MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Local and Private Legislation

By: Representatives Evans, Sanford

House Bill 1758

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 912, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2012, TO INCREASE FROM $200,000.00 TO $350,000.00 THE PORTION OF THE OIL AND GAS SEVERANCE TAX REVENUE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, MAY EXPEND TO ASSIST IN DEFRAYING THE COST OF GARBAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 912, Local and Private Laws of 2012, is amended:  

Section 1.  The Board of Supervisors of Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to expend an amount not to exceed * * *Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000.00) of the oil and gas severance tax revenue distributed to the county pursuant to Sections 27-25-505 and 27-25-705, Mississippi Code of 1972, to assist in defraying the cost of garbage collection and disposal in the county.

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