§ 51-11-55. Flood control district; creation; determination of need; referendum.
(1) The board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District, by resolution duly entered on its minutes, may create a flood control district from one or more counties or municipalities, or both, lying wholly within the Pearl River Basin Development District.
(2) Before creating a flood control district, the board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District shall adopt a resolution making a determination that there is a need for the creation of a flood control district. This resolution shall specify at a minimum the following:
(a) The proposed name of the district and the proposed areas to be included in the district, including a description of all proposed areas to be benefited by or protected from overflow or flood waters by any contemplated flood or drainage control improvements and any other areas which are necessary to be included in the district;
(b) Information available from any reports or studies regarding the engineering feasibility of constructing flood or drainage control improvements and related facilities along any river or its tributaries to benefit the district or protect proposed areas within the district from overflow or flood waters;
(c) The necessity and desirability for the construction of those improvements or facilities; and
(d) A general description of the purposes of any contemplated improvements of facilities, a general description of a plan including the proposed areas to be protected by the flood or drainage control improvements or related facilities or otherwise affected by those improvements or facilities, and maps or plats showing the general location of any contemplated flood and drainage control improvements and related facilities.
(3) Any revision or modification to a plan for flood or drainage control improvements or related facilities developed under Sections 51-11-53 through 51-11-85 shall be subject to approval by the Board of Directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District.
(4) After the board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District has adopted the resolution making the determination of need for the flood control district, the board of directors within ninety (90) days after adoption of that resolution shall hold a referendum within the proposed district and cause due notice of that referendum to be given. In the referendum, all qualified electors residing in the proposed flood district may vote. The ballots used in the referendum shall have printed on the ballot a brief statement of specifying the name, proposed areas included in the proposed flood control district and purpose of the proposed flood control district and the words "FOR CREATION OF THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT" and "AGAINST CREATION OF THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT." Each voter shall vote by placing a cross (X) opposite the voter's choice on the proposition.
(5) The board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District shall publish the results of the referendum held under this section. If a majority of the qualified electors of the proposed flood control district who vote in the referendum vote for the creation of the flood control district, then the board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District shall adopt a resolution creating the flood control district as provided in Sections 51-11-53 through 51-11-85; otherwise, the board shall not adopt a resolution creating the flood control district.
Sources: Laws, 1998, ch. 515, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1998.
§ 51-11-55. Flood control district; creation; determination of need; referendum.
(1) The board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District, by resolution duly entered on its minutes, may create a flood control district from one or more counties or municipalities, or both, lying wholly within the Pearl River Basin Development District.
(2) Before creating a flood control district, the board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District shall adopt a resolution making a determination that there is a need for the creation of a flood control district. This resolution shall specify at a minimum the following:
(a) The proposed name of the district and the proposed areas to be included in the district, including a description of all proposed areas to be benefited by or protected from overflow or flood waters by any contemplated flood or drainage control improvements and any other areas which are necessary to be included in the district;
(b) Information available from any reports or studies regarding the engineering feasibility of constructing flood or drainage control improvements and related facilities along any river or its tributaries to benefit the district or protect proposed areas within the district from overflow or flood waters;
(c) The necessity and desirability for the construction of those improvements or facilities; and
(d) A general description of the purposes of any contemplated improvements of facilities, a general description of a plan including the proposed areas to be protected by the flood or drainage control improvements or related facilities or otherwise affected by those improvements or facilities, and maps or plats showing the general location of any contemplated flood and drainage control improvements and related facilities.
(3) Any revision or modification to a plan for flood or drainage control improvements or related facilities developed under Sections 51-11-53 through 51-11-85 shall be subject to approval by the Board of Directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District.
(4) After the board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District has adopted the resolution making the determination of need for the flood control district, the board of directors within ninety (90) days after adoption of that resolution shall hold a referendum within the proposed district and cause due notice of that referendum to be given. In the referendum, all qualified electors residing in the proposed flood district may vote. The ballots used in the referendum shall have printed on the ballot a brief statement of specifying the name, proposed areas included in the proposed flood control district and purpose of the proposed flood control district and the words "FOR CREATION OF THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT" and "AGAINST CREATION OF THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT." Each voter shall vote by placing a cross (X) opposite the voter's choice on the proposition.
(5) The board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District shall publish the results of the referendum held under this section. If a majority of the qualified electors of the proposed flood control district who vote in the referendum vote for the creation of the flood control district, then the board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District shall adopt a resolution creating the flood control district as provided in Sections 51-11-53 through 51-11-85; otherwise, the board shall not adopt a resolution creating the flood control district.
Sources: Laws, 1998, ch. 515, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1998.
§ 51-11-55. Flood control district; creation; determination of need; referendum.
(1) The board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District, by resolution duly entered on its minutes, may create a flood control district from one or more counties or municipalities, or both, lying wholly within the Pearl River Basin Development District.
(2) Before creating a flood control district, the board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District shall adopt a resolution making a determination that there is a need for the creation of a flood control district. This resolution shall specify at a minimum the following:
(a) The proposed name of the district and the proposed areas to be included in the district, including a description of all proposed areas to be benefited by or protected from overflow or flood waters by any contemplated flood or drainage control improvements and any other areas which are necessary to be included in the district;
(b) Information available from any reports or studies regarding the engineering feasibility of constructing flood or drainage control improvements and related facilities along any river or its tributaries to benefit the district or protect proposed areas within the district from overflow or flood waters;
(c) The necessity and desirability for the construction of those improvements or facilities; and
(d) A general description of the purposes of any contemplated improvements of facilities, a general description of a plan including the proposed areas to be protected by the flood or drainage control improvements or related facilities or otherwise affected by those improvements or facilities, and maps or plats showing the general location of any contemplated flood and drainage control improvements and related facilities.
(3) Any revision or modification to a plan for flood or drainage control improvements or related facilities developed under Sections 51-11-53 through 51-11-85 shall be subject to approval by the Board of Directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District.
(4) After the board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District has adopted the resolution making the determination of need for the flood control district, the board of directors within ninety (90) days after adoption of that resolution shall hold a referendum within the proposed district and cause due notice of that referendum to be given. In the referendum, all qualified electors residing in the proposed flood district may vote. The ballots used in the referendum shall have printed on the ballot a brief statement of specifying the name, proposed areas included in the proposed flood control district and purpose of the proposed flood control district and the words "FOR CREATION OF THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT" and "AGAINST CREATION OF THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT." Each voter shall vote by placing a cross (X) opposite the voter's choice on the proposition.
(5) The board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District shall publish the results of the referendum held under this section. If a majority of the qualified electors of the proposed flood control district who vote in the referendum vote for the creation of the flood control district, then the board of directors of the Pearl River Basin Development District shall adopt a resolution creating the flood control district as provided in Sections 51-11-53 through 51-11-85; otherwise, the board shall not adopt a resolution creating the flood control district.
Sources: Laws, 1998, ch. 515, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1998.
