Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-165

District as public corporation; transfer of assets and liabilities of rural water association to newly created water district

Known as the Local Government Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Assistance Act

The act spans §§ 19–19 (138 sections).

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Urban Developers LLC v. City of Jackson (2006)

Most recently applied in 94 So. 3d 256 - In re Extension of Boundaries of City of Tupelo v. City of Tupelo (August 2012)

Codes, 1942, § 2998.7-22; Laws, 1972, ch. 536, § 2; Laws, 1999, ch. 304, § 3, eff from and after August 2, 1999 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no object…

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(1) Beginning on the date of the adoption of the resolution creating any district, the district shall be a public corporation in perpetuity under its corporate name and shall, in that name, be a body politic and corporate with power of perpetual succession.

(2) If the creation of the district is initiated in accordance with Section 19-5-153(3), all assets and liabilities of the nonprofit, nonshare corporation shall become the assets and liabilities of the newly organized district without any further meetings, voting, notice to creditors or actions by members of the board beginning on the date of adoption of the resolution of the board of supervisors creating the district.

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.