MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Local and Private Legislation

By: Representatives Reynolds, Huddleston

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY TO EXPEND MONIES DERIVED FROM THE OPERATION OR LOCATION OF A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR FACILITIES IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAVING OF GRAVEL PUBLIC ROADS OF THE COUNTY OR PAYING OR MAKING PAYMENTS ON CERTAIN NOTES OR BONDS OF THE COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) The Board of Supervisors of Tallahatchie County, in its discretion, may appropriate and expend monies derived from the operation or location of a correctional facility or facilities in Tallahatchie County for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) To pave gravel public roads of the county, which expenditures may include, but are not limited to, payment for materials, supplies, equipment, services or other necessary or desirable materials, services or things to accomplish the paving of such roads;

(b) To pay or make payments on notes of Tallahatchie County issued under Section 17-21-51 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972; and

(c) To pay or make payments on notes or bonds of Tallahatchie County issued under Section 19-5-21 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.

(2) The authority granted under subsection (1) of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the expenditure of monies derived from the operation or location of a correctional facility or facilities in Tallahatchie County for any other purpose for which general funds of the county may be expended, or to prohibit the expenditure of such monies for the paving of gravel public roads of the county or the resurfacing or repairing of nonstate aid roads that have already been paved.

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