Miss. Code § 11-27-48

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 11-27-48 - Information from Public Service Commission or Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

No entity empowered under the laws of the State of Mississippi to exercise the power of eminent domain shall be required, as a condition precedent to exercising such power, to obtain from the applicable regulatory agency, whether the Mississippi Public Service Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or any successor agency, any of the following:

(a) A determination that the entity qualifies as one to which the Legislature has granted the power of eminent domain;

(b) A determination that the entity has complied with state law in invoking the statutory power of eminent domain; or

(c) A certificate of public convenience and necessity for the particular taking in question.

However, this section shall not affect or alter in any way the terms and provisions contained in Sections 77-3-13, 77-3-17 and 77-3-21.

Miss. Code § 11-27-48

Laws, 1997, ch. 453, § 1; Laws, 2007, ch. 483, § 1, eff. 7/1/2007.