51-11-65 - Bonds; declaration of intention to issue; publication requirements. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 51-11-65. Bonds; declaration of intention to issue; publication requirements.
 

Before issuing bonds for any of the purposes authorized in Sections 51-11-53 through 51-11-85, the board of directors of the district shall declare its intention to issue the bonds by resolution spread upon its minutes, fixing in the resolution the maximum amount of bonds, the purpose for which they are to be issued, the date upon which an election shall be held in the district, and the place or places at which the election shall be held. A certified copy of the resolution shall be furnished to the county election commissioners of each county having lands lying in the district, and the county election commissioners shall conduct such elections. Notice of the election shall be signed by the secretary of the board of directors of the district and shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in at least one (1) newspaper published in each county in which any part of the district lies, and in each municipality lying within the district. The first publication of the notice shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days before the date fixed for that election, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven (7) days before that date. If no newspaper is published in any municipality, then the notice shall be given by publishing the notice for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality and published in the same or an adjoining county and, in addition, by posting a copy of the notice for at least twenty-one (21) days before the election in at least three (3) public places in the municipality. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1998, ch. 515, § 7, eff from and after July 1, 1998.