MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Revenue and Expenditure General Bills
By: Representative Bounds
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-7-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE FEES THAT ARE CHARGED BY COUNTY SURVEYORS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-7-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE FEES CHARGED BY A COUNTY SURVEYOR, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-7-37, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-7-37. * * *
The fees charged by a county surveyor shall be those fees agreed to between
the county surveyor and the party engaging his or her services.
SECTION 2. Section 25-7-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
25-7-39. The fees chargeable by the surveyor shall be paid by the parties engaging his services. When the services are rendered in obedience to an order of court in a suit therein pending, the surveyor shall state an account of the fees for services, written on the back of one (1) of the plats by him returned to the court, and the same shall be allowed in the bill of costs and taxed as other costs.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.