Mississippi legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1452: Utility districts; authorize to dissolve by chancery court order of dissolution.
Status: Failed, February 3, 2026
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-5-151, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN UTILITY DISTRICTS TO DISSOLVE WHENEVER A MAJORITY OF THE LANDOWNERS OF ANY SUCH DISTRICT SIGN AND FILE WITH THE CLERK OF THE CHANCERY COURT BY WHICH SUCH DISTRICT WAS ORGANIZED, OR IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH DISTRICT WAS ORGANIZED, A PETITION FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF SUCH DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE COMMISSIONERS OF A WATER DISTRICT WISH TO ESTABLISH A WATER ASSOCIATION, THE COURT ORDER OF DISSOLUTION SHALL ALSO DECREE THAT COMMISSIONERS INCORPORATE AS A WATER ASSOCIATION UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 19-5-165, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATES TO NEWLY FORMED WATER DISTRICT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to amend section 19-5-151, mississippi code of 1972, to authorize certain utility districts to dissolve whenever a majority of the landowners of any such district sign and file with the clerk of the chancery court by which such district was organized, or in the county in which such district was organized, a petition for the dissolution of such district…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-5-151, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN UTILITY DISTRICTS TO DISSOLVE WHENEVER A MAJORITY OF THE LANDOWNERS OF ANY SUCH DISTRICT SIGN AND FILE WITH THE CLERK OF THE CHANCERY COURT BY WHICH SUCH DISTRICT WAS ORGANIZED, OR IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH DISTRICT WAS ORGANIZED, A PETITION FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF SUCH DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE COMMISSIONERS OF A WATER DISTRICT WISH TO ESTABLISH A WATER ASSOCIATION, THE COURT ORDER OF DISSOLUTION SHALL ALSO DECREE THAT COMMISSIONERS INCORPORATE AS A WATER ASSOCIATION UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 19-5-165, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATES TO NEWLY FORMED WATER DISTRICT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 19-5-151, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 19-5-151. (1) Any contiguous area situated within any county of the state, and not being situated within the corporate boundaries of any existing municipality, and having no adequate water system, sewer system, garbage and waste collection and disposal system, or fire protection facilities serving such area, may become incorporated as a water district, as a sewer district, as a garbage and waste collection and disposal district, as a fire *HR26/R1383* H. …
Sponsors
- Wallace, Price (R, 77) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died In Committee
- : Referred To Judiciary A
Subjects: Utility districts
Common questions
- What is HB1452?
- HB1452 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Utility districts; authorize to dissolve by chancery court order of dissolution.
- What does HB1452 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend section 19-5-151, mississippi code of 1972, to authorize certain utility districts to dissolve whenever a majority of the landowners of any such district sign and file with the clerk of the chancery court by which such district was organized, or in the county in which such district was organized, a petition for the dissolution of such district…
- What is the status of HB1452?
- Failed as of February 3, 2026. Latest action: Died In Committee (February 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1452?
- Wallace, Price (R, 77).
- Where is the official record for HB1452?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB1452.xml
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