37-29-31 - Junior college districts created.
§ 37-29-31. Junior college districts created.
There are hereby created the following junior college districts comprising the entire counties therein named and having boundaries coinciding with the external boundaries thereof, each of which shall be separate juristic entities and bodies politic and corporate:
(a) East Central Junior College District shall be comprised of the counties of Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and Winston.
(b) East Mississippi Junior College District shall be comprised of the counties of Clay, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Noxubee and Oktibbeha.
(c) Hinds Junior College District shall be comprised of the counties of Hinds, Rankin, Warren and Claiborne.
(d) Holmes Junior College District shall be comprised of the counties of Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Holmes, Madison, Montgomery, Webster and Yazoo.
(e) Itawamba Junior College District shall be comprised of the counties of Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe and Pontotoc.
(f) Jones County Junior College District shall be comprised of the counties of Clarke, Covington, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Perry, Smith and Wayne.
(g) Mississippi Delta Junior College District shall be comprised of the counties of Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and Washington.
(h) Northeast Junior College District shall be comprised of the counties of Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo and Union.
(i) Northwest Junior College District shall be comprised of the counties of Benton, Calhoun, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica and Yalobusha.
(j) Pearl River Junior College District shall be comprised of the counties of Forrest, Hancock, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion and Pearl River.
(k) Southwest Junior College District shall be comprised of the counties of Amite, Pike, Walthall and Wilkinson.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6475-51; Laws, 1964, ch. 398, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 301, § 12; Laws, 1995, ch. 605, § 12, eff from and after July 1, 1995.