The boards of supervisors and the municipal governing boards of the various counties and cities of the State of Mississippi are hereby empowered to create human resource agencies which may be comprised of one or more counties, cities, or any combination thereof. It is the express intention of this chapter that agencies created hereunder shall be operated under local governmental control and shall be responsible for administration of programs heretofore conducted by community action agencies, limited purpose agencies and related programs authorized by federal law.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities
Chapter 15 - Human Resource Agencies
§ 17-15-1. Creation; declaration of intent
§ 17-15-5. Powers of governing board in general; appointment of executive director; bond