The Department of Economic and Community Development is authorized to cooperate with Mississippi Miss Hospitality, Inc., in the production of the Mississippi Miss Hospitality Pageant and with Miss Mississippi Pageant, Inc., in the production of the Miss Mississippi Pageant, and with Mrs. Mississippi-America Pageant, Inc., in the production of the Mrs. Mississippi Pageant, and in defraying expenses incurred by Miss Hospitality and Miss Mississippi and Mrs. Mississippi when making official appearances to represent this state, by expending in furtherance of such purposes any money appropriated or otherwise made available to the department therefor. Money received by the department for such purposes shall be deposited into a special fund which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Unexpended amounts remaining in such special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in such special fund shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development
Chapter 1 - Mississippi Development Authority
§ 57-1-1. Declaration of public policy
§ 57-1-3. Mississippi Development Authority seal
§ 57-1-7. Department motor vehicle insurance
§ 57-1-11. Rules and regulations
§ 57-1-13. Plans for advertising and developing state
§ 57-1-15. Interstate and federal cooperation; Economic Development Fund
§ 57-1-17. Publicity and advertising; research laboratory
§ 57-1-19. Municipal enterprises; certificate of public convenience and necessity
§ 57-1-21. Municipal enterprises; issuance of certificate
§ 57-1-25. Municipal enterprises; election
§ 57-1-27. Bonds and certain contracts subject to approval of executive director
§ 57-1-29. Issuance of municipal bonds; form; terms; tax levy
§ 57-1-31. Compensation of attorneys employed in issuance of bonds
§ 57-1-33. Duties of executive director as to issuance of bonds
§ 57-1-37. Issuance of additional bonds by municipality
§ 57-1-39. Exemption from taxation of bonds
§ 57-1-41. Investment of surplus sinking funds in bonds
§ 57-1-43. Payment and retirement of bonds; use of surplus income
§ 57-1-45. Sale, lease, etc., of municipal enterprises
§ 57-1-47. Municipal enterprises exempt from taxation
§ 57-1-49. Assistance by port authorities
§ 57-1-51. Construction of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51
§ 57-1-56. Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
§ 57-1-57. Study to determine existence of disparity in number of qualified minority contractors
§ 57-1-59. General powers and duties of Mississippi Development Authority with respect to tourism
§ 57-1-60. Grants to finance, promote and advertise local tourist attractions
§ 57-1-65. General powers and duties with respect to marketing
§ 57-1-67. Planning and development district offices and directors
§ 57-1-68. Program of grants to finance and promote local economic development