19-5-229 - District embracing lands in more than one county. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 19-5-229. District embracing lands in more than one county.
 

A fire protection grading district embracing lands in more than one (1) county may be created by the following procedure: 
 

(a) The portion of a proposed district containing the largest area of land shall be first created into a district by the board of supervisors of the county in which such largest portion is situated, such county to be known as the "incorporating county." 

(b) The resolution first creating such district shall include the exact boundaries of the lands situated in the incorporating county and shall include the exact boundaries of the contiguous area in other counties to be included in the district. 

(c) The resolution by the incorporating county shall designate the official name of the district. 

(d) The resolution adopted by the board of supervisors of any county desiring to include contiguous lands into a district initially created as outlined above shall contain exact and identical provisions to those in the resolution by the board of supervisors of the incorporating county. 

(e) The board of supervisors of the incorporating county, within sixty (60) days after the adoption of a resolution or resolutions by the board of supervisors of adjoining counties to enter lands into the district, shall enter an order on its minutes acknowledging, affirming and adjudicating the incorporation of the district. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1992, ch. 387, § 8, eff from and after July 27, 1992 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to this amendment).