Bill Text: MS HB1714 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Marshall County; revise geographic description of the Marshall Utility Services Sewer District.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-04 - Approved by Governor [HB1714 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-HB1714-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Local and Private Legislation
By: Representatives Massengill, Buck (5th), Kinkade
House Bill 1714
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 947, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2011, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 950, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2012, TO REVISE THE GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE MARSHALL UTILITY SERVICES SEWER DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Chapter 947, Local and Private Laws of 2011, as amended by Chapter 950, Local and Private Laws of 2012, is amended as follows:
Section 1. (1) The Board of Supervisors of Marshall County, Mississippi, is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to establish the Marshall Utility Services Sewer District which shall be composed of a tract of land in Marshall County, Mississippi, being more particularly described as follows:
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All land lying situated in Northwest Marshall County, Mississippi, in Township 1 South, Range 4 West, Township 2 South, Range 4 West and Township 3 South, Range 4 West that has been franchised, designated and granted to Marshall Utility Services by way of Certificates of Public Convenience and necessity issued by the Public Service Commission.
(2) The Board of Supervisors of Marshall County, Mississippi, shall be the governing authority for the district.
(3) Any portion of the area described in subsection (1) of this section that is presently franchised by Marshall Utility Services, Inc., may be utilized by Marshall Utility Services Sewer District with the permission of Marshall Utility Services, Inc.
Section 2. It is declared that the object and purpose of
creating the district is to provide sewer service to the residents
of the area described in Section 1 of this act and to provide ways and means to carry out and accomplish that purpose, thereby benefiting and making more valuable the lands in the district and preserving and promoting the health, safety and convenience of the residents in the district. In order to carry out and render effective the object and the purpose of this act, the courts of this state shall construe this act as an exercise by the Legislature of all the power appertaining to it that is necessary for the benefit of the health, safety and convenience of the residents of the district. All the terms and provisions of this act are to be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth in this act and all powers required to accomplish the purposes of this act are granted and conferred.
Section 3. The district created pursuant to the provisions
of this act, acting by and through the Board of Supervisors of Marshall County, Mississippi, its governing authority, shall have all powers with respect to wastewater facilities granted to districts by Section 19-5-151 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.
Section 4. The property and revenue of the district shall
be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
