Title 19, Counties and County Officers

If no petition requiring an election be filed or if three-fifths of those voting in such election vote in favor of the creation of such district, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution creating the district as desired in the resolution of intention.

All costs incident to the publication of the notices and all other costs incident to the public hearing and election shall be paid by the board of supervisors, in its discretion, or shall be borne by the parties filing the petition. The board of supervisors, in its discretion, ma…

Any party having an interest in the subject matter and aggrieved or prejudiced by the findings and adjudication of the board of supervisors may appeal to the circuit court of the county in the manner provided by law for appeals from orders of the board of supervisors. However, if…

(a) A fire protection grading district embracing lands in more than one (1) county may be created by the following procedure:(a) The portion of a proposed district containing the largest area of land shall be first created into a district by the board of supervisors of the county…

The tax levy authorized by Section 19-5-21 shall not be imposed until the board of supervisors shall have published notice of its intention to levy same. Said notice shall be published once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in some newspaper having a general circulation i…

From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution creating any such district, such district shall be a governmental entity of the incorporating county in perpetuity under its corporate name and the supervisors, in that name, shall exercise responsibilities as required by …

The board of supervisors shall act on behalf of the district and may exercise any of the powers granted under the provisions of Sections 19-5-215 through 19-5-241. The board of supervisors shall record any such actions in its minutes, conducting such business during any public me…

(a) Any fire protection grading district, acting by and through the board of supervisors on behalf of such district as its governing authority, shall have the following among other powers granted to the board of supervisors:(a) To sue and be sued;(b) To acquire by purchase, gift,…

The board of supervisors of such county may exercise the power of eminent domain on behalf of the district wherever and whenever public necessity and convenience so require.

Any area adjacent to any district created under Sections 19-5-215 through 19-5-241 and situated within the same county as the district, and not being situated within the corporate boundaries of any existing municipality, may be annexed to and become a part of such district by the…

The board of supervisors creating any such district shall have the authority to enter into cooperative agreements with the state or federal government or both; to obtain financial assistance in the form of loans or grants as may be available from the state or federal government, …

The levies made under Section 19-5-21 shall not be reimbursed under the Homestead Exemption Law of 1946, being Sections 37-57-3 and 37-57-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, and any other statute authorizing the levy of taxes for the support of schools.

Any nonprofit, nonshare corporation chartered under the authority of Title 79, Chapter 11, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the purpose of owning and operating rural waterworks system and/or rural sewage disposal system with the concurrence of a majority of the members of the corpor…

(1) A sale, conveyance, transfer, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the property and assets, with or without the good will, of a corporation or a merger, may be made upon such terms and conditions and for such consider…

Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either pers…

Upon acquiring such nonprofit, nonshare corporation or utility district, the political subdivision, utility district or nonprofit, nonshare corporation shall assume any existing indebtedness of the corporation or utility district and be responsible for such indebtedness.

Sections 19-5-18 through 19-5-27 provide counties a supplementary method for handling garbage and rubbish removal. These sections do not amend or repeal Section 19-5-17, Sections 17-5-3 through 17-5-11, or any other law relating to the subject, including any special or local law …

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of this state may, in their discretion, pay such part of the cost of labor and material for laying water mains from municipal water systems along the highways outside the corporate limits of such municipalities, not exceeding a di…

The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase and keep on hand, for the use of the sheriffs, hounds of the best breeding and training. The board, when such hounds have been purchased by them, shall allow out of the general county funds a re…

The board of supervisors of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to render any assistance deemed necessary in order to defray the cost of the relocation of a water line operated within the county by a local water association when such re…

(1) The Legislature finds and declares it to be in the public interest to reduce the time required for a citizen to request and receive emergency aid, and to raise the level of competence of local public safety and 911 telecommunicators by establishing a minimum standard of train…

(1) The board of supervisors of each county may create, by order duly adopted and entered on its minutes, an emergency communications district composed of all of the territory within the county. (2) The board of supervisors of each county may, in its discretion, by order duly ado…

(1) When any district is created, the board of supervisors of the county creating such district may appoint a board of commissioners composed of seven (7) members to govern its affairs, and shall fix the domicile of the board at any point within the district. The members of the b…

(1) The digits “911” shall be the primary emergency telephone number, but the involved agencies may maintain a separate secondary backup number and shall maintain a separate number for nonemergency telephone calls. (2) The use of the digits “911” shall become the standard telepho…

The board of supervisors of each county in the state, acting alone or in conjunction with boards of supervisors of an adjoining county or counties, shall have the power and jurisdiction necessary and proper to provide for the relief and support of the aged bona fide residents of …

(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 d…

(1) When there is not an emergency, no person shall make a call for service to a public safety answering point and knowingly or intentionally:(a) Remain silent;(b) Make abusive or harassing statements to an emergency telephone service employee;(c) Report the existence of an emerg…

(1) Automatic number identification (ANI), automatic location identification (ALI) and geographic automatic location identification (GeoALI) information that consist of the name, address and telephone number of telephone or wireless subscribers shall be confidential, and the diss…

The board of supervisors of such county or counties may purchase in the name of such county or counties such lands as may be necessary for such institution, or may use such lands available which already belong to the board of supervisors, and may have such buildings erected there…

In accordance with the Federal Communication Commission Order, no CMRS provider shall be required to provide wireless Enhanced 911 Service until such time as (a) the provider receives a request for such service from the administrator of a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) that…

The board of supervisors of such county or counties may, when deemed proper, combine and use any property now being used for county homes and use such property hereafter as a combined institution to take care of the county paupers and the destitute aged provided for in Section 19…

(1) There is hereby created the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training, which shall consist of twelve (12) members and shall operate with the administrative assistance of the Office of Law Enforcement Planning, Department of Public Safety. (2) The Board of E…

(1) The initial minimum standard of training for local public safety and 911 telecommunicators shall be determined by the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training. All courses approved for minimum standards shall be taught by instructors certified by the cours…

(1) When it shall be determined that training is required, a request for training shall be submitted to the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training for approval of course, course location, estimated cost and base weekly salary of the telecommunicator to atten…

(1) After any telecommunicator has received his or her initial minimum standard of training and has been issued the “Certification of Minimum Standards,” such telecommunicator shall complete forty-eight (48) hours of continuing education courses every three (3) years. The continu…

(1) From and after July 1, 1993, a service charge of Five Cents (5¢) shall be placed on each subscriber service line within the State of Mississippi. This service charge shall apply equally to both private and business lines and shall apply to all service suppliers operating with…

(1) Any service supplier operating within the State of Mississippi shall be required to provide access to the locally designated PSAP by dialing the three (3) digits “911” from any telephone subscriber line within such service area. Where technically available, each service suppl…

Any Emergency 911 service supplier, Emergency 911 Voice over Internet Protocol service supplier, and Emergency 911 CMRS provider operating within the State of Mississippi, its employees, directors, officers, agents and subcontractors, shall be entitled to receive the limitations …

Each person who owns or rents a residence, building or structure shall obtain a 911 address.

The board of supervisors of such county or counties may, in its discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the support and maintenance of such nursing homes.

Sections 19-5-303, 19-5-313, 19-5-319, 19-5-331, 19-5-333, 19-5-335, 19-5-337, 19-5-339, 19-5-341, 19-5-353, 19-5-359 and 19-5-361 shall stand repealed from and after July 1, 2028.

Sections 19-5-381 through 19-5-415 shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority Act.”

(a) As used in Sections 19-5-381 through 19-5-415, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Authority” means the Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority. The authority is a subdivision of the Mississippi Eme…

There is established the Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority as an instrumentality of the state. The authority and service providers shall work in cooperation with state and local governments to create a technical and operational framework for implementing and operatin…

(1) Management of the authority shall be vested in the director, with an advisory board to offer technical guidance and recommendations, which shall consist of the following members:(a) The Commissioner of Public Safety, or his or her designee;(b) One (1) member appointed by the …

(1) Along with the department, the authority shall administer, receive and audit emergency communications service charges for the benefit of the State NG911 Plan and ECDs throughout the state, as specified in Sections 19-5-381 through 19-5-415, and on such terms and conditions as…