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Article 1 - Housing Authorities
In General
§ 43-33-1. Title; definitions - Sections 43-33-1 through 43-33-53 may be referred to as the...
§ 43-33-3. Finding and declaration of necessity - It is hereby declared (a) that the providing of safe...
§ 43-33-5. Housing authorities created - In each town or city and in each county of...
§ 43-33-7. Appointment, qualifications and tenure of commissioners - When the governing body of a city adopts a resolution...
§ 43-33-11. Powers of authority - An authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic,...
§ 43-33-13. Operation not for profit - It is hereby declared to be the policy of this...
§ 43-33-15. Rentals and tenant selection - In the operation or management of housing projects an authority...
§ 43-33-17. Cooperation of authorities - Any two (2) or more authorities may join or cooperate...
§ 43-33-19. Eminent domain - An authority shall have the right to acquire by the...
§ 43-33-21. Planning, zoning and building laws - All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to...
§ 43-33-23. Bonds - An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time...
§ 43-33-25. Form and sale of bonds - Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution...
§ 43-33-27. Provisions of bonds, trust indentures, and mortgages - In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring...
§ 43-33-28. Issuance of leased housing revenue refunding bonds by certain housing authorities - Any housing authority organized under Sections 43-33-1 through 43-33-53 which...
§ 43-33-29. Remedies of an obligee of authority - An obligee of an authority shall have the right in...
§ 43-33-31. Additional remedies conferable by authority - An authority shall have power by its resolution, trust indenture,...
§ 43-33-33. Exemption of property from execution sale - All real property of an authority shall be exempt from...
§ 43-33-35. Aid from federal government - In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by...
§ 43-33-37. Tax exemption and payments in lieu of taxes - The property of an authority is declared to be public...
§ 43-33-39. Housing bonds to be legal investments, legal security and negotiable - The state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions,...
§ 43-33-41. Reports - At least once a year, an authority shall file with...
§ 43-33-43. Cooperation in undertaking housing projects - For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning,...
§ 43-33-45. Agreements as to payments by housing authority - In connection with any housing project located wholly or partly...
§ 43-33-47. Advances to housing authority - Any city, town, village or county located in whole or...
§ 43-33-49. Procedure for exercising powers - The exercise by a state public body of the powers...
§ 43-33-51. Supplemental nature of article - The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition...
§ 43-33-53. Article controlling - In so far as the provisions of this article are...
Second Supplemental Housing Authority Law
§ 43-33-61. Payments by housing authorities to local bodies - Notwithstanding any limitations in other laws, an authority may agree...
§ 43-33-63. Housing research and studies - In addition to all its other powers, a housing authority...
§ 43-33-65. Short title - Sections 43-33-61 and 43-33-63 may be referred to as the...
§ 43-33-67. Supplemental nature of law - The powers conferred by Sections 43-33-61 and 43-33-63 shall be...
§ 43-33-69. Law as controlling - Insofar as the provisions of this second supplemental Housing Authorities...
Article 3 - Regional Authorities
§ 43-33-101. Short title - Sections 43-33-103 through 43-33-133, inclusive, of this article may be...
§ 43-33-103. Creation of regional housing authority - If the board of supervisors of each of two (2)...
§ 43-33-105. Area of operation of county and regional housing authorities - The area of operation of a housing authority created for...
§ 43-33-107. Increasing area of operation of regional housing authority - The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall...
§ 43-33-109. Decreasing area of operation of regional housing authority - The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall...
§ 43-33-111. Housing authority for county excluded from regional authority - At any time after a county or counties is excluded...
§ 43-33-113. Public hearing to create regional authority or change its area of operation - The board of supervisors of a county shall not adopt...
§ 43-33-115. Commissioners of regional housing authority - The board of supervisors of each county included in a...
§ 43-33-117. Powers of regional housing authority - Except as otherwise provided herein, a regional housing authority and...
§ 43-33-119. Rural housing projects - County housing authorities and regional housing authorities are specifically empowered...
§ 43-33-121. Housing applications by farmers - The owner of any farm operated, or worked upon, by...
§ 43-33-123. "Farmers of low income" defined - "Farmers of low income" as used in this article shall...
§ 43-33-125. Consolidated housing authority - If the governing body of each of two (2) or...
§ 43-33-127. Housing authority operations in other municipalities - In addition to its other powers, a housing authority created...
§ 43-33-129. Findings required for authority to operate in municipality - No governing body of a city or other municipality shall...
§ 43-33-131. Meetings and residence of commissioners - Nothing contained in this article or the Housing Authorities Law...
§ 43-33-133. Agreement to sell as security for obligations to federal government - In any contract or amendatory or superseding contract for a...
§ 43-33-135. Supplemental nature of article - The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition...
§ 43-33-137. Article controlling - In so far as the provisions of this article are...
Article 5 - Home Loan Bonds
§ 43-33-201. Trustees, etc., may accept bonds - All trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, committees, receivers and other persons...
§ 43-33-203. Counties, etc., may accept Home Owners' Loan Corporation - The board of supervisors of any county, the mayor and...
Article 7 - Insured Loans
§ 43-33-301. Loans authorized - Banks, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations and...
§ 43-33-303. Investments authorized - Any bank, savings bank, trust company, insurance company, savings and...
§ 43-33-305. Securities for public funds - Such notes, bonds, debentures, including obligations of the Federal National...
§ 43-33-307. Article cumulative - This article is to be construed as power additional and...
Article 11 - Mississippi Home Corporation Act
§ 43-33-701. Short title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 43-33-702. Legislative findings - The Legislature hereby finds and declares: That there exists in...
§ 43-33-703. Definitions - For the purposes of this article, the following words shall...
§ 43-33-705. Fiduciary bond; premiums - All directors, officers, employees or agents exercising any voting power...
§ 43-33-715. Nonprofit nature of corporation; directors to serve without compensation; per diem allowance; payment of expenses - The corporation is not created or organized, and its operations...
§ 43-33-721. Adoption of rules, regulations, resolutions and bylaws by corporation - The corporation shall adopt, and may from time to time...
§ 43-33-723. Prohibition against discrimination - No person shall be discriminated against because of race, religious...
§ 43-33-725. Advisory board - The corporation may, if it deems necessary, create an advisory...
§ 43-33-727. Mississippi Home Corporation Oversight Committee - There is hereby created the Mississippi Home Corporation Oversight Committee....
§ 43-33-729. Issuance of negotiable bonds and notes; purpose - [Through June 30, 2021, this section shall read as follows:]...
§ 43-33-729. Issuance of negotiable bonds and notes; purpose - [From and after July 1, 2021, this section shall read...
§ 43-33-731. Form and content of bonds and notes - Bonds and notes of the corporation shall: State on the...
§ 43-33-733. Issuance of bonds or notes for refunding outstanding bonds or notes - The corporation is authorized to issue its bonds or notes...
§ 43-33-735. Pledge of earnings, revenues or other assets; liens - It is the intention of the Legislature that: Any pledge...
§ 43-33-739. Creation of debt service reserve funds - The corporation may create and establish one or more reserve...
§ 43-33-741. Agreement by state not to alter vested rights - The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the...
§ 43-33-743. Investment in sinking funds, monies or other funds - The state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions,...
§ 43-33-749. Personal liability of corporate directors, advisory board members, etc. while acting in scope of authority - Neither the directors of the corporation, the advisory board, nor...
§ 43-33-751. Conflict of interest; disclosure - The directors shall comply with the provisions of Section 25-4-101...
§ 43-33-753. Services of state officers and state agencies - All state officers and all state agencies are hereby empowered...
§ 43-33-755. Preference of certain actions or proceedings questioning validity; venue - Any action or proceeding to which the corporation or the...
§ 43-33-757. Term of corporate existence; termination - The corporation and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated...
§ 43-33-759. Mississippi Affordable Housing Development Fund; powers and duties - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special...
§ 43-33-761. Construction of Article in conjunction with other Code provisions - Nothing in this article shall be construed as affecting the...
§ 43-33-763. Public official not to derive income from issuance of bonds - No member of the Legislature, elected official or appointed official,...
§ 43-33-765. Construction of Article - This article being necessary for the welfare of the state...
§ 43-33-769. Payment of principal and interest; bond specifications - The principal of and interest on the bonds authorized under...
§ 43-33-771. Signature on bonds; interest coupons - The bonds authorized by Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 shall be...
§ 43-33-773. Bonds and coupons are negotiable instruments - All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of...
§ 43-33-775. Sale and form of bonds - The State Bond Commission shall act as the issuing agent...
§ 43-33-777. Bonds are general obligations of state - The bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 43-33-767 through...
§ 43-33-779. Disposition of proceeds of sale of bonds - Upon the issuance and sale of bonds under the provisions...
§ 43-33-781. Issuance of bonds - The bonds authorized under Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 may be...
§ 43-33-783. Validation of bonds; notice - The bonds authorized under the authority of Sections 43-33-767 through...
§ 43-33-785. Protection and enforcement of bond holders' rights - Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of Sections...
§ 43-33-787. Bonds are legal investments and legal securities - All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 43-33-767 through...
§ 43-33-789. Bonds and income tax exempt - Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797...
§ 43-33-791. Use of bond proceeds - The proceeds of the bonds issued under Sections 43-33-767 through...
§ 43-33-793. Authorization to issue warrants for payment on bonds - The State Treasurer is authorized, without further process of law,...
§ 43-33-795. Progress report; annual fiscal reports - The Mississippi Home Corporation shall file a report on July...
§ 43-33-797. Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 give complete authority; effect on other laws - The provisions of Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 shall be deemed...