MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 17-13-5. Definitions.

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall be defined as herein provided unless the context
requires otherwise:

          (a)  "Local governmental unit" shall mean any county, any incorporated city, town or village, any school district, any utility
district, any community college, any institution of higher learning, * * * any municipal airport authority or regional airport
authority in the state or any public improvement district created under the Public Improvement District Act.

          (b)  "Governing authority" shall mean the board of supervisors of any county, board of trustees of any school district or
community college whether elective or appointive, the governing board of any city, town or village, the board of commissioners
of a utility district, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, * * * the commissioners of a municipal airport
authority or regional airport authority or the board of directors of any public improvement district created under the Public
Improvement District Act.

SOURCES: Laws, 1974, ch. 498, Sec. 3; 1989, ch. 354, Sec. 1; 1992, ch. 379, Sec. 1; Laws, 2002, ch. 499, § 28, HB 1558, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 1, 2002).

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2002


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