Except as otherwise provided in this section, any contiguous area situated within any county of the state located along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and not being situated within the corporate boundaries of any existing municipality, and experiencing shoreline and beach erosion and other related problems, may become incorporated as a shoreline and beach preservation district in the manner set forth in the following sections. The purpose of the district shall be to provide for the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance and improvement of shoreline and beach improvement projects, including habitat restoration projects. This chapter shall not apply to Harrison County or Hancock County, Mississippi.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology
Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts
§ 49-28-1. Eligibility for status as shoreline and beach preservation district; purpose of district
§ 49-28-3. Petition for incorporation
§ 49-28-7. Publication of notice of intent to create district; referendum on creation of district
§ 49-28-9. Adoption of resolution creating district
§ 49-28-11. Payment of costs for creation of district
§ 49-28-15. District to be public corporation in perpetuity
§ 49-28-17. Appointment of board of commissioners; membership; terms of office; compensation
§ 49-28-21. Power of eminent domain
§ 49-28-29. Special assessments
§ 49-28-31. Special assessments; bonds secured by pledge thereof
§ 49-28-33. Special assessments; payment
§ 49-28-35. Distribution of costs and expenses of special improvements among the properties affected
§ 49-28-37. Written protest objecting to assessments
§ 49-28-39. Financial assistance or cooperation from state or federal government
§ 49-28-41. Chapter as full and complete authority
§ 49-28-43. Publication of financial statement
§ 49-28-45. Validation of bonds