{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-51-41-1","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 51-41-1","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 51-41-1","body":"It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a means, in addition to the incorporation of districts authorized in Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 , by which not-for-profit corporations or associations involved in the sale, transmission and distribution of potable water to members of the public and others may convert their entity status from that of a body corporate to that of a body politic, thereby allowing those entities the opportunity to access the tax-exempt capital markets and thereby assuring the State of Mississippi and the customers of those entities of adequate supplies of water at the lowest water rates possible.","path":["MS Code","Title 51"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"cbefeb6cb7787962a4e6572d7f727996d331818db169232824cc6f064d82432e","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-51-39-9","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-51-41-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}