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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,...