The Gulf Regional District is hereby created as an agency and instrumentality of the State of Mississippi for the purpose of encouraging the voluntary association of local communities and political entities of the state within the region, and for the purpose of acting as a unified coordinating unit structured to solve common areawide problems by mutual cooperation within the framework of local governmental control.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities
Chapter 11 - Gulf Regional District Law
§ 17-11-5. Declaration of purpose
§ 17-11-7. Composition of governing body of district; terms of office
§ 17-11-11. Association by county or city with the district
§ 17-11-13. Withdrawal by county or city from the district
§ 17-11-15. Interim organization of district
§ 17-11-17. Official organization of district
§ 17-11-19. Budget; administrative support of district
§ 17-11-25. Implementation of regional projects
§ 17-11-27. Feasibility studies
§ 17-11-29. Approval of projects
§ 17-11-31. Planning functions
§ 17-11-33. Acquisition of property
§ 17-11-35. Expenditure of public funds, issuance of bonds, and mortgaging of property authorized
§ 17-11-37. Resolution declaring intention to issue bonds; election
§ 17-11-39. Details of revenue bonds
§ 17-11-41. Details of general obligation bonds
§ 17-11-43. Execution of bonds
§ 17-11-47. Disposition of proceeds; additional bonds
§ 17-11-49. Interim certificates authorized
§ 17-11-51. Validation of bonds; hearing of objections to issuance and sale; negotiability
§ 17-11-53. District is a state agency and instrumentality