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§ 57-64-27. Powers and authorities granted by this chapter additional and supplemental to existing powers; chapter does not authorize alliances to provide utility service other than water and sewage; chapter not a limitation on local authority to proceed with a project utilizing methods not included in this chapter

MS Code § 57-64-27 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) The powers and authority granted and set forth in this chapter shall be additional and supplemental to any other powers and authority granted by law and shall not amend, repeal or supersede any other powers and authority granted by law.

(2) Nothing in this chapter shall authorize an alliance to provide utility services, other than water and sewage, for compensation. This subsection shall not be construed to prevent a city, county or natural gas district from supplying utility service that it is authorized to supply in the service area that it is authorized to serve.

(3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the authority of any local government unit to plan, construct, expand or maintain a project as defined in this chapter utilizing any method not included in this chapter, nor shall the authority to issue bonds to finance such projects or oversight of the project be construed to be transferred to the MDA.

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