MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Polk
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 17-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES TO EXTEND CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR THE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF SOLID WASTES WITHOUT A REBIDDING; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 17-17-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
17-17-5. (1) * * * The board of
supervisors and/or municipal governing body shall provide for the collection
and disposal of garbage and the disposal of rubbish. The board of supervisors
and/or municipal governing body may provide such collection or disposal
services by contract with private or other controlling agencies, and the
service may include house-to-house service or the placement of regularly
serviced and controlled bulk refuse receptacles within reasonable distance from
the farthest affected household, and the wastes disposed of in a manner
acceptable to the department and within the meaning of this chapter. The board
of supervisors and/or municipal governing body * * *
may enter into contracts related in any manner to the collection and
transportation of solid wastes for a term of up to six (6) years, with the
option to extend the contract for an additional four (4) years without a re-bid
for contracts that have no additional increase of service change, and to
enter into contracts related in any manner to the generation and sale of energy
generated from solid waste, and contracts for treatment, processing,
distribution, recycling, elimination or disposal of solid wastes for a term of
up to thirty (30) years. The municipal governing body of any municipality * * * may regulate the
disposal of garbage and rubbish in sanitary landfills * * * as provided in Section 21-19-1 * * *.
(2) * * * If an unincorporated area
which is annexed by a municipality is being provided collection and disposal of
garbage and rubbish under contract with private or other controlling agencies,
the municipality shall annex the area subject to the contract for the remainder
of the term of the contract, but not to exceed five (5) years.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.