The legislative power of the municipality shall be exercised by the municipal council, except as may be otherwise provided by general law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-9
Council to exercise legislative power
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 967 So. 2d 27 - DuPree v. Carroll (2007)
Most recently applied in Carolyn McAdams v. Sheriel F. Perkins (December 2016)
Laws, 1973, ch. 328, § 5, eff from and after January 1, 1974.
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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.