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Miss. Code Ann. § 17-18-37

Grant for volunteer host community which is designated site; host community authorized to obtain loan from hazardous waste facility site revolving loan fund; negotiations between governing body of host community and department for percentage of gross receipts from facility

Known as the Mississippi Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act

The act spans §§ 17–17 (24 sections).

Laws, 1990, ch. 506, § 21, eff from and after passage (approved March 31, 1990

(1) A volunteer host community which is the designated site shall be paid a grant of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the State General Fund after the state commercial hazardous waste management facility is permitted and construction thereof has commenced.

(2) A host community which is the designated site for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility may obtain a loan from the Hazardous Waste Facility Site Revolving Loan Fund under Section 17-17-55.

(3) The governing body of a host community for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility may negotiate with the department in accordance with Section 17-18-39 for a percentage of annual gross receipts from the facility, emergency response resources and training and public information, education and outreach programs, among other incentives.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.