§ 51-9-101. Citation of article
This article may be cited as the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Law.
§ 51-9-103. Legislative determination and declaration of policy
It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the waterways and surface waters of the state are among its basic resources, that the overflow and surface waters of the state have not heretofore been conserved to realize their full beneficial use, that the preservation, conservation, storage, and control of such waters are […]
§ 51-9-105. General authority to organize
The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District may hereafter be organized in this state under the provisions of this article, in the manner hereinafter provided. This water supply district shall be an agency of the state and a body politic and corporate, and may be composed of one or more entire counties.
§ 51-9-107. Board of directors
All powers of the district shall be exercised by a board of directors, to be composed of the following: Each member of the Pearl River Industrial Commission whose county becomes a part of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District shall be a member of the Board of Directors of the Pearl River Valley Water […]
§ 51-9-109. Petition for creation of district
The Pearl River Industrial Commission, acting through it members who favor bringing the counties they represent into the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, shall petition the chancery court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County to organize and establish the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District and shall set forth in the petition: […]
§ 51-9-111. Proceedings after petition filed
The board of water commissioners shall make a written report on the preliminary study or plans furnished them and shall, within thirty days after receipt of the said study, file such report with the chancery court setting forth their recommendations concerning the proposed water supply district. After the filing of the report of the board […]
§ 51-9-113. Hearing
The chancery court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County may hear the petition at any term thereof, or the chancellor of said court may fix a time to hear such petition at any time in vacation, and may determine all matters pertaining thereto, may adjourn the hearing from time to time, and may […]
§ 51-9-115. Order and notice of election
If the court or chancellor thereof finds that the proposed water supply district should be organized, the chancellor shall then order an election in each county in the proposed district, which election shall be held not less than twenty-one nor more than forty-five days from the date of such order, whereby the qualified electors within […]
§ 51-9-117. Election
Such election shall be held, as far as is practicable, in the same manner as other elections are held in counties. At such election, all qualified electors of such counties may vote, and the ballots used at such election shall have printed thereon the words “FOR BEING INCLUDED IN THE PEARL RIVER VALLEY WATER SUPPLY […]
§ 51-9-119. Appeals
Any person interested in or aggrieved by the final order of the court or the chancellor, creating the water supply district or dismissing the petition or admitting a county to the district, and who was a party to the proceedings in the chancery court may prosecute an appeal therefrom within ten days from the date […]
§ 51-9-121. Powers of district
The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District through its board of directors is hereby empowered: To impound overflow water and the surface water of the Pearl River or its tributaries within the project area, within or without this district at the place or places and in the amount as may be approved by the Office […]
§ 51-9-122. Renewal of residential property leases in district
At any time more than fifteen (15) years after the commencement date of any residential lease from the district, the leaseholder shall have the option to renew and extend the lease for a new sixty-year term by giving the district notice of his exercise of this option to renew. At any time after the first […]
§ 51-9-122.1. Authority of board of directors to renegotiate nonresidential leases upon expiration
Any holder of a lease that is not a residential lease subject to Section 51-9-122, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall have the right, exclusive of all other persons, to renew the lease at fair market value at any time prior to expiration of the lease. Other than the right of a lessee to renew at […]
§ 51-9-123. Construction contracts
All construction contracts by the district, where the amount of the contract shall exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00), shall be made upon at least three weeks’ public notice by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, which notice shall state the thing to be done and invite sealed proposals, to […]
§ 51-9-125. Park and recreation facilities
The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District is authorized to establish or otherwise provide for public parks and recreation facilities and for the preservation of fish and wildlife and to acquire land otherwise than by condemnation except as provided in subsection (f) of Section 51-9-121, for such purposes, within the project area.
§ 51-9-127. Rules and regulations
The board of directors of the district shall have the power to adopt and promulgate all reasonable regulations to secure, maintain, and preserve the sanitary condition of all water in and to flow into any reservoir owned by the district, to prevent waste of water or the unauthorized use thereof, and to regulate residence, hunting, […]
§ 51-9-129. Appropriation permit
The district is empowered to obtain through appropriate hearings an appropriation permit or permits from the board of water commissioners of the State of Mississippi, as provided for in Section 51-3-31.
§ 51-9-131. State tax used for water supply district fund
In each county of the State of Mississippi which is part of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, beginning with the ad valorem tax assessment for the calendar year 1960, payable on or before February 1, 1961, and so long as any bonds issued hereunder are outstanding, the tax collector of said county shall […]
§ 51-9-133. Board of directors to issue bonds
The board of directors of the district is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of the district for the purpose of paying the costs of acquiring, owning, constructing, operating, repairing, and maintaining the projects and works specified herein, including related facilities, and including all financing and financial advisory charges, interest during construction, engineering, legal, […]
§ 51-9-135. Details of bonds; supplemental powers conferred in issuance of bonds
All bonds provided for by Sections 51-9-133 and 51-9-145 of this article shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, shall be lithographed or engraved and printed in two (2) or more colors to prevent counterfeiting, shall be in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than […]