Mississippi § 51-29-127 - Districts acquiring certain lands to assume obligations.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 51-29-127 — Districts acquiring certain lands to assume obligations., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 51-29-127. Districts acquiring certain lands to assume obligations.
When lands in an existing district, and which have been assessed for benefits, are acquired for rights of way by such districts for canals, ditches, levees, floodways, by-passes, or other necessary drainage purposes, assessments already levied or that may be levied against such land to pay its proportion of outstanding bonds or other obligations of the existing district, including all interest to accrue thereon, shall be assumed and paid by the new district so taking or so acquiring such land, in the proportion that its value, as fixed by condemnation, shall bear to the value of the land included in the entire district.
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Section 51-29-127 ("Districts acquiring certain lands to assume obligations.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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