Mississippi Code
Chapter 6 - Municipal Gas Authority of Mississippi Law
§ 77-6-35. Rents, rates, fees and charges by municipality

A municipality is hereby authorized to fix, charge and collect rents, rates, fees and charges for gas and other services, facilities and commodities sold, furnished or supplied through the facilities of its gas system or its interest in any joint project. For so long as any bonds of a municipality are outstanding and unpaid, the rents, fees and charges shall be so fixed as to provide revenues sufficient to pay all costs of and charges and expenses in connection with the proper operation and maintenance of its gas system, and its interest in any joint project, and all necessary repairs, replacements or renewals thereof, to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all bonds and other evidences of indebtedness payable from said revenues, to create and maintain reserves as may be required by any resolution authorizing and securing bonds, to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all bonds heretofore or hereafter issued to finance additions, improvements and betterments to its gas system, and to pay any and all amounts which the municipality may be obligated to pay from said revenues by law or contract. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit any municipality from expending any revenues in excess of that required herein in any manner otherwise permitted by law.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers

Chapter 6 - Municipal Gas Authority of Mississippi Law

§ 77-6-1. Short title

§ 77-6-3. Legislative intent

§ 77-6-5. Definitions

§ 77-6-7. Municipal Gas Authority of Mississippi created; purpose; initial membership; principal office

§ 77-6-9. Membership in authority after its creation; withdrawal

§ 77-6-11. Board of commissioners

§ 77-6-13. Executive committee of board of commissioners

§ 77-6-15. Rights and powers of authority

§ 77-6-17. Projects requiring financing by bonds; approval required; determination by authority; notice of determination; hearing; appeal from determination

§ 77-6-19. Municipalities that may contract with authority

§ 77-6-21. Contracts to buy gas from authority

§ 77-6-23. Excess capacity or output may be sold or exchanged

§ 77-6-25. Provisions to be construed as authorizing joint and several ownership of projects

§ 77-6-27. Acquisition of property; contract requirements

§ 77-6-29. Power to issue revenue bonds

§ 77-6-31. Revenue bonds; powers and duties

§ 77-6-33. Security for bonds

§ 77-6-35. Rents, rates, fees and charges by municipality

§ 77-6-37. Rents, rates, fees and charges by authority

§ 77-6-39. Pledge of municipality or authority valid and binding when made

§ 77-6-41. Investment of all monies received

§ 77-6-43. Rights of holders of bonds

§ 77-6-45. Bonds to be securities

§ 77-6-47. Obligations of issuing municipality or authority

§ 77-6-51. Evidence of indebtedness to be considered negotiable instruments

§ 77-6-53. Refunding bonds

§ 77-6-55. Exemption from taxation

§ 77-6-57. Dissolution of board of commissioners

§ 77-6-59. Annual reports; audits

§ 77-6-61. Application of laws of other states

§ 77-6-63. Grants and loans authorized

§ 77-6-65. Powers and duties in connection with eminent domain, sales to customers of public utilities, and utility lines and rights-of-way

§ 77-6-67. Where utility commission and municipality have same governing authorities

§ 77-6-69. Provisions supplemental to other laws

§ 77-6-73. Provisions to be liberally construed

§ 77-6-75. Members of legislature to have no interest in bonds