Mississippi legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1632: Community Public Wastewater System Infrastructure Sustainability Act; create.
Status: Signed into law, March 19, 2026
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "COMMUNITY PUBLIC WASTEWATER SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABILITY ACT"; TO PROVIDE A STATEWIDE SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR COMMUNITY PUBLIC WASTEWATER SYSTEMS; TO PROVIDE FOR RULEMAKING BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; TO PROVIDE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A LETTER GRADE SCHEDULE REFLECTIVE OF COMMUNITY PUBLIC WASTEWATER SYSTEM QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE; TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLICATION OF QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE SCORES AND LETTER GRADES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 49-2-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATES TO THE COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 49-2-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 77-3-2 AND 77-3-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION'S POWERS, DUTIES AND JURISDICTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 19-5-175, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 21-27-7, 21-27-13 AND 21-27-203, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 49-17-743, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATES TO THE POWERS OF COUNTY AUTHORITIES, FOR PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 49-17-745, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATES TO THE PROMULGATION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COUNTY WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, FOR PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 41-67-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATES TO THE MISSISSIPPI INDIVIDUAL ON-SITE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM LAW; TO CREATE THE "COMMUNITY DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABILITY ACT"; TO PROVIDE A STATEWIDE SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR COMMUNITY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS; TO PROVIDE FOR RULEMAKING BY THE MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF HEALTH; TO PROVIDE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A LETTER G
What the bill says
An act to create the "community public wastewater system infrastructure sustainability act"; to provide a statewide system of accountability for community public wastewater systems; to provide for rulemaking by the mississippi department of environmental quality and the mississippi commission on environmental quality; to provide for development of a letter grade schedule reflective of community public wastewater system quality and performance; to provide for publication of quality and performance scores and letter grades…