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§ 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...