Adopted
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
Senate Bill No. 2962
BY: Committee
Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
SECTION 1. Section 19-5-151, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
19-5-151. (1) (a) Any contiguous area situated within any county of the state, and not being situated within the corporate boundaries of any existing municipality, and having no adequate water system, sewer system, garbage and waste collection and disposal system, or fire protection facilities serving such area, may become incorporated as a water district, as a sewer district, as a garbage and waste collection and disposal district, as a fire protection district, as a combined water and sewer district, as a combined water and garbage and waste collection and disposal district, as a combined water and fire protection district, or as a combined water, sewer, garbage and waste collection and disposal and fire protection district, in the manner set forth in the following sections.
(b) Any rates, fees, assessments or other charges set by the Diamondhead Water and Sewer District shall be approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission before implementation of such rates, fees, assessments or other charges.
(c) Any person aggrieved by any rates, fees, assessments or other charges set by the Diamondhead Water and Sewer District may appeal to the Mississippi Public Service Commission.
(d) The adjustment of rates or fees by a public agency or any utility provider that has contracted with the Diamondhead Water and Sewer District may be implemented only upon approval by the Public Service Commission.
(2) If the certificated area * * * of * * * a nonprofit, nonshare corporation chartered under the Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act for the purpose of owning and operating rural waterworks lies in one (1) county, the corporation may become incorporated as a water district in the manner set forth in Section 19-5-153(3). If the nonprofit, nonshare corporation's certificated area lies in more than one (1) county, the procedure in Section 19-5-164 shall be used.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-5-151, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE INCORPORATION OF RURAL WATER ASSOCIATIONS INTO WATER DISTRICTS; TO REQUIRE THE DIAMONDHEAD WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT TO OBTAIN APPROVAL BY THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION UPON SETTING CERTAIN FEES; TO AUTHORIZE APPEAL TO THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR CERTAIN GRIEVANCES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.