Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-181 (2026)

Revenue bonds; special improvement water and pollution abatement bonds; tax levies therefor

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(1) Any such district shall have the power to provide funds for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, reconstructing, improving, bettering or extending the facilities of such district or for the purpose of buying, leasing, or otherwise acquiring the assets and facilities of any nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of Sections 79-11-101 through 79-11-399, or any other utility district by the issuance of revenue bonds. Such bonds shall be payable solely and only from the revenues of such facilities, and such revenues may be pledged from a portion of the service area of the district to the support of debt service for a specific series or issue of bonds if such apportionment is economically feasible.

(2) Any such district shall have the power to provide funds, in addition to or in conjunction with the funds authorized in subsection (1) above, for water supply or pollution abatement projects by issuing special improvement pollution abatement bonds, special improvement water bonds, or combinations of special improvement water and sewer bonds, if the resolution creating the district authorized the board of supervisors to make assessments against benefited properties as outlined in Section 19-5-191. Such bonds shall be payable solely and only from charges assessed to benefited properties as outlined in said Section 19-5-191.

(3) If the board of supervisors of the county should levy a special tax, as provided in Section 19-5-189, and consent to the pledge of any part thereof, then that part of such tax levy may be pledged in addition to the revenues of such facilities to the payment of such bonds, and upon the pledge thereof such part of said levy so pledged shall not be reduced while such bonds are outstanding and unpaid. If the board of supervisors of the county should provide for special improvement bonds as outlined in Section 19-5-191, the funds received from the charges assessed to the properties being benefited shall be pledged, separately or in conjunction with the revenues and the avails of taxes described above, for payment of such bonds, and such assessments shall not be reduced while such bonds are outstanding and unpaid.

Codes, 1942, § 2998.7-29; Laws, 1972, ch. 536, § 9; Laws, 1973, ch. 433, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 457, § 4; Laws, 1987, ch. 485, § 151, eff. 1/1/1988.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2011–2013 · leading case: Alfonso v. Diamondhead Fire Prot. Dist., 122 So. 3d 54 (Miss. 2013).

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Alfonso v. Diamondhead Fire Prot. Dist., 122 So. 3d 54 (Miss. 2013). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 19-5-181 (Rev.2012). The district’s board of commissioners “may issue bonds of such district by resolution spread upon the minutes of such board.”

Anna M. Alfonso v. Diamondhead Fire Prot. Dist. (Miss. 2011). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-181 (Rev. 2012). The district’s 3 The property owners raised the issue of bonds below but have not focused on that argument in this appeal.”

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