2016 Mississippi Code
Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control
Chapter 11 - Pearl River Basin Development District
§ 51-11-31. Payments to district

The board of supervisors of each county becoming a member of the district shall annually, on or before March 15 of each year beginning with the calendar year 1965, pay or cause to be paid to the depository of the district a sum equal to one-half ( 1/2) mill on all of the taxable property within the county, beginning with the tax assessment for the calendar year 1964, payable on or before March 15, 1965; and such payments shall be made and continued so long as there remains unpaid and outstanding any bonded indebtedness created by the board of directors of the district as herein provided, and so long thereafter as the district remains in existence and there is a present need therefor.

The board of supervisors of each county shall annually provide the district the aforesaid sum equal to one-half ( 1/2) mill on all taxable property within the county from the general fund of the county. However, no county shall be obligated or required to levy any tax or make any contribution under this section for the support of the district for any year unless and until the board of directors of the district shall have filed with the board of supervisors of any such county a detailed and itemized account of the income and expenditures of the district for and during the next preceding full fiscal year, which account shall be certified by the State Auditor of Public Accounts, and unless and until the board of directors of the district shall have filed with the board of supervisors of any such county a detailed budget of the district for the ensuing fiscal year. In any year in which the board of directors of the district shall certify to the board of supervisors of any such county that the budget of the district can be met by a sum less than one-half ( 1/2) mill on all taxable property within the county, then the county may appropriate such lesser sum from the general fund as certified by the board of directors of the district. The board of supervisors of any county which is a member of the Pearl River Basin Development District and which is also a member of the Big Black River Basin District shall pay or cause to be paid to the depository of the Pearl River Basin Development District a sum equal to one-half ( 1/2) mill on all of the taxable property within such county which lies within the watershed area of the Pearl River and its tributaries, such payments to be made, continued, levied, appropriated and deposited as provided in this paragraph.