(1) The governing authorities of any municipality which has established an emergency communications district (ECD) under the provisions of a local and private act enacted prior to the effective date of Section 19-5-301 et seq., may merge such district with another ECD, by order duly adopted and entered on the minutes of the governing authority and after the board of supervisors has duly adopted and entered on its minutes a similar order. After the ECD and the municipal districts have been merged, the local and private act for such municipality shall be of no force or effect.
(2) Two (2) or more ECDS may, by order duly adopted by each governing authority and entered on their minutes, establish a single emergency communications district to be composed of all of the territory within such ECD provided that each emergency communications district has been established in accordance with Section 19-5-305. When two (2) or more ECDs have established a single ECD as provided under this subsection, the board of commissioners of the district shall be determined by the governing authority of each ECD.(3) From and after October 1, 2027, a municipality may, in the form of a written agreement between the governing authorities of the municipality and the ECD it seeks to contract with, and with approval from the Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority, join another contiguous or noncontiguous ECD. Such written agreement shall include that a fair share of funding shall be contributed by the municipality being served to the county operating the emergency communications district. Monies necessary for the fair share of funding shall be received according to Section 19-5-395(i) and (j) and Section 19-5-411.(4) An emergency communications district established under this section may serve the jurisdiction of more than one (1) public agency of the county or municipality or, through mutual written agreements.(5) Changes to an ECD’s area of service, whether by consolidation, modification or otherwise, shall be provided in writing through memoranda of understanding. All changes shall be submitted in standard GIS data file to the Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority within ten (10) days of date of change.
(3) From and after October 1, 2027, a municipality may, in the form of a written agreement between the governing authorities of the municipality and the ECD it seeks to contract with, and with approval from the Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority, join another contiguous or noncontiguous ECD. Such written agreement shall include that a fair share of funding shall be contributed by the municipality being served to the county operating the emergency communications district. Monies necessary for the fair share of funding shall be received according to Section 19-5-395(i) and (j) and Section 19-5-411.
(4) An emergency communications district established under this section may serve the jurisdiction of more than one (1) public agency of the county or municipality or, through mutual written agreements.
(5) Changes to an ECD’s area of service, whether by consolidation, modification or otherwise, shall be provided in writing through memoranda of understanding. All changes shall be submitted in standard GIS data file to the Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority within ten (10) days of date of change.