Title 31, Public Business, Bonds and Obligations

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to purchase or to authorize or requisition the purchase of beef other than beef raised and produced within the United States when such purchase is to be paid by the state government or any of its political subdivisions out of public f…

Any person who violates the provisions of Section 31-7-61 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500…

The commissioner of agriculture and commerce of the State of Mississippi shall notify all state agencies, political subdivisions or public institutions within the State of Mississippi as to the provisions of Sections 31-7-61 through 31-7-65.

(1) For the purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “sUAS” means a small unmanned aircraft system, also called a drone, including the unmanned aircraft itself and…

(a) Through its director and other supervisory personnel and, upon its request, through the agencies of the state, the Office of General Services shall supervise the performance of the following duties imposed upon it by this chapter:(a) A study of the purchases of commodities by…

Any state agency, as defined in Section 31-7-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to enter into an energy performance contract, energy services contract, on a shared-savings, lease or lease-purchase basis, for energy efficiency servic…

(1) (a) The Office of Purchasing, Travel and Fleet Management shall adopt purchasing regulations governing the purchase by any agency of any commodity or commodities and establishing standards and specifications for a commodity or commodities and the maximum fair prices of a comm…

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a method to enable counties and municipalities to acquire public buildings, facilities and equipment through the use of rental contracts. This chapter shall be construed in conformity with such intention and shall be an alternative to tho…

Before entering into any lease agreement pursuant to this chapter secured by a pledge of its full faith and credit, the governing authorities of any county or municipality shall publish notice of their intention to receive suitable proposals for the leasing of such buildings, fac…

This chapter, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the authorization, execution and delivery of lease agreements authorized hereunder, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, and none of the…

(a) The counties and municipalities of this state, acting by and through the governing authorities thereof, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into lease agreements with any corporation, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture or individual under which the count…

All such leases shall contain an option granting to the county or municipality the right to purchase the leased property upon the expiration of the primary term, or upon such earlier date as may be agreed upon, at a price not to exceed the unpaid principal balance at such time.

(1) The counties and municipalities of the state are authorized to lease publicly owned real property to any corporation, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture or individual for the purpose of enabling such person to construct or renovate thereon any of the buildings or…

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, any such lease agreement may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, and any such lease agreement shall be binding upon the county or municipality and any other party thereto in accordance wi…

(1) For purposes of this chapter, the term “office of general services” shall mean the Governor’s office of general services acting through the bureau of surplus property. (2) Wherever the term “surplus property procurement commission” appears in the laws of the State of Mississi…

In lieu of regular appropriations, the Department of Finance and Administration may assess against each institution, agency or individual acquiring surplus property from and through the Department of Finance and Administration a fee or commission on each item in sufficient amount…

The Office of General Services shall furnish to the State Auditor of Public Accounts copies of transfers of property to state boards, commissions and agencies on all property transferred to such agencies, federal reviews, in addition to an inventory on all furniture, equipment, m…

(1) The Office of General Services with the approval of the Public Procurement Review Board shall negotiate and contract with any appropriate agency or commission of the United States government or of the State of Mississippi for the purpose of purchasing or otherwise securing su…

All laws or parts of laws requiring the various state institutions, departments, and agencies, the boards of supervisors of the various counties, and the governing authorities of the various municipalities, drainage districts, and other taxing units to advertise or request and re…

(1) For purposes of this chapter, the term “state building commission” shall mean the Governor’s office of general services acting through the bureau of building, grounds and real property management. (2) Wherever the term “state building commission” or “building commission” appe…

The office of general services with the approval of the public procurement review board shall have the power and authority to acquire in its own name, or in the name of such other agency or instrumentality in the State of Mississippi as it may deem proper, by purchase, contributi…

(1) (a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall conduct a detailed study of the building and other capital needs at each state institution and at each community college and junior college immediately prior to September first in each year. This study shall include, but …

The legislative budget office shall prepare and submit to each regular session of the legislature a “capital expense and development” budget based on information furnished as herein provided by the office of general services, plus such other information as may be obtained. The sa…

(1) The Department of Finance and Administration, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, in addition to all other rights and powers granted by law, shall have full power and authority to employ and compensate architects or other employees necessary for t…

(1) Every capital improvements project for new facilities, costing Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) or more, which is developed to repair, renovate, construct, remodel, add to or improve a state-owned public building shall be funded by the Legislature in two (2) phases. The tw…

The office of general services of the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized and empowered to act as the commission designated to perform all functions on behalf of the State of Mississippi as provided for and required in Public Law No. 88-204 of the 88th Congress of the Unite…

(1) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter ascribed:(a) “Department” means the Department of Finance and Administration, Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management.(b) “Public facility” means any building or other facil…

(1) The Department of Finance and Administration shall adopt rules and regulations which:(a) Optimize the energy performance of state-funded buildings throughout the state;(b) Increase the demand for building and construction materials, finishes, furnishings and other products ma…

(1) There is hereby created the Facilities Management Advisory Committee, hereinafter referred to as the “committee,” for the purpose of advising the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, Department of Finance and Administration, with its duties of preplanning…

The office of general services shall submit a full report of its work and all transactions carried on by it and a complete statement of all expenditures made by it, to each regular session of the legislature or to a special session before that time if its work has been completed.

(1) The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a qualified and practicing attorney at law, to be known as the State Bond Attorney, who shall possess the same qualifications for office as the Attorney General, who shall serve a term of office concurrent…

The court costs in all such cases shall be paid by the county, municipality, or district proposing to issue said bonds or other written obligations, and in addition to such costs it shall also pay to the bond attorney a fee of not more than one-tenth of one percent (1/10 of 1%), …

The word “bond” or “bonds,” when used in this chapter, shall be deemed to include every form of written obligation that may be now or hereafter legally issued by any county, municipality, school district, road district, drainage district, levee district, sea wall district, and of…

When any county, municipality, school district, road district, drainage district, levee district, sea wall district, or any other district or subdivision authorized to issue bonds shall take steps to issue bonds for any purpose whatever, the officer or officers of such county, mu…

If the chancellor shall enter a decree confirming and validating said bonds and there shall be no appeal by either party from said decree, or if on appeal the supreme court enters its decree confirming and validating said bonds or other written obligations, the validity of said b…

Whenever any bonds are validated under the provisions of this chapter, the clerk or other proper officer of the county, municipality, or district issuing same shall stamp or write on each of said bonds over his signature and the seal of the issuer the words “validated and confirm…

Sections 31-15-1 through 31-15-19 may be cited as the “General Refunding Law of 1934.”

All refunding bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 31-15-1 through 31-15-19 shall be general obligations of the political subdivisions issuing same, and the governing authority of such subdivision shall annually levy a tax upon all taxable property therein sufficient to …

The governing authority may, at any time or times, exercise the powers granted by Sections 31-15-1 through 31-15-19 in the refunding of any or all of the bonds and interest coupons of any one (1) or more of the issues of bonds then outstanding. No refunding bonds shall be issued …

In the event that any of the refunding bonds authorized to be issued under Sections 31-15-1 through 31-15-19 should be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the holder or holders thereof shall be subrogated to all of the rights, remedies, and privileges h…

Sections 31-15-1 through 31-15-19, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed full and complete authority for the issuance of refunding bonds by political subdivisions of the state, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor. None of the …

Any bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 31-15-1 through 31-15-19 may be validated under Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11.

Any bonds heretofore or hereafter issued under authority of Sections 21-27-11, 21-27-23, 21-27-41 through 21-27-43, or revenue bonds payable from funds other than the proceeds of ad valorem taxes heretofore or hereafter issued under authority of any other law of the State of Miss…

Such refunding bonds may bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding that allowed in Section 75-17-103, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty (30) years from their date, may be subject to redemption at such times and at such premiums, and shall be in such …

Such refunding bonds shall be payable from the same sources of revenue and so far as possible shall be secured in the same manner and by the same covenants and agreements as were the bonds refunded. All provisions of the law under which the bonds refunded were issued, which provi…

Refunding bonds issued under Sections 31-15-21 through 31-15-27 may be validated in the chancery court pursuant to the provisions of Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, and shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal, and other taxation under the laws of Mississippi.