MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2003 Regular Session

To: Local and Private

By: Senator(s) Frazier, Harden

Senate Bill 3024

(As Passed the Senate)

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.