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§ 49-27-39. Appeal to chancery court; when council's order to be confirmed - An appeal may be taken by the applicant, or any...
§ 49-27-41. Appeal to chancery court; complaint; return date; cost bond; record; appeal with supersedeas - Such appeal shall be brought by a complaint in writing,...
§ 49-27-43. Appeal to chancery court; service upon commission; certification of record - Upon the filing of an appeal, the clerk of the...
§ 49-27-45. Appeal to chancery court; when case to be referred back to commission - If, upon hearing such appeal, it appears to the court...
§ 49-27-47. Appeal to chancery court; precedence; powers of chancellor - Such appeal shall have precedence in the order of trial,...
§ 49-27-49. Appeal to Supreme Court - Appeals may be taken from the chancery court to the...
§ 49-27-53. Jurisdiction and venue for judicial actions - Jurisdiction and venue for judicial actions brought pursuant to this...
§ 49-27-55. Civil liability of violators; restoration; punitive damages; mandatory injunction; jurisdiction of circuit or county court; remedies preserved - Any person who performs or causes to be performed any...
§ 49-27-57. Fines and penalties - In addition to civil liability under this chapter, a violation...
§ 49-27-59. Rules and regulations - The commission shall adopt, promulgate and publish rules and regulations...
§ 49-27-63. Inspections - The commission shall, from time to time, inspect the coastal...
§ 49-27-65. Evaluation of coastal wetlands; charts; education of public; overall use plan - To implement the policy set forth in the chapter and...
§ 49-27-67. Exclusion from assessment for ad valorem taxes - Any coastal wetlands now assessed for ad valorem taxes against...
§ 49-27-69. Disposition of fees and other sums - All fees and other sums received by the commission pursuant...
§ 49-27-71. Derelict vessel defined; jurisdiction; standing; notice; derelict vessel removal; emergency removal; cost recovery; court process; department authorities - Prior to disposition of the vessel, the department or the...
Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts
§ 49-28-1. Eligibility for status as shoreline and beach preservation district; purpose of district - Except as otherwise provided in this section, any contiguous area...
§ 49-28-3. Petition for incorporation - A petition for the incorporation of a shoreline and beach...
§ 49-28-7. Publication of notice of intent to create district; referendum on creation of district - "FOR CREATION OF_______________DISTRICT: ( ) AGAINST CREATION OF_______________DISTRICT: ( )."...
§ 49-28-9. Adoption of resolution creating district - If no petition requiring an election is filed or if...
§ 49-28-11. Payment of costs for creation of district - If the creation of the district is initiated by petition,...
§ 49-28-13. Appeals - Any party having an interest in the subject matter and...
§ 49-28-15. District to be public corporation in perpetuity - Beginning on the date of the adoption of the resolution...
§ 49-28-17. Appointment of board of commissioners; membership; terms of office; compensation - Notwithstanding the appointive authority granted in this section to the...
§ 49-28-21. Power of eminent domain - The board of supervisors may, upon petition by the board...
§ 49-28-25. Purposes for which special improvement bond issued; district empowered to do any act to secure bonds or make them more marketable - In addition to the purposes authorized by Section 49-28-23, any...
§ 49-28-29. Special assessments - In addition to the sources of funding provided for in...
§ 49-28-31. Special assessments; bonds secured by pledge thereof - Any bonds secured by a pledge of the special assessments...
§ 49-28-33. Special assessments; payment - All special assessments levied under this chapter shall be payable...
§ 49-28-35. Distribution of costs and expenses of special improvements among the properties affected - The resolution declaring the intent of the board of commissioners...
§ 49-28-37. Written protest objecting to assessments - If the owners of a majority of the front footage...
§ 49-28-39. Financial assistance or cooperation from state or federal government - The board of commissioners of any district created under this...
§ 49-28-41. Chapter as full and complete authority - This chapter, without reference to any statute, is full and...
§ 49-28-43. Publication of financial statement - Within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal...
§ 49-28-45. Validation of bonds - Any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may...
§ 49-28-47. Chapter to be liberally construed - This chapter shall be liberally construed for the purposes herein...
§ 49-28-49. Severability - If any provisions of this chapter shall be held to...
Chapter 31 - Mississippi Multimedia Pollution Prevention Act
General Provisions
§ 49-31-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 49-31-3. Legislative findings - The Legislature finds that: Inefficient and improper methods of managing...
§ 49-31-7. Purposes of chapter - The purposes of this chapter are: To establish state policy...
§ 49-31-9. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have...
§ 49-31-15. State agencies, branches and institutions to establish recycling programs and source reduction programs - It shall be the duty of each state agency, the...
§ 49-31-17. Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Development Authority to assist and promote recycling industry - The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Development...
§ 49-31-25. Pollution prevention fee; penalty for failure to pay - Click to view The fee shall be due and payable...
Chapter 33 - Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Activity Act
§ 49-33-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 49-33-3. Purpose - The purpose of this chapter is to establish the policy...
§ 49-33-5. Declaration of policy - It is declared the policy of the State of Mississippi...
§ 49-33-7. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and...
§ 49-33-11. Conditional waivers prohibited - The state shall not make a waiver of the provisions...
§ 49-33-13. Constitutional requirements and legal challenges - This chapter shall not affect any right or remedy granted...
§ 49-33-15. Severability - The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any...
§ 49-33-17. Other provisions to which chapter is subject - All the provisions of this chapter are subject to Sections...
Chapter 35 - Mississippi Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment; Remediation of Property on National Priorities List
Article 1 - Mississippi Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Act
§ 49-35-1. Short title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 49-35-3. Legislative findings - The Legislature finds: There are properties in Mississippi, often referred...
§ 49-35-5. Definitions - The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed...
§ 49-35-17. Proposed notice of agreement site; required information; certified copy of agreement and notice to be filed; disclosures; cancellation of notice of agreement site - The location and dimensions of the areas of potential environmental...
§ 49-35-21. Implementation of article; date; promulgation of regulations - In accordance with Section 49-2-9, the commission shall promulgate regulations...
§ 49-35-23. Restrictions on effect of article - This article shall not: Affect the authority of local governments...
Article 2 - Mississippi Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Incentives Act
§ 49-35-31. Short title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 49-35-33. Legislative findings; attractiveness of certain brownfields for redevelopment; provision of capital and labor for safe remediation of brownfields should be encouraged; reduction of public health and environmental hazards; survey and repor... - The Legislature finds: There are properties in Mississippi, often referred...
Article 3 - Remediation of Property on National Priorities List
§ 49-35-51. Definitions - For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases...
Chapter 37 - Statewide Scientific Information Management
§ 49-37-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 49-37-5. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have...
§ 49-37-7. Statewide Scientific Information Management System Coordinating Council; creation; membership; powers and duties - Members of the coordinating council not appointed by the Governor...
§ 49-37-11. Department of Environmental Quality to serve as coordinator for implementation - The Department of Environmental Quality shall serve as the coordinator...