MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Local and Private

By: Senator(s) Moffatt, Robertson

Senate Bill 3238

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF JACKSON COUNTY, ACTING THROUGH THE JACKSON COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY, TO EXTEND THE WATER AND SEWER SERVICES OF SUNPLEX LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PARK; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Jackson County, Mississippi, acting by and through the Jackson County Port Authority, is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to extend the water and sewer lines of the Sunplex Light Industrial Park water and sewer system to areas outside the park to make water and sewer available to commercial service, general business and residential development in the Mississippi Highway 57 area north of U.S. Highway 90 and extending through the interchange of I-10 and Mississippi Highway 57.

SECTION 2. The Board of Supervisors of Jackson County, acting by and through the Jackson County Port Authority, is further authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to apply for grants and/or acquire by donation, purchase, lease or otherwise, such funds, properties, rights-of-way or easements, and/or to enter into such contracts and agreements with other public governing authorities, entities and private contractors, to accomplish the purposes set forth in Section 1 of this act.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.