Mississippi Code
Title 21 - Municipalities

§ 21-1-45. Electors' option to be included in or excluded from existing municipality; preparing and filing of petition - The qualified electors of any territory contiguous to and adjoining...

§ 21-1-47. Proceedings in chancery court - Upon the filing of such a petition, all of the...

Abolition

§ 21-1-49. Automatic by virtue of census results - In the event any census taken under an act of...

§ 21-1-51. Automatic by failure to hold official meetings or municipal general election of officers - Whenever the municipal authorities of any municipality shall fail to...

§ 21-1-53. Voluntary - Any municipal corporation having a population of less than one...

§ 21-1-55. Records of municipality to be filed with chancery clerk - Whenever a municipality is abolished under any of the provisions...

§ 21-1-57. Payment of indebtedness of municipality - The abolition of a municipal corporation under any of the...

Inclusion of State Institutional Facilities

§ 21-1-59. Municipalities may not incorporate state institutions without consent; effect of annexation crossing county lines on schools in annexed areas; annexations prior to March 18, 1987 ratified; municipalities authorized to enter agreements with... - Provided further, that any future changes in the boundaries of...

Tax Liability

§ 21-1-61. Tax liability in case of creation or enlargement of municipality - In all cases where a municipality is created or the...

§ 21-1-63. Tax liability in case of contraction of municipality - Whenever any territory of an existing municipality is excluded therefrom...

Applicability

§ 21-1-65. Applicability of chapter - This chapter shall apply to and govern the creation, enlargement,...

Chapter 3 - Code Charters

§ 21-3-1. Adoption of code charter - Any municipality not now operating under a "Code Charter" may...

§ 21-3-3. Elective officers; certain officers may be appointive - The elective officers of all municipalities operating under a code...

§ 21-3-5. Appointive officers - From and after the expiration of the terms of office...

§ 21-3-9. Qualifications of mayor and aldermen - The mayor and members of the board of aldermen shall...

§ 21-3-11. Office of alderman or mayor vacated by removal of residence - If any person elected as an alderman from a particular...

§ 21-3-13. Mayor pro tempore - The board of aldermen shall elect from among its members...

§ 21-3-17. Signing of commissions and appointments; approval of bonds - The mayor shall sign the commissions and appointments of all...

§ 21-3-21. Special meetings of board of aldermen - The mayor or any two (2) aldermen may, by written...

§ 21-3-23. Duties of street commissioner - The street commissioner shall, under the direction of the mayor...

Chapter 5 - Commission Form of Government

§ 21-5-1. Adoption of commission form of government - Any city may at any time, upon an election held...

§ 21-5-3. Operation of government under commission form - Every city operating under the commission form of government shall...

§ 21-5-5. Election of mayor and councilmen; qualifications - The mayor and councilmen (or commissioners) of all cities operated...

§ 21-5-7. Powers and duties of mayor - The mayor shall be president of the council and preside...

§ 21-5-9. Powers and duties of council; surety bond of officers and employees - Except as limited by law, the council shall have, exercise,...

§ 21-5-11. Organization of municipal departments - The executive and administrative powers and duties in such cities...

§ 21-5-13. Meetings of council; quorum; voting - Special meetings may be called at any time by the...

§ 21-5-15. Fixing of salaries - At the first regular meeting of the council that is...

§ 21-5-17. Office hours of mayor and councilmen - The mayor and councilmen (or commissioners) shall have an office...

§ 21-5-19. Existing laws, rights and liabilities of city unaffected by reorganization - All laws governing cities heretofore operating under another form of...

§ 21-5-21. Election offenses - Any officer or employee other than the mayor and councilmen...

§ 21-5-23. Commission form Laws of 1908 not repealed - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed in any way...

Chapter 7 - Council Form of Government

§ 21-7-1. Adoption of council form by certain municipalities authorized - Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this title any municipality...

§ 21-7-3. Applicability of "code charter" provisions - All of the provisions of law applicable to municipalities operating...

§ 21-7-5. Procedure for adoption or abandonment of plan - The manner in which any municipality, within the class provided...

§ 21-7-7. Members of the council; their election and compensation - The governing body of any such municipality shall be a...

§ 21-7-11. Powers of council; surety bond of officers and employees - The full and complete executive and legislative powers of the...

§ 21-7-13. Powers and duties of mayor - The powers and duties heretofore conferred upon the mayor of...

§ 21-7-15. Election of vice-mayor and other officers; duties - The members of the council shall from their membership elect...

§ 21-7-17. Existing law, rights and liabilities of city unaffected by reorganization - All by-laws, ordinances, and resolutions lawfully passed and in force...

§ 21-7-19. Chapter cumulative to other laws - It is not intended by this chapter to amend or...

Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government

§ 21-8-1. Adoption of mayor-council form authorized - Any municipality, regardless of the form of government under which...

§ 21-8-3. Initiation of proceedings for adoption - The manner of effecting the change in the government of...

§ 21-8-9. Council to exercise legislative power - The legislative power of the municipality shall be exercised by...

§ 21-8-15. Mayor to exercise executive power - The executive power of the municipality shall be exercised by...

§ 21-8-19. Acting mayor; filling of vacancy in office of mayor - Whenever the mayor shall be prevented by absence from the...

§ 21-8-25. Chief administrative officer - The council of any municipality adopting the mayor-council form of...

§ 21-8-27. Control of mayor and his subordinates by council - The members of the council shall not direct or dictate...

§ 21-8-31. Election offenses - Any municipal officer or employee, other than the mayor and...

§ 21-8-33. Existing laws unaffected by reorganization; application of civil service laws - All laws governing any municipality coming under the provisions of...

§ 21-8-35. Rights and liabilities of municipality unaffected by reorganization; police court and public schools unaffected by reorganization - The territorial limits of any such municipality shall remain the...

§ 21-8-37. Corporate name - The corporate name of every such municipality shall be "The...

§ 21-8-39. Provisions as to disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen to continue unaffected - All of the provisions of law pertaining to policemen and...

§ 21-8-41. Applicability of general municipal law - All of the provisions of law with reference to the...

§ 21-8-43. Inconsistent statutes repealed - In the event a municipality adopts the mayor-council form of...

§ 21-8-45. Election of officers; taking of office - Any municipality voting to adopt the mayor-council form of government...

§ 21-8-47. "Ordinance" defined for purposes of chapter - The term "ordinance" as used in this chapter shall be...

Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government

§ 21-9-1. Adoption of council-manager plan by certain municipalities; applicability of Title 21 - Any city or town as defined by law, regardless of...

§ 21-9-3. Initiating proceedings for adoption - The manner of effecting the change in the government of...

§ 21-9-5. Results of election for change to council-manager form; effective date of change - As soon as the returns of any election held hereunder...

§ 21-9-7. Transition to council-manager plan - All elected officials of the city holding office at the...

§ 21-9-9. Procedure for repeal of council-manager plan - Any city which has adopted the council-manager plan, as herein...

§ 21-9-11. Conduct of elections - All elections held either for the adoption of the council-manager...

§ 21-9-13. Transition from council-manager plan - In case the council-manager plan of government is discontinued or...

§ 21-9-15. Municipal council; election of councilmen and mayor; terms - After publication of the population of the municipality according to...

§ 21-9-17. Primary election for candidates for mayor and councilmen - Except as otherwise provided, all candidates for mayor and councilmen,...

§ 21-9-19. Conduct of municipal council election; declaring results - At all elections held to choose a mayor and councilmen,...

§ 21-9-21. Appointment of officials and employees of city other than councilmen and mayor; surety bond - In a city in which the council-manager plan of government...

§ 21-9-23. Transfer of administrative functions to city manager - Members of the city council shall have no administrative powers...

§ 21-9-25. City manager; choosing thereof - The first city council elected under the provisions of this...

§ 21-9-27. City manager; term of office; removal - The city manager shall hold office for such period (not...

§ 21-9-29. Duties of city manager - The city manager shall, subject to law: be responsible to...

§ 21-9-31. Control of manager and his subordinates by council - Neither the mayor nor any of the members of the...

§ 21-9-33. Attendance of manager and other officials at council meetings - The manager and such other officers as the council shall...

§ 21-9-35. City council to act as governing body of city - The mayor and councilmen shall constitute the governing body of...

§ 21-9-37. Function of the mayor - The mayor shall be the titular head of the city...

§ 21-9-41. Mayor and councilmen not required to have offices or office hours - Neither the mayor nor councilmen shall be required to have...

§ 21-9-43. Council members shall not serve as members of commissions or boards under their control - A member of the city council shall neither be a...

§ 21-9-45. Reorganization of city government at behest of council - The council may, by ordinance, create new departments and offices...

§ 21-9-47. Hours of service of city officers and employees - The city council shall, by resolution, fix the hours of...

§ 21-9-53. Annual examination and statement to be made by council - At the end of each fiscal year, the council shall...

§ 21-9-55. Appropriations by first elected council - If at the beginning of the first term of office...

§ 21-9-57. Power of council may be limited as to tax rates or bond issuances - Any city operating under the council-manager form of government may...

§ 21-9-59. Council may redistrict wards and voting precincts - The council is authorized to provide by ordinance for the...

§ 21-9-61. Compensation of mayor and councilmen - The compensation of mayor and councilmen in cities operating under...

§ 21-9-63. Salaries and their payment; overtime to members of police and fire departments - The salary of the mayor, councilmen and all officers and...

§ 21-9-65. Petitions for special election - Except as otherwise provided for, no special election shall be...

§ 21-9-67. Ordering by council of special elections - Whenever any ordinance or resolution adopted by the council, or...

§ 21-9-69. Conduct of elections - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all elections of...

§ 21-9-71. Election offenses - Any officer or employee other than the mayor and councilmen...

§ 21-9-75. Police court and public schools unaffected by reorganization - This chapter shall not in any manner, irrespective of other...

§ 21-9-77. Existing laws, rights and liabilities of city unaffected by reorganization - All laws governing cities heretofore operating under another form of...

§ 21-9-79. Application of civil service laws - All of the provisions of the civil service laws applying...

§ 21-9-81. Provisions as to disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen to continue unaffected - All of the provisions of Sections 21-25-5, 21-25-7, and 21-29-101...

§ 21-9-83. General and special laws and statutes to be construed as applicable to council - Wherever, in any general or special law or statute, any...

Chapter 13 - Ordinances

§ 21-13-1. Authority to pass; penalties - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-13-7. Style of ordinances - The style of all municipal ordinances shall be "Be it...

§ 21-13-9. Ordinances shall not contain more than one subject; amendments - An ordinance shall not contain more than one (1) subject,...

§ 21-13-11. Effective date of ordinances; emergency measures - Every ordinance passed by the governing body of a municipality,...

§ 21-13-13. Ordinance record - The municipal clerk shall keep a record of permanent construction,...

§ 21-13-15. Revision and publication of ordinances - The municipality may from time to time authorize the revision...

§ 21-13-17. Clerk may furnish copy of ordinances in judicial proceedings - Whenever in any judicial proceeding it shall be necessary to...

§ 21-13-19. Misdemeanors under state penal laws as criminal offenses against municipalities - All offenses under the penal laws of this state which...

§ 21-13-21. Applicability of chapter - The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all municipalities...

Chapter 15 - Officers and Records

§ 21-15-1. Term of elected municipal officers - All officers elected at the general municipal election provided for...

§ 21-15-2. Municipalities prohibited from imposing additional requirements on elected officials - No municipality, including municipalities operating under a charter city, code...

§ 21-15-3. Election of officers by governing authorities - At the first regular meeting of the governing authorities succeeding...

§ 21-15-6. Purchase of general liability insurance coverage - Municipalities are hereby authorized, in the discretion of the governing...

§ 21-15-7. Mayor to give information to the governing body - The mayor shall from time to time communicate, in writing,...

§ 21-15-9. Mayor to enforce laws and ordinances - The mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all...

§ 21-15-11. Mayor to demand exhibit of accounts - The mayor shall have power, when he deems it proper,...

§ 21-15-13. Mayor may call in aid - The mayor is authorized to call on every male inhabitant...

§ 21-15-15. Power of mayor to remit and vacate fines, penalties and forfeitures - The mayor shall have the power to remit fines and...

§ 21-15-17. Municipal clerk; duty to keep minute record and municipal seal - It shall be the duty of the clerk of every...

§ 21-15-19. Municipal clerk; duties as to dockets records - In addition to the claims docket provided for in Section...

§ 21-15-21. Municipal clerk to serve as auditor - The clerk shall be the auditor of the municipality. He...

§ 21-15-23. Deputy clerk; oath of office; surety bond - Every city in the State of Mississippi, whether operating under...

§ 21-15-25. Municipal attorney; appointment and compensation - The governing authorities may annually appoint an attorney-at-law for the...

§ 21-15-27. Employment of firm of attorneys - The municipal authorities of any city or town, in this...

§ 21-15-31. Compensation of building inspector - In no case shall the building inspector retain any compensation...

§ 21-15-33. Municipal minutes - The minutes of every municipality must be adopted and approved...

§ 21-15-35. Preservation of essential public records of municipal governments - The Legislature declares that records containing information essential to the...

§ 21-15-38. Surety bond - Before any person appointed to the position of municipal clerk,...

§ 21-15-39. Applicability of particular sections - The provisions of Sections 21-15-3, 21-15-7 through 21-15-19, 21-15-23 to...

Chapter 17 - General Powers

§ 21-17-1. General grant of powers - 1. By reason of a tax sale; 2. Because the...

§ 21-17-3. Exercise of powers - The powers granted to municipalities by law shall be exercised...

§ 21-17-7. Appropriation of funds - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-17-9. Amendment of municipal charter at behest of governing authority - When a municipality now existing, which has not adopted the...

§ 21-17-11. Amendment of municipal charter at behest of electorate - It shall be lawful for any number, not less than...

§ 21-17-13. Applicability of particular sections - The provisions of Sections 21-17-9 and 21-17-11, shall be applicable...

§ 21-17-15. Establishment of fiscal or financial department in certain municipalities; authority of director - Within the discretion of the governing authorities of any municipality...

§ 21-17-17. Authority to set regular meeting dates - Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 21-3-19, 21-5-13, 21-7-9 and 21-9-39,...

Chapter 19 - Health, Safety, and Welfare

§ 21-19-1. General powers of municipal governing authorities; collection and disposal of garbage and rubbish - As a necessary incident to such municipal governing authority's power...

§ 21-19-2. Development of billing and collection system; defraying costs; increase in ad valorem tax; notice; joint and several liability of generator and property owner; liens - In addition to the requirement for publication of notice, the...

§ 21-19-3. Controlling contagious or infectious diseases; establishing pesthouses - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-19-5. Establishing hospitals, workhouses, and houses of correction - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and...

§ 21-19-7. Donating to hospitals and benevolent institutions - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and...

§ 21-19-9. Controlling running of animals at large; establishment of city pounds; cooperative agreements - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-19-11. Determination that property or parcel of land is menace; authorized municipal employee may make the determination that property or parcel of land is menace under certain circumstances; notification to property owner; hearing; cleaning pri... - Any notice required by this section shall include language that...

§ 21-19-17. Restricting movements of individuals where public safety is endangered - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-19-19. Regulating blind-tigers and disreputable places and practices - The governing authority of any municipality shall have the power...

§ 21-19-21. Enacting fire regulations - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-19-23. Entering mutual assistance pacts with other municipalities - The governing authorities of municipalities may enter into mutual assistance...

§ 21-19-25. Adoption, amendment and revision of building and other codes - Any municipality within the State of Mississippi may, in the...

§ 21-19-27. Compelling erection of barriers - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-19-29. Regulating ingress and egress of buildings - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-19-31. Regulation of public places, depots and common carriers - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-19-33. Regulations of circuses, shows, theaters, and other amusements - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-19-35. Regulation of transient vendors and photographers; power of counties and municipalities; application of county and municipal ordinances - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-19-37. Regulation of "going-out-of-business" sales, "fire" sales, and similar sales - The governing authorities of any municipality within this state are...

§ 21-19-41. Contributing to support of federal food stamp program - Municipalities within the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized to...

§ 21-19-43. Encouraging establishment of industry - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and...

§ 21-19-44. Supporting certain local economic development organizations - The municipal governing authorities of any municipality shall have the...

§ 21-19-44.1. Donating to Main Street Project, Incorporated - The governing authorities of any municipality in this state are...

§ 21-19-46. Donating to Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) - The governing authority of any municipality is authorized, in its...

§ 21-19-47. Donating to support bands and orchestras - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-19-51. Donating to fair associations - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and...

§ 21-19-53. Donating to support historical museums by certain municipalities - The mayor and board of aldermen of any municipality wherein...

§ 21-19-55. Donating to patriotic organizations - The council or board of aldermen of any municipality in...

§ 21-19-57. Donating to American Red Cross - Any mayor and board of commissioners of any city and/or...

§ 21-19-58. Donating to Mississippi Burn Care Fund - The board of supervisors of any county, and the governing...

§ 21-19-59. Donating to state colleges or universities for support of airport by certain municipalities - Every municipality of this state, in or near which a...

§ 21-19-61. Advertising of municipal activities by certain municipalities - Any municipality in this state which has a population in...

§ 21-19-63. Requiring maps of subdivisions to be furnished and approved; effect of dedication; easement declared abandoned - The governing authorities of municipalities may provide that any person...

§ 21-19-65. Matching funds for social and community service programs - The governing authorities of any municipality shall have the power...

§ 21-19-67. Annual donations to chartered chapters of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America or the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), or to certain certified farmers' markets located within the municipality - The governing authority of any municipality in the state, in...

§ 21-19-69. Donating to support certified farmers' market - The governing authorities of any municipality of this state, in...

Chapter 21 - Police and Police Departments

General Provisions

§ 21-21-1. Marshal or chief of police; duties; bond - The marshal or chief of police shall be the chief...

§ 21-21-3. Police and night marshals - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and...

§ 21-21-5. Purchasing dogs for use of police department - The governing authorities of any municipality in the state are...

§ 21-21-7. Peace officers attending training schools; expenses - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and...

§ 21-21-9. Medical and hospital care for injured policemen - In all municipalities of this state maintaining a police department,...

§ 21-21-11. Purchase of certain insurance for police; payment of premiums - The governing authorities of any municipality having a population in...

Reciprocal Law Enforcement Assistance Between Municipalities During Civil Emergencies

§ 21-21-31. Declaration of legislative findings - The legislature finds that the availability of law enforcement officers...

§ 21-21-33. Definitions - "Municipality" as used in Sections 21-21-31 through 21-21-41 means any...

§ 21-21-35. Powers of municipality to provide assistance - Any municipality shall have the power by resolution or order...

§ 21-21-37. Powers of law enforcement officer while in another municipality - While any law enforcement officer regularly employed as such in...

§ 21-21-39. Rights of law enforcement officer while in another municipality - Any law enforcement officer who is ordered by the official...

§ 21-21-41. Payments to law enforcement officer; reimbursement to the regularly employing municipality - All wage and disability payments, pension payments, damage to equipment...

Chapter 23 - Municipal Courts

§ 21-23-1. Municipal courts established - There shall be a municipal court in all municipalities of...

§ 21-23-3. Appointment of municipal judge and prosecuting attorney in certain municipalities - In all municipalities having a population of ten thousand (10,000)...

§ 21-23-5. Appointment of municipal judge in certain municipalities; qualifications - In any municipality having a population of less than ten...

§ 21-23-7. Powers and duties of municipal judge; mayor serving as municipal judge - Click to view No filing fee or such cost shall...

§ 21-23-8. Bail; purpose; forfeiture; judgment nisi and bench warrant; revocation of authority of surety to write bail bonds upon final judgment; setting of bail - 2. Reasonable mitigating circumstances shall be that the defendant is...

§ 21-23-9. Municipal judge pro tempore - In any municipality where a municipal judge is appointed or...

§ 21-23-11. Clerk of the court - The clerk of the municipality shall be the clerk of...

§ 21-23-13. Executive officer of the court - The marshal or chief of police of the municipality shall...

§ 21-23-15. Court officers shall not receive fees or costs - Neither the municipal judge, the marshal or chief of police,...

§ 21-23-19. Disposition of parking violations - In enforcing the penalty prescribed for violation of all laws...

§ 21-23-20. Intermittent sentences for misdemeanor convictions - Upon conviction of any person of a misdemeanor in a...

§ 21-23-21. Applicability of chapter - The provisions of Sections 21-23-1 through 21-23-19 shall be applicable...

Chapter 25 - Fire Departments and Fire Districts

General Provisions

§ 21-25-1. Fire marshal - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-25-5. Fire departments authorized to go outside municipal limits; liability - The fire departments, including the apparatus and all vehicles of...

§ 21-25-7. Hours of work for firemen limited; report to be made to state rating bureau - In all municipalities of this state maintaining a paid fire...

§ 21-25-9. Medical and hospital care for injured firemen - In all municipalities of this state maintaining a paid or...

§ 21-25-11. Purchase of certain insurance for firemen; payment of premiums - The governing authorities of any municipality having a population in...

Fire Districts

§ 21-25-21. Creation - The governing authorities of any municipality are hereby authorized to...

§ 21-25-23. Inclusion of state institution of higher learning - The governing authorities of any municipality are hereby authorized, when...

§ 21-25-25. Consolidated fire districts - The governing authorities of any two or more municipalities may,...

§ 21-25-27. Levy by special assessment within district to pay for service - The municipal governing authorities are vested with full power to...

§ 21-25-29. Extension of service; abandonment - The said governing authorities shall have power to declare an...

§ 21-25-31. Acquisition of plant and equipment - Any municipality authorized to establish a fire district may purchase...

Interlocal Agreements Between Municipalities and Rural Water Associations

§ 21-25-55. Contents of agreement - Any agreement made under the provisions of Sections 21-25-51 through...

§ 21-25-57. Bonded and floating indebtedness; appropriations; supplying goods and services - The governing authorities of any municipality entering into an interlocal...

§ 21-25-59. Price of newly constructed or upgraded water system - After a water system has been constructed or upgraded pursuant...

Chapter 27 - Public Utilities and Transportation

General Provisions

§ 21-27-1. No franchise or right to be exclusive, without compensation, or longer than 25 years - No municipality shall have the power to grant to any...

§ 21-27-3. Poles, posts and wires - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-27-5. Pipes, conduits and pipe lines - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-27-7. Waterworks - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

§ 21-27-9. Testing of water, electric and gas meters; authority to prosecute persons for tampering with meters - If, upon complaint of any citizen or citizens interested, the...

Municipally Owned Utilities

§ 21-27-11. Definitions - Whenever used in Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69: The term "municipality"...

§ 21-27-13. Establishment of public utility commission; qualifications, appointment, terms of office, powers and duties, compensation and bonds of commissioners; exercise of powers when commission not established - The governing authorities of any municipality which now owns and...

§ 21-27-15. Governing authorities may remove any commissioner for cause, but may not abolish the commission - The governing authorities of such municipality shall have the power...

§ 21-27-17. Powers and duties of commission - The commission provided for by Section 21-27-13 is authorized to...

§ 21-27-19. Disposition of revenues by commission - The commission shall devote all monies, derived from any source...

§ 21-27-21. Commission to keep records of service furnished municipality - The commission shall keep an accurate account and record of...

§ 21-27-23. General powers of municipality as to creation, maintenance, and operation of public utility systems - Any municipality may: Borrow money and issue revenue bonds therefor...

§ 21-27-25. Borrowing money for improvement, extension, repair or stockpiling fuel of system - Any municipality which owns or operates any system, shall have...

§ 21-27-27. Free service - No free service shall be furnished by any such system,...

§ 21-27-29. Rates not to be supervised by state; no franchise required - Rates charged for services furnished by any system or combined...

§ 21-27-31. Keeping of books and accounts by municipality - Any municipality issuing revenue bonds pursuant to the authority granted...

§ 21-27-33. Municipality may dispose of public utility systems - All municipalities of the state are hereby empowered and authorized,...

§ 21-27-35. Utilization of proceeds of sale of public utility system - The governing authorities of any municipality which have sold or...

§ 21-27-37. Inspection of utility authorized; penalty for violation - The governing authorities of every municipality shall have power to...

§ 21-27-39. Municipalities may furnish services to consumers outside corporate limits - All municipalities owning or operating any system or systems may...

§ 21-27-41. Ordinance to be enacted before bonds are issued - Whenever the governing authorities of any municipality shall determine to...

§ 21-27-43. Electorate to vote on issuance of bonds - Except as hereinafter provided, no bonds shall be issued pursuant...

§ 21-27-45. Details of bonds; sale; fiscal advisor - Such bonds as may be issued pursuant to the authority...

§ 21-27-47. Utilization of revenues of system to pay off bonds - Any municipality having outstanding bonds issued pursuant to the authority...

§ 21-27-49. Services of system may be used by municipality - Whenever any municipality shall issue any bonds or other evidence...

§ 21-27-51. Refunding bonds; consolidated bonds - Any municipality which shall have issued bonds pursuant to the...

§ 21-27-53. Default on bonds - The holder of any bond or any interest coupon issued...

§ 21-27-55. Bonds may be called - The governing authorities of any municipality authorizing revenue bonds pursuant...

§ 21-27-57. Disposition of revenues - In the authorizing order or ordinance, the governing authorities of...

§ 21-27-59. General revenues may be used for operation and maintenance of system - Nothing in Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 shall be construed to...

§ 21-27-61. Distribution of revenues and surplus; minutes of municipal governing authorities - The governing authorities of any municipality shall devote all monies...

§ 21-27-63. Contracts and liens not impaired - Nothing in Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69 shall be construed as...

§ 21-27-65. Penalty for failing to set aside trust funds - If, after the governing authorities of any municipality have issued...

§ 21-27-67. Construction of sections - Sections 21-27-11 through 21-27-69, being necessary for and to secure...

§ 21-27-69. Obligations under repealed laws remain valid - The repeal heretofore of any law authorizing a municipality to...

§ 21-27-71. Issuance of bonds in municipalities of more than one hundred thousand population - Whenever the governing authorities of any municipality of more than...

§ 21-27-73. Contract for purchase of supply of natural gas from any public nonprofit corporation for up to 10 years - The governing authority of any municipality that owns and operates...

Reproduction and Destruction of Records of Municipally-Owned Utilities

§ 21-27-91. Definitions - Whenever used in Sections 21-27-91 through 21-27-103: The term "municipality"...

§ 21-27-93. General grant of authority - The governing authorities of any municipality which now owns and...

§ 21-27-95. Reproduction of records - Any municipality or public utility commission desiring to reproduce by...

§ 21-27-97. Destruction of records; admissibility of reproductions, copies, facsimiles, etc. - Any reproduction or copy of any original record shall be...

§ 21-27-99. Reproductions to be confidential and privileged if original records are likewise - When any of the records of which reproductions are made...

§ 21-27-101. Expenses in reproduction of records - The governing authorities of any municipality not operating with a...

Regulation of Transportation Fares

§ 21-27-121. General grant of authority - The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to...

Licensing of Operators of Motor Vehicles for Hire

§ 21-27-131. Obtaining permit; appeal from refusal to grant permit - No person may drive or operate motor vehicles for hire...

§ 21-27-133. Owner or operator of motor vehicle for hire must carry liability insurance or bond; actions thereon - No certificate or permit shall be issued by any municipality...

§ 21-27-135. Transfer of badge unlawful - It shall be unlawful for any driver who secures such...

§ 21-27-137. Revocation or suspension of permit - The governing authority of the municipality may revoke or suspend...

§ 21-27-139. Vehicle to be registered and numbered - The owner of any motor vehicle operated for hire in...

Licensing of Bus Drivers

§ 21-27-151. Obtaining permit; appeal from refusal to grant permit - No person may drive or operate any bus of a...

§ 21-27-153. Transfer of badge unlawful - It shall be unlawful for any driver who secures such...

§ 21-27-155. Revocation or suspension of permit - The governing authority of the municipality may revoke or suspend...

Metropolitan Area Waste Disposal

§ 21-27-161. Declaration of purpose; short title - Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 are for the purpose of authorizing...

§ 21-27-163. Definitions - Words and phrases used in Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 shall...

§ 21-27-165. General powers of municipality as to waste collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal within metropolitan area - A municipality is authorized and empowered to acquire, construct, improve,...

§ 21-27-167. Acquisition of necessary property by municipality - A municipality shall have the power and right to acquire...

§ 21-27-169. Municipality may obtain federal assistance - A municipality is authorized to make such applications and enter...

§ 21-27-171. Contracts with municipalities - A municipality may enter into contract with any person or...

§ 21-27-173. Payments by public agency under contract - Payments by a public agency to the municipality for waste...

§ 21-27-175. Public agency may levy ad valorem tax - Any public agency having taxing powers, other than a county...

§ 21-27-177. Public agency to make necessary adjustments of rates - Whenever a public agency and a municipality shall have executed...

§ 21-27-179. Issuance of bonds by municipality - For the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, extending and...

§ 21-27-181. Municipality to make necessary adjustments of rates - While any such bonds are outstanding, it shall be the...

§ 21-27-183. Validation of bonds - All bonds issued pursuant to Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 shall...

§ 21-27-185. Investment of bond proceeds - Proceeds from the sale of bonds may be invested, pending...

§ 21-27-187. Bonds exempt from inclusion in debt-limitations; bonds are legal investments - All bonds issued under Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 shall be...

§ 21-27-189. Other powers and authority of municipality - A municipality, as defined in Section 21-27-163, is authorized and...

§ 21-27-191. Aforesaid sections are cumulative - Sections 21-27-161 through 21-27-191 are cumulative of other statutes now...

Municipal and Domestic Water and Wastewater System Operator's Certification Act of 1992

§ 21-27-201. Short title - Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 shall be known as the "Municipal...

§ 21-27-203. Definitions - For purposes of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221, the following terms...

§ 21-27-207. Regulatory authority of Mississippi State Board of Health and Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources - Both the board and commission may adopt, modify, repeal and...

§ 21-27-215. Certification of persons holding certificates of competency obtained through examination under voluntary certification program - Notwithstanding any provision of Sections 21-27-201 through 21-27-221 to the...

§ 21-27-217. Penalties; injunctive relief - In determining the amount of any monetary penalty assessed hereunder,...

Chapter 29 - Employees' Retirement and Disability Systems

Article 1 - General Municipal Employees' Retirement

§ 21-29-1. Short title - This article may be cited as the "General Municipal Employees'...

§ 21-29-3. Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this article,...

§ 21-29-5. Creation of City Employees Retirement Fund; election to come under provisions of article - In every municipality of the State of Mississippi, operating under...

§ 21-29-9. Board of the General Retirement System; advisory board - The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System...

§ 21-29-11. Powers and duties of board - The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of...

§ 21-29-15. Statement of clerk of municipality; issuance of prior service certificates - The clerk of said employer shall, within thirty (30) days...

§ 21-29-17. Membership - The membership of the retirement system shall be composed as...

§ 21-29-19. Cessation of membership - Except as otherwise provided in this article, should a member...

§ 21-29-21. Refunds to members withdrawing from service - Should any member cease to be an employee before becoming...

§ 21-29-23. Funds - All funds provided for herein shall be part of the...

§ 21-29-25. Expenses of operation of retirement system - All expenses of the operation of the retirement system shall...

§ 21-29-29. Discontinuance, reduction, or reassessment of taxes - When the amount of funds derived from the tax levied...

§ 21-29-31. Service retirement - After the expiration of four (4) years from the effective...

§ 21-29-33. Service retirement allowance - Upon retirement from service as provided in Section 21-29-31 a...

§ 21-29-35. Duty disability retirement - Upon application of a member in service of the employer,...

§ 21-29-37. Duty disability retirement allowance - Upon retirement for duty disability, prior to becoming eligible for...

§ 21-29-39. Non-duty disability retirement - Upon application of a member in service of the employer,...

§ 21-29-41. Non-duty disability retirement allowance - Upon retirement for nonduty disability as provided in Section 21-29-39,...

§ 21-29-45. Death of member - [For any municipality that has not elected to authorize the...

§ 21-29-45. Death of member - [For any municipality that has elected to authorize the continuation...

§ 21-29-47. Appeal - Appeal may be taken from any decision of the board...

§ 21-29-49. Proration of payments - Should the retirement reserve fund at any time be insufficient...

§ 21-29-51. Rights to any benefit under this Article governed by Section 21-29-307 - The right of a person to an annuity, a retirement...

§ 21-29-53. Other retirement laws not affected - The General Municipal Employees' Retirement Law and the provisions thereof...

§ 21-29-55. Effect of change in form of government - If, at any time, any municipality now covered by this...

§ 21-29-57. Vacation and sick leave; payment for unused time - Nothing in this article shall limit or otherwise restrict the...

Article 3 - Firemen's and Policemen's Disability and Relief Funds

§ 21-29-101. Disability and relief fund; exception and application; discontinuance of new memberships - Except as otherwise provided in this section, in every city...

§ 21-29-105. Administration of disability and relief funds; advisory boards - The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System...

§ 21-29-107. Powers and duties of Board of Trustees - The board of trustees shall fix a time for regular...

§ 21-29-113. Board of disability and relief appeals - The commissioner of insurance, the attorney general, and the secretary...

§ 21-29-115. Appealing decisions of board of disability and relief - The governing authorities of the city, any applicant for benefits...

§ 21-29-118. Tax proceeds transferred to Public Employees' Retirement System - The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi is hereby authorized...

§ 21-29-119. Discontinuance and reinstatement of tax; actuarial study - When the amount of funds derived from the tax levied...

§ 21-29-121. Disability and relief fund constitutes special fund; transfer of moneys to Public Employees' Retirement System - The disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen shall...

§ 21-29-123. Allowances upon disability and relief fund - All allowances made upon the disability and relief fund for...

§ 21-29-125. Investment of part of disability and relief fund - The authority is vested in the board of trustees to...

§ 21-29-127. Advancements from general fund to disability and relief fund - The governing authority may immediately advance necessary moneys from the...

§ 21-29-129. Who entitled to benefits - Every member of said fire department and police department including...

§ 21-29-131. Service records to be kept - The Public Employees' Retirement System shall keep a record of...

§ 21-29-133. Disability benefits; injury or illness resulting from discharge of duties - If any member of said fire department or police department...

§ 21-29-135. Disability benefits; illness or injury resulting from other than discharge of duties - Should any member of a fire or police department become...

§ 21-29-137. Physical and mental examinations - In all matters involving the disability or sickness of a...

§ 21-29-139. Retirement benefits - If any member of said fire and/or police department who...

§ 21-29-141. Refunds - Any member of the fire and/or police department who ceases...

§ 21-29-143. Loss of benefits in case of transfer - Any person receiving relief or benefits under the provisions of...

§ 21-29-145. Death benefits where death results from discharge of duty or after retirement - [For any municipality that has not elected to authorize the...

§ 21-29-145. Death benefits where death results from discharge of duty or after retirement - [For any municipality that has elected to authorize the continuation...

§ 21-29-147. Death benefits where death results from other causes - [For any municipality that has not elected to authorize the...

§ 21-29-147. Death benefits where death results from other causes - [For any municipality that has elected to authorize the continuation...

§ 21-29-149. Suit shall not be filed in cases of insufficient funds - Should said fund at any time be insufficient to make...

§ 21-29-151. Application - This article shall apply to municipalities whether under private charter...

Article 5 - Disability and Relief Fund for Firemen and Policemen Under Laws 1930, Chapter 55

§ 21-29-201. Creation of disability and relief fund and system for firemen and policemen - In each city in the State of Mississippi having a...

§ 21-29-203. Election as to inauguration of disability and relief fund and system - Said fund and system of relief to the fire department...

§ 21-29-205. Election as to continuation of disability and relief system and fund; effect thereof; discontinuance of new memberships - Whenever the said fund shall be created, and a system...

§ 21-29-207. Organization of board of disability and relief; advisory board; compensation - The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System...

§ 21-29-209. Powers and duties of the board of disability and relief - The board shall fix a time for regular meetings in...

§ 21-29-215. Creation of board of disability and relief appeals - The commissioner of insurance, the attorney general, and the secretary...

§ 21-29-217. Appeals - Any applicant for benefits of the disability and relief fund...

§ 21-29-220. Tax proceeds transferred to Public Employees' Retirement System - The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi is hereby authorized...

§ 21-29-221. Discontinuance and reinstatement of ad valorem tax; actuarial study - The ad valorem tax provided for in Section 21-29-219 shall...

§ 21-29-223. Disability and relief fund constitutes special fund; transfer of moneys to Public Employees' Retirement System - The disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen shall...

§ 21-29-225. Allowances upon disability and relief fund - All allowances made upon the disability and relief fund for...

§ 21-29-227. Investment of part of disability and relief fund - The authority is vested in the board of trustees to...

§ 21-29-229. Tax on premiums of fire and lightning insurers - The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System,...

§ 21-29-231. On what premiums tax may be imposed; tax not to be used as an element of premium - Said tax on insurance premiums shall not be imposed or...

§ 21-29-233. Duty of state tax commission - It shall be the duty of the State Tax Commission...

§ 21-29-235. Failure of insurance company to report - Any fire insurance company, subject to the tax mentioned in...

§ 21-29-237. Persons entitled to benefits - Every member of said fire department and police department including...

§ 21-29-239. Service records to be kept - The Public Employees' Retirement System shall keep a record of...

§ 21-29-241. Disability relief - If any member of the fire department and/or police department...

§ 21-29-243. Physical and mental examination - In all matters involving the disability or sickness of a...

§ 21-29-245. Retirement benefits - If any member of said fire and/or police department who...

§ 21-29-247. Cost-of-living increases - In any calendar year following 1970 in which the cost-of-living...

§ 21-29-249. Refunds - Any member of the fire and/or police department who ceases...

§ 21-29-251. Alternative program; retirement benefits - Any municipality which has a population in excess of twenty...

§ 21-29-253. Alternative program; refunds - Any member of said fire and/or police department who ceases...

§ 21-29-255. Death benefits - [For any municipality that has not elected to authorize the...

§ 21-29-255. Death benefits - [For any municipality that has elected to authorize the continuation...

§ 21-29-257. Exemption from process - No part of said fund to which any of said...

§ 21-29-259. Suit shall not be filed in cases of insufficient fund - Should said fund at any time be insufficient to make...

§ 21-29-261. Application of article - This article shall apply to municipalities whether under private charter...

Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 21-29-305. Employers to pick up member contributions to employees' retirement and disability systems - Each employer shall pick up the member contributions required by...

§ 21-29-311. Additional optional benefits available - Any municipality providing benefits under Articles 1, 3 or 5...

§ 21-29-313. Schedule for computation of membership service or prior service - Notwithstanding any other provision of Articles 1, 3 or 5,...

§ 21-29-315. Repayment of refund after reemployment following retirement for purpose of reestablishing contributing membership - Any active member who previously received a refund under either...

§ 21-29-319. Employment-related fringe benefits - Deductions made prior to retirement by the employer for employment-related...

§ 21-29-321. Determination of average monthly base salary and longevity pay - For purposes of determining the "average monthly base salary and...

§ 21-29-323. Determination of amount of death benefits to be paid to or for benefit of dependent children - Monthly benefits payable to a spouse in the event of...

§ 21-29-325. Payment of retirement benefits by the most appropriate means as determined by the board - The Public Employees' Retirement System shall make payments of retirement...

§ 21-29-327. Board of Trustees of Public Employees' Retirement System authorized to assess interest and bring suit on delinquent payments from municipalities whose retirement funds it administers - Any municipality that has established a retirement fund or disability...

Chapter 31 - Civil Service

General Provisions

§ 21-31-3. Adoption of civil service system authorized in certain municipalities - The governing authorities of any municipality in which there is...

§ 21-31-7. Election of officers and meetings of commission; secretary; board of examiners - Immediately after the appointment of the civil service commission, the...

§ 21-31-9. Duties of the commission - It shall be the duty of the civil service commission...

§ 21-31-11. Accommodations, supplies and clerical aid to be furnished to commission - The duly constituted authorities of each and every city coming...

§ 21-31-13. Coverage afforded by civil service system - The provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 shall include all...

§ 21-31-15. Qualifications of applicants seeking civil service position - All applicants for a position of any kind under civil...

§ 21-31-17. Adoption and induction of incumbents into civil service - For the benefit of the public service and to prevent...

§ 21-31-19. Appointments and lay-offs - The civil service commission shall keep a list of all...

§ 21-31-21. Tenure of office and grounds for discipline - The tenure of everyone holding an office, place, position or...

§ 21-31-23. Removal, suspension, demotion, and discharge - No person in the classified civil service who shall have...

§ 21-31-25. Fixing of rate of compensation - The fixing of the rate of compensation of every employee...

§ 21-31-27. Political services and contributions - No person holding any office, place, position or employment subject...

Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities

§ 21-31-55. Election of officers and meetings of commission; secretary; board of examiners - Immediately after the appointment of the civil service commission, the...

§ 21-31-57. Duties of the commission - It shall be the duty of the civil service commission...

§ 21-31-59. Accommodations, supplies and clerical aid to be furnished to commission - The duly constituted authorities of each and every city coming...

§ 21-31-61. Coverage afforded by civil service system - The provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 shall include all...

§ 21-31-63. Qualifications of applicants seeking civil service position - Any applicant for a position of any kind under civil...

§ 21-31-65. Adoption and induction of incumbents into civil service - For the benefit of the public service and to prevent...

§ 21-31-67. Appointments and lay-offs - The civil service commission shall keep a list of all...

§ 21-31-69. Tenure of office and grounds for discipline - The tenure of everyone holding an office, place, position or...

§ 21-31-71. Removal, suspension, demotion, and discharge - No person in the classified civil service who shall have...

§ 21-31-73. Fixing of rate of compensation - The fixing of the rate of compensation of every employee...

§ 21-31-75. Political services and contributions - No person holding any office, place, position or employment subject...

Chapter 33 - Taxation and Finance

Article 1 - Taxation

§ 21-33-1. Date of tax liability - All lands and other taxable property subject to assessment, held...

§ 21-33-3. Municipal tax forms - The state tax commission shall annually prepare forms for the...

§ 21-33-5. Form of land assessment roll - The governing authorities of each municipality shall prescribe by order...

§ 21-33-7. Form of personal assessment roll - The governing authorities of each municipality shall prescribe by order...

§ 21-33-9. Manner of municipal assessment - The assessment of all real and personal property in any...

§ 21-33-10. Corrections or revisions to county assessment roll adopted by municipality; objections to municipal roll; appeal - The governing authority of any municipality which adopts the part...

§ 21-33-11. Assessment of public utilities and added territory - The municipal assessment of railroad property, and other property required...

§ 21-33-13. Assessment of private car companies - The clerk, or tax collector, of every municipality shall copy...

§ 21-33-15. Assessment of land - The assessor shall assess all the lands in the municipality...

§ 21-33-17. Recapitulation of land roll - The assessor shall correctly add, and show the total of...

§ 21-33-19. Assessment of personal property - The assessor shall make the personal roll at the same...

§ 21-33-21. Assessment of property in added territory - The assessor shall, in the same manner and at the...

§ 21-33-23. Filing of assessments rolls - The assessor shall complete the assessment of both real and...

§ 21-33-25. Validity of assessment not affected by omissions of assessor - The failure of the assessor to certify and swear to...

§ 21-33-27. Correction and revision of municipal assessment roll - Except as otherwise provided in Section 21-33-10, it shall be...

§ 21-33-29. Equalization of assessments - Except as otherwise provided in Section 21-33-10, the governing authorities...

§ 21-33-31. Rolls approved upon completion of equalization - The governing authorities, upon completion of the equalization, correction and...

§ 21-33-33. Objections to roll - Except as otherwise provided in Section 21-33-10, the governing authorities...

§ 21-33-35. Rolls approved after objections heard - The governing authorities, after having heard and determined all objections...

§ 21-33-37. Effect of failure to hold meeting for equalization of rolls or for hearing objections thereto - Except as otherwise provided in Section 21-33-10, if the board...

§ 21-33-39. Appeals of equalizations and assessments - Any taxpayer, or any person owning or having a legal...

§ 21-33-41. Clerk to make copy of rolls - When the roll is finally completed by the governing authorities...

§ 21-33-43. Change of assessments - Except as otherwise provided in Section 21-33-10, the governing authorities...

§ 21-33-45. Levy of municipal ad valorem taxes - The governing authorities of each municipality of this state shall,...

§ 21-33-49. Prescribed tax receipts furnished to tax collector; treatment of real property as to which previous taxes are delinquent; certain tax collector duties and liabilities - Such tax receipts shall be prepared and printed so as...

§ 21-33-51. Tax receipts to be given taxpayer - The tax collector shall give to everyone paying taxes a...

§ 21-33-53. Duties of tax collector - The tax collector shall collect municipal taxes during the time...

§ 21-33-55. Property escaping taxation; assessment - The governing authorities of all municipalities in this state, including...

§ 21-33-57. Property escaping taxation; collection of tax; sale - The property owner affected by any assessment made under Section...

§ 21-33-59. Void sales - In all cases where property situated within a municipality has...

§ 21-33-61. Redemption of land sold - The owner, or any person for him with his consent,...

§ 21-33-63. Sale for taxes; sale list - Sales for the nonpayment of municipal taxes, both ad valorem...

§ 21-33-65. Sale of land not sold at appointed time - If, from any cause, a sale of any land for...

§ 21-33-67. Recording of conveyances - A list of the conveyances of land sold for municipal...

§ 21-33-69. Lands struck off to the municipality - Except as otherwise provided in Section 27-41-2, where lands are...

§ 21-33-71. Taxing of lands acquired by municipality - When the state, county, or taxing district taxes are paid...

§ 21-33-73. Municipality may purchase at state and county tax sales - Any municipality in the state having a tax lien for...

§ 21-33-75. Sale or lease of land by municipality - After the time to redeem from the municipal tax sale...

§ 21-33-77. Borrowing on delinquent tax lands - When any municipality shall buy in property for delinquent taxes,...

§ 21-33-79. Refund of erroneously paid taxes - The tax collectors of all municipalities are hereby authorized to...

§ 21-33-81. Surveys and appraisals authorized - The governing authorities of any municipality in this state are...

§ 21-33-83. Appeals - Any person, firm, or corporation aggrieved by the action of...

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