Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-207 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-207
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration shall make commercially reasonable efforts to place out for bid, such that Mississippi Contractors and Mississippi Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (“DBEs”) shall have an equal opportunity to respond to such bid, any contract by the department which (a) is subject to tax pursuant to Section 27-65-21 (i.e., contracts for constructing, building, erecting, grading, excavating, etc.), and (b) will be paid, or payment thereunder by the department will be reimbursed, using any portion of the funds in the Capitol Complex Improvement District Project Fund created in Section 29-5-215 . In carrying out such efforts, in order to increase the pool of qualified DBE bidders, the department will request that successful prime contract bidders include in their response a commitment to (a) participate in and/or host forums that highlight subcontract bidding opportunities for DBEs; and (b) work with various trade associations and the Mississippi Development Authority to promote increased participation from DBEs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-119 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-119
Status: in_force

(1) Where there is only one (1) school district in the township to which the available funds belong, such school district shall be entitled to the whole of such funds, and the funds shall be handled in the manner set forth in this section.

(2) In cases where a township having available funds is occupied by two (2) or more school districts or parts of school districts, the available funds of the township shall be divided between the districts lying wholly or partly within such township in proportion to the number of children residing in that portion of each district which lies within such township and who are enrolled in the schools of that district, as compared to the total number of children residing in such township and enrolled in the schools of all districts lying wholly or partly in that township. For such purpose, annual lists shall be made of all children who reside in the township and who are enrolled in the schools of each district lying wholly or partly in that township, which lists shall be made in accordance with Section 29-3-121 . Municipal separate school districts shall be entitled to their pro rata part of such funds in the same manner as other school districts.

(3) Where there is no child residing in a township in which funds are available for distribution and where one or more school districts embrace all or part of any such township, such funds shall be distributed in the following manner:

(a) Where any such township is located wholly within one (1) school district, the available township funds shall be distributed to that school district.

(b) Where any such township having such funds available for distribution is located either in whole or in part in two (2) or more school districts, such available funds shall be distributed to the two (2) or more school districts in proportion to the number of children residing in that part of the two (2) or more school districts which is common or coextensive to each of the school districts, distribution being made on the basis of the enrollment of the school children in their respective school districts.

(4) The school district having jurisdiction and control of the sixteenth section or lieu lands in the township (the “custodial school district”) shall pay to each other school district lying wholly or partly in the township which is entitled to a part of the township funds the district's pro rata share of the available township funds, as determined from the lists of children prepared pursuant to Section 29-3-121 , promptly after collecting such funds. The custodial school district shall make its books and records pertaining to the income and funds of any shared township available for inspection and copying to all other school districts sharing in the income from the township upon reasonable notice of such request. Any district entitled to such funds which is not paid promptly may assert a claim against the custodial school district for its share of the funds not later than twelve (12) months from the end of the calendar year in which the custodial school district collected such funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-40 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-40
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-40
Status: in_force

The land commissioner is authorized, in his discretion, to make a feasibility study to determine if sixteenth section lands and lieu lands classified as farm residential or residential lands could be exchanged for other lands of equal value located within the same county, without injury to the value of the lands held in trust for the public schools.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-13-5 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-13-5
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration shall compile an inventory of all state-owned buildings in any area of the state affected by the Hurricane Katrina Disaster of 2005 or any floodplain areas and any necessary data concerning such buildings. Each agency, board, commission, department and institution of the state shall cooperate in the preparation of the inventory and shall submit any information required by the department in a timely manner which will allow the inventory to be finalized and presented to the appropriate federal and state agencies. Such information shall include the specific location and, where available, the elevation of all state-owned buildings under the jurisdiction of the agency, board, commission, department or institution in any hurricane hazard or floodplain areas.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-13 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-13
Status: in_force

(1) There is established the position of Curator of the New Capitol Building, who shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To oversee, initiate, approve and monitor the care of the New Capitol Building and grounds to ensure long-term preservation, conservation and maintenance of the building, historic furnishings and grounds;

(b) To coordinate with personnel of the Department of Finance and Administration and the project professionals on any repair, renovation or restoration plans for the New Capitol Building or grounds, ensuring that all work is in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation;

(c) To request quotations for projects at the New Capitol Building or grounds upon instructions from the Department of Finance and Administration and from the House Management committee and the Senate Rules Committee acting jointly; apply for permits from the Department of Archives and History when applicable; request that projects be initiated through the proper agency and serve as the in-house professional depending upon the scope of work; maintain contact with any project professional involved in a project, beginning with the bid or quote process through initiation and completion of the project; and notify the House, the Senate, joint legislative operations or the Department of Finance and Administration, as appropriate, when the project is complete and ready for final payment;

(d) To coordinate special state events and approved private events held at the New Capitol Building or grounds other than those held in the Chambers of the House of Representatives or the Senate;

(e) To serve as a liaison to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Secretary of the Senate, Department of Finance and Administration, Department of Archives and History and project professionals on all projects at the New Capitol Building or grounds;

(f) To supervise visitor services personnel in providing tours and events for the public and members of the Legislature that are held at the New Capitol Building or grounds; and

(g) To perform such other duties relating to the New Capitol Building or grounds as jointly prescribed by the House Management Committee and the Senate Rules Committee.

(2) The Curator of the New Capitol Building shall be employed by and under the joint jurisdiction of the House Management Committee and the Senate Rules Committee, and the expenses of the curator shall be paid from the funds appropriated by the Legislature for the joint legislative operations of the House and the Senate. The curator shall provide quarterly reports to the House Management committee and the Senate Rules Committee on the activities and expenses of the curator during the preceding quarter.

(3) The Curator of the New Capitol Building who is employed by the Board of Trustees of the Department of Archives and History under the provisions of Section 39-5-6 on July 1, 2019, shall be transferred from the jurisdiction of the department to the joint jurisdiction of the House Management Committee and the Senate Rules Committee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-127 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-127
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-127
Status: in_force

Where a township is divided so that parts are situated in different counties, the county in which the sixteenth section or lands in lieu thereof may be situated shall have jurisdiction thereof and of the funds derived from it; and if the section or land in lieu thereof be in several counties, each county has jurisdiction of the part lying in it, or the counties may co-operate in the management thereof. In any case the fund shall be accounted for with each county according to the number of educable children in the part of the township in it as compared with the whole number in the township. Any county now having and hereafter receiving and collecting funds belonging to another county shall immediately thereafter pay over such funds, transfer and sign all notes, deeds of trust, and security for funds loaned out, to the depository of the county entitled thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-3 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-3
Status: in_force

The board of education may employ one (1) or more competent persons to ascertain the true condition of the title and to institute and prosecute, in the chancery court of the county where the land lies, all necessary suits to establish and confirm the title to each parcel of such land and to fix the date of the expiration of any lease of the same. If any person claim any of said land in fee simple or upon any other terms than that of a lease to expire at a fixed date with absolute reversion to the state in trust, or if the title to such lands rest in parol by destruction of records or otherwise, suit shall be instituted at once or as soon as practicable to test the legality of such claims or to re-establish the lost record.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-11 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-11
Status: in_force

It shall likewise be the duty of the board of education to ascertain whether or not such county has title to all lieu lands to which it may, by law, be entitled. If it is determined that such county does not have title to all such lands, the board of education shall certify the fact to the state land commissioner who shall institute proper proceedings to secure such lands for such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-103 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-103
Status: in_force

The new justice building undergoing construction on February 20, 2004 and sitting next to the Carroll Gartin Justice Building at the corner of West and High Streets in Jackson, Mississippi, shall also be named and known as the Carroll Gartin Justice Building upon the demolition of its predecessor. The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the Carroll Gartin Justice Building, which states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of the Honorable Carroll Gartin. Carroll Gartin died while serving his third term as Lieutenant Governor of the State of Mississippi and had spent many years of his adult life in public service, including municipal judge, wartime combat army officer, two-term mayor and three-term Lieutenant Governor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-151 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-151
Status: in_force

The purpose of Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 is to authorize the improvement, development, management and maintenance of sixteenth section lands, or lands granted in lieu thereof, within any county in Mississippi with a population in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000) at the time of the 1970 census, in order that such lands may be made suitable for leasing for commercial, industrial, and/or recreational use, including the authority necessary to finance the improvement and development thereof and to manage, maintain and lease said lands in order to derive the maximum public benefit and to earn maximum income from the lands for the public schools receiving the income. No lease shall be for a term in excess of twenty-five (25) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-101 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-101
Status: in_force

Every such lease shall empower the lessee to enter upon the premises leased and explore and develop such premises for oil, gas, or either of them, or such other mineral as may be included in the terms of said lease, and to do all things necessary or expedient for the production and preservation of any of such products; and shall inure to the lessee, his heirs or assigns.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-10 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-10
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-10
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Public Trust Tidelands Assessments Fund.” The purpose of the fund is to ensure that monies derived from the public trust tidelands assessments shall be used for the benefit of preserving and protecting the tidelands and submerged lands found within the three (3) most southern counties of the state. One (1) specific purpose of the fund is to ensure that the annual payment made by the state for the purchase of Deer Island shall continue uninterrupted until the purchase transaction is completed. The fund shall be administered by the Secretary of State, as trustee. None of the funds that are in the special fund or that are required to be deposited into the special fund shall be transferred, diverted or in any other manner expended or used for any purpose other than those purposes specified in this section.

(2)(a) Any funds derived from assessments made pursuant to Section 29-1-107(4)(c) shall be deposited into the special fund.

(b) Funds paid pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection may be appropriated by the Legislature in an amount necessary to cover the administrative cost incurred by the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources. Any remaining funds shall be disbursed by the commission for new and extra programs of tidelands management, such as conservation, reclamation, preservation, acquisition, education or the enhancement of public access to the public trust tidelands or public improvement projects as they relate to those lands.

(3) Any funds that are appropriated as separate line items in an appropriation bill for tideland programs or projects authorized under this section for political subdivisions or other agencies shall be disbursed as provided in this subsection.

(a) The Department of Marine Resources shall make progress payments in installments based on the work completed and material used in the performance of a tidelands project only after receiving written verification from the political subdivision or agency. The political subdivision or agency shall submit verification of the work completed or materials in such detail and form that the department may require.

(b) The Department of Marine Resources shall make funds available for the purpose of using such funds as a match or leverage for federal or other funds that are available for the designated tidelands project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-211 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-211
Status: in_force

The conveyance of the property pursuant to Sections 29-1-205 and 29-1-209 , being for the aforesaid public purpose, the property and any improvements located thereon are exempted from ad valorem taxation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-9
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Public Trust Tidelands Fund.” The fund shall be administered by the Secretary of State as trustee.

(2) Any funds derived from lease rentals of tidelands and submerged lands, except those funds derived from mineral leases, or funds previously specifically designated to be applied to other agencies, shall be transferred to the special fund. However, funds derived from lease rentals may be used to cover the administrative cost incurred by the Secretary of State. Any remaining funds derived from lease rentals shall be disbursed pro rata to the local taxing authorities for the replacement of lost ad valorem taxes, if any. Then, any remaining funds shall be disbursed to the commission for new and extra programs of tidelands management, such as conservation, reclamation, preservation, acquisition, education or the enhancement of public access to the public trust tidelands or public improvement projects as they relate to those lands.

(3) Any funds that are appropriated as separate line items in an appropriation bill for tideland programs or projects authorized under this section for political subdivisions or other agencies shall be disbursed as provided in this subsection.

(a) The Department of Marine Resources shall make progress payments in installments based on the work completed and material used in the performance of a tidelands project only after receiving written verification from the political subdivision or agency. The political subdivision or agency shall submit verification of the work completed or materials in such detail and form that the department may require.

(b) The Department of Marine Resources shall make funds available for the purpose of using such funds as a match or leverage for federal or other funds that are available for the designated tidelands project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-155 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-155
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-155
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county with a population of two hundred thousand (200,000) or more shall have the authority to create, by appropriate order spread on its minutes and approved by vote of at least three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of its members, a sixteenth section development authority for the purpose of developing all or any part of a sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, controlled by the board; provided, however, that said authority shall not be created by said board unless and until the county school board and, in the event the sixteenth section or lands granted in lieu thereof is located within a municipal separate school district, the trustees of the municipal separate school district submit to the board a resolution, properly adopted, requesting the creation of said authority and designating the sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, to be developed and leased. The order shall designate the sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, to be developed in whole or in part by the authority; provided, however, that the order shall designate only one sixteenth section, or one section of land granted in lieu thereof, to be developed in whole or in part by the authority.

The board of supervisors of the county may acquire by condemnation any necessary easements for traffic thoroughfares or utility rights-of-way upon specific recommendation and request by the trustees, but for no other purpose shall the right of condemnation be allowed. Any condemnation award shall be paid from the funds of the authority.

The county school board and, in the event the sixteenth section or lands granted in lieu thereof is located within a municipal separate school district, the trustees of the municipal separate school district are specifically authorized to lend to the authority such funds for interim financing of development as may be available to the said board and trustees and deemed desirable. In the event that any such loan is made by the county school board and the trustees of the municipal separate school district, the participation of each in such loan shall be determined by the percentage of revenue from the sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, to be developed by the authority which each received in the most prior year of receipt.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-115 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-115
Status: in_force

The expendable funds derived from sixteenth section or lieu lands may be expended for the building and repair of schoolhouses, teachers' homes, and other school facilities, the purchase of furniture, school vehicles and equipment for same, the payment of teachers' salaries, and for all other purposes in operating and maintaining the schools of the district to which such funds belong for which other available school funds may be expended. Such funds may also be expended for clearing, draining, reforesting and otherwise improving any sixteenth section lands of township to which any such available funds may belong. Such funds may also be expended for the purpose of paying any drainage district taxes, costs, expenses, and assessments for which the sixteenth section may be liable, and in such case the same shall be paid by the board of education out of any funds which would otherwise be paid over to the school district entitled thereto under the provisions of Sections 29-3-115 through 29-3-123 . Such funds may also be expended to pay all reasonable and necessary attorneys' fees incurred to clear the title on any sixteenth section lieu lands located outside the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-13 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-13
Status: in_force

When the state owns land in a county which owns land located in another county granted in lieu of the sixteenth section school lands, generally known as “lieu lands,” the Governor and land commissioner acting for the state and the board of education acting for such county may, by written agreement, exchange the land owned by the state in such county for “lieu lands” owned by such county in another county.

The title to the state-owned land shall be conveyed to such county by a patent signed by the Governor and land commissioner as other patents are executed under the law. The title to the lieu lands shall be conveyed to the state by deed signed by the superintendent of education on order of the board of education. The written agreement between the state and the county shall be recorded in the minutes of said board of education.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-1.1 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-1.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-1.1
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein, unless the context shall otherwise require.

(a) “ Board of education ” shall mean that school board of the school district in whose present jurisdiction (i) is situated a sixteenth section of land, or (ii) was originally situated a sixteenth section of land for which land has been granted in lieu thereof. Provided, however, that in the event a sixteenth section is situated within two (2) or more school districts, the term “ board of education ” shall mean that school board whose school district embraces the greatest land area within the township in which said sixteenth section is located.

(b) “ Superintendent of education ” shall mean that superintendent of schools of a school district whose board of education has control and jurisdiction over any sixteenth section lands or lands granted in lieu thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-69 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-69
Status: in_force

The board of education may lease school trust lands classified as industrial, commercial, farm-residential, residential, recreational, catfish farming or other for a term not exceeding forty (40) years for a ground rental, payable annually. All leases, except leases of residential or farm-residential lands, made for a ground rental shall contain rent adjustment clauses or other such provisions requiring that the consideration for every lease of such lands shall be adjusted not less than once every ten (10) years from the date of the lease to reflect the current fair market rental value of the lands, exclusive of any improvements thereon. In leases of lands which are or which are to become residential or farm-residential land, the board of education may require a rent adjustment clause in which rents are to be adjusted, provided that such adjustments will not exceed the fair market rental value of the lands, exclusive of improvements thereon, as of the rental adjustment dates. If a rent adjustment clause is not contained in a lease of lands which are or which are to become residential or farm-residential land, the reasons for not including such clause in the lease shall be stated in the lease and entered on the minutes of the board. In the case of uncleared lands, the board of education may lease them for such short terms as may be deemed proper in consideration of the improvement thereof, with the right thereafter to lease or to hold on payment of a ground rental. The board of education may lease not more than three (3) acres of any such lands for a term not exceeding ninety-nine (99) years for a ground rental, payable annually, to any church having its principal place of worship situated on such lands, which has been in continuous operation at that location for not less than twenty-five (25) years at the time of the lease. The consideration for every lease of such lands to a church shall be renegotiated not less than once every twenty-five (25) years from the date of the lease to reflect the current fair market rental value of the lands, exclusive of any improvements thereon.

The board of education may, at any time, by agreement with any lessee of lands, except for lands classified as forest or agricultural, cancel an existing lease and execute a new lease contract on such land where major capital improvements have been made or for the purpose of facilitating the addition of major capital improvements, provided that the rental amount of such new lease shall not be less than the rental amount in the prior lease. The term of such new lease shall not exceed forty (40) years for a ground rental, payable annually, provided that prior to the execution of such new lease contract, the provisions of all applicable statutes setting forth the procedure and requirements for the execution of a lease for sixteenth section lands or lieu lands have been satisfied.

The board of education may find that in the interest of good trust management it may be necessary to grant in the original lease contract an option to renew any lease not subject to competitive bid procedures, for a term not to exceed twenty-five (25) years. If such a finding be made, it shall be entered on the minutes of the board and the option granted; provided that the execution of a new lease shall be required to effectuate the additional lease period and the provisions of all applicable statutes setting forth the procedure and requirements for the execution of a lease for sixteenth section lands or lieu lands have been satisfied.

Subleasing or assignment of any lease of school trust lands executed after July 1, 1978, shall only be allowed when provided in the lease contract or at the discretion of the board of education; provided that permission to sublease or assign shall not be arbitrarily withheld.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-171 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-171
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-171
Status: in_force

All bonds issued pursuant to Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 shall be validated as now provided in Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, inclusive, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-35 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-35
Status: in_force

The board of education is authorized and empowered to supervise and direct the classification of all sixteenth section lands or lieu lands, according to the definition hereinabove set out. In making the classifications provided by Sections 29-3-31 through 29-3-39 , the board of education is authorized and empowered to request the services of any public agency within this state which is equipped and qualified to assist in such classification. It is hereby made the duty of any such agency when so requested to assist the board of education in making such classification.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-21 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-21
Status: in_force

The establishment of local tidal datums and the determination of the location of the mean high water line or the mean low water line, whether by federal, state or local agencies or private parties, shall be made in accordance with the standards and procedures set forth in this chapter, and in accordance with supplementary regulations promulgated by the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-7 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-7
Status: in_force

The state mineral lease commission is authorized and empowered to contract for the construction and/or laying and operation of a suitable state-owned pipe line or lines for the transportation of any state-owned natural gas and/or oil for use by the state-owned buildings and/or institutions as fuel or other purposes, whenever said commission shall determine that the same will be for the best interest of the state and/or any of its buildings or institutions. Said commission shall construct and lay any such state-owned pipe line mentioned in this section where practicable in, under, and along any street, alley, sidewalk, road, or other public property, and where necessary may exercise the right of eminent domain for sufficient right of way and/or easement in, under, and along private property in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the right of eminent domain by the state in other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-9
Status: in_force

In all cases where this chapter has not been complied with, the official involved shall forthwith comply with same. It shall be the duty of the state land commissioner to ascertain whether or not said statutes have been complied with. If said state land commissioner shall find that said statutes have not been complied with in any case, he shall call the same to the attention of the board of education involved. If any board of education shall fail or refuse to comply with the mandate of this section, then the action of mandamus shall lie to compel such compliance, and such action may be brought either by the attorney general or any resident citizen of the State of Mississippi on the relation of the attorney general. If the state land commissioner shall find that any board of education is failing to take the necessary steps to effectively comply with said statutes in any case, he shall so certify to the attorney general. It shall thereupon be the duty of the attorney general to institute an action for issuance of a writ of mandamus as hereinabove provided, and to such end he is hereby authorized and empowered to employ competent local counsel to assist him in the prosecution of the same. It shall also be the duty of the state land commissioner in conjunction with the attorney general, to submit a special report in writing to the next regular session of the legislature, which said report shall set forth any instances of noncompliance with said chapter and the steps which have been taken to secure compliance with same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-95 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-95
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-95
Status: in_force

On certain occasions of state interest, the Office of General Services is authorized to suspend so much of the prohibitions contained in Sections 29-5-83 through 29-5-91 as would prevent the use of the roads and walks of the capitol grounds by processions or assemblages, and the use upon them of suitable decorations, music, addresses or ceremonies, provided that responsible officers shall have been appointed and arrangements determined which are adequate, in the judgment of the Office of General Services, for the maintenance of suitable order and decorum in the proceedings, and for guarding the properties and grounds from injury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-41 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-41
Status: reserved

After any parcels of sixteenth section lands have been classified as hereinabove provided, all land which has been classified as forest land and which is not now under lease shall hereafter not be leased. The lands classified as forest lands which may be under a lease that has a fixed date of expiration shall not be re-leased when said lease expires; nor shall the lessee be permitted to cut or remove any timber therefrom except according to the terms of his lease. Such lands shall be reserved and kept as forest lands. Provided further, that the mineral rights in all such lands may be leased for oil, gas, or mineral purposes, and the board of education may grant leases to the surface of said lands classified as forest, which are limited to hunting and fishing rights and activities in relation thereto, and which shall not extend for a period longer than fifteen (15) years. It shall be the duty of the board of education to lease said hunting and fishing rights at public contract after having advertised same for rent in a newspaper published in said county or, if no newspaper be published in said county, then in a newspaper having a general circulation therein, for two (2) successive weeks, the first being at least ten (10) days prior to said public contract. Said hunting and fishing rights shall be leased to the person offering the highest annual rental. Bids received by the board of education in response to the advertisement shall be opened at a regular or special meeting of the board. The board of education, at its option, may reject all bids or accept the highest and best bid received in response to the advertisement, or the board of education may hold an auction among those who submitted bids in response to the advertisement, provided that three (3) or more persons who submitted bids in response to the advertisement participate in the auction. The opening bid at the auction shall be the highest bid received in response to the advertisement. Provided that if the board of education receives an acceptable bid or elects to hold an auction, the most recent holder of said hunting and fishing rights if it shall have made an offer, shall have the final right to extend its lease for the term advertised at the annual rental equal to said highest offer received by the board of education, or equal to the highest bid offered at the auction, as the case may be.

If no bid acceptable to the board of education is received after said advertisement, the board of education may, within ninety (90) days, lease same by private contract for an amount greater than the highest bid previously rejected. If the board of education determines to lease the land by private contract, the most recent holder of said hunting and fishing rights, if it shall have made an offer, shall have the final right to extend its lease on the same terms and conditions as those contained in the private contract proposed to be accepted by the board of education.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-17 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-17
Status: in_force

(1) Any person found by the commission to be violating any of the provisions of Section 29-7-3 , or any rule or regulation or written order of the commission in pursuance thereof, or any condition or limitation of a permit shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for each violation, such penalty to be assessed and levied by the commission after a hearing as hereinafter provided. Each day upon which a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate and additional violation. Appeals from the imposition of a civil penalty may be taken to the appropriate chancery court in the same manner as appeals from the orders of the commission. If the appellant desires to stay the execution of a civil penalty assessed by the commission, he shall give bond with sufficient resident sureties of one or more guaranty or surety companies authorized to do business in this state, payable to the State of Mississippi, in an amount equal to double the amount of any civil penalty assessed by the commission, as to which the stay of execution is desired, on the condition that if the judgment shall be affirmed the appellant shall pay all costs of the assessment entered against him.

(2) In lieu of, or in addition to, the penalty provided in subsection (1) of this section, the commission shall have power to institute and maintain in the name of the state any and all proceedings necessary or appropriate to enforce the provisions of Section 29-7-3 , rules and regulations promulgated, and orders and permits made and issued thereunder, in the appropriate circuit, chancery, county or justice court of the county in which venue may lie. The commission may obtain mandatory or prohibitory injunctive relief, either temporary or permanent, and it shall not be necessary in such cases that the state plead or prove: (i) that irreparable damage would result if the injunction did not issue; (ii) that there is no adequate remedy at law; or (iii) that a written complaint or commission order has first been issued for the alleged violation.

(3) Any person who violates any of the provisions of, or fails to perform any duty imposed by, Section 29-7-3 or any rule or regulation issued hereunder, or who violates any order or determination of the commission promulgated pursuant to such section, and causes the death of fish, shellfish, or other wildlife shall be liable, in addition to the penalties provided in subsections (1), (2), (4) and (5) of this section, to pay to the state an additional amount equal to the sum of money reasonably necessary to restock such waters or replenish such wildlife as determined by the commission after consultation with the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. Such amount may be recovered by the commission on behalf of the state in a civil action brought in the appropriate county or circuit court of the county in which venue may lie.

(4) Any person who, through misadventure, happenstance or otherwise causes damage to or destruction of state-owned lands or structures or other property thereon necessitating remedial or cleanup action shall be liable for the cost of such remedial or cleanup action and the commission may recover the cost of same by a civil action brought in the circuit court of the county in which venue may lie. This penalty may be recovered in lieu of or in addition to the penalties provided in subsections (1), (2), (3) and (5) of this section.

(5) It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct unauthorized mineral exploration, development, or extraction activity or to violate the provisions of Section 29-7-3 or the rules and regulations of the commission which relate to mineral exploration, development, or extraction activity and, upon conviction thereof, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each offense. Each day on which such violation occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense.

(6) In lieu of or in addition to the penalties prescribed hereinabove, any person convicted by a court of law or found guilty by the commission of unlawful mineral extraction activity on state-owned lands shall repay to the state the fair market value of the minerals unlawfully extracted.

(7) Proceedings before the commission on civil violations prescribed hereinabove shall be conducted in the manner set forth in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-33 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-33
Status: in_force

For the purpose of determining the proper category for such lands and the oil, gas and other minerals in, on and under such lands, the following definitions shall be controlling unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “Forest land” shall mean all land at least ninety percent (90%) of the total area of which is at present forest or wasteland, or land which will produce a maximum of revenue by utilization to produce timber or other forest products, shall be classified as forest land. The unit of measurement to be used in arriving at the classification of forest land shall be the smallest division of the government survey covering said lands in counties where such government survey has been made, and in other counties shall be forty (40) acres.

(b) “Agricultural land” shall mean land most suitable for pasturage or cultivation.

(c) “Industrial land” shall mean land most suitable for port, harbor, industrial, manufacturing or warehousing use.

(d) “Commercial land” shall mean land most suitable for wholesale or retail businesses, financial institutions, professional offices and clinics, service trades and occupations, privately owned public utilities and similar businesses.

(e) “Residential land” shall mean any tract of land upon which the lessee or board-approved sub-lessee is residing. Such lands shall be set up, as nearly as possible, in a rectangular form so as to include the houses and such other permanent improvements as may have been placed thereon by said lessee or his predecessor in title; provided, however, that such tract of land shall not exceed five (5) acres.

(f) “Farm residential land” shall mean any tract of land upon which a leaseholder resides not exceeding one hundred sixty (160) acres in size existing on July 1, 1978, which is utilized for agricultural purposes. Provided, however, that farm residential land may consist of two (2) noncontiguous tracts not exceeding one hundred sixty (160) acres in the aggregate (a) with reasonable easements connecting the residential and outlying tracts; or (b) within the residential tract situated a distance not exceeding one and one-half (1- 1 / 2 ) miles from the outlying tract. Provided further that no sixteenth section lands or lands granted in lieu thereof, situated in a county lying wholly or partially within a levee district shall be classified as farm residential land.

(g) “Recreational land” shall mean land most suitable for uses which provide for activities or services of a recreational nature. Recreational nature shall include, but not be limited to, parks, campsites, lodges and similar uses and facilities.

(h) “Catfish farming land” shall mean land most suitable for the construction of catfish ponds and for wholesale or retail catfish farm raising and harvesting.

(i) “Other land” shall mean any land which is not suitable for any of the uses described above.

(j) “Oil, gas and minerals” shall mean the following: (i) oil, gas, carbon dioxide and other gaseous substances; (ii) metals, compounds of metals, or metal-bearing ores; (iii) coal, including anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite and their constituent components and products and minerals intermingled or associated therewith; and (iv) sulphur, salt, sand, gravel, fill dirt and clay, in, on and under the lands classified above. Such oil, gas and minerals shall be a classification of land separate and distinct from the classifications set forth above in paragraphs (a) through (h) inclusive.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-59 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-59
Status: in_force

The minimum sale price of the swamp and overflowed lands is one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per acre, and the land commissioner may sell them at that price unless the governor and land commissioner deem any of said lands to be worth more than said sum, in which event it will be their duty to fix the price of such of said lands at what they shall believe the interest of the state to require. When the price has been so fixed, it shall be entered of record on the register containing the list of such lands for sale, and shall not be reduced within two (2) years thereafter nor sold at any other price, until changed in like manner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-3 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-3
Status: in_force

(1) It is declared to be the public policy of this state to favor the preservation of the natural state of the public trust tidelands and their ecosystems and to prevent the despoliation and destruction of them, except where a specific alteration of specific public trust tidelands would serve a higher public interest in compliance with the public purposes of the public trust in which such tidelands are held.

(2) It is hereby declared to be a higher public purpose of this state and the public tidelands trust to resolve the uncertainty and disputes which have arisen as to the location of the boundary between the state's public trust tidelands and the upland property and to confirm the mean high water boundary line as determined by the Mississippi Supreme Court, the laws of this state and this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-81 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-81
Status: in_force

Grounds of public buildings over which the Department of Finance and Administration has jurisdiction shall comprise the following:

(a) In the City of Jackson, Mississippi:

(i) The grounds surrounding all state buildings identified in Section 29-5-2(a)(i) and all seat of government property;

(ii) State Board of Health Complex: Bounded on the north by Stadium Drive, on the west by the property of Mississippi Hospital and Medical Service, on the south by Woodrow Wilson Avenue, on the southeast by property leased by the Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs and on the east by North State Street;

(iii) The Barefield Property, the Sun-n-Sand Property and any other property described in Section 1 of Chapter 542, Laws of 2009;

(iv) The Mississippi State Fairgrounds Complex, including, but not limited to, the Mississippi Coliseum, Trademart, Kirk Fordice Equine Center, Mississippi Street Armory, and all arenas, barns, buildings, campgrounds and property whatsoever; such property being bounded on the north by High Street, on the west by Jefferson Street, on the east by Greymont Street, and on the south by Greymont Street.

(b) The grounds of Dr. Eldon Langston Bolton Building: Located in the City of Biloxi, Mississippi.

(c) The grounds of State Service Center: Located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 49 and John Merl Tatum Industrial Drive in the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

(d) Any grounds of any property purchased, constructed or otherwise acquired by the State of Mississippi for conducting state business and not specifically under the supervision and care by any other state entity, but which is reasonably assumed the department would be responsible for such, as approved by the Public Procurement Review Board, including, but not limited to:

1. The grounds of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center and Lockheed Martin Building at Stennis Space Center;

2. The grounds of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame;

3. The grounds of the Mississippi Crafts Center;

4. The grounds of the Mississippi Children's Museum; and

5. The grounds of the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-15 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-15
Status: in_force

The auditor of public accounts, on approval of the attorney general, is hereby authorized and empowered to make reasonable rules and regulations and to require such additional information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of the inventory requirements of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-9
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Public Trust Tidelands Fund.” The fund shall be administered by the Secretary of State as trustee.

(2) Any funds derived from lease rentals of tidelands and submerged lands, except those funds derived from mineral leases, or funds previously specifically designated to be applied to other agencies, shall be transferred to the special fund. However, funds derived from lease rentals may be used to cover the administrative cost incurred by the Secretary of State. Any remaining funds derived from lease rentals shall be disbursed pro rata to the local taxing authorities for the replacement of lost ad valorem taxes, if any. Then, any remaining funds shall be disbursed to the commission for new and extra programs of tidelands management, such as conservation, reclamation, preservation, acquisition, education or the enhancement of public access to the public trust tidelands or public improvement projects as they relate to those lands.

(3) Any funds that are appropriated as separate line items in an appropriation bill for tideland programs or projects authorized under this section for political subdivisions or other agencies shall be disbursed as provided in this subsection.

(a) The Department of Marine Resources shall make progress payments in installments based on the work completed and material used in the performance of a tidelands project only after receiving written verification from the political subdivision or agency. The political subdivision or agency shall submit verification of the work completed or materials in such detail and form that the department may require.

(b) The Department of Marine Resources shall make funds available for the purpose of using such funds as a match or leverage for federal or other funds that are available for the designated tidelands project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-13 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-13
Status: in_force

Social fraternities and sororities at educational institutions that have and operate single-sex housing facilities located on public land shall comply with the definitions contained within this chapter for purposes of maintaining such facilities as single sex only.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-1 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-1
Status: in_force

The state auditor of public accounts shall require the heads of all state agencies to make an inventory of all lands, buildings, equipment, furniture, and other personal property owned by or under the control of the respective agencies, except highway rights of way owned or acquired by the Mississippi state highway commission. The inventories shall be made on forms to be prescribed and furnished by said state auditor. Agencies, including the legislature, which have on file proper inventories on August 8, 1968, shall not be required to make new inventories, but the remaining provisions of this chapter respecting inventories shall be applicable thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-37 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-37
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person desiring to purchase any state-forfeited tax land shall make application in writing to the Secretary of State for the purchase of the land, and shall state in the application:

(a) A correct description of the land sought to be purchased.

(b) The name of the former owner and the name of the person to whom the land was assessed at the time of the tax sale, and the post office address of the former owner and the post office address of the person to whom the land was assessed at the time of the sale, if known to the applicant.

(c) Whether or not the land is occupied at the date of the filing of such application, and the name of the person occupying the land, if any.

(d) The nature and value of the improvements on the land.

(e) The approximate quantity of the merchantable timber on the land, if any.

(f) Any other special information as the Secretary of State, with the approval of the Governor, may require.

Each application shall be signed by the applicant and shall contain a declaration that the statements and information submitted in the application are true and correct and are made under penalty of perjury. The Secretary of State may require any additional information with reference to the value of the lands, the nature and condition of the buildings and improvements on the lands, and the value of the timber on the lands as he may deem necessary. The applications shall be filed by the Secretary of State in the order in which they are received. Each application shall be given a serial number and shall be entered on a record book on the day it is received. The record book shall show the name of the applicant, the serial number of the application, and the county in which the property is situated.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, the Secretary of State, with the approval of the Governor, may dispose of any state-forfeited tax land by sealed bids after three (3) weeks' advertisement in a newspaper in the county in which the land is located.

(3) The Secretary of State may sell state-forfeited tax land by online auction. The Secretary of State may enter into an agreement with an online provider to conduct any such sales by online auction. The Secretary of State may establish procedures and adopt administrative rules for the sale of state-forfeited tax land by online auction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-10 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-10
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-10
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Public Trust Tidelands Assessments Fund.” The purpose of the fund is to ensure that monies derived from the public trust tidelands assessments shall be used for the benefit of preserving and protecting the tidelands and submerged lands found within the three (3) most southern counties of the state. One (1) specific purpose of the fund is to ensure that the annual payment made by the state for the purchase of Deer Island shall continue uninterrupted until the purchase transaction is completed. The fund shall be administered by the Secretary of State, as trustee. None of the funds that are in the special fund or that are required to be deposited into the special fund shall be transferred, diverted or in any other manner expended or used for any purpose other than those purposes specified in this section.

(2)(a) Any funds derived from assessments made pursuant to Section 29-1-107(4)(c) shall be deposited into the special fund.

(b) Funds paid pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection may be appropriated by the Legislature in an amount necessary to cover the administrative cost incurred by the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources. Any remaining funds shall be disbursed by the commission for new and extra programs of tidelands management, such as conservation, reclamation, preservation, acquisition, education or the enhancement of public access to the public trust tidelands or public improvement projects as they relate to those lands.

(3) Any funds that are appropriated as separate line items in an appropriation bill for tideland programs or projects authorized under this section for political subdivisions or other agencies shall be disbursed as provided in this subsection.

(a) The Department of Marine Resources shall make progress payments in installments based on the work completed and material used in the performance of a tidelands project only after receiving written verification from the political subdivision or agency. The political subdivision or agency shall submit verification of the work completed or materials in such detail and form that the department may require.

(b) The Department of Marine Resources shall make funds available for the purpose of using such funds as a match or leverage for federal or other funds that are available for the designated tidelands project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-107 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-107
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Transportation Building, located at 401 North West Street in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, shall be renamed the “William J. ‘Billy’ McCoy Building.” The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the building, that states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of the Honorable William J. “Billy” McCoy. The Department of Finance and Administration in conjunction with the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect or cause to be erected proper lettering or signage on the eastern outdoor facade of the building facing North West Street displaying the official name of the building as the “William J. ‘Billy’ McCoy Building.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-111 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-111
Status: in_force

The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi Building, located at 429 Mississippi Street in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, shall be renamed the “Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building.” The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the building, that states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of the Honorable Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford. The Department of Finance and Administration in conjunction with the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi shall erect or cause to be erected proper lettering or signage on the northern outdoor facade of the building facing Mississippi Street displaying the official name of the building as the “Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building.” Nothing in this section shall infringe on the authority or responsibilities of the Board of Trustees as it relates to the ownership of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi Building. The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi Building is an asset of the Public Employees' Retirement System Trust Fund by virtue of the Constitution, Section 272-A, and title thereto shall remain in the name of the system. Accordingly, no funds of the system shall be used in the implementation of this section. Any and all funds necessary to accomplish this section will be appropriated by the Legislature for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-13-1 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-13-1
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Finance and Administration (“department”) shall purchase and maintain business property insurance and business personal property insurance on all state-owned buildings and/or contents as required by federal law and regulations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as is necessary for receiving public assistance or reimbursement for repair, reconstruction, replacement or other damage to those buildings and/or contents caused by the Hurricane Katrina Disaster of 2005 or subsequent disasters. The department is authorized to expend funds from any available source for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining that property insurance. The department is authorized to enter into agreements with other state agencies, local school districts, community/junior college districts, state institutions of higher learning and community hospitals to pool their liabilities to participate in a group business property and/or business personal property insurance program, subject to uniform rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Department of Finance and Administration.

(2) The Department of Finance and Administration is required to purchase and maintain flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program ( 42 USCS, Section 4001 et seq. ) as required by federal law on state-owned buildings and/or contents. To meet the requirements of participation in such program, the department is further required to adopt floodplain management criteria and procedures in accordance with the rules and regulations of 24 CFR, Chapter X, Subchapter B (National Flood Insurance Program), established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( Public Law 90-448 ) as amended and by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 ( Public Law 93-234 ) as amended, and any supplemental changes to such rules and regulations. The department shall adopt the floodplain management criteria set forth in 24 CFR, Chapter X , Section 1910.3 , on an emergency basis immediately upon passage of this chapter and until such time as final regulations and criteria are developed by the department. Final regulations, criteria and procedures shall be implemented by the department within ninety (90) days after passage of this chapter. Such criteria and procedures shall apply to any new construction or substantial improvement of state-owned buildings and other state-owned development located in floodplain areas as identified in conjunction with the National Flood Insurance Program. The department shall enforce the floodplain management criteria and procedures adopted by the department pursuant to this section.

(3) No state agency shall be authorized to expend any state, federal or special funds for the construction, renovation, repair or placement of any structure in a designated floodplain, floodway or coastal high hazard area, or to allow for the construction, renovation, repair or placement of any privately owned structure onto state-owned land in a designated floodplain, floodway or coastal high hazard area unless such agency has previously obtained the necessary permits required by the Department of Finance and Administration to comply with the regulations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Flood Insurance Program and the state's floodplain management regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-7 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-7
Status: in_force

(1) The Secretary of State, in cooperation with other state agencies, shall prepare a Preliminary Map of Public Trust Tidelands. The preliminary map shall depict the boundary as the current mean high water line where shoreline is undeveloped and in developed areas or where there have been encroachments, such maps shall depict the boundary as the determinable mean high water line nearest the effective date of the Coastal Wetlands Protection Act.

(2) The state recognizes that the boundary of the public trust tidelands is ambulatory and that the natural inland expansion of tide waters over land not previously subject to the ebb and flow of the tide increases the land subject to the public trust, while natural accretion, the gradual and imperceptible accumulation of land by natural causes, and natural reliction, the increase of land by permanent withdrawal or retrocession of tidal waters by natural causes, diminish the land subject to the public trust and increase the property owned by the contiguous upland owner. Likewise, the state recognizes the common law doctrine as it pertains to such tidelands, submerged lands and riparian and littoral rights and declares such to be the law of this state.

(3) The preliminary map shall be transmitted to each of the chancery clerks of the coastal counties, and each chancery clerk shall post such map in a public place in his office. The Secretary of State shall also cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within each coastal county a notice announcing that a copy of the Preliminary Map of Public Trust Tidelands is available for public inspection at the office of the chancery clerk of that county, and shall post a similar notice in at least three (3) public places in each coastal county in this state. The preliminary map shall also be open to public inspection at the office of the Secretary of State.

(4) The Secretary of State shall allow sixty (60) days after publication of the preliminary map for submission of comments and/or additional documentation and may, at his discretion, revise the map accordingly. Within twenty (20) days of the completion of the period for submission of comments, the Secretary of State shall have incorporated any revisions to the Preliminary Map of Public Trust Tidelands and certify its final adoption. The certified map as finally adopted shall be published as provided hereinabove. The final certified map shall be duly recorded in the land records of the chancery clerks office in Hancock, Harrison and Jackson Counties. Upon recordation, the certified map shall be final to those properties not subject to the trust. The Secretary of State shall issue to all consenting property owners a certificate stating that the described property does not lie within the boundary of the public trust tidelands and is not subject to the trust. The Secretary of State shall duly file such certificates with the proper chancery clerks office for recordation. In addition, the certified map shall be placed in the Secretary of State's permanent register which shall be open to public inspection. Within one hundred twenty (120) days of final adoption of the certified map, the Secretary of State shall determine those property owners whose lands are subject of the public trust and are in violation of such trust. The Secretary of State shall notify all such owners by certified mail and shall include an explanation of the procedure available to the occupant to resolve any dispute with respect to this map. The notice shall also inform occupants that after three (3) years the boundary as set forth in the certified map shall become final unless the occupant has submitted a contrary claim to the office of the Secretary of State. Such property owner shall have six (6) months to negotiate and settle differences with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may allow extensions at his discretion. A boundary determination shall be final upon agreement of the Secretary of State and the owner and an instrument setting forth the boundary agreement shall be duly executed and recorded in the chancery court where the property is located. Any such boundary agreement shall be binding on the state and other parties thereto.

(5) If any dispute as to the location of the boundary of the public trust cannot be negotiated and settled between the affected property owners and the Secretary of State within six (6) months after notice by the state of its claim, either the state or a person claiming an interest in the property may apply to the chancery court of the county in which the property is located for a resolution of the dispute and a determination of the location of the boundary. All persons having an interest in the property subject to the dispute shall be made a party to such proceeding. In any such action, the state shall have the burden of proof by a preponderance of evidence that any such land is subject to the trust.

(6) Nothing in this section is intended to preclude any party from pursuing remedies otherwise available at law, including but not limited to those provided in Sections 11-17-1 et seq. , except that if no action is taken by the occupant within three (3) years of receipt of notice as described above, the boundary as determined by the certified map shall become final.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 18-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-9
Status: in_force

Any public education building that maintains a changing facility must, at a minimum, have:

(a) A changing facility designated for exclusive use by females and a changing facility designated for exclusive use by males; or

(b) A single-sex or family-use changing facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-17 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-17
Status: in_force

(1) After the preparation and publication of the certified preliminary map, as finally adopted and provided for in Section 29-15-7 , the commission is authorized and directed to conduct a comprehensive program of public trust tidelands boundary mapping with the object of providing accurate surveys of such lands of the state.

(2) In addition to other such powers as may be specifically delegated to it, the commission is authorized to perform the following functions:

(a) To coordinate the efforts of all public and private agencies and organizations engaged in the making of tidal surveys and maps of the coastal areas of this state, with the object of avoiding unnecessary duplication and overlapping;

(b) To serve as a coordinating state agency for any program of tidal surveying and mapping conducted by the federal government;

(c) To assist any court, tribunal, administrative agency or political subdivision, and to make available to them information regarding tidal surveying and coastal boundary determinations;

(d) To contract with federal, state or local agencies or with private parties for the performance of any surveys, studies, investigations or mapping activities, for preparation and publication of the results thereof, or for other authorized functions relating to the objectives of this part;

(e) To develop permanent records of tidal surveys and maps of the state's coastal areas;

(f) To develop uniform specifications and regulations for tidal surveying and mapping coastal areas of the state;

(g) To collect and preserve appropriate survey data from coastal areas; and

(h) To act as a public repository for copies of coastal area maps and to establish a library of such maps and charts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-15 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 15 / Section 18-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-15
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, a person may not enter a restroom, changing facility, or single-sex educational housing space, designated for the opposite sex, except under the following circumstances:

(a) To assist or chaperon a child under the age of twelve (12), a vulnerable person as defined in Section 43-47-5 , or a person with a disability as defined in Section 43-6-203(b) , with such child, vulnerable person, or person with a disability also allowed to enter, with a parent, guardian, or caregiver, the restroom or changing room designated for the sex of their parent, guardian, or caregiver;

(b) For law enforcement, fire protection or response, or other public safety purposes;

(c) For governmental purposes, including employees or contractors of governmental entities acting within the scope of their employment or contract;

(d) For the purpose of rendering emergency medical assistance or to intervene in any other emergency situation where the health or safety of another person is at risk;

(e) For custodial, maintenance, or inspection purposes, provided that the restroom or changing facility is not in use;

(f) If the appropriate designated restroom or changing facility is out of order or under repair and the restroom or changing facility designated for the opposite sex contains no person of the opposite sex; or

(g) In single-sex educational housing spaces as authorized by educational institutions for moving, visiting, administrative, health, or other authorized purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-13 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-13
Status: in_force

All sums of money realized and/or received from the sale of any and all oil or gas or other minerals, lease contract, rentals, royalties, or otherwise, contemplated by this chapter, shall be immediately deposited in the general fund of the state treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-15 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 17 / Section 18-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-15
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, a person may not enter a restroom, changing facility, or single-sex educational housing space, designated for the opposite sex, except under the following circumstances:

(a) To assist or chaperon a child under the age of twelve (12), a vulnerable person as defined in Section 43-47-5 , or a person with a disability as defined in Section 43-6-203(b) , with such child, vulnerable person, or person with a disability also allowed to enter, with a parent, guardian, or caregiver, the restroom or changing room designated for the sex of their parent, guardian, or caregiver;

(b) For law enforcement, fire protection or response, or other public safety purposes;

(c) For governmental purposes, including employees or contractors of governmental entities acting within the scope of their employment or contract;

(d) For the purpose of rendering emergency medical assistance or to intervene in any other emergency situation where the health or safety of another person is at risk;

(e) For custodial, maintenance, or inspection purposes, provided that the restroom or changing facility is not in use;

(f) If the appropriate designated restroom or changing facility is out of order or under repair and the restroom or changing facility designated for the opposite sex contains no person of the opposite sex; or

(g) In single-sex educational housing spaces as authorized by educational institutions for moving, visiting, administrative, health, or other authorized purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-39 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-39
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State with the approval of the Governor may contract to sell any state forfeited tax lands, including state lands lying within municipalities, even though said lands may have been subdivided into blocks, lots, divisions, or otherwise and sold to the state by such descriptions. The purchase price required in the contract for the sale of state forfeited tax land shall be the same as that required in direct sale of state forfeited tax lands. In the event the Secretary of State with the approval of the governor shall decide that any state forfeited tax land shall be contracted for sale, the Secretary of State with the approval of the governor shall fix a price for the sale of such lands. Said contract for the sale of such lands shall provide that a part of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, and that the balance of such purchase price shall be paid in equal annual installments extending over a period not to exceed five (5) years, said period to be fixed by the Secretary of State. The purchaser in said contract of sale shall agree that he shall pay all installments of the purchase price and all taxes and special assessments that may become due on said lands during the continuance or life of said contract, that he shall not cut any merchantable timber nor commit any waste of any kind on said land without the written permission of the Secretary of State and that he shall not allow any other person to cut any merchantable timber therefrom or permit any waste of any kind thereon until said purchaser has secured a patent from the state in accordance with his contract of sale. Contracts for sale of state forfeited tax lands shall not be transferred nor assigned without the written consent of the Secretary of State. All applications for contracts of sale shall be made on written forms prepared by the attorney general and approved by the Secretary of State and shall be kept on file in the office of the Secretary of State as public records. At such time as the purchaser shall have paid the entire purchase money under any contract of sale and shall have complied with all of the other provisions of said contract of sale, the Secretary of State shall issue a state land patent as in other cases of the sale of state lands.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-1 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-1
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this chapter, the term “Office of General Services” shall mean the Governor's office of general services acting through the bureau of capitol facilities.

For purposes of this chapter, “director” shall mean the director of the bureau of capitol facilities of the office of general services.

(2) Wherever the term “capitol commission” appears in the laws of the State of Mississippi, it shall be construed to mean the bureau of capitol facilities of the office of general services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-1 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “Securing Areas for Females Effectively and Responsibly Act” or the “SAFER Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-59 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-59
Status: reserved

A suitable parking space or spaces adjacent to the south side of the New Capitol Building between the south entrance to the first floor and the east walkway, or President Street entrance, shall be reserved for use of the Governor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-19 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-19
Status: in_force

All maps produced under this program shall conform at least to minimal national map accuracy standards.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-1 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-1
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority shall be the mineral lease commission, and shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the mineral lease commission under the provisions of Section 29-7-1 et seq.

(2) The words “ mineral lease commission ,” whenever they may appear in the laws of the State of Mississippi, shall be construed to mean the Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority.

(3) The term “ commission ” means the Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-174 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-174
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-174
Status: in_force

Except for willful or gross negligence, no action or suit sounding in tort arising out of the lease or use of the land for recreational purposes shall be brought or maintained against the authority or the trustees on account of any act or omission done in performance of the purposes and services authorized in Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-43 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-43
Status: in_force

When any contract for the sale of state forfeited tax lands shall be made, as provided in Section 29-1-39 , such lands shall then become taxable in all respects and to the same extent and in like manner as where patents are issued, except that such lands under contract for sale shall not be sold for taxes while the state is the holder of the legal title. It shall be the duty of the land commissioner to give notice in writing to the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which the land is situated, and likewise the clerk of the municipality if such land be situated in a municipality, that such land is under contract for sale, giving the name of the purchaser and the price. The chancery clerk, and the municipal clerk where the land is located in a municipality, shall file said notices and enter the land upon the assessment rolls and shall clearly designate that such land is public land which has been contracted for sale. Such land shall thereupon be assessed for taxes as other lands are assessed, and the tax collector of the county, and the municipality where said land is located in a municipality, shall collect the taxes thereon as in cases of additional assessments, as provided by Section 29-1-83 , with reference to patents.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-159 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-159
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-159
Status: in_force

The authority, through its trustees, is hereby empowered:

(a) To develop land or any interest in land or property under its jurisdiction.

(b) To acquire, construct, improve, reconstruct, cause to be constructed, extend, expand, maintain, use and operate all facilities of any kind necessary or convenient for the purpose for which the authority was created, including, but not limited to, drainageways, ditches, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, streets, sidewalks, water mains, fire protection systems, gas, power and light systems, trash, waste and garbage disposal facilities, and such other utilities and services as required in the furtherance of the purposes of Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 . Provided, however, the right to acquire, construct, improve, reconstruct, cause to be constructed, extend, expand, maintain, use and operate all facilities or utilities of all kinds shall not apply in any case where an existing utility is furnishing a similar service, unless and until the public service commission has determined, after hearing, that the service being furnished by such existing utility is not reasonably adequate.

(c) To lease such property or interest in property and under such terms and conditions at such time as the benefit has been accomplished and/or the improvements completed; provided, however, that no property shall be leased for less than the fair rental value thereof as determined by a real estate board appraiser; provided further, that the authority may lease such property for recreational purposes to any of the governmental entities authorized by Section 29-3-173, under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the trustees.

(d) To sue and be sued in its corporate name.

(e) To adopt, use and alter a corporate seal.

(f) To make bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs.

(g) To make or cause to be made or to cooperate in making engineering surveys, feasibility studies and cost-benefit estimates relating to the providing of any services within the development.

(h) To apply for, and accept, government grants and loans, whether federal, state or local, when such are available; to borrow from other federal, state and municipal agencies and from private persons or groups, including corporations; and to expend or utilize such funds so obtained in the furtherance of the objectives of Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 .

(i) To maintain, use and operate any and all property of any kind, real, personal or mixed, or any interest therein, within the boundaries of the development and necessary for the purposes of Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 .

(j) To make contracts and to execute instruments necessary to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges and functions conferred upon the authority by Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 .

(k) To employ planners, engineers, attorneys, fiscal advisors, appraisers and all other agents and employees necessary to the exercising of the powers, rights, privileges or functions conferred upon the authority by Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 , and to properly finance, construct, operate and maintain the project and the services it renders and to pay reasonable compensation for such services. The trustees shall have the right to employ a general manager who shall, at the discretion of the trustees, have the power to employ and discharge employees.

(l) To make such contracts in the issuance of bonds as may be necessary to insure the marketability thereof.

(m) To fix and collect charges and rates for any services, facilities or commodities furnished by it in connection with said project and to impose penalties for failure to pay such charges and rates when due.

(n) Subject to the provisions of Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 , from time to time, to lease any property of any kind, real, personal or mixed, or any interest therein, within the project area or acquired outside the project area as authorized by said sections for the purpose of furthering the business of the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-25 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-25
Status: in_force

Said lieu land commission shall make a report to the Legislature every year, setting forth a statement of all such lands sold during that year, and shall file a copy of said report with the Secretary of State.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-109 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-109
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Building, located at 1 Mema Drive in Pearl, Rankin County, Mississippi, shall be named the “Haley R. Barbour Building.” The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the building, that states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of the Honorable Governor Haley R. Barbour. The Department of Finance and Administration in conjunction with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency shall erect or cause to be erected proper lettering or signage on the outdoor facade of the building displaying the official name of the building as the “Haley R. Barbour Building.”

(2) The northeast corner of the public lobby on the main floor of the Haley R. Barbour Building is designated as the “Mississippi Civil Defense/Emergency Management Association Memorial Wall” to recognize persons who have made significant accomplishments in emergency management.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-9
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Public Trust Tidelands Fund.” The fund shall be administered by the Secretary of State as trustee.

(2) Any funds derived from lease rentals of tidelands and submerged lands, except those funds derived from mineral leases, or funds previously specifically designated to be applied to other agencies, shall be transferred to the special fund. However, funds derived from lease rentals may be used to cover the administrative cost incurred by the Secretary of State. Any remaining funds derived from lease rentals shall be disbursed pro rata to the local taxing authorities for the replacement of lost ad valorem taxes, if any. Then, any remaining funds shall be disbursed to the commission for new and extra programs of tidelands management, such as conservation, reclamation, preservation, acquisition, education or the enhancement of public access to the public trust tidelands or public improvement projects as they relate to those lands.

(3) Any funds that are appropriated as separate line items in an appropriation bill for tideland programs or projects authorized under this section for political subdivisions or other agencies shall be disbursed as provided in this subsection.

(a) The Department of Marine Resources shall make progress payments in installments based on the work completed and material used in the performance of a tidelands project only after receiving written verification from the political subdivision or agency. The political subdivision or agency shall submit verification of the work completed or materials in such detail and form that the department may require.

(b) The Department of Marine Resources shall make funds available for the purpose of using such funds as a match or leverage for federal or other funds that are available for the designated tidelands project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-5 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-5
Status: in_force

When any state land mentioned in this chapter is known to be within a well defined proven oil and/or gas field, is subject to waste or dissipation, has not been heretofore leased or under contract, is so situated that the production of such oil and/or gas is needed and useful to the state for any of its buildings and/or institutions and can be profitably used because any such state-owned building or institution is situated thereon or in the immediate vicinity thereof, or when the state needs to drill any well or wells to protect its mineral resources, the said commission is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to make contracts within the limit of appropriations made for such purposes; said contracts to be let, in the manner now provided by law for letting public contracts, for drilling a well or wells on such land or lands mentioned in this section for oil and/or gas, completing the said well or wells as a producer of oil and/or gas, and connecting any such well or wells to any such state-owned property or institution for use of the production therefrom for fuel or other purposes.

The commission is hereby further authorized and empowered in its discretion to proceed to drill under its own direction such well or wells on such state land as it may deem advisable, and to employ such drillers and employees as will be necessary in carrying on such operations; and said commission is further authorized in its discretion to purchase, lease, or hire any machinery, tools, and other equipment necessary for drilling such well or wells, to be paid for by the commission out of any funds appropriated by the legislature for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The said commission may, in its discretion, sell or contract the sale of any surplus oil and/or gas not needed by any state building or institution produced from any such well or wells, or may exchange or dispose of any of same by reciprocal agreement in order to serve any distant state-owned institution, but any oil, gas and/or other mineral so disposed of shall not be so disposed of at any amount or value less than the market price thereof.

Said commission shall determine in all cases whether it would be to the best interest of the state to dispose of said resources by lease or proceed by contract to drill to the actual exploration and exploitation of said resources by the state itself, and shall be governed entirely by a consideration of the best interest of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-82 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-82
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-82
Status: in_force

The following procedure shall be followed for the leasing of sixteenth section school lands or lands granted in lieu thereof which are not classified as forest land or agricultural land or leased under Section 29-3-99 :

(a) Any present leaseholder who desires to renew his lease, or any person who desires to lease sixteenth section or lieu lands, shall make application to the superintendent of education.

(b) Upon receipt of an application for the lease of such lands, the superintendent of education shall promptly give consideration to the application and he shall record his recommendation in writing and present it to the board of education at the next regular meeting of the board.

(c) The board of education, at its meeting, shall consider the application and recommendation of the superintendent of education and may receive any other information which it considers bearing upon the approval of the application and lease of such land. Within thirty (30) days of the receipt of an application, the board shall act on the application and if such action is favorable, the board of education shall submit to the superintendent of education a suggested lease agreement.

(d) The superintendent of education shall then present the lease to the board of supervisors of the county where such land is located. Within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the lease, the board of supervisors shall accept or reject the proposed rental amount.

(e) If the board of supervisors accepts the lease as proposed by the board of education, the superintendent of education shall execute the lease to the applicant under the terms and conditions set forth in the lease.

(f) If the board of supervisors refuses to accept the rental value set by the board of education in the proposed lease, the rental value of the lease shall be determined under the provisions set forth in Section 29-3-1(2) .

(g) All sixteenth section or lieu land leases shall be reduced to writing and signed by the president of the board of supervisors, the president of the board of education and the superintendent of education. The chancery clerk shall record the original on the deed records of the county, abstract the lease as a mesne conveyance, and record it on the minutes of the board of supervisors. The chancery clerk shall charge and collect from the lessee the full recording fees. A certified copy of the lease must be provided to the Secretary of State in the format requested.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-19 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 13 / Section 18-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-19
Status: in_force

(1) The Attorney General shall bring an action to enforce compliance with this chapter.

(2) This chapter shall not be construed to deny, impair, or otherwise affect any right or authority of the Attorney General, the State of Mississippi, or any agency, officer, or employee of the state, acting under any law other than this chapter, to institute or intervene in any proceeding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-7 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-7
Status: in_force

The state mineral lease commission is authorized and empowered to contract for the construction and/or laying and operation of a suitable state-owned pipe line or lines for the transportation of any state-owned natural gas and/or oil for use by the state-owned buildings and/or institutions as fuel or other purposes, whenever said commission shall determine that the same will be for the best interest of the state and/or any of its buildings or institutions. Said commission shall construct and lay any such state-owned pipe line mentioned in this section where practicable in, under, and along any street, alley, sidewalk, road, or other public property, and where necessary may exercise the right of eminent domain for sufficient right of way and/or easement in, under, and along private property in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the right of eminent domain by the state in other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-15 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-15
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby declares that accurate maps of coastal areas are required for many public purposes, and a state public trust tidelands mapping program establishing uniform standards and procedures is declared to be in the public interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-17 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-17
Status: in_force

(1) Any person found by the commission to be violating any of the provisions of Section 29-7-3 , or any rule or regulation or written order of the commission in pursuance thereof, or any condition or limitation of a permit shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for each violation, such penalty to be assessed and levied by the commission after a hearing as hereinafter provided. Each day upon which a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate and additional violation. Appeals from the imposition of a civil penalty may be taken to the appropriate chancery court in the same manner as appeals from the orders of the commission. If the appellant desires to stay the execution of a civil penalty assessed by the commission, he shall give bond with sufficient resident sureties of one or more guaranty or surety companies authorized to do business in this state, payable to the State of Mississippi, in an amount equal to double the amount of any civil penalty assessed by the commission, as to which the stay of execution is desired, on the condition that if the judgment shall be affirmed the appellant shall pay all costs of the assessment entered against him.

(2) In lieu of, or in addition to, the penalty provided in subsection (1) of this section, the commission shall have power to institute and maintain in the name of the state any and all proceedings necessary or appropriate to enforce the provisions of Section 29-7-3 , rules and regulations promulgated, and orders and permits made and issued thereunder, in the appropriate circuit, chancery, county or justice court of the county in which venue may lie. The commission may obtain mandatory or prohibitory injunctive relief, either temporary or permanent, and it shall not be necessary in such cases that the state plead or prove: (i) that irreparable damage would result if the injunction did not issue; (ii) that there is no adequate remedy at law; or (iii) that a written complaint or commission order has first been issued for the alleged violation.

(3) Any person who violates any of the provisions of, or fails to perform any duty imposed by, Section 29-7-3 or any rule or regulation issued hereunder, or who violates any order or determination of the commission promulgated pursuant to such section, and causes the death of fish, shellfish, or other wildlife shall be liable, in addition to the penalties provided in subsections (1), (2), (4) and (5) of this section, to pay to the state an additional amount equal to the sum of money reasonably necessary to restock such waters or replenish such wildlife as determined by the commission after consultation with the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. Such amount may be recovered by the commission on behalf of the state in a civil action brought in the appropriate county or circuit court of the county in which venue may lie.

(4) Any person who, through misadventure, happenstance or otherwise causes damage to or destruction of state-owned lands or structures or other property thereon necessitating remedial or cleanup action shall be liable for the cost of such remedial or cleanup action and the commission may recover the cost of same by a civil action brought in the circuit court of the county in which venue may lie. This penalty may be recovered in lieu of or in addition to the penalties provided in subsections (1), (2), (3) and (5) of this section.

(5) It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct unauthorized mineral exploration, development, or extraction activity or to violate the provisions of Section 29-7-3 or the rules and regulations of the commission which relate to mineral exploration, development, or extraction activity and, upon conviction thereof, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each offense. Each day on which such violation occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense.

(6) In lieu of or in addition to the penalties prescribed hereinabove, any person convicted by a court of law or found guilty by the commission of unlawful mineral extraction activity on state-owned lands shall repay to the state the fair market value of the minerals unlawfully extracted.

(7) Proceedings before the commission on civil violations prescribed hereinabove shall be conducted in the manner set forth in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-61 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-61
Status: reserved

The Office of General Services is authorized and directed to have designated not less than twenty (20) parking spaces adjacent to the north side of the New Capitol Building for the use of tourists, visitors and those having temporary business to transact in the New Capitol. All parking spaces adjacent to the north side of the New Capitol Building shall be and are hereby reserved for use by the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president pro tempore of the senate, officers of the senate and house of representatives, and visitors, tourists and those persons having temporary business to transact in the New Capitol Building. The said parking spaces shall be plainly marked with suitable signs or markers, designating which space is reserved for such individual or officer. The spaces reserved for use in parking for visitors, tourists and those having temporary business to transact in said New Capitol Building shall be plainly marked with suitable signs or markers showing that they are reserved for visitors and with the notation thereon “two-hour limit.” The Office of General Services shall provide suitable signs and markers to indicate those parking spaces which shall be available for the convenience of tourists, visitors, and those having temporary business to transact in the New Capitol.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-2 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-2
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to assist the local school districts, when so requested, in establishing and maintaining local school trust land management systems. The Secretary of State shall also identify and coordinate consultative services which might be available to the school districts from other agencies within the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-15 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-15
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby declares that accurate maps of coastal areas are required for many public purposes, and a state public trust tidelands mapping program establishing uniform standards and procedures is declared to be in the public interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-5 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-5
Status: in_force

(1) Tidelands and submerged lands are held by the state in trust for use of all the people, and are so held in their character as the beds and shores of the sea and its tidally affected arms and tributaries for the purposes defined by common law and statutory law. Littoral and riparian property owners have common law and statutory rights under the Coastal Wetlands Protection Law which extend into the waters and beyond the low tide line, and the state's responsibilities as trustee extends to such owners as well as to the other members of the public.

(2) Residential property owners shall not be required to obtain a tidelands lease for exercising their common law and statutory littoral and riparian rights.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-107 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-107
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Transportation Building, located at 401 North West Street in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, shall be renamed the “William J. ‘Billy’ McCoy Building.” The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the building, that states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of the Honorable William J. “Billy” McCoy. The Department of Finance and Administration in conjunction with the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect or cause to be erected proper lettering or signage on the eastern outdoor facade of the building facing North West Street displaying the official name of the building as the “William J. ‘Billy’ McCoy Building.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-27 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-27
Status: in_force

The land commissioner and auditor are hereby authorized to report to the attorney general any lands that may now or hereafter be claimed by the state on their respective records, the title to which is in doubt, and the attorney general shall make an investigation into the subject matter. If in his opinion the state has no title to said land, he shall so notify the auditor or land commissioner, who shall strike such land from the record in his office and notify, with certified lists of lands so stricken off, the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which such land is situated. The clerk shall report said land to the board of supervisors for new assessment or, if the land be vacant, state, or United States land, the board of supervisors shall have it stricken from the tax sales list in his office, and the tax collector shall be credited as in erroneous assessments.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 18-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-9
Status: in_force

Any public education building that maintains a changing facility must, at a minimum, have:

(a) A changing facility designated for exclusive use by females and a changing facility designated for exclusive use by males; or

(b) A single-sex or family-use changing facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-135 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-135
Status: in_force

The cost of the construction of any roads or streets performed under the terms of Section 29-3-133 shall be paid upon the order of the board of supervisors of any such county by the county board of education of such county out of any funds which would otherwise be paid over to the school district entitled to the revenues from the sixteenth section land upon which any such construction is done.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-23 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-23
Status: in_force

(1) The establishment of local tidal datums and the determination of the location of the mean high water line or the mean low water line shall be performed by qualified personnel licensed by the Board of Professional Land Surveyors or by representatives of the United States Government when approved by the commission.

(2) The location of the mean high water line or the mean low water line shall be determined by methods which are approved by the commission for the area concerned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-43 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-43
Status: in_force

If any sixteenth section land is declared forest land at the end of a lease, the board of education shall make an appraisal and either pay a suitable amount to the lessee for the improvements or allow lessee to remove the same from the section land.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-85 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-85
Status: reserved

In all surface leases of sixteenth section land made by the board of education, whether such leases be original leases or extensions of existing leases, title to all timber, minerals, oil, and gas on such lands shall be reserved, together with the right of ingress and egress to remove same, whether such provisions be included in the terms of any such lease or not; and no timber shall be cut and used by the lessees except for fuel and necessary repairs and improvements on the leased premises. The board of education, notwithstanding the fact that such land may have been leased for other purposes, shall have the right, from time to time, to sell all merchantable timber on such lands in the manner hereinabove provided. In all cases where surface leases were outstanding on June 28, 1958, and have at least five (5) years remaining of the term thereof wherein the right to sell timber has not been reserved, either expressly or by operation of law, the board may, by agreement with the lessee, sell such timber under the procedure herein set out. In all such cases the forestry commission shall only cause to be marked for cutting such timber as, in its judgment, should be harvested in the best interest of the reversionary estate, and the board may agree to pay to the lessee a portion of the proceeds of such sales from time to time, not to exceed fifty percent (50%) thereof after the deduction of the fifteen percent (15%) escrow money, hereinbefore mentioned, and all other costs of the sale. In any surface lease, the board of education shall reserve the right to grant or sell rights-of-way across any of said land for a road, highway, railroad, or any public utility line, provided only that the leaseholder be paid a reasonable rental for the unexpired term of his lease by the grantee of such right-of-way. If any surface lessee of any such sixteenth section land shall commit, cause to be committed, or permit the commission of any act of waste on any sixteenth section lands under lease to such lessee, then such lease shall thereupon, as to such lessee, cease and terminate and shall thenceforth be null and void; and the board of education shall have the right to institute an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to secure the cancellation of same of record, to recover damages for such waste, and to maintain an action in ejectment to recover possession of the same. To this end, the board of education is hereby authorized and empowered to employ competent counsel to institute and maintain any such action or actions on behalf of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-5 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 18-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-5
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein:

(a) “ Changing facility ” means a space designated for multiple individuals to dress or undress within the same space, including, but not limited to, a dressing room, locker room, changing room, or shower room. This term does not include a single-sex or family-use changing facility.

(b) “ Single-sex educational housing space ” means a multi-person dwelling unit, such as a room, suite, or apartment, located within a public education building functioning as housing for student residents at an educational institution and designated for use or occupancy only for members of one (1) sex, but excludes common areas designated for use by members of both sexes.

(c) “ Public education building ” means any building, facility or space owned, operated, rented or leased by, or rented or leased to any public school, public university, public community or junior college and the institutions of higher learning.

(d) “ Restroom ” means a space designated for multiple individuals that includes toilets and/or urinals. This term does not include a single-sex or family-use restroom.

(e) “ Single-sex or family use changing facility ” means a room intended for a single occupant or a family in which one or more persons may be in a state of undress, including, but not limited to, a dressing room, locker room, changing room, or shower room that is enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls and accessed by a full door with a secure lock that prevents another individual from entering while the changing facility is in use.

(f) “ Single-sex or family-use restroom ” means a room that includes a toilet or urinal and that is intended for a single occupant or a family, is enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls, and is accessed by a full door with a secure lock that prevents another individual from entering while the room is in use.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-79 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-79
Status: in_force

(1) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the Lieutenant Governor are authorized to make such regulations as they may deem necessary for preserving the peace and securing the State Capitol from defacement, and for the protection of the property therein. The Lieutenant Governor or the speaker of the House of Representatives may request the assistance of the office of general services and the State Department of Public Safety in order to preserve the peace at the State Capitol and secure the State Capitol from defacement, and for the protection of the property therein.

(2) All regulations promulgated under authority of this section shall be filed with the Secretary of State and be made available for public inspection; such regulation shall likewise be published in one (1) of the daily newspapers of the City of Jackson, and shall not become effective until the expiration of ten (10) days after the date of such filing with the Secretary of State and such publication.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-1 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-1
Status: in_force

The state auditor of public accounts shall require the heads of all state agencies to make an inventory of all lands, buildings, equipment, furniture, and other personal property owned by or under the control of the respective agencies, except highway rights of way owned or acquired by the Mississippi state highway commission. The inventories shall be made on forms to be prescribed and furnished by said state auditor. Agencies, including the legislature, which have on file proper inventories on August 8, 1968, shall not be required to make new inventories, but the remaining provisions of this chapter respecting inventories shall be applicable thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-219 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-219
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-219
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety shall develop a 911 system which can be used by any person within the boundaries of the Capitol Complex Improvement District.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-111 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-111
Status: in_force

When any conveyance or any release upon redemption made by the auditor or the land commissioner shall be lost or destroyed, upon the application of the person interested, the land commissioner may make another conveyance or release of the same land to the person to whom the first was made. The latter shall be in lieu of the former, shall be marked “duplicate,” and shall have the same effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-19 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 15 / Section 18-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-19
Status: in_force

(1) The Attorney General shall bring an action to enforce compliance with this chapter.

(2) This chapter shall not be construed to deny, impair, or otherwise affect any right or authority of the Attorney General, the State of Mississippi, or any agency, officer, or employee of the state, acting under any law other than this chapter, to institute or intervene in any proceeding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-3 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 18-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that:

(a) Females and males should be provided areas, including restrooms, changing facilities and single-sex educational housing spaces, for their exclusive use, respective to their sex, in order to maintain privacy and safety.

(b) There are important governmental reasons to distinguish between the sexes with respect to spaces where biology, safety, and/or privacy are implicated. As such, policies and laws that distinguish between the sexes are subject to intermediate constitutional scrutiny, which forbids unfair discrimination against similarly situated males and females but allows the law to distinguish between the sexes where such distinctions are substantially related to important governmental objectives.

(c) These findings reflect the intent of the Legislature to fulfill important governmental interests of protecting students' dignity, health, safety, welfare, and privacy rights by enacting this neutral policy which simply treats equally those of the same and opposite biological sex “determined solely by a birth,” without regard to the fluidity of how someone acts or feels.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-9
Status: in_force

The land commissioner shall institute and prosecute, and prosecute where already instituted, all necessary suits to cancel patents to lands fraudulently obtained or issued, and to recover the possession of the land; and may, when ordered by the court, make any tender in any suit as well after as before suit is begun.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-13 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-13
Status: in_force

(1) There is established the position of Curator of the New Capitol Building, who shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To oversee, initiate, approve and monitor the care of the New Capitol Building and grounds to ensure long-term preservation, conservation and maintenance of the building, historic furnishings and grounds;

(b) To coordinate with personnel of the Department of Finance and Administration and the project professionals on any repair, renovation or restoration plans for the New Capitol Building or grounds, ensuring that all work is in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation;

(c) To request quotations for projects at the New Capitol Building or grounds upon instructions from the Department of Finance and Administration and from the House Management committee and the Senate Rules Committee acting jointly; apply for permits from the Department of Archives and History when applicable; request that projects be initiated through the proper agency and serve as the in-house professional depending upon the scope of work; maintain contact with any project professional involved in a project, beginning with the bid or quote process through initiation and completion of the project; and notify the House, the Senate, joint legislative operations or the Department of Finance and Administration, as appropriate, when the project is complete and ready for final payment;

(d) To coordinate special state events and approved private events held at the New Capitol Building or grounds other than those held in the Chambers of the House of Representatives or the Senate;

(e) To serve as a liaison to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Secretary of the Senate, Department of Finance and Administration, Department of Archives and History and project professionals on all projects at the New Capitol Building or grounds;

(f) To supervise visitor services personnel in providing tours and events for the public and members of the Legislature that are held at the New Capitol Building or grounds; and

(g) To perform such other duties relating to the New Capitol Building or grounds as jointly prescribed by the House Management Committee and the Senate Rules Committee.

(2) The Curator of the New Capitol Building shall be employed by and under the joint jurisdiction of the House Management Committee and the Senate Rules Committee, and the expenses of the curator shall be paid from the funds appropriated by the Legislature for the joint legislative operations of the House and the Senate. The curator shall provide quarterly reports to the House Management committee and the Senate Rules Committee on the activities and expenses of the curator during the preceding quarter.

(3) The Curator of the New Capitol Building who is employed by the Board of Trustees of the Department of Archives and History under the provisions of Section 39-5-6 on July 1, 2019, shall be transferred from the jurisdiction of the department to the joint jurisdiction of the House Management Committee and the Senate Rules Committee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-21 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-21
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for more accurate, detailed, and readily available inventory information on all state property, said records to be maintained on machine equipment in the office of the auditor of public accounts. In carrying out the purpose hereof, it shall be the duty of the auditor to maintain his records complete and current and make such reports to the governor and the legislature whenever required, or when the said auditor, in his discretion, finds it necessary to make other and additional reports.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-179 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-179
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-179
Status: in_force

All construction contracts by the authority where the amount of the contract shall exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) shall be made upon at least three (3) weeks' public notice by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the area, which notice shall state the thing to be done and invite sealed proposals, to be filed with the secretary of the authority, 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 authority and there remain; and the board of trustees of the authority shall award the contract to the lowest bidder who will comply with the terms imposed by such trustees and enter into bond with sufficient sureties to be approved by the trustees in such penalty as shall be fixed by the trustees, 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. § 29-18-7 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-7
Status: in_force

Any public education building that maintains a restroom shall, at a minimum, have:

(a) A restroom designated for exclusive use by females and a restroom designated for exclusive use by males; or

(b) A single-sex or family-use restroom.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-19 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-19
Status: in_force

All maps produced under this program shall conform at least to minimal national map accuracy standards.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-47 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-47
Status: in_force

On the cancellation of the contract of sale, as provided in the preceding sections of this chapter, that portion of the purchase price paid by the purchaser shall be forfeited to the state as liquidated damages, and the contract purchaser shall lose all rights which he had under the contract of sale. If any waste has been committed or allowed by the purchaser on said land, said purchaser shall, in addition to the liquidated damages, be liable for all actual damages to said land.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-9
Status: in_force

The state mineral lease commission shall keep a well-bound book for the purpose of keeping the minutes of all its proceedings, contracts, papers, and records, all of which shall be printed or written therein in full, and shall keep a permanent file in such place and manner containing all original contracts and/or leases as shall be designated by the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-141 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-141
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 29-1-63 , it shall be the duty of the county board of education in any county within the Chickasaw cession to ascertain whether or not such county has title to any Chickasaw lands to which it may, by law, be entitled by virtue of long-term leases. If it is determined that any such land does exist, the board shall proceed to settle the title to such property and, if possible, lease the land pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3, Title 29, Mississippi Code of 1972 , applicable to the management of sixteenth section and lieu lands.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-9
Status: in_force

The state mineral lease commission shall keep a well-bound book for the purpose of keeping the minutes of all its proceedings, contracts, papers, and records, all of which shall be printed or written therein in full, and shall keep a permanent file in such place and manner containing all original contracts and/or leases as shall be designated by the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-53 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-53
Status: in_force

Where one party owns lands and another owns the improvements thereon, and the lands and improvements are assessed separately and the improvements are sold to the state for nonpayment of taxes, the state land commissioner shall have authority to sell and dispose of said improvements by patent under the same terms and conditions that he may dispose of tax-forfeited lands.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-9
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever any vehicle, equipment, office furniture, office fixture or any other personal property which has been acquired or is owned by any institution, department or agency of the State of Mississippi becomes obsolete or is no longer needed or required for the use of such institution, department or agency, the same may be: (a) sold for cash, transferred, traded or exchanged for other property, furniture, equipment, fixture or vehicle needed by said institution, department or agency after having first obtained the written approval of the Governor's Office of General Services and the State Auditor or approval by the Legislative Budget Office if utilized under the jurisdiction of the Legislature; or (b) donated to any institution, department or agency of the State of Mississippi, or any political subdivision or local governing authority of the state. The singular shall include the plural. Transfers, trades, exchanges or donations made pursuant to this subsection may be made to any political subdivision or local governing authority of the State of Mississippi.

(2) The proceeds of all cash sales made, as authorized in this section, shall be paid over into the support and maintenance or contingent fund of the institution, department or agency as it deems best.

(3) The head of each state institution, department or agency shall be responsible and liable personally and on his official bond, in the amount of the value shown on the state inventory, for the disposal of any property contrary to the provisions of this section.

(4) The Office of General Services, on the approval of the Public Procurement Review Board, is hereby authorized and empowered to make reasonable rules and regulations and to require such information as may be necessary to carry out the purpose and provisions of this section.

(5) Any violation of the provisions hereof by any elected head of any institution, department, commission or agency of the State of Mississippi, or any appointee or employee of any institution, department, agency or commission coming under the provisions of this section, shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) in addition to personal and official liability, as hereinabove provided.

(6) The disposal of any unneeded personal property at the project described in Section 57-75-5(f)(vi) , may be made in accordance with the provisions of the Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act by the Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority, under such rules and regulations as may be adopted by such authority.

(7) The disposal of any alternative housing units purchased through the Mississippi Alternative Housing Pilot Program may be made by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency as required by federal law to be in compliance with regulations of the federal articles of agreement and its awarded conditions, and upon approval of the Public Procurement Review Board.

(8) This section shall not be applicable to the State Veterans Homes in the event the State Veterans Affairs Board has contracted for property management services at the State Veterans Homes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-17 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-17
Status: in_force

(1) If any officer or employee of any state agency shall refuse or fail to make any inventory or supplemental inventory thereto as required herein, or to do so in the manner prescribed by the State Auditor, the State Auditor shall proceed to make, or cause to be made, the inventory or supplemental inventory; and the expense thereof shall be personally borne by said officer or employee, and he shall be responsible on his official bond for the payment of the expense.

(2) In the event that an examination conducted pursuant to Section 29-9-13 finds items that are included on an agency's inventory which are missing and otherwise unaccounted for, the State Auditor has the authority to proceed under the provisions of Section 7-7-211 to recover the value of the missing items. The demand shall be made against the head of the agency, the agency's property officer and/or the appropriate officer or employee, if identified.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-157 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-157
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-157
Status: in_force

All powers of the authority shall be exercised by a board of trustees to be selected and composed as follows:

(a) There shall be five (5) members of the board of trustees. One (1) member shall be appointed by the board of supervisors to serve one (1) year and four (4) members shall be appointed by the county board of education, one (1) of whom shall serve two (2) years, one (1) of whom shall serve three (3) years, one (1) of whom shall serve four (4) years, and one (1) of whom shall serve five (5) years after June 30, 1973; provided, however, that in the event any part of the sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, to be developed by the authority is located within the corporate limits of any municipal separate school district, then the aforesaid two (2) members of the authority serving an initial term of three (3) and five (5) years shall be appointed by the trustees of the municipal separate school district. The terms of office of the respective members shall expire June 30 of each year, and after their initial term, each member shall be appointed to a term of five (5) years or until his successor has been appointed and has accepted. The superintendent of the Hinds County School Board shall be an ex officio member of the board and shall act as chairman thereof. The member of the authority serving the initial five-year term shall be the secretary of the board of trustees. In the event a vacancy occurs, the appointment or the unexpired term shall be made in the same manner as provided for the original appointment.

(b) Members of the board of trustees of the authority may succeed themselves upon reappointment by a two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) vote of the appointing authority.

(c) No member shall be appointed as a trustee who is not a qualified elector and bona fide resident of the county.

(d) Each member of the board of trustees shall take and subscribe to the general oath of office required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi before the chancery clerk of the county in which the authority is created 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 trustee not being paid for the day of the meeting by a political subdivision of the state shall receive not more than Twenty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($22.50) 1 per diem while actually performing the business of the authority and Ten Cents (10¢) per mile for distance traveled while actually on the business of the authority. Provided, however, that the compensation herein authorized shall apply for not more than fourteen (14) days per member during any calendar year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-19 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 18-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-19
Status: in_force

(1) The Attorney General shall bring an action to enforce compliance with this chapter.

(2) This chapter shall not be construed to deny, impair, or otherwise affect any right or authority of the Attorney General, the State of Mississippi, or any agency, officer, or employee of the state, acting under any law other than this chapter, to institute or intervene in any proceeding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-5 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-5
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein:

(a) “ Changing facility ” means a space designated for multiple individuals to dress or undress within the same space, including, but not limited to, a dressing room, locker room, changing room, or shower room. This term does not include a single-sex or family-use changing facility.

(b) “ Single-sex educational housing space ” means a multi-person dwelling unit, such as a room, suite, or apartment, located within a public education building functioning as housing for student residents at an educational institution and designated for use or occupancy only for members of one (1) sex, but excludes common areas designated for use by members of both sexes.

(c) “ Public education building ” means any building, facility or space owned, operated, rented or leased by, or rented or leased to any public school, public university, public community or junior college and the institutions of higher learning.

(d) “ Restroom ” means a space designated for multiple individuals that includes toilets and/or urinals. This term does not include a single-sex or family-use restroom.

(e) “ Single-sex or family use changing facility ” means a room intended for a single occupant or a family in which one or more persons may be in a state of undress, including, but not limited to, a dressing room, locker room, changing room, or shower room that is enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls and accessed by a full door with a secure lock that prevents another individual from entering while the changing facility is in use.

(f) “ Single-sex or family-use restroom ” means a room that includes a toilet or urinal and that is intended for a single occupant or a family, is enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls, and is accessed by a full door with a secure lock that prevents another individual from entering while the room is in use.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-75 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-75
Status: reserved

Any person, other than an out-of-state tourist, who shall knowingly allow his automobile or vehicle to remain parked for a longer period than two (2) hours in any of the parking spaces adjacent to the north side of the New Capitol which are reserved for tourists, visitors, and persons having temporary business therein, and any person parking, or causing to be parked, his or any motor vehicle or other conveyance in or on the grounds of the facilities named in Section 29-5-2 in other violation of Sections 29-5-57 through 29-5-67 and Sections 29-5-71 through 29-5-77 , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor, shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars ($10.00) for each offense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-13 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-13
Status: in_force

All sums of money realized and/or received from the sale of any and all oil or gas or other minerals, lease contract, rentals, royalties, or otherwise, contemplated by this chapter, shall be immediately deposited in the general fund of the state treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-11 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-11
Status: in_force

On or before the fifteenth day of each month, the heads of all state agencies shall add to their inventory or inventories the items purchased or otherwise acquired during the last preceding month in the same manner as set forth in the original inventory, and indicate items that have been disposed of and that should be deleted therefrom, showing how and where disposals were made. Should there be no change in the inventory, a report shall be filed so indicating. This additional list and items to be deleted shall be submitted to the auditor of public accounts, to be used to add to or delete from the inventory or inventories in his office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-85 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-85
Status: in_force

It is forbidden to offer or expose any article for sale in or on such grounds; to display any sign, placard, or other form of advertisement therein; or to solicit fares, alms, subscriptions, or contributions therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-11 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-11
Status: in_force

Upon the proper authorized leasing of any state public trust tidelands, or submerged lands, the lessee shall be responsible for any county or municipal tax levy upon the leasehold interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-81 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-81
Status: in_force

Grounds of public buildings over which the Department of Finance and Administration has jurisdiction shall comprise the following:

(a) In the City of Jackson, Mississippi:

(i) The grounds surrounding all state buildings identified in Section 29-5-2(a)(i) and all seat of government property;

(ii) State Board of Health Complex: Bounded on the north by Stadium Drive, on the west by the property of Mississippi Hospital and Medical Service, on the south by Woodrow Wilson Avenue, on the southeast by property leased by the Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs and on the east by North State Street;

(iii) The Barefield Property, the Sun-n-Sand Property and any other property described in Section 1 of Chapter 542, Laws of 2009;

(iv) The Mississippi State Fairgrounds Complex, including, but not limited to, the Mississippi Coliseum, Trademart, Kirk Fordice Equine Center, Mississippi Street Armory, and all arenas, barns, buildings, campgrounds and property whatsoever; such property being bounded on the north by High Street, on the west by Jefferson Street, on the east by Greymont Street, and on the south by Greymont Street.

(b) The grounds of Dr. Eldon Langston Bolton Building: Located in the City of Biloxi, Mississippi.

(c) The grounds of State Service Center: Located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 49 and John Merl Tatum Industrial Drive in the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

(d) Any grounds of any property purchased, constructed or otherwise acquired by the State of Mississippi for conducting state business and not specifically under the supervision and care by any other state entity, but which is reasonably assumed the department would be responsible for such, as approved by the Public Procurement Review Board, including, but not limited to:

1. The grounds of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center and Lockheed Martin Building at Stennis Space Center;

2. The grounds of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame;

3. The grounds of the Mississippi Crafts Center;

4. The grounds of the Mississippi Children's Museum; and

5. The grounds of the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-11 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-11
Status: in_force

It shall likewise be the duty of the board of education to ascertain whether or not such county has title to all lieu lands to which it may, by law, be entitled. If it is determined that such county does not have title to all such lands, the board of education shall certify the fact to the state land commissioner who shall institute proper proceedings to secure such lands for such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-113 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-113
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Building, located at 515 East Amite Street in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, shall be renamed the “Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building.” The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the building, that states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of the Honorable Congressman Patrick Alan Nunnelee. The Department of Finance and Administration in conjunction with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality shall erect or cause to be erected proper lettering or signage on the northern outdoor facade of the building facing Amite Street displaying the official name of the building as the “Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building.” Any and all funds necessary to accomplish this act will be appropriated by the Legislature for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-17-4 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-4
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-17-4
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “State Agency Repair and Renovation Fund” which shall consist of monies appropriated or otherwise made available therefor by the Legislature. Interest earned on monies in the special fund shall be deposited to the credit of such fund and money shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year into the State General Fund. Money in the special fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature and allocated by the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, Department of Finance and Administration, for the repair, renovation and improvement of existing facilities owned by the State of Mississippi, except for those facilities under the control of the institutions of higher learning and those facilities owned by the community and junior colleges. Such repair, renovation and improvements shall include utility infrastructure projects; heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; and the replacement of furniture and equipment owned by the State of Mississippi. However, the cost of such repair, renovation and improvement for any one project shall not exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). For the purposes of this section, the term “furniture and equipment” shall be limited to the types of furniture and equipment items previously recorded in the agency's inventory.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-9
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall have the power and is hereby authorized to employ an elevator operator for the New Capitol Building.

(2) The Senate Management Committee and the House Management Committee (or any successors having responsibility for the hiring of legislative employees), acting jointly, shall have the power, and are hereby authorized, to employ and compensate a receptionist for the New Capitol Building and any assistants deemed necessary for such receptionist. Compensation for the receptionist and any assistants shall be paid out of funds appropriated for joint legislative operations.

It shall be the duty of such receptionist to operate an information desk, furnish information to visitors; maintain a registration book for visitors; distribute literature furnished by state agencies, historical societies, pilgrimage clubs, private individuals or organizations engaged in the manufacturing of products from Mississippi resources; and conduct tours of the building. All agencies of the State of Mississippi and others having literature for distribution shall supply the New Capitol Building receptionist with copies of such literature for distribution.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-89 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-89
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-89
Status: in_force

It is forbidden to discharge any firearm, firework or explosive, set fire to any combustible, make any harangue or oration, or utter loud, threatening, or abusive language in such grounds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-39 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-39
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of education to survey periodically the classification of all sixteenth section land under its jurisdiction and to reclassify that land as it may deem advisable because of changes of conditions, and when any land is so reclassified, the board of education shall file a report thereof with the Secretary of State. From time to time the Secretary of State may institute proceedings to reclassify any sixteenth section lands which he may deem advisable and when any land is so reclassified, the Secretary of State shall file a report thereof with the board of education. When any land is reclassified under this section, notice thereof, rights to object thereto and rights to appeal therefrom shall be given in the same manner provided in Section 29-3-37 with reference to the original classification. However, all sixteenth section land shall be classified, or reclassified as is necessary, within one (1) year prior to the expiration date of any existing lease, and within sixty (60) days of the terminating of any lease of sixteenth section land by final court order. In all litigation which may result from the classification or reclassification of lands by the Secretary of State under Sections 29-3-31 through 29-3-39 , the Secretary of State shall be represented by the Attorney General, who shall have control of the litigation except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39 , but it shall be the duty of the various boards of education to furnish local legal assistance when requested so to do by the Attorney General.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-163 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-163
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-163
Status: in_force

Section 29-5-161 shall not be interpreted or construed to permit smoking where it is otherwise restricted by other applicable laws or to prohibit any municipality or county from adopting additional ordinances with regard to the use of smoking in public places.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-17 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 18-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-17
Status: in_force

(1) A person may assert a violation of this chapter as a claim or defense in a judicial or administrative proceeding.

(2) Any person under eighteen (18) years of age may bring an action at any time to assert a violation of this chapter through a parent or next friend and may bring an action in their own name upon reaching the age of eighteen (18) years of age.

(3) Any attorney's fees may be awarded by the court as it deems appropriate.

(4) No private cause of action against a public school, state agency, public university, public community college or junior college, or the institutions of higher learning is authorized by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-83 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-83
Status: in_force

Public travel in and occupancy of the grounds under the authority of the Office of General Services described in Section 29-5-81 shall be restricted to the roads, walks and places prepared for that purpose by paving or otherwise. It is forbidden to occupy the roads, walks or places in such grounds in such manner as to obstruct or hinder their proper use.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-17 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-17
Status: in_force

(1) If any officer or employee of any state agency shall refuse or fail to make any inventory or supplemental inventory thereto as required herein, or to do so in the manner prescribed by the State Auditor, the State Auditor shall proceed to make, or cause to be made, the inventory or supplemental inventory; and the expense thereof shall be personally borne by said officer or employee, and he shall be responsible on his official bond for the payment of the expense.

(2) In the event that an examination conducted pursuant to Section 29-9-13 finds items that are included on an agency's inventory which are missing and otherwise unaccounted for, the State Auditor has the authority to proceed under the provisions of Section 7-7-211 to recover the value of the missing items. The demand shall be made against the head of the agency, the agency's property officer and/or the appropriate officer or employee, if identified.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-175 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-175
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-175
Status: in_force

The accomplishment of the purposes stated in Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 being for the benefit of the people of the county and for the improvement of their properties, the authority, in carrying out the purposes of Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 , will be performing an essential public function and shall not be required to pay any tax or assessment on the project and related facilities or any part thereof except as provided herein, and the interest on the bonds issued hereunder shall at all times be free from taxation within this state; and the state hereby covenants with the holders of any bonds to be issued hereunder that the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments imposed by the state or any of its political subdivisions or taxing districts on improvements funded from the avails of the issue except assessments for municipal utilities benefiting the property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-75 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-75
Status: repealed

<This section is repealed by its own terms on July 1, 2026.>

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, neither a corporation nor a nonresident alien, nor any association of persons composed in whole or in part of nonresident aliens, shall directly or indirectly purchase or become the owner of any of the public lands; and every patent issued in contravention hereof shall be void.

(2)(a) A banking corporation owning such tax-forfeited lands or holding a mortgage or deed of trust thereon at the time of the sale to the state, and whose mortgage or deed of trust is still in force and effect, may purchase such lands, regardless of acreage, owned by it as aforesaid or on which it held a mortgage or deed of trust. In the event of a purchase by such corporation as a mortgagee, such lands shall be held for the benefit of the mortgagor subject to all the terms and conditions of the mortgage or deed of trust held by the purchasing banking corporation and, upon payment of the debt secured by such mortgage or deed of trust, together with interest and incidents, such banking corporation shall in that event reconvey such lands to the original mortgagor, his or her heirs or assigns.

(b) Any other nonbanking corporation may purchase lands sold or forfeited to the state for delinquent taxes under any section of Chapter 1, Title 29, specifically relating to the sale of such tax-forfeited lands by the Secretary of State. A nonbanking corporation purchasing land sold or forfeited to the state shall be subject to the acreage limitations of Section 29-1-73 .

(c) Except as provided in Sections 89-27-5 and 89-27-7 , nonresident aliens may acquire and hold not to exceed three hundred twenty (320) acres of public lands in this state for the purpose of industrial development thereon. In addition, any nonresident alien may acquire and hold not to exceed five (5) acres of public lands for residential purposes. If any land acquired by a nonresident alien for the purpose of industrial development ceases to be used for industrial development, it shall escheat to the public body that sold such land to the nonresident alien.

(d) Land that is classified as an industrial or residential zone, but is otherwise used as forest or agricultural land in the performance of forest or agricultural activities, shall serve as a prima facie case as to the purpose of the land being devoted to forestry and/or agriculture and shall make the land and the nonresident alien subject to the provisions of Sections 89-27-5 and 89-27-7 .

(3) This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2026.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-25 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-25
Status: in_force

Said lieu land commission shall make a report to the Legislature every year, setting forth a statement of all such lands sold during that year, and shall file a copy of said report with the Secretary of State.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-13 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-13
Status: in_force

Representatives of the State Auditor's office under the direction of the State Auditor, in making regular audits of the different state agencies, shall make a check or physical audit of the actual items or properties shown on their inventories and related records. Each state agency, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, when requested to do so, shall furnish a competent person or persons to assist in this check or physical audit. The auditor shall keep his records current at all times and shall report to the agency concerned and the general status of the inventory involved, on the completion of each audit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-5 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-5
Status: in_force

Each inventory shall be executed in duplicate, the copy shall be retained by the maker for his files, and the original shall be delivered to the state auditor of public accounts. The original shall be certified by the heads of the respective institutions, departments, commissions, and agencies, or a responsible bonded property officer designated by him.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-3 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-3
Status: in_force

(1) The Secretary of State has a supervisory power over sixteenth section lands or lands granted in lieu thereof; and he shall supply to the members of the Legislature, the boards of supervisors, the boards of education and other interested persons information concerning those lands and make such recommendations and suggestions as he may deem proper.

(2) The Secretary of State shall prepare a report which shall include the terms of all leases on sixteenth section school lands, or lands granted in lieu thereof, the condition of the title to all such lands and the current income from all sources earned by such lands, and he shall maintain such report in his office for examination by any interested person.

(3) Any state, county, municipal or school district official shall supply annually to the Secretary of State such sixteenth section management information as shall be requested by the secretary. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, the following items pertaining to all new leases, rights-of-way, easements and sales of school trust lands: the number of acres in each parcel; the consideration paid for each transaction; the length and expiration of each lease, easement, or right-of-way; and the use to be made of each parcel. The applicable public official shall likewise report information requested by the Secretary of State on schedule of revenue and expenses and principal fund investments. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, the following items: revenues received from various sources; expenses; escrow funds; principal funds; amounts of monies invested; dates of investment; where invested; form of investment; rate of return of each investment; and the amount of revenue earned upon each investment. The information must be submitted in electronic format in the manner required by the Secretary of State.

The action of mandamus shall lie as is provided under Section 29-3-9 to compel the transmittal of information under this subsection by any public official to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-92 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-92
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-92
Status: in_force

(1) The school board of a school district may acquire, in the name of the district, by purchase, all easements that are necessary and desirable for access to sixteenth section lands or lieu lands. Whenever the purchase price for property on which an easement is to be located is greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), the school board may not purchase the property for an amount exceeding the fair market value of the property, as determined by the average of at least two (2) independent appraisals by certified general appraisers licensed by the State of Mississippi.

(2) In no event shall eminent domain be used against any private land owner by any local school board or local governing authority to acquire easement access to sixteenth section lands or lieu lands. If a landowner objects or refuses to sell an easement right in his or her property to the local school board, the board shall seek another means to gain access to those lands that does not interfere with the landowner's quiet use and enjoyment of his or her property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-73 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-73
Status: reserved

Where any school land, generally known as sixteenth sections, reserved for the use of schools, or land reserved or granted in lieu of or substituted for sixteenth sections lies within or partly within any drainage district created under the laws of this state, and will be benefited by such drainage district, such land so benefited shall be liable for its pro rata share of the costs, expenses, taxes, and assessments relating to said district as if owned by an individual, and shall be assessed accordingly, as other lands are assessed. But in case of a sale of such lands for such taxes or assessments, only the title of the lessee holding such lands under lease at the time of the sale shall pass by the sale.

Where such sixteenth section land, or land taken in lieu thereof, shall be held by any lessee, whether his lease shall have heretofore been acquired or shall hereafter be acquired, all such drainage taxes and assessments accruing thereon during such lease shall, in the discretion of the board of education, either be paid by the lessee, his grantees or assigns, or by the board of education, but the liability for such drainage taxes shall be fixed by the lease contract when said lands are leased. Where said lands have been leased by the superintendent of education, with the consent of the board of education in open session, and said lease contract provides that the lessee shall pay all such drainage taxes and assessments, and the lessee has actually entered upon and occupied said lands as lessee and is recognized as such, the school district in which said sixteenth section is located shall not be liable for such drainage taxes on account of the negligence of the secretary in failing to enter the order of the board approving said lease contract on its minutes. All such drainage taxes and assessments accruing on any such lands while the same are not leased shall be paid by the board of education of the school district in which such lands are situated, out of any sixteenth section funds belonging to the township in which such lands are located, which may be on hand at the time when such drainage taxes or assessments become due or which may be thereafter at any time collected or acquired. For the purpose of paying such drainage taxes and assessments, the board of education may borrow all money necessary to pay the same. When any such funds are borrowed as aforesaid, for the purposes aforesaid, the same shall be repaid out of the first sixteenth section fund thereafter derived from the sixteenth section lands so taxed and assessed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-165 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-165
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-165
Status: in_force

On all revenue bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 and hereafter sold, the trustees shall advertise them for sale on sealed bids for at least two (2) times in a newspaper within the county in which the bonds are to be sold, the first publication to be made at least ten (10) days preceding the date fixed for the reception of bids, such notice to give the time and place of sale. The procedure further demands that each bid shall be accompanied by a cashier's check, certified check, or exchange payable to the authority, issued or certified by a bank located in the state in the amount of not less than two percent (2%) of the par value of the bonds offered for sale, as a guaranty that the bidder will carry out his contract and purchase the bonds if the bid is accepted. If the successful bidder fails to purchase the bonds pursuant to his bid and contract, the amount of such good faith check shall be retained by the authority and covered into the proper fund as liquidated damages for such failure.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-133 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-133
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-133
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county within the state having a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) according to the latest federal census, upon receipt of a resolution adopted by the county board of education of any such county requesting it so to do, is authorized and empowered to construct roads or streets upon any sixteenth section lands lying within the boundaries of any municipality in such county having a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) according to the latest federal census.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-5 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 18-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-5
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein:

(a) “ Changing facility ” means a space designated for multiple individuals to dress or undress within the same space, including, but not limited to, a dressing room, locker room, changing room, or shower room. This term does not include a single-sex or family-use changing facility.

(b) “ Single-sex educational housing space ” means a multi-person dwelling unit, such as a room, suite, or apartment, located within a public education building functioning as housing for student residents at an educational institution and designated for use or occupancy only for members of one (1) sex, but excludes common areas designated for use by members of both sexes.

(c) “ Public education building ” means any building, facility or space owned, operated, rented or leased by, or rented or leased to any public school, public university, public community or junior college and the institutions of higher learning.

(d) “ Restroom ” means a space designated for multiple individuals that includes toilets and/or urinals. This term does not include a single-sex or family-use restroom.

(e) “ Single-sex or family use changing facility ” means a room intended for a single occupant or a family in which one or more persons may be in a state of undress, including, but not limited to, a dressing room, locker room, changing room, or shower room that is enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls and accessed by a full door with a secure lock that prevents another individual from entering while the changing facility is in use.

(f) “ Single-sex or family-use restroom ” means a room that includes a toilet or urinal and that is intended for a single occupant or a family, is enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls, and is accessed by a full door with a secure lock that prevents another individual from entering while the room is in use.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-211 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-211
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration shall post the comprehensive plan and any updates on their website as well as an annual status report of all projects funded under Sections 29-5-201 through 29-5-217 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-160 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-160
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-160
Status: in_force

Sections 29-5-160 through 29-5-163 shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Clean Indoor Air Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-13-5 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-13-5
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration shall compile an inventory of all state-owned buildings in any area of the state affected by the Hurricane Katrina Disaster of 2005 or any floodplain areas and any necessary data concerning such buildings. Each agency, board, commission, department and institution of the state shall cooperate in the preparation of the inventory and shall submit any information required by the department in a timely manner which will allow the inventory to be finalized and presented to the appropriate federal and state agencies. Such information shall include the specific location and, where available, the elevation of all state-owned buildings under the jurisdiction of the agency, board, commission, department or institution in any hurricane hazard or floodplain areas.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-1 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-1
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority shall be the mineral lease commission, and shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the mineral lease commission under the provisions of Section 29-7-1 et seq.

(2) The words “ mineral lease commission ,” whenever they may appear in the laws of the State of Mississippi, shall be construed to mean the Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority.

(3) The term “ commission ” means the Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-97 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-97
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-97
Status: in_force

When any land is situated in a drainage district and is subject to any special drainage district assessment which is secured by a lien on said land, such lien shall not be abated or cancelled on account of the sale of such land to the state for delinquent taxes, but such lien shall be held in abeyance during the period the property is owned by the state and, immediately upon the title to the land passing from the state by virtue of a sale, such lien shall again become effective. And, likewise, when any land is situated in a municipality and is subject to any special municipal benefit assessment which is secured by a lien on the land, such lien shall not be abated or cancelled on account of the sale of such land to the state for delinquent taxes, but such lien shall be held in abeyance during the period such property is owned by the state and, immediately upon the title to the state passing from the state by virtue of a sale, such lien shall again become effective.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-203 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-203
Status: in_force

(1) The Governor's Office of General Services is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to lease for a period of not more than twenty (20) years with an option to renew for a period of twenty (20) years all, or to rent on a monthly basis any part, of those lands being part of the southwest corner of Section 14, Township 6 North, Range 1 East, in the City of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at southwest corner of West Broadmoor Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 35, in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County, Mississippi, and run thence easterly along the south boundary of Lot I, of the aforesaid subdivision 261.4 feet to the western right-of-way line of North State Street, run thence southwesterly along the western right-of-way line of North State Street, 111 feet, run thence westerly 242 feet, more or less to the point of beginning.

The rental or lease shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) That the Governor's Office of General Services find and determine that the said lands, or parts thereof, are neither now needed nor are they programmed by the State of Mississippi for governmental purposes within the period of the proposed term of said lease or rental.

(b) That the annual amount paid for leased lands be in an amount of not less than seven and one-half percent (7- 1 / 2 %) of the current fair market value as determined by the averaging of at least two (2) appraisals. Thereafter, appraisals on said property may be made every five (5) years (computed from the date of the beginning of each such lease) at the insistence of either party and at the cost of the party demanding same, and the annual rental shall be adjusted in accordance with said appraisal. All such appraisals shall be based on land value less any improvements that may have been heretofore added by the leaseholder in possession, or that may hereafter be added by the leaseholder in possession; provided, however, that all improvements permanently affixed to any of the said lands under lease or rental as provided for herein shall become the property of the State of Mississippi upon final termination of such lease or rental.

(c) That in the case of monthly rental of said lands or any part thereof, the Governor's Office of General Services be authorized to make such terms and agreements as to the amount and conditions thereof, and to follow such procedures as will insure a fair and equitable return to the state.

(d) That all lease and rental monies from any such leases or rentals be deposited in the state land acquisition fund.

(e) That nothing in this section be construed to authorize the sale or transfer of title to the said lands.

(2) It is the intent and purpose of this section to provide a fair and equitable return for the lease or rental of said state lands. The Governor's Office of General Services is hereby empowered and authorized to follow such procedures and to make such arrangements, not inconsistent with the provisions here, as may be reasonably necessary to effect such purpose and intent.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-139 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-139
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-139
Status: in_force

The commission shall use as its agents any person employed by the commissioner as provided by law, and assigned to and accepted by the commission; and any such persons, when properly authorized, shall have the power to act to the same extent as the commission itself, except as to such matters that require the adoption of a formal order by the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-99 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-99
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-99
Status: in_force

The State Executive Building, located at 401 North Congress Street in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be renamed the Heber Ladner Building. The state building commission shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the Heber Ladner Building, which states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of the Honorable Heber Ladner, Secretary of State of Mississippi from 1948 to 1980.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-149 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-149
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-149
Status: in_force

Each agency, department, community or junior college and public institution of higher learning of the State of Mississippi shall file a report of transactions for all conveyances of real property, whether purchased, sold, leased, donated or acquired as a gift or through the process of eminent domain, to the Department of Finance and Administration Bureau of Buildings, Grounds and Real Property on a basis determined by the department for the filing of such reports. However, reports, at a minimum, shall be filed with the department at least once annually.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-11 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-11
Status: in_force

On or before the fifteenth day of each month, the heads of all state agencies shall add to their inventory or inventories the items purchased or otherwise acquired during the last preceding month in the same manner as set forth in the original inventory, and indicate items that have been disposed of and that should be deleted therefrom, showing how and where disposals were made. Should there be no change in the inventory, a report shall be filed so indicating. This additional list and items to be deleted shall be submitted to the auditor of public accounts, to be used to add to or delete from the inventory or inventories in his office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-1 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-1
Status: in_force

(a) “Commission” means the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources.

(b) “Local tidal datum” means the datum established for a specific tide station through the use of tidal observations made at that station.

(c) “Mean high water” means the arithmetic mean of all the high waters occurring in a particular nineteen-year tidal epoch period; or for a shorter period of time after corrections are applied to the short term observations to reduce these values to the equivalent nineteen-year value.

(d) “Mean high water line” means the intersection of the tidal datum plane of mean high water with the shore.

(e) “Mean high water survey” means a survey of the intersection of the shoreline with the tidal datum plane of mean high water using local tidal datums and surveying methodologies approved by the commission. Methodologies shall include but not be limited to the “staking method,” “the topographic method” and “tide coordinated aerial photography.”

(f) “National map accuracy standards” means a set of guidelines published by the Office of Management and Budget of the United States to which maps produced by the United States government adhere.

(g) “Submerged lands” means lands which remain covered by waters, where the tides ebb and flow, at ordinary low tides.

(h) “Tidelands” means those lands which are daily covered and uncovered by water by the action of the tides, up to the mean line of the ordinary high tides.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-17 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-9-17
Status: in_force

(1) If any officer or employee of any state agency shall refuse or fail to make any inventory or supplemental inventory thereto as required herein, or to do so in the manner prescribed by the State Auditor, the State Auditor shall proceed to make, or cause to be made, the inventory or supplemental inventory; and the expense thereof shall be personally borne by said officer or employee, and he shall be responsible on his official bond for the payment of the expense.

(2) In the event that an examination conducted pursuant to Section 29-9-13 finds items that are included on an agency's inventory which are missing and otherwise unaccounted for, the State Auditor has the authority to proceed under the provisions of Section 7-7-211 to recover the value of the missing items. The demand shall be made against the head of the agency, the agency's property officer and/or the appropriate officer or employee, if identified.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-135 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-135
Status: in_force

The state shall have a lien on all oil, gas, or other minerals produced from any land owned by it or in which it has any interest, and this lien shall exist and continue against such oil, gas, or other minerals when in the hands of the first owner after severance, the producer, lessee, or transporter. If any of said parties fail to make provision for the payment of the sums due the state, they shall be personally liable, individually and severally, to the state for all sums lawfully due to it.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-13 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-13
Status: in_force

All public projects of any federal, state or local governmental entity which serve a higher public purpose of promoting the conservation, reclamation, preservation of the tidelands and submerged lands, public use for fishing, recreation or navigation, or the enhancement of public access to such lands shall be exempt from any use or rental fees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 18-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-9
Status: in_force

Any public education building that maintains a changing facility must, at a minimum, have:

(a) A changing facility designated for exclusive use by females and a changing facility designated for exclusive use by males; or

(b) A single-sex or family-use changing facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-33 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-33
Status: in_force

For the purpose of determining the proper category for such lands and the oil, gas and other minerals in, on and under such lands, the following definitions shall be controlling unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “Forest land” shall mean all land at least ninety percent (90%) of the total area of which is at present forest or wasteland, or land which will produce a maximum of revenue by utilization to produce timber or other forest products, shall be classified as forest land. The unit of measurement to be used in arriving at the classification of forest land shall be the smallest division of the government survey covering said lands in counties where such government survey has been made, and in other counties shall be forty (40) acres.

(b) “Agricultural land” shall mean land most suitable for pasturage or cultivation.

(c) “Industrial land” shall mean land most suitable for port, harbor, industrial, manufacturing or warehousing use.

(d) “Commercial land” shall mean land most suitable for wholesale or retail businesses, financial institutions, professional offices and clinics, service trades and occupations, privately owned public utilities and similar businesses.

(e) “Residential land” shall mean any tract of land upon which the lessee or board-approved sub-lessee is residing. Such lands shall be set up, as nearly as possible, in a rectangular form so as to include the houses and such other permanent improvements as may have been placed thereon by said lessee or his predecessor in title; provided, however, that such tract of land shall not exceed five (5) acres.

(f) “Farm residential land” shall mean any tract of land upon which a leaseholder resides not exceeding one hundred sixty (160) acres in size existing on July 1, 1978, which is utilized for agricultural purposes. Provided, however, that farm residential land may consist of two (2) noncontiguous tracts not exceeding one hundred sixty (160) acres in the aggregate (a) with reasonable easements connecting the residential and outlying tracts; or (b) within the residential tract situated a distance not exceeding one and one-half (1- 1 / 2 ) miles from the outlying tract. Provided further that no sixteenth section lands or lands granted in lieu thereof, situated in a county lying wholly or partially within a levee district shall be classified as farm residential land.

(g) “Recreational land” shall mean land most suitable for uses which provide for activities or services of a recreational nature. Recreational nature shall include, but not be limited to, parks, campsites, lodges and similar uses and facilities.

(h) “Catfish farming land” shall mean land most suitable for the construction of catfish ponds and for wholesale or retail catfish farm raising and harvesting.

(i) “Other land” shall mean any land which is not suitable for any of the uses described above.

(j) “Oil, gas and minerals” shall mean the following: (i) oil, gas, carbon dioxide and other gaseous substances; (ii) metals, compounds of metals, or metal-bearing ores; (iii) coal, including anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite and their constituent components and products and minerals intermingled or associated therewith; and (iv) sulphur, salt, sand, gravel, fill dirt and clay, in, on and under the lands classified above. Such oil, gas and minerals shall be a classification of land separate and distinct from the classifications set forth above in paragraphs (a) through (h) inclusive.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-3 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-3
Status: in_force

The several rooms and apartments of the New Capitol shall not be occupied by any other persons nor for any other purpose than as expressly authorized by the legislature; provided, however, that it shall be the duty of the legislature to provide office space in the New Capitol for any state department, officer or employee where it is provided by law that such department, officer or employee shall have an office in the state capitol.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-15 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 9 / Section 18-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-15
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, a person may not enter a restroom, changing facility, or single-sex educational housing space, designated for the opposite sex, except under the following circumstances:

(a) To assist or chaperon a child under the age of twelve (12), a vulnerable person as defined in Section 43-47-5 , or a person with a disability as defined in Section 43-6-203(b) , with such child, vulnerable person, or person with a disability also allowed to enter, with a parent, guardian, or caregiver, the restroom or changing room designated for the sex of their parent, guardian, or caregiver;

(b) For law enforcement, fire protection or response, or other public safety purposes;

(c) For governmental purposes, including employees or contractors of governmental entities acting within the scope of their employment or contract;

(d) For the purpose of rendering emergency medical assistance or to intervene in any other emergency situation where the health or safety of another person is at risk;

(e) For custodial, maintenance, or inspection purposes, provided that the restroom or changing facility is not in use;

(f) If the appropriate designated restroom or changing facility is out of order or under repair and the restroom or changing facility designated for the opposite sex contains no person of the opposite sex; or

(g) In single-sex educational housing spaces as authorized by educational institutions for moving, visiting, administrative, health, or other authorized purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-27 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-27
Status: repealed

No sixteenth section lands or lands granted in lieu thereof, in whole or in part, situated within the school district holding or owning the same shall ever be sold, except that the board of education may, under the procedures hereinafter provided, sell such lands for industrial development thereon, therein, or thereunder to any persons, firms, or corporations in fee simple, or any lesser estate therein, for a purchase price not less than the fair market value thereof; and when any such sale is made, the deed shall be executed in the name of the State of Mississippi by the superintendent of the said board of education.

As used in this section and in Sections 29-3-29 and 29-3-61 , the term “ industrial development ” shall include restoration as a tourist attraction the place where an organization was founded, which said organization has since been expanded to be national or international in its membership, scope, and influence.

As used in this section and in Sections 29-3-29 and 29-3-61 , the term “ industrial development ” shall also include the consolidation of multiple parcels, each less than 160 acres and not to exceed 320 acres total, of forested sixteenth section lieu land as originally contained in Indemnity List 1 of School Sections approved February 26, 1859, and located in the same county as its controlling school district. Said consolidated parcels shall be utilized to facilitate significant timber industry research. This provision shall stand repealed on December 31, 2016.

The proceeds of the sale in fee simple of any sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, in whole or in part, or such part of said proceeds as may be required to purchase acreage of equivalent fair market value, shall be used by the board of education, to purchase other land in the county, which land shall be held in the name of and reserved by the State of Mississippi for the support of the township schools in lieu of the land thus sold, as other sixteenth section lieu land is held, and shall be subject to all laws applicable thereto. Every such sale and every such purchase of land in lieu thereof shall be reported by the secretary of the board of education to the Secretary of State and to the State Forestry Commission within ninety (90) days after the consummation of each such sale and purchase. Any funds from a sale in fee simple of any sixteenth section land, or land granted in lieu thereof, in excess of any amount used to purchase said land in lieu thereof, shall be treated as corpus and shall be invested by the board of education as provided by law. Only the income from such investment shall be expended for current operating expenses of the schools.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-135 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-135
Status: in_force

The cost of the construction of any roads or streets performed under the terms of Section 29-3-133 shall be paid upon the order of the board of supervisors of any such county by the county board of education of such county out of any funds which would otherwise be paid over to the school district entitled to the revenues from the sixteenth section land upon which any such construction is done.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-132 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-132
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-132
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or modify any power or authority of a county, municipality, or combination thereof, or any zoning or planning board or agency, or similar public authority, to adopt and enforce zoning or land use laws, ordinances or regulations; provided, however, that such laws, ordinances or regulations shall not prohibit, restrict or interfere with school districts' use of Sixteenth Section lands for the construction and operation of educational or extracurricular facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-5 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-5
Status: in_force

(1) A complete abstract of title may be made of each parcel of said land, and such abstract shall contain references, by book and page, to the acts of congress, the acts of the legislature, and to all records relating thereto. Every such abstract shall be duly certified and recorded in the record of deeds, and be styled and indexed under the head of “School Trust Lands, S__________, T__________, R__________.” Said abstract shall be so styled and indexed whether the land be in a sixteenth section or in another section taken in lieu of it, and the original shall be deposited in the land office.

(2) As an alternative to the requirements of subsection (1), a personal examination of the sixteenth section land records by a licensed practicing attorney of the State of Mississippi shall be sufficient, provided it is accompanied by an attorney's title certificate and opinion certifying to the ownership of each sixteenth section. Said title certificate and opinion shall include a complete listing of all persons entitled to possession of said lands and the true condition of the title of said lands.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-17 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 18-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-18-17
Status: in_force

(1) A person may assert a violation of this chapter as a claim or defense in a judicial or administrative proceeding.

(2) Any person under eighteen (18) years of age may bring an action at any time to assert a violation of this chapter through a parent or next friend and may bring an action in their own name upon reaching the age of eighteen (18) years of age.

(3) Any attorney's fees may be awarded by the court as it deems appropriate.

(4) No private cause of action against a public school, state agency, public university, public community college or junior college, or the institutions of higher learning is authorized by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-59 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-59
Status: in_force

All rentals, or other revenue payable under any leases executed pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to and collected by the superintendent of education and shall be credited to the township school fund and used and expended in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions as provided by law in the case of other money belonging to such funds. Any superintendent of education receiving any such revenue shall make annual report thereof to the state superintendent of education.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-132 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-132
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-132
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or modify any power or authority of a county, municipality, or combination thereof, or any zoning or planning board or agency, or similar public authority, to adopt and enforce zoning or land use laws, ordinances or regulations; provided, however, that such laws, ordinances or regulations shall not prohibit, restrict or interfere with school districts' use of Sixteenth Section lands for the construction and operation of educational or extracurricular facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-31 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-31
Status: in_force

In all cases where it appears that the claim of title of the state to the lands on the records of the land office is void on account of uncertain description, or was acquired under tax sales which were void and which passed no title to the state, the land commissioner, with the written approval of the attorney general, is hereby authorized and directed to strike such lands from the lists in his office of lands sold to the state for delinquent taxes. The land commissioner shall transmit a list of the lands thus stricken from the records of forfeited state tax lands in his office to the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which such lands are situated, and the clerk of the chancery court shall note the same on the recorded lists in his office and shall file and preserve the list of lands thus stricken from the records in his office. The land commissioner shall at the same time give written notice to the assessor of the county that such lands have been stricken from the lists of lands held by the state for the nonpayment of taxes, and it shall be the duty of the assessor to assess such lands for taxes for the proper year or years at such valuation as the assessor may deem just. Such assessment shall be made in the manner provided by law for the assessment of property which has escaped taxation for former years. And the tax collector shall collect the taxes on such lands in the manner provided by law. The striking of such lands from the lists of forfeited state tax lands in the land commissioner's office, as herein provided, shall cancel all title or claim of the state to such lands, except for taxes due thereon at the time of the sale and accruing after the sale.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-11 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-11
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall have charge of the keys and other fastenings of all the exterior doors of the capitol and of all such rooms as are not occupied by one of the courts or as public offices authorized by law; and he shall keep in good order and securely locked, all rooms not actually occupied by the officers to whom they have been appropriated. He shall open the exterior doors at seven o'clock in the morning and keep the same open until the hours of six o'clock in the evening Monday through Friday; provided however, that the capitol shall be kept open when the legislature is in session until a reasonable hour after both houses have concluded the day's business. The capitol shall likewise be kept open so as not to interfere with the sessions of the Supreme Court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-13 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-13
Status: in_force

All public projects of any federal, state or local governmental entity which serve a higher public purpose of promoting the conservation, reclamation, preservation of the tidelands and submerged lands, public use for fishing, recreation or navigation, or the enhancement of public access to such lands shall be exempt from any use or rental fees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-14 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-14
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-7-14
Status: in_force

That the state mineral lease commission is hereby authorized to pay to the proper local taxing district in which are located sixteenth section school lands or lieu lands that fall within the definition of coastal wetlands, that portion of funds received from leases entered into or royalties received from the exploring or exploiting of oil, gas or other minerals on such lands. Such monies shall be paid to the local taxing district entitled to such funds under the law and used for school purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-9 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-9
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Public Trust Tidelands Fund.” The fund shall be administered by the Secretary of State as trustee.

(2) Any funds derived from lease rentals of tidelands and submerged lands, except those funds derived from mineral leases, or funds previously specifically designated to be applied to other agencies, shall be transferred to the special fund. However, funds derived from lease rentals may be used to cover the administrative cost incurred by the Secretary of State. Any remaining funds derived from lease rentals shall be disbursed pro rata to the local taxing authorities for the replacement of lost ad valorem taxes, if any. Then, any remaining funds shall be disbursed to the commission for new and extra programs of tidelands management, such as conservation, reclamation, preservation, acquisition, education or the enhancement of public access to the public trust tidelands or public improvement projects as they relate to those lands.

(3) Any funds that are appropriated as separate line items in an appropriation bill for tideland programs or projects authorized under this section for political subdivisions or other agencies shall be disbursed as provided in this subsection.

(a) The Department of Marine Resources shall make progress payments in installments based on the work completed and material used in the performance of a tidelands project only after receiving written verification from the political subdivision or agency. The political subdivision or agency shall submit verification of the work completed or materials in such detail and form that the department may require.

(b) The Department of Marine Resources shall make funds available for the purpose of using such funds as a match or leverage for federal or other funds that are available for the designated tidelands project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-31 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-31
Status: reserved

It is hereby made the duty of the board of education, using the services of all appropriate public agencies, to survey and classify all sixteenth section lands in the Choctaw purchase and lands granted in lieu thereof reserved for the support of township schools. Said lands shall be classified into eight (8) categories, as follows: (1) forest land; (2) agricultural land; (3) industrial land; (4) commercial land; (5) farm-residential land; (6) residential land; (7) recreational land; and (8) other land. The classifications shall be applied to said lands based upon the finding of the highest and best use of each parcel or tract for producing a maximum of revenue by proper utilization. In determining the highest and best use of these lands, the same principles shall be followed as are applied in determining the highest and best use of land in private ownership. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all land that is being used as “residential land” or “farm-residential land” shall continue to be classified as “residential land” or “farm-residential land” until such land ceases to be used as a residence.

All sixteenth section lands in the Choctaw purchase and lands granted in lieu thereof, regardless of classification, shall be deemed to contain oil, gas and minerals, including the following: (a) oil, gas, carbon dioxide and other gaseous substances; (b) metals, compounds of metals or metal-bearing ores; (c) coal, including anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite and their constituent components and products and minerals intermingled or associated therewith; and (d) sulphur, salt, sand, gravel, fill dirt and clay.

Such oil, gas and minerals shall be leased for exploration, mining, production and development as provided for in Section 29-3-99 , regardless of the classifications of the lands in, on or under which such oil, gas and minerals are situated. Statutory procedures for the leasing of the surface of the land in such eight (8) classifications shall not apply to such oil, gas and minerals in, on or under such lands.

Such oil, gas and minerals shall be deemed a separate classification of sixteenth section lands for the purpose of Section 211 of the Mississippi Constitution .
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-11 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-15-11
Status: in_force

Upon the proper authorized leasing of any state public trust tidelands, or submerged lands, the lessee shall be responsible for any county or municipal tax levy upon the leasehold interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-11 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-5-11
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall have charge of the keys and other fastenings of all the exterior doors of the capitol and of all such rooms as are not occupied by one of the courts or as public offices authorized by law; and he shall keep in good order and securely locked, all rooms not actually occupied by the officers to whom they have been appropriated. He shall open the exterior doors at seven o'clock in the morning and keep the same open until the hours of six o'clock in the evening Monday through Friday; provided however, that the capitol shall be kept open when the legislature is in session until a reasonable hour after both houses have concluded the day's business. The capitol shall likewise be kept open so as not to interfere with the sessions of the Supreme Court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-127 — MS Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-127
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-127
Status: in_force

Where a township is divided so that parts are situated in different counties, the county in which the sixteenth section or lands in lieu thereof may be situated shall have jurisdiction thereof and of the funds derived from it; and if the section or land in lieu thereof be in several counties, each county has jurisdiction of the part lying in it, or the counties may co-operate in the management thereof. In any case the fund shall be accounted for with each county according to the number of educable children in the part of the township in it as compared with the whole number in the township. Any county now having and hereafter receiving and collecting funds belonging to another county shall immediately thereafter pay over such funds, transfer and sign all notes, deeds of trust, and security for funds loaned out, to the depository of the county entitled thereto.