MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2003 Regular Session

To: Local and Private

By: Senator(s) Frazier, Harden

Senate Bill 3024

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, TO EXEMPT CERTAIN HOUSEHOLDS FROM THE PAYMENT OF SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL FEES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  The governing authorities of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to exempt from the payment of solid waste collection and disposal fees:

          (a)  Households whose principal income producer is sixty-five (65) years of age or older and the total annual gross income of the household is Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) or less; and

          (b)  Households whose principal income producer is totally disabled.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.