2016 Mississippi Code
Title 27 - Taxation and Finance
Chapter 37 - Ad Valorem Taxes--Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Article 1 - Federal Lands
§ 27-37-3. Payments in lieu of taxes; agreements with United States
The governing body of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered, (a) to make requests of the United States for and on behalf of the county and other political subdivisions whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county, for the payment of such sums in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay, and (b) to enter into agreements with the United States, in the name of the county, for the performance of services by the county and such other political subdivisions for the benefit of a project, and for the payment by the United States to the county, in one or more installments, of sums in lieu of taxes. Except in the case of a municipal separate school district, the governing body of the municipality is authorized and empowered to make agreements for payments in lieu of school taxes.
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