MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2003 Regular Session
To: Municipalities
By: Representative Denny
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 21-27-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF A MUNICIPALITY TO EXEMPT CERTAIN DISABLED OR ELDERLY PERSONS FROM CHARGES FOR GARBAGE DISPOSAL SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 21-27-27, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
21-27-27. (a) No free service shall be furnished by any such system, or combined system, to any private person, firm, corporation, or association. The municipality may, however, furnish such service, free of charge, to the municipality or any agency or department thereof, to any public school, or to any hospital or benevolent institution located within such municipality, including county, city, and community fairs.
(b) The governing authorities of a municipality may exempt from all or part of the charges for the services of a garbage disposal system or rubbish disposal system any person who is suffering from total disability or who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older if such person is the principal provider of income for the household and is indigent, as determined by the governing authorities of the municipality.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2003.