MS SB2555

Requires the county board of supervisors to hold an election in any territory proposed for annexation or removal from a municipality within 60 days of the ordinance passage.

Municipalities seeking annexation or removal must pay all election costs and obtain approval from both the municipality and the territory being annexed by a 70 percent vote in each location.

Repeals the previous requirement for municipalities to file petitions in chancery court and instead allows appeals of election results to chancery court, with the municipal authority required to pay all attorney's fees and court costs.

Allows the chancellor to consider election results as evidence when reviewing annexation or contraction cases and changes the burden to require the chancellor's approval rather than automatic approval.

Takes effect January 1, 2021, with provision that pending court cases under prior law shall be withdrawn and an election may be held instead.