§ 51-29-145. Consolidation of districts

MS Code § 51-29-145 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) That it was organized and is existing under and by virtue of this chapter;

(b) That it is located in two counties in the State of Mississippi, one of which has a population in accordance with the last previous federal census of less than 20,000 and an assessed value on the basis of the 1930-1954 assessment rolls placing it in class 5, and the other of which has a population of less than 20,000 and an assessed value on the basis of the 1930-1954 assessment rolls placing it in class 6, where the combined area of all the drainage districts proposed to be consolidated is less than 24,000 acres; and

(c) That it supplies an outlet for the water of one or more drainage districts through which there runs a continuous drainage canal shared by said districts and providing a combined drainage system for said districts.

Also, the same discretionary authority is vested in the board of drainage commissioners of any drainage district of the State of Mississippi located in one or more counties meeting only the qualifications of subsection (a) of this section whose drainage canal supplies an outlet for the water of one or more tributary drainage districts.