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Mississippi Code Title 49. Conservation and Ecology § 49-17-711

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1) The utility board may hire an executive director and secretary-treasurer having the duties as determined by the utility board. The executive director must have a college degree. If hired, the executive director and secretary-treasurer each shall be required to give bond in a sum not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), conditioned on the executive director and secretary-treasurer faithfully performing all duties of his office and account for all monies and other assets which come into his custody as executive director or secretary-treasurer of the utility board.

(2)(a) The utility board shall prepare a budget consistent with its bylaws estimating its expenses and revenue needs for each forthcoming fiscal year at least ninety (90) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year. The utility board shall submit its budget to each county authority prior to final approval by the utility board.

(b) Any funds, gifts or grants allocated for the administrative costs related to the restoration or construction of water, wastewater and storm water services and projects in the Gulf Coast Region under this act shall, to the extent allowable, be paid into the Public Trust Tidelands Fund for the repayment of any tideland funds expended for the operational costs of the utility board.

(3) The utility board shall have the authority to receive and spend funds from any source.

(4) This section shall repeal July 1, 2023.

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