Whenever a public agency and a municipality shall have executed a contract under Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 and the payments thereunder are to be made either wholly or partly from the revenues of the public agency's waterworks system, water supply system, treatment facility, sewerage system or sewage disposal system or from both systems or a combination of both systems, the duty is hereby imposed on the public agency to establish and maintain and from time to time to adjust the rates charged by the public agency for the services of such system or systems, to the end that the revenues therefrom together with any taxes levied in support thereof will be sufficient at all times to pay: (a) the expense of operating and maintaining such system; (b) all of the public agency's obligations to the municipality under the contract; and (c) all of the public agency's obligations under and in connection with revenue bonds theretofore issued, or which may be issued thereafter secured by revenues of such system or systems. The contract may require the use of consulting engineers and financial experts to advise the public agency whether and when such rates are to be adjusted.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation
Metropolitan Area Waste Disposal
§ 21-27-161. Declaration of purpose; short title
§ 21-27-167. Acquisition of necessary property by municipality
§ 21-27-169. Municipality may obtain federal assistance
§ 21-27-171. Contracts with municipalities
§ 21-27-173. Payments by public agency under contract
§ 21-27-175. Public agency may levy ad valorem tax
§ 21-27-177. Public agency to make necessary adjustments of rates
§ 21-27-179. Issuance of bonds by municipality
§ 21-27-181. Municipality to make necessary adjustments of rates
§ 21-27-183. Validation of bonds
§ 21-27-185. Investment of bond proceeds
§ 21-27-187. Bonds exempt from inclusion in debt-limitations; bonds are legal investments