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§ 27-37-1. Definitions

The following definitions shall be applied to the terms used in this article: “Agreement” shall mean contract, and shall include any renewal or renewals and alterations of a contract. “Political subdivisions” shall mean any county, municipality, levee district, drainage district, road district, consolidated school district, special consolidated school district, municipal separate school district, rural separate […]

§ 27-37-11. Requests for payments by subdivisions

If the United States declines to deal with a county with respect to any political subdivision whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county, or in the event the jurisdictional limits of a political subdivision lie within more than one county, that political subdivision is authorized to make requests of […]

§ 27-37-13. Deposit of funds

All money received by a political subdivision pursuant to Section 27-37-9 or 27-37-11 shall be deposited in such fund or funds as may be designated in the agreement; provided, however, that if the agreement does not make such designation, the money shall be deposited in such fund or funds as the governing body of such […]

§ 27-37-15. Basis of payments

The amount of any payment of sums in lieu of taxes may be based on the estimated cost to each political subdivision, for and on whose behalf an agreement is entered into, of performing services for the benefit of a project during the period of the agreement, after taking into consideration the benefits to be […]

§ 27-37-17. Duties of subdivisions regarding provision of services

No provision of this article shall be construed to relieve any political subdivision of the state, in the absence of an agreement for payment of sums in lieu of taxes by the United States, as provided in this article, of the duty of furnishing for the benefit of a project all services which the political […]

§ 27-37-19. Tax commission to prepare roll of federal lands

It shall be the duty of the state tax commission to obtain annually, or as often as may be necessary or expedient, from the farm security administration or from any agency vested with power to act, a correct legal description of all lands acquired or owned by the United States for any project and, when […]

§ 27-37-21. Duty of assessor; valuation of lands

It shall be the duty of each county assessor and of each chancery clerk to furnish the state tax commission with all information with respect to such lands for a project, showing the legal description, and the estimated value of the land and all elements thereof. The tax commission may, through its own employees and […]

§ 27-37-23. Roll; copies to counties; revision

When the necessary information has been received and the same has been verified, the tax commission shall make up, annually, for each county, a roll or schedule as required by Section 27-37-21 and shall make two (2) true and correct copies thereof. The original shall be preserved by the tax commission, as a record, and […]

§ 27-37-25. Roll; comparison and entry on county roll

Upon receipt by the assessor of the roll or schedule of land, he shall compare the same with the assessment roll of the county, and in land assessment years, shall enter upon the assessment roll of the county all lands listed upon said roll or schedule, in the appropriate place; that is, said lands shall […]

§ 27-37-27. Roll; years when land not assessed

When the assessor and chancery clerk shall receive the roll or schedule of land from the state tax commission, as provided by Section 27-37-21 of this article, in the years in which land is not assessed, or after the completion of the roll in land assessment years, they shall present the same to the board […]

§ 27-37-29. Tax commission to request payment; other powers

The state tax commission is hereby directed and authorized to request for and on behalf of the State of Mississippi the payment by the United States of any sums in lieu of taxes as authorized and contemplated by Section 2, Public Law 845, 74th Congress, approved June 29, 1936, (Paragraph 432, Title 40, U. S. […]

§ 27-37-3. Payments in lieu of taxes; agreements with United States

The governing body of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered, (a) to make requests of the United States for and on behalf of the county and other political subdivisions whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county, for the payment of such sums in lieu of […]

§ 27-37-31. Agreements to be filed with treasurer; credit of funds

The state tax commission, shall, upon the consummation of the agreement, or agreements authorized by this article, or any renewal or alteration thereof, file with the state treasurer an itemized statement of the amounts due to the state. Upon receipt of the said sum by the treasurer, the part determined by the state tax commission […]

§ 27-37-5. Agreement; notice to subdivisions

Each agreement entered into pursuant to Section 27-37-3 shall contain the names of the political subdivisions with respect to which it is consummated and a statement of the proportionate share of the payment by the United States to which each political subdivision shall be entitled. The governing body shall immediately notify each political subdivision of […]

§ 27-37-7. Statement by county auditor; receipt

On or before the date on which payment of sums in lieu of taxes is due, the county auditor shall present a statement to the United States, in the name of the county, in the amount of such payment. Whenever such payment is received, the county auditor shall issue a receipt therefor in the name […]

§ 27-37-9. Apportionment of funds

Immediately after receiving a payment in lieu of taxes, the county auditor shall apportion and pay it to the several political subdivisions in accordance with the agreement under which the payment was received, notwithstanding any other law controlling the expenditure of county funds.