Senate Bill 3122

(As Passed the Senate)

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF THE CAYCE COMMUNITY SEWER DISTRICT IN MARSHALL COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DISTRICT CREATED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MARSHALL COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, ITS GOVERNING AUTHORITY, SHALL HAVE ALL POWERS WITH RESPECT TO WASTEWATER FACILITIES GRANTED TO DISTRICTS BY SECTION 19-5-151 ET SEQ., MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) The Board of Supervisors of Marshall County, Mississippi, is authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to establish the Cayce Community Sewer District which shall be composed of a tract of land in Marshall County, Mississippi, being more particularly described as follows:

All of that portion of Sections 15 and 16 and the West ¹/₂ of that portion of Section 14, Township 1 South, Range 4 West, lying within Marshall County, Mississippi, and all of Sections 21 and 22 and the West ¹/₂ of Section 23, Township 1 South, Range 4 West, Marshall County, Mississippi.

(2) The Board of Supervisors of Marshall County, Mississippi, shall be the governing authority for the district.

(3) Any portion of the area described in subsection (1) of this section that is presently franchised by Marshall Utility Services, Inc., may be utilized by Cayce Utility District with the permission of Marshall Utility Services, Inc.

SECTION 2. It is declared that the object and purpose of

creating the district is to provide sewer service to the residents

of the area described in Section 1 of this act and to provide ways and means to carry out and accomplish that purpose, thereby benefiting and making more valuable the lands in the district and preserving and promoting the health, safety and convenience of the residents in the district. In order to carry out and render effective the object and the purpose of this act, the courts of this state shall construe this act as an exercise by the Legislature of all the power appertaining to it that is necessary for the benefit of the health, safety and convenience of the residents of the district. All the terms and provisions of this act are to be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth in this act and all powers required to accomplish the purposes of this act are granted and conferred.

SECTION 3. The district created pursuant to the provisions

of this act, acting by and through the Board of Supervisors of Marshall County, Mississippi, its governing authority, shall have all powers with respect to wastewater facilities granted to districts by Section 19-5-151 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.

SECTION 4. The property and revenue of the district shall

be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.