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Mississippi Code Title 21. Municipalities § 21-37-55. Cities exceeding 100,000 population;  conveyance of slum, blighted, or urban renewal property to urban renewal agency

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(1) A municipality with a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more according to the latest federal decennial census, may convey to its urban renewal agency, for a nominal price, land in a slum area, blighted area or urban renewal area to which it holds title.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) “Urban renewal agency” means an urban renewal agency created under Section 43-35-33.

(b) “Slum area,” “blighted area” and “urban renewal area” have the meaning ascribed to such terms in Section 43-35-3.

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