After the creation of a joint agency, any other municipality may become a member thereof upon application to such joint agency after the adoption of a resolution by the utility commission of the municipality setting forth the determination and finding prescribed in Section 75-5-717, and the adoption by the governing authorities of the municipality of a resolution or ordinance ratifying the determination of the utility commission and authorizing said municipality to participate, and with the unanimous consent of the members of the joint agency evidenced by the resolutions of their respective utility commissions. Any municipality may withdraw from a joint agency, provided, however, that all contractual rights acquired and obligations incurred while a municipality was a member shall remain in full force and effect.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Article 15 - Joint municipal electric power
§ 77-5-703. Declaration of purpose
§ 77-5-707. Powers of municipality; determining power and energy needs; filing of determination
§ 77-5-711. Sale or exchange by municipality of excess capacity or output
§ 77-5-713. Application for licenses, permits, certificates or approvals
§ 77-5-719. Additional membership in joint agencies; withdrawal from membership
§ 77-5-721. Board of commissioners of joint agency; officers; quorum; voting; expenses
§ 77-5-723. Board of commissioners of joint agency; executive committee
§ 77-5-725. Rights and powers of joint agencies
§ 77-5-729. Member municipalities may contract to buy power from joint agencies
§ 77-5-731. Sale or exchange by joint agency of excess capacity or output
§ 77-5-735. Exemption from laws relating to competitive bidding
§ 77-5-737. Joint agency pledge bonds
§ 77-5-739. Issuance of bonds by municipalities and joint agencies
§ 77-5-743. Fixing, charging and collecting rents, fees, rates and charges; municipalities
§ 77-5-745. Fixing, charging and collecting rents, fees, rates and charges; joint agencies
§ 77-5-747. Pledges made by municipalities or joint agencies
§ 77-5-749. Temporary investment and reinvestment of money
§ 77-5-751. Proceedings to enforce rights of holders of bonds
§ 77-5-753. Bonds issued under this article as proper and legal investments
§ 77-5-755. Bonds issued as special obligations of municipality or joint agency issuing them
§ 77-5-759. Tax exempt status; bonds
§ 77-5-761. Tax exempt status; interest in project owned by municipality or joint agency
§ 77-5-763. Rights, privileges and immunities of personnel
§ 77-5-765. Dissolution of joint agencies
§ 77-5-767. Annual reports; joint agencies; municipalities
§ 77-5-769. Application of laws of other states and the United States
§ 77-5-771. Grants-in-aid and loans from federal and state governments
§ 77-5-773. Eminent domain; crossing lines and rights-of-way of utilities
§ 77-5-775. Personal liability of certain personnel