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Mississippi Statutes, Title 21

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Title 21, Municipalities

27 chapters · 687 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 21687 Ch 29, Employees’ Retirement and Disability…97 Ch 27, Public Utilities and Transportation83 Ch 33, Taxation and Finance77 Ch 19, Health, Safety, and Welfare42 Ch 9, Council-Manager Plan of Government39 Ch 1, Classification, Creation, Abolition,…33 Ch 37, Streets, Parks and Other Public Property32 Ch 43, Business Improvement Districts30 Ch 31, Civil Service27 Ch 41, Special Improvements26 Ch 8, Mayor-Council Form of Government23 Ch 15, Officers and Records22 Ch 35, Municipal Budget18 Ch 25, Fire Departments and Fire Districts17

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Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-11 Appeals
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Any person aggrieved by any order of the governing authorities of any municipality, with reference to the order in which claims are allowed and paid, shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the municipality is situated as provided by Section 11-…
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-13 Issuance of warrants or checks; assignment thereof
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(1) (a) The clerk of the municipality shall draw all warrants or checks for claims and accounts allowed and approved by the governing authorities. Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the warrants or checks shall be signed by the mayor or a majority of the members of th…
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-15 Penalty for unauthorized claim or appropriation
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If any member of the governing body of a municipality shall knowingly vote for the payment of any claim not authorized by law, he shall be subject to indictment and, upon conviction, be fined by a sum not exceeding double the amount of such unlawful claim or appropriation, or by …
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-17 Penalty for wrongfully issuing, signing or attesting warrant
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All expenditures of money from the treasury of any municipality for any purpose whatsoever shall be in pursuance of the allowance of a claim as hereinbefore specified in Section 21-39-9, or in pursuance of a specific appropriation made by order, which such appropriation shall be …

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-19 Duties of depository or treasurer

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The depository of the municipality, or the clerk as ex-officio treasurer where there is no depository, shall receive, safely keep, and pay out all moneys belonging to the municipality according to law. The depository or clerk shall keep correct and accurate accounts of all receip…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-21 Disposition of lost, stolen, abandoned or misplaced personal property

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The governing authorities of any municipality, upon the receipt or recovery of any lost, stolen, abandoned or misplaced personal property by the marshal, police or other officers of such municipality, shall cause to be posted, in three (3) public places in the municipality, notic…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-23 Applicability of particular sections

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The provisions of Sections 21-39-1, 21-39-3, 21-39-7 through 21-39-19, shall be applicable to all municipalities of this state, whether operating under a code charter, special charter, or the commission form of government, except in cases of conflict between the provisions of suc…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-27 Municipalities authorized to obtain credit cards for official travel by members of governing authority and municipal employees

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(1) The governing authority of any municipality may acquire one or more credit cards which may be used by members of the governing authority and municipal employees to pay expenses incurred by them when traveling in or out of the state in the performance of their official duties.…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-3 Letting of contracts for publication of proceedings, ordinances, etc

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In municipalities in which there is more than one newspaper qualified to publish legal notices, the governing authorities of such municipality shall enter into a contract for the publication of its proceedings, ordinances, resolutions, and other notices required to be published o…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-5 Records and payment of claims in all municipalities

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The clerk of the municipality shall open and keep a regular set of records, as prescribed by the State Auditor, as the head of the State Department of Audit, or the director thereof, appointed by him, as designated and defined in Title 7, Chapter 7, of the Mississippi Code of 197…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-7 Docket of claims in municipalities having a population of more than two thousand

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In all municipalities having a population of more than two thousand (2,000), according to the latest federal census, and in other municipalities where the governing authorities should so elect, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the municipality to keep as a record in his offic…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-39-9 Disposition of claims

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At each regular meeting of the governing authorities of the municipality the claims docket shall be called and all claims then on file not previously paid shall be paid by the governing authorities in the order in which they were entered on the docket. The processing of claims by…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-1 Special improvements authorized

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Any municipality of this state may, by its governing authorities, cause the local improvements designated in Section 21-41-3 to be made, wholly or in part, at the cost of the property owners benefited thereby, by levying and collecting special assessments as provided in this chap…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-11 What is to be deemed part of cost

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The governing authorities of such municipality shall have power to pay out of their general fund, or out of any special fund that may be provided for that purpose, such portion of the cost of the proposed improvement as they may deem proper. Interest accrued while an improvement …

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-13 Assessment roll; assessment book; notice of meeting to consider objections

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Upon the completion of any improvement authorized by this chapter, the governing authorities shall ascertain and determine the cost of the improvement and declare the same by resolution. Upon said completion the governing authorities shall cause to be prepared a roll or list to b…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-15 Determination of final assessments

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Assessments shall be made and apportioned in the manner fixed by the resolution of the governing authorities determining to proceed with the improvement. The owner of any property assessed for an improvement, or any party having an interest therein, may appear at the time and pla…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-17 Method of payment of assessments

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All special assessments levied under the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise provided by the governing authorities, shall become due and shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipality, (or to the officer performing the duties of such treasurer) in full within ninety …

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-19 Certification and collection of assessment; interest thereon

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The governing authorities shall annually certify to the tax collector, or other officer charged with the duty of collecting taxes in the municipality, the annual installment of assessment due from each tract of land against which an assessment has been levied, together with the a…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-21 Noting of payments

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The treasurer shall immediately report to the clerk of the municipality, or to the officer performing the duties of such clerk, any assessment paid in full. The collector shall annually report to the clerk of the municipality, or to the officer performing the duties of such clerk…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-25 Assessments to be enforced and collected as are other taxes

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All assessments levied under the provisions of this chapter shall be enforced in the same manner in which the payment of other taxes in said municipality is enforced, and all statutes regulating the collection of other taxes in said municipality shall apply to the enforcement and…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-27 Delinquencies

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All assessments levied under the provisions of this chapter and the annual installments thereof shall become delinquent at the same time municipal ad valorem taxes become delinquent. Delinquent installments shall be collected in the same manner and at the same time delinquent ad …

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-29 Redemption in whole

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The owner of property sold for delinquent assessments, or any other party interested in said property, shall have the right to redeem, upon the payment of the principal amount of the installment or installments then delinquent, and the penalties on such delinquent installment or …

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-3 Kind of improvements authorized

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(a) The following local improvements may be constructed hereunder, to wit:(a) Streets, highways, boulevards, avenues, squares, lanes, alleys and parks, or any part thereof may be opened, reopened, widened, graded, regraded, paved, repaved, surfaced, resurfaced, and curbs and gutt…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-31 Redemption in part

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If there exists upon a portion of a tract of land sold for delinquent assessments, a lien either of a deed of trust or mortgage of any kind, or if a portion of a tract of land sold for said delinquent assessments is owned by one who does not own the entire portion sold, then, sub…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-33 Change or division of assessment

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If, after the original assessment shall have been made, a portion of any lot or parcel of land which is assessed in solido, shall have changed ownership so that no one person is the owner of the entire lot or parcel of land so assessed in solido, then any such owner, or other par…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-35 Correction of imperfect assessments

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If any special assessment made pursuant to this chapter or attempted to be made in accordance with or by virtue of the authority conferred in any other law heretofore in force, to defray the whole or any part of the expense of any local improvement, shall be, either in whole or i…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-37 Correction of errors or irregularities in estimate of cost

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If any municipality in this state, including those operating under a special charter, having the power to construct or cause to be made improvements consisting of grading, paving, graveling or any other form of improvement to its streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, gutters, sewe…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-39 Irregularity of proceeding shall not invalidate assessment

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No omission, informality or irregularity in the proceedings in, or preliminary to, the making of any special assessment shall affect the validity of the same, where the assessment roll has been confirmed by the governing authorities. The assessment roll and the record thereof kep…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-41 Borrowing money to make improvements

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The governing authorities of every municipality in the state, which have heretofore or may hereafter declare their intention of authorizing any of the special improvements enumerated in Section 21-41-3, the cost of which is to be paid in whole or in part by the owners of property…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-43 Maturation and interest of obligations; special improvement bond fund

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All obligations issued pursuant to Section 21-41-41 shall mature not longer than twenty (20) years from the date thereof, and shall be divided into approximately equal payments, with one (1) payment falling due each year. The obligations shall bear interest at a rate not exceedin…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-45 Obligations not to exceed cost of improvements; authorization and procedures for interim financing in anticipation of borrowing for local improvements

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(1) The obligations so authorized by Section 21-41-41 may be issued at any time after the estimated cost of the special improvements shall have been ascertained by the governing authorities of the municipality, and the amount of indebtedness thereby incurred shall not exceed the …

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-47 Obligations excepted from the limitations of indebtedness

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All bonds, notes or other obligations heretofore or hereafter issued by the municipalities of the state, for so much of the cost of the local improvements as shall have been or shall be assessed against property specially benefited by said improvements or shall have been paid for…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-49 Refunding special assessment bonds

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Where any municipality has issued bonds for special improvements, and special assessments have been levied to pay for said bonds, or wherein the municipality was to have paid a portion or all of said bonds under any special improvement law by which said bonds were issued, and sai…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-5 Resolution; notice of meeting to consider objections

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When the governing authorities of any municipality shall determine to make any local or special improvement, the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed against the property benefited, they shall adopt a resolution declaring necessary the proposed improvement describi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-51 Method of publishing notice

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Except as may be otherwise provided, where, by any provision of this chapter, notice is required to be given by publication, such publication made shall be in a newspaper published in the municipality, if there be one. If there be no newspaper published in the municipality, then …

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-53 Contracts for work to be let as other contracts for public work

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All work upon the improvements authorized by Section 21-41-3, shall be undertaken and contracts therefor, if any, shall be let and awarded in the manner provided by the law or the charter of the municipality.

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-7 Meeting to consider objections to proposed improvement

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At said meeting provided for by Section 21-41-5, or at a time and place to which same may be adjourned, any person aggrieved may appear in person, by attorney or by petition, and may object to or protest against said improvement or any part thereof. The governing authorities shal…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-41-9 Whole or part of cost of improvement may be charged against property benefited

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The resolution determining to proceed with the said improvement may direct that the cost and expense of the improvements authorized, or such part as the governing authorities shall fix, shall be a charge upon the property benefited. In said resolution the governing authorities sh…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-1 Power to impose tax on businesses in certain municipalities; purposes for which proceeds may be used

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(a) The governing authority of any municipality in a county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico having therein a family court, and the governing authority of any municipality in any county having a population in excess of thirty-eight thousand (38,000) according to the 1980 decennial…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-101 Short title

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Sections 21-43-101 through 21-43-133 shall be known and may be cited as the “Business Improvement District Act.”

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-103 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent

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(a) The Legislature finds that:(a) The business districts within many municipalities in the state are in a deteriorated condition;(b) This deteriorated condition affects the economic and general welfare of the people of the State of Mississippi;(c) Establishment of business impro…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-105 Definitions

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(a) For the purposes of Sections 21-43-101 through 21-43-133 the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require:(a) “District” means a business improvement district established pursuant to Sections 21-43-101 through 21-43-133.(b…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-107 Creation of business improvement districts authorized

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There is hereby authorized the creation of business improvement districts which shall be established in accordance with the procedures described in Sections 21-43-101 through 21-43-133.

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-109 Zoning

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All areas included in a business improvement district must be zoned for some use other than residential. Residential uses may be included if the property is zoned for commercial or industrial use and the property is not owner-occupied as a homestead. Properties comprising a busin…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-11 Procedure at hearing

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Whenever a hearing is held under this chapter, the governing authority of any municipality shall hear all protests and receive evidence for or against the proposed action; rule upon all protests which determination shall be final; and may continue the hearing from time to time. P…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-111 Initiation of efforts to form business improvement district

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Notice shall be given to the municipality in which the district is to be established when an effort is begun by a contiguous group of non-residentially zoned local property owners to form a business improvement district. Upon delivery of a petition to the clerk of the municipalit…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-113 Notice of meeting for development of district plan; requirements for approval of proposed plan; contents of proposed plan

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(a) In order to establish a business improvement district, and upon establishment, every tenth year thereafter, those property owners which make up the area of the proposed district shall be notified of a meeting by United States mail no less than ten (10) days prior to the sched…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-115 Voting upon proposed district plan

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All property owners of record in the proposed district as of the date of initial notice given as provided in Section 21-43-111, shall be eligible to participate in the process to approve or reject the district plan and the proposed assessment for properties in the district. Votes…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-117 Notice of hearing for review of proposed district plan; conduct of election upon proposed district plan; notice of election results; review of approved plan by mayor of municipality; disbursement of proceeds from assessment

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(1) For initial creation of the district, reauthorization of the district at the end of each ten-year period, or modification of the boundaries of the district at the end of a ten-year period, the clerk of the municipality shall notify all property owners to be included in the pr…

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-43-118 Annual meetings; amendment of district plan improvements; approval of plan; notice of voting results to district property owners

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(1) Once the ten-year period has commenced, the district shall hold an annual meeting for the purpose of reporting its plan activities to the district property owners. (2) The district plan improvements may be amended during any of the annual meetings. Notice of intent to amend t…