Mississippi Code
Article 1 - Districts
§ 69-27-11. Soil and Water Conservation Commission employees; office of accommodations

The State Soil and Water Conservation committee may employ an administrative officer and such technical experts and such other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. The committee may call upon the Attorney General of the state for such legal services as it may require, or may employ its own counsel and legal staff. It shall have authority to delegate to its chairman, to one or more of its members, or to one or more agents or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. The committee shall supply itself with suitable office accommodations at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science or at Jackson, or at any place where the committee shall designate. Upon request of the committee, for the purpose of carrying out any of its functions, the supervising officer of any state agency or of any state institution of learning shall, insofar as may be possible under available appropriations, and having due regard for the needs of the agency to which the request is directed, assign or detail to the committee, members of the staff or personnel of such agency or institution of learning, the duty of making such special reports, surveys or studies as the committee may request.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals

Chapter 27 - Soil Conservation

Article 1 - Districts

§ 69-27-1. Short title

§ 69-27-2. State Soil and Water Conservation Committee renamed; transfer of powers and duties to State Soil and Water Conservation Commission

§ 69-27-3. Legislative determinations and declarations of policy

§ 69-27-5. Levee districts excepted

§ 69-27-7. Definitions

§ 69-27-11. Soil and Water Conservation Commission employees; office of accommodations

§ 69-27-13. General duties and powers of Commission

§ 69-27-15. Soil and Water Conservation districts; petition for creation

§ 69-27-17. Soil and water conservation districts; hearing and determination of necessity therefor

§ 69-27-21. Results of referendum; determination of district's administrative feasibility

§ 69-27-23. Organization of soil and water conservation district; procedure; certificate of due organization

§ 69-27-25. Subsequent petitions may be filed twelve months after the negative determination

§ 69-27-27. Inclusion of additional territory within existing district

§ 69-27-29. Cities and towns, etc., to be included within district

§ 69-27-31. Election of three commissioners for each district

§ 69-27-33. Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of commissioners

§ 69-27-35. Powers of districts and commissioners

§ 69-27-37. Adoption of land-use regulations

§ 69-27-39. Enforcement of land-use regulations

§ 69-27-41. Performance of work under the regulations by the commissioners

§ 69-27-43. Board of adjustment; members; expenses

§ 69-27-45. Board of adjustment; procedure; meetings; records

§ 69-27-47. Board of adjustment; hearing on land use regulations

§ 69-27-49. Appeal from order of board of adjustment

§ 69-27-51. Cooperation between districts

§ 69-27-53. State agencies to cooperate

§ 69-27-55. Adjustment of boundaries or withdrawal of lands from district; consolidation with another district; petition

§ 69-27-61. Adjustment or consolidation; division of assets

§ 69-27-63. Discontinuance of districts

§ 69-27-69. Controlling effect of article