MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Younger, Seymour
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS TO DIRECTLY ALLOCATE CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 TO ANY PUBLICLY-CONSTITUTED WATER OR SEWER ASSOCIATION, DISTRICT OR AUTHORITY AND TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The boards of supervisors of any county in the State are hereby authorized to directly allocate Local Fiscal Recovery Funds made available under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to rural water associations, water supply districts, regional utility districts or regional utility authorities, and all other publicly constituted bodies which supply water, sewer, or storm water services to the people of the county for the purposes of funding water and sewer infrastructure projects.
(2) The boards of supervisors are further authorized to directly allocate such funds to incorporated municipalities for the purposes of funding water, sewer and storm water infrastructure projects.
(3) If the recipient association, district, authority or municipality serves customers in two (2) or more counties, the majority of water meters for the association, district, authority or municipality must be located in the county allocating such funds.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this act shall be codified in Title 19, Chapter 5, Mississippi Code of 1972.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.