Senate Bill 3101

(COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO LEVY AN ADDITIONAL AD VALOREM TAX TO DEFRAY THE COST OF ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING A GARBAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM IN YAZOO COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. In addition to the ad valorem tax authorized to be levied under Section 19-5-21, the Board of Supervisors of Yazoo County, Mississippi, is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to levy an ad valorem tax not to exceed two (2) mills to assist in defraying the cost of establishing and operating the system provided for in Section 19-5-17 on all taxable property within the area served by the system as provided in Section 17-5-21(1)(a).

SECTION 2. Before any tax authorized under this act may be imposed, the board of supervisor shall adopt a resolution declaring their intention to levy the tax, setting forth the amount of the tax to be imposed, the date upon which the tax shall become effective and calling for an election to be held on the question. The date of the election shall be fixed in the resolution. Notice of such intention shall be published once each week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in Yazoo County, with the first publication of such notice to be made not less than twenty-one (21) days before the date fixed in the resolution for the election, and the last publication to be made not more than seven (7) days before the election. At the election, all qualified electors within the area served by the system may vote, and the ballots used in such election shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purposes of the proposed tax levy and the words "FOR THE TAX" and, on a separate line, "AGAINST THE TAX" and the voters shall vote by placing a cross (X) or check (√) opposite their choice on the proposition. When the results of the election shall have been canvassed and certified, the county may levy the tax if sixty percent (60%) of the qualified electors who vote in the election vote in favor of the tax.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.