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§ 57-1-1. Declaration of public policy - It is hereby declared that the state public welfare demands,...
§ 57-1-2. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall...
§ 57-1-3. Mississippi Development Authority seal - The Mississippi Development Authority shall have an official seal, and...
§ 57-1-7. Department motor vehicle insurance - The executive director may carry on each motor vehicle of...
§ 57-1-11. Rules and regulations - The executive director is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate...
§ 57-1-12. Mississippi Development Authority to file annual report describing all assistance provided under the Advantage Mississippi Initiative - The Mississippi Development Authority shall file an annual report with...
§ 57-1-12.1. Mississippi Development Authority to file quarterly reports regarding the net economic impact of incentives or assistance authorized under Sections 1 through 37 of Chapter 1, Laws of 2005, Third Extraordinary Session - The Mississippi Development Authority shall prepare and file a quarterly...
§ 57-1-13. Plans for advertising and developing state - It shall be the duty of the executive director to...
§ 57-1-15. Interstate and federal cooperation; Economic Development Fund - The department is hereby authorized to cooperate and coordinate with...
§ 57-1-17. Publicity and advertising; research laboratory - It shall be the duty of the executive director and...
§ 57-1-19. Municipal enterprises; certificate of public convenience and necessity - The executive director is charged with the duty of making...
§ 57-1-21. Municipal enterprises; issuance of certificate - The executive director shall investigate, find and determine upon application...
§ 57-1-25. Municipal enterprises; election - The governing board of any municipality desiring to enter into...
§ 57-1-27. Bonds and certain contracts subject to approval of executive director - Before any bonds shall be issued under Sections 57-1-1 through...
§ 57-1-29. Issuance of municipal bonds; form; terms; tax levy - A municipality, having been authorized by the executive director, as...
§ 57-1-31. Compensation of attorneys employed in issuance of bonds - The board of supervisors of any county, or the governing...
§ 57-1-33. Duties of executive director as to issuance of bonds - When the executive director authorizes any municipality to issue bonds...
§ 57-1-35. Sale of bonds - The bonds hereinabove provided for shall be sold by the...
§ 57-1-37. Issuance of additional bonds by municipality - In the case any municipality shall have initiated any industry...
§ 57-1-39. Exemption from taxation of bonds - All bonds issued pursuant to Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51 and...
§ 57-1-41. Investment of surplus sinking funds in bonds - Any municipality having surplus sinking funds under the provisions of...
§ 57-1-43. Payment and retirement of bonds; use of surplus income - Any municipality may use any sinking fund, reserve fund, or...
§ 57-1-45. Sale, lease, etc., of municipal enterprises - The several municipalities when and to the extent authorized by...
§ 57-1-47. Municipal enterprises exempt from taxation - All enterprises acquired, constructed or owned by any of said...
§ 57-1-49. Assistance by port authorities - Any port commission or authority created by law, operating in...
§ 57-1-51. Construction of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51 - The provisions of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51 shall not repeal...
§ 57-1-53. Department designated agency for receipt of federal funds; coordination of functions relating to economic development and tourism - The department is designated as the single state agency to...
§ 57-1-54. Transfer of powers and duties of Department of Economic and Community Development to Mississippi Development Authority - The Mississippi Development Authority shall be the Department of Economic...
§ 57-1-56. Occupational Information Coordinating Committee - The Occupational Information Coordinating Committee shall be located within the...
§ 57-1-57. Study to determine existence of disparity in number of qualified minority contractors - The Mississippi Development Authority shall conduct and prepare, or shall...
§ 57-1-58. Policy of the Mississippi Development Authority with regard to programs of diversity in contracting for entities using funds made available under Sections 1 through 37 of Chapter 1, Laws of 2005, Third Extraordinary Session - It is the policy of the Mississippi Development Authority and...
§ 57-1-59. General powers and duties of Mississippi Development Authority with respect to tourism - The Mississippi Development Authority shall have the following general powers...
§ 57-1-60. Grants to finance, promote and advertise local tourist attractions - The Department of Economic and Community Development, in its discretion,...
§ 57-1-61. Transfer of functions of travel and tourism department of agricultural and industrial board - The staff and resources of the travel and tourism department...
§ 57-1-63. Transfer of powers and duties of state agencies relating to promotion and advertising of tourism - It is the intent of the Legislature that all powers...
§ 57-1-65. General powers and duties with respect to marketing - The Mississippi Department of Economic Development shall have the following...
§ 57-1-66. Production, licensing, etc., of promotional publications, materials, etc.; disposition of proceeds from licensing or sale - The Department of Economic and Community Development is authorized to...
§ 57-1-67. Planning and development district offices and directors - The Mississippi Department of Economic Development, pursuant to contractual agreements...
§ 57-1-68. Program of grants to finance and promote local economic development - The Department of Economic and Community Development, in its discretion,...
§ 57-1-69. Cooperation with Mississippi Miss Hospitality, Inc., Miss Mississippi Pageant, Inc., and Mrs. Mississippi-America Pageant, Inc - The Department of Economic and Community Development is authorized to...
§ 57-1-70. Miss Mississippi, Miss Hospitality and Mrs. Mississippi as official nongovernmental representatives of state - The person selected as Miss Mississippi in the annual pageant...
Joinder of Separate School District and Municipality in Establishing Industrial Enterprises
§ 57-1-71. Declaration of intention; petition for certificate - Any municipality located in two adjacent counties which forms a...
§ 57-1-73. Issuance of certificate; election - Should the certificate of public convenience and necessity be issued...
§ 57-1-75. Issuance of bonds; contracts - The governing authority of the municipality as defined in Sections...
§ 57-1-77. Execution of bonds; pledge of full faith and credit - The bonds issued under Section 57-1-75 shall be issued and...
§ 57-1-79. Depository - The governing authority of such municipality as defined in Sections...
§ 57-1-81. Tax levy - On or before the first Monday of September of each...
§ 57-1-83. Rights and powers of municipality - For the purpose of operating or engaging in the enterprise...
Joinder of Other Municipalities and Supervisors District in Which Situated With Municipality in Establishing Industrial Enterprises
§ 57-1-101. Declaration of intention; petition for and issuance of certificate - When a city, town or village and the supervisors district...
§ 57-1-103. Election - Should such joint certificate of public convenience and necessity be...
§ 57-1-105. Powers and rights of city, town or village and supervisors district - When a city, town or village and the supervisors district...
§ 57-1-107. Contracts - When a city, town or village and the supervisors district...
Joinder of Supervisors Districts of Adjacent Counties in Establishing Industrial Enterprises
§ 57-1-131. Declaration of intention; petition for certificate; constitution of board of commissioners; petition of electors - When two or more adjoining supervisors districts of adjacent counties...
§ 57-1-133. Election - Should a certificate of public convenience and necessity be issued...
§ 57-1-135. Appointment, terms of office, organization, and meetings of board of commissioners - The commissioners authorized by Section 57-1-131 shall be deemed to...
§ 57-1-137. Rights, powers and authority of municipalities generally - For the purpose of operating or engaging in the enterprise...
§ 57-1-139. Issuance of bonds; contracts - The board of commissioners of the municipality as defined in...
§ 57-1-141. Execution of bonds - The bonds issued under Section 57-1-139 shall be signed by...
§ 57-1-143. Depository - The board of commissioners of the municipality as defined in...
§ 57-1-145. Tax levy - On or before the first Monday of September of each...
Joinder With Adjoining Supervisors District Which Has Certificate of Necessity and Convenience
§ 57-1-171. Definitions for Sections 57-1-171 through 57-1-179 - The word "municipality" as used in Sections 57-1-171 through 57-1-179...
§ 57-1-173. Application for and issuance of certificate - Whenever a supervisors district or a city, town or village...
§ 57-1-175. Election; issuance of bonds - When such certificate of convenience and necessity is issued authorizing...
§ 57-1-177. Application of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51 - All provisions of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51, so far as...
§ 57-1-179. Interest of joining municipality in enterprise - The municipality joining with another municipality which has already received...
Mississippi Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund -
Major Energy Project Developments
§ 57-1-251. Definitions - Words and phrases used in Sections 57-1-251 through 57-1-261 shall...
§ 57-1-253. Duties of department as to proposal, planning, financing, development, operation, etc., of project; cooperation by other agencies - The department is hereby designated and empowered to act on...
§ 57-1-255. Bonds and notes; Major Energy Project Development Fund - Notice of the sale of any bond shall be published...
§ 57-1-257. Acts of public agencies authorized for purpose of planning, design, undertaking, and carrying out project - For the purpose of aiding in the planning, design, undertaking...
§ 57-1-259. Concurrence of affected county, municipality, and/or school district required - The department shall not undertake to develop any project or...
§ 57-1-261. Construction of Sections 57-1-251 through 57-1-261 - The provisions of Sections 57-1-251 through 57-1-261 are cumulative of...
Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Program
§ 57-1-305. General powers and duties of department - In administering the provisions of Sections 57-1-301 through 57-1-335, the...
§ 57-1-309. Bonds; payment of principal and interest; details - The principal of and interest on the bonds authorized under...
§ 57-1-311. Bonds; execution - The bonds authorized by Section 57-1-307 shall be signed by...
§ 57-1-313. Bonds; negotiability - All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of...
§ 57-1-315. Bonds; issuance and sale; redemption - The State Bond Commission shall act as issuing agent for...
§ 57-1-317. Bonds; general obligations of state - The bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 57-1-307 through...
§ 57-1-319. Bonds; disposition of proceeds of sale - Upon the issuance and sale of bonds under the provisions...
§ 57-1-321. Bonds; conditions for issuance - The bonds authorized under Sections 57-1-307 through 57-1-335 may be...
§ 57-1-323. Bonds; validation - The bonds authorized under the authority of Sections 57-1-307 through...
§ 57-1-325. Bonds; protection and enforcement of rights of holders - Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of Sections...
§ 57-1-327. Bonds; legal investments and legal securities - All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 57-1-307 through...
§ 57-1-329. Bonds; exemption from taxation - Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 57-1-307 through 57-1-335...
§ 57-1-331. Bonds; use of proceeds - The proceeds of the bonds issued under Sections 57-1-307 through...
§ 57-1-333. Bonds; issuance of warrants for payment - The State Treasurer is authorized to certify to the Department...
§ 57-1-335. Construction of Sections 57-1-307 through 57-1-335 - Sections 57-1-307 through 57-1-335 shall be deemed to be full...
Project Cougar Siting Proposal and Authority
§ 57-1-351. Definitions - Words and phrases used in Sections 57-1-351 through 57-1-369 shall...
§ 57-1-353. DECD submission of siting proposal; public agency cooperation and concurrence - DECD is hereby designated and empowered to act on behalf...
§ 57-1-355. DECD powers concerning projects - DECD, in addition to any and all powers now or...
§ 57-1-357. Board authority to support project - The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning...
§ 57-1-359. DECD loans to counties or municipalities to further project - DECD shall utilize not more than the amount of the...
§ 57-1-363. Public agency authority concerning project; contracts with DECD; indebtedness - For the purpose of aiding in the planning, design, undertaking...
§ 57-1-365. Concurrence of county, municipality and/or school district - DECD shall not undertake to develop any project or facility...
§ 57-1-369. Cumulative provisions; severability - The provisions of Sections 57-1-351 through 57-1-369 are cumulative of...
Penalties Under Certain Programs Administered by the Mississippi Development Authority for Entities that are Convicted of Hiring Illegal Immigrants
§ 57-1-371. Ineligibility for loans or grants under Sections 1 through 57 of Chapter 1, Laws of 2005, Third Extraordinary Session, of entities that are convicted of hiring illegal immigrants; repayment of assistance received under Sections 1 through... - Any business, enterprise or other entity that is criminally convicted...
Mississippi Development Authority Workforce Training Fund -
Mississippi Alternative Fuel School Bus and Municipal Motor Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund
§ 57-1-421. Mississippi Alternative Fuel School Bus and Municipal Motor Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund created; purpose; use of funds - When an OEM alternative fuel school bus is sold for...
Mississippi Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund -
Mississippi Air Service Development Program
§ 57-1-471. Mississippi Air Service Development Program Fund created; purpose; use of funds - 1. Thirty-five percent (35%) at the end of the first...
Economic Development and Infrastructure Fund -
Mississippi Main Street Investment Grant Fund
§ 57-1-601. Mississippi Main Street Investment Grant Fund program created; purposes; applications by municipalities for loans; awarding of loans by Mississippi Development Authority - 1. The name of the proposed revitalization zone, together with...
Mississippi Site Development Grant Fund -