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Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage
§ 59-1-1. Creation of port commission; composition and jurisdiction of commission generally - Any city in the State of Mississippi having a seaport...
§ 59-1-3. Appointment, oath, bond, and terms of office of members of commission - The port commission provided for in Section 59-1-1 shall be...
§ 59-1-5. Compensation of members of commission - Each member of any port commission created under the provisions...
§ 59-1-7. Meetings; officers - When the port commissioners shall have been appointed and shall...
§ 59-1-9. General powers and duties of commission; commission may enter into joint venture for construction and operation of facilities under jurisdiction of commission - It shall be the duty of the commission to keep...
§ 59-1-11. Additional powers of port commission - In addition to the power and authority conferred in Section...
§ 59-1-13. Construction of Sections 59-1-13 through 59-1-25 generally - Being for the purpose of relieving unemployment and promoting industrial...
§ 59-1-15. Definition of "industrial operations." - The term "industrial operations" as used in Sections 59-1-13 through...
§ 59-1-17. Jurisdiction of commission; reclamation, use and disposition of lands subject to commission jurisdiction generally; leasing and subleasing of certain submerged lands and tidelands owned by state - All that part of the Lowry Island Resurvey, which is...
§ 59-1-19. Sale, lease or other disposition of land not used for port purposes - In the event any part of lands as are described...
§ 59-1-21. Terms and conditions of conveyances, contracts, leases, etc. - Any such conveyance, contract, lease or other disposition authorized by...
§ 59-1-23. Assistance of municipalities in establishing industries - In lieu of exercising the authority herein granted, a port...
§ 59-1-25. Reservation of oil, gas and minerals in sale, lease or other disposition of lands - Any sale, lease or other disposition made under Sections 59-1-13...
§ 59-1-27. Port director - The port commission is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to...
§ 59-1-29. Appropriation of funds for use of port commission by municipal authorities - The mayor and board of aldermen or the mayor and...
§ 59-1-31. Appropriation of funds for use of port commission by county governing authorities - The board of supervisors of a county having a port...
§ 59-1-33. County membership in rivers and harbors association - The board of supervisors of the various counties are hereby...
§ 59-1-35. Affiliation with rivers and harbors association by cities and other political subdivisions or agencies - All city, county, district and state ports, harbors and waterway...
§ 59-1-39. Licensing of harbor masters, pilots, stevedores, etc. - Contracting stevedores shall pay a privilege license not to exceed...
§ 59-1-41. Compulsory pilotage - It shall be unlawful for any vessel of over 250...
§ 59-1-43. Use of or actions by unlicensed persons - Any person or persons, vessel, firm or corporation, acting as...
§ 59-1-45. Disposition of fines and penalties - The fines and penalties collected under this chapter shall be...
Chapter 3 - Ports of Entry
In General
§ 59-3-1. General municipal powers - The corporate authorities of any municipality in which there is...
§ 59-3-3. Issuance of bonds authorized - The corporate authorities referred to in Section 59-3-1 are authorized...
§ 59-3-5. Details of bonds; tax levy; supplemental powers and authorizations for bond issues - All bonds authorized by Section 59-3-3 shall be lithographed or...
§ 59-3-7. Conduct of election on issuance of bonds - Before issuing bonds authorized by Section 59-3-3 the corporate authorities...
§ 59-3-9. Qualifications of electors; form and marking of ballots; issuance of bonds without elections - At such election as is provided for by Section 59-3-7,...
§ 59-3-11. Issuance of bonds; maturities, interest, and execution of bonds; payment of principal and interest - Should the election provided for in Sections 59-3-7 and 59-3-9...
§ 59-3-13. Disposition of proceeds of bonds; penalty for diversion - The proceeds of any bonds issued under authority of Sections...
Foreign Trade Zones
§ 59-3-31. "Public corporation" defined - The term "public corporation", for the purposes of Sections 59-3-31...
§ 59-3-33. Establishment and operation by public corporation - Any public corporation of the State of Mississippi, as that...
§ 59-3-35. Establishment and operation by private corporation - Any private corporation hereafter organized under the laws of this...
§ 59-3-37. Operation and maintenance pursuant to terms of Act of Congress - Any public or private corporation authorized by Sections 59-3-31 through...
Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors
§ 59-5-1. Short title; definition of "board" - This chapter may be cited as the "State Ports and...
§ 59-5-3. Declaration of public policy - It is hereby declared to be the public policy of...
§ 59-5-7. Activities of board and state port authority pursuant to chapter as governmental functions - The carrying out of the corporate purposes of the board...
§ 59-5-9. Implementation of public policy by board; discretion of board; construction of rights, powers and duties of board - There is hereby vested in the board the duty to...
§ 59-5-11. General powers of board; lands subject to jurisdiction and control of board - The board shall have power to acquire, purchase, install, lease,...
§ 59-5-13. Acceptance of grants and contributions - The board, in addition to the moneys which may be...
§ 59-5-15. Analysis and survey by city, county or other agency of port or harbor proposed to be conveyed to state - Any city or county or other authorized port or harbor...
§ 59-5-17. Negotiation of agreement with city, county or agency for state acquisition of port or harbor - On the receipt of an application from any city or...
§ 59-5-19. Approval of agreement for conveyance of port or harbor to state; terms and conditions of conveyance - Any agreement as hereinabove provided for, reached between the board...
§ 59-5-21. Operation by state port authority of ports or harbors acquired by or conveyed to state - Any port or harbor, or any part thereof, and all...
§ 59-5-23. Authorization of contracts, etc., for improvement, operation, etc., of port or harbor - Any city, county, or city and county acting jointly, or...
§ 59-5-25. Approval of agreement for improvement, operation, etc., of port or harbor; appropriation of excess funds or levy of tax - Any agreement reached between the board and the city or...
§ 59-5-27. Bond of members of port or harbor agency - Each member of a port or harbor agency shall give...
§ 59-5-29. Increase in membership of county port authority upon issuance of bonds - Whenever any bonds of the State of Mississippi have been...
§ 59-5-31. Additional powers and authority for certain port commissions and authorities; revenue bonds; tax exemptions - Any port commission existing under the provisions of Article 3...
§ 59-5-33. State ports fund; joint activities or employment of personnel - The agreement between the board and the city, county or...
§ 59-5-35. Setting aside or leasing of lands, docks, warehouses, etc.; exemption from certain ad valorem taxes - The board, acting jointly with the state port authority, is...
§ 59-5-39. Acquisition of rights of way, land, etc. - For the acquiring of rights-of-way, land and property including existing...
§ 59-5-41. State bonds; issuance, terms, and conditions; interim financing of construction projects - The board is hereby authorized, at one time or from...
§ 59-5-43. Negotiability of bonds; exemption from taxation - All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of...
§ 59-5-45. Manner and price of sale of bonds; interest; maturity and redemption - The State Bond Commission shall sell such bonds at public...
§ 59-5-47. Disposition of proceeds of bonds - The proceeds of bonds issued under authority of this chapter...
§ 59-5-49. Validation of bonds - Such bonds as are authorized by this chapter may be...
§ 59-5-51. Payment of interest and principal on bonds; limitation on amount of bonds issued - The amount of bonds issued for the acquisition and planned...
§ 59-5-53. Withdrawals of bond proceeds from special fund - The funds which are transferred from the sale of bonds...
§ 59-5-55. Use of net revenues, rents, and earnings from state owned ports - All net revenues, rents, and earnings from the operation or...
§ 59-5-57. Payment of county's share of state ad valorem taxes for harbor purposes to state port authority - In the event of state ownership of any port or...
§ 59-5-59. Allocation of revenues, rents and earnings to payment of bonds; sinking fund - The net revenues, rents, and earnings derived from any planned...
§ 59-5-61. Refunding bonds - The board is authorized to provide by resolution for the...
§ 59-5-63. Bonds as legal investments and securities for deposits of public funds - All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall...
§ 59-5-65. Representation of Sate Bond Commission by Attorney General; payment of costs of sale, issuance and delivery of bonds - Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, the Attorney General...
§ 59-5-67. Annual audit of state port authorities - The books and accounts of all state port authorities shall...
§ 59-5-69. Annual budget of state port authorities - Each state port shall adopt a complete, detailed and itemized...
Chapter 6 - Compact for Development of Deep Draft Harbor and Terminal
§ 59-6-1. "Deep Draft Harbor and Terminal" defined - For the purpose of this chapter, the term "Deep Draft...
§ 59-6-3. Authorization of compact - The governor, on behalf of this state, is hereby authorized...
§ 59-6-5. Basic form of compact - The basic form of the compact shall be as follows:...
§ 59-6-7. Grant of powers; authority and duties of state officers; appointment of members of authority - There is hereby granted to the governor, to the members...
Chapter 7 - County and Municipal Harbors
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 59-7-1. Payment of portion of state ad valorem taxes collected by certain counties into county depository - In all counties in the State of Mississippi in which...
§ 59-7-3. Port fund - The board of supervisors of the county or counties designated...
§ 59-7-5. Authorization of municipal harbor improvements - The authorities of any municipality in which there is situated...
§ 59-7-7. Operation of improvements; disposition of revenues; annual report - All improvements, constructed by and under the provisions of this...
§ 59-7-9. Expenditure of funds arising under article; bonds generally - All monies accruing by virtue of this article, either through...
§ 59-7-11. Authorization for issuance of bonds generally - The authorities of any municipality in which there is situated...
§ 59-7-13. Details of bonds; supplemental powers and authorizations for issuance of bonds - All of the bonds issued pursuant to the authority set...
§ 59-7-15. Conduct of bond issue election generally - Before issuing the bonds authorized by Section 59-7-11, the corporate...
§ 59-7-17. Qualifications of electors; form and marking of ballots; issuance of bonds without election - At an election required by Section 59-7-15, all qualified electors...
§ 59-7-19. Issuance of bonds; maturities, interest, and execution; payment of principal and interest on bonds - Should the election provided for in Sections 59-7-15 and 59-7-17...
§ 59-7-21. Disposition of proceeds from bonds; penalty for diversion; guarantee of payment - The proceeds of any bonds issued under the authority of...
Article 3 - Supplementary Provisions
§ 59-7-101. Nature and application of article - This article is supplementary and in addition to Article 1...
§ 59-7-103. Port fund; procedure for bringing county within provisions of article - Provided further, that any county in the State of Mississippi...
§ 59-7-105. Issuance of bonds by board of supervisors - To provide additional or supplemental funds for the aforesaid purposes,...
§ 59-7-107. Details of bonds; supplemental powers and authorizations as to bond issues - All bonds authorized by Section 59-7-105 shall be negotiable instruments...
§ 59-7-109. Maturities of bonds; interest - All bonds authorized by Section 59-7-105 shall mature annually, with...
§ 59-7-111. Levy of special tax for payment of principal and interest on bonds; port bonds interest and sinking fund - The board of supervisors of any county which shall have...
§ 59-7-113. Resolution of intention to issue bonds; bond issue election generally - Before issuing any bonds for any of the purposes herein...
§ 59-7-115. Notice of election on bond issue - Where an election is to be called, as provided in...
§ 59-7-117. Conduct of election on issue of bonds; qualifications of electors; form and marking of ballots - The election provided for in Sections 59-7-113 and 59-7-115 shall...
§ 59-7-119. Duties of board of supervisors as to elections - When the results of the election on the question of...
§ 59-7-121. Disposition of proceeds of bond issues; penalties for diversion - The proceeds of any bonds issued by any county pursuant...
§ 59-7-123. Transfer of proceeds of bond issue to port bonds interest and sinking fund - Whenever a balance shall remain in the proceeds of any...
§ 59-7-127. Meetings; officers - When such port commissioners provided for in Section 59-7-125 shall...
§ 59-7-129. Powers and duties of commission generally - The duties and powers of such port commission provided for...
§ 59-7-131. Recommendations by commission as to expenditure of funds - It shall be the duty of such port commission, from...
Article 5 - Supplemental and Additional Powers
§ 59-7-201. Application and construction of article - This article shall be applicable to all counties electing to...
§ 59-7-203. Acquisition of lands after giving of assurances required by federal authorities - Where any county in connection with any such flood control...
§ 59-7-205. General duties and powers of port commission - Any such port commission is further authorized and empowered, in...
§ 59-7-207. Operation of port facilities; employment of personnel - The commission referred to in Section 59-7-205 may establish and...
§ 59-7-209. Delegation of additional duties, powers and rights to commission; approval of acts and expenditures of commission; liability of commissioners and counties - The board of supervisors of any such county described in...
§ 59-7-211. Sale, lease or conveyance of lands or easements - In all such counties, described in Section 59-7-201, upon and...
§ 59-7-213. Maintenance of records by commission; public inspection of records - The port commission shall keep regular minutes of all its...
Article 7 - Cumulative Provisions
§ 59-7-301. Construction and effect of article - This article, as to the subject matters hereof, shall supersede...
§ 59-7-303. Levy of ad valorem tax in certain counties; disposition of proceeds of tax - An ad valorem tax of two mills on each one...
§ 59-7-305. Powers of municipal authorities as to promotion, development, etc., of harbors or seaports - The authorities of any municipality in which there is situated...
§ 59-7-307. Maintenance and operation of improvements and facilities by port commission; collection, etc., of rents, fees, etc.; disposition of revenues; annual reports - All improvements and facilities constructed pursuant to Article 1 of...
§ 59-7-309. Authorization of issuance of bonds by municipalities; audit and inspection of accounts - Any municipality, in which there is situated and located in...
§ 59-7-311. Exercise of authority for issuance of bonds; form, terms and conditions of bonds; execution of bonds; negotiability and sale of bonds; disposition of proceeds of sale; payment of principal and interests on bonds - The power to issue bonds or other obligations authorized by...
§ 59-7-313. Disposition of proceeds of bonds; penalties for diversion; guarantee of payment - The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other...
§ 59-7-315. Mortgage or deed of trust securing bonds - Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this...
§ 59-7-317. Applicability of municipal debt limitations to bond issues; funds from which bonds payable - The bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality of...
§ 59-7-319. Exemption from taxation of bonds - Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article and...
§ 59-7-321. Powers of municipality with respect to issuance of bonds - In connection with the issuance of bonds or other obligations...
§ 59-7-323. Trustees - Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this...
Article 9 - Additional Cumulative Provisions
§ 59-7-401. Construction and effect of article - Nothing in this article shall be construed as repealing or...
§ 59-7-403. Levy of ad valorem tax in certain counties; disposition of proceeds of tax - An ad valorem tax of one mill on each one...
§ 59-7-407. Port commission; composition; appointment, compensation and terms of office of members; organization; dissolution - A port commission created under this article shall consist of...
§ 59-7-409. Meetings of commission; officers - The port commission established by Section 59-7-407 shall meet at...
§ 59-7-411. Duties of commission generally; employees - It shall be the duty of the commission to keep...
§ 59-7-413. Maintenance and operation of improvements and facilities by commission; collection, etc., of rents, fees, etc.; disposition of revenues; annual reports - All improvements and facilities constructed pursuant to this article shall...
§ 59-7-415. Authorization of issuance of bonds by municipalities; audit and inspection of accounts - Any municipality, in which there is situated and located in...
§ 59-7-417. Exercise of authority for issuance of bonds; form, terms and conditions of bonds; execution of bonds; negotiability and sale of bonds; interim certificates - The power to issue bonds or other obligations authorized by...
§ 59-7-419. Disposition of proceeds of bonds; penalties for diversion; guarantee of payment - The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other...
§ 59-7-421. Mortgage or deed of trust securing bonds - Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this...
§ 59-7-423. Applicability of municipal debt limitations to bond issues; funds from which bonds payable - The bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality of...
§ 59-7-425. Exemption from taxation of bonds - Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article and...
§ 59-7-427. Powers of municipality with respect to issuance of bonds - In connection with the issuance of bonds or other obligations...
§ 59-7-429. Trustees - Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this...
Article 10 - Port Commissions in Counties Bordering on Mississippi River
§ 59-7-451. Creation of additional county port commissions authorized - Any county in the State of Mississippi bordering on the...
§ 59-7-453. Membership of commission; appointment and terms of office of members; general powers and duties - Such county port commission shall consist of seven (7) members...
§ 59-7-455. Operative date of commission's duties and authority; expenditure of county funds - The duties and authority conferred in Sections 59-7-101 through 59-7-131,...
Article 11 - Revenue Bonds
§ 59-7-501. Authorization for issuance of revenue bonds for port or harbor improvement - The board of supervisors of any county which has elected...
§ 59-7-503. Issuance of bonds without election; form, terms and execution of bonds - Revenue bonds authorized by Section 59-7-501 may be issued without...
§ 59-7-505. Interest on bonds - All bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates...
§ 59-7-507. Negotiability of bonds and coupons; exemption from taxation - All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of...
§ 59-7-509. Sale of bonds - The board of supervisors of any county issuing bonds under...
§ 59-7-511. Disposition of proceeds of bonds - The proceeds of the revenue bonds shall be paid into...
§ 59-7-513. Conditions for issuance of bonds; validation of bonds - The revenue bonds authorized to be issued by the provisions...
§ 59-7-515. Sources for payment of principal and interest on bonds - The revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article...
§ 59-7-517. Operation and maintenance of facilities and establishment of user rates, fees and charges by county issuing bonds - Any county issuing revenue bonds under the provisions of this...
§ 59-7-519. Disposition of revenues from facilities - All revenues of every kind and character derived from the...
Chapter 9 - County Port Authority or Development Commission
§ 59-9-1. Declaration of public policy - It is hereby declared that the public policy of the...
§ 59-9-7. Creation of county port authority or development commission; composition; jurisdiction - Any county in the State of Mississippi bordering on the...
§ 59-9-9. Appointment, oath, bond, and terms of office of members - A county port authority shall be appointed as follows: two...
§ 59-9-11. Organization; meetings - When the members of a county port authority or county...
§ 59-9-13. Compensation of members - Each member of any county port authority or county development...
§ 59-9-15. General powers and duties of authority or commission; director; additional clerical assistance; commission may enter into joint venture for construction and operation of facilities under jurisdiction of commission - The duties and powers of a county port authority or...
§ 59-9-17. General powers and authority of county; validation of prior acts - The board of supervisors of any county in which there...
§ 59-9-19. Additional powers and authority of county - The board of supervisors of any county in which there...
§ 59-9-21. Restoration of sand beaches; leasing for development of port and related industrial facilities - Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of...
§ 59-9-23. Establishment and development of industrial parks - In addition to the powers and authority elsewhere conferred in...
§ 59-9-25. Contracts for construction, maintenance, etc., of ports, facilities, etc. - The board of supervisors of such county, acting through its...
§ 59-9-29. Jurisdiction over lands - Any county port authority or county development commission created under...
§ 59-9-31. Lease or sale of unused lands for industrial purposes; authority and limitations - In the event any part of such lands, as are...
§ 59-9-33. Lease or sale of unused lands for industrial purposes; terms and conditions - Any lease, sale, contract, or other disposition of any or...
§ 59-9-35. Exemption from ad valorem taxes of certain lease contracts; time limit; lessee required to pay taxes after expiration of exemption - Any contract for the lease of any development for the...
§ 59-9-37. Issuance of bonds and interim certificates - The board of supervisors of any county in which a...
§ 59-9-39. Attorney's fees for issuance of general obligation bonds - Attorney's fees for the issuance of any general obligation bonds...
§ 59-9-41. Revenue bonds - In addition to the authority conferred by Section 59-9-37, the...
§ 59-9-43. Sale and disposition of proceeds of bonds issued under §§ 59-9-37 and 59-9-41 - The board of supervisors of a county issuing bonds under...
§ 59-9-45. Negotiability and taxation of bonds issued under §§ 59-3-37 and 59-9-41 - Any bonds, interest coupons, interim certificates or other obligations issued...
§ 59-9-47. Proceedings for issuance and validation of bonds issued under §§ 59-9-37 and 59-9-41 - Bonds authorized under the authority of Sections 59-9-37 and 59-9-41...
§ 59-9-49. Levy of ad valorem tax for operating fund - In addition and supplemental to the rights, duties and powers...
§ 59-9-51. County-wide election on issuance of bonds under §§ 59-9-37 and 59-9-41 - A county-wide election shall be held to determine whether such...
§ 59-9-53. Pledge of county credit and resources for payment of bonds; issuance of revenue bonds - Such bonds, as are provided for in Section 59-9-37, shall...
§ 59-9-55. Investment of proceeds of bonds - Any county which has heretofore issued bonds pursuant to this...
§ 59-9-57. Joint development, maintenance, operation, etc., of ports by county port authority or commission and municipality; joint bond issue - The board of supervisors, acting through its county port authority...
§ 59-9-59. Joint bond issue; tax levy; collection and disposition of taxes - Where the issuance of bonds has been authorized as provided...
§ 59-9-61. Joint bond issue; control of facilities; collection and disposition of revenues - All improvements and facilities constructed pursuant to the joint issuance...
§ 59-9-63. Joint bond issue; powers and duties of counties and municipalities - In connection with the issuance of bonds or other obligations...
§ 59-9-69. Additional general obligation bonds - In addition to the authority set out in subsection (1)...
§ 59-9-73. Negotiability and taxation of bonds issued under Sections 59-9-65 through 59-9-75 - All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of...
§ 59-9-77. Construction of chapter - This chapter, without reference to any other statute, shall be...
§ 59-9-79. Validation of bonds - Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the bonds...
§ 59-9-81. Applicability of debt limitation - The bonds or other obligations issued by counties or municipalities...
§ 59-9-83. Exemption from taxation of bonds; negotiability - Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, all bonds...
§ 59-9-85. Action to enforce contractual rights - The State of Mississippi, any county acting through a county...
Chapter 11 - County Port and Harbor Commission
§ 59-11-1. Creation of commission - Any county in the State of Mississippi bordering on the...
§ 59-11-5. Jurisdiction of commission; payments into county port fund; special tax levy - The county port and harbor commission shall have jurisdiction over...
§ 59-11-7. Powers and duties of commission; right of county to receive state ad valorem tax for port improvement - The county port and harbor commission shall have the powers...
Chapter 13 - Harbor Improvements by Coast Counties
§ 59-13-1. Harbor improvements by coast counties authorized - The board of supervisors of any county in the State...
§ 59-13-3. Employment of engineers, architects, etc.; adoption of order giving notice of intent to issue bonds - The board of supervisors of any county described in Section...
§ 59-13-5. Publication of order giving notice of intent to issue bonds; election on bond issue - Upon the adoption of such order by the board of...
§ 59-13-7. Limitations on amount of bond issues; prerequisites for issuance of bonds - The board of supervisors of any county in Mississippi bordering...
§ 59-13-9. Terms and conditions of bonds; tax levy for payment of bonds; execution of bonds - Bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be...
§ 59-13-11. Purchase of land and rights of way; eminent domain - The board of supervisors of any county in which any...
§ 59-13-13. Operation of harbor facilities; collection of charges - The board of supervisors of any county after having constructed...
Chapter 15 - Small Craft Harbors
§ 59-15-1. Acquisition of land, harbor sites or water frontage by certain cities - The authorities of any city in this state which has...
§ 59-15-3. Operation of improvements and facilities - All improvements and facilities constructed pursuant to this chapter shall...
§ 59-15-5. General powers of municipality as to bonds - In connection with the issuance of bonds or other obligations...
§ 59-15-7. Authority to issue bonds; audit and inspection of accounts - Any city as is described in Section 59-15-1, is hereby...
§ 59-15-9. Payment of principal and interest on bonds generally - The bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality of...
§ 59-15-11. Details of bonds; interim certificates - The power to issue bonds or other obligations authorized by...
§ 59-15-13. Disposition of proceeds of bonds; penalties for diversion; guarantee of payment of bonds - The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other...
§ 59-15-15. Mortgage or deed of trust - Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this...
§ 59-15-17. Exemption from taxation of bonds - Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter and...
§ 59-15-19. Trustees - Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this...
Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports
§ 59-17-1. Short title; "board" defined - This chapter may be cited as the "State Inland Ports...
§ 59-17-3. Declaration of public policy - It is hereby declared to be the public policy of...
§ 59-17-7. Functions of board and inland port as essential governmental functions - The carrying out of the corporate purposes of the board...
§ 59-17-9. Duty of board to implement public policy; construction of rights, powers and duties of board - There is hereby vested in the board the duty to...
§ 59-17-11. Condition precedent to board action - The board shall take no action in building, constructing, acquiring,...
§ 59-17-15. Acceptance of grants and contributions by board - The board, in addition to the monies which may be...
§ 59-17-17. Appraisal of plan for project; agreement between board and county or agency proposing project - On the receipt of an application from any county or...
§ 59-17-19. Tax levy by counties for payment of bonds - Before any additional bonds may be issued for equipment as...
§ 59-17-21. Contract with master water management district to underwrite financial obligations for project - In the event no three (3) counties shall contract on...
§ 59-17-23. Operation of port or harbor by state inland port authority; composition of authority; appointment and terms of office of members - Any port or harbor, or any part thereof, and all...
§ 59-17-25. Organization of state inland port authority; oath and bond of members - The members of the state inland port authority shall organize...
§ 59-17-27. State inland port fund; board may contract for joint activities or employment of personnel - The agreement between the board and the participating counties or...
§ 59-17-29. Setting aside or leasing of lands and facilities by board - The board, acting jointly with the State Inland Port Authority,...
§ 59-17-31. Authority of board or inland port authority to employ personnel, make contracts and purchases, and sue and be sued - The board or the State Inland Port Authority, in the...
§ 59-17-33. Acquisition of rights of way, land and property by board generally; restriction on power of eminent domain - For the acquiring of rights-of-way, land and property, including existing...
§ 59-17-35. State bonds; issuance, terms, and conditions generally - The board shall have power and is hereby authorized, at...
§ 59-17-37. State bonds; negotiability; exemption from taxation - All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of...
§ 59-17-39. State bonds; proceedings for issuance; validation - Such bonds as are issued under this chapter may be...
§ 59-17-41. State bonds; payment of principal and interest; limitation on amount issued - The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall...
§ 59-17-43. State bonds; manner and price of sale - The state bond commission shall sell such state bonds in...
§ 59-17-45. State bonds; disposition of proceeds from sale - The proceeds of such state bonds issued pursuant to this...
§ 59-17-47. Withdrawals from special fund for payment of bonds - The funds which are transferred from the sale of bonds...
§ 59-17-49. Disposition of net revenues, rents, and earnings from port or harbor - All net revenues, rents, and earnings from the operation or...
§ 59-17-51. Pledge of revenues, rents and earnings to payment of bonds; sinking fund - The net revenues, rents, and earnings derived from any planned...
§ 59-17-53. Refunding bonds - The board is authorized to provide by resolution for the...
§ 59-17-55. Bonds as legal investments and security for deposits - All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall...
§ 59-17-57. Representation of state bond commission by attorney general - Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, the Attorney General...
Chapter 19 - Landings
§ 59-19-1. Initiation of proceedings to establish landing - Any three or more freeholders residing in any county bordering...
§ 59-19-3. Notice of proceedings to establish landing - The board of supervisors shall fix the time and place...
§ 59-19-5. Confirmation of report; assessment of damages - Should the report of the committee be confirmed, the board...
§ 59-19-7. Replacement of jurors; fines - If any of the jurors should fail to attend, the...
§ 59-19-9. Appeal of assessment to circuit court - Should the owner of the land, or other person claiming...
§ 59-19-11. Use of landing; penalty for misuse - After the termination of the proceedings and the payment or...
§ 59-19-13. Compensation of participants - The members of the committee shall receive the same pay...
§ 59-19-15. Leasing of landing - The board of supervisors may lease the lot or landing...
Chapter 21 - Boats and Other Vessels
§ 59-21-1. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Boating Law...
§ 59-21-3. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires...
Numbering of Undocumented Vessels
§ 59-21-5. Requirement of numbering of undocumented vessels - All sailboats and every undocumented vessel equipped with propulsion machinery,...
§ 59-21-7. Numbering pattern - The numbering pattern to be used shall be as follows:...
§ 59-21-9. Display of awarded number on vessel; use of other numbers prohibited - The number awarded shall be painted on or attached to...
§ 59-21-11. Application for certificate of number - The owner of any vessel required to be numbered under...
§ 59-21-13. Renewal of certificate of number; notice as to loss or destruction; replacement of certificate of number - An application for renewal of a certificate of number shall...
§ 59-21-15. Certified statement of ownership as evidence of ownership; effect of liens as to determination of ownership; application for number by person obtaining title through default in terms of lien instrument - The certified statement of ownership on the application for the...
§ 59-21-21. Surrender of certificate of number; notification of change of owner's address or loss, destruction, abandonment or transfer of vessel; application for number by new owner of vessel - The application for number by a new owner of a...
§ 59-21-23. Cancellation or voiding of certificate of number - Certificates of number may be cancelled or voided under the...
§ 59-21-27. Additional certificates of numbers for livery boats; fees; renewals - An owner of more than one livery boat shall be...
§ 59-21-29. Registration of serial numbers of outboard motors - Each person registering a boat or boats under this chapter...
§ 59-21-31. Alteration of identification numbers or marks on vessels, outboard motors, boats or boat trailers; purchase, sale or possession of vessels, outboard motors, boats or boat trailers with altered identifications; examinations and reports - No person shall remove, change or in any manner mutilate...
§ 59-21-33. Seizure and forfeiture of vessels, outboard motors, boats and trailers with altered identification numbers or marks - All vessels, outboard motors, boats and trailers having awarded numbers...
Manufacturing and Related Processes -
Boating Accidents
§ 59-21-51. Duty to report boating accidents; "boating accident" defined - In the case of a boating accident involving collision, accident...
§ 59-21-53. Time for submission of accident reports; contents; distribution; disclosure - Whenever death results from a boating accident, a written report...
Safety Equipment; Operation of Vessels
§ 59-21-83. Operation of vessel in reckless or negligent manner, while operator is incapacitated, etc. - No vessel shall be operated within this state in a...
§ 59-21-87. Regulation of water skiing, aquaplaning, etc. - No person shall operate a motorboat on any waters of...
Boat and Water Safety Commission
§ 59-21-113 and 59-21-115. . Repealed - Repealed by Laws, 1978, ch. 484, § 30, eff from...
§ 59-21-119. Purchase, operation and maintenance of equipment; purchase of property damage insurance - The commission is hereby authorized to purchase, operate and maintain...
§ 59-21-121. Regulation of regattas, boat races, exhibitions, etc. - Any person or organization sponsoring a regatta, motorboat or other...
§ 59-21-123. Enforcement officers; employment and compensation - The executive director with the approval of the commission may...
§ 59-21-125. Enforcement officers; bond - Each enforcement officer shall execute and file with the state...
§ 59-21-127. Enforcement officers; powers and duties - It shall be the duty of all enforcement officers to...
Enforcement; Penalties; Actions
§ 59-21-151. Enforcement of chapter - All peace officers and other law enforcement officials are hereby...
§ 59-21-153. Penalties - Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is...
§ 59-21-155. Disposition of fines and penalties - All monies collected as fines or penalties for violation of...
§ 59-21-157. Civil liability for violation of provisions of chapter - The owner or operator of a vessel, or both, shall...
§ 59-21-159. Venue of actions based upon chapter - The venue of any action based on this chapter may...
§ 59-21-161. Service of process on nonresidents - The acceptance by a nonresident of the right and privileges...
§ 59-21-163. Effect of Sections 59-21-157 through 59-21-161 on other causes of action - The provisions of Sections 59-21-157 through 59-21-161 shall not be...
Chapter 23 - Alcohol Boating Safety Act
§ 59-23-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 59-23-3. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall...
Chapter 25 - Certificates of Title for Boats and Other Vessels
§ 59-25-1. Definitions - The following words, as used in this chapter, shall have...
§ 59-25-3. Application for certificate of title; application requirements; contents of certificate of title - Every dealer transferring a vessel or motor requiring titling, as...
§ 59-25-13. Certificate of title showing security interest - For the purpose of recording a subsequent security interest, the...
§ 59-25-15. Certificate of number prima facie evidence of ownership - Issuance of a certificate of number shall be prima facie...