Mississippi Code — 77
Browse 679 sections in division 77 of the Mississippi code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 77-1-1. Creation of commission; terms, compensation and qualifications of commissioners [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-3. Seal [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-5. Office, meetings and minutes of commission [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-6. Establishment of Public Service Commission Regulation Fund; administration; annual audit; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-7. Repealed.
- § 77-1-9. Repealed.
- § 77-1-11. Acceptance by or offering to commission members, candidates or employees of gifts, passes, campaign contributions or other benefits [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-13. Repealed.
- § 77-1-15. Employment and duties of executive secretary; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-17. Employment and duties of rate expert and assistant [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-19. Employment of personnel to implement Motor Carrier Regulatory Law [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-21. Employment of enforcement officer and inspectors to implement Motor Carrier Regulatory Law [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-23. Repealed.
- § 77-1-25. Use of commission property and political activity regulated [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-27. Payment of salaries [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-29. Payments to and disbursements from Public Service Commission Regulation Fund; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-31. Docket of petitions and complaints [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-33. Process for witnesses; penalty for failure to testify [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-35. Administration of oaths; taking of affidavits; examination of witnesses; perjury [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-37. Payment of witnesses [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-39. Transcripts of oral testimony [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-41. Findings and determinations shall be in writing; proof and effect thereof [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-43. Enforcement of laws and orders, decisions and determinations of commission [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-45. Repealed.
- § 77-1-47. Appeal bonds; supersedeas bonds [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-49. Annual reports of the commission [Repealed effective December 31, 2020].
- § 77-1-51. Repeal of §§ 77-1-1 through 77-1-49.
- § 77-1-53. Institution and conduct of proceedings for enforcement of statutes administered by commission or regulations or orders of commission; penalties; appeals; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.
- § 77-1-55. Commission authorized to hire attorneys or consultants to monitor, investigate and seek relief from existing or proposed interstate rates, charges, etc. [Repealed effective July 1, 2020].
- § 77-2-1. Public utilities staff created.
- § 77-2-3. Rights and powers of commission, its staff and public utilities staff; functions.
- § 77-2-5. Definitions.
- § 77-2-7. Executive director of public utilities staff; appointment; qualifications; salary.
- § 77-2-9. Powers and duties of executive director; former staff abolished; appointment of new personnel; qualifications; duties and responsibilities of staff.
- § 77-2-11. Former employees of public service commission, public service commission staff or public utilities staff prohibited from accepting certain employment; prohibition against offering such employment; penalties.
- § 77-2-13. Communications regarding issues in contested proceedings prohibited; exceptions; penalties; contested proceeding defined.
- § 77-2-15. Agreements with agencies permitted.
- § 77-2-17. Continued force and effect of prior rules and orders; public utilities staff to have access to all data filed with commission.
- § 77-2-19. Establishment of Public Utilities Staff Regulation Fund; administration generally; annual audits; disbursements from fund.
- § 77-3-1. Application of article to municipal public utilities.
- § 77-3-2. Declaration of policy.
- § 77-3-3. Definitions.
- § 77-3-5. Jurisdiction and powers of commission.
- § 77-3-6. Investigations and arbitration of billing and services between public utilities and customers.
- § 77-3-7. Bonding of commission employees; preference for full-time employees; additional personnel.
- § 77-3-8. Public service commission staff; Personnel Board to establish salaries; duties of staff; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.
- § 77-3-9. Attorney for public service commission.
- § 77-3-10. Regulated utilities to file with commission copies of contracts with affiliates; authority of commission to disallow certain payments as operating costs.
- § 77-3-11. Certificate of public convenience and necessity required; exceptions; complaints prompting hearing as to adequacy of service.
- § 77-3-12. Certificate of public convenience and necessity grants exclusive right to public utility to provide services for which certificate issued; utility systems authorized to extend facilities through certificated area of another utility for purposes other than certificated need.
- § 77-3-13. Issuance of certificates; temporary certificates; cancelability review upon change of ownership.
- § 77-3-14. Certificate of public convenience and necessity required for construction of electrical generating and transmitting facilities; commission to maintain analysis of electricity needs in state.
- § 77-3-15. Two or more persons holding certificates for similar operations in same municipality.
- § 77-3-16. Bids required on certain public utility contracts; exceptions; list of contractors and suppliers.
- § 77-3-17. Operation of public utility following expiration of municipal franchise; municipal acquisition of utility.
- § 77-3-19. Applicant for certificate must obtain a municipal franchise.
- § 77-3-21. Hearing on adequacy of service afforded by certificate holder.
- § 77-3-22. Placement of privately owned water and sewer systems in receivership; conditions.
- § 77-3-22. 1.
- § 77-3-23. Procedure for sale, assignment, lease or transfer of certificate.
- § 77-3-25. Unlawful sale, lease, assignment or transfer of certificate or certain other utility property.
- § 77-3-27. Commission to investigate violations.
- § 77-3-29. Extension of service.
- § 77-3-31. Accounts and depreciation reports of utilities.
- § 77-3-33. Rates, classifications and service of utilities.
- § 77-3-35. Regulation of rates and charges generally; approval of certain contracts of utilities; regulation of provision of telecommunication services; adoption of alternative methods of regulation; Public Service Commission authorized to regulate only rates, terms and conditions of certain switched access services and single-line flat rate voice communication services; incumbent local exchange carrier to provide primary single-line flat rate voice communication service to premises of permanent residence or business within its franchised service territory if cost to requesting party does not exceed certain amount; commission to retain exclusive original jurisdiction over customer complaints for services continuing to be regulated; certain telecommunication utilities required only to file financial or service quality information required to be filed with Federal Communications Commission.
- § 77-3-36. Recovery of costs of political advertising from ratepayers prohibited; recovery of costs of promotional or institutional advertising regulated; definitions.
- § 77-3-37. Changes in rates.
- § 77-3-39. Hearing on rate change; suspension of proposed rates.
- § 77-3-40. Hearing examiners; powers and duties; reports, recommended decisions and orders of examiners; procedures.
- § 77-3-41. Rates fixed by commission.
- § 77-3-42. Rate increase resulting from fuel adjustment clauses or riders; audits of fuel purchases.
- § 77-3-43. Determination of rate base.
- § 77-3-44. Rate-regulated electric public utilities authorized to undertake economic development activities.
- § 77-3-45. Promulgation of rules and regulations.
- § 77-3-46. Management reviews of public utility companies.
- § 77-3-47. Hearings by commission.
- § 77-3-49. Issuance of process by commission; witnesses.
- § 77-3-51. Depositions by agreement.
- § 77-3-53. Certified copies of documents and orders as evidence.
- § 77-3-55. Orders, findings, authorizations and certificates to be in writing and entered in minutes.
- § 77-3-57. Service on parties.
- § 77-3-59. Decisions; compliance with orders.
- § 77-3-61. Alteration of orders.
- § 77-3-63. Record of proceedings; reporter.
- § 77-3-65. Rehearing; stay of order.
- § 77-3-67. Appeals to chancery court.
- § 77-3-69. Stay of orders pending appeal.
- § 77-3-71. Appeals to supreme court.
- § 77-3-72. Direct appeals to supreme court from decisions of public service commission involving filings for rate changes.
- § 77-3-73. Appealed commission matters to take preference in all courts.
- § 77-3-75. Enforcement of commission orders.
- § 77-3-77. Burden of proof on party seeking to vacate commission order.
- § 77-3-79. Reports by utilities; inspection of records; filing deadlines; penalties.
- § 77-3-81. Violations of article or orders of commission; furnishing to commission of false testimony, reports, records, etc.
- § 77-3-83. Penalties are cumulative.
- § 77-3-85. Jurisdiction of actions to recover penalties and criminal prosecutions; limitation of actions.
- § 77-3-87. Utilities taxed for expense of regulation by commission; collection of tax; adjustment of tax rate; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.
- § 77-3-89. Payment of expenses; audit of books and accounts; Public Utilities Staff Regulation Fund; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.
- § 77-3-90. Annual reports of commission.
- § 77-3-91. Definitions applicable to §§ 77-3-91 through 77-3-95.
- § 77-3-93. Cost of purchasing electricity from non-utility generator for period in excess of 30 days included as expense item for purpose of calculating rates.
- § 77-3-95. Utilities to report to public utility staff and public service commission purchases of electricity from non-utility generator for period in excess of 30 days; public comment on report; hearings.
- § 77-3-97. Water conservation; submetering in multiunit dwellings.
- § 77-3-101. Legislative determinations and declarations of policy.
- § 77-3-103. Definitions.
- § 77-3-105. Inclusion of certain expenditures in electric public utility rate base and rates; accrual of reasonable rate of return; cancellation or abandonment of construction; prudence reviews; appeal of final order of commission.
- § 77-3-106. Rate mitigation plan; proposal, scope, approval, implementation.
- § 77-3-107. Rules and regulations; preference for ownership of generating facilities by certain electric public utilities.
- § 77-3-109. Legislative Advisory Board on Alternate Method of Cost Recovery on Base Load Generation; purpose; composition.
- § 77-3-111. Definitions.
- § 77-3-113. Contents of petition.
- § 77-3-115. Petition procedure.
- § 77-3-117. Commission’s responsibility in issuing a finance order; establishment of a special purpose entity to act as issuing entity.
- § 77-3-119. Filing of true-up report by issuing entity; review by commission.
- § 77-3-121. Rate reduction bond charge as nonbypassable charge; legal remedy for failure of electric public utility to remit payment of rate reduction bond charge revenues.
- § 77-3-123. Security property.
- § 77-3-125. Security property as collateral to secure payment of financing costs; relation to Uniform Commercial Code.
- § 77-3-127. Liability on rate reduction bonds issued under a financing order.
- § 77-3-129. Sections 77-3-111 through 77-3-127 deemed full and complete authority for exercise of powers granted therein.
- § 77-3-201. Definitions.
- § 77-3-203. Property owners’ remedies upon utility’s failure or refusal to provide service.
- § 77-3-205. Determination of responsibility for costs where construction of facilities is undertaken by owner.
- § 77-3-207. Owner’s agreement with utility as to costs; contract for construction in absence of agreement.
- § 77-3-209. Allocation of costs among proposed consumer outlets; reimbursement by utility.
- § 77-3-211. Notice prior to construction; inspection during construction and upon completion; deviations.
- § 77-3-213. Effect of conveyance of property after institution of proceedings on owner’s rights.
- § 77-3-215. Effect of transfer or assignment of public utility system.
- § 77-3-217. Provisions are cumulative and not in derogation of prior law; conduct of proceedings and appeals.
- § 77-3-301. Optional rate schedules and minimum charges to be provided in lieu of service charges.
- § 77-3-303. Itemized bills required.
- § 77-3-305. Violations.
- § 77-3-307. Exemptions.
- § 77-3-401. Determination of adequacy of service initiated by petition of attorney general.
- § 77-3-403. Notice to corporation to appear before commission.
- § 77-3-405. Distinct findings of fact to be made by commission.
- § 77-3-407. Issuance of order requiring changes in service.
- § 77-3-409. Removal of proceedings to circuit court.
- § 77-3-411. Forfeiture of charter for failure to make changes.
- § 77-3-413. Certiorari to circuit court.
- § 77-3-415. Appeal from judgment of circuit court.
- § 77-3-417. Effect of receivership proceedings.
- § 77-3-419. Liquidation of business.
- § 77-3-421. Operations within same territory by second company following forfeiture of first company’s charter.
- § 77-3-423. Necessity that sales, leases or transfers be made to company capable of providing adequate service.
- § 77-3-425. Continuation of service in event of sale of business.
- § 77-3-451. Definitions.
- § 77-3-453. Public Service Commission to regulate; application of article; hours of operation; use for purpose of inducing purchase of goods or services prohibited; exceptions.
- § 77-3-455. Requirements for placing calls using automatic dialing-announcing devices.
- § 77-3-457. Application to connect automatic dialing-announcing device; penalties.
- § 77-3-459. Legislative intent; retroactive effect of article.
- § 77-3-501. Legislative findings.
- § 77-3-503. Definitions; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.
- § 77-3-505. Statewide program to provide telephone access to speech or hearing impaired persons; commission not liable for claims, actions, etc. arising out of program.
- § 77-3-507. Maintenance surcharge on local exchange access facilities; Dual Party Relay Service Trust Fund; source of funds; use of funds; charges for use of relay service; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.
- § 77-3-509. Advisory committee on telecommunications services for hearing or speech impaired persons; members; terms; compensation; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.
- § 77-3-511. Commission to implement relay service within one year; report to Legislature.
- § 77-3-601. Definitions.
- § 77-3-603. Conduct of telephone solicitors regulated.
- § 77-3-605. Registration of telephone solicitors with Attorney General; surety bond.
- § 77-3-607. Requisites of enforceable contract; certain exceptions; merchant not to charge consumer’s account before receipt of copy of contract.
- § 77-3-609. Exempt parties and transactions.
- § 77-3-611. Attorney General to investigate violations; actions for civil penalties, injunction, and other relief; stipulated penalties; waiver of penalty upon restitution, reimbursement or payment of damages.
- § 77-3-613. Burden of proving exemption or exemption from definition.
- § 77-3-615. Attorney’s fees; costs.
- § 77-3-617. Telecommunications companies to inform customers of provisions of law.
- § 77-3-619. Attorney General may issue rules and regulations to carry out provisions of law.
- § 77-3-701. Short title
- § 77-3-703. Legislative findings
- § 77-3-705. Definitions.
- § 77-3-707. Use of the “no-calls” database by telephone solicitors mandatory.
- § 77-3-709. Commission’s discretion to exempt some telephone solicitors from purchase and use of no-calls database.
- § 77-3-711. Exempt categories.
- § 77-3-713. Registration of telephone solicitors mandatory.
- § 77-3-715. Regulatory powers of Public Service Commission.
- § 77-3-717. Inclusion in no-calls database of Mississippi part of any Federal Trade Commission national database.
- § 77-3-719. Nondisclosure of database.
- § 77-3-721. Fees; funding of expenses of agency; deposit of user charges and fees authorized under this section into State General Fund [Repealed effective July 1, 2021]
- § 77-3-723. Rules for authorized calls.
- § 77-3-725. Violations; hearings; penalties.
- § 77-3-727. Consumer complaints.
- § 77-3-729. Defenses.
- § 77-3-731. Commission granted personal jurisdiction over resident and nonresident telephone solicitors.
- § 77-3-733. Right of appeal.
- § 77-3-735. Service providers certificated by commission not liable for violations of others.
- § 77-3-737. Repealed.
- § 77-3-801. Short title.
- § 77-3-803. Definitions.
- § 77-3-805. Causing caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to subscriber prohibited.
- § 77-3-807. Exceptions.
- § 77-3-809. Penalties.
- § 77-5-1. Short title.
- § 77-5-3. Definitions.
- § 77-5-5. Mississippi Rural Electrification Authority created.
- § 77-5-7. Board of directors of authority.
- § 77-5-9. Number, appointment, removal and terms of board of directors.
- § 77-5-11. Organization of board; officers.
- § 77-5-13. Compensation of members of board.
- § 77-5-15. Members of board shall not hold full time state office.
- § 77-5-17. Powers of board.
- § 77-5-19. Corporate purpose of the authority.
- § 77-5-21. General grant of powers to authority.
- § 77-5-23. Grant of specific powers to authority.
- § 77-5-25. Operations outside of state authorized.
- § 77-5-27. Issuance of bonds by authority.
- § 77-5-29. Validity of bonds.
- § 77-5-31. Bonds of authority not debts of state.
- § 77-5-33. Rates, fees and charges; application thereof.
- § 77-5-35. Pledge of state to bondholders that it will not impair rate-making power of authority.
- § 77-5-37. Security for bonds.
- § 77-5-39. Rights and remedies of bondholders.
- § 77-5-41. Moneys of the authority.
- § 77-5-43. Assets of authority shall pass to state upon cessation of authority’s existence.
- § 77-5-45. Authority and its property subject to taxation.
- § 77-5-47. Right of way over certain state lands granted to associations and corporations operating under this article.
- § 77-5-49. Article complete in itself.
- § 77-5-101. Short title.
- § 77-5-103. Definitions.
- § 77-5-105. Boundaries of power districts.
- § 77-5-107. Resolution seeking election authorizing creation of power district.
- § 77-5-109. Petition seeking election authorizing creation of power district.
- § 77-5-111. Calling of election.
- § 77-5-113. Conduct of election.
- § 77-5-115. Canvassing results of election; declaration of creation of district.
- § 77-5-117. Filing of order declaring creation of district.
- § 77-5-119. Payment of costs incurred in creation of district.
- § 77-5-121. Proceedings contesting creation of district.
- § 77-5-123. Subdistricts.
- § 77-5-125. Alteration of districts.
- § 77-5-127. Consolidation of districts.
- § 77-5-129. Dissolution of districts.
- § 77-5-131. Government of districts; selection of directors.
- § 77-5-133. Term and oath of directors.
- § 77-5-135. Vacancies in director’s office.
- § 77-5-137. Compensation and expenses of directors.
- § 77-5-139. Board of directors to function as legislative body of district.
- § 77-5-141. Powers of the district board.
- § 77-5-143. Appointment of officers.
- § 77-5-145. Qualifications, powers and duties of general manager.
- § 77-5-147. Duties of secretary.
- § 77-5-149. Duties of treasurer.
- § 77-5-151. Corporate purpose of district.
- § 77-5-153. General powers of district.
- § 77-5-155. Specific powers of district.
- § 77-5-157. Exercise of eminent domain by district.
- § 77-5-159. Operations outside of state authorized.
- § 77-5-161. Issuance of bonds by district.
- § 77-5-163. Rights and remedies of bondholders.
- § 77-5-165. Reduction of rates.
- § 77-5-167. Moneys of districts.
- § 77-5-169. Municipal and county aid to districts.
- § 77-5-171. Districts and their property subject to taxation.
- § 77-5-173. Declaration of purpose; construction; article complete in itself.
- § 77-5-201. Short title.
- § 77-5-203. Definitions.
- § 77-5-205. Formation of non-profit corporations authorized.
- § 77-5-207. Contents of certificate of incorporation.
- § 77-5-209. Prohibition on use of words “electric power association” and “electric cooperative.”
- § 77-5-211. Execution and filing of certificate of incorporation.
- § 77-5-213. Chartering existing corporations under this article.
- § 77-5-215. Amendment of certificate of incorporation.
- § 77-5-217. Consolidation of corporations.
- § 77-5-219. Dissolution of corporation.
- § 77-5-221. Board of directors.
- § 77-5-223. Powers of board of directors.
- § 77-5-225. Membership in corporation.
- § 77-5-227. Certificate of membership; voting.
- § 77-5-229. General powers of corporation.
- § 77-5-231. Specific powers of corporation.
- § 77-5-233. Operations outside of state authorized.
- § 77-5-235. Rates; limitations on disconnections; attaching entities.
- § 77-5-237. Disposing of corporate property.
- § 77-5-239. Power of corporation to incur obligations and liabilities, borrow money, issue notes, bonds, etc.
- § 77-5-241. Interest rates.
- § 77-5-243. Power to execute and deliver instruments to create security interest in corporation property.
- § 77-5-245. Purchase and cancellation of bonds.
- § 77-5-247. Monies of corporations.
- § 77-5-249. Corporations and their property subject to taxation.
- § 77-5-251. Construction of article; article complete in itself.
- § 77-5-253. Annual financial and compliance audits.
- § 77-5-255. Mediation of disputes between members or customers and electric power associations.
- § 77-5-256. Generation and transmission cooperative; definitions; amendment of certificate of incorporation; board of directors; corporate purpose; applicability of certain provisions of Chapter 3, Title 77.
- § 77-5-257. TVA jurisdiction.
- § 77-5-259. Limitation for billing errors.
- § 77-5-301. Counties may engage in power development.
- § 77-5-303. Intergovernmental cooperation.
- § 77-5-305. Ordinance of intention; notice; election.
- § 77-5-307. Activities must be self-sustaining.
- § 77-5-309. Exercise of power of eminent domain.
- § 77-5-311. Debt limitations are inapplicable.
- § 77-5-313. Provisions of this article shall be applicable to municipalities as well as counties.
- § 77-5-315. Construction of article; article cumulative.
- § 77-5-401. Short title.
- § 77-5-403. Definitions.
- § 77-5-405. Powers of municipalities.
- § 77-5-407. Issuance of bonds; election resolution and election procedure.
- § 77-5-409. Effect of election.
- § 77-5-411. Validation of bonds.
- § 77-5-413. Bond provisions.
- § 77-5-415. Securing payment of bonds.