Senate Bill 3025

(As Passed the Senate)

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF CORINTH IN ALCORN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO EXPAND ITS WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BURNSVILLE IN TISHOMINGO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, THAT ARE MORE THAN FIVE MILES OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORINTH; TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF BURNSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, TO CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF CORINTH FOR THE PURCHASE OF WATER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 21-27-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the contrary, the governing authorities of the City of Corinth, in Alcorn County, Mississippi, may, in their discretion, sell and distribute water from the water distribution system of the City of Corinth to the Town of Burnsville in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. The Town of Burnsville is located more than five (5) miles from the corporate limits of the City of Corinth.

(2) The City of Corinth may take all necessary actions in order to sell and distribute water to the Town of Burnsville, including, but not limited to:

(a) Planning, designing, acquiring, funding and constructing necessary systems;

(b) Purchasing all necessary machinery, equipment, apparatus and delivery systems; and

(3) The authority conferred by this act shall not be construed as an exemption from the provisions of Section 77-3-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, as to the requirements for obtaining a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission to regulate rates or any other provisions of that law.

(4) The governing authorities of the City of Burnsville may enter into a contract with the City of Corinth for the purchase of water from the City of Corinth on a monthly basis at a rate agreed upon by the parties.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.