Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-175 (2026)

General powers of districts

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Districts created under the provisions of Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 shall have the powers enumerated in the resolution of the board of supervisors creating such districts but shall be limited to the conducting and operating of a water supply system, a sewer system, a garbage and waste collection and disposal system, a fire protection system, a combined water and fire protection system, a combined water and sewer system, a combined water and garbage and waste collection and disposal system, or a combined water, sewer, garbage and waste collection and disposal and fire protection system; and to carry out such purpose or purposes, such districts shall have the power and authority to acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, better, extend, consolidate, maintain and operate such system or systems, and to contract with any municipality, person, firm or corporation for such services and for a supply and distribution of water, for collection, transportation, treatment and/or disposal of sewage and for services required incident to the operation and maintenance of such systems. As long as any such district continues to furnish any of the services which it was authorized to furnish in and by the resolution by which it was created, it shall be the sole public corporation empowered to furnish such services within such district. However, if the board of commissioners of such district and the board of supervisors unanimously agree, the county may contract directly with any fire protection services provider, in which case the board of supervisors may distribute directly to the fire protection services provider any or all of the funds that otherwise would be distributed to the fire protection district.

Any district created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 shall be vested with all the powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of the purpose for which such district is created. No enumeration of powers herein shall be construed to impair or limit any general grant of power herein contained nor to limit any such grant to a power or powers of the same class or classes as those enumerated. Such districts are empowered to do all acts necessary, proper or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted under such sections.

Codes, 1942, §§ 2998.7-25, 2998.7-26; Laws, 1972, ch. 536, §§ 5, 6; Laws, 1973, ch. 370, § 1; Laws, 1973 ch. 396, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 387, § 16, eff. 7/27/1992 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to this amendment).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 2003–2013 · leading case: Green v. Cleary Water, Sewer & Fire Dist., 910 So. 2d 1022 (Miss. 2005).

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Green v. Cleary Water, Sewer & Fire Dist., 910 So. 2d 1022 (Miss. 2005). · cites it 2× “In addition to the authority granted to water and/or sewer districts under § 19-5-173, Miss.Code Ann. § 19-5-175 grants Cleary "all the powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of the purpose for which such district is created" and states that none of Cleary's…”

Flye v. Spotts, 94 So. 3d 240 (Miss. 2012). · cites it 2× “Under Mississippi Code Section 19-5-175, "if the board of commissioners of [a fire protection district] and the board of supervisors unanimously agree, the county may contract directly with any fire protection services provider, in which case the board of supervisors may…”

In re Extension of Boundaries of City of Tupelo v. City of Tupelo, 94 So. 3d 256 (Miss. 2012). “Miss.Code Ann. § 19-5-175 (Rev.2003). . According to the record, of the three fire-protection districts participating in this appeal, the Belden Fire Protection District is rated a Class 8; the Palmetto-Old Union Fire Protection District is rated a Class 9; and the Unity Fire…”

Green v. Cleary Water, Sewer & Fire Dist., 910 So. 2d 1 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). “Miss.Code Ann. § 19-5-175 (Rev.2003) (emphasis added).”

Alfonso v. Diamondhead Fire Prot. Dist., 122 So. 3d 54 (Miss. 2013). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 19-5-175 (Rev.2012). To accomplish the purpose of creating a fire-protection district, the district: Shall be vested with all the powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of the purpose for which the district is created.”

Harold Green v. Cleary Water, Sewer & Fire Dist. (Miss. 2003). “5 Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-175 (Rev. 2003) states general powers granted to water, sewer, garbage disposal and fire protection districts.”

City of Horn Lake, Mississippi v. Town of Walls, Mississippi (Miss. 2009). “Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-175 (Rev. 2003). ¶54.”

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