2015 Mississippi Code
Title 17 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROVISIONS COMMON TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Chapter 18 - MISSISSIPPI HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY SITING ACT OF 1990
§ 17-18-37 - Grant for volunteer host community which is designated site; host community authorized to obtain loan from hazardous waste facility site revolving loan fund; negotiations between governing body of host community and department for percentage of gross receipts from facility

MS Code § 17-18-37 (2015) What's This?

(1) A volunteer host community which is the designated site shall be paid a grant of One Million Dollars ($ 1,000,000.00) from the State General Fund after the state commercial hazardous waste management facility is permitted and construction thereof has commenced.

(2) A host community which is the designated site for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility may obtain a loan from the Hazardous Waste Facility Site Revolving Loan Fund under Section 17-17-55.

(3) The governing body of a host community for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility may negotiate with the department in accordance with Section 17-18-39 for a percentage of annual gross receipts from the facility, emergency response resources and training and public information, education and outreach programs, among other incentives.

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