Bill Text: MS HB1688 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Town of Walnut Grove; authorize expansion of gas distribution system into certain areas of Leake and Scott Counties.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-04-21 - Died In Committee [HB1688 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2016-HB1688-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2016 Regular Session

To: Local and Private Legislation

By: Representatives Rushing, White

House Bill 1688

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF WALNUT GROVE, MISSISSIPPI, TO EXPAND ITS GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INTO CERTAIN AREAS IN LEAKE AND SCOTT COUNTIES, MISSISSIPPI, AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  (1)  Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 21-27-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the contrary, the governing authorities of the Town of Walnut Grove in Leake County, Mississippi, in their discretion, may construct, expand, operate and maintain the town's gas distribution system in Leake County, Mississippi, in the following described area:

      Beginning at the Northeast corner of Section 28,              Township 9 North, Range 8 East, Leake County,                  Mississippi; thence West 9 miles along the North               section line of Sections 28, 29 and 30 of Township 9               North, Range 8 East and Sections 25, 26, 27, 28,
      29 and 30, Township 9 North, Range 7 East to the              Northwest corner of Section 30, Township 9 North,             Range 7 East, Leake County; thence south 2.0 miles            along the West section line of Sections 30 and 31,              Township 9 North, Range 7 East to the Southwest                   corner of Section 31, Township 9 North, Range 7 East,          which line is the South boundary line of Leake County;       thence East 9.0 miles along the South section line of            Sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36, Township 9 North,         Range 7 East and Sections 31, 32 and 33 Township 9             North, Range 8 East to the Southeast corner of Section            33, Township 9 North, Range 8 East, Leake County;               thence north along the East section line of Section 33        and 28, Township 9 North, Range 8 East to the Northeast         corner of said Section 28 and being the POINT OF             BEGINNING, all in Leake County, Mississippi.
     (2)  Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 21-27-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the contrary, the governing authorities of the Town of Walnut Grove, Mississippi, in their discretion, may construct,  expand operate and maintain the town's gas distribution system in Scott County, Mississippi, in the  following described area:

     Beginning at the Northeast corner of West half of             Section 4, Township 8 North, Range 8 East, Scott County,          Mississippi, which point lies on the Leake-Scott County      line; thence West 6.5 miles along the North section line         of Sections 4, 5, and 6, Township 8 North, Range 8 East        and Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4, Township 8 North, Range 7             East to the Northwest corner of Section 4, Township 8              North, Range 7 East, Scott County; thence South 3.0           miles along the West section line of Sections 4, 9 and         16, Township 8 North, Range 7 East to the Southwest           corner of Section 16, Township 8 North, Range 7 East;            thence East 6.5 miles along the South section line of           Sections 16, 15, 14 and 13, Township 8 North, Range 7              East and Sections 18, 17 and 16, Township 8 North, Range       8 East, Scott County, Mississippi to the Southeast               corner of West half of Section 16, Township 8 North,             Range 8 East; thence North along the East boundary line           of the West half of Sections 16, 9, and 4, Township 8              North, Range 8 East, Scott County to the POINT OF              BEGINNING, all in Scott County, Mississippi.
     (3)  Whenever the gas utility service is furnished to any consumer residing outside the corporate limits of the town in the area described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the consumer may not be charged at a rate greater than twice the rate charged for the same service within the corporate limits of the town.

     (4)  The authority conferred by this act shall not be construed as an exemption from the provisions of Section 77-3-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, as to the requirements for obtaining a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the Public Service Commission.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take affect and be in force from and after its passage.