As Amended
SEC. 21-33-505. Powers and duties of municipality within special taxing district; powers and duties of homeowners' association representing property area within special taxing district; dissolution of district.
(1) (a) Upon the adoption of a resolution establishing a special local improvement taxing district as set forth under Section 21-33-503(1), the governing authority of a municipality shall be authorized to exercise the following powers within any special local improvement taxing district:
(i) To provide for the planning and design of local improvements and the coordination of landscape design on different parcels of property, including the preparation of working drawings for the construction, acquisition and installation of local improvements;
(ii) To purchase, acquire, install and construct local improvements;
(iii) To purchase and acquire easements, air rights, scenic rights-of-way and other interests in land on which local improvements can be placed and which are necessary or desirable in connection with any local improvements;
(iv) To provide for the management of local improvements, including but not limited to, providing maintenance and services within the district; and
(v) To contract with a nonprofit local association duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Mississippi to undertake all or a portion of the activities within the local improvement district.
(b) A special local improvement taxing district created under Section 21-33-503(1) shall be dissolved by resolution of the governing authority of the municipality if all activities for which such district was established have been completed and no debts incurred in connection with such activities are outstanding.
(2) (a) Upon the adoption of a resolution establishing a special local improvement taxing district as set forth under Section 21-33-503(2), the homeowners' association representing the property area in the district is authorized to exercise the following powers within the special local improvement taxing district:
(i) To provide for the planning and design of local improvements and the coordination of landscape design on * * * property, including the preparation of working drawings for the construction, acquisition and installation of local improvements;
(ii) To purchase, acquire, install and construct local improvements;
(iii) To purchase and acquire easements, air rights, scenic rights-of-way and other interests in land on which local improvements can be placed and which are necessary or desirable in connection with any local improvements;
(iv) To provide for the management of local improvements, including but not limited to, providing maintenance and services within the district; and
(v) To contract with a nonprofit * * * association duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Mississippi to undertake all or a portion of the activities within the district.
(b) A special local improvement taxing district established under Section 21-33-503(2) that has satisfied all indebtedness incurred in connection with activities of the district may be dissolved by following the notification and ballot procedures provided for the establishment of the district in Section 21-33-503(2).
SOURCES: Laws, 1993, ch. 573, § 3; Laws, 2000, ch. 459, § 3, HB 844, eff from and after February 12, 2001(the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the amendment of this section).
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2001