — 37-29-87) › Section 37-29-87 - Conveyance of land to counties within junior college districts

The board of trustees of any public junior college district is hereby authorized, in its sole discretion, to convey real property and improvements thereon to any county within the junior college district without the necessity of advertising for and receiving bids and without receiving compensation therefor, provided the following requirements are met:
(a)
Where the county received title to the property and conveyed said property to the board of trustees of the junior college district, or where the board of trustees of such district received title to the property from any source and the purchase price therefor was paid by the county, for the purpose of operating an attendance center; and
(b)
Where the board of trustees of the junior college district has not received approvals from necessary state agencies or authorities to use said land for the operation of an attendance center; and
(c)
Where said board of trustees has adopted a resolution that such land and improvements are not needed for junior college purposes and expressing the desire to convey such land and improvements back to the county.
Laws, 1988, ch. 303, § 1, eff. 2/24/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › BORROWING OF MONEY; ISSUANCE OF BONDS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-127) › Section 37-29-101 - Borrowing in anticipation of taxes; authorization to borrow funds from federal government to compensate for loss of revenue as result of Hurricane Katrina

(1)
In addition to other authority granted by Sections
37-29-1
through
37-29-273
or existing laws, the board of trustees may borrow money in anticipation of taxes, not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the previous year's ad valorem tax receipts, for the purpose of paying any expenses authorized by law for the operation, maintenance and support of the college. The loan shall be evidenced by note or notes bearing the signatures of the chairman of the board and of the secretary of the board of trustees, and the seal of the college shall be thereon impressed. The notes shall mature not later than the thirtieth day of June next thereafter, and the notes shall not bear interest in excess of that allowed in Section
75-17-105
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
(2)
The board of trustees may borrow funds from the United States federal government or any agency thereof to compensate for the loss of revenue collected or estimated to be collected on behalf of the community or junior college district from local sources during a fiscal year as a result of Hurricane Katrina, may issue its promissory note to the United States federal government or any agency thereof, and may comply with and issue the regulations of the United States federal government or agency thereof regarding the promissory note. However, this section does not authorize any levy of taxes or pledge of collateral for the security of a promissory note not otherwise allowed by law. The State of Mississippi may sign any promissory note as an equal co-obligor on any such note, and in the event the State of Mississippi signs the promissory note as a co-obligor, the full faith and credit of the State of Mississippi shall be pledged for the payment of the promissory note.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-57; Laws, 1964, ch. 398, § 7; Laws, 1968, ch. 406, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 462, § 6; Laws, 1982, ch. 434, § 11; Laws, 1983, ch. 541, § 16; Laws, 2006, ch. 308, § 3, eff. 2/20/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › BORROWING OF MONEY; ISSUANCE OF BONDS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-127) › Section 37-29-103 - Long-term borrowing; procedure

Any board of trustees may, in its discretion, by the concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of its authorized members present and voting and for good cause shown therefor, to be spread upon its minutes by way of its resolution or order, which shall contain a proposal as to the revenues from which it is anticipated the loans herein authorized are to be repaid, authorize the junior college district to borrow money from time to time for periods not to exceed twenty-five (25) years under such terms and conditions as the board deems necessary and requisite and upon its issuing its promissory note or notes or other negotiable instruments. Such loans may be repaid from the general fund of the district, whether the same shall have been derived from ad valorem tax receipts or otherwise and may be further secured by a pledge of the avails of the levies, whether for support, enlargement, improvement or repairs, authorized by Section
37-29-141
, Mississippi Code of 1972; and the tax receipts used to repay such loans from any levies so pledged shall be excluded from the ten percent (10%) growth limitation on ad valorem taxes imposed in Sections
27-39-320
,
27-39-321
and
37-57-107
, Mississippi Code of 1972. Such note or notes or other negotiable instruments shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the chairman of the board of trustees and countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the secretary thereof, with the seal of the district affixed thereto. At least one (1) signature on each such note shall be a manual signature, as specified in the issuing resolution. The coupons, if any, may bear only facsimile signatures. Any notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to this section shall be sold pursuant to the provisions of Section
31-19-25
, Mississippi Code of 1972, and shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section
75-17-101
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-62; Laws, 1964, ch. 398, § 12; Laws, 1966, ch. 416, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 406, § 2; Laws, 1970, ch. 378, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 428; Laws, 1976, ch. 411; Laws, 1981, ch. 460, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 434, § 12; Laws, 1983, ch. 541, § 17; Laws, 1988, ch. 316, eff. 4/11/1988.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 365, SB 2218,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › BORROWING OF MONEY; ISSUANCE OF BONDS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-127) › Section 37-29-105 - Utilization of available funds for commencement of projects for which bonds have been authorized

In the event that bonds shall have been authorized for projects determined by the board of trustees and such bonds validated, the board of trustees is authorized to utilize any available funds for the immediate commencement of such project and to reimburse the funds from which any such expenditures are made from the proceeds of the bonds when the same are received.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-57; Laws, 1964, ch. 398, § 7; Laws, 1968, ch. 406, § 1, eff. 6/24/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › BORROWING OF MONEY; ISSUANCE OF BONDS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-127) › Section 37-29-107 - Issuance of bonds for dormitories and other housing facilities

Subject to the approval of the Mississippi Community College Board, the boards of trustees of junior college districts are hereby authorized and empowered to contract with and borrow money from the United States of America, or any department, instrumentality, agency or agencies thereof, as may be designated or created to make loans or grants, or from private lenders, for the purpose of acquiring land for, and erecting, repairing, remodeling, maintaining, adding to, extending, improving, equipping or acquiring dormitories with or without dining facilities, dwellings or apartments to be located at or near the campuses of such junior colleges, for the use of students, faculty members or officers or employees thereof. The said boards are hereby authorized to supervise the contracting for and the construction and equipping of all facilities constructed and financed hereunder.
Codes, 1942, § 6477-01; Laws, 1962, ch. 353, § 1; Laws, 1986, ch. 434, § 7, eff. 7/1/1986 (became law on 4/4/1986, without Governor's signature).
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 397, HB 460, 21, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › BORROWING OF MONEY; ISSUANCE OF BONDS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-127) › Section 37-29-111 - When bonds may be refunded

Bonds issued under the provisions of Section
37-29-109
, may be refunded, in whole or in part, in any of the following circumstances, to wit:
(a)
When any such bonds by their terms become due and payable and there are not sufficient sums in the fund established for their payment to pay such bonds and the interest thereon;
(b)
When any such bonds are by their terms callable for payment and redemption in advance of their date of maturity and shall have been duly called for payment and redemption;
(c)
When any such bonds are voluntarily surrendered by the holder or holders thereof in exchange for refunding bonds; and
(d)
When, in connection with the issuance of any additional bonds under the provisions of Section
37-29-109
for the purpose of financing any additional construction authorized under the provisions of Section
37-29-107
, any such board shall determine to combine such new issue of bonds with any issue or issues of bonds of the same board then outstanding, for the purpose of unifying such indebtedness and utilizing the income and revenues derived from all projects or facilities operated by such board to the payment of such indebtedness, and such board shall determine that such outstanding bonds are by their terms then callable for redemption or are obtainable by and through the voluntary surrender thereof by the holder or holders thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 6477-04; Laws, 1962, ch. 353, § 4, eff. 5/21/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › BORROWING OF MONEY; ISSUANCE OF BONDS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-127) › Section 37-29-113 - Refunding bonds

For the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under the provisions of Section
37-29-109
, including refunding bonds, any board of trustees may make and issue refunding bonds in such amount as may be necessary to pay off and redeem the bonds to be refunded together with unpaid and past due interest thereon and any premium which may be due under the terms of such outstanding bonds, together also with the cost of issuing such refunding bonds. Said board may sell the same in like manner as provided for the initial issuance of bonds. With the proceeds of any such refunding bonds such board shall pay off, redeem and cancel such old bonds and interest coupons as may have matured, or such bonds as may have been called for payment and redemption together with the past due interest and premium, if any, due thereon; such bonds may be issued and delivered in exchange for a like par value amount of bonds to refund which the refunding bonds were issued. No refunding bonds issued hereunder shall be payable in more than twenty-five (25) years from the date thereof, nor shall any such refunding bonds bear interest at a rate in excess of that allowed in Section
75-17-101
, Mississippi Code of 1972, payable semiannually. All such refunding bonds shall be payable from the same source or sources as were pledged to the payment of the bonds refunded thereby and, in the discretion of such board of trustees, may be payable from any other source or sources which may be pledged to the payment of revenue bonds issued hereunder. Bonds of two (2) or more outstanding issues of the same board may be refunded in a single issue of refunding bonds.
Codes, 1942, § 6477-05; Laws, 1962, ch. 353, § 5; Laws, 1981, ch. 462, § 8; Laws, 1982, ch. 434, § 14; Laws, 1983, ch. 541, § 19, eff. 4/25/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › BORROWING OF MONEY; ISSUANCE OF BONDS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-127) › Section 37-29-117 - Actions or proceedings by bondholders

The holder of any bond or any interest coupon issued under the provisions of Sections
37-29-107
through
37-29-115
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 said boards of trustees of any or all acts and duties to be performed by such boards or such officials under the provisions of said sections and under the resolution 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 such bonds, any court having jurisdiction in the proper action may, upon petition of the holder of any such bonds, appoint a receiver to administer and operate the facilities, the revenues of which were pledged to the payment of such bonds, with power to fix and collect fees, rentals and other charges sufficient to provide for the payment of all bonds outstanding, to the payment of which the revenues of such facilities were pledged and to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining such facilities and to apply the revenues thereof in conformity with the provisions of said sections and of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds.
Codes, 1942, § 6477-07; Laws, 1962, ch. 353, § 7, eff. 5/21/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › BORROWING OF MONEY; ISSUANCE OF BONDS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-127) › Section 37-29-119 - Full faith and credit of state not pledged to payment of bonds

It shall be understood that the full faith and credit of the State of Mississippi is not pledged to the payment of such bonds as are issued under the provisions of Sections
37-29-107
through
37-29-115
, and that such bonds are payable solely from the sources provided by law.
Codes, 1942, § 6477-01; Laws, 1962, ch. 353, § 1, eff. 5/21/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › BORROWING OF MONEY; ISSUANCE OF BONDS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-127) › Section 37-29-121 - Junior college district may borrow not to exceed $50,000 for housing facilities

Any junior college district, supported in whole or in part by tax levies of one or more counties, may borrow not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), for the purpose of receiving, transporting, erecting on the ground of said institution, and equipping and furnishing any prefabricated houses, or other materials, or appliances, fixtures, machines, furnishings or equipment, obtained by grant or otherwise from the United States of America or any department or agency thereof, or from any other source, where the same may be acquired for the use of the institution, any student personnel, or faculty members.
Codes, 1942, § 6466-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 366, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › BORROWING OF MONEY; ISSUANCE OF BONDS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-127) › Section 37-29-125 - Board of trustees to fix and collect fees, rents and charges; disposition of monies

The board of trustees of any such junior college district borrowing money pursuant to the authority granted in Section
37-29-121
, is hereby authorized and empowered to fix, maintain and collect fees, rentals and other charges to be paid by students, faculty members and others using, housed in or being served by any building or other housing facility erected or established under the terms and provisions of said section. All such fees, rentals and other charges shall likewise be paid into the debt retirement fund specified in Section
37-29-123
, and shall be pledged for the prompt repayment of any and all indebtedness, whether of principal or interest, incurred under the provisions of said section. Nothing in Sections
37-29-121
through
37-29-127
shall be construed to authorize the levying or imposition of any taxes in excess of the limits and amounts which are now or may hereafter be provided by law.
Codes, 1942, § 6466-03; Laws, 1946, ch. 366, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › BORROWING OF MONEY; ISSUANCE OF BONDS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-127) › Section 37-29-127 - Foregoing sections as cumulative

Sections
37-29-121
through
37-29-125
shall be construed as cumulative and no restriction, limitation or prohibition of the general laws shall operate to curtail the authority or prescribe the procedure by which the purposes of said sections shall be effected.
Codes, 1942, § 6466-04; Laws, 1946, ch. 366, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO LEASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 37-29-131 — 37-29-139) › Section 37-29-131 - Lease limitation; machinery, equipment, furnishings, and fixtures

The board of trustees of any community or junior college is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into lease agreements or service contracts with any governmental agency or political subdivision, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or individual under which the college may acquire by lease, lease-purchase or service contract for a primary term not to exceed thirty-five (35) years lands, buildings and related facilities which the board may determine necessary to provide additional facilities, services or educational opportunities to the college, its students, faculty and the community.
Any machinery, furnishings, fixtures and equipment for these facilities and use by the college may be acquired by lease or lease purchase provided that the primary term of such lease shall not exceed the estimated useful economic life of such machinery or equipment.
Laws, 1990, ch. 432, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 511, § 25, eff. 4/13/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO LEASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 37-29-131 — 37-29-139) › Section 37-29-133 - Option to purchase; fair market value

All such leases shall contain an option granting the board the right to purchase the leased property upon the expiration of the primary term or upon such earlier date as may be agreed upon. With respect to leased machinery, furniture, fixtures and equipment, the purchase price shall be specified in the lease contract separately and distinctly from that portion of lease payments attributable to interest. With respect to other property, the purchase price, excluding payments attributable to interest, shall not exceed the appraised fair market value of the leased property at the time the college takes possession of the property for occupancy.
Laws, 1990, ch. 432, § 2, eff. 3/15/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO LEASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 37-29-131 — 37-29-139) › Section 37-29-135 - Authority to lease for purposes of construction, repair, or rehabilitation of buildings or facilities

The board of trustees is authorized to lease land and/or buildings owned by the college to any governmental agency, political subdivision, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or individual for the purpose of enabling such persons to construct thereon or repair, renovate and rehabilitate any buildings or facilities the board may determine as necessary and beneficial for additional facilities, services or educational opportunities to the college, students, faculty or the community, and to lease such building and facilities to the college.
Laws, 1990, ch. 432, § 3, eff. 3/15/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO LEASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 37-29-131 — 37-29-139) › Section 37-29-137 - Lessee's obligation to pay amounts due or perform covenants limited to current and specific appropriations

Subject to the provisions of Sections
37-29-131
through
37-29-139
, any lease agreement shall be binding on the board of trustees of the college and any party thereto in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that any such lease shall include a provision that the lessee's obligation to pay any amounts due or perform any covenants requiring or resulting in the expenditure of money shall be contingent and expressly limited to the extent of any covenants requiring or resulting in the expenditure of money shall be contingent and expressly limited to the extent of any appropriation made to fund such lease agreement and that nothing contained in the lease agreement shall be construed as creating any monetary obligations on the part of the lessee beyond such current and specific support appropriations. Rentals payable by the community or junior college under leases pursuant to Sections
37-29-131
through
37-29-139
, shall be payable from any revenue available for the support and enlargement, improvement, and repair of the college.
Laws, 1990, ch. 432, § 4, eff. 3/15/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO LEASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 37-29-131 — 37-29-139) › Section 37-29-139 - Sections 37-29-131 through 37-29-139 full and complete authority for authorization, execution, and delivery of leases

Sections
37-29-131
through 37-29-139, without reference to any other statute shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the authorization, execution and delivery of lease agreements authorized hereunder and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method; and none of the present restrictions, requirements, conditions and limitations of law applicable to acquisition, construction and drawing of buildings or facilities shall apply to lease agreements under Sections
37-29-131
through 37-29-139, and no proceeding shall be required for the authorization, execution and delivery of such leases other than those required herein, and all powers necessary to be exercised in order to carry out the provisions of Sections
37-29-131
through 37-29-139, are hereby conferred.
Laws, 1990, ch. 432, § 5, eff. 3/15/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › TAXATION (§§ 37-29-141 — 37-29-145) › Section 37-29-145 - Taxes shall be levied until previously issued bonds retired

In the event any county shall have outstanding bonds or other indebtedness which were sold or levied for the support and maintenance of a public junior college which was in operation as of July 1, 1964, and such county becomes a part of a legally constituted junior college district as provided in section
37-29-31
, the board of supervisors of such county shall continue to levy taxes upon such county until such bonds or other indebtedness shall be fully paid according to the terms thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-64; Laws, 1964, ch. 398, § 14, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › VOCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-29-161 — 37-29-179) › Section 37-29-161 - Short title

Sections 37-29-161 through
37-29-173
may be cited as the "Mississippi Junior College Vocational and Technical Training Law of 1964."
Codes, 1942, § 6475-31; Laws, 1964, ch. 401, § 1, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › VOCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-29-161 — 37-29-179) › Section 37-29-163 - Declaration of intent

It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that those funds appropriated to the state building commission for the junior college vocational and technical training fund shall be expended to expand immediately and improve existing programs, to institute new programs and to provide adequate equipment and facilities for existing and new programs for vocational and technical training individually or collectively within the public junior colleges of the state. The legislature further declares its intent to be that the presently existing physical facilities of the junior colleges shall be utilized in the development and implementation of such vocational and technical training programs where possible.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-33; Laws, 1964, ch. 401, § 3, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › VOCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-29-161 — 37-29-179) › Section 37-29-165 - Junior college vocational and technical training fund; expenditures from fund

There is hereby created within the state building commission a fund for the stimulation of the vocational and technical training programs of the junior colleges of the State of Mississippi. All sums of money received by the state building commission to carry out the provisions of the Mississippi Junior College Vocational and Technical Training Law of 1964 shall be maintained in the state treasury and shall constitute a fund to be known as the "junior college vocational and technical training fund". All expenditures therefrom shall be authorized by the State Building Commission in the manner set forth in Section
37-29-171
. Such expenditures shall be paid therefrom by the state treasurer on warrants issued by the auditor of public accounts. Said auditor shall issue his warrant upon requisition signed by the chairman and secretary of said commission.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-32; Laws, 1964, ch. 401, § 2, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › VOCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-29-161 — 37-29-179) › Section 37-29-167 - Applications for benefits; local matching funds; district board of trustees authorized to receive gifts

Any state public junior college desiring any benefit available under the provisions of the Mississippi Junior College Vocational and Technical Training Law of 1964 shall make application in triplicate therefor to the Mississippi Community College Board, and submit the same in the form and manner as said commission may direct.
The board of trustees of the junior college district is required and it is empowered to allocate local matching funds on at least a fifty-fifty basis to supplement state funds, and the commission shall determine the rules and conditions appertaining to same.
The board of trustees is authorized to receive all grants, scholarships or donations in carrying out the provisions of said law.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-34; Laws, 1964, ch. 401, § 4, eff. 3/26/1964.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 397, HB 460, 68, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › VOCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-29-161 — 37-29-179) › Section 37-29-169 - Allocation of funds; review of application; certificate of necessity; disposition of application

The formula for allocating funds to the state's public junior colleges in support of the purposes set forth in Section
37-29-163
shall be determined by the Mississippi Community College Board based upon need for the program set forth in the application.
Said board shall furnish a copy of the application to the Governor's Office of General Services and a copy to the Board of Economic Development. The Board of Economic Development shall review each application, and if said board finds and determines there exists a need for said training programs, facilities and equipment, it shall issue a certificate of necessity to the Mississippi Community College Board, which certificate of necessity shall be a prerequisite for approval.
The Mississippi Community College Board shall consider each application with reference to adequacy of the past, present and prospective use of the instruction, personnel, curriculum, equipment, budget, operation, facilities, grants, scholarships, tuition, maintenance and other similar administrative and technical data as relates to each junior college. The said board shall, by resolution or order, approve or disapprove the application.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-35; Laws, 1964, ch. 401, § 5; Laws, 1986, ch. 434, § 8, eff. 7/1/1986 (became law on 4/4/1986, without Governor's signature).
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 397, HB 460, 22, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › VOCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-29-161 — 37-29-179) › Section 37-29-171 - Approval of expenditures

No expenditures shall be made under the provisions of the Mississippi Junior College Vocational and Technical Training Law of 1964 for the construction of new buildings, renovation or expansion of existing buildings, the purchase of any new or used instructional equipment, machinery and instructional facilities, or for any other purpose under the provisions of said law until approval of the state building commission is obtained by resolution duly entered upon its minutes.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-36; Laws, 1964, ch. 401, § 6, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › VOCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-29-161 — 37-29-179) › Section 37-29-173 - Use of local and supporting funds

Local funds made available to the junior colleges or supporting funds allocated in support of the Mississippi Junior College Vocational and Technical Training Law of 1964, or both, may be used to supplement any other funds that may now be, or that may hereafter become, available for the purposes of carrying out the intent of said law. In no event, however, shall any expenditures be made under the provisions of said law unless the amount of local funds involved shall be equal to or exceed the amount of state funds made available for the projects or programs involved.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-37; Laws, 1964, ch. 401, § 7, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › VOCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-29-161 — 37-29-179) › Section 37-29-175 - Lease of facilities for industrial training of students

If a junior college now or hereafter establishes facilities for the industrial training of students and it appears to the board of trustees of the junior college district that the training of students will be facilitated by the continuous operation of such facilities, the trustees are authorized to lease to individual firms or corporations such facilities or a part thereof upon such terms and conditions as the trustees may approve, provided that all students desirous of securing training of the kind offered by the lessee shall be given a reasonable opportunity therefor.
Codes, 1930, § 6676; 1942, § 6456; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278; Laws, 1936, 2nd Ex Sess, ch. 11; Laws, 1968, ch. 405, § 1, eff. 7/1/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › VOCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-29-161 — 37-29-179) › Section 37-29-177 - Specialized programs in vocational and vocational-technical education shall be available to out-of-district students

Specialized programs in vocational and vocational-technical education which are not available to students in their home districts, but which are offered in other districts, shall be available to such students on a non-out-of-district fee basis.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-25; Laws, 1962, ch. 352, § 5, eff. 5/26/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › VOCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-29-161 — 37-29-179) › Section 37-29-179 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 434, § 17, eff. 7/1/1986 (became law on 4/4/1986, without Governor's signature).
Codes, 1942, § 6475-26; Laws, 1962, ch. 352, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › NURSE TRAINING PROGRAMS (§ 37-29-201) › Section 37-29-201 - Hospitals, counties and municipalities may support nurse training programs

The official boards of the various public supported hospitals of the State of Mississippi that conduct a nurses training program in connection with said hospitals are hereby empowered to contribute to a public supported junior college wherein said hospital is located in said junior college district for the support and maintenance of a nurses training program at said junior college. The board of supervisors of any county wherein there is a public hospital supported in whole or in part at county expense is hereby authorized and empowered to contribute to a nurses training program carried on and conducted thereat when said junior college district encompasses the county wherein the supervisors so contribute. The governing board of any municipality in this state that supports in whole or in part a hospital is hereby authorized and empowered to contribute to such a nurses training program at the public supported junior college wherein the municipality is located within the junior college district.
Any public supported junior college operating or conducting a nurses training program is hereby authorized and empowered to accept donations from private hospitals or any other persons, firms or corporations for the support of a nurses training program.
Codes, 1942, § 6475-41; Laws, 1964, ch. 437, eff. 6/5/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › FACULTY [Repealed] (§ 37-29-211) › Section 37-29-211 - through 37-29-217 - [Repealed]

Codes, 1942, § 6282-41, 42, 43, 44; Laws, 1956, ch. 265, § 1, 2, 3, 4.
Repealed by Laws, 2015, ch. 340, HB 647, 1, eff. 3/13/2015.