51-39-35 - Authority of public agencies to assist in attaining objectives of this chapter. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 51-39-35. Authority of public agencies to assist in attaining objectives of this chapter.
 

For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this chapter, any public agency may, upon any terms as it may determine, do any of the following: 
 

(1) Lend, contribute, or donate money to any district or perform services for the benefit of the district; 

(2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease or grant to any district, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind, where otherwise not prohibited by law; and 

(3) Do any thing, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, that is necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with any district in attaining the objectives of this chapter. 
 

Sources: Laws, 2000, ch. 597, § 18, eff from and after August 21, 2000 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the amendment of this section).