Title 57, Planning, Research and Development

There is hereby established, under the direction of the department, a program to be known as the Business Investment Program for the purpose of making grants or loans to municipalities in order to install and effect specific improvements and projects necessary to complement indus…

(1) Any private company desiring assistance from a municipality shall submit to the municipality a letter of intent to locate, expand or build a facility entirely or partially within the municipality or on land the municipality is authorized to own or otherwise acquire. The lette…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Advantage Jobs Act.”

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Mississippi Advantage Jobs Incentive Payment Fund, into which shall be deposited withholding tax revenue required to be deposited into such fund pursuant to Section 27-7-312 and any other monies designat…

(1) As soon as practicable after the end of a calendar quarter for which a qualified business or industry has qualified to receive an incentive payment, the qualified business or industry shall file a claim for the payment with the Department of Revenue and shall specify the actu…

The MDA and the Department of Revenue shall promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, and all application forms and other forms necessary to implement their respective duties and responsibilities under the provisions of th…

The MDA shall prepare a report on the program pursuant to Section 57-1-12.

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that:(a) The State of Mississippi provide appropriate incentives to support the establishment of quality business and industry that hold the promise of significant development of the economy of the State of Mississippi through the creation …

[For businesses or industries that received or applied for incentive payments prior to July 1, 2005, this section shall read as follows:] (a) As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indic…

The MDA shall determine, upon initial application on a form approved by the MDA, if an establishment is engaged in a qualified business or industry.

[For businesses or industries that received or applied for incentive payments prior to July 1, 2005, this section shall read as follows:] (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a qualified business or industry that meets the qualifications specified in this chapter may…

This chapter may be cited as the “Statewide Economic Development and Planning Act of 1987.”

(1) The Special Task Force for Economic Development Planning, to consist of not more than twenty-three (23) members, is hereby created. The task force shall be composed of:(a) One (1) member from the state’s public universities and one (1) member from the state’s junior colleges.…

All persons selected for service on the task force shall be creative, knowledgeable and accomplished people with the capacity to contribute to the mission of the task force. Task force members shall be selected by the Governor without regard for race, age or sex. Vacancies on the…

The Governor’s Office of General Services shall make available office space for the special task force to include conference room facilities.

(1) The mission and role of the special task force shall be to function as an independent research and analytical group charged with assisting the University Research Center in setting measurable, achievable and significant state economic development goals. The task force shall m…

With research and recommendations prepared by the task force, the Bureau of Comprehensive Long Range Economic Development Planning of the University Research Center shall prepare a long range state economic development action plan which shall consist of six (6) parts as provided …

Part I of the economic development plan will identify specific, quantifiable state economic development goals to be accomplished in the next succeeding five (5), ten (10) and twenty (20) year periods. Prior to adopting the goals required for Part I of the plan, one (1) public hea…

(a) Part II of the economic development plan shall include:(a) An inventory and analysis of the state’s competitive advantages and an inventory and analysis of factors which tend to retard economic development in Mississippi;(b) Identification and analysis of state, national and …

Part III of the economic development plan shall provide a procedure for monitoring the implementation of the state’s economic development efforts. In formulating this procedure, the University Research Center will survey, identify and analyze every government program and private …

Part IV of the economic development plan shall be an analysis and evaluation of materials in Parts II and III of the plan. This phase of the plan shall also make an overall evaluation of the relative contributions that the resources and efforts identified in Part III are making t…

(1) Part V of the economic development plan shall consist of recommendations. Such recommendations shall be based on Part IV of the plan and shall seek to improve in every possible and feasible manner the coordination and implementation of all activities and programs to be outlin…

(1) The Legislature finds that the prospective well-being of the people of the State of Mississippi requires that the economic development of the state should be strategically, comprehensively and exhaustively planned and that the plan be reviewed and continuously updated and sys…

The University Research Center shall present the annual revisions of the plan to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee prior to the annual budget hearings and discuss with the joint committee Parts III, IV and V. The presentation shall review the established goals and report and…

The University Research Center shall annually request of the Mississippi Municipal Association and the Mississippi Association of Supervisors a summary of development efforts of local governments that relate to the overall state plan and which contribute to the accomplishment of …

The first annual economic development plan shall be completed no later than December 1, 1988. The Department of Economic Development with assistance of the University Research Center shall present the first annual plan to the Governor, the joint Legislative Budget Committee and t…

In an effort to facilitate continuing and future legislative support for long range economic development planning, the Bureau for Economic Development Planning shall present status reports on its work, as it relates to the purpose and requirements of this chapter, to the Joint Le…

This article may be cited as the “Regional Economic Development Act.”

(1) After receiving a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the MDA, the local government unit is empowered and authorized, from time to time, to issue bonds up to the maximum principal amount authorized in the certificate. (2) After receiving a certificate of publ…

(1) Any power, authority or responsibility exercised or capable of being exercised by a local government unit of this state may be exercised and carried out jointly with any other local government unit of this state or with a foreign governmental unit of another state, any state …

(1) The local government unit shall be the issuer of any debt incurred hereunder and the proceeds of such debt shall be made available to the alliance in order to provide funds to defray the costs of a project. (2) The local government unit shall have power in the issuance of its…

The MDA is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate and put into effect, in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, all reasonable rules and regulations that it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of the Regional Economic Development Act. No…

(1) The alliance is authorized to cooperate and coordinate with economic development commissions, authorities, districts, travel, and other similar commissions and boards, or other similar agencies of other states, the federal government, and with county, municipal, and regional …

(a) Any agreement made under this article shall specify the following:(a) Its duration.(b) Its purpose or purposes.(c) The precise organization, composition, nature and powers of any separate legal or administrative entity created thereby and the specific citation of statutory au…

(1) In the event that an agreement made pursuant to this article shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer, unit or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement sh…

All laws in regard to purchases, auditing, depositories and expenditures in general which limit the authority of the agreeing local governing units shall also apply to any joint body created by the agreement pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(1) The powers and authority granted and set forth in this article shall be additional and supplemental to any other powers and authority granted by law and shall not amend, repeal or supersede any other powers and authority granted by law. (2) Nothing in this article shall autho…

A local government unit that is a member of a regional economic development alliance created under the Regional Economic Development Act is authorized to negotiate a purchase option for real property to be used for the purposes of the alliance. A local government unit may pay all…

(a) It is hereby declared that the state’s public welfare demands, and the state’s public policy requires:(a) That for the benefit of the people of the State of Mississippi, it is essential to foster and promote the issuing of bonds by local government units jointly or severally,…

The board of supervisors of any county that is a member of a regional economic development alliance created under the Regional Economic Development Act may exercise the power of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring land, property and/or rights-of-way for a project as defin…

It is the purpose of this article to permit local government units of the state to make the most efficient use of their powers and resources by enabling them to cooperate and to contract with other local government units, including foreign governmental units from another state, o…

(a) For the purposes of this article, the following words shall be defined as herein provided unless the context requires otherwise:(a) “Alliance” means a regional economic development alliance created under this article.(b) “Bond” or “bonds” means bonds, notes or other evidence …

(1) Prior to issuing bonds to finance any proposed project under this article, the local government unit shall submit an application to the MDA for a certificate of public convenience and necessity. The application shall be in such form and content as the MDA shall from time to t…

(1) The Boards of Supervisors of Tate, Panola, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties are authorized to form the Northwest Regional Alliance (NWRA) for the purpose of engaging in economic development projects in those counties. (2) For purposes of this article, the terms “NWRA” and “al…

(1) In addition to any other authority granted by law, the Boards of Supervisors of Tate, Panola, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties may levy a special ad valorem tax annually in an amount not to exceed two (2) mills on all taxable property within their county to carry out the prov…

In addition to any other authority granted by law, the Boards of Supervisors of Tate, Panola, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties each may issue general obligation bonds of such counties for the purposes of this article. Each county is authorized to issue its general obligation bond…