Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-61 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 31-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-61
Status: in_force

Upon the organization of said districts as herein provided, and as soon as said drainage commissioners have proceeded to procure the rights-of-way, either by agreement or condemnation, for ditches or canals, both main and lateral, or for the erection of levees, and the right-of-way to enter upon, alter, deepen, or improve natural drains or watercourses, they shall make an estimate of the cost, including commissioner's fees and expenses of said proposed work, or if said estimate has been made it shall be revised and approved. Said commissioners shall file a levy certifying the amount required by them for the construction of such proposed work, and may in said levy order that so much of the benefits or betterments assessed against the lands in such district as will be necessary to defray the costs of said work, to be paid in cash; or said commissioners may in said levy order that the same be paid in not exceeding forty (40) installments, with interest on each installment at a rate of interest not to exceed six percent (6%) per annum. Or, the said commissioners may order in said levy that bonds of said district shall be issued and sold for any amount not exceeding eighty percent (80%) of the assessed value of the benefits or betterments. Said bonds shall be payable in from one (1) to forty (40) years from the date issued, with interest from the date issued at an overall maximum interest rate to maturity not greater than that allowed in Section 75-17-101 , payable annually or semiannually, as the court or chancellor in vacation may direct; and it shall be lawful to attach coupons for any part of a year to the bonds maturing the first year. If bonds are thus issued and sold for an amount not exceeding eighty percent (80%) of the value of said betterments, the said commissioners may order the remaining twenty percent (20%), or any part thereof, to be paid in cash at its discretion. If the amounts levied be not sufficient to complete the work done or hereafter to be done, or if bonds are issued and sold for an amount less than eighty percent (80%) of the value of the assessed benefits and additional funds are required to complete the work or pay for work theretofore done, an additional levy may be made or an additional issue of bonds may be made, provided the additional levy, when added to the original levy, shall not exceed the amount of betterments assessed, or that the additional bond issue shall not be for an amount which, added to the original bond issue, shall exceed eighty percent (80%) of the assessed value of the betterment. Such additional levy shall be made payable in cash or in not exceeding fifteen (15) installments, each installment bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the registered bond act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-2-7 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-2-7
Status: in_force

The Commission on Marine Resources shall require, by regulation, that all marinas and all other access areas used by vessels have proper disposal facilities on site. The commission shall establish the requirements for such disposal reception facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-89 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-89
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-89
Status: in_force

All bonds and evidences of indebtedness issued by the commissioners under the terms of this chapter shall be secured by a lien on all lands and railroads subject to taxation under this chapter, in an amount not to exceed the amount of benefits assessed against such lands and railroads. The board of commissioners shall see to it that an assessment is levied annually and collected under the provisions of this chapter, so long as it may be necessary for the payment of any bonds issued or obligations contracted under its authority, together with the interest thereon; and the making or levying of said assessment or levy may be enforced by mandamus at the instance of any person interested.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-5 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-5
Status: in_force

Drainage districts may hereafter be organized in this state under the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of reclaiming wet, swamp, or overflowed lands for agricultural and sanitary purposes conducive to public health in the manner hereinafter provided and, when so organized, shall consist of a system of artificial main drains, lateral drains or ditches, natural drains and water courses, or levees. To the end that the purposes of the organization of such districts according to this system may be attained, they shall have and are given full power and authority to construct or to cause to be constructed such artificial main drains and ditches, lateral drains and ditches, and tile drains over the lands of others or over or on lands which may be acquired by said district, and to alter, deepen, or improve any and all natural drains and water courses as it may be necessary to alter, deepen, or improve so that a complete system of such drains may exist in the district for agricultural and sanitary purposes. Such districts may also, in addition to the construction of such drains, construct or erect over the land of others, or over the lands to be acquired by the drainage district or commission for that purpose, such levees as may be necessary to protect or reclaim any lands from overflow from any source.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-145 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-145
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-145
Status: in_force

The Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District shall have authority to act jointly with political subdivisions of the state and agencies, commissions, and instrumentalities thereof, and with the federal government and other agencies thereof in the performance of the purposes and services authorized in this article, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the directors.

The board of directors of the district shall have the authority to negotiate and contract with the Secretary of the Army under the provisions of public law 653, 85th Congress, or other applicable law or regulation written pursuant thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-103 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-103
Status: in_force

The Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District may hereafter be organized in this state under the provisions of this article, in the manner hereinafter provided for. This water management district shall be an agency of the state and a body politic and corporate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-27 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 7 / Section 8-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-27
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall have the power to adopt, promulgate, modify and repeal, and to make exceptions to and grant exemptions and variances from, and to enforce, rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the creation of the district, provided that such regulations shall conform to and not conflict with regulations promulgated by state regulatory agencies responsible for regulating the activities which the district was created to perform.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-143 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-143
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-143
Status: in_force

The board of directors of the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District is hereby authorized and empowered to negotiate and contract with the United States of America, or any agency thereof, concerning all lands, easements, and rights of way necessary for the relocation of any federal road, highway, parkway, or for the facilities appurtenant thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-55 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 29 / Section 31-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-55
Status: in_force

The commissioners shall also, as soon as said petition to organize said district has been referred to them by the court, proceed to procure the right of way for the main ditch or ditches of said district, as well as the right of way for any laterals, drains, or levees that may be decided upon, by agreements with the landowners over or through whose lands the same is to be constructed. They shall take releases of rights of way for the construction of such ditch or ditches from the landowners and file same with the clerk, who shall record them. If the commissioners shall not be able to agree with any landowner as to the amount of damages such owner should receive for the right of way over which such ditch or other improvements or work shall be constructed, the commissioners shall appraise the said lands needed for said purposes and proceed as directed in Section 51-31-57 .

Should it be necessary for the successful prosecution of the work for an outlet or outlets to be obtained outside of the boundaries of the district, then the commissioners are authorized to obtain the same by contract with the interested parties or by eminent domain proceedings, on the approval of the chancery court or chancellor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-23 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 7 / Section 8-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-23
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall organize by electing one (1) of its members as chairman and another as vice chairman. It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside at all meetings of the board and to act as the chief executive officer of the board and of the district. The vice chairman shall act in the absence or disability of the chairman. Such board also shall elect and fix the compensation of secretary-treasurer who may or may not be a member of the board. It shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer to keep all minutes and records of the board and to safely keep all funds of the district. The secretary-treasurer shall be required to execute a bond, payable to the district, in a sum and with such security as shall be fixed and approved by the board of commissioners. The terms of all officers of the board shall be for one (1) year from and after the date of election, and shall run until their respective successors are appointed and qualified.

Each board of commissioners shall adopt an official seal with which to attest the official acts and records of the board and district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-11-103 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-11-103
Status: in_force

(1) Through June 30, 2018, the district, and from and after July 1, 2018, the department, is authorized to transfer any real property to which the district currently holds or formerly held title, specifically including, but not limited to, any water parks or similar facilities owned by the district, to the county or municipality in which the real property lies. As consideration for the property being received, the county or municipality must agree to accept the transfer and any duties and obligations appurtenant to the property. Any equipment associated with a water park or other real property of the district that is transferred under this subsection shall also be transferred to the county or municipality that accepts the transfer of the real property.

(2) Any county or municipality accepting the transfer of a water park or other real property from the district or the department is authorized to assume any duties and obligations appurtenant to the property as formerly exercised by the district, including, but not limited to, the obligation to operate and maintain those properties out of the revenues of the county or municipality, the obligation to protect the property with either liability insurance or through the Mississippi Tort Claims Fund, and the assumption and/or transfer of any obligations as a recipient or sponsor of any state or federal grant or grant funds.

(3) Any county that chooses not to accept the transfer of any real property currently or formerly owned by the district, after determining that no municipality in the county wishes to have the property transferred to it, may make a finding that the property would be surplus to the needs of the county, by proper action and order of the board of supervisors of the county. Upon the making of a finding that a property would be surplus to the needs of the county, the Secretary of State may institute proceedings to sell the surplus property in accordance with Section 29-1-1 , in accordance with the process described in Section 29-1-37 , or in accordance with other applicable statutes. The Secretary of State may deduct the costs of effecting the sale of the surplus property from the net proceeds of the sale before transferring the funds as authorized in Sections 51-11-101 through 51-11-107 . Proceeds from the sale of any such property shall, where applicable, be used for the acquisition of additional properties by the state, acting by and through the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, to satisfy any obligations imposed by grants as to the nature and use of the property.

(4) The liability of a county for any financial obligations or indebtedness to the district occurring or accruing before the dissolution of the district, including, but not limited to, the responsibility for paying its portion of any district bonds and other contractual obligations, and making annual payments to the district as set forth in Section 51-11-31 , shall continue in existence after the district is dissolved and shall be payable by the county to the department. The department is authorized to take such actions as necessary to collect any financial obligations of a county to the district that are still outstanding after the district is dissolved.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-73 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 31-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-73
Status: in_force

The commissioners may, after the organization of said district, do any and all acts that may be necessary in and about the surveying, laying out, constructing, repairing, altering, enlarging, cleaning, protecting, and maintaining any drain or ditch or other work for which they have been appointed. They and their successors shall have charge of said ditch in perpetuity, and shall annually see that the same is cleaned out and all obstructions, brush, willow, or other growth removed therefrom, to the end that said ditches shall be kept thoroughly cleaned and in good repair so as to perfectly drain said lands. For those purposes, the commissioners may borrow money in anticipation of the collection of already levied taxes not to exceed in any one (1) fiscal year one percent (1%) of the amount of the benefits assessed against all of the real property in the district, at an overall maximum interest rate to maturity not greater than that allowed in Section 75-17-105 . They may issue in evidence thereof tax anticipation warrants, which warrants shall be paid solely and only out of the first funds collected from taxes levied prior to the borrowing of such funds and issuance of such warrants; and they may make additional assessments from time to time, as necessity may require, to pay for the expense of maintaining, cleaning out, and keeping in repair the ditches of said district and meeting the legal obligations of such district. The additional assessment for maintaining, cleaning out, and keeping in repair the ditches of said district and meeting the legal obligations of such district shall be made by the commissioners in the following manner: on or before the first Monday in September of each year the drainage commissioners shall assess on each tract of land or other property in the district, in proportion to the original and supplemental benefits assessed for construction, such an amount as is necessary to pay the expense of maintaining, cleaning out, and keeping in repair the ditches of said district and meeting the legal obligations of such district, and shall certify their assessment to the board of supervisors of the county in which the land lies; and it shall thereupon become and be the duty of the board of supervisors to levy a tax in accordance with such assessment sufficient to meet said expense of maintaining, clearing out, and keeping in repair the ditches of said district. The said tax levied shall be apportioned to and levied on each tract of land or other property in said district in proportion to the original and supplemental benefits assessed for construction, or as otherwise provided by law. As soon as the said tax levy is made, the secretary of the commission, at the expense of the district, shall prepare an assessment record of the district, which may contain any number of columns therein, in which may be inscribed the tax levied each year. He shall place therein the amount of the levy for the year, and the said record shall be certified by the commissioners, attested by the seal of the district, and filed with the tax collector of the county in which the land is located. The said secretary shall make a copy for each county in which any lands of the district may be situated, but only the lands situated in the county need be inscribed therein. Any person aggrieved at the action of the board of supervisors in levying the tax herein provided shall have the same right of appeal as is provided by law for appealing from the action of said board in levying county taxes. All taxes hereunder assessed and levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as are state and county taxes, and the same penalties shall accrue for the nonpayment thereof as for nonpayment of state and county taxes. In the event a drainage ditch shall be totally destroyed by the construction of public levees, the drainage district commissioners shall strike the land affected by such destruction from the assessment rolls of the district; but such action shall in no way affect the lien of the bondholders of the district upon such land.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-17 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 29-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-17
Status: in_force

The commissioners appointed as aforesaid shall hold their offices, one (1) for two (2) years, one (1) for four (4) years, and one (1) for six (6) years, from the date of their appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified. On the expiration of their terms of office, their successors shall be appointed in like manner for the term of six (6) years thereafter. They shall hold their meetings at any time and place in the county or counties in which any part of the district is situated, upon the call of the president.

The commissioners herein provided for shall receive per diem compensation as provided by Section 25-3-69 , together with mileage as provided in Section 25-3-41 for the distance traveled from their homes to and from the place of meeting.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-215 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-215
Status: in_force

The district may, in any authorizing resolution of the board of directors, trust indenture or other security instrument relating to its bonds, provide for the appointment of a trustee who shall have such powers as are provided therein to represent the registered owners of any issue of bonds in the enforcement or protection of their rights under any such resolution, trust indenture or security instrument. The district may also provide in such resolution, trust indenture or other security instrument that the trustee, or in the event that the trustee so appointed shall fail or decline to so protect and enforce such registered owners' rights then such percentage of registered owners as shall be set forth in, and subject to the provisions of, such resolution, trust indenture or other security interest, may petition the court of proper jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver of the collection facilities or treatment facilities the revenues of which are pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds of such registered owners. Such receiver may exercise any power as may be granted in any such resolution, trust indenture or security instrument to enter upon and take possession of, acquire, construct or reconstruct or operate and maintain such collection facilities or treatment facilities, fix, charge, collect, enforce and receive all revenues derived from such collection facilities or treatment facilities and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the district in the same manner as the district itself might do, all under the direction of such court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-93 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 31-93
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-93
Status: in_force

If, in the organization of any drainage district under this chapter, it shall appear that any railroad company will be benefited by the construction of the proposed work, the drainage commissioners shall have the right to assess the said railroad such amount as they may deem said railroad or railroad company benefited. Said assessment shall be made at the time of assessing the lands of said district, and said railroads shall have the right to appear and make objections as land owners in said district at the time of hearing objections to such assessments.

In determining the amount of such benefits, the court or chancellor in vacation may take into consideration the improvements that might be made by said railroad of a permanent character, and the increased revenue to be gained by the improvement of the lands in said district for agriculture and sanitation, if any can be shown by the construction of such proposed work.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-121 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-121
Status: in_force

In each county of the State of Mississippi which is part of the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District, beginning with the ad valorem tax assessment for the calendar year 1964, payable on or before February 1, 1965, and so long as any bonds issued hereunder and other obligations are outstanding, the tax collector of said county shall pay into the depository selected by said water district for said purpose the amount of two mills of all ad valorem taxes due by said county to the State of Mississippi which is collected by the tax collector of said county, which may be collected by any lawful taxing agency of said county and state and for said county and the State of Mississippi shall continue to levy not less than two mills ad valorem taxes on each county in the district so long as any obligations or bonds issued pursuant to this article remain outstanding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-149 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 29-149
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-149
Status: in_force

At said hearing, the court or chancellor in vacation, as the case may be, shall hear the written protests and objections against the proposed consolidation of said districts, if any be filed prior to the date set for said hearing; and unless, prior to said date of hearing, a majority of the landowners of said districts proposed to be consolidated, owning half or more of the combined land of said districts, shall have filed their written protests or objections against said proposed consolidation, shall enter a final decree, which shall have the force and effect of a judgment, consolidating said districts into a single drainage district embracing the combined territory of all of said several districts. The consolidated drainage district so formed shall have all of the power and authority of a drainage district organized under the provisions of this chapter, and shall have full, complete, and exclusive jurisdiction over such combined territory and of the complete and integrated systems of drainage of the said districts so consolidated. Any person aggrieved by said decree may appeal to the supreme court within twenty days after the date thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-7-31 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-7-31
Status: in_force

In like manner of making assessments and at the same time and subject to the same rights of protest and appeal, the commissioners shall also assess and place opposite each tract of land on the assessment roll an estimate of all damages that will accrue to any landowner by reason of works or proposed works of improvement, including injury to lands taken or damaged; and when said commissioners return no assessment of damages as to any tract of land, it shall be deemed a finding by them that no damages will be sustained.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-51 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 8-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-51
Status: in_force

All construction contracts by the district shall be made in accordance with the laws governing public contracts for counties and municipalities, being Sections 31-5-3 through 31-5-57 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-35-1 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 35 / Section 35-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-35-1
Status: in_force

The commissioners of any drainage district heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, acting on behalf of the district or in cooperation with other drainage districts, are hereby authorized and empowered to give satisfactory assurances to the United States of America or any agency thereof that any and all flood control works, constructed either within or without the district by the United States of America or any agency thereof, shall be maintained without expense to the United States. The commissioners of any drainage district are hereby authorized and empowered on behalf of the district to enter into agreements with the commissioners of other drainage districts for carrying out the purposes of Sections 51-35-1 through 51-35-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-7-39 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-7-39
Status: in_force

No member of any board of commissioners of any master water management district shall be liable for any damages sustained by any one in the prosecution of the work under his charge, unless it shall be made to appear that he has acted with a corrupt and malicious intent.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-33-107 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-33-107
Status: in_force

All proceedings instituted under Section 51-33-105 shall be by petition addressed to the court having jurisdiction of said proceedings, as aforesaid, and, when executed as hereinafter directed, filed with the clerk of said court. Said petition shall be signed by twenty-five per cent (25%) of the landowners owning a majority of the acreage in any of said drainage districts. Any guardian of the estate of any person under legal disability owning lands in said district is hereby authorized to sign said petition for said person or persons under disability and, likewise, the executors, administrators, or trustees of any decedent's estate are authorized to sign said petition for said decedent. Any officer of any corporation may sign the same for said corporation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-23 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-23
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall organize by electing one (1) of its members as chairman and another as vice chairman. It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside at all meetings of the board and to act as the chief executive officer of the board and of the district. The vice chairman shall act in the absence or disability of the chairman. Such board also shall elect and fix the compensation of secretary-treasurer who may or may not be a member of the board. It shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer to keep all minutes and records of the board and to safely keep all funds of the district. The secretary-treasurer shall be required to execute a bond, payable to the district, in a sum and with such security as shall be fixed and approved by the board of commissioners. The terms of all officers of the board shall be for one (1) year from and after the date of election, and shall run until their respective successors are appointed and qualified.

Each board of commissioners shall adopt an official seal with which to attest the official acts and records of the board and district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-39-11 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 33 / Section 39-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-39-11
Status: in_force

If no petition requiring an election is filed or if three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of those voting in the election provided in Section 51-39-9 vote in favor of the creation of the district, the governing body shall adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing the creation of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-131 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-131
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-131
Status: in_force

In each county of the State of Mississippi which is part of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, beginning with the ad valorem tax assessment for the calendar year 1960, payable on or before February 1, 1961, and so long as any bonds issued hereunder are outstanding, the tax collector of said county shall pay into the depository selected by said water district for said purpose the amount of two mills of all ad valorem taxes due by said county to the State of Mississippi which is collected by the tax collector of said county, which may be collected by any other lawful taxing agency of said county and state and for said county, and the State of Mississippi shall continue to levy not less than two mills ad valorem taxes on each county in the district so long as any bonds issued pursuant to this article remain outstanding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-31 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-31
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of such assessment, the chancery court, or the chancellor in vacation, shall enter an order directing the clerk of the chancery court to give notice by publication for two (2) weeks by two (2) insertions in some newspaper published and having a general circulation in each of the counties within which the lands of the district may lie, stating that the owners of lands assessed for drainage purposes in said district, if they desire, may appear before the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, on the date and time and place fixed by said order, which date shall be not less than ten (10) days after the last publication of said notice, and present complaints, if any they have, against the assessment of land in the district.

The clerk of the chancery court shall publish said notice as directed by said order. The said notice shall give description of the lands assessed in as large tracts as the description will permit and shall state that said lands have been assessed for drainage purposes in said district; that any owner of real property, or the improvements thereon, within the district who conceives himself to be aggrieved by the assessment of benefits or damages or deems that the assessment of other lands in the district is inadequate shall file his written complaint or objection, in specific terms, with the clerk of said court prior to the time designated for said hearing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-133 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-133
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-133
Status: in_force

When such reports are filed, the clerk of the chancery court shall thereupon give notice for two weeks by two insertions in some newspaper published in the county or counties in which the land proposed to be included in and added to the existing drainage district is located, calling upon all persons owning the land within the said territory to appear before the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, not less than ten days after the last publication of said notice to show cause in favor of or against the extension of the boundaries of said district so as to include and embrace their lands therein. If it shall appear to the court or chancellor that the extension of the boundaries of said drainage district, so as to include the additional territory and the construction of the proposed improvements, will be conducive to the public health, to the public benefit, and to the interest of the land and the owners thereof, he shall enter an order extending the boundaries of said drainage district so as to embrace and include said territory, and establishing the same as a part of said existing drainage district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-109 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 29-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-109
Status: in_force

As a part of the cost of the organization and conduct of a drainage district, the chancellor may tax his own traveling and hotel expenses in deciding all hearings provided for in this chapter, when such hearings are had before the chancellor in vacation. Such traveling expenses shall be paid to the chancellor upon his filing an itemized statement thereof with the said drainage commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-123 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-123
Status: in_force

Such district shall have the right to acquire and own in fee simple, within the confines of such district, all necessary rights of way for floodways, by-passes, ditches, canals, levees, and other necessary work or improvements, by purchase or condemnation as now provided by law within the district; and it may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of same, subject to drainage purposes and easements of the district, or it may rent or lease for cash, or part of crops, such parts of its right of way as are susceptible of growing and producing crops, the income therefrom to be used for the maintenance of the improvements of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-27-7 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-27-7
Status: in_force

The admission of the State of Florida into the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Compact is hereby ratified, approved, and agreed to by the State of Mississippi, and said State of Florida shall become a party to said compact upon the execution of the same by the governor of said state.

The secretary of state is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to transmit certified copies of this section to the governors of the States of Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida and of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-103 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 31-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-103
Status: in_force

Where a county farm owned by any county lies within any drainage district and would be benefited thereby, the board of supervisors are authorized in their discretion to pay out of the general county fund the pro rata of tax for which such county lands should be taxed if owned by individuals.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-27-5 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 27-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-27-5
Status: in_force

The admission of the Commonwealth of Kentucky into the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Compact is hereby approved, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall become a party to the compact upon its execution by the governor of the commonwealth.

The secretary of state is hereby requested to transmit duly certified copies of this section to the governors of the States of Alabama, Tennessee, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-1 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-1
Status: in_force

Each drainage district heretofore organized in this state and each drainage district hereafter organized therein shall be a body corporate, shall have authority to sue in its own corporate name and be sued therein, may contract and be contracted with, may plead and be impleaded, and where organized or operating under the provisions of this chapter in its name may do and perform any and all things necessary and authorized by this chapter. All such acts may be done by its commissioners in the name of the district.

As an alternative to any existing right, power, and authority given to any drainage district operated by a board of county drainage commissioners, or to such commissioners, by the laws of the State of Mississippi now or hereafter enacted, all the provisions of the statutes of the State of Mississippi now or hereafter enacted relative to drainage districts operated by local commissioners, and to such local commissioners, shall apply to any drainage district heretofore or hereafter organized and operated by a board of county drainage commissioners, and to such commissioners.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-147 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-147
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-147
Status: in_force

All bonds of the district shall be and are hereby declared to be legal and authorized investments for public funds of counties, cities, towns, school districts, banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, and for funds of the Mississippi Public Employee's Retirement System. Such bonds shall be eligible to secure the deposit of any and all public funds of cities, towns, villages, counties, school districts, or other political corporations or subdivisions of the State of Mississippi; and such bonds shall be lawful and sufficient security for said deposits to the extent of their value, when accompanied by all unmatured coupons appurtenant thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-5-19 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-5-19
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be supplementary to laws, rules, and regulations of the State of Mississippi, of any of its political subdivisions, and of any other state agencies or commissions, except insofar as such conflict may exist.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-33 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 29-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-33
Status: in_force

At the time designated in said notice the court, or chancellor in vacation, shall consider said complaint or objection and enter its or his findings thereon, either confirming such assessment or increasing or diminishing the same; and its or his findings shall be final and have the force and effect of a judgment from which an appeal may be taken within twenty (20) days to the supreme court of the state either by the property owner or by the commissioners of the district.

The assessment roll so prepared and filed by the commissioners, when approved by the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, shall stand as a final assessment of benefits and damages upon the lands of the said district and no new assessment roll shall be required unless, in the opinion of the commissioners, it becomes necessary to raise the assessment of benefits to such lands because of additional benefits to the lands other than these assessed or because it becomes absolutely necessary in order to raise funds to preserve and maintain the improvements of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-5-7 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-5-7
Status: in_force

(1) When the state board of water commissioners has reasonable grounds for believing that there has been a violation of this chapter or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the board shall give written notice to the person alleged to be in violation. Such notice shall identify the provisions of this chapter or regulation issued hereunder alleged to be violated and the facts alleged related thereto. Such notice shall be served in the manner required by law for the service of process upon a person in a civil action, and may be accompanied by an order of the board requiring described remedial action which, if taken within the time specified in such order, will effect compliance with the requirements of this chapter and regulations issued thereunder. Such order shall become final within thirty days from the service thereof unless a request for hearing as provided elsewhere in this chapter is made within such time. In lieu of such order the board may require the person or persons named in such notices to appear at a hearing at a time and place specified in the notice.

(2) When the state board of water commissioners finds that any provisions of this chapter have been violated and that disciplinary action by the board is insufficient or unavailable, then it shall be the duty of the said board to proceed with enforcement of this chapter by proper proceedings through any court of competent jurisdiction available therefor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-201 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-201
Status: in_force

(1) Any public agency may, pursuant to a duly adopted resolution of the governing authority of such public agency, enter into contracts with the district for the district to acquire, construct, lease, improve, extend, operate or maintain a waterworks or water supply system or any part thereof or interest therein for the furnishing of water to the public agency; such contracts shall obligate the public agency to make payments to the district or to a trustee in amounts which shall be sufficient to enable the district to defray the expenses of administering, operating and maintaining its waterworks and water supply system, to pay interest and principal (whether at maturity or upon sinking fund redemption) on bonds of the district issued pursuant to this act and to fund reserves for debt service, for operation and maintenance and for renewals and replacements, and to fulfill requirements of any rate covenant with respect to debt service coverage contained in any resolution, trust indenture or other security agreement relating to the bonds of the district issued pursuant to this act. Any public agency shall have the power to enter into such contracts with the district as in the discretion of the governing authorities thereof would be in the best interest of such public agency. Such contracts may include a pledge of the full faith and credit of such public agency for payment of such amounts due under such contracts. Any such contract may provide for the sale or lease to or use of by the district of the waterworks, the water supply system or any part thereof of the public agency; may provide that the district shall operate the waterworks, water supply system or any part thereof of the public agency; may provide that any public agency shall have the right to continued use and/or priority use of the waterworks, water supply system or any part thereof of the district and the water supply made available thereby during the useful life thereof upon payment of reasonable charges therefor; may contain provisions to assure equitable treatment of persons or public agencies who contract with the district pursuant to this act; and may contain such other provisions and requirements as the parties thereto may determine to be appropriate or necessary. Such contracts may extend over any period of time, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, and may extend beyond the life of the waterworks or water supply system or any part thereof or the term of the bonds sold with respect to such facilities or improvements thereto.

(2) The obligations of a public agency arising under the terms of any contract referred to in this act, whether or not payable solely from a pledge of revenues, shall not be included within the indebtedness limitations of the public agency for purposes of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision. To the extent provided in such contract and to the extent such obligations of the public agency are payable solely from the revenues and other moneys derived by the public agency from the operation of its waterworks or water supply system or any part thereof, such obligations shall be treated as expenses of operating such systems.

(3) Contracts referred to in this section may also provide for payments in the form of contributions to defray the cost of any purpose set forth in the contracts and as advances for the waterworks or water supply system or any part thereof subject to repayment by the district. A public agency may make such contributions or advances from its general fund or surplus fund or from any moneys legally available therefor.

(4) Payments made or to be made to the district by a public agency or other person pursuant to a contract for the waterworks or water supply system or any part thereof and the use of the water made available thereby shall be determined by the method specified in such contract and shall not be subject to approval or review by the Mississippi Public Service Commission.

(5) Subject to the terms of a contract or contracts referred to in this act, the district is hereby authorized to do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out the purposes of such contracts, including the fixing, charging, collecting, maintaining and revising of rates, fees and other charges for the services rendered and water supplied to any user of the waterworks or water supply system operated or maintained by the district, whether or not such systems are owned by the district.

(6) The district shall plan any construction of any such waterworks or water supply system, shall enter into such contracts and shall arrange such financing as to assure that the district shall receive in payment under such contracts revenues sufficient to defray all direct and indirect costs, whether administrative, operational or otherwise, of administering, operating and maintaining such waterworks and water supply system, to pay interest and principal (whether at maturity or upon sinking fund redemption) on bonds of the district issued pursuant to this act and to fund reserves for debt service, for operation and maintenance and for renewals and replacements, and to fulfill requirements of any rate covenant with respect to debt service coverage contained in any resolution, trust indenture or other security agreement relating to the bonds of the district issued pursuant to this act. To that end, the district may not expend money, including taxes levied pursuant to Section 51-9-131, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for construction, operation or maintenance of any waterworks or water supply system authorized, acquired, constructed or improved under this act in excess of the revenues received by the district pursuant to contracts authorized by this act or otherwise available from the operation of such waterworks or water supply system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-35-317 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 35 / Section 35-317
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-35-317
Status: in_force

All powers of the district shall be exercised by a board of directors, to be composed of the following:

(a) In the event the proposed flood and drainage control district lies wholly within the limits of one (1) municipality, the governing authorities of said municipality shall appoint three (3) directors and the board of supervisors of the county in which said municipality lies shall appoint two (2) directors.

(b) In the event the proposed flood and drainage control district is comprised of lands lying partly in a municipality and partly outside the limits of a municipality but wholly in one (1) county, the governing authorities of said municipality shall appoint three (3) directors and the board of supervisors of the county in which said municipality lies shall appoint two (2) directors. However, should the assessed valuation of land and property and improvements in said district outside the municipality, according to the last preceding tax assessment roll for county and state taxes, exceed said assessment for the land and property and improvements of the district lying within the municipality, the board of supervisors of the county in which said district lies shall appoint three (3) directors and said municipality shall appoint two (2) directors.

(c) In the event the proposed flood and drainage control district is comprised of lands lying, in whole or in part, in one or more municipalities which are in existence at the time of the creation of such district, and in one or more counties and not falling within the description of paragraph (a) or (b) above, each such municipality shall appoint one (1) director and the board of supervisors of each county in which part of the lands of the proposed district lie shall appoint one (1) director. If a district is enlarged under Section 51-35-315(w) , each municipality within the enlarged district with a population above one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the most recent decennial census, shall have two (2) additional directors, who shall be the emergency manager for such municipality and the emergency manager for the county in which such municipality is located. However, in the event that selection of directors in said manner results in an even number of directors, the Governor of the State of Mississippi shall appoint one (1) additional director so that there shall be an odd number of directors.

(d) Each director shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi , before a chancery clerk, that he will faithfully discharge the duties of the office, which oath shall be filed with the said clerk and by him preserved.

(e) Each director shall receive a fee not to exceed such amount as set forth in Section 25-3-69 for attending each meeting of the board and for each day actually spent in attending to the necessary business of the district and shall receive reimbursement for actual expenses thus incurred upon express authorization of the board.

(f) The board of directors shall annually elect from its number a president and a vice president of the district and such other officers as in the judgment of the board are necessary. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the district and the presiding officer of the board, and shall have the same right to vote as any other director. The vice president shall perform all the duties and exercise all powers conferred by this article upon the president when the president is absent or fails or declines to act, except the president's right to vote. The board shall also appoint a secretary and a treasurer who may or may not be members of the board, and it may combine these offices. The treasurer shall give bond in the sum of not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), as set by the board of directors, and each director shall give bond in the sum of not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), and the premiums on said bonds shall be an expense of the district. The condition of each such bond shall be that the treasurer or director will faithfully perform all duties of the office and account for all money which shall come into his custody as treasurer or director of the district.

(g) In the event a county or municipality entitled to appoint a director or directors to the district shall not do so within twenty (20) days from the date of the order of the chancery court creating the district, the chancery court or the chancellor in vacation shall forthwith exercise the right of said county or municipality in appointing a director or directors.

(h) Each director shall hold office for a period of four (4) years from the date of his appointment. However, in order to insure continuity of experience among the members of the board of directors in any district created after March 26, 1981, one (1) member of the initial board of directors shall hold office for only one (1) year, one (1) member shall hold office for only two (2) years, and one (1) member shall hold office for only three (3) years, and, at the initial meeting of the board of directors, they shall determine by lot which of their members shall serve for only one (1), two (2), or three (3) years.

(i) No person shall be disqualified from serving as a member of the board of directors by virtue of his having previously served as a director, by virtue of his holding any other office, political or otherwise, or by virtue of his not residing in or owning lands in said district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-175 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-175
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-175
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors of the district may appoint and commission qualified persons as reservoir police officers of the district. Any such reservoir police officer so appointed shall be certified by the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training or in accordance with the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training and shall attain certification or recertification within one (1) year of appointment, and shall at all times be answerable and responsible to the board of directors of the district.

(2) A reservoir police officer appointed and commissioned as provided in subsection (1) of this section shall, before entering upon his duties as such officer, take the oath of office prescribed by Section 268, Mississippi Constitution of 1890 , which shall be endorsed upon his commission. The commission, with the oath endorsed upon it, shall be entered in the official minute book of the district.

(3) A reservoir police officer appointed and commissioned pursuant to the provisions of this article, shall, while engaged in the performance of his duties, carry on his person a badge identifying him as a reservoir police officer of the district and an identification card issued by the district. When in uniform, each such reservoir police officer shall wear his badge in plain view.

(4) A reservoir police officer may exercise the same powers of arrest and the right to bear firearms that may be exercised by any state, municipal or other police officer in this state, but only with respect to violations of law or violations of regulations adopted pursuant to Section 51-9-127 , which are committed on the property owned by the district. This includes property which is owned by the district but has been leased or rented to other parties. Any right granted under this subsection in no way relieves the requirements of appropriate affidavit and warrant for arrest from the appropriate jurisdiction and authority pursuant to the laws of this state.

(5) On behalf of each person who is trained as a reservoir police officer at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Training Academy, the district shall be required to pay to the academy at least an amount equal to the per student cost of operation of the academy as tuition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-71 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-71
Status: in_force

The commissioners may at any time alter the plans of ditches and drains, but before constructing the ditches according to the changed plans, the changed plans with accompanying specifications, showing the width and depth of the ditches as changed, shall be filed with the clerk of the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, and notice of such filing shall be given by publication for two insertions in some newspaper issued and having a bona fide circulation in each of the counties in which there are lands belonging to the district. If by reason of such change of plans any property owner deems that the assessment has become inequitable, he may petition the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, which shall thereupon refer his petition to the board of commissioners of the district, who shall reassess his property, increasing or diminishing his assessment as they may find just. From such action of the commissioners the property owner shall have the same right of appeal to the board of supervisors that is herein provided for in cases of original assessment. However, in no case after the issuance of bonds, shall the assessment be lowered either by the board of commissioners or the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, so as to endanger the security of said bonds. Any reduction in benefits may be allowed as damages, and the allowances for such damage shall be secondary and subordinate to the rights of holders of bonds or evidences of indebtedness issued theretofore. No change of plans as above authorized shall be made so as to lower the standard of efficiency of the proposed system of improvement, nor so as to jeopardize the rights of any holder or holders of bonds previously issued; and this question may be raised by any landholder before the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, with rights of appeal as herein provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-221 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-221
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-221
Status: in_force

The state hereby covenants with the registered owners of any bonds of the district that so long as the bonds are outstanding and unpaid the state will not limit or alter the rights and powers of the district under this act to conduct the activities referred to herein in any way pertinent to the interests of the bondholders including, without limitation, the district's right to charge and collect rates, fees and charges and to fulfill the terms of any covenants made with the registered owners of the bonds, or in any other way impair the rights and remedies of the registered owners of the bonds, unless provision for full payment of such bonds, by escrow or otherwise, has been made pursuant to the terms of the bonds or the resolution, trust indenture or security instrument securing the bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-227 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-227
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-227
Status: in_force

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of the provisions of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-45 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-45
Status: in_force

(1) Funds for debt service for special improvement pollution abatement bonds, special improvement water bonds, or special improvement water and sewer bonds issued in lieu of or in conjunction with revenue bonds shall be provided by charges upon the properties benefitted according to procedures set forth in this section.

(2) So long as any special improvement bond authorized by this chapter shall remain outstanding, it shall be the duty of the governing bodies at the time its annual tax levies are made, to levy such assessments as are certified to them by the district as being due and payable at a stated time. It shall be the duty of the tax collector of each such governing body to collect such charges and pay the funds collected to the board of commissioners of the district for payment to interest and principal and to the retirement of bonds issued by the district in accord with the maturities schedule pertaining thereto.

(3) One (1) of the following procedures may be utilized in providing funds as authorized by this section:

(a) Funds for debt service may be provided by charges assessed against the property abutting upon the sewer, or abutting upon the railroad and/or utility right-of-way, street, road, highway, easement or alley in which such sewer mains or water mains are installed according to the frontage thereof.

The board of commissioners of the district, after giving notice and hearing protests in the manner prescribed by Sections 21-41-5 and 21-41-7 , shall, by resolution spread upon its minutes, define the services to be offered and the entire area to be benefitted by each improvement; each such improvement may be designated as a project, or all such improvements may be designated as one (1) project. However, if forty percent (40%) of the property owners or the owners of more than forty percent (40%) of the front footage of the property involved and actually residing on property owned by them and included within that part of any street, avenue, etc., ordered to be specially improved, or otherwise actually occupying property owned by them and included within that area designated as a project, shall file a protest, then the improvement shall not be made and the assessment shall not be made.

The resolution shall direct that the cost to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land shall be determined by dividing the entire assessable cost of the project by the total number of front feet fronting on the street, easement or other right-of-way in which all of the mains embraced within the project are installed and multiplying the quotient by the total number of front feet in any particular lot or parcel of land fronting on the street, easement or other right-of-way in which sewer mains or water mains are installed. The result thereof shall be delivered by the board of commissioners of the district to the applicable governing body as the amount of special tax to be assessed against each lot or piece of ground for the owner's part of the total cost of the improvements.

The resolution, at the discretion of the governing authorities of the district, may provide for the district to pay the assessment against any property abutting a sewer or water improvement, if the property whose assessment is being paid by the district is occupied by a contributor or consumer connected to the sewer or water system who is, or will be, paying service charges at the time the assessment roll maintained by the district is confirmed; provided, however, such payment shall not exceed an amount equal to that assessed against any one hundred twenty-five (125) feet of frontage of abutting property in a project.

The resolution may, at the discretion of the governing authorities of the district, provide for the district to pay the assessment against any property abutting a section of sewer main or water main designated as necessary and essential to the overall operation of such system or systems; provided, however, no service shall be provided to any such abutting property until and unless all such payments made by the district are repaid to the district by the owners of such benefitted property.

(b) Funds for debt service may be provided by charges assessed against a lot or block in a recorded subdivision of land or by other appropriately designated parcel or tract of land in accord with the following procedure:

The board of commissioners of the district, after giving notice and hearing protests in the manner prescribed by Sections 21-41-5 and 21-41-7 , shall by resolution spread upon its minutes define the services to be offered and the entire area to be benefitted by each improvement; each such improvement may be designated as a project, or all such improvements may be designated as one (1) project. However, if forty percent (40%) of the property owners or the owners of more than forty percent (40%) of the front footage of the property involved and actually residing on property owned by them and included within that part of any street, avenue, etc., ordered to be specifically improved, or otherwise actually occupying property owned by them and included within that area designated as a project, shall file a protest, then the improvement shall not be made and the assessment shall not be made.

Charges shall be assessed in accord with the provisions of Sections 21-41-9 through 21-41-21 and 21-41-25 through 21-41-39 .

The resolution providing for assessments under the provisions of this subsection, at the discretion of the governing authorities of the district, may provide for the district to pay the assessment against any lot or parcel of ground not exceeding one (1) acre in size, if such property is occupied by a contributor or consumer connected to the sewer or water system who is, or will be, paying service charges at the time the assessment roll maintained by the district is confirmed.

The resolution providing for assessment of benefitted properties under this procedure shall provide for appropriate payment to debt service accounts by property owners not included in the original assessment roll but benefitted by facilities installed with funds provided by such assessments at, or prior to, the time at which a nonassessed but benefitted property is actually served by said facilities.

(c) Funds for debt service may be provided by charges assessed against lands of the district in proportion to the benefits accruing to said lands in accord with the following procedure:

The board of commissioners of the district, after giving notice and hearing protests in the manner prescribed by Sections 21-41-5 and 21-41-7 , shall by resolution spread upon its minutes define the services to be offered and the entire area to be benefitted by each improvement; each such improvement may be designated as a project, or all such improvements may be designated as one (1) project. However, if forty percent (40%) of the property owners or the owners of more than forty percent (40%) of the property included within that area designated as a project, shall file a protest, then the improvement shall not be made and the assessment shall not be made.

Charges shall be assessed in applicable manner following the provisions of Sections 21-41-9 through 21-41-21 and 21-41-25 through 21-41-39 .

The resolution providing for assessments under the provisions of this subsection, at the discretion of the governing authorities of the district, may provide for the district to pay the assessment against any lot or parcel of ground not exceeding one (1) acre in size, if such property is occupied by a contributor or consumer connected to the sewer or water system who is, or will be, paying service charges at the time the assessment roll maintained by the district is confirmed.

The resolution providing for assessment of benefitted properties under this procedure shall provide for appropriate payment to debt service accounts by property owners not included in the original assessment roll but benefitted by facilities installed with funds provided by such assessments at, or prior to, the time at which a nonassessed but benefitted property is actually served by said facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-5-9 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-5-9
Status: in_force

(1) When the board determines that the holder of any license issued pursuant to this chapter has violated any provisions thereof or any rules and regulations pursuant thereto, the board shall authorize suspension or revocation of such license. Proceedings under the provisions of this section shall not be dependent upon having exhausted remedies through any other section of this chapter.

(2) The board shall notify the suspected violator at least fifteen days before the board hearing therefor, shall specify to him the grounds for which such license revocation is proposed with such sufficiency as to protect his constitutional rights therein as in other civil hearings pertaining to license revocations, shall give him opportunity to present any witnesses or other reasonable evidence before the board, and shall comply with established rules of procedure for such board hearings.

(3) Any such order of revocation of license shall become effective thirty days after service thereof. The aggrieved party may appeal from the board's finding to a court of competent jurisdiction as provided by the laws of the state, provided notice of appeal is given to the board within ten days of such board action.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-103 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-103
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the waterways and surface waters of the state are among its basic resources, that the overflow and surface waters of the state have not heretofore been conserved to realize their full beneficial use, that the preservation, conservation, storage, and control of such waters are necessary to insure an adequate, sanitary water supply at all times, to promote the balanced economic development of the state, and to aid in flood control, conservation and development of state forests, irrigation of lands needing irrigation, and pollution abatement. It is further determined and declared that the preservation, conservation, storage, and control of the waters of the Pearl River and its tributaries and its overflow waters for domestic, municipal, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and manufacturing purposes, for recreational uses, for flood control, timber development, irrigation, and pollution abatement are, as a matter of public policy, for the general welfare of the entire people of the state.

The creation of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District is determined to be necessary and essential to the accomplishment of the aforesaid purposes, and this article operates on a subject in which the state at large is interested. All the terms and provisions of this article are to be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes herein set forth, this being a remedial law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-7 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 31-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-7
Status: in_force

All drainage districts of the state heretofore organized or that may be hereafter organized, except as otherwise provided in Chapters 29 and 33 of this title, shall severally exercise their respective powers and be managed by three county drainage commissioners of the county in which the organization of the district was had and by the chancery court or chancellor in vacation of such county, as hereinafter provided in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-41-25 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 37 / Section 41-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-41-25
Status: in_force

(1) The principal of, and interest, if any, on the bonds, may be secured by a pledge of the revenues of the water authority of that project financed by the water authority through its issuance of bonds, or from any other source that the water authority may deem necessary and appropriate, and may be secured by the creation of a mortgage and security interest encumbering the real property of the water authority, or security interest in all personal property and revenues of the water authority as set forth in the indenture.

(2) The trustee under any indenture may be a trust company or bank having trust powers, whether located within or without the state.

(3) The indenture may contain any agreements and provisions customarily contained in instruments securing evidences of indebtedness including, without limiting, the generality of the foregoing provisions respecting the nature and extent of the security; the collection, segregation and application of the revenues generated from the operation of any project covered by the indenture; covenants to always operate the project as a revenue-producing undertaking and to charge and collect, including the obligation to increase from time to time, sufficient revenue to maintain income at required levels; the maintenance and insurance of the project; the creation and maintenance of reserve and other special funds; and the rights and remedies available in the event of default to the holders of the bonds or the trustees under the indenture, all as the board shall deem advisable and as shall not be in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.

(4) If there is any default by the water authority in payment of the principal of, or the interest, if any, on the bonds or in any of the agreements on the part of the water authority that may properly be included in any indenture securing the bonds, the bondholders or the trustee under any indenture, as authorized in the indenture, may either in law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceeding, enforce payment of the principal or interest, if any, and compel performance of all duties of the board and officers of the water authority, and shall be entitled as a matter of right and regardless of the sufficiency of any such security to the appointment of a receiver in equity with all the powers of that receiver for the operation and maintenance of the project covered by the indenture and the collection, segregation, and applications of income and revenues from the project.

(5) The indenture may contain provisions regarding the rights and remedies of any trustee under the indenture and the holders of the bonds and the coupons and restricting the individual rights of action of the holders of the bonds and coupons.

(6) There is created a statutory lien in the nature of a mortgage lien upon any project, system or systems acquired or constructed with proceeds of bonds issued by a water authority under this chapter, including all extensions and improvements thereof or combinations thereof subsequently made, the lien shall be in favor of the holder or holders of any bonds issued under this chapter, and all that property shall remain subject to the statutory lien until the payment in full of the principal of and interest, if any, on the bonds. Any holder of the bonds or any of the coupons representing interest on the bonds may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, in any court of competent jurisdiction, protect and enforce the statutory lien and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter, including the making and collection of sufficient rates for the service or services, the proper accounting thereof, and the performance of any duties required by covenants with the holders of any bonds issued under this chapter.

If any default is made in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on the bonds, any court having jurisdiction of the action may appoint a receiver to administer the water authority and the project, system or systems, with power to charge and collect rates sufficient to provide for the payment of all bonds and obligations outstanding against project, system or systems, and for payment of operating expenses, and to apply the income and revenues thereof in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and any covenants with bondholders.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-15-107 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 15-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-15-107
Status: in_force

The Pat Harrison Waterway Commission, acting through its members who favor bringing the counties they represent into the Pat Harrison Waterway District, or other counties having Pascagoula River, Leaf River, Chickasawhay River, or Tallahala Creek tributaries, shall petition the Chancery Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, to organize and establish the Pat Harrison Waterway District and shall set forth in the petition:

(a) The counties to be included in the Pat Harrison Waterway District. Each member of the Pat Harrison Waterway Commission, as created by virtue of Sections 51-15-1 through 51-15-9 , and any county through which the Pascagoula, Leaf, and Chickasawhay Rivers and Tallahala Creek run, or other counties having tributaries to such streams or which border on said streams, may be included in the district.

(b) The necessity and desirability for the developments and construction of suitable facilities.

(c) A general description of the purposes of the contemplated works, and a general description of the plan.

The petition shall be filed with as many copies as there are parties defendant.

The Board of Water Commissioners of the State of Mississippi shall be made a party defendant, and the chancery clerk shall furnish the Board of Water Commissioners with a copy of the petition with attached exhibits. Each county named in the petition shall be joined as a party defendant by service of process on the president of the board of supervisors thereof, and the chancery clerk shall furnish a copy of the petition to each such president. Whenever any municipality having a population according to the most recent federal decennial census of ten thousand (10,000) or more is included in such proposed district, such municipality shall be made a party defendant.

From and after July 1, 2023, any municipality located in a county that is not a member of the district may, by resolution spread on its minutes, request that the Pat Harrison Waterway Commission petition the Chancery Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, to modify its decree organizing the district to include the municipality as a member of the district. The Board of Water Commissioners of the State of Mississippi shall be made a party defendant, and the chancery clerk shall furnish the Board of Water Commissioners with a copy of the petition with attached exhibits. The municipality applying for membership shall not be made a party defendant.

It shall not be necessary that any landowners in the counties or municipalities to be included in said proposed district be named in the petition, or be made parties defendant. The chancellor of the Chancery Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, shall have jurisdiction of the entire waterway district for the purposes of this article. Such jurisdiction may be exercised by the chancellor in term time or in vacation, as provided in this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-11 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-11
Status: in_force

Each person selected county drainage commissioner shall, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of the office, give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). Such commissioner shall take and subscribe to an oath of office before said clerk that he will faithfully discharge the duties of the office, which oath shall also be filed with the said clerk.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-2-3 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-2-3
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person or vessel to discharge any type of plastics, including synthetic ropes, fishing nets, garbage bags and other garbage, including paper products, glass, metal, dunnage, lining and packing materials into the marine waters of this state.

(2) For purposes of this section, vessel means any boat, barge, or other vehicle operating in the marine environment from the largest supertanker to the smallest recreational craft.

(3) The following substances shall be kept in closed containers whenever present on a vessel in the marine waters of this state: fuel, oil, paints, varnishes, solvents, pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, algicides, other hazardous liquids, and those substances referred to in subsection (1). The containers shall be sufficient to prevent the substances from escaping in the event the container is released into marine waters. Closed containers shall not be required for substances intended for human consumption, or for bait. Closed containers shall not be required while vessels are taking on or unloading cargo and provisions.

(4) This section shall not apply to substances released into marine waters accidentally or due to an act of nature, provided:

(a) That persons involved in an accident make good faith efforts to recover any substances released, proper allowances being first made for personal safety; and

(b) That snagged or entangled fishing tackle and nets are recovered as much as is reasonably possible, and the unrecovered remainder is caused to sink.

(5)(a) For a first violation, any person or vessel who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or community service requiring litter collection of not less than twenty-five (25) hours nor more than two hundred fifty (250) hours, or both. Persons under eighteen (18) years of age shall be penalized with community service, and may be assessed a fine as well. Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation.

(b) For a second or subsequent violation, any person or vessel who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or revocation of boating licenses, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-61 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-61
Status: in_force

All contractors shall be required to give a performance bond and a payment bond, which may be in one or in separate instruments, for the faithful performance of such contract as may be awarded them, with good and sufficient sureties in amounts to be fixed by the board of commissioners; and the board of commissioners shall not remit or excuse the penalty or forfeiture of said bond or bonds or the breaches thereof. The board of commissioners may appoint all necessary agents for carrying on the work and may fix their pay. They may buy all necessary material and implements as may be on hand and which may be necessary for the completion of the improvements under way, or which have been completed; and may in general, make all such contracts in the prosecution of the work as may best serve the public interest. It shall be the duty of the board of commissioners to have the amount of any work done by the contractor estimated from time to time, as may be desirable, by the engineer selected by the board of commissioners; and said board shall draw its warrants in favor of the contractor for not more than ninety per cent (90%) of the work so reported, reserving the remainder until it has been ascertained that the work has been completed according to contract, and is free from liens.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-67 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 31-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-67
Status: in_force

If the court, chancellor, or drainage commissioners have underestimated the amount or the costs of work necessary for any district, then on the recommendation of the commissioners, the court or chancellor may order such additional work done or such additional costs paid and may, with the approval of the commissioners and on their recommendation, reassess the several properties of the district in proportion to the benefits to accrue to such respective properties. In such case the commissioners shall report the facts as they are required to report the benefits and assessments in the first instance, and the court or chancellor shall hear their report and all objections thereto on the same notice to the parties interested as in the first instance of approving assessments and benefits. Appeal shall lie from decree as in the first instance, and they shall be final only as decrees are final in the first instance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-1-5 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-1-5
Status: in_force

Any person may enter and remove any and all obstructions to the navigation thereof which may be in or across or over any navigable stream.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-7-1 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-7-1
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the creation of master water management districts for the carrying out in an orderly manner of works of improvement for the purposes of drainage, prevention of floodwater damage, or the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, including the impoundment, diversion, flowage, and distribution of waters for recreation, beautification, welfare, and other beneficial use as defined in Sections 51-3-1 through 51-3-53 . The authority herein granted to master water management districts shall be limited to plans for works of improvement developed and carried out in cooperation with the secretary of agriculture under the provisions of Public Law 566, 83rd Congress, as amended, or projects for any of the purposes provided for by this chapter which may be developed and carried out by or in cooperation with any agency or agencies of the United States government under other laws of the United States.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-105 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 27 / Section 31-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-105
Status: in_force

The proper chancery court of the county of the defendant district being sued shall have jurisdiction of all suits brought against such district, and between drainage districts suing unless otherwise provided. The chancery court organizing a drainage district shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all suits brought against such district, unless otherwise herein provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-33 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-33
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners may exercise, on behalf of the district, such powers of eminent domain as are specified in the creating resolution wherever and whenever public necessity and convenience so requires.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-63 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 29-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-63
Status: in_force

For the purpose of constructing and maintaining the ditches and other improvements provided for under this chapter, for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, and for paying for the work incident thereto, the said board of commissioners shall have power to borrow money and to issue its negotiable evidence of indebtedness or serial bonds therefor, not exceeding in amount the total amount of benefits assessed against all the real property in the district. Such bonds shall be in such sums and denominations of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) each as the said board of commissioners may prescribe, shall each be signed by the members of the said board of commissioners and bear the seal of its drainage district, and shall be made payable, either within or without the limits of this state, to the person or persons to whom sold, or bearer, or bearer simply, at the discretion of said board. No bond issued under the terms of this chapter shall run for more than thirty (30) years; and said bonds may be made to mature serially in such numbers as the board may elect, so that a portion thereof may mature each year as the assessments are collected. Such bonds shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-101 , for which interest coupons may be attached, payable at such time and place as the board may contract, which interest coupons shall bear the facsimile signature of each member of the board of commissioners lithographed thereon. The said bonds may be sold or negotiated in any market in or out of the state at not less than their par value, provided, however, that the cost of lithographing or printing and the necessary expenses of selling said bonds may be incurred.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the registered bond act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-39-33 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 39 / Section 39-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-39-33
Status: in_force

The district may at the direction of the governing bodies of the participating units of local government submit a storm water management plan as required state or federal environmental rules and regulations. The district may also provide services and facilities for implementation of the storm water management plan.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-15-103 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 15-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-15-103
Status: in_force

The Pat Harrison Waterway Commission may hereafter be organized in this state under the provisions of this article, in the manner hereafter provided for. This water management district shall be an agency of the state and a body politic and corporate, and may be composed and is composed of the following counties, to wit: Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lauderdale, Newton, Perry, Smith, Stone, and Wayne. In addition, a municipality located in a county that is not a member of the district may join the district as provided in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-4-23.1 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-23.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-4-23.1
Status: in_force

In accordance with Section 51-4-9 , the Tangipahoa River in Pike County beginning at U.S. Highway 51 and extending to the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, which was designated as eligible for nomination to the scenic streams stewardship program under Section 51-4-21.1 , is designated as a state scenic stream and is included in the State Scenic Streams Stewardship Program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-4-11 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-4-11
Status: in_force

(1) After the Legislature has designated a stream as a state scenic stream, the department shall publish a notice of the designation and provide written notice to the affected units of local government and landowners. Notice of the designation also must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the state to apprise interested parties of the opportunities under this chapter. The notice must describe the boundaries of the stream or stream segment.

(2)(a) The department and the advisory council shall develop a cooperative voluntary stewardship plan for the scenic stream. The department shall consult and cooperate with the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission and the State Forestry Commission in developing the stewardship options utilizing current best management practices. Any other affected state agency may also make recommendations to the department. The plan shall identify current and traditional uses along the stream and outline goals, objectives and action strategies to address the management of resources along the stream.

(b) The plan shall utilize best management practices to maintain the scenic values of the stream while ensuring the rights of riparian landowners to continue existing agriculture, forestry, water supply, recreational, commercial and industrial uses and any other uses identified in the plan.

(3)(a) The plan shall provide several stewardship options for a landowner. The options shall vary in length of commitment, degree of involvement and enforceability. An option may be modified to meet the needs of a landowner based on the individual attributes of the stream.

(b) Participation in the stewardship plan is voluntary. A landowner is under no obligation to participate in the plan. A participating landowner must give at least thirty (30) days' notice of his intent to terminate a nonbinding option and to withdraw from the program.

(4)(a) The department may receive by gift, devise, grant or dedication, conservation easements or other interest in real property for the State Scenic Streams Stewardship Program.

(b) If any land is donated to the state for the Scenic Streams Stewardship Program and the land ceases to be used in the program, the title to the land reverts to the donor.

(5) Any lands placed in the State Scenic Streams Stewardship Program may be obtained only from private or corporate owners voluntarily. Land placed in the State Scenic Streams Stewardship Program shall not be obtained by eminent domain.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-149 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-149
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-149
Status: in_force

At said hearing, the court or chancellor in vacation, as the case may be, shall hear the written protests and objections against the proposed consolidation of said districts, if any be filed prior to the date set for said hearing; and unless, prior to said date of hearing, a majority of the landowners of said districts proposed to be consolidated, owning half or more of the combined land of said districts, shall have filed their written protests or objections against said proposed consolidation, shall enter a final decree, which shall have the force and effect of a judgment, consolidating said districts into a single drainage district embracing the combined territory of all of said several districts. The consolidated drainage district so formed shall have all of the power and authority of a drainage district organized under the provisions of this chapter, and shall have full, complete, and exclusive jurisdiction over such combined territory and of the complete and integrated systems of drainage of the said districts so consolidated. Any person aggrieved by said decree may appeal to the supreme court within twenty days after the date thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-35-331 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 33 / Section 35-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-35-331
Status: in_force

All such bonds provided by this article shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, shall be lithographed or engraved and printed in two (2) or more colors to prevent counterfeiting, shall be in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), shall be registered as issued, and shall be numbered in a regular series from one (1) upward. Each such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was issued and the total amount authorized to be issued, shall be payable to bearer, and the interest to accrue thereon shall be evidenced by proper coupons to be attached thereto. Such bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding that allowed in Section 75-17-103, Mississippi Code of 1972 . They shall mature annually in such amounts and at such times as shall be provided by the resolution of the board of directors. However, no bond shall have a longer maturity than forty (40) years from the date of issuance thereof. The denomination, form, and place or places of payment of such bonds shall be fixed in the resolution of the board of directors of the district. Such bonds shall be signed by the president and the secretary of such board, with the seal of the district affixed thereto, but the coupons may bear only the facsimile signatures of such president and secretary. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year.

If so specified in the resolution directing the issuance thereof, such bonds may be called in, paid, or redeemed in inverse numerical order prior to maturity, upon not less than thirty (30) days notice to the paying agent or agents designated in such bonds, and at such premium as may be designated in such bonds. However, in no case shall any premiums exceed the maximum interest rate allowed on such bonds.

All such bonds shall contain in substance a statement to the effect that they are secured solely by a pledge of the ad valorem tax levy provided in this article, they do not constitute general obligations of the state of Mississippi or of the counties or municipalities comprising said district, and they are not secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit and resources of said state or of such counties or municipalities.

All such bonds as provided for herein shall be sold at public sale as now provided by law. Except as otherwise provided hereinabove, no such sale shall be at a price so low as to require the payment of interest on the money received therefor at more than the maximum interest rate allowed on such bonds computed with relation to the absolute maturity of the bonds, in accordance with standard tables of bond value, excluding from such computation the amount of any premium to be paid on redemption of any bonds prior to maturity.

This article shall be full and complete authority for the issuance of the bonds provided for herein, and no restriction or limitation otherwise prescribed by law shall apply herein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-45 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 17 / Section 31-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-45
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the entry of the order organizing a drainage district, the drainage commissioners shall go upon the lands of said district, examine the same, and assess the benefits to be derived by each separate tract of land for the proposed work, putting down in dollars and cents the amount of such benefits to be derived by such tract. They shall also estimate and put down in another column the amount of damages, if any, that any of the owners of said land may, in the opinion of such commissioners, sustain by reason of the construction of such work over their land in such district; shall make an estimate of the costs of draining said district, apportioned to each tract of land; and shall make and file a schedule or assessment roll of the same, which shall be substantially in the following form:

Estimated

Name of

Description

Amount of

Amount of

Cost

Owner

of Land

Benefits

Damages

of Work

Assessment

Sub Div.

Sec. T.R.

________________

and acres

$_______________

$_______________

$_______________

$_______________

Provided that, for the purpose of providing funds with which to clean out, restore, repair and rehabilitate the whole or any part of the drainage system of such district or for the purpose of cooperating with the United States or any agency thereof in such works, there may be imposed a uniform assessment on each acre of unsubdivided land lying within the district, and a uniform assessment by lot on an acreage basis on subdivided land lying within the district, and the records required in this chapter shall show the amount of the assessment in lieu of the amount of benefits to accrue to each tract. Taxes levied hereunder are hereby declared to be taxes for maintenance purposes and shall not diminish in any manner the amount of assessed benefits in any such district which is otherwise available for the payment of any outstanding bonds of such district.

The assessments provided for in this section may be made even though evidences of indebtedness have been issued or validated or both prior thereto, but the lien of the holders of any such indebtedness shall not be impaired thereby.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-3-11 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-3-11
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The commission shall issue a water use warning or declare and delineate a water use caution area, if one (1) of the following conditions exist:

(i) The mining of an aquifer is occurring; or

(ii) Existing water resources, including surface water, groundwater, or both, are inadequate to meet present or reasonably foreseeable needs.

(b) In making a determination under this section, the commission shall use data developed through the application of generally accepted scientific methodologies.

(2)(a) If the commission determines that one (1) of the conditions in subsection (1) of this section exists and that time allows the development of a solution through cooperation between the commission, the department, local permit holders, political subdivisions and water management districts in the affected area, the commission shall issue a water use warning and may order the implementation of the reporting requirements in Section 51-3-23 .

(b) Upon issuance of a water use warning, the commission shall send notice to all permit holders, political subdivisions and water management districts within the affected area. The notice shall describe the conditions requiring issuance of a water use warning, propose corrective measures and request the assistance of the permit holders, political subdivisions and water management districts in alleviating or correcting the conditions. The commission shall request in the notice voluntary compliance of the permit holders with any corrective measures proposed by the commission.

(c) The permit holders, political subdivisions and water management districts, in cooperation with the commission, shall develop and implement a plan for alleviating or correcting the conditions. If the commission determines that satisfactory progress is being made by the affected parties, the commission may extend the deadline or timetable for the development or implementation of a plan or may allow modification of the plan.

(3)(a) If the commission determines that one (1) of the conditions in subsection (1) of this section exists and that prompt and immediate action is required to protect the resource, the commission shall give notice of its intent to declare the need for establishment of a water use caution area. The notice and public hearing required by this subsection shall be made as provided in Sections 25-43-7(1) and 49-17-25 . The notice shall delineate the proposed water use caution area, describe those proposed actions needed to protect the resource and recommend any additional permit requirements the commission deems necessary to address the conditions.

(b) Upon closing of the public hearing record and consideration of relevant comments on its proposed action, the commission may adopt an order establishing a water use caution area. If the commission orders the establishment of a water use caution area, the commission shall, within one hundred twenty (120) days following entry of the order, adopt regulations consistent with this chapter and commensurate with the necessary degree of control pursuant to its regulatory authority in Section 51-3-25 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-122 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-122
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-122
Status: in_force

(1) At any time more than fifteen (15) years after the commencement date of any residential lease from the district, the leaseholder shall have the option to renew and extend the lease for a new sixty-year term by giving the district notice of his exercise of this option to renew.

(2) At any time after the first fifteen (15) years of the term of any residential lease, the then present lessee may obtain from the district a new sixty-year lease on the terms and conditions contained in the then current lease form approved for use in residential leases with the exception of rent. Rent under such sixty-year leases will be payable on the same annual payment date as rent under the lease being renewed. The maximum annual rental under the new lease will be determined by the district as follows:

(a) Renewal of Leases with Fixed Rental (non-escalating): The district will recompute the annual rental due under the lease being renewed as if the lease had contained annual rents at the fixed amount stated in the lease for the first ten-year period, escalating thereafter at ten percent (10%), rounded to the nearest Five Dollars ($5.00), every five-year period. The annual rental which would have been payable as of the renewal date will be the annual rent payable for the first ten-year period of the renewed lease. Annual rental will escalate thereafter at ten percent (10%), rounded to the nearest Five Dollars ($5.00), every five (5) years. Recomputed annual rental will be payable from and after the first day of the renewed lease term and not for the period prior to renewal.

(b) Renewal of Leases with Escalating Rental: Annual rental will remain payable in accordance with the terms of the lease being renewed with rental continuing to escalate at ten percent (10%), rounded to the nearest Five Dollars ($5.00), every five (5) years during the renewed term.

(3) The district will charge a reasonable non-refundable fee for preparation of the renewal lease. The Lessee will be responsible for obtaining the consent of any mortgage holder to the lease modification.

(4) At any time a lessee is found to be in default or in breach of the terms and conditions contained in the lease, the district shall give thirty (30) days written notice to such lessee before terminating the lease. Such notice shall be by certified mail and shall specifically state the default or breach. If the lessee does not cure the default or breach within thirty (30) days of such notice, then the district shall give written notice to the holder of any mortgage or deed of trust on the leasehold and such holder shall thereupon have thirty (30) days to cure the default or breach before the lease is terminated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-27-3 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-27-3
Status: in_force

The admission of the State of Tennessee into the Tombigbee-Tennessee Waterway Development Compact is hereby approved, and the State of Tennessee shall become a party to the compact upon its execution by the governor of the State of Tennessee.

The secretary of state of Mississippi is hereby requested to transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the governor of Alabama and to the governor of Tennessee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-117 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-117
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors of the district shall have the power to adopt and promulgate all reasonable regulations to secure, maintain, and preserve the sanitary condition of all water in and to flow into any reservoir owned by the district, to prevent waste of water or the unauthorized use thereof, and to regulate residence, hunting, fishing, boating, camping, and all recreational and business privileges along or around any such reservoir, any body of land, or any easement owned by the district.

(2) Such district may prescribe reasonable penalties for the breach of any regulation of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-71 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 29-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-71
Status: in_force

The commissioners may at any time alter the plans of ditches and drains, but before constructing the ditches according to the changed plans, the changed plans with accompanying specifications, showing the width and depth of the ditches as changed, shall be filed with the clerk of the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, and notice of such filing shall be given by publication for two insertions in some newspaper issued and having a bona fide circulation in each of the counties in which there are lands belonging to the district. If by reason of such change of plans any property owner deems that the assessment has become inequitable, he may petition the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, which shall thereupon refer his petition to the board of commissioners of the district, who shall reassess his property, increasing or diminishing his assessment as they may find just. From such action of the commissioners the property owner shall have the same right of appeal to the board of supervisors that is herein provided for in cases of original assessment. However, in no case after the issuance of bonds, shall the assessment be lowered either by the board of commissioners or the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, so as to endanger the security of said bonds. Any reduction in benefits may be allowed as damages, and the allowances for such damage shall be secondary and subordinate to the rights of holders of bonds or evidences of indebtedness issued theretofore. No change of plans as above authorized shall be made so as to lower the standard of efficiency of the proposed system of improvement, nor so as to jeopardize the rights of any holder or holders of bonds previously issued; and this question may be raised by any landholder before the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, with rights of appeal as herein provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-26-3 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 17 / Section 26-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-26-3
Status: in_force

The Tallahatchie River Authority is specifically authorized and empowered to contract with and to be contracted with by the Tennessee Valley Authority and any other agency or agencies of the federal government or of any state or subdivision thereof which may be of assistance in carrying out the purposes set forth in this chapter. In addition, the authority is empowered to do any and all other things necessary or desirable in effectuating a plan for the comprehensive development of the resources of the authority's geographic region, including, but not limited to, such subjects as tourism, economic development, forestry, drainage and land reclamation and preservation, bank stabilization, electric power utilization, water conservation, recreation, public health and education, such program of development to be carried on in cooperation with the appropriate local, state and federal agencies. All agencies of the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to extend their cooperation and assistance to the Tallahatchie River Authority in the formulation and implementation of the program of development.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-41-29 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 37 / Section 41-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-41-29
Status: in_force

(1) The proceeds derived from all of the bonds, other than refunding bonds, may be used only to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging and equipping the project with respect to which they were issued, as may be specified in the proceedings in which the bonds are authorized to be issued and all costs incidental thereto, including without limitation:

(a) The costs of any land forming a part of the project and all easements that may pertain to or be associated with any project;

(b) The costs of the labor, materials and supplies used in any construction, improvement and enlargement, including architect's and engineer's fees and the cost of preparing contract documents and advertising for bids along with all other reasonable and necessary project cost;

(c) The purchase price of and the cost of installing equipment for the project;

(d) Legal, fiscal, accounting and recording fees and expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds issued in connection with the project;

(e) Interest, if any, on bonds for a reasonable period before, during and after the time required for completion of the project;

(f) The amount necessary to fund a debt service reserve in an amount deemed appropriate by the water authority;

(g) Cost associated with the obtaining of default insurance ratings and other credit enhancements of every nature; and

(h) Other operational expenses, reserves and other accounts of every nature.

(2) If any of the proceeds derived from the issuance of bonds remains undisbursed after completion of the project and the making of all such expenditures, the balance shall be used for the redemption of bonds of the same issue.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-123 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-123
Status: in_force

The board of directors of the district is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money or issue bonds of the district for the purpose of paying the costs of acquiring, owning, constructing, operating, repairing, and maintaining the projects and works specified herein, including related facilities and including all financing and financial advisory charges, interest during construction, engineering, architectural, legal, and other expenses incidental to and necessary for the foregoing, or for the carrying out of any power conferred by this article. Said board of directors is authorized and empowered to borrow money and issue bonds at such times and in such amounts as shall be provided for by resolution of the said board of directors, not to exceed the limitation prescribed in Section 51-13-127 . All such bonds so issued by said district shall be secured solely by a pledge of the avails of the two mills ad valorem tax levy provided for in Section 51-13-121 or so much thereof as may be necessary therefor, and of the net revenues as hereinafter defined or so much thereof as may be necessary therefor. Such bonds shall not constitute general obligations of the State of Mississippi or of the counties comprising said district, and such bonds shall not be secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of said state or of said counties. Bonds of the district shall not be included in computing any present or future debt limit of any county in such district under any present or future law. “Revenues” as used in this article shall mean all charges, rentals, tolls, rates, gifts, grants, tax proceeds, moneys, and all other funds coming into the possession of the district by virtue of the provisions of this article, except the proceeds from the sale of bonds issued hereunder, and except the avails of the two mill ad valorem tax levy provided for in Section 51-13-121 . “Net revenues” as used in this article shall mean the revenues after payment of costs and expenses of operation and maintenance of the project and related facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-7-27 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-7-27
Status: in_force

For the purposes of carrying out the projects and responsibilities outlined herein, the board of commissioners shall have authority to borrow money at a rate of interest not exceeding that allowed in Section 75-17-105 , to issue its bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness therefor in a principal amount not exceeding the total amount assessed against all the real property in the district under the provisions of this chapter. Such bonds shall be issued only with the approval of the chancery court and upon the same notice to landowners of the district given in the same manner as provided herein in Section 51-7-11 , in connection with organization of the district. Such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness shall bear a rate of interest not exceeding that allowed in Section 75-17-105 , shall be issued in denominations of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), shall be signed by the president of said master water management district and countersigned by the secretary; shall bear the seal of the district; may be made payable either within or without the state, to the persons or person to whom sold, or bearer, or bearer simply, at the discretion of the commissioners; may be validated in the manner provided by law for validation of bonds; may have attached interest coupons bearing the facsimile signatures of the president and secretary of the district; and shall be sold at public sale, subject to approval of the chancery court. If any protest against issuance of such bonds shall be filed, such protest shall be heard and determination made thereon by the chancery court; and appeals may be taken either by the commissioners or the person filing the protest from the judgment or order of the court, in the manner provided herein for other appeals from judgments or orders of the court in connection with said master water management districts.

If it is found to be beneficial to the district, the commissioners may, in their discretion, deliver bonds by groups instead of for the total bond issue, with interest payable from the delivery date instead of the issue date, the delivery being made for an amount of money estimated to be needed to finance the district's operation for a year.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-103 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-103
Status: in_force

The Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District may hereafter be organized in this state under the provisions of this article, in the manner hereinafter provided for. This water management district shall be an agency of the state and a body politic and corporate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-23 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-23
Status: in_force

If for any cause the improvements shall not be made, said costs shall be charged on the real property in the district, including railroads, if any, and shall be raised and paid by assessments in the manner hereinafter described; or, in the event said assessments are not made, or the improvements shall not be completed or the same be abandoned, for any cause, after such indebtedness is incurred, the board of supervisors of the county in which the drainage district is located shall levy an acreage tax, or an ad valorem tax, on the lands in said proposed district if the same has not been organized, or on the lands of the district if the same has been organized, the total collections from which shall be sufficient to pay such indebtedness. The board of supervisors may levy a sufficient tax in one year or may levy a succession of acreage taxes, or ad valorem taxes, over a period of years, not to exceed three years, to be determined by said board of supervisors. If an ad valorem tax be levied, the board of supervisors may use for that purpose the assessments of the land of the last assessment roll of the county in which said lands are situated. In case the lands in the proposed district lie in more than one county, then the chancellor aforesaid shall apportion said indebtedness between the several counties, and the boards of supervisors of the several counties shall thereupon levy such apportioned tax upon the lands of their counties respectively, according to the ruling of the said chancellor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-121 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 27 / Section 31-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-121
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of said report with the clerk, he shall make an entry to that effect upon the minutes of said court and shall set down and fix the term of court next thereafter convening, or shall set down and fix a day in vacation, as he may deem best, when the court or the chancellor in vacation shall hear said matter. The clerk shall thereupon give notice by publication for two weeks, by two insertions in some newspaper published in the county in which the greater part of the land lies, notifying all persons interested to appear at the term of court or day set in vacation and show cause, if any, why said subdistrict should not be organized or bonds be issued to pay for said work.

However, the day set for hearing shall not be more than sixty days after the first of said notices is published. The said notice by publication shall be full and complete notice to any and all persons interested, and shall confer full and complete power and authority upon the court or chancellor in vacation to act in said matter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-5-13 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-5-13
Status: in_force

The driller shall keep accurate records on each water well drilled, including, but not limited to, its location, depth, character of rocks or formations drilled, fluids encountered, and such other reasonable information as the board may specify. Each driller shall, within thirty days after completion of each well, file a report containing such information in the office of the state board of water commissioners on forms provided by the board. However, no report or information shall be required to be filed with the board if the well is a driven well or if it is dug by the use of a hand auger.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-73 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-73
Status: in_force

Any landowner within the district may build ditches to drain his lands into the public ditches, and if any intervening landholders shall refuse permission to cross his lands with such ditch, the board of commissioners may, by proceedings according to the provisions of the chapter on eminent domain, condemn a right of way for such ditch. In such proceedings the jury shall deduct from the damages the benefits that will accrue to such intervening landowner by the construction of such ditch, and said intervening landowner shall have the right to use such ditch for the drainage of his own lands.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-37 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-37
Status: in_force

The drainage commissioners may employ an attorney to assist in the formation and administration of the drainage district, and to represent the district in all matters of a legal nature, at a fixed or agreed compensation, subject to the confirmation of the chancery court or chancellor in vacation, who may decrease but not increase such compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-49 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-49
Status: in_force

The property and revenue of such district shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation. Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, except inheritance, transfer and estate taxes, and it may be so stated on the face of said bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-101 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 17 / Section 31-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-101
Status: in_force

Any person who shall wrongfully or purposely fill up, cut, injure, destroy, or in any manner injure or impair the usefulness of any drain, ditch, or other work constructed under drainage laws shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, may be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), and shall be liable for double the expense occasioned by repairing the same or removing such obstruction, to be recovered at the suit of the proper drainage district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-3-47 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-3-47
Status: in_force

Whenever the rights for the use of waters within the state shall have been adjudicated by any court, the board shall aid in the distribution of water in accordance with the terms of the decree; and it shall be the duty of the clerk of any court in which such decree has been issued, within ten (10) days after such decree shall have been entered, to forward to the board and commission, by registered mail, a certified copy of the decree.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-55 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 7 / Section 8-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-55
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners of any district created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall have the authority to enter into cooperative agreements with the state or federal government, or both; to obtain financial assistance in the form of loans or grants as may be available from the state or federal government, or both; and to execute and deliver at private sale notes or bonds as evidence of such indebtedness in the form and subject to the terms and conditions as may be imposed by the state or federal government, or both; and to pledge the income and revenues of the district, or the income and revenues from any part of the area embraced in the district, in payment thereof. It is the purpose and intention of this section to authorize districts to do any and all things necessary to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the state or federal government, or both, in the planning, construction, maintenance or operation of project facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-183 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-183
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-183
Status: in_force

The powers and authority of any reservoir police officer, whether appointed or commissioned pursuant to the provisions of this article or any former law of this state, may be terminated at any time by the board of directors of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-43 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 27 / Section 31-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-43
Status: in_force

All moneys that have been advanced or expended in good faith by parties interested in the organization of any district, necessary for the preliminary work in organization, such as surveys, attorneys' fees, and incidentals thereto, may be repaid by the drainage commissioners as follows: If the district is organized, to be paid as a part of the costs of said district; but if the organization of the district is denied, the court or chancellor in vacation may make such orders and decrees as may appear to be equitable and just to all parties interested towards providing for the payment of such sums, together with such sums as the commissioners have expended or contracted for in good faith after the reference of the petition to them, and to this end may assess an acreage tax against such lands in such district which were owned by the persons signing the original petition praying that the district might be organized. After the petition for the organization of a district is filed and referred to the commissioners, they are authorized and empowered to issue certificates of the district to raise funds to have all necessary surveys made and to pay all necessary expenses and costs incurred in the preliminary work prior to the organization thereof, which certificates shall bear interest at the rate of 6% from their dates, but no certificate shall be made payable for a longer period than two years from its date. These certificates shall be paid as soon as the district is organized and sufficient funds come into the hands of the commissioners to pay same. Where any district shall fail to be organized solely by reason of the fact that a sufficient number of petitioners signing the original petition withdrew therefrom so as to leave an insufficient number of petitioners or an insufficient acreage represented by the petitioners remaining, and the chancery court or chancellor shall so state in his decree, the entire costs of the proceedings shall be decreed against the lands of such petitioners so withdrawing, on an acreage pro rata basis.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-97 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 29 / Section 31-97
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-97
Status: in_force

If the owner or owners of any lands lying outside of a drainage district have made or shall hereafter make connection with the main ditch or drain or with any branch or lateral ditch or drain within the district, or if any such land is drained into the ditches and drains of a drainage district by ditches or drains constructed either before or after the organization of such drainage district, and if in either case the lands outside of such drainage district are benefited by the work done in such drainage district, the owner or owners shall be deemed to have made voluntary application to be included in such drainage district. Thereupon, the commissioners shall make a complaint in writing, stating the description of such land or lands benefited, the amount of benefits, the name of the owner or owners thereof, and the description of the drain or ditch making connection with the ditches as near as may be, and file said complaint in the chancery court where said district was organized. Said court or chancellor in vacation shall fix a day, not less than twenty-five days from the filing of the petition, when it shall hear such complaint; and thereupon the clerk of said court shall give each of the landowners notice of said proceedings by mailing each of them notice of said complaint to their post-office addresses not less than ten days prior to the date for said hearing, or personal service may be served on each of them as provided in ordinary suits not less than five days prior to the date of the hearing. On the hearing of the complaint and the issues joined, if any, if the court or chancellor finds the allegations in the complaint true, it shall decree that such lands, or such parts thereof as are benefited, be joined to said district petitioning. Such lands shall thereafter be a part of said petitioning district lands and shall be assessed and dealt with accordingly. Benefits, damages, and assessments may thereafter be made against such added lands on the same notice and under the same proceedings as against lands in the district originally, and said added lands shall be made to appear on the assessment rolls of the district as other lands of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-67 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-67
Status: in_force

Said board of commissioners may also issue to the contractor or other persons who do the work, or any part thereof, negotiable evidences of debt of the district, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent per annum, secured in like manner as the bonds above provided for.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-129 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-129
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county becoming a member of the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District shall pay or cause to be paid to the depository of said district a sum equal to one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mill on all of the taxable property within the Tombigbee Watershed area of the said county, beginning with the tax assessment for the calendar year 1964; and such payments shall be made and continued as long as there remains unpaid and outstanding any bonded indebtedness or obligations created by the district so created under this article. Any such board of supervisors shall provide the district the sum equal to the one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mill levy by appropriation of an equivalent sum from the general fund of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-115 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-115
Status: in_force

If the court or chancellor thereof finds that the proposed water supply district should be organized, the chancellor shall then order an election in each county in the proposed district, which election shall be held not less than twenty-one nor more than forty-five days from the date of such order, whereby the qualified electors within such counties may determine if such county shall be a part of such proposed district; and such order for an election shall be interlocutory and not appealable. A substantial copy of the court order shall be published once a week for at least three consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper published in each county in such district. If there is no newspaper published in any such county, then it shall be sufficient to publish said notice in a newspaper having a general circulation in such county and, in addition, by posting a copy of such notice for at least twenty-one days following the issuance of such order at three public places in such county. Notice of the election shall be given by publishing a substantial copy of the court order providing for the election once a week for at least three consecutive weeks, in at least one newspaper published in each county in which an election is to be held. The first publication of such notice shall be made not less than twenty-one days prior to the date fixed for such election. If no newspaper is published in any such county, then such notice shall be given by publishing the same for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in such county and, in addition, by posting a copy of such notice for at least twenty-one days next preceding such election at three public places in such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-1 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 27 / Section 31-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-1
Status: in_force

Each drainage district heretofore organized in this state and each drainage district hereafter organized therein shall be a body corporate, shall have authority to sue in its own corporate name and be sued therein, may contract and be contracted with, may plead and be impleaded, and where organized or operating under the provisions of this chapter in its name may do and perform any and all things necessary and authorized by this chapter. All such acts may be done by its commissioners in the name of the district.

As an alternative to any existing right, power, and authority given to any drainage district operated by a board of county drainage commissioners, or to such commissioners, by the laws of the State of Mississippi now or hereafter enacted, all the provisions of the statutes of the State of Mississippi now or hereafter enacted relative to drainage districts operated by local commissioners, and to such local commissioners, shall apply to any drainage district heretofore or hereafter organized and operated by a board of county drainage commissioners, and to such commissioners.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-23 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-23
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall organize by electing one (1) of its members as chairman and another as vice chairman. It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside at all meetings of the board and to act as the chief executive officer of the board and of the district. The vice chairman shall act in the absence or disability of the chairman. Such board also shall elect and fix the compensation of secretary-treasurer who may or may not be a member of the board. It shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer to keep all minutes and records of the board and to safely keep all funds of the district. The secretary-treasurer shall be required to execute a bond, payable to the district, in a sum and with such security as shall be fixed and approved by the board of commissioners. The terms of all officers of the board shall be for one (1) year from and after the date of election, and shall run until their respective successors are appointed and qualified.

Each board of commissioners shall adopt an official seal with which to attest the official acts and records of the board and district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-151 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-151
Status: in_force

The board of directors of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District is hereby authorized and empowered to negotiate and contract with the United States of America, or any agency thereof, concerning all lands, easements, and rights of way necessary for the relocation of any federal road, highway, parkway, or for the facilities appurtenant thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-5 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-5
Status: in_force

The Pearl River Industrial Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to do any and all things necessary or deemed by it advisable in making a survey or surveys of the region bordering the Pearl River, to investigate the possibilities of developing such areas from an industrial, irrigational, and recreational standpoint, to attract new industries, and to conserve available water for irrigational and industrial purposes, acting in co-operation with the federal government or any agency thereof and with any other interested groups. It is contemplated that plans be considered and drawn and surveys made for the location of industrial sites and making the most advantageous use of available water supplies, to protect against pollution and to devise methods of disposing of industrial waste, and adapting a long-range plan of sewerage disposal for the area. The commission is charged with the responsibility of co-operating with the state board of water commissioners created by Section 51-3-15 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-2-5 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-2-5
Status: in_force

The Commission on Marine Resources is authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out this chapter, including adopting the provisions of Annex V of the Protocol of 1978 of the International Convention for the Pollution by Ships.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-47 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 27 / Section 31-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-47
Status: in_force

When the commissioners shall have completed their assessments of damages and benefits, they shall file the same with the clerk of the chancery court; and the clerk is authorized to set down and fix a time for the hearing of objections to such assessments, at the request of said commissioners, at any time that the court or chancellor in vacation may be able to hear the same as herein provided. The clerk shall cause a notice to be published at least once a week for two successive weeks, of the time set for hearing objections to such assessments, which time for hearing shall not be less than fifteen days nor longer than thirty days from the time of filing the same, unless a longer time shall be ordered by the court or chancellor or requested by the commissioners. Said publication shall be made in any newspaper published in the county, if there be one published in the county where the cause is pending; otherwise, by posting written notices in ten public places in the district, and shall be sufficient, and the only notice required of the filing of said assessment roll and the time set for hearing objections thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-53 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-53
Status: in_force

Any area adjacent to any district created pursuant to this chapter may be annexed to and become a part of such district by the same procedure as prescribed for the original creation of the district. All costs incident to the publication of notice and all other costs incident to the hearings, election and proceedings shall be paid by the district.

The district shall have the exclusive right to provide any of the services for which it was created in the annexed territory; however, if any part of the annexed territory is then being served by another corporate agency with any such service, the district shall, at the option of the other corporate agency, either relinquish its prior right to serve the area occupied by the corporate agency or acquire by purchase the facilities of such corporate agency, together with its franchise rights to serve such area.

If the option is for the district to purchase, upon notification thereof, the district shall be obligated to buy and pay for, and the corporate agency shall be obligated to convey to the district, all its service facilities and franchise rights in the annexed area. Such property shall be acquired by the district in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, and the district shall have the authority to assume the operation of such entire system or facility and to assume and become liable for the payment of any notes, bonds or other obligations that are outstanding against said system or facility and payable from the revenues therefrom.

If the district is notified to relinquish its prior right to serve the annexed area, the district shall grant the corporate agency a franchise to serve within the annexed territory; however, the corporate agency shall be entitled to serve only such customers or locations within the annexed area as it served on the date that such annexation became effective.

The annexed territory shall become liable for any existing indebtedness of the district and be subject to any taxes levied by a local governing body under Section 51-8-43 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-103 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-103
Status: in_force

The Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District may hereafter be organized in this state under the provisions of this article, in the manner hereinafter provided for. This water management district shall be an agency of the state and a body politic and corporate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-41 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-41
Status: in_force

Proof of publication made in the manner prescribed by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited. At the hearing the report and appraisement of the value of the land sought to be taken and the damages sustained by the owner thereof shall be prima facie correct. The court, or chancellor in vacation, may at such hearing hear all objections in entirety or severalty, and may enter a decree confirming the entire report of the commissioners, or may enter any number of decrees confirming the report as to any land taken. At such hearing the court, or chancellor in vacation, may direct the board to make such alteration in the appraisement as may be deemed just and equitable by raising or lowering any appraisement, and payment for such amount fixed by the judgment shall be made to the chancery clerk as hereinbefore provided. He shall receipt for the same on the judgment, and such judgment with receipt thereon shall be recorded.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-33 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-33
Status: in_force

At the time designated in said notice the court, or chancellor in vacation, shall consider said complaint or objection and enter its or his findings thereon, either confirming such assessment or increasing or diminishing the same; and its or his findings shall be final and have the force and effect of a judgment from which an appeal may be taken within twenty (20) days to the supreme court of the state either by the property owner or by the commissioners of the district.

The assessment roll so prepared and filed by the commissioners, when approved by the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, shall stand as a final assessment of benefits and damages upon the lands of the said district and no new assessment roll shall be required unless, in the opinion of the commissioners, it becomes necessary to raise the assessment of benefits to such lands because of additional benefits to the lands other than these assessed or because it becomes absolutely necessary in order to raise funds to preserve and maintain the improvements of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-4-23.7 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-23.7
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-4-23.7
Status: in_force

In accordance with Section 51-4-7 , Red Creek from Mississippi Highway 26 in Stone County to its confluence with Black Creek in Jackson County, which was designated as eligible for nomination to the State Scenic Streams Stewardship Program under Section 51-4-21.5 , is designated as a state scenic stream and is included in the State Scenic Streams Stewardship Program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-7 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5 / Section 8-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-7
Status: in_force

Each governmental unit proposing to form a joint water management district shall hold a public hearing in the same manner as set out in Section 19-5-155 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-95 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-95
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-95
Status: in_force

The commissioners of the district shall have the right and power to carry the ditches, either main or lateral, across any highway; and the board of supervisors shall construct suitable bridges across such ditches.

Such ditches may also be carried under or through any railroad track or tramway, and in such event the commissioners of the drainage district shall notify the railroad company or owner of said tramway or telegraph or telephone companies, operating lines of telegraph or telephone under or through which it is proposed to carry such ditches, of the probable time at which the contractor will be ready to enter upon the right of way of any of said companies and construct the work thereon. It shall thereupon be the duty of any said companies or owners of said lines of railway, telegraph, or telephone to send a representative to view the ground with the superintendent of construction, or other person appointed by the commissioners, and arrange the exact time at which the said work can be most conveniently done. At the time agreed upon, said railroads or owners thereof shall remove all rails, ties, stringers, and such other obstructions as may be necessary, and such owners of telegraph and telephone lines shall remove all wires, poles, and other obstructions as may be necessary, to permit the excavation of a channel or channels through its right of way. The work so done shall be planned and conducted so as to interfere in the least possible manner with the business of said railroad, telegraph, and telephone companies. In case any of such persons or corporations refuse and fail to remove any of said obstructions and to allow the construction of the work through its right of way, it shall be held as delaying the construction of a public work and improvement, and shall be liable to a penalty not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) per day for each day of delay thereof and all damages sustained by the district or contractor, to be recovered in any court having jurisdiction. Such penalty shall inure to the drainage district, and such damages shall inure to the person, firm, or district damaged. An itemized bill of the expenses of the railroad company for opening its track shall be made and presented to the commissioners of the district at some day previous to the day set for passing through said right of way, and a like itemized bill of expense attending the removal of wires and poles of telegraph and telephone companies shall be so presented, including all damages that will be sustained by any of said companies by the construction of said work. Thereupon the board of commissioners shall allow and pay such part thereof as it sees fit and proper, from which allowance either of said companies shall have the right of appeal to the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation; but such appeal shall not operate so as to prevent the drainage commissioners from constructing the proposed work through the rights of way of any of said companies.

This section shall not, however, conflict in any way with the right of eminent domain or the laws relating thereto, but is meant to be operative under and in connection with other provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-39-11 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 35 / Section 39-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-39-11
Status: in_force

If no petition requiring an election is filed or if three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of those voting in the election provided in Section 51-39-9 vote in favor of the creation of the district, the governing body shall adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing the creation of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-207 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-207
Status: in_force

The district may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds at or prior to maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. Refunding bonds may be issued at such time prior to the maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds as the district deems to be in the public interest, without notice and without an election on the question of the issuance thereof. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereon, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of such bonds, the expenses of issue of the refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming the bonds being refunded and such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of such refunding bonds as may be required by the resolution, trust indenture or other security instruments. The issue of refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the holders and the rights, duties and obligations of the district in respect of the same shall be governed by the provisions of this act relating to the issue of bonds other than refunding bonds insofar as the same may be applicable. Any such refunding may be effected, whether the obligations to be refunded shall have then matured or shall thereafter mature, either by the exchange of the refunding bonds for the obligations to be refunded thereby with the consent of the holders of the obligations so to be refunded, or by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof to the payment of the obligations proposed to be refunded thereby, and regardless of whether the obligations proposed to be refunded shall be payable on the same date or different dates or shall be due serially or otherwise.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-131 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-131
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-131
Status: in_force

If ten per cent of the landowners owning lands adjoining or adjacent to any existing district operating under the provisions of this chapter shall petition the chancery court to extend the boundaries of any such existing district, describing generally the region which it is intended shall be embraced within the boundaries of such drainage district as extended, it shall be the duty of the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, to enter an order directing the commissioners of such drainage district to forthwith proceed to cause a survey to be made, and to ascertain the limits of the region which will be benefited by the proposed system of improvements, giving a general idea of its character and the cost of drainage and other improvements necessary and making such suggestions as to the size of the drainage ditches and their location and of levees, dams, and pumping stations, if any of such be necessary, to properly drain and protect said territory, or if the commissioners may deem such levees, dams, pumping stations, or any or either of them advisable, and to file their reports with the clerk of the chancery court. All expenses of making such survey, preparing the plans and estimates of the costs of the improvements, costs of publication, attorneys' fees, and other necessary expenses shall be paid as the work progresses by the existing drainage district to which the land and territory is proposed to be added, or by the board of supervisors as the court or chancellor may order. All such expenses shall be repaid out of the first money received from taxes upon the additional lands embraced in such drainage district, or from the sale of bonds from the district as extended, if that be done; but if that be not done, then the board of supervisors shall levy an ad valorem tax upon the land which it was proposed to add to such existing drainage district to repay the costs advanced by such existing drainage district or the board of supervisors, as the case may be.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-103 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 29 / Section 31-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-103
Status: in_force

Where a county farm owned by any county lies within any drainage district and would be benefited thereby, the board of supervisors are authorized in their discretion to pay out of the general county fund the pro rata of tax for which such county lands should be taxed if owned by individuals.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-105 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-105
Status: in_force

The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District may hereafter be organized in this state under the provisions of this article, in the manner hereinafter provided. This water supply district shall be an agency of the state and a body politic and corporate, and may be composed of one or more entire counties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-171 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-171
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-171
Status: in_force

This article shall be cited as “The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Reservoir Police Officer Law of 1978.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-149 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-149
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-149
Status: in_force

At said hearing, the court or chancellor in vacation, as the case may be, shall hear the written protests and objections against the proposed consolidation of said districts, if any be filed prior to the date set for said hearing; and unless, prior to said date of hearing, a majority of the landowners of said districts proposed to be consolidated, owning half or more of the combined land of said districts, shall have filed their written protests or objections against said proposed consolidation, shall enter a final decree, which shall have the force and effect of a judgment, consolidating said districts into a single drainage district embracing the combined territory of all of said several districts. The consolidated drainage district so formed shall have all of the power and authority of a drainage district organized under the provisions of this chapter, and shall have full, complete, and exclusive jurisdiction over such combined territory and of the complete and integrated systems of drainage of the said districts so consolidated. Any person aggrieved by said decree may appeal to the supreme court within twenty days after the date thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-113 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 13-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-113
Status: in_force

All construction contracts by the district, where the amount of the contract shall exceed two thousand, five hundred dollars ($2,500.00), shall be made upon at least three weeks' public notice by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, which notice shall state the thing to be done and invite sealed proposals, to be filed with the secretary of the district, to do the work; and in all such cases, before the notice shall be published, the plans and specifications for the work shall be filed with the secretary of the district and there remain. The board of directors of the district shall award the contract to the lowest and best bidder, who will comply with the terms imposed by such board and enter into bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board, in such penalty as shall be fixed by such board but in no case to be less than the contract price, conditioned for the prompt, proper, and efficient performance of the contract.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-91 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-91
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-91
Status: in_force

When it shall become necessary, in the course of the construction of the work being done by the drainage commissioners, to pass through said right of way in the manner and according to plans theretofore filed as above provided, it shall be the duty of the drainage commissioners to give notice in writing to said railroad company of its desire to cross said right of way with its construction work on some approximate date, which shall not be less than sixty days from the date of such notice. Said notice shall be served upon any agent or employee of said railroad company upon whom, under the laws of the state, service of process may be had; and the commissioners shall at the same time pay or tender to said railroad company such costs and damages as may have been adjudged against the drainage district, as hereinbefore provided. It shall thereupon be the duty of the railroad company within a reasonable time to complete such construction work across its right of way, according to the aforesaid plans and specifications under the supervision of the engineer employed by said drainage commissioners, or to permit same to be done by the drainage commissioners. Should the railroad company fail, neglect, or refuse to do and perform in good faith said work within the time fixed by said drainage commissioners for the performance thereof, or to permit same to be done, it shall be liable to the drainage district and all persons for any damage it or they may sustain by reason of such failure, and said railroad company may be compelled to perform such work by mandatory injunction issued at the instance of the drainage commissioners. This section shall not be so construed as to prohibit the drainage commissioners from acquiring such right of way by the regular eminent domain proceeding if they so elect, or as otherwise provided in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-205 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-205
Status: in_force

(1) The district shall have the power and is hereby authorized, from time to time, to issue bonds without notice and without an election on the question of the issuance thereof in such principal amounts as the district may determine to be necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving the purposes of this act, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to defray the cost of the acquisition, construction, improvement or extension of the waterworks or water supply system or any part thereof, whether or not such facilities are owned by the district, the payment of interest on bonds of the district issued pursuant to this act, establishment of reserves to secure such bonds and payment of the interest thereon, expenses incident to the issuance of such bonds and to the implementation of the district's waterworks, water supply system and all other expenditures of the district incident to or necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this act. The bonds authorized by this act shall never constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the district, or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers and shall not constitute general obligations of the state.

(2) Bonds of the district issued pursuant to this act shall be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or any part of the revenues under any contract entered into pursuant to this act and from all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of the waterworks and water supply system or any part thereof, as may be determined by the district, subject only to any agreement with the registered owners of the bonds. Such bonds may be further secured by a trust indenture between the district and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having powers of a trust company within or without the state.

(3) Bonds of the district issued pursuant to this act shall be authorized by a resolution or resolutions of the district. Such bonds shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, carry such conversion privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner and by such officers, be payable from such sources in such medium of payment at such place or places within or without the state, provided that one (1) such place shall be within the state, be subject to such terms of redemption prior to maturity, all as may be provided by resolution or resolutions of the district; however, such bonds shall not bear a greater overall interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(4) Bonds of the district issued pursuant to this act may be sold at a price not less than ninety-seven percent (97%) of par value plus accrued interest, at public or private sale, at such times as may be determined by the district to be in the public interest, and the district may pay all expenses, premiums, fees and commissions which it may deem necessary and advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale thereof.

(5) Any pledge of earnings, revenues or other moneys made by the district shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The earnings, revenues or other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the district shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the district irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded.

(6) Neither the directors of the district nor any person executing the bonds shall be personally liable on the bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.

(7) Whenever any bonds shall have been signed by the officer(s) designated by the resolution of the district to sign the bonds who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officer(s) prior to the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the manual or facsimile signatures of such officer(s) upon such bonds shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially executing such bonds had remained in office until the delivery of the same to the purchaser or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-89 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-89
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-89
Status: in_force

All bonds and evidences of indebtedness issued by the commissioners under the terms of this chapter shall be secured by a lien on all lands and railroads subject to taxation under this chapter, in an amount not to exceed the amount of benefits assessed against such lands and railroads. The board of commissioners shall see to it that an assessment is levied annually and collected under the provisions of this chapter, so long as it may be necessary for the payment of any bonds issued or obligations contracted under its authority, together with the interest thereon; and the making or levying of said assessment or levy may be enforced by mandamus at the instance of any person interested.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-15-5 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-15-5
Status: in_force

The commission shall be financed in all of its activities from funds made available by each of the associated counties, and each such county is authorized and empowered to contribute any amount or amounts which the board of supervisors thereof shall deem advisable, acting in their sole discretion, to be paid from the general county fund of the respective counties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-113 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-113
Status: in_force

All construction contracts by the district, where the amount of the contract shall exceed two thousand, five hundred dollars ($2,500.00), shall be made upon at least three weeks' public notice by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, which notice shall state the thing to be done and invite sealed proposals, to be filed with the secretary of the district, to do the work; and in all such cases, before the notice shall be published, the plans and specifications for the work shall be filed with the secretary of the district and there remain. The board of directors of the district shall award the contract to the lowest and best bidder, who will comply with the terms imposed by such board and enter into bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board, in such penalty as shall be fixed by such board but in no case to be less than the contract price, conditioned for the prompt, proper, and efficient performance of the contract.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-75 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-75
Status: in_force

No corporation, individual, or other drainage district, outside the limits of any district organized or operating under the terms of this chapter, shall drain into any ditch belonging to any district formed or operating under the terms of this chapter, without first paying compensation, to be ascertained by a jury in the circuit court or chancery court, for the use of said ditch, unless an agreement is reached between the commissioners of the district and the corporation, individual, or other drainage district desiring to use such ditch, as to such compensation. This and Section 51-29-77 shall not operate to interfere with vested rights to natural drainage.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-109 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-109
Status: in_force

The Pearl River Industrial Commission, acting through it members who favor bringing the counties they represent into the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, shall petition the chancery court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County to organize and establish the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District and shall set forth in the petition:

(a) The counties to be included in the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. Any county through which the Pearl River runs or which borders on the Pearl River may be included in the district.

(b) The fact that a preliminary report or study to determine the engineering feasibility of constructing a dam and reservoir in the basin of Pearl River has been made by a competent engineer or engineering firm and that such study or report shows that the construction of such facilities is feasible for water conservation or supply or for any of the other purposes or services contemplated by the legislative declaration of public policy in this article.

(c) The necessity and desirability for the construction of such facilities.

(d) A general description of the purposes of the contemplated works, and a general description of the plan including the lands to be overflowed or otherwise affected thereby, and maps or plats showing the general location of the reservoir and dam and related facilities. The word “project” when used herein shall mean the general plan and purposes of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, including its physical properties, as set out in this petition to the chancery court; and the words “project area” shall mean the physical location of the reservoir, dam, and related facilities as shown on the plats filed with the chancery court and shall include and be limited to an area of one mile from the shore line of the reservoir at high water. The words “related facilities” as used in this article shall mean the facilities indicated on said maps or plats filed with the chancery court or otherwise explained in the pleadings filed with the chancery court and shall include property, land, or areas of land adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, said reservoir or dam and within a distance of one mile from the high water mark of the proposed shore line of said reservoir as shown on said map, which may be acquired, owned, rented, leased, or sold by the district in connection with the recreational or industrial development and use of the project.

The petition shall be filed with as many copies as there are parties defendant. A copy of the preliminary report or study shall be attached to the original and each copy of the petition as an exhibit.

The board of water commissioners shall be made a party defendant, and the chancery clerk shall furnish the board of water commissioners with a copy of the petition with attached exhibits. Each county named in the petition shall be joined as a party defendant by service of process on the president of the board of supervisors thereof, and the chancery clerk shall furnish a copy of the petition to each such president. Whenever any municipality having a population according to the most recent federal census of ten thousand (10,000) or more is included in such proposed district, such municipality shall be made a party defendant.

It shall not be necessary that any land owners in the counties to be included in said proposed district be named in the petition, or made parties defendant. The chancellor of the chancery court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, shall have jurisdiction of the entire water supply district and project area for the purposes of this article. Such jurisdiction may be exercised by the chancellor in term time or in vacation, as provided in this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-119 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-13-119
Status: in_force

The district is empowered to obtain through appropriate hearings an appropriation permit or permits from the board of water commissioners of the State of Mississippi as provided for in Sections 51-3-1 through 51-3-53 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-141 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-141
Status: in_force

All bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be validated as now provided by law by Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972 . The services of the state's bond attorney may be employed in the preparation of such bond resolutions, forms, or proceedings as may be necessary, for which he shall be paid a reasonable fee. Such validation proceedings shall be instituted in the chancery court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, but notice of such validation proceedings shall be published at least two times in a newspaper of general circulation and published in each of the counties comprising the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, the first publication of which in each case shall be made at least ten days preceding the date set for the validation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-3-7 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-3-7
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a person using water for only domestic purposes shall not be required to obtain a permit to use water for domestic purposes, and no permit shall be required for the use of surface water in impoundments that are not located on continuous, free-flowing watercourses. No permit shall be required for any use of water obtained from a well with a surface casing diameter of less than six (6) inches; however, a permit shall be required of a person in the business of developing real property for resale who desires to withdraw water from a well, regardless of surface casing diameter, that is to be used for maintaining or enhancing an impoundment of surface water primarily for aesthetic purposes. If the commission declares and delineates a water use caution area as provided in Section 51-3-11 , the permit board may require permits for withdrawals of water in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) gallons per day, including withdrawals of water for uses exempted under this subsection.

(2) The board shall have the authority to permit the use of water of any stream only in excess of the established minimum flow as based upon records or computations by the commission. However, exceptions may be made for municipal users. The board may authorize any permittee to use the established minimum flow upon written assurance, supported by any data and reporting requirements that the board deems appropriate that the water will be immediately returned to the stream in substantially the same amount to insure the maintenance at all times of the established minimum flow. The board may authorize a permittee to use the established minimum flow for industrial purposes when the water shall be returned to the stream at a point downstream from the place of withdrawal, where the board finds that the use will not result in any substantial detriment to property owners affected thereby or to the public interest.

(3) The board shall have the authority to permit the use of water of any lake only in excess of the established average minimum lake level as based upon records or computations by the commission. However, exceptions may be made for municipal users. The board, upon affording a hearing to interested parties, may authorize any permittee to use below the established average minimum level when such use will not affect plans for the proper utilization of the water resources of the state, or the commission may establish a level above the established average minimum lake level, after affording an opportunity for a hearing, where plans for the proper utilization of the water resources of the state require it.

(4) No use of water shall be authorized that will impair the effect of stream standards set under the pollution control laws of this state based upon a minimum stream flow.

(5) No use of water shall be authorized or continued that will impair the navigability of any navigable watercourse.

(6) No use of water shall be permitted if the use shall cause mining of any aquifer unless the board shall find that the use is essential to the safety of human life and property or unless the applicant for a permit for such use can show to the satisfaction of the board that he or another person of sufficient financial capability has applied for permit or made any other definite commitment to a plan to acquire water from another source in lieu of the water being mined from the aquifer and which will not also result in mining of any other aquifer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-27-7 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 27-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-27-7
Status: in_force

The admission of the State of Florida into the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Compact is hereby ratified, approved, and agreed to by the State of Mississippi, and said State of Florida shall become a party to said compact upon the execution of the same by the governor of said state.

The secretary of state is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to transmit certified copies of this section to the governors of the States of Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida and of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-47 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 8-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-47
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners of the district issuing bonds pursuant to this chapter shall prescribe and collect reasonable rates, fees, tolls or charges for the services, facilities and commodities of its system or systems; shall prescribe penalties for the nonpayment thereof; and shall revise such rates, fees, tolls or charges from time to time whenever necessary to insure the economic operation of such system or systems. The rates, fees, tolls or charges prescribed shall be, as nearly as possible, such as will always produce revenue at least sufficient to:

(a) Provide for all expenses of operation and maintenance of the system or systems, including reserves therefor;

(b) Pay when due all bonds and interest thereon for the payment of which such revenues are or shall have been pledged, charged or otherwise encumbered, including reserves therefor; and

(c) Provide funds for reasonable expansions, extensions and improvements of services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-7-25 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-7-25
Status: in_force

In addition to other powers provided in this chapter, the commissioners shall have power to adopt a seal of the district, which shall be judicially noticed; to fix the domicile of the master water management district; to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of their powers; to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of the chapter and the purposes of the district, if not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this state; to sue and be sued in the name of the district; to employ such engineers, legal counsel, or other persons as may be necessary in accomplishing the work of the district; to obtain options upon and to acquire by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by the statutes of this state on eminent domain, any property, real or personal, or rights or interests therein reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter; to maintain, administer, and improve any property acquired, to receive income from such properties, and to expend such income in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter; to conduct surveys, investigations, and research necessary in carrying out the purposes of the chapter; to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any property or interests therein in furtherance of the purposes and provisions of this chapter; to construct, operate, and maintain works of improvement; to perform responsibilities in operating and maintaining all pre-existing works of improvement which, with the approval of the chancery court and the consent of the master water management district, may be turned over to such district; to accept, with approval of the chancery court, gifts and conveyances of land, easements, or rights of way owned by an existing drainage or water management district that are to be used by the master water management district for the purposes of the master water management district, on condition that the master water management district assume the responsibility for maintaining the works of improvement that are constructed on such lands, easements, or rights of way; to accept any moneys or services for carrying out the purposes of the district; to cooperate or enter into agreements with any agency, governmental or otherwise, or any person, firm, or corporation in carrying out the purposes of this chapter; and to do any and all things which are not inconsistent with the laws or constitution of this state in carrying out the purposes for which such districts were created in connection with projects and works of improvement carried out under Public Law 566, 83rd Congress, as amended or under other laws of the United States.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-49 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5 / Section 8-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-8-49
Status: in_force

The property and revenue of such district shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation. Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, except inheritance, transfer and estate taxes, and it may be so stated on the face of said bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-15-103 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-15-103
Status: in_force

The Pat Harrison Waterway Commission may hereafter be organized in this state under the provisions of this article, in the manner hereafter provided for. This water management district shall be an agency of the state and a body politic and corporate, and may be composed and is composed of the following counties, to wit: Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lauderdale, Newton, Perry, Smith, Stone, and Wayne. In addition, a municipality located in a county that is not a member of the district may join the district as provided in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-25-4 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-4
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-25-4
Status: in_force

The Yellow Creek Watershed Authority is hereby specifically authorized and empowered to contract with and to be contracted with by the Tennessee Valley Authority and any other agency or agencies of the federal government or of any state or subdivision thereof which may be of assistance in carrying out the purposes set forth herein, and to do any and all other things necessary or desirable in effectuating a plan for the comprehensive development of the resources of the said watershed, including but not limited to such subjects as agriculture, forestry, drainage and flood control, land reclamation, electric power utilization, irrigation, water conservation, recreation, public health and education, said program of development to be carried on in cooperation with the appropriate local, state and federal agencies. All agencies of the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to extend their cooperation and assistance to the said Yellow Creek Watershed Authority in the formulation and implementation of the said program of development.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-55 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 31-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-31-55
Status: in_force

The commissioners shall also, as soon as said petition to organize said district has been referred to them by the court, proceed to procure the right of way for the main ditch or ditches of said district, as well as the right of way for any laterals, drains, or levees that may be decided upon, by agreements with the landowners over or through whose lands the same is to be constructed. They shall take releases of rights of way for the construction of such ditch or ditches from the landowners and file same with the clerk, who shall record them. If the commissioners shall not be able to agree with any landowner as to the amount of damages such owner should receive for the right of way over which such ditch or other improvements or work shall be constructed, the commissioners shall appraise the said lands needed for said purposes and proceed as directed in Section 51-31-57 .

Should it be necessary for the successful prosecution of the work for an outlet or outlets to be obtained outside of the boundaries of the district, then the commissioners are authorized to obtain the same by contract with the interested parties or by eminent domain proceedings, on the approval of the chancery court or chancellor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-2-1 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-2-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be cited as the “Mississippi Marine Litter Act of 1989.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-115 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-115
Status: in_force

Subdistricts may be formed under this chapter in the following manner: When one third of the landowners owning a majority of the acreage or a majority of the landowners owning a third of the acreage or real property within a proposed subdistrict, composed of lands wholly within a district or partly within and partly without such district, shall petition the chancery court to establish a subdistrict to embrace their property, describing generally the region which it is intended shall be embraced within the subdistrict, and shall file a good bond to pay for the expenses of the survey of the proposed subdistrict in case the district is not formed, it shall be the duty of the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, to enter an order directing the commissioners of the main district to forthwith proceed to cause a survey to be made and to ascertain the limits of the region which will be benefited by a proposed system of improvements, giving a general idea of its character and the costs of drainage, and making such suggestions as to the size of the drainage ditches and their location as the commissioners may deem advisable, and to file their report with the clerk of the chancery court. All expenses of preparing such plans and estimates and costs of publication shall be paid by the board of supervisors, as the work progresses, upon proper showing by the commissioners of said district; but all expenses incurred by said subdistrict shall be repaid out of the proceeds of the first money received by the proposed subdistrict.

The clerk of the chancery court shall thereupon give notice by publication for two weeks by two insertions in some newspaper published in the county or counties in which said subdistrict will be located, calling upon all persons owning real property within said subdistrict to appear before the chancery court, or chancellor in vacation, on some day fixed by said clerk not less than ten days after the last publication to show cause in favor of or against the establishing of the subdistrict. If it shall appear to the court or chancellor that the organization of the proposed subdistrict will conduce to the public benefit and to the interest of real property therein, it shall make an order upon its records establishing said subdistrict. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prohibit the formation and organization of a drainage district wholly or partly within a district already organized. A district independent of the district already organized may be organized where a part or all of the lands are not in the district already organized, provided that a third of the landowners owning a majority of the acreage or a majority of the landowners owning a third of the acreage or real property within such proposed district shall petition the chancery court of any county of such district to constitute them a drainage district under the terms of this chapter, and thereupon proceedings shall be had in all respects in conformity with this chapter for the creation of a drainage district under its terms. When such a district is organized as now provided by law for the organization of drainage districts, it shall have all the rights, powers, and privileges of any other district, having its commissioners and other officers selected in the manner now provided by law; and such district shall have full power to make and levy assessments, issue bonds independent of any other district, and to do all other things now provided by law for the formation and organization of drainage districts. When any such district is organized, the several parcels of land thereof that are included within the corporate limits of any district shall still be liable to the district already organized for assessments for benefits thereafter levied, if any are received by them; and in like manner shall receive credit for any work done which is a benefit to the district already organized. The foregoing provisions of this chapter shall apply to the organization of the subdistrict, the same as to the organization of the district.

When the court or chancellor has established a subdistrict, he shall appoint the commissioners of the subdistrict; and the proceedings thereafter shall conform in all respects to the provisions of this chapter relating to the drainage district. Said commissioners are empowered and authorized to issue bonds of said subdistrict, and said bonds shall be designated as the bonds of said subdistrict; and all the foregoing provisions of this chapter in reference to the issuance of the bonds of said drainage district shall apply to and govern the issuance of bonds of each particular subdistrict. The proceeds of the sale or money obtained on the bonds of any subdistrict shall be used and applied exclusively to the work of constructing and maintaining the internal drains of said subdistrict in the carrying out and perfecting its internal drains. Separate accounts shall be kept by the treasurer and depositories of said commission with each subdrainage district, so that there can be seen at all times the exact financial condition of each subdistrict, both as to its receipts and disbursements.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-129 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-129
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in Sections 51-29-119 through 51-29-129 shall be construed to permit the enlargement of any prescriptive rights now or hereafter existing or acquired, nor permit the diversion of water from one watershed or basin to another watershed or basin. Nor shall said sections apply to or affect, change, modify, or alter the law as now existing relative to the diversion and control of seep water, and they shall not be construed to repeal, amend, or modify any existing laws, but shall be deemed as supplemental to the law as it now exists.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-1 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-1
Status: in_force

There is created the Pearl River Industrial Commission, composed of Hinds, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Rankin and such other counties in the state through which or bordering which the Pearl River runs. The Governor shall appoint one (1) member to the commission from each county from a list of three (3) names to be submitted by the board of supervisors in each participating county. The three (3) names submitted by the board of supervisors of Madison County and the board of supervisors of Rankin County shall be the names of persons who reside on and are holders of residential leases from the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District that are located in Madison County and Rankin County, respectively, or who reside in established subdivisions in Madison County and Rankin County, respectively, in which some of the residential property of the subdivision is leased from the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. In his appointment the Governor shall designate the chairman and vice chairman of the commission. Each member of the commission shall serve for a term concurrent with that of the Governor. The board of supervisors in any county through which or by which the Pearl River runs, other than those counties named above, may bring that county in as a member of the commission by resolution presented to the Governor; and the board of supervisors in such county may, in its discretion, call an election before taking such action, the election to be held as nearly as possible in the same manner other elections are held in the county.

The member appointed from Madison County who is serving on July 1, 2012, shall continue to serve until January 1, 2013, after which date the Governor shall appoint a member from Madison County who meets the residency requirements of this section. The person appointed under the provisions of this paragraph shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-35-13 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 33 / Section 35-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-35-13
Status: in_force

The commissioners of any drainage district entering into such agreements as are herein provided are hereby authorized and empowered to fix and levy an annual ad valorem tax of not exceeding two mills on the dollar upon all of the real and personal property in the district, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of acquiring or condemning and furnishing rights of way for levees and drainage ditches within or without the limits of the district. Such levy shall be certified by the commissioners to the board of supervisors of the proper county before the time fixed by law for the levying of county taxes; and the board of supervisors shall, at the time fixed by law for the levying of county taxes, levy such tax and certify said levy to the tax collector, who shall collect such taxes as other taxes of the county are collected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-161 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 26 / Section 29-161
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-161
Status: in_force

The owner or owners of any tract or tracts of land situated within the boundaries of any drainage district that embraces land in more than one county of the state and was organized under this chapter may, in event the United States government, any agency or instrumentality thereof, or any corporation organized under an Act of the Congress of the United States for the purpose of engaging in any reforestation activity accepts a proposal of said owner or owners for the sale thereof, file a petition in the chancery court of the county in which the drainage district was organized, describing therein the tract or tracts of land in said district on which the proposal of said owner or owners for sale as aforesaid has been accepted as said tract or tracts are described in the assessment roll of the district, stating the total amount of assessments of benefits against each said tract and also the total amount thereof remaining unpaid at the time of the filing of such petition, and praying an acquittance of said tract or tracts from all outstanding indebtedness and assessments of benefits of said district whatever and a release thereof from the boundaries of said district on payment of the total amount of assessment of benefits of said district against said tract or tracts remaining unpaid on the filing of such petition. Thereupon the clerk of such chancery court shall issue notices, addressed to all the landowners of said district and to all holders of the outstanding indebtedness of said district, of a hearing on such petition at the next succeeding term of said court or in vacation at a time and place to be fixed by the chancellor, which notice shall be published in a weekly newspaper having a bona fide circulation in each county, any part of which is included within the boundaries of such district, for two successive issues.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-35-3 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 33 / Section 35-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-35-3
Status: in_force

The commissioners of any drainage district agreeing as herein provided to maintain flood control works constructed by the United States of America or any agency thereof are hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate money and to pay the same to the proper state, county, or district authority as reimbursement for the cost of locating, relocating, building, or rebuilding of any roads and highways outside the limits of the district, when the same shall be rendered necessary by the construction of flood control works, and to give satisfactory assurances to the United States of America or any agency thereof that the location, relocation, building, or rebuilding of such roads and highways shall be done without expense to the United States of America.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-119 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-119
Status: in_force

Any person interested in or aggrieved by the final order of the court or the chancellor, creating the water supply district or dismissing the petition or admitting a county to the district, and who was a party to the proceedings in the chancery court may prosecute an appeal therefrom within ten days from the date of such decree by furnishing an appeal bond in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) with two good and sufficient sureties, conditioned to pay all costs of the appeal in the event the decree is affirmed. Such appeal bond shall be subject to the approval of the chancery clerk. When the transcript of the record of the case shall be filed in the office of the supreme court, the appellee having been summoned to appear and answer the appeal, ten days after service of the summons on appellee or his attorney the court shall consider such case as entitled to be heard. Any party to any proceeding in any court involving any of the provisions of this article may waive any time for filing pleadings so as to obtain an earlier hearing.

Any appeal from such order or decree of the chancery court or chancellor shall be a preference case in the supreme court and shall be tried at the earliest moment convenient with said court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-19 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-29-19
Status: in_force

The said commissioners may adopt a common seal of the drainage district and alter the same at pleasure. They may, from time to time, make such bylaws, rules, and regulations, and alter and change the same as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with this chapter and the laws of this state, for the purpose of carrying into effect the object of their incorporation. They shall elect a president from their own number and appoint such other officers, agents, and attorneys, and employ such persons as they may think necessary for the efficient management of their business, and remove them at pleasure. They may do all acts and things not inconsistent with this chapter and with the laws of the state, and proper to effect the purpose and objects of this chapter.

Upon their qualification, the board of commissioners shall prepare plans for the improvement within the district, as prayed for in the petition, and shall procure estimates from a competent engineer or engineers as to the cost thereof. For that purpose, the board of commissioners may employ such engineers and other agents as may be needful, such engineer to give bond in the sum of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), payable to the drainage district and conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties required of the engineer, which bond shall be approved by the board of commissioners, or the president. Said board of commissioners may employ the services of an attorney or a firm of attorneys as may be needed in the prosecution of the work for which the drainage district is organized, may employ such other agents as may be needed, may purchase such material and supplies, and pay for such publications and printing necessary or incidental in the prosecution of the work. Said board of commissioners shall provide for reasonable compensation to the engineer or engineers, attorneys, and other agents, and for the cost of such material, supplies, publications, and printing, and the same shall be taken as a part of the costs of the improvements; or said board of commissioners may borrow money necessary to pay for the services of the engineer or engineers, attorneys, and other agents, and for the cost of such material, supplies, publications, and printing, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent, per annum, and may execute a note or notes or other evidences of indebtedness therefor and may renew the same as may be necessary, and the money borrowed for such purposes shall be taken as a part of the costs of the improvements.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-3-15 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-3-15
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall serve as the permitting authority for this chapter. The board may adopt rules of practice and procedure governing its proceedings and forms as it deems necessary consistent with the regulations of the commission to carry out its permitting duties under this chapter. The board, under any conditions as the board may prescribe, may authorize the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to make decisions on permit issuance, reissuance, denial, modification and revocation. A decision by the executive director shall be a decision of the board and shall be subject to formal hearing and appeal as provided in Section 49-17-29 . The executive director shall report all permit decisions to the board at its next regularly scheduled meeting and those decisions shall be recorded in the minutes of the board.

(2) The board may:

(a) Issue or reissue any permit under those conditions and limitations consistent with the regulations of the commission and as it reasonably deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

(b) Issue or reissue any temporary or emergency permit for any period of time specified by the board where conditions make a temporary or emergency permit essential.

(c) Modify or revoke any permit upon not less than sixty (60) days' written notice to the permittee affected.

(d) Revoke any permit as the board deems appropriate for failure to adhere to permit conditions.

(e) Deny the issuance, reissuance or modification of any permit if the proposed use is found to be contrary to public interest.

(f) Delegate authority to any joint water management district to receive, investigate and make recommendations to the board regarding applications for permits required under this chapter.

(g) Require all abandoned bore holes and wells more than twenty-five (25) feet deep to be properly plugged to prevent groundwater contamination.

(3) The board may hold a public hearing regarding its proposed action on any permit under this chapter as provided in Section 49-17-29 . Any interested party aggrieved by an action of the board may appeal that action as provided in Section 49-17-29 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-155 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-155
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-9-155
Status: in_force

The provisions of any other law, general, special or local, except as provided in this article, shall not limit or restrict the powers granted by this article. The water supply district herein provided for shall not be subject to regulation or control by the public service commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-4-23.2 — MS Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-23.2
Miss. Code Ann. § 51-4-23.2
Status: in_force

Magee's Creek in Walthall County from the confluence of Varnell Creek to the Bogue Chitto River which was designated as eligible for nomination to the scenic streams stewardship program under Section 51-4-21 , is designated as a state scenic stream and is included in the Mississippi Scenic Streams Stewardship Program.