21-27-40 - Contract for extension of natural gas transmission lines into, and service with, natural gas district. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 21-27-40. Contract for extension of natural gas transmission lines into, and service with, natural gas district.
 

(1)  Any municipality having its own natural gas transmission system in any county bordering the State of Alabama in which U. S. Highway 78 and State Highway 25 intersect and in which there is a publicly supported junior college and which is authorized by Section 21-27-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, to extend its natural gas transmission lines may, in its discretion, enter into a contract for service with any natural gas district organized under the laws of this state, any part of which is located in said county. Such municipality may use such contract in determining the amount of funds available for the repayment of any bonds issued for this purpose in accordance with law. 

(2)  Said natural gas district may enter into a contract with said municipality to the extent of such municipality's authorization under Section 21-27-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the construction of gas transmission lines within such district and for supplying the customers within such district. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1974, ch. 310, §§ 1, 2, eff from and after passage (approved Feb. 27, 1974).