Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-13 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-13
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall have power to acquire, purchase, install, lease, construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, and operate ports, harbors, waterways, channels, wharves, piers, docks, quays, elevators, tipples, compresses, bulk loading and unloading facilities, warehouses, floating dry docks, graving docks, marine railways, tugboats, machinery and equipment, and water, air and rail terminals, and roadways and approaches thereto, and other structures and facilities needful for the convenient use of the same in the aid of commerce, including the dredging, deepening, extending, widening, or enlarging of any ports, harbors, rivers, channels, and waterways, the damming of inland waterways, the establishment of water basins, the acquisition and development of industrial sites and the reclaiming of submerged lands.

(2) The State Inland Port Authority, subject to the approval of the board, shall have the power to borrow money from any source, public or private, for any of its corporate purposes and to give such security as may be required in connection therewith and to enter into a joint agreement with the boards of supervisors of any county, or the governing authority of any municipality, or both acting jointly, to issue revenue bonds of such county or municipality, or both, acting jointly, as provided by Section 59-7-311 which bonds may be payable out of any revenues of the authority, including grants or contributions from the federal government or other sources. Such revenue bonds may be issued without an election on resolution of the board of supervisors, governing body of the municipality, or both acting jointly, and shall not be subject to any limitation as to amount, and shall not be included or computed in the statutory limitation of indebtedness of any such county or municipality.

(3) All leases which are now in effect or which may hereafter be executed by the State Inland Port Authority for port, harbor, commercial or industrial improvements, and all structures and all improvements and other permanent facilities erected, installed or located by such lessees, or their successors or assignees within the limits of any port, harbor or part thereof, may be free and exempt from all state, county and municipal ad valorem taxes if so stipulated in such lease, and for such period as may be fixed in such lease, not to exceed such periods of time as are now authorized or may be hereafter authorized by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-15 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-15
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico having an assessed valuation at its last completed assessment in excess of $45,000,000.00 and having within its borders a city in which there is maintained a harbor or channel with a depth of not less than four and one-half feet, and in which city there is operated seasonally one or more canning plants for canning, processing or freezing shrimp, oysters or other seafoods, is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to annually levy a tax not to exceed one mill on each dollar of the assessed valuation of all of the taxable property within such county, for the purpose of aiding in the development and improvement of such harbor or channel of said city.

(2) The proceeds of said levy shall be paid to the governing authorities of the city wherein such channel or harbor is located and shall be deposited in the city depository in a special account to be designated as “port fund” of such city and the same shall be expended by the governing authorities of such city for the development and improvement of said channel or harbor, for the purposes and in the manner set out in the general laws of Mississippi, including Section 21-37-15, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(3) No reimbursement shall be made under the Homestead Exemption Law of 1946 Sections 27-33-1 through 27-33-65, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for any tax levy made under the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-1
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that the public policy of the State of Mississippi is to encourage the expansion and development of Mississippi's harbors and ports.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context shall prescribe otherwise:

(a) “ Chemical test ” means an analysis of a person's blood, breath, urine or other bodily substance for the determination of the presence of alcohol or any other substance which may impair a person's mental or physical ability.

(b) “ Intoxicated ” means under the influence of alcohol or any combination of alcohol, controlled substance or drugs, so that there is impaired thought and action and loss of normal control of a person's faculties to such an extent as to endanger any person.

(c) “ Law enforcement officer ” means any officer described in Section 63-11-19 and includes a conservation officer employed by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and a marine law enforcement officer employed by the Department of Marine Resources.

(d) “ Prima facie evidence of intoxication ” includes evidence that at the time of an alleged violation there was eight one-hundredths percent (.08%) or more by weight of alcohol in the person's blood.

(e) “ Public waters ” means all public waters over which the state has jurisdiction.

(f) “ Watercraft ” means a motorized vessel with a motor of twenty-five (25) horsepower or greater used for transportation on public waters and personal watercraft (jet skis).

(g) “ Operates a watercraft ” or “ operation of a watercraft ” shall mean a watercraft that is underway in the water.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 9-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-3
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall be construed liberally and broadly to effectuate the purposes set out herein and wide latitude and discretion shall be vested in the public authorities charged with the exercise of the powers and duties conferred upon them by this chapter, except as in the chapter otherwise expressly limited.

(2) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as repealing or altering existing laws affecting ports, and this chapter is to be considered as supplementary and cumulative. The grant of powers to the board of supervisors of such county, the county port authority, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the port of entry is located, and the port commission, where granted herein by reference to existing statutes, shall incorporate such statutes herein seriatim, and the subsequent amendment or repeal of such statutes shall not limit or rescind the powers and authority hereby conferred unless expressly so provided in such amending or repealing statute.

(3) The enumeration of any specific rights and powers contained in this chapter, where followed by general powers, shall not be construed in a restrictive sense, but rather in as broad and comprehensive a sense as possible to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

(4) A county development commission shall have all rights, duties and powers vested upon a county port authority by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-121 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-121
Status: in_force

Any person or organization sponsoring a regatta, motorboat or other boat race, marine parade, tournament or exhibition shall be responsible for providing adequate protection from marine traffic interference and hazards. The commission may adopt and may from time to time amend regulations governing the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-67 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-67
Status: in_force

The books and accounts of all state port authorities shall be audited at the end of each fiscal year by the state auditor. A copy of the audit shall be filed with the governor, the state auditor, the state fiscal management board, legislative budget office and the Mississippi Board of Economic Development, and a copy shall be kept on file in the office of the particular state port authority so audited.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-3
Status: in_force

(1) Any owner of a vessel principally operated on the waters of the state and required to be numbered may apply to the department for a certificate of title for the vessel or the motor.

(2)(a) The application shall contain the name and mailing address of the owner, and the names and addresses of all persons having any liens or encumbrances upon the vessel or motor in the order of their priority. The application shall contain the signatures of all owners certifying that statements made are true and correct to the best of the applicant's knowledge, information and belief, under penalty of perjury.

(b) Every application for a certificate of title shall contain a description of the vessel or motor to be titled, including the state certificate of number (if previously assigned), hull length, type and principal material of construction, model year, the date of purchase, hull identification number, manufacturer, horse power, serial number and the name and address of the person from whom the vessel or motor was purchased. The application shall contain the date of sale and gross purchase price of the vessel or motor, or the fair market value if no sale immediately preceded the transfer and any additional information the department requires. If the application is made for a vessel or motor previously registered or titled in another state or foreign country, it shall contain this information. The application shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the department and shall contain any other information required by the department.

(3) If a dealer buys or acquires a used numbered vessel or motor for resale, he shall report the acquisition to the department on forms the department provides, or he may apply for and obtain a certificate of title as provided in this chapter. If a dealer acquires a new vessel or motor requiring titling for resale, he may apply for and obtain a certificate of title as provided in this chapter.

Every dealer transferring a vessel or motor requiring titling, as determined by the department, shall assign the title to the new owner, or in the case of a new vessel or motor assign either the certificate of origin or, if titled, the title.

(4) No person may sell, assign or transfer a vessel or motor titled by the department without delivering to the purchaser or transferee a certificate of title with an assignment on it showing title in the purchaser or transferee's name. No person may purchase or otherwise acquire a vessel or motor titled by the department without obtaining a certificate of title for it in his name.

(5) Every certificate of title shall contain the owner's name; the address of the principal place of residence of an individual owner and the address of the principal place of business of an owner that is not an individual, including zip code; date of title issuance; vessel or motor description, including the vessel or motor identification number as described in 33 CFR 187.05 , name of manufacturer or model, year built or the model year, vessel length, vessel type, drive or propulsion type, motor horsepower, vessel use, hull material and fuel type; each lienholder's name and address; recording or perfection date of new liens and original recording date of any liens outstanding; and other items as required by the department. Space must also be provided for assignment of interest, with a certification that statements provided on the title assignment are true and correct to the best of the owner's knowledge, under penalty of perjury.

(6) The department shall retain the evidence used to establish the accuracy of the information required for titling purposes, and shall maintain a record of any certificate of title it issues.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-67 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-67
Status: reserved

(1) For the purposes set out in subsection (1) of Section 59-9-65 , the board of supervisors of such county, acting by and through the county port authority, and with the supervision and approval of the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, shall have the power to dredge, fill in and reclaim submerged lands and tidelands belonging to the State of Mississippi; and the state land commissioner, with the approval of the attorney general and the governor, is hereby authorized and empowered to convey such reclaimed submerged lands and tidelands to such county and to issue the state's patent therefor, but all oil, gas and other minerals in, on or under said lands are hereby specifically reserved unto the State of Mississippi. Such county, acting through its county port authority, shall have the further power to develop and utilize such lands for any of such purposes, provided, however, that no normal or natural channel shall be obstructed so as to interfere with the normal navigation therein.

(2) The board of supervisors of such county, acting jointly with the county port authority, and with the approval of the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, shall have the power to lease such lands, for a term not in excess of ninety-nine years from the date of such lease, or to sell or otherwise dispose of such land to the State of Mississippi, or to individuals, firms or corporations, public or private, for industrial operations, on such terms and conditions and with such safeguards as will best promote and protect the public interest, and they are hereby authorized to transfer possession and/or title to any part or all of such lands by deed, lease, contract, or other customary business instrument.

(3) Any facilities constructed or acquired for use on such lands under the provisions of Section 59-5-11 , including, but not limited to machinery or equipment, may be leased for a term not in excess of ninety-nine years from the date of such lease, or sold, or otherwise disposed of to the State of Mississippi or to individuals, firms or corporations, public or private, for industrial operations, on such terms and conditions, with such safeguards as will best promote and protect the public interest, and subject to the limitations set out in Section 59-5-11 , and the board of supervisors of such county, acting jointly with the county port authority, and with the approval of the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, is authorized to transfer possession and/or title to any part, or all of such facilities, machinery or equipment by deed, lease, contract, or other customary business instrument.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-39 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-39
Status: in_force

For the acquiring of rights-of-way, land and property including existing easements, restrictive covenants and reversionary estates necessary for the purposes herein authorized, the board shall have the right and power to acquire the same by purchase, negotiation or condemnation, and should it elect to exercise the right of eminent domain, it may proceed in the manner provided by the general laws of the state of Mississippi for procedure by any county, municipality or corporation organized under the laws of this state, or in any other manner provided by law. The power of eminent domain shall apply not only as to all property of private persons or corporations, but also as to property already devoted to public use including leaseholds, excepting interests in property owned by levee boards, drainage districts, or other flood control agencies. However, the board shall have no authority to acquire without the consent of the owner thereof any property operated and used for port, harbor or industrial purposes or such purposes as the board is authorized to acquire and use property for, unless an actual necessity therefor be alleged and proven. The board is authorized to accept donations of lands, rights therein, monies and materials required for the maintenance or development of any port or harbor. The board may exchange any property or properties acquired under the authority of this chapter for other property or properties usable in carrying out the powers hereby conferred, and also remove from lands needed for its purposes and reconstruct on other locations, buildings, utilities, terminals, railroads or other structures upon the payment of just compensation, if it is necessary so to do in order to carry out any of its plans for port development. The title to all land or property acquired under the authority of this chapter shall vest in the state of Mississippi. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize the taking by eminent domain of any private property except for necessary public use.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-509 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-509
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-509
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county issuing bonds under the provisions of this article shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at not less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, and in the manner provided in Section 31-19-25, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-117 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-117
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, and to advertise and promote the fresh waterways of the state.

(2) The Commission on Marine Resources shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of Sections 59-21-111 through 59-21-129 . The Commission on Marine Resources shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with subsections (4) and (5).

(3) The provisions of Sections 59-21-117 through 59-21-127 shall be applicable to all waters of this state that are under the jurisdiction of the State of Mississippi.

(4) Before any rules and regulations are adopted, the proposed rules and regulations shall be reduced to writing and a public hearing shall be held after at least thirty (30) days' notice of the hearing. The notice shall be published at least one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in this state. A copy of the proposed rules and regulations shall be furnished to the sheriff of each county affected at least thirty (30) days prior to the hearing. The hearing shall be held at a place convenient to the largest number of owners of vessels affected by the proposed rules and regulations or, if of general statewide application, shall be held in the City of Jackson, Mississippi.

(5) A copy of the regulations adopted pursuant to this section, and amendments thereto, shall be filed in the office of the commission adopting the regulations and in the office of the sheriff of each county affected where the same shall be maintained as a public record. The rules and regulations shall be published in a convenient form and shall be given to each recipient of an original, renewed, transferred, or a recorded certificate of number.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-55 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-55
Status: in_force

Any county which has heretofore issued bonds pursuant to this chapter, is hereby authorized to invest the proceeds of such bonds not needed for immediate use in bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the United States, but such investments shall not be made except upon the approval of the development commission or port authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-29 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-29
Status: reserved

Any county port authority or county development commission created under the provisions of this chapter is hereby vested with full jurisdiction and control of any and all lands lying within or adjacent to any river, bay or natural lake, which are below the mean high tide mark, and which lands lie within or adjacent to any port or harbor within the jurisdiction of such county port authority or county development commission. Any such county port authority or county development commission is hereby authorized to reclaim any and all such lands by filling, dredging, or other means, to utilize, lease, sell, or dispose of same for the development and operation of the port to the same extent it is now or may hereafter be authorized to utilize its other facilities. Any such county port authority or county development commission, pursuant to resolutions adopted by the port commission and the governing body of the municipality in which the port of entry is located, may exercise joint and concurrent jurisdiction of any such lands described in such resolutions within the jurisdiction of the port commission of the port of entry, and outside of the corporate limits of such municipality, and may exercise the above powers jointly with such port commission as to such lands.

Under any such state-owned lands, if any, hereinabove turned over to the county port authority or county development commission, all oil, gas and other mineral rights are hereby reserved unto the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-13 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-13
Status: in_force

(1) The department, upon receiving an application for a certificate of title to a vessel or motor showing security interest on the vessel or motor, shall show upon the face of the certificate of title all security interest in the order of their priority as shown on the application. When a security interest exists, the application for a certificate of title must also contain the name and address of the secured party and the date and amount of the security interest.

(2) Security interest created after the original issue of title to the owner must be shown on the certificate of title. The owner shall surrender the original certificate of title to the department and file an application with the department containing the name and address of the secured party, the amount of the security interest, the date and payment of a filing fee. The department shall then issue a new certificate of title showing name and address of the secured party. The newly issued certificate of title shall be sent to the secured party.

For the purpose of recording a subsequent security interest, the department shall require any secured party to deliver the certificate of title to the department. Upon receipt of the certificate of title, completion of the forms and required fees, the department shall then issue a new certificate of title showing the security interest in the order of their priority according to the date of the filing of the application. The newly issued certificate of title shall be sent to the first secured party listed on the certificate of title.

(3) The certificate of title when issued by the department showing a security interest shall be adequate notice to the state, creditors and purchasers that a security interest exists. The recording or filing of the security interest in the county or city where the purchaser or debtor resides shall not be required.

(4) If application for the recordation of a security interest is filed in the principal office of the department within five (5) days from the date of the applicant's purchase of the vessel or motor, it shall be valid to all persons as if the recordation had been done on the day the security interest was acquired.

(5) The security interest, except security interest in inventory held for sale, shown on the certificates of title issued by the department pursuant to applications for certificates shall have priority over any other liens or security interest however created and recorded, except for liens designated by the department.

(6) The certificate of title shall be delivered to the person holding the security interest having first priority. The title shall be retained by that lienholder until the entire amount of the security interest is fully paid by the owner. The certificate of title shall then be delivered to the secured party next in order of priority and so on, or, if none, then to the owner.

(7) Upon the satisfaction of a security interest, the secured party shall attach to the certificate of title a release of security interest or in whatever form as may be prescribed by the department. Within five (5) days the secured party shall mail or deliver the certificate of title to the owner and a copy of the security release, if required by the department. Upon request of the owner and upon receipt of a copy of the security release, if required, and the certificate of title, the department shall correct its records and issue a new certificate of title to the owner.

(8) It shall constitute a misdemeanor for a secured party who holds a security interest as provided for in this chapter to refuse or fail to surrender the certificate of title to the person to whom it is legally entitled within five (5) days after the security interest has been paid and satisfied. The misdemeanor is punishable as provided in Section 59-21-153(a) .

(9) This section does not apply to any of the following: a lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vessel or motor; a lien given by statute to the United States, a state or a political subdivision thereof; or any lien arising out of an attachment of a vessel or motor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-1-21 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-1-21
Status: in_force

Any such conveyance, contract, lease or other disposition authorized by Section 59-1-19 of any or all such lands described in Section 59-1-17 may be made upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as may be found to be adequate by the port commission, and approved by the city, in orders or resolutions authorizing same, and the covenants and obligations of the lessee or grantee to make expenditures in determined amounts, and within such time or times, for improvements to be erected on the land, by such lessee or grantee, and to conduct thereon industrial operations in such aggregate payroll amounts and for such period of time or times as may be determined and defined in such lease, deed or other disposition, shall constitute and be deemed sufficient consideration for the execution of any such conveyance, lease, contract or other disposition. Any such instrument shall, however, contain reasonable provisions for the termination of the lease or revision of title to the land, but, unless otherwise agreed to, not the improvements of grantee or lessee, in the event of default on the part of the lessee or grantee of his or its obligations or covenants under any such agreement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-7
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person to operate a watercraft on the public waters of this state who:

(a) Is under the influence of intoxicating liquor;

(b) Is under the influence of any other substance which has impaired such person's ability to operate a watercraft; or

(c) Has eight one-hundredths percent (.08%) or more by weight volume of alcohol in the person's blood based upon milligrams of alcohol per one hundred (100) cubic centimeters of blood as shown by a chemical analysis of such person's breath, blood or urine administered as authorized by this chapter.

(2)(a) Upon conviction of any person for the first offense of violating subsection (1) of this section where chemical tests provided for under Section 59-23-5 were given, or where chemical test results are not available, such person shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned for not more than twenty-four (24) hours in jail, or both; and the court shall order such person to attend and complete a boating safety education course developed by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

(b) Upon any second conviction of any person violating subsection (1) of this section, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be fined not less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and shall be imprisoned not less than forty-eight (48) consecutive hours nor more than one (1) year or sentenced to community service work for not less than ten (10) days nor more than one (1) year. The court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for one (1) year.

(c) For any third conviction of any person violating subsection (1) of this section, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be fined not less than Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and shall be imprisoned not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year. The court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for two (2) years.

(d) Any fourth or subsequent violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be a felony offense and, upon conviction, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be fined not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and shall be imprisoned not less than ninety (90) days nor more than five (5) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections. The court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for three (3) years.

(3) Any person convicted of operating any watercraft in violation of subsection (1) of this section where the person (a) refused a law enforcement officer's request to submit to a chemical test, or (b) was unconscious at the time of a chemical test and refused to consent to the introduction of the results of such test in any prosecution, shall be punished consistent with the penalties prescribed herein for persons submitting to the test and the court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for the time periods specified in subsection (2) of this section.

(4) Any person who operates any watercraft in violation of the provisions of subsection (1) of this section and who in a negligent manner causes the death of another or mutilates, disfigures, permanently disables or destroys the tongue, eye, lip, nose or any other member or limb of another shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony and shall be committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for a period of time not to exceed ten (10) years.

(5) Upon conviction of any violation of subsection (1) of this section, the judge shall cause a copy of the citation and any other pertinent documents concerning the conviction to be sent immediately to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the Department of Marine Resources. A copy of the citation or other pertinent documents, having been attested as true and correct by the Director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, or his designee, or the Director of the Department of Marine Resources, or his designee, shall be sufficient proof of the conviction for purposes of determining the enhanced penalty for any subsequent convictions of violations of subsection (1) of this section.

(6) The provisions of this section are fully applicable to any person who is under the influence of medical cannabis that is lawful under the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act and in compliance with rules and regulations adopted thereunder which has impaired the person's ability to operate a watercraft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-41 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-41
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Direct molding process” means any process in which the original manufactured boat hull or component part of a boat is itself used as a plug for the making of the mold, which is then used to manufacture a duplicate item.

(b) “Mold” means a matrix or form in which a substance or material is shaped.

(c) “Plug” means a device or model used to make a mold for the purpose of exact duplication.

(2) It is unlawful for any person to use the direct molding process to duplicate for the purpose of sale any manufactured boat hull or component part of a boat made by another without the written permission of that other person.

(3) The provisions of this section shall apply only to boat hulls or component parts of boats duplicated using a mold made on or after the effective date of this section.

(4) Any person who suffers injury or damage as the result of a violation of the provisions of this section may bring an action in the chancery court for an injunction prohibiting such violations. In addition, such person shall be entitled to actual damages incurred as a result of such violation, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-155 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-155
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-155
Status: in_force

All monies collected as fines or penalties for violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be paid over by the court, justice court judge, or other officer collecting or receiving the fines or penalties to the county having jurisdiction over the violation as provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “State Inland Ports Law.”

As used in this chapter, the word “ board ” shall mean the Mississippi Development Authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-7
Status: in_force

Any city as is described in Section 59-15-1 , is hereby given authority, upon the adoption of a resolution to such effect, to issue bonds or other obligations for any or all of the purposes as in this chapter herein provided; but such bonds or other obligations shall not be issued unless and until the governing authorities of the municipality are first authorized and requested so to do by a petition signed by not less than seventy-five per cent of the qualified electors of the municipality, or until authorized so to do by two-thirds of the qualified electors of the municipality who vote in an election called for that purpose. Said petition, or the ballot used in such election, as the case may be, shall disclose the purposes for which said funds are sought, and all funds derived thereunder shall be kept in a separate account by the municipality and shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in said petition, or upon the aforesaid ballot, as the case may be. The books of accounts and other sources of information pertaining to duties under the provisions of this chapter of any such city shall be and remain at all times open to inspection and subject to audit by the holder or holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-9 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-9
Status: in_force

(1) Every vessel shall have a hull identification number assigned and affixed. The department shall assign a hull identification number to an undocumented vessel not having a hull identification number at the time of numbering or applying for a certificate of title after transfer of ownership or change of state of principal operation. Every motor shall have a motor serial number affixed.

(2) A person may not destroy, remove, alter, cover or deface the manufacturer's hull identification number or motor serial number, the plate bearing it or any hull identification number or motor serial number the department assigns to any vessel or motor, without authorization from the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-7
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in Mississippi bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, and having an assessed valuation in excess of eight million dollars ($8,000,000.00) may, in its discretion, issue and sell the bonds of any supervisor's district therein bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, in an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars, and the board of supervisors of any such county having an assessed valuation of less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) may, in its discretion, issue and sell the bonds of such county in an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) and the proceeds of such bonds shall be used to construct the improvements as shown by the aforesaid approved plans and specifications, and to pay all costs and expenses necessarily incident thereto, except as provided in Section 59-13-5 . Such bonds shall not be issued until notice of intention to issue and sell the same shall have been made in the manner provided for giving notice in said section, and all of the provisions of said section as to petition for election, time to file petitions for election, ordering and holding an election, shall apply to issuance of such bonds; if no petition for an election be filed in the time fixed, or if an election be called and a majority of those voting thereat vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds, the bonds shall be issued and sold at such time and in such manner as the board of supervisors shall determine.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-55 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-55
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be the duty of the operator of any vessel involved in a boating accident to remain at the scene of such accident until he has rendered all necessary aid and assistance, including the carrying or the making of arrangements for the carrying of any person involved in such accident to a physician, surgeon, or hospital for medical, surgical or hospital treatment, if necessary, or if such carrying is requested by such injured person, and it is the further duty of the operator of any vessel or vessels involved in a boating accident required to be reported under this chapter to report the same as herein provided.

(2) Any person who complies with subsection (1) of this section or who gratuitously and in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care renders assistance at the scene of a vessel collision, accident, or other casualty without objection of any person assisted, shall not be held liable for any civil damages as a result of the rendering of assistance or for any act committed in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care or omission in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care by such person in providing or arranging salvage, towage, medical treatment, or other assistance where the assisting person acts as an ordinary, reasonable, prudent man would have acted under the same or similar circumstances.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-15 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Section 25-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-15
Status: in_force

Issuance of a certificate of number shall be prima facie evidence of ownership of a vessel and entitles a person to a certificate of title, but certificate of number and certificate of title shall be subject to rebuttal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-73 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-73
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 59-9-65 through 59-9-75 shall be and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code and in exercising the powers granted by said sections, the board shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code. Such bonds and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-51 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-51
Status: in_force

In the case of a boating accident involving collision, accident or other casualty involving a motorboat or vessel subject to this chapter, while operated upon the waters of this state, the operator thereof, if the collision, accident or other casualty results in death to any person, injury causing any person to remain incapacitated for a period in excess of twenty-four (24) hours, or damage to property in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00), shall file, on forms provided, with the commission an accident report with a full description of the collision, accident or other casualty, including such other information as is required under the provisions of this chapter. The commission shall furnish copies of reports to the appropriate federal agencies and sheriff of the county in which such accident or other casualty takes place.

For the purpose of this chapter, a “boating accident” means a collision, accident or other casualty involving (1) an undocumented motorboat or (2) any other undocumented vessel used for pleasure or recreational purposes. A vessel subject to this chapter is considered to be involved in a “boating accident” whenever the occurrence results in damage by or to the vessel or its equipment; in injury or loss of life to any person, or in the disappearance of any person from on board under circumstances which indicate the possibility of death or injury. A “boating accident” includes, but is not limited to, capsizing, collision, foundering, flooding, fire, explosion and the disappearance of a vessel other than by theft. A report is required whenever a vessel subject to this chapter is involved in a “boating accident” which results in any one or more of the following:

(1) Loss of life.

(2) Injury causing any person to remain incapacitated for a period in excess of twenty-four (24) hours.

(3) Actual physical damage to property (including vessels) in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-421 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-421
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-421
Status: in_force

Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this article by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, is hereby given authority to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust, in such form, with such validity and with such remedies as at present authorized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, on any or all properties, improvements and facilities, the acquisition, construction, maintenance and/or operation of which are provided for by this article. Such resolution or resolutions of said municipality shall prescribe the provisions, covenants and conditions of any such mortgage or deed of trust. Such provisions, covenants and conditions, if not self-executing, may be enforced by appropriate proceedings, either in law or in equity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-39 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-39
Status: in_force

Such bonds as are issued under this chapter may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this chapter. The bonds authorized under the authority of this chapter may, in the discretion of the state bond commission, be validated in the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, in the manner and with the force and effect provided now or hereafter by Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1971 , for the validation of county, municipal, school district, and other bonds. The necessary papers for such validation proceedings shall be transmitted to the state bond attorney by the attorney general, and the required notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or county where the planned development is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-3-11 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-3-11
Status: in_force

Should the election provided for in Sections 59-3-7 and 59-3-9 result in favor of the proposed bond issue, by a majority of those voting in said election voting in favor of the issuance of said bonds, the corporate authorities may issue such bonds, either in whole or in part, within one (1) year after the date of such election or within one (1) year after final favorable determination of any litigation affecting such bonds as they may deem best, and should said bonds be issued by the municipality without an election therefor as provided in the preceding section, then said bonds may be issued as herein provided. All bonds shall mature annually, with all maturities not longer than twenty (20) years, with not less than one-fiftieth ( 1 / 50 ) of the total issue to mature each year during the first five (5) years of the life of said bonds, and not less than one-twenty-fifth ( 1 / 25 ) of the said total issue to mature annually during the succeeding ten-year period of the life of said bonds, and the remainder to be divided into approximately equal payments, one (1) payment to mature during each year for the remaining life of the bonds. Said bonds shall not bear a greater rate of interest than that allowed in Section 75-17-101, Mississippi Code of 1972 , payable semiannually, the denomination, form and place of payment to be fixed in the ordinance of the corporate authorities issuing said bonds, and they shall be prepared and signed by the mayor and clerk of said municipality with the seal of the municipality affixed thereto, but the coupons may only bear a facsimile signature of such mayor and clerk. Such bonds, when issued, shall constitute a lien on all the taxable property in such municipality and the corporate authorities shall annually levy a special tax on all such property sufficient to pay the principal and interest on such bonds as the same falls due.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-39 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-39
Status: in_force

Attorney's fees for the issuance of any general obligation bonds authorized by the provisions of this chapter shall not exceed for each issue the following schedule:

(1) Up to and including one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), one per cent (1%).

(2) Above one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) and up to and including two million dollars ($2,000,000.00), one half of one per cent ( 1 / 2 of 1%).

(3) Above two million dollars ($2,000,000.00), one fourth of one per cent ( 1 / 4 of 1%).
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-1
Status: in_force

The authorities of any city in this state which has a population of ten thousand or more, according to the last official government census, and the authorities of any municipality bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico are hereby given the authority to acquire by purchase, deed, donation, gift, grant, reclamation, lease, dedication, or otherwise, land, harbor sites or water frontage for the purpose of establishing, developing, promoting, maintaining, and operating harbors for small water crafts and recreational parks connected therewith within its territorial limits, or both, and shall have the power to acquire, purchase, install, rent, lease, mortgage, incumber, construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control and operate recreational parks and harbors for small water craft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “State Inland Ports Law.”

As used in this chapter, the word “ board ” shall mean the Mississippi Development Authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-15 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may lease the lot or landing for a term not exceeding five years, the lessee to transact thereat only a general receiving and forwarding business; and, in case of a lease, the board shall fix, with power to alter, a schedule of rates and charges for receiving and forwarding freight, and require of the lessee a bond, payable to the county, in a penalty not less than five hundred dollars as shall be proper, conditioned to observe the terms of the lease and to perform the duties imposed on him by law. The lessee shall keep the schedule of rates conspicuously posted on the premises, and any overcharge shall subject the lessee and his sureties to a penalty of twenty dollars in favor of the party injured. A lease shall not abridge the right of any person to store and forward his own freight at the landing free of charge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-59 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-59
Status: in_force

Where the issuance of bonds has been authorized as provided by Section 59-9-57 , and so long as any of such bonds shall be outstanding the board of supervisors of such county, and the governing authorities of the municipality wherein the port of entry is located in such county, are authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax not to exceed two mills, for the joint development, construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of harbor and port facilities authorized by this chapter, which levy shall be collected by the tax collector of such county and the tax collector of the municipality, and shall be deposited into a fund to be designated “the county port fund” and into “the municipal port fund,” respectively, and which sums shall be disbursed on the requisition of the county port authority, or the port commission of the municipality, as the case may be, and which funds may also be pledged and used for the payment of bonds issued hereunder.

All taxes collected for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds issued hereunder, shall be credited to a special fund in the county and municipal treasuries of such county and municipality and to be known and designated as the “port bonds interest and sinking fund,” and all sums credited to said fund shall be used to pay such bonds as they mature and the interest thereon as it accrues and for no other purpose. It shall be the mandatory duty of such board of supervisors and governing authorities of the municipality to transfer funds from said port funds to the port bonds interest and sinking fund in amounts sufficient to pay maturing principal and accruing interest on bonds issued hereunder. To the extent that funds are thus made available for the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, the special tax levy herein provided for may be correspondingly reduced.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-3-35 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-3-35
Status: in_force

Any private corporation hereafter organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of establishing, operating and maintaining a foreign-trade zone in accordance with the Act of Congress referred to in Section 59-3-33 , is likewise hereby authorized to make application for the privilege of establishing, operating and maintaining a foreign-trade zone in accordance with the said Act of Congress.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-7
Status: in_force

(1) No dealer shall purchase or acquire a new vessel or motor without obtaining from the seller a manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin. No manufacturer, importer, dealer or other person shall sell or otherwise dispose of a new vessel or motor to a dealer for purposes of resale without delivering to the dealer a manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin.

(2) The manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin shall be a uniform or standardized form prescribed by the department and shall contain: a description of the vessel or motor including its trade name, model year, length, type and hull identification number; an assignment form, including the certification of date of transfer of vessel or motor, the name and address of transferee; certification that the vessel or motor is new, and a warranty that the vessel or motor at the time of delivery is subject only to such liens and encumbrances as set forth and described in full in the assignment.

(3) Every dealer shall maintain for at least three (3) years a record of any vessel or motor bought, sold, exchanged or received for sale or exchange. This record shall be available for inspection by department representatives during reasonable business hours.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-41 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-41
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Direct molding process” means any process in which the original manufactured boat hull or component part of a boat is itself used as a plug for the making of the mold, which is then used to manufacture a duplicate item.

(b) “Mold” means a matrix or form in which a substance or material is shaped.

(c) “Plug” means a device or model used to make a mold for the purpose of exact duplication.

(2) It is unlawful for any person to use the direct molding process to duplicate for the purpose of sale any manufactured boat hull or component part of a boat made by another without the written permission of that other person.

(3) The provisions of this section shall apply only to boat hulls or component parts of boats duplicated using a mold made on or after the effective date of this section.

(4) Any person who suffers injury or damage as the result of a violation of the provisions of this section may bring an action in the chancery court for an injunction prohibiting such violations. In addition, such person shall be entitled to actual damages incurred as a result of such violation, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-5 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-5
Status: in_force

(1) A person who operates a watercraft in waters over which this state has jurisdiction shall be deemed to have given consent to submit to a chemical test or test of his breath for the purpose of determining the alcohol content of his blood, as a condition of operating the watercraft in this state.

(2) A law enforcement officer who has probable cause to believe that a person has committed an offense under this chapter shall offer the person the opportunity to submit to a chemical test. It is not necessary for the law enforcement officer to offer a chemical test to an unconscious person. A law enforcement officer may offer a person more than one (1) chemical test under this section. However, all tests must be administered within three (3) hours after the officer has probable cause to believe the person violated this chapter. If a person refuses to submit to a chemical test under this chapter, the person shall be informed by the law enforcement officer that the refusal to submit to the test shall subject him to arrest and punishment consistent with the penalties prescribed in Section 59-23-7 for persons submitting to the test, and that the court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for at least one (1) year.

(3) If the chemical test results in prima facie evidence that the person is intoxicated, he shall immediately be arrested.

(4)(a) The law enforcement officer arresting a person pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall inform the person arrested that:

(i) The person arrested has the right to be represented by legal counsel;

(ii) The person arrested may waive the right to be represented by legal counsel; and

(iii) The charge for which the person is being arrested may be used against him, upon conviction, for purposes of receiving an enhanced penalty as provided in Section 59-23-7 .

(b) The citation or affidavit which is issued to the person arrested shall be uniform throughout all jurisdictions in the State of Mississippi and shall contain a place for the arresting official to sign, stating that he has advised the person arrested of the information contained in paragraph (a) of this subsection. The judge hearing the case or accepting the guilty plea, as the case may be, shall sign in a place provided on the citation or affidavit stating that the person arrested either employed an attorney or waived his right to an attorney after having been advised pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection. If the person arrested employed an attorney, the name, address and telephone number of the attorney shall be written on the citation or affidavit.

(c) The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall prepare and furnish, no later than July 1, 1995, to all jurisdictions in the State of Mississippi a uniform citation form consistent with this chapter, which shall be used in all jurisdictions in the State of Mississippi.

(d) The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall notify, by whatever means it deems appropriate, all law enforcement officers who are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter of their obligation to provide the information and execute the citation or affidavit, as described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-11-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-11-7
Status: in_force

The county port and harbor commission shall have the powers and duties vested in the county port authority or the county development commission by chapter 9 of this title. However, no county in which a county port and harbor commission has been created, as provided in this chapter, shall be entitled to receive any portion of the state ad valorem tax made available for port improvement purposes under the provisions of Section 59-7-103 , unless and until such county has made application to the Mississippi Board of Economic Development, and such board shall first adjudicate and determine the feasibility of the project for which application for such funds is made, as provided in Section 59-7-103 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-9 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-9
Status: in_force

A county port authority shall be appointed as follows: two (2) members shall be appointed by the Governor, and shall be qualified electors of the county and of the municipality in which the port of entry is located; five (5) members shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of such county; each supervisors district bordering on the Mississippi Sound or the Gulf of Mexico shall have at least one (1) member on such county port authority.

The members of any county port authority created as a county development commission shall be appointed as follows: Two (2) members shall be appointed by the Governor, and shall be qualified electors of the county and of a municipality which is a port of entry in such county; five (5) members shall be appointed, one (1) each by the governing authorities of each incorporated municipality in such county, and five (5) members shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of such county; each supervisors district bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico shall have at least one (1) member on such county development commission. After the expiration of the terms in effect on July 1, 1995, the members of the county development commission for Harrison County, Mississippi, which are appointed by the Governor shall be qualified electors of the county.

Before entering upon the duties of the office, each member of such county port authority or county development commission shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi and shall give bond to be approved by the board of supervisors of such county in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. Such bond shall be made payable to the county, and in case of a breach thereof, suit may be brought thereon upon the relation of the county for the benefit of the county port authority or county development commission. The members of such county port authority or county development commission shall hold office for a term of four (4) years from the date of their appointment and qualification, and until their successor or successors shall be appointed and qualify as set out herein. The members of any municipal port commission shall be eligible for appointment as members of any county port authority or county development commission, but they shall not be paid additional compensation for attending any joint meeting of the county port authority or county development commission and the municipal port commission.

Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, successors to members of a county development commission whose terms expire in the calendar year 1962, shall be appointed as follows: two (2) members by the Governor for a two-year term, four (4) members by the mayor of each incorporated municipality in the county for a three-year term; and five (5) members by the board of supervisors for a term of four (4) years. Succeeding appointments to the county development commission shall be for a term of four (4) years or until their successors are appointed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi, bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, having an assessed valuation in excess of eight million dollars ($8,000,000.00) according to the last completed assessment; and any county in the state bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico having an assessed valuation of less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00), according to the last completed assessment, be, and it is hereby authorized, in its discretion, and subject to complying with the provisions of this chapter, to use and expend for public harbor improvements, harbor development, breakwaters, wharves and docks, recreational centers and all buildings in connection therewith deemed necessary or appropriate by such board, and for the purchase of necessary lands and rights of way in the county or in any supervisor's district therein bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, any funds received from the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-5 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-5
Status: in_force

All sailboats and every undocumented vessel equipped with propulsion machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion, using the territorial and navigable waters of the State of Mississippi, and every such vessel owned in the State of Mississippi and using the high seas shall be numbered in accordance with this chapter, except:

(1) Foreign vessels temporarily using the navigable waters of the State of Mississippi;

(2) Public vessels of the United States;

(3) State and municipal vessels used solely for official business and displaying proper visual identification on its hull;

(4) Ships' lifeboats;

(5) Vessels designated by the appropriate federal authority;

(6) Undocumented vessels used exclusively for racing;

(7) Undocumented vessels operating under valid temporary certificates of number;

(8) Vessels already covered by a number in full force and effect awarded pursuant to federal law, or a federally approved numbering system of another state, provided that such vessels shall not have been within this state for a period in excess of sixty (60) days. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the numbering of any undocumented vessel upon the request of the owner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-15 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-15
Status: in_force

Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, is hereby given authority to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust on any or all lands, properties, improvements and facilities, the acquisition, construction, maintenance or operation of which are provided for by this chapter. Such resolution or resolutions of such municipality shall prescribe the provisions, covenants and conditions of any such mortgage or deed of trust. Such provisions, covenants and conditions, if not self-executing, may be enforced by appropriate proceedings, either in law or in equity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-13 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-13
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall have power to acquire, purchase, install, lease, construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, and operate ports, harbors, waterways, channels, wharves, piers, docks, quays, elevators, tipples, compresses, bulk loading and unloading facilities, warehouses, floating dry docks, graving docks, marine railways, tugboats, machinery and equipment, and water, air and rail terminals, and roadways and approaches thereto, and other structures and facilities needful for the convenient use of the same in the aid of commerce, including the dredging, deepening, extending, widening, or enlarging of any ports, harbors, rivers, channels, and waterways, the damming of inland waterways, the establishment of water basins, the acquisition and development of industrial sites and the reclaiming of submerged lands.

(2) The State Inland Port Authority, subject to the approval of the board, shall have the power to borrow money from any source, public or private, for any of its corporate purposes and to give such security as may be required in connection therewith and to enter into a joint agreement with the boards of supervisors of any county, or the governing authority of any municipality, or both acting jointly, to issue revenue bonds of such county or municipality, or both, acting jointly, as provided by Section 59-7-311 which bonds may be payable out of any revenues of the authority, including grants or contributions from the federal government or other sources. Such revenue bonds may be issued without an election on resolution of the board of supervisors, governing body of the municipality, or both acting jointly, and shall not be subject to any limitation as to amount, and shall not be included or computed in the statutory limitation of indebtedness of any such county or municipality.

(3) All leases which are now in effect or which may hereafter be executed by the State Inland Port Authority for port, harbor, commercial or industrial improvements, and all structures and all improvements and other permanent facilities erected, installed or located by such lessees, or their successors or assignees within the limits of any port, harbor or part thereof, may be free and exempt from all state, county and municipal ad valorem taxes if so stipulated in such lease, and for such period as may be fixed in such lease, not to exceed such periods of time as are now authorized or may be hereafter authorized by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-6-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 6-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-6-7
Status: in_force

There is hereby granted to the governor, to the members of the Gulf Coast Superport Development Authority for Mississippi and to the compact administrator all the powers provided for in said compact and in this chapter. All officers of the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions which are necessary or incidental to carrying out the purpose of said compact. The members of the authority appointed by the governor of the State of Mississippi under the provisions of Article III of the compact shall be with the advice and consent of the senate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-25 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-25
Status: in_force

(1) Fees for the award of certificates of number for original, transfer, renewal, livery, dealer and duplicate shall be as follows:

(a)

Less than 16 feet․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$ 7.50

(b)

16 feet but less than 26 feet․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$22.50

(c)

26 feet but less than 40 feet․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$45.00

(d)

40 feet and over․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$45.00

(e)

Dealer number․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$37.50

(f)

Duplicate․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$ 5.00

(g)

Boat inspection fee․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$10.00

(2) The fee provided for under subsection (1)(g) of this section shall only be charged when the owner of a boat requests the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to perform an inspection of a boat serial number for the purpose of replacing or awarding a damaged or removed serial number.

(3) All fees for numbers and renewal of number shall be payable to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to be deposited by the department in the State Treasury in a special fund to be designated as the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund, which shall be disbursed upon the recommendation of the department as may be appropriated by the Legislature. The State Treasurer shall release to the department such sums as are required to defray all administrative costs of the boat registration fee division of the department and to improve the law enforcement capability of the department on the inland and marine waters of the State of Mississippi and as may be budgeted by the department for the purpose of paying the cost of the administration of this chapter for education on water safety, improvement of water safety and motorboating facilities in the state, and advertising and promoting the waterways of the state. Any and all revenue over and above the actual administrative cost of implementing this chapter shall be used to fund salaries of additional conservation officers in all eighty-two (82) counties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-419 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 7-419
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-419
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article shall be placed to the credit of such municipality in a bank or banks, which are members of the federal deposit insurance corporation and may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of said municipality shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and on official bonds for such diversion.

Nothing in this article shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the State of Mississippi to pay the principal or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-31 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-31
Status: in_force

No person shall remove, change or in any manner mutilate or deface any number awarded a vessel, or any motor number or other stamped, cast, or forged numbers or letters or other marks upon any vessel, outboard motor, boat or boat trailer, or assist in so doing, or, having knowledge of such change, fail to report the same to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks in which such vessel, motor, boat or boat trailer is usually moored, docked, housed or garaged. Any person or owner, being in possession of a vessel, outboard motor, boat or boat trailer, shall examine the same and report such changes to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

No person shall buy, sell or possess a vessel, outboard motor, boat or boat trailer on which any awarded number or identification number has been removed, changed, mutilated or defaced. It shall be the duty of any person buying, or any lienholder financing, a vessel, outboard motor, boat or boat trailer, to inspect the vessel, outboard motor, boat or boat trailer prior to its purchase or creation of a lien thereon, to ensure that it is in compliance with this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-7
Status: in_force

All improvements, constructed by and under the provisions of this article, shall be operated under the control of a port commission as provided in Chapter 1 of this title. All revenue created or collected from the use of said docks, harbors and facilities of whatsoever nature shall be paid into the city treasury of said port of entry to be used exclusively for the advancement, development and advertising of said port in whatsoever method or manner said port commissioners shall see fit, and all revenue provided for in this article, either by levy or collection from said docks and harbor facilities may be paid to the retirement of any bonds heretofore issued or hereafter issued by any such municipality for wharf construction or other port purposes, regardless of the time of issuance of such bonds. Said port commissioners of said port of entry shall make an annual report to the governor of the State of Mississippi, to the state legislature, to the board of supervisors, and to the municipal governing authorities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-73 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-73
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 59-9-65 through 59-9-75 shall be and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code and in exercising the powers granted by said sections, the board shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code. Such bonds and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-317 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-317
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-317
Status: in_force

The bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality of the State of Mississippi pursuant to this article shall not constitute a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of debt which may be incurred by any such municipality, nor shall such bonds or other obligations be payable out of any funds other than the revenue collected or collectible from the use of said docks, harbors and facilities of whatsoever nature, and out of the receipts from the said two-mill ad valorem tax, in accordance with the provisions of Section 59-7-303 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-3
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of the county or counties designated in section 59-7-1 shall place all money so retained and collected in the county depository in the county to the credit of a fund which shall be known as a port fund, and such fund so deposited shall be used only for the maintenance, construction, promotion, advertising and general advancement of the port of entry so located in said county, and the fund shall be expended by the board of supervisors of the county for the maintenance, construction, promotion, advertisement, and general advancement of any port or ports of entry in said county or counties and the payment of any outstanding bonds and interest thereon heretofore or hereafter issued for port purposes by any municipality in which said port or ports are located as hereinafter provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 25-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-3
Status: in_force

(1) Any owner of a vessel principally operated on the waters of the state and required to be numbered may apply to the department for a certificate of title for the vessel or the motor.

(2)(a) The application shall contain the name and mailing address of the owner, and the names and addresses of all persons having any liens or encumbrances upon the vessel or motor in the order of their priority. The application shall contain the signatures of all owners certifying that statements made are true and correct to the best of the applicant's knowledge, information and belief, under penalty of perjury.

(b) Every application for a certificate of title shall contain a description of the vessel or motor to be titled, including the state certificate of number (if previously assigned), hull length, type and principal material of construction, model year, the date of purchase, hull identification number, manufacturer, horse power, serial number and the name and address of the person from whom the vessel or motor was purchased. The application shall contain the date of sale and gross purchase price of the vessel or motor, or the fair market value if no sale immediately preceded the transfer and any additional information the department requires. If the application is made for a vessel or motor previously registered or titled in another state or foreign country, it shall contain this information. The application shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the department and shall contain any other information required by the department.

(3) If a dealer buys or acquires a used numbered vessel or motor for resale, he shall report the acquisition to the department on forms the department provides, or he may apply for and obtain a certificate of title as provided in this chapter. If a dealer acquires a new vessel or motor requiring titling for resale, he may apply for and obtain a certificate of title as provided in this chapter.

Every dealer transferring a vessel or motor requiring titling, as determined by the department, shall assign the title to the new owner, or in the case of a new vessel or motor assign either the certificate of origin or, if titled, the title.

(4) No person may sell, assign or transfer a vessel or motor titled by the department without delivering to the purchaser or transferee a certificate of title with an assignment on it showing title in the purchaser or transferee's name. No person may purchase or otherwise acquire a vessel or motor titled by the department without obtaining a certificate of title for it in his name.

(5) Every certificate of title shall contain the owner's name; the address of the principal place of residence of an individual owner and the address of the principal place of business of an owner that is not an individual, including zip code; date of title issuance; vessel or motor description, including the vessel or motor identification number as described in 33 CFR 187.05 , name of manufacturer or model, year built or the model year, vessel length, vessel type, drive or propulsion type, motor horsepower, vessel use, hull material and fuel type; each lienholder's name and address; recording or perfection date of new liens and original recording date of any liens outstanding; and other items as required by the department. Space must also be provided for assignment of interest, with a certification that statements provided on the title assignment are true and correct to the best of the owner's knowledge, under penalty of perjury.

(6) The department shall retain the evidence used to establish the accuracy of the information required for titling purposes, and shall maintain a record of any certificate of title it issues.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-87 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-87
Status: in_force

No person shall operate a motorboat on any waters of this state while towing a person on water skis, or on an aquaplane or similar device, without an observer in the boat in addition to the operator. Such observer shall be above ten years of age.

The provisions of the first paragraph of this section do not apply to a person engaged in a professional exhibition or a person participating in an official regatta, motorboat race, marine parade, tournament or exhibition.

No person shall operate or manipulate any motorboat, tow rope or other device by which the direction or location of water skis, aquaplane, or similar device may be affected or controlled in such a way as to cause the water skis, aquaplane, or similar device, or any person thereon to collide or strike against any object or person, except slalom buoys, ski jumps or like objects used normally in competitive or recreational skiing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-6-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 6-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-6-3
Status: in_force

The governor, on behalf of this state, is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the form as provided hereinafter, with the State of Alabama.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-157 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-157
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-157
Status: in_force

The owner or operator of a vessel, or both, shall be civilly liable for any injury or damage proximately resulting from the negligent failure of such owner or operator to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-45 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-45
Status: in_force

The State Bond Commission shall sell such bonds at public sale or private sale, and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no sale shall be made at a price of less than ninety-eight percent (98%) of par, plus accrued interest. However, the One Hundred Thirty Million Dollars ($130,000,000.00) additional bonds herein authorized shall mature annually, with all maturities not longer than twenty-five (25) years, and may be sold for a price of not less than ninety-eight percent (98%) of par, plus accrued interest, to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. All bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding that allowed in Section 75-17-101, Mississippi Code of 1972 . All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually.

No interest payment due on any bond shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and supplemental coupons will not be permitted.

Notice of the public sale of any such bonds shall be published at least two (2) times, the first of which shall be made not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the City of Jackson and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals with a large national circulation, to be selected by the State Bond Commission.

The State Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of this chapter, shall provide that bonds maturing eleven (11) or more years after the date of the issuance of such bonds may, at the option of the State of Mississippi, be called in for payment and redemption at the call price named therein and accrued interest, or on the tenth anniversary of the date of issue, or on any interest payment date thereafter prior to maturity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-11 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-11
Status: in_force

After the termination of the proceedings and the payment or tender of the damages and costs, the applicants may erect warehouses, sheds, and such other buildings as may be necessary for the reception, storage, or shipment of cotton or other freight, and shall have such lot substantially inclosed, provided with suitable gates, and kept in good repair; and it shall not be lawful for any person to use the lot, shed, warehouses, or other buildings for any other purposes than those designated, under the penalty of five hundred dollars, to be recovered of the petitioners or of any person so using the said lot or buildings, by and for the use of the owner of the land, and the right to use the same for any purpose shall be forfeited.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-125 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 7-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-125
Status: in_force

(1) All improvements constructed by the board of supervisors under the provisions of this article shall be operated and maintained by a port commission composed of five (5) residents of such county who shall be qualified electors therein. Such commission shall have jurisdiction over the port, terminals, harbors and passes leading thereto, and all vessels, boats and wharves, common carriers, and public utilities therein, using the same, within their respective counties. Such port commission shall be appointed as follows: one (1) member shall be appointed by the Governor, two (2) shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county, and two (2) shall be appointed by the governing body of the municipality which is the county seat of such county in such cases where the county seat of such county is situate on or adjacent to such port facilities, otherwise, four (4) members shall be appointed by the board of supervisors. A county and a municipality may by joint resolution dissolve a port commission created under this section which is governed by a commission with two (2) commissioners appointed by each. The joint resolution must provide that the municipality relinquishes its duties and obligations related to the port, and that the county assumes all duties and obligations related to the port. Any commission so dissolved shall be reconstituted to consist of five (5) members, one (1) member appointed from each supervisor district. The board of supervisors shall provide for staggered terms in its order providing for the appointment of the reconstituted port commission. Before entering upon the duties of the office, each of such commissioners shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi , and shall give bond, to be approved by the board of supervisors, in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties. Such bond shall be made payable to the county and in case of breach thereof, suit may be brought on the relation of the county for the benefit of such port commission. Such commissioners shall hold office for a term of four (4) years from the date of their appointment and qualification and until their successor or successors shall be appointed and qualified as set out herein. Three (3) members of the port commission shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the conducting of business.

(2) The members of the board of supervisors shall be ex officio members of the port commission, but no bond shall be required of them in such capacity; provided, however, the members of the board of supervisors shall be nonvoting members of the port commission and shall not be included or counted for the determination of a quorum for conducting of business by the port commission unless and until the board of supervisors of a particular county, by order entered on its minutes, expressly provides that the members of the board of supervisors shall be voting members of the port commission and the number of members required for a quorum to conduct business of the port commission, but in no event shall the number required for a quorum to conduct business of the port commission be less than three (3).

(3) All actions heretofore taken by the various port commissions at which at least three (3) members were present and which would otherwise have been legal actions except for the absence of a legal quorum being present and voting are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-19 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-19
Status: in_force

(1) The certificate of number shall be pocket-size, approximately two and one-half inches (2- 1 / 2 ″) by three and one-half inches (3- 1 / 2 ″), and water resistant.

(2) Pending the issuance of the original certificate of number, the owner of the vessel may be furnished a temporary certificate of number valid for sixty (60) days from the date of issue. This temporary certificate shall be carried on board when the vessel is being operated.

(3) Each applicant for an original or transfer certificate of number, who is entitled to issuance thereof, shall be issued a certificate for a period of three (3) years from the last day of the month of receipt of the original or transfer certificate. This subsection shall not apply to the certificate of number of a livery boat.

(4) The certificate of number of a livery boat shall be plainly marked “livery boat.” The description of the motor and type of fuel will be omitted from the certificate of number in any case where the motor is not rented with the boat. Original and renewal certificates of number of a livery boat shall be valid for a period of three (3) years and shall expire at midnight on June 30.

(5) Numbers and certificates of number awarded boats operated by manufacturers and dealers may be transferred from one (1) boat to another. In lieu of the description, the word “manufacturer” or “dealer,” as appropriate, will be plainly marked on each certificate. The manufacturer or dealer may have the number awarded printed upon or attached to a removable sign or signs to be temporarily mounted upon or attached to the boat being demonstrated or tested so long as the display meets the requirements of Section 59-21-9 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Section 23-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-7
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person to operate a watercraft on the public waters of this state who:

(a) Is under the influence of intoxicating liquor;

(b) Is under the influence of any other substance which has impaired such person's ability to operate a watercraft; or

(c) Has eight one-hundredths percent (.08%) or more by weight volume of alcohol in the person's blood based upon milligrams of alcohol per one hundred (100) cubic centimeters of blood as shown by a chemical analysis of such person's breath, blood or urine administered as authorized by this chapter.

(2)(a) Upon conviction of any person for the first offense of violating subsection (1) of this section where chemical tests provided for under Section 59-23-5 were given, or where chemical test results are not available, such person shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned for not more than twenty-four (24) hours in jail, or both; and the court shall order such person to attend and complete a boating safety education course developed by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

(b) Upon any second conviction of any person violating subsection (1) of this section, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be fined not less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and shall be imprisoned not less than forty-eight (48) consecutive hours nor more than one (1) year or sentenced to community service work for not less than ten (10) days nor more than one (1) year. The court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for one (1) year.

(c) For any third conviction of any person violating subsection (1) of this section, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be fined not less than Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and shall be imprisoned not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year. The court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for two (2) years.

(d) Any fourth or subsequent violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be a felony offense and, upon conviction, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be fined not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and shall be imprisoned not less than ninety (90) days nor more than five (5) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections. The court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for three (3) years.

(3) Any person convicted of operating any watercraft in violation of subsection (1) of this section where the person (a) refused a law enforcement officer's request to submit to a chemical test, or (b) was unconscious at the time of a chemical test and refused to consent to the introduction of the results of such test in any prosecution, shall be punished consistent with the penalties prescribed herein for persons submitting to the test and the court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for the time periods specified in subsection (2) of this section.

(4) Any person who operates any watercraft in violation of the provisions of subsection (1) of this section and who in a negligent manner causes the death of another or mutilates, disfigures, permanently disables or destroys the tongue, eye, lip, nose or any other member or limb of another shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony and shall be committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for a period of time not to exceed ten (10) years.

(5) Upon conviction of any violation of subsection (1) of this section, the judge shall cause a copy of the citation and any other pertinent documents concerning the conviction to be sent immediately to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the Department of Marine Resources. A copy of the citation or other pertinent documents, having been attested as true and correct by the Director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, or his designee, or the Director of the Department of Marine Resources, or his designee, shall be sufficient proof of the conviction for purposes of determining the enhanced penalty for any subsequent convictions of violations of subsection (1) of this section.

(6) The provisions of this section are fully applicable to any person who is under the influence of medical cannabis that is lawful under the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act and in compliance with rules and regulations adopted thereunder which has impaired the person's ability to operate a watercraft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-49 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-49
Status: in_force

All net revenues, rents, and earnings from the operation or maintenance of any state-owned inland port or harbor, or any part thereof, shall be set aside by the board exclusively for the payment of any bonds issued by the state for such port or harbor, or any part thereof, and shall not be commingled with the funds of any other port or harbor, or any part thereof, but shall be expended by the board exclusively for the payment of such bonds as provided in Section 59-17-51 , and, if no such bonds be outstanding, then by the state inland port authority for the improvement, operation, advancement, development, maintenance and advertising of the port to which such funds have accrued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-15 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-15
Status: in_force

The certified statement of ownership on the application for the award of a number shall constitute prima facie evidence of proof of ownership. Liens of all kinds, including reservations or transfers of title to secure debts or claims, will be disregarded in determining ownership under this chapter. A lienholder who acquires possession and title by virtue of default in the terms of the lien instrument, or any other person who acquires ownership through any such action of a lienholder, may apply for a number and shall attach to such application a signed statement explaining the facts in detail.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-311 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-311
Status: in_force

The power to issue bonds or other obligations authorized by this article and Section 59-5-31 , shall be vested in and may be exercised from time to time by the governing bodies of any municipality or county so authorized in such laws.

Such revenue bonds may be issued without an election upon the adoption of a resolution of the board of supervisors of such county, declaring its intention to issue such bonds, and shall not be subject to any limitation as to amount, and shall not be included or computed in the statutory limitation of indebtedness of any such county. Such bonds shall bear date or dates, be in such denomination or denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates, be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature at such time or times and upon such terms, with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges, and shall be substantially in such form, all as shall be determined by resolution of the board of supervisors of such county. Such bonds shall mature in annual installments beginning not more than five years from date thereof and extending not more than thirty-five years from date thereof. Such bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of supervisors of such county, and the official seal of the county shall be affixed thereto, attested by the clerk of the board of supervisors of such county. The interest coupons to be attached to such bonds may be executed by the facsimile signatures of said officers. Whenever any such bonds shall have been signed by the officials herein designated to sign the bonds who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers prior to the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds and coupons shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until the delivery of the same to the purchaser or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this article shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code. Such bonds and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.

The board of supervisors of such county shall sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of said county, but no such sale shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least one time not less than ten days prior to the date of sale and shall be published in a newspaper published in and having general circulation within the county.

The proceeds of such bonds shall be paid into a special fund or funds in banks qualified to act as depositories for such county. The proceeds of such bonds shall be solely for the purposes for which they were issued, and the redeeming of any outstanding bonds, and shall be disbursed upon the order of the board of supervisors of such county, with such restrictions, if any, as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide. If the proceeds of such bonds, by error of calculation or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the purpose for which they were issued, and the redeeming of any outstanding bonds, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit which, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same purpose. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, the surplus shall be paid into the fund established for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds.

Such bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this article. The bonds authorized under the authority of this article may, in the discretion of the board of supervisors of such county, be validated in the chancery court of such county in the manner and with the force and effect provided by Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for the validation of county, municipal, school district, and other bonds.

The revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this section shall be payable solely out of the revenues to accrue from the operation of such project, development, improvement or utility systems, and the full faith and credit of the county shall not be pledged therefor, nor shall any ad valorem tax be levied therefor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-9 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-9
Status: in_force

The bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality of the State of Mississippi pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be secured as to payment as hereinafter in this chapter provided, and in addition thereto shall be secured as to payment by the full faith and credit of the municipality issuing the same, and the governing authorities of such municipality shall annually levy a tax on all the taxable property of such municipality sufficient to produce an amount, which, when added to the net revenues hereinafter in this chapter authorized to be pledged for the payment thereof, will be sufficient to pay all interest and principal of such bonds which may mature during such annual period. Such bonds or other obligations so issued, being additionally secured as to payment as hereinafter in this chapter provided, shall not be construed as a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of which may be incurred by any such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-13 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 7-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-13
Status: in_force

All of the bonds issued pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 59-7-11 shall be lithographed or engraved, and printed in two (2) or more colors, to prevent counterfeiting, and shall be in sums not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) each, and shall be registered as issued, be numbered in a regular series from one (1) upward, be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk who shall impress the municipal seal upon each bond as it is issued; and every bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was issued; and the total amount authorized to be issued and each shall be payable to bearer. All such monies above referred to, as retained by the boards of supervisors, shall first be appropriated by the boards of supervisors for the payment of interest and sinking fund for any and all bonds issued by the municipality for port purposes and the balance, if any, shall be expended by the boards of supervisors by and under the direction and advice of the port commission of said municipality. However, in case there is not sufficient money to pay the interest and sinking funds on said bonds the corporate authorities of municipalities issuing said bonds shall levy annually a special levy to be used exclusively in paying the interest on each bond and bonds maturing within the year providing a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds issued. However, such tax levy shall not be made by municipalities to pay bonds, nor the interest thereon, issued under article 7 of this chapter.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 19-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-7
Status: in_force

If any of the jurors should fail to attend, the sheriff shall forthwith summon other proper persons in their places, and the defaulters shall be reported to the board of supervisors, and shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars, unless good cause against the same be shown.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-13 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-13
Status: in_force

(1) The department, upon receiving an application for a certificate of title to a vessel or motor showing security interest on the vessel or motor, shall show upon the face of the certificate of title all security interest in the order of their priority as shown on the application. When a security interest exists, the application for a certificate of title must also contain the name and address of the secured party and the date and amount of the security interest.

(2) Security interest created after the original issue of title to the owner must be shown on the certificate of title. The owner shall surrender the original certificate of title to the department and file an application with the department containing the name and address of the secured party, the amount of the security interest, the date and payment of a filing fee. The department shall then issue a new certificate of title showing name and address of the secured party. The newly issued certificate of title shall be sent to the secured party.

For the purpose of recording a subsequent security interest, the department shall require any secured party to deliver the certificate of title to the department. Upon receipt of the certificate of title, completion of the forms and required fees, the department shall then issue a new certificate of title showing the security interest in the order of their priority according to the date of the filing of the application. The newly issued certificate of title shall be sent to the first secured party listed on the certificate of title.

(3) The certificate of title when issued by the department showing a security interest shall be adequate notice to the state, creditors and purchasers that a security interest exists. The recording or filing of the security interest in the county or city where the purchaser or debtor resides shall not be required.

(4) If application for the recordation of a security interest is filed in the principal office of the department within five (5) days from the date of the applicant's purchase of the vessel or motor, it shall be valid to all persons as if the recordation had been done on the day the security interest was acquired.

(5) The security interest, except security interest in inventory held for sale, shown on the certificates of title issued by the department pursuant to applications for certificates shall have priority over any other liens or security interest however created and recorded, except for liens designated by the department.

(6) The certificate of title shall be delivered to the person holding the security interest having first priority. The title shall be retained by that lienholder until the entire amount of the security interest is fully paid by the owner. The certificate of title shall then be delivered to the secured party next in order of priority and so on, or, if none, then to the owner.

(7) Upon the satisfaction of a security interest, the secured party shall attach to the certificate of title a release of security interest or in whatever form as may be prescribed by the department. Within five (5) days the secured party shall mail or deliver the certificate of title to the owner and a copy of the security release, if required by the department. Upon request of the owner and upon receipt of a copy of the security release, if required, and the certificate of title, the department shall correct its records and issue a new certificate of title to the owner.

(8) It shall constitute a misdemeanor for a secured party who holds a security interest as provided for in this chapter to refuse or fail to surrender the certificate of title to the person to whom it is legally entitled within five (5) days after the security interest has been paid and satisfied. The misdemeanor is punishable as provided in Section 59-21-153(a) .

(9) This section does not apply to any of the following: a lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vessel or motor; a lien given by statute to the United States, a state or a political subdivision thereof; or any lien arising out of an attachment of a vessel or motor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-129 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-129
Status: in_force

(1) Any agency or political subdivision of this state may make application to the commission for special rules and regulations with reference to the operation, equipment or safety of vessels on any waters of this state within its territorial limits or authorized jurisdiction and shall set forth therein the reasons which make special rules or regulations necessary or appropriate. The commission is hereby authorized, after notice and a public hearing as provided in Section 59-21-117 , to make special rules and regulations with reference to the operation, equipment or safety of vessels or motorboats on any waters of the state.

(2) The several counties and municipalities bordering the Mississippi Sound or the other coastal or tidal waters of this state are authorized and empowered to adopt ordinances setting out special rules and regulations with reference to the operation, equipment, or safety of vessels or motorboats on the Mississippi Sound or the other coastal or tidal waters of the state within their territorial limits, and shall set forth therein the reasons which make special rules and regulations necessary or appropriate. No ordinance shall conflict with the provisions of this chapter or with the regulations of any federal agency having jurisdiction over those waters. Notice shall be given of the proposed ordinance and a hearing shall be held thereon before the Commission on Marine Resources as provided in Section 59-21-117 , and as a condition precedent, the Commission on Marine Resources shall recommend the adoption of the ordinance.

(3) It is the intent of this chapter that uniform regulations of general application to all the waters of this state shall be adopted and promulgated wherever practicable, and any special regulation or local ordinance, as authorized herein, shall be limited to the exigencies of local conditions which cannot be corrected by a regulation generally applicable to all the waters of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-507 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-507
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-507
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this article shall have and hereby are declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi. Such bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-65 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-65
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39 , the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall represent the State Bond Commission in issuing, selling and validating bonds herein provided for. The State Bond Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to pay the costs that are incident to the sale, issuance and delivery of the bonds herein provided for, and such costs may be paid for out of the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-211 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 7-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-211
Status: in_force

In all such counties, described in Section 59-7-201 , upon and with the approval of the board of supervisors, the port commission shall have the power and authority to sell or lease any lands or easements acquired by any such county in conjunction with the establishment and construction of any port or harbor under the jurisdiction of said commission for the purposes of industrial development, but the terms and provisions of any such sales or lease shall include limitations as to the use of such lands and easements for industrial activities integrated to water transportation in accordance with the terms and provisions of such assurances of local cooperation as may have been given by virtue of Section 51-35-15 or Section 51-35-17, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and the provisions of this article. Furthermore, said port commission, upon and with the approval of the board of supervisors, shall have the power and is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to sell and convey to the United States of America, without any limitations whatsoever, by general or special warranty deed or other acceptable form or conveyance, the full title to any lands acquired or held by any such county in connection with the establishment and development of any harbor or port project under the jurisdiction of said commission in exchange for the title to lands of the United States of America deemed useful for or needed by any county in connection with the establishment, enlargement, development, construction or maintenance of any port or harbor project under the jurisdiction of said commission, or for such other consideration as said commission and said board find to be adequate and sufficient. Said port commission, upon and with the approval of the board of supervisors of the county, is further hereby authorized to donate and/or sell and convey, without any limitations, upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed proper by the said commission and said board of supervisors, to the United States of America any of the lands needed by the United States of America for navigation and/or flood control purposes, or in fulfillment of any authorized assurances which have been given or which may be given by said county to the United States of America, or for the purpose of the display of the Gunboat Cairo.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-157 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-157
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-157
Status: in_force

The owner or operator of a vessel, or both, shall be civilly liable for any injury or damage proximately resulting from the negligent failure of such owner or operator to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-19 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-19
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in which there has been created a county port authority or county development commission as provided in this chapter, acting through its county port authority or county development commission, shall have the following additional powers and authority:

(a) To set aside or lease all or portions of said harbor facilities, wharves, docks, sheds, warehouses, elevators, compresses, floating dry docks, graving docks, marine railways, tugboats or any necessary or useful improvements for special purposes for a term not exceeding ninety-nine (99) years.

(b) To sell, lease or otherwise dispose of tourism facilities, service facilities, shipyards, shipbuilding facilities, machinery and equipment, dredges, facilities and land acquired for industrial or harbor operations to individuals, firms or corporations, public or private, for industrial operations on such terms and conditions and with such safeguards as will best promote and protect the public interest, and they are hereby authorized to transfer possession and/or title to any part of all of such facilities and lands by deed, lease, contract or other customary business instrument; however, no such lease of land or facilities acquired for industrial operations shall be executed for a term in excess of ninety-nine (99) years from its date, and before the execution of the same any such deed, conveyance, lease, contract or other disposition shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the membership of such port authority or development commission by order or resolution entered on its minutes, which order or resolution shall set forth the substantial terms of such deed, conveyance, lease, contract or other disposition.

In the letting of contracts and in the advertisement for bids thereon, for the development, construction, repair, maintenance or operation of any structures, facilities and lands required pursuant to any of the provisions of this chapter, the board of supervisors and the county port authority shall comply with all of the requirements of the general laws of the State of Mississippi governing the advertisement for bids and the letting of contracts by county boards of supervisors. In the event title to any such lands under jurisdiction of the port authority or development commission is in the name of the county, no such transaction shall be consummated until and unless the same be authorized by proper resolution of the port authority or development commission and of the county, in which event the county shall join the port authority or development commission in the execution of such instrument. Any such sale or lease may be executed upon such terms and conditions and for such monetary rental or other consideration as may be found adequate and approved by the county port authority or county development commission and the board of supervisors in orders or resolutions authorizing the same. Any covenants and obligations of the lessee or purchaser to make expenditures in determined amounts and within such time or times for improvements to be erected on the land by such lessee or purchaser and to conduct thereon industrial operations in such aggregate payroll amounts and for such period of time or times as may be determined and defined in such lease or conveyance, and to give preference in employment where practicable to qualified residents of the port of entry and of the county and/or state in which such port is situated, shall, if included in such lease or conveyance, constitute and be deemed sufficient consideration for the execution of any such lease or conveyance in the absence of a monetary rental or other considerations; any such lease may contain reasonable provisions giving the lessee the right to remove its or his improvements upon termination of the lease. Where the rentals provided in the lease will be sufficient to fully retire the cost of the particular facility or where the monetary consideration for a deed is sufficient to fully repay the cost of land acquired for industrial operations described in said deed, contracts for construction, repairs, maintenance and operation of the facility or for the sale of the land, may be negotiated and consummated without the necessity of advertising and obtaining competitive bids therefor. Such county, acting through the port authority or development commission, shall have the right to reclaim submerged lands for such purposes and shall also have the right to acquire by eminent domain proceedings, purchase or otherwise, any land or estate therein or property and rights that may be necessary for the purposes of this chapter, provided that land acquired for industrial operations by eminent domain shall be leased or shall be sold only with such provisions in the deed or lease as shall ensure that the use of the land shall be beneficial to the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter and the promotion of commerce through said port. The county, acting through the port authority or development commission, shall have no authority or power to acquire without the consent of the owner thereof any property operated or used for port, harbor or industrial operations, or for such purposes as the county, acting through the port authority or development commission, is authorized to acquire and use such property for, where such property has been sold or leased by the county, acting through the port authority or development commission, to any person, firm or corporation for industrial operations as provided in this chapter. In the exercise of eminent domain, the county, acting through the port authority or development commission, shall determine the amount and character of the land or estate therein thus to be acquired and the public necessity for such exercise and their determination shall be conclusive and shall not be subject to attack in the absence of manifold abuse of discretion or fraud on the part of said county in making such determination and said county, acting through the port authority or development commission, shall have all powers and authority vested in persons or corporations having the right of eminent domain by Sections 11-27-1 through 11-27-49 and all other statutes pertinent thereto.

(c) To accept assurances and other agreements from persons, firms and corporations who are benefited by any action of the port authority pursuant to this chapter, including agreements to save the county harmless on account of any assurances given by the county to the United States of America or any agency thereof, including the Secretary of the Army, and to enter into contracts with such persons, firms or corporations relative to the future development and use of property owned by such persons, firms or corporations.

(d) To obligate the county by contract with persons, firms and corporations owning or agreeing to purchase property in the area benefited by any action of the port authority under the provisions of this chapter for the construction, development, improvement or expansion of channels and other navigation projects by the county at its expense and the continued maintenance and operation thereof by the county at its expense for a period of time not to exceed ninety-nine (99) years, or so long as any such person, firm or corporation continues to use said property for industrial operations.

(e) To obtain liability insurance as deemed appropriate for the needs of the port authority or development commission. If liability insurance is in effect, the port authority or development commission may be sued by anyone affected to the extent of such insurance carried; however, immunity from suit is waived only to the extent of such liability insurance carried, and a judgment creditor shall have recourse only to the proceeds or right to proceeds of such liability insurance.

(f) To invest funds credited to the county development commission. A county development commission is vested with authority to designate depositories of its funds and to deposit its funds in insured, interest-bearing accounts or securities guaranteed by the good faith of the United States Treasury. All funds in excess of ninety (90) days' operating expenses, to the extent practicable, shall be invested in United States Treasury bills, interest-bearing accounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or other securities of the United States Government including United States Treasury bills, notes and bonds, federal agency securities, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed as to repayment of principal by the United States Government, or repurchase agreements and mutual funds invested in obligations of the United States Government or its agencies and repurchase agreements fully collateralized by such obligations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-73 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-73
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 59-9-65 through 59-9-75 shall be and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code and in exercising the powers granted by said sections, the board shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code. Such bonds and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-519 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-519
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-519
Status: in_force

All revenues of every kind and character derived from the operation of the facilities of any special project authorized by the provisions of this article shall be paid into the port fund of such county and into a special account in said fund to be designated as the “special project revenue fund” and the resolution of the board of supervisors directing the issuance of such bonds shall require that such revenues shall be allocated to and shall be pledged for the following purposes:

(a) an operation and maintenance fund out of which there shall be paid the usual and necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the project facilities;

(b) a renewal and replacement fund sufficient to assure that the project facilities, including equipment, shall be kept in good repair and working order;

(c) a bond and interest fund which shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and the interest on the bonds as they mature and accrue, including a reasonable sum for the creation of a bond reserve fund to assure the payment of such bonds and the interest therein in the event that sufficient funds therefor are not otherwise available; and

(d) a contingent fund to provide for unforeseen contingencies arising in the operation of the project facilities. Any surplus funds remaining after making the foregoing allocations shall be dealt with as may be directed by the resolution of the board of supervisors whereunder such bonds are issued, for the repayment of advances received from any source, for the payment of any maturities of principal and interest of such bonds, for the improvement of the port and/or harbor facilities for which such bonds were issued, or for the retirement of the outstanding bonds according to their terms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-11 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-11
Status: in_force

The board shall take no action in building, constructing, acquiring, or developing any state-owned inland port unless the Tennessee Valley Authority or other governmental agency agrees to furnish at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost of building, acquiring, constructing, or developing said port.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-127 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-127
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-127
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of all enforcement officers to enforce, and to obey and carry out all instructions, directions, rules and regulations of the commission with respect to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. Each enforcement officer shall account for and pay over, pursuant to law, all monies received by him under this chapter.

Such enforcement officers shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to execute all warrants for violations of the rules and regulations of the commission and the provisions of this chapter; to serve subpoenas issued for the examination and investigation or trial of such violations; to board and examine, without warrant, any vessel required to be numbered under this chapter, to ascertain whether any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation of the commission has been or is being violated, and to use such force as may be necessary for the purpose of such examination and inspection; to arrest, without warrant, any person committing a violation of this chapter or the rules and regulations of the commission in the presence of the enforcement officers, and to take such person before a magistrate or court having jurisdiction for trial or hearing; and to exercise such other powers of peace officers in the enforcement of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the commission or of a judgment for the violation thereof, as are not herein specifically provided. No enforcement officers shall compromise or settle out of court any violation of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated by the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-111 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-111
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county which shall have issued bonds under the provisions of this article shall, unless there be sufficient funds otherwise available therefor in the port bonds interest and sinking fund, annually levy a special tax upon all of the taxable property within such county at a rate which shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds according to the terms thereof. All taxes thus collected shall be credited to a special fund in the county treasury of such county to be known and designated as the “port bonds interest and sinking fund,” and all sums credited to said fund shall be used to pay such bonds as they mature and the interest thereon as it accrues, and for no other purpose. It shall be the mandatory duty of such board of supervisors to transfer funds from said port fund to the port bonds interest and sinking fund in amounts sufficient to pay maturing principal and accruing interest on bonds issued hereunder, if balances standing to the credit of said port fund are sufficient for that purpose. To the extent that funds are thus made available for the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, the special tax levy hereinabove provided for may be correspondingly reduced. The said bonds nevertheless shall be general obligations of the county issuing the same, and the full faith, credit and resources of such county shall be pledged to the payment thereof and the interest thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-455 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-455
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-455
Status: in_force

The duties and authority conferred in Sections 59-7-101 through 59-7-131 , through 59-7-201 through 59-7-211 , 59-7-501 through 59-7-519 , and Sections 27-39-3 through 27-39-13, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall apply to any county coming within the provisions of this article commencing on the date of the adoption of the aforesaid resolution by the board of supervisors of said county; provided, however, that the members of such port commission shall be appointed by the method and for the terms as herein provided. In addition to the authority granted herein, the board of supervisors may, in its discretion, expend funds from any available source, including the county general fund and federal revenue sharing funds, to carry out the purposes of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-29 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-29
Status: in_force

Each person registering a boat or boats under this chapter may at the same time register with the commission the serial numbers of all outboard motors owned by said person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-505 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-505
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-505
Status: in_force

All bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates as may be determined by resolution of the board of supervisors of the county issuing them, not to exceed an overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103, Mississippi Code of 1972 . No bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid; all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity; all interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year.

No interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted; the lowest interest rate specified for any bonds issued shall not be less than sixty percent (60%) of the highest interest rate specified for the same bond issue. The interest rate of any one (1) interest coupon shall not exceed the maximum interest rate allowed on such bonds.

Each interest rate specified in any bid must be in multiples of one-eighth of one percent ( 1 / 8 of 1%) or in multiples of one-tenth of one percent ( 1 / 10 of 1%), and a zero rate of interest cannot be named.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-509 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-509
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-509
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county issuing bonds under the provisions of this article shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at not less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, and in the manner provided in Section 31-19-25, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-5 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-5
Status: in_force

All sailboats and every undocumented vessel equipped with propulsion machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion, using the territorial and navigable waters of the State of Mississippi, and every such vessel owned in the State of Mississippi and using the high seas shall be numbered in accordance with this chapter, except:

(1) Foreign vessels temporarily using the navigable waters of the State of Mississippi;

(2) Public vessels of the United States;

(3) State and municipal vessels used solely for official business and displaying proper visual identification on its hull;

(4) Ships' lifeboats;

(5) Vessels designated by the appropriate federal authority;

(6) Undocumented vessels used exclusively for racing;

(7) Undocumented vessels operating under valid temporary certificates of number;

(8) Vessels already covered by a number in full force and effect awarded pursuant to federal law, or a federally approved numbering system of another state, provided that such vessels shall not have been within this state for a period in excess of sixty (60) days. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the numbering of any undocumented vessel upon the request of the owner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-321 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-321
Status: in_force

In connection with the issuance of bonds or other obligations by any municipality pursuant to this article, or in order to secure the payment of said bonds or other obligations, such municipality shall have power:

(a) To accept grants from the United States of America, the president of the United States, the federal emergency administrator of public works, or such other agencies, instrumentalities or corporations as may be designated or created to make grants or loans (hereinafter termed “federal agency”) pursuant to the national industrial recovery act and any further act of the congress of the United States providing for the construction of useful public works (hereinafter termed “national industrial recovery act”), for or in aid of work, development or improvement authorized by this article.

(b) To make such contracts and execute such instruments containing such provisions, covenants and conditions as in the discretion of the authorities of any such municipalities may be necessary, proper or advisable for the purpose of obtaining or securing grants, loans, or other financial assistance from any federal agency pursuant to the national industrial recovery act; to make such further, different or additional contracts and execute all instruments necessary or convenient in or for the furtherance of any work, development or improvement, including but not limited to all property real and personal appurtenant thereto or connected therewith and the existing work, development or improvement, if any, to which the work, development or improvement authorized by this article is an extension, addition, betterment or embellishment (hereinafter termed “work, development or improvement”), to carry out and perform the terms and conditions of any such contract or instrument.

(c) To pledge all or any part of the fees, rents, tolls, revenues or other charges received or receivable by such municipality and/or port commission from any work, development or improvement to which its right then exists or the right to which may thereafter come into existence.

(d) To covenant against the pledging of all or any part of the fees, rents, tolls, revenues or other charges received or receivable by such municipality and/or port commission from any work, development or improvement to which its right then exists or the right to which may thereafter come into existence.

(e) To covenant against the encumbering of all or any part of any work, development or improvement or against permitting or suffering any lien thereon.

(f) To covenant as to what other or additional debt may be incurred by such municipality.

(g) To provide for the preparation, specifications, terms, form, registration, extension, execution and authentication of any bonds or other obligations, issued pursuant to this article.

(h) To provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed or mutilated bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.

(i) To covenant as to the fees, rents, revenues or tolls to be charged, the amount to be raised each year or other period of time and as to the use and disbursement to be made thereof.

(j) To covenant to set aside or to pay over reserves and sinking funds and as to the disposal thereof.

(k) To redeem prior to maturity, with or without premium, bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article and to covenant for their prior redemption and to provide the terms and conditions thereof.

(l) To covenant against extending the time for the payment of the interest on or principal of the bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article directly or indirectly by any means or in any manner.

(m) To covenant as to books of account of such municipality and as to the inspection and audit thereof and as to the accounting methods.

(n) To covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers and duties arising upon the breach by such municipality of any covenant, condition or obligation assumed pursuant to this article.

(o) To make such covenants and do any and all such acts and things as may be necessary, convenient or desirable in order to secure any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article, or in the absolute discretion of the authorities of such municipality in order to make such bonds or other obligations more marketable, notwithstanding that such covenants, acts, or things may not be enumerated herein or expressly authorized herein; it being the intention hereby to give the authorities of any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this article the power to do all things in the issuance of said bonds or other obligations and for their execution that may not be inconsistent with the constitution of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-31 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-31
Status: in_force

No person shall remove, change or in any manner mutilate or deface any number awarded a vessel, or any motor number or other stamped, cast, or forged numbers or letters or other marks upon any vessel, outboard motor, boat or boat trailer, or assist in so doing, or, having knowledge of such change, fail to report the same to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks in which such vessel, motor, boat or boat trailer is usually moored, docked, housed or garaged. Any person or owner, being in possession of a vessel, outboard motor, boat or boat trailer, shall examine the same and report such changes to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

No person shall buy, sell or possess a vessel, outboard motor, boat or boat trailer on which any awarded number or identification number has been removed, changed, mutilated or defaced. It shall be the duty of any person buying, or any lienholder financing, a vessel, outboard motor, boat or boat trailer, to inspect the vessel, outboard motor, boat or boat trailer prior to its purchase or creation of a lien thereon, to ensure that it is in compliance with this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-3
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall fix the time and place for the meeting of the committee provided for in Section 59-19-1 , and the sheriff of the county shall deliver to the owner of the land proposed to be taken a copy of the order five days previous to the time of meeting. The committee shall make a full report of its proceedings, in writing, to the board of supervisors at its next regular meeting, and the board may confirm or set aside the report, and order another examination, or otherwise, at its discretion. And the owner of the land, having been served with notice as provided, shall take notice of all future proceedings. In case the owner be a non-resident, or cannot be found, he may be notified by publication of the order of the board in the same manner as publication is made for non-resident defendants in chancery.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-75 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-75
Status: in_force

(1) Sections 59-9-65 through 59-9-75 , without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of such bonds by such county, and no proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such bonds other than those provided for and required herein, and the limitations of Sections 59-9-37 through 59-9-49 , shall not be applicable to the bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 59-9-65 through 59-9-75 nor shall such bonds be included or computed in the statutory limitations of indebtedness of any such county, and all the necessary powers to be exercised by the board of supervisors of such county in order to carry out the provisions of Sections 59-9-65 through 59-9-75 , are hereby conferred.

(2) The bonds authorized under the authority of Sections 59-9-65 through 59-9-75 may, in the discretion of the board of supervisors of such county, be validated in the chancery court of such county in a manner and with the force and effect provided now or hereafter by Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for the validation of county, municipal, school district and other bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-25 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-25
Status: in_force

(1) Fees for the award of certificates of number for original, transfer, renewal, livery, dealer and duplicate shall be as follows:

(a)

Less than 16 feet․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$ 7.50

(b)

16 feet but less than 26 feet․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$22.50

(c)

26 feet but less than 40 feet․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$45.00

(d)

40 feet and over․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$45.00

(e)

Dealer number․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$37.50

(f)

Duplicate․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$ 5.00

(g)

Boat inspection fee․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$10.00

(2) The fee provided for under subsection (1)(g) of this section shall only be charged when the owner of a boat requests the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to perform an inspection of a boat serial number for the purpose of replacing or awarding a damaged or removed serial number.

(3) All fees for numbers and renewal of number shall be payable to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to be deposited by the department in the State Treasury in a special fund to be designated as the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund, which shall be disbursed upon the recommendation of the department as may be appropriated by the Legislature. The State Treasurer shall release to the department such sums as are required to defray all administrative costs of the boat registration fee division of the department and to improve the law enforcement capability of the department on the inland and marine waters of the State of Mississippi and as may be budgeted by the department for the purpose of paying the cost of the administration of this chapter for education on water safety, improvement of water safety and motorboating facilities in the state, and advertising and promoting the waterways of the state. Any and all revenue over and above the actual administrative cost of implementing this chapter shall be used to fund salaries of additional conservation officers in all eighty-two (82) counties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-103 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 7-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-103
Status: in_force

(1) In order to provide for the improvement, promotion, development, construction, maintenance and operation of harbors or ports in counties having or hereafter providing harbors or ports where wharf or terminal or other facilities exist for the handling of inbound or outbound waterborne cargo moving in interstate or foreign commerce and where there is maintained a channel, harbor or port with a depth of not less than nine (9) feet, there shall be and there is hereby created in each such county electing to exercise the provisions of this article a special fund to be known as the “port fund,” into which payments shall be made as follows:

(a) The tax collector of each such county electing to come under this article shall deduct from all state ad valorem taxes collected by him a sum equal to the avails of a levy of two (2) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property within such county upon which state ad valorem taxes are levied and collected. The amount so deducted shall be set aside by the tax collector and shall by him be paid into the said port fund of such county. Such payments shall be continued as long as there remains unpaid and outstanding any bonded indebtedness created by the board of supervisors of such county as hereinafter provided.

(b) The board of supervisors of each such county electing to exercise the provisions of this article shall pay or cause to be paid into the aforesaid port fund a sum equal to one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) of the sum paid into said fund under subsection (a) above and such payments shall be continued as long as there remains unpaid and outstanding any bonded indebtedness created by such board of supervisors as hereinafter provided. Any such board of supervisors shall provide the sum herein required either by appropriation from any available funds of the county or by the levy, in addition to all other county taxes, of a tax of not more than two (2) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property within such county upon which taxes for the general county fund are levied and collected. In case of a special tax levy as herein authorized, the tax collector of each such county shall set aside the avails of such levy and shall pay the same directly into the port fund of such county.

(c) The port commission hereinafter provided for shall pay into the port fund all of the revenues of whatsoever nature which may be derived from or through the use of the harbor, port, wharf or terminal facilities under its jurisdiction as hereinafter provided.

(2) In order to come within the provisions of this article, the board of supervisors of any such county shall, by appropriate resolution spread upon its minutes, declare its intention so to do and shall annually provide for the necessary matching county funds. A certified copy of such resolution shall be filed with the tax collector of such county and shall constitute his authority to set aside the taxes hereinabove referred to and to pay the same into the aforesaid port fund.

Provided further, that any county in the state of Mississippi through which a river or other stream flows, and which stream is classed as navigable and maintained as such by any agency of the federal government, and wherein harbors, wharves, ports, terminals or other facilities exist or are proposed or established hereafter for the handling of inbound or outbound waterborne cargo moving in interstate or foreign commerce, and where there is maintained a channel, harbor or port of such depth necessary for said purposes, then in such event such county may come under the provisions of this article if and when its application to come under the provisions of this article is approved by the Mississippi Board of Economic Development, which board shall adjudicate and determine the feasibility of said project so applied for and whether or not it is economically feasible. Certified copies of the order of said board shall be filed with the auditor of public accounts and the tax collector of such county affected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-301 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 7-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-301
Status: in_force

This article, as to the subject matters hereof, shall supersede all other laws, general, special or local, including charters of municipalities. Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this article shall have no power thereafter to issue bonds or other obligations pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, unless and until all bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article, and interest thereon, have been fully paid and discharged.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-121 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-121
Status: in_force

Any person or organization sponsoring a regatta, motorboat or other boat race, marine parade, tournament or exhibition shall be responsible for providing adequate protection from marine traffic interference and hazards. The commission may adopt and may from time to time amend regulations governing the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-119 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-119
Status: in_force

When the results of the election on the question of the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this article shall have been canvassed by the election commissioners of such county and certified by them to the board of supervisors of such county, it shall be the duty of such board of supervisors to determine and adjudicate whether or not three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ths) of the qualified electors who voted in such election voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds and, unless three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ths) of the qualified electors who voted in such election shall have voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then such bonds shall not be issued. Should three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ths) of the qualified electors who vote in such election vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then the board of supervisors of the county may issue such bonds, either in whole or in part, within two years from the date of such election, or within two years after the final favorable termination of any litigation affecting the issuance of such bonds, as such board shall deem best.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-33 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-33
Status: in_force

For the acquiring of rights-of-way, land and property, including existing easements, restrictive covenants and reversionary estates necessary for the purpose herein authorized, the board shall have the right and power to acquire the same by purchase, negotiation or condemnation, and, should it elect to exercise the right of eminent domain, it may proceed in the manner provided by the general laws of the state of Mississippi for procedure by any county, municipality or corporation organized under the laws of this state, or in any other manner provided by law. The power of eminent domain shall apply not only as to all property of private persons or corporations, but also as to property already devoted to public use, including leaseholds, excepting interests in property owned by levee boards, drainage districts, or other flood control agencies. However, the board shall have no authority to acquire without the consent of the owner thereof any property operated and used for port, harbor or industrial purposes or such purposes as the board is authorized to acquire and use property for, unless an actual necessity therefor be alleged and proven. The board is authorized to accept donations of lands, rights therein, moneys and materials required for the maintenance or development of any port or harbor. The board may exchange any property or properties acquired under the authority of this chapter for other property or properties usable in carrying out the powers hereby conferred, and also remove from lands needed for its purposes and reconstruct on other locations, buildings, utilities, terminals, railroads or other structures upon the payment of just compensation, if it is necessary so to do, in order to carry out any of its plans for port development. The title to all land or property acquired under the authority of this chapter shall vest in the state of Mississippi. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize the taking by eminent domain of any private property except for necessary public use, said right of eminent domain to be limited to the acquisition of railroad rights-of-way, road rights-of-way and land for industrial use only.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-53 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-53
Status: in_force

The board is authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds by the state bond commission for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter and then outstanding, together with interest thereon to the date of such refunding bonds, and redemption premium thereon, if any. The issuance of such refunding bonds, the maturity, and all other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof and the duties of the board and state inland port authority in respect thereto shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter, insofar as the same may be applicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-11 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-11
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in which any harbor improvements may be constructed under the provisions of this chapter, may purchase lands and rights of way necessary therefor and pay for the same out of the proceeds of bonds herein provided; and for the purpose of carrying out the provision of this chapter said boards of supervisors are hereby clothed with the power and authority, and it is made their duty, to exercise the right of eminent domain, in their discretion, in the acquisition of such lands and rights of way.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-111 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-111
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall be the Mississippi Boat and Water Safety Commission, and shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the Mississippi Boat and Water Safety Commission through the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, insofar as practicable under the provisions of Chapter 4 of Title 49, Mississippi Code of 1972; except on marine waters under the jurisdiction of the Commission on Marine Resources.

(2) The Commission on Marine Resources shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the Mississippi Boat and Water Safety Commission through the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources on the marine waters of the state. The Commission on Marine Resources shall not exercise any powers related to numbering of undocumented vessels. Those powers are vested exclusively in the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-7
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person to operate a watercraft on the public waters of this state who:

(a) Is under the influence of intoxicating liquor;

(b) Is under the influence of any other substance which has impaired such person's ability to operate a watercraft; or

(c) Has eight one-hundredths percent (.08%) or more by weight volume of alcohol in the person's blood based upon milligrams of alcohol per one hundred (100) cubic centimeters of blood as shown by a chemical analysis of such person's breath, blood or urine administered as authorized by this chapter.

(2)(a) Upon conviction of any person for the first offense of violating subsection (1) of this section where chemical tests provided for under Section 59-23-5 were given, or where chemical test results are not available, such person shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned for not more than twenty-four (24) hours in jail, or both; and the court shall order such person to attend and complete a boating safety education course developed by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

(b) Upon any second conviction of any person violating subsection (1) of this section, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be fined not less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and shall be imprisoned not less than forty-eight (48) consecutive hours nor more than one (1) year or sentenced to community service work for not less than ten (10) days nor more than one (1) year. The court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for one (1) year.

(c) For any third conviction of any person violating subsection (1) of this section, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be fined not less than Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and shall be imprisoned not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year. The court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for two (2) years.

(d) Any fourth or subsequent violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be a felony offense and, upon conviction, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be fined not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and shall be imprisoned not less than ninety (90) days nor more than five (5) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections. The court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for three (3) years.

(3) Any person convicted of operating any watercraft in violation of subsection (1) of this section where the person (a) refused a law enforcement officer's request to submit to a chemical test, or (b) was unconscious at the time of a chemical test and refused to consent to the introduction of the results of such test in any prosecution, shall be punished consistent with the penalties prescribed herein for persons submitting to the test and the court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for the time periods specified in subsection (2) of this section.

(4) Any person who operates any watercraft in violation of the provisions of subsection (1) of this section and who in a negligent manner causes the death of another or mutilates, disfigures, permanently disables or destroys the tongue, eye, lip, nose or any other member or limb of another shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony and shall be committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for a period of time not to exceed ten (10) years.

(5) Upon conviction of any violation of subsection (1) of this section, the judge shall cause a copy of the citation and any other pertinent documents concerning the conviction to be sent immediately to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the Department of Marine Resources. A copy of the citation or other pertinent documents, having been attested as true and correct by the Director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, or his designee, or the Director of the Department of Marine Resources, or his designee, shall be sufficient proof of the conviction for purposes of determining the enhanced penalty for any subsequent convictions of violations of subsection (1) of this section.

(6) The provisions of this section are fully applicable to any person who is under the influence of medical cannabis that is lawful under the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act and in compliance with rules and regulations adopted thereunder which has impaired the person's ability to operate a watercraft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-161 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-161
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-161
Status: in_force

The acceptance by a nonresident of the right and privileges of operating a vessel or motorboat on any of the waters of this state, as evidenced by his operating, either in person or by agent or employee, a vessel or motorboat upon any of the navigable waters of this state, shall be deemed equivalent to an appointment by such nonresident of the secretary of state of the State of Mississippi to be his true and lawful attorney, upon whom may be served all lawful processes or summonses in any action or proceeding against him, growing out of a violation of the provisions of this chapter, or of any accident in which said nonresident may be involved while operating a vessel or motorboat on the navigable waters of the state. Such service of process may be had in the same manner as is provided by Section 13-3-63 , for the service of process on nonresidents operating motor vehicles upon the highways of this state, and shall have the same effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-207 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-207
Status: in_force

The commission referred to in Section 59-7-205 may establish and operate said port facilities on such plan as it may determine upon, including the right to employ, or delegate to the port director the employment of such engineering and legal assistants and such subordinate personnel as the commission may deem necessary, to provide for the wages and compensation of the port director and all other employees; and, in their discretion, to require that the port director and such other subordinate personnel as may be deemed necessary and desirable post a bond written by a surety company or companies authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi in such amount as the commission may designate, conditioned on the faithful discharge of all of their duties as such employees, the premiums on such bonds to be paid from said port fund in the discretion of the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-7
Status: in_force

If any of the jurors should fail to attend, the sheriff shall forthwith summon other proper persons in their places, and the defaulters shall be reported to the board of supervisors, and shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars, unless good cause against the same be shown.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-35 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-35
Status: in_force

The board, acting jointly with the state port authority, is authorized to set aside, or lease all or portions of any lands, roads, docks, sheds, warehouses, elevators, compresses, floating dry docks, graving docks, marine railways, tugboats, or any other necessary or useful improvements constructed or acquired by it to individuals, firms, or corporations, public or private, for port, harbor, commercial or industrial purposes for a period not to exceed ninety-nine years, or to execute a conveyance of sale, except as otherwise limited by law, on such terms and conditions and with such safeguards as would best promote and protect the public interest. Any industrial lease of lands may be executed upon such terms and conditions and for such monetary rental or other consideration as may be found adequate and approved by the board in orders or resolutions authorizing the same. Any covenants and agreements of the lessee to make expenditures in determined amounts, and within such time or times, for improvements to be erected upon the land, by such lessee and to conduct thereon industrial and/or other operations in such aggregate payroll amounts and for such period of time as may be determined and defined in such lease, and to give preference in employment where practical to residents of the State of Mississippi, and to qualified residents of the city and of the county in which such port or harbor is located, shall if included in such lease constitute and be deemed sufficient consideration for the execution of any such lease in the absence of monetary rental or other considerations; and such instrument may contain reasonable provisions giving the lessee the right to remove its or his improvements upon the termination of the lease. All leases theretofore made by any port commission, port authority, or other public agency authorized by law to execute leases for port, harbor, commercial or industrial improvements, which leases are now in effect or which may be hereafter executed by any such public agency or by the board, and all structures and all improvements and other permanent facilities erected, installed or located by such lessees or their successors or assignees within the limits of any port, harbor or part thereof, may be free and exempt from all state, county, and municipal ad valorem taxes if so stipulated in such lease, and for such period as may be fixed in such lease.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-129 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-129
Status: in_force

(1) Any agency or political subdivision of this state may make application to the commission for special rules and regulations with reference to the operation, equipment or safety of vessels on any waters of this state within its territorial limits or authorized jurisdiction and shall set forth therein the reasons which make special rules or regulations necessary or appropriate. The commission is hereby authorized, after notice and a public hearing as provided in Section 59-21-117 , to make special rules and regulations with reference to the operation, equipment or safety of vessels or motorboats on any waters of the state.

(2) The several counties and municipalities bordering the Mississippi Sound or the other coastal or tidal waters of this state are authorized and empowered to adopt ordinances setting out special rules and regulations with reference to the operation, equipment, or safety of vessels or motorboats on the Mississippi Sound or the other coastal or tidal waters of the state within their territorial limits, and shall set forth therein the reasons which make special rules and regulations necessary or appropriate. No ordinance shall conflict with the provisions of this chapter or with the regulations of any federal agency having jurisdiction over those waters. Notice shall be given of the proposed ordinance and a hearing shall be held thereon before the Commission on Marine Resources as provided in Section 59-21-117 , and as a condition precedent, the Commission on Marine Resources shall recommend the adoption of the ordinance.

(3) It is the intent of this chapter that uniform regulations of general application to all the waters of this state shall be adopted and promulgated wherever practicable, and any special regulation or local ordinance, as authorized herein, shall be limited to the exigencies of local conditions which cannot be corrected by a regulation generally applicable to all the waters of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-25 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-25
Status: in_force

The members of the state inland port authority shall organize under the direction of the board in the same manner that state port authorities are organized and shall be entitled to compensation not exceeding that authorized by law for a state port authority. In its operation of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, such state inland port authority shall not be responsible to the counties participating, in which such port or harbor, or any part thereof, may be located, or other authorized port or harbor agency, but shall be responsible solely to the board. Before entering upon the duties of the office, each of said members shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required by Section 268 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 , and shall file same with the secretary of state, and shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), with a surety company or companies, authorized to do business in this state, conditioned according to law, and to be delivered to and approved by the treasurer of the State of Mississippi; the premiums on said bonds shall be paid from port funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-1-19 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-1-19
Status: in_force

In the event any part of lands as are described in section 59-1-17 are not used for port purposes, and navigation and commerce will not be impeded thereby, such port commission may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of same to individuals, firms or corporations, public or private, for industrial use, on such terms and conditions and with such safeguard as will best promote and protect the public interest, and they are hereby authorized to transfer title or possession to any part or all of such lands by special warranty deed, lease, contract, or other customary business instrument; however, no such lease shall be executed for a term in excess of ninety-nine years from its date, and before execution of same any such conveyance, lease, contract or other disposition shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of such port commission by order or resolution entered on its minutes, which order or resolution shall set forth the substantial terms of such conveyance, lease, contract, or other disposition. In the event title to any such land under the jurisdiction of the port commission is in the name of the city, no such transaction shall be consummated until and unless the same be authorized by proper resolution of the port commission and of the city, in which event the city shall join the port commission in the execution of any such instrument.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-155 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-155
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-155
Status: in_force

All monies collected as fines or penalties for violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be paid over by the court, justice court judge, or other officer collecting or receiving the fines or penalties to the county having jurisdiction over the violation as provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “State Inland Ports Law.”

As used in this chapter, the word “ board ” shall mean the Mississippi Development Authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-313 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 7-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-313
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article shall be placed to the credit of such municipality in a bank or banks which are members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations and in accordance with the laws regulating the disbursement of municipal funds and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose or purposes set forth in the original resolution of the governing body of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of said municipality shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and on official bonds for such diversion. Nothing in this article shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the State of Mississippi to pay the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-161 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-161
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-161
Status: in_force

The acceptance by a nonresident of the right and privileges of operating a vessel or motorboat on any of the waters of this state, as evidenced by his operating, either in person or by agent or employee, a vessel or motorboat upon any of the navigable waters of this state, shall be deemed equivalent to an appointment by such nonresident of the secretary of state of the State of Mississippi to be his true and lawful attorney, upon whom may be served all lawful processes or summonses in any action or proceeding against him, growing out of a violation of the provisions of this chapter, or of any accident in which said nonresident may be involved while operating a vessel or motorboat on the navigable waters of the state. Such service of process may be had in the same manner as is provided by Section 13-3-63 , for the service of process on nonresidents operating motor vehicles upon the highways of this state, and shall have the same effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-9 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-9
Status: in_force

The bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality of the State of Mississippi pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be secured as to payment as hereinafter in this chapter provided, and in addition thereto shall be secured as to payment by the full faith and credit of the municipality issuing the same, and the governing authorities of such municipality shall annually levy a tax on all the taxable property of such municipality sufficient to produce an amount, which, when added to the net revenues hereinafter in this chapter authorized to be pledged for the payment thereof, will be sufficient to pay all interest and principal of such bonds which may mature during such annual period. Such bonds or other obligations so issued, being additionally secured as to payment as hereinafter in this chapter provided, shall not be construed as a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of which may be incurred by any such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-5 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-5
Status: in_force

(1) A person who operates a watercraft in waters over which this state has jurisdiction shall be deemed to have given consent to submit to a chemical test or test of his breath for the purpose of determining the alcohol content of his blood, as a condition of operating the watercraft in this state.

(2) A law enforcement officer who has probable cause to believe that a person has committed an offense under this chapter shall offer the person the opportunity to submit to a chemical test. It is not necessary for the law enforcement officer to offer a chemical test to an unconscious person. A law enforcement officer may offer a person more than one (1) chemical test under this section. However, all tests must be administered within three (3) hours after the officer has probable cause to believe the person violated this chapter. If a person refuses to submit to a chemical test under this chapter, the person shall be informed by the law enforcement officer that the refusal to submit to the test shall subject him to arrest and punishment consistent with the penalties prescribed in Section 59-23-7 for persons submitting to the test, and that the court shall order the person not to operate a watercraft for at least one (1) year.

(3) If the chemical test results in prima facie evidence that the person is intoxicated, he shall immediately be arrested.

(4)(a) The law enforcement officer arresting a person pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall inform the person arrested that:

(i) The person arrested has the right to be represented by legal counsel;

(ii) The person arrested may waive the right to be represented by legal counsel; and

(iii) The charge for which the person is being arrested may be used against him, upon conviction, for purposes of receiving an enhanced penalty as provided in Section 59-23-7 .

(b) The citation or affidavit which is issued to the person arrested shall be uniform throughout all jurisdictions in the State of Mississippi and shall contain a place for the arresting official to sign, stating that he has advised the person arrested of the information contained in paragraph (a) of this subsection. The judge hearing the case or accepting the guilty plea, as the case may be, shall sign in a place provided on the citation or affidavit stating that the person arrested either employed an attorney or waived his right to an attorney after having been advised pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection. If the person arrested employed an attorney, the name, address and telephone number of the attorney shall be written on the citation or affidavit.

(c) The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall prepare and furnish, no later than July 1, 1995, to all jurisdictions in the State of Mississippi a uniform citation form consistent with this chapter, which shall be used in all jurisdictions in the State of Mississippi.

(d) The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall notify, by whatever means it deems appropriate, all law enforcement officers who are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter of their obligation to provide the information and execute the citation or affidavit, as described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-87 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-87
Status: in_force

No person shall operate a motorboat on any waters of this state while towing a person on water skis, or on an aquaplane or similar device, without an observer in the boat in addition to the operator. Such observer shall be above ten years of age.

The provisions of the first paragraph of this section do not apply to a person engaged in a professional exhibition or a person participating in an official regatta, motorboat race, marine parade, tournament or exhibition.

No person shall operate or manipulate any motorboat, tow rope or other device by which the direction or location of water skis, aquaplane, or similar device may be affected or controlled in such a way as to cause the water skis, aquaplane, or similar device, or any person thereon to collide or strike against any object or person, except slalom buoys, ski jumps or like objects used normally in competitive or recreational skiing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-41 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-41
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Direct molding process” means any process in which the original manufactured boat hull or component part of a boat is itself used as a plug for the making of the mold, which is then used to manufacture a duplicate item.

(b) “Mold” means a matrix or form in which a substance or material is shaped.

(c) “Plug” means a device or model used to make a mold for the purpose of exact duplication.

(2) It is unlawful for any person to use the direct molding process to duplicate for the purpose of sale any manufactured boat hull or component part of a boat made by another without the written permission of that other person.

(3) The provisions of this section shall apply only to boat hulls or component parts of boats duplicated using a mold made on or after the effective date of this section.

(4) Any person who suffers injury or damage as the result of a violation of the provisions of this section may bring an action in the chancery court for an injunction prohibiting such violations. In addition, such person shall be entitled to actual damages incurred as a result of such violation, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-519 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-519
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-519
Status: in_force

All revenues of every kind and character derived from the operation of the facilities of any special project authorized by the provisions of this article shall be paid into the port fund of such county and into a special account in said fund to be designated as the “special project revenue fund” and the resolution of the board of supervisors directing the issuance of such bonds shall require that such revenues shall be allocated to and shall be pledged for the following purposes:

(a) an operation and maintenance fund out of which there shall be paid the usual and necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the project facilities;

(b) a renewal and replacement fund sufficient to assure that the project facilities, including equipment, shall be kept in good repair and working order;

(c) a bond and interest fund which shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and the interest on the bonds as they mature and accrue, including a reasonable sum for the creation of a bond reserve fund to assure the payment of such bonds and the interest therein in the event that sufficient funds therefor are not otherwise available; and

(d) a contingent fund to provide for unforeseen contingencies arising in the operation of the project facilities. Any surplus funds remaining after making the foregoing allocations shall be dealt with as may be directed by the resolution of the board of supervisors whereunder such bonds are issued, for the repayment of advances received from any source, for the payment of any maturities of principal and interest of such bonds, for the improvement of the port and/or harbor facilities for which such bonds were issued, or for the retirement of the outstanding bonds according to their terms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-6-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 6-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-6-3
Status: in_force

The governor, on behalf of this state, is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the form as provided hereinafter, with the State of Alabama.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-25 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-25
Status: in_force

The members of the state inland port authority shall organize under the direction of the board in the same manner that state port authorities are organized and shall be entitled to compensation not exceeding that authorized by law for a state port authority. In its operation of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, such state inland port authority shall not be responsible to the counties participating, in which such port or harbor, or any part thereof, may be located, or other authorized port or harbor agency, but shall be responsible solely to the board. Before entering upon the duties of the office, each of said members shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required by Section 268 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 , and shall file same with the secretary of state, and shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), with a surety company or companies, authorized to do business in this state, conditioned according to law, and to be delivered to and approved by the treasurer of the State of Mississippi; the premiums on said bonds shall be paid from port funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-15 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-15
Status: in_force

The duties and powers of a county port authority or county development commission shall be the same, as to matters within their jurisdiction, as those set forth and prescribed by law, and as the same may be amended from time to time, relating to the duties and powers of a municipal port commission. The board of supervisors, on recommendation of the county port authority or county development commission, may appoint a county port director. The salary of the county port director shall be subject to the approval of the board of supervisors of such county, and the county port director so appointed may be the port director employed by the port commission of the municipality, in which case the board of supervisors of such county and the governing authorities of the municipality may jointly agree on pro rata payments toward the salary and expenses of such port director. The members of such county port authority or county development commission and the county port director shall be public officers within the meaning and the intent of Section 97-11-19, Mississippi Code of 1972 . The clerk of the board of supervisors of any county which has appointed a county port authority or county development commission is authorized to employ such additional clerical assistance as may be necessary or required in view of the additional duties imposed upon the board by this chapter, but no employee shall receive a salary of more than Thirty-six Hundred Dollars ($3600.00) per annum.

In addition to the general powers and duties of a county port commission or county development commission, a county port commission or development commission may enter into joint ventures or community alliances with private entities or other county port commissions or county development commissions to construct and operate any facilities under the jurisdiction of such commissions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-25 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-25
Status: in_force

(1) Fees for the award of certificates of number for original, transfer, renewal, livery, dealer and duplicate shall be as follows:

(a)

Less than 16 feet․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$ 7.50

(b)

16 feet but less than 26 feet․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$22.50

(c)

26 feet but less than 40 feet․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$45.00

(d)

40 feet and over․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$45.00

(e)

Dealer number․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$37.50

(f)

Duplicate․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$ 5.00

(g)

Boat inspection fee․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

$10.00

(2) The fee provided for under subsection (1)(g) of this section shall only be charged when the owner of a boat requests the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to perform an inspection of a boat serial number for the purpose of replacing or awarding a damaged or removed serial number.

(3) All fees for numbers and renewal of number shall be payable to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to be deposited by the department in the State Treasury in a special fund to be designated as the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund, which shall be disbursed upon the recommendation of the department as may be appropriated by the Legislature. The State Treasurer shall release to the department such sums as are required to defray all administrative costs of the boat registration fee division of the department and to improve the law enforcement capability of the department on the inland and marine waters of the State of Mississippi and as may be budgeted by the department for the purpose of paying the cost of the administration of this chapter for education on water safety, improvement of water safety and motorboating facilities in the state, and advertising and promoting the waterways of the state. Any and all revenue over and above the actual administrative cost of implementing this chapter shall be used to fund salaries of additional conservation officers in all eighty-two (82) counties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-1
Status: in_force

Any three or more freeholders residing in any county bordering on the Mississippi River or other navigable river, bayou, bay, or inlet, may petition the board of supervisors of such county to cause a lot of ground, outside of a city, town, or village, on the bank of the river, bayou, bay, or inlet, to be designated and set apart as a boat landing and cotton-yard, for the use of the public, stating in the petition the name of the owner of the land proposed to be so taken; and said board shall thereupon appoint three of its members a committee to examine and determine whether such landing be required for public convenience, and, if so, to lay off and mark such lot of ground, not exceeding two acres, at such point as will be most convenient to the public.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-19 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 15-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-19
Status: in_force

Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter shall, so long as any such bonds or other obligations remain outstanding and unpaid, by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, authorize and appoint a trustee, satisfactory to the purchaser or purchasers of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, or any successor thereto, with the following powers and duties:

(a) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall receive and receipt for all money paid or to be paid to it in accordance with Section 59-15-3 , constituting the net revenues derived from the operation of the improvements and facilities authorized by this chapter;

(b) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall deposit all money received or to be received, in a special account or accounts in a bank or banks which are members of the Federal Reserve System, with such provisions for security therefor as may be incorporated in any agreement or agreements entered into between any such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of any such bonds or other obligations;

(c) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall use and apply all such money so received to the payment of principal of and interest on any bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality pursuant to this chapter, as the same become due, and shall use and apply any surplus remaining after such payment or payments for the prior redemption, with or without premium, of bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality pursuant to this chapter, or in accordance with the provisions of any agreement or agreements as may be made between any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations;

(d) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall have and be vested with all rights, powers and duties, in addition to the foregoing, as may be provided for in any agreement or agreements between any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations;

(e) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall by an instrument in writing, accept such trust and shall file such written acceptance of such trust with the clerk of the municipality so appointing such trustee;

(f) If such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall die, fail, neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties herein imposed or that may be imposed by reason of any of the provisions of any agreement or agreements as aforesaid, such trustee, or any successor thereto, shall, on the written request of the holder or holders of twenty per centum or more in aggregate principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter then outstanding and unpaid, be removed, by resolution duly adopted by the municipality by which such trustee, or any successor thereto, was appointed; and in such event, it shall be the duty of any such trustee so removed to effectuate a valid transfer of all money then in the possession or under the control of such trustee so removed to a duly appointed successor, and a failure on the part of such trustee so removed to do so shall constitute an embezzlement of such money and shall be punishable accordingly;

(g) In the event any such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall die or be removed as hereinabove provided, it shall be the duty of any such municipality immediately by resolution duly adopted to appoint a trustee, as successor thereto, who is satisfactory to said holder or holders of twenty per centum or more in aggregate principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter then outstanding and unpaid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-81 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-81
Status: in_force

(1) Every vessel shall have on board a Coast Guard approved personal flotation device for each person aboard such vessel, and every person twelve (12) years or younger on board a motorboat, sailboat, or vessel which measures less than twenty-six (26) feet in length shall wear a type I, II, or III Coast Guard approved personal flotation device while such motorboat, sailboat, or vessel is underway. For the purpose of this section “ underway ” shall mean at all times except when a motorboat, sailboat, or vessel is anchored, moored, or aground. Every vessel shall have lights during the hours of darkness, which comply with all federal regulations applicable to vessels of its classification. Such vessel shall not be operated unless in a safe and seaworthy condition; the owner and operator shall employ such safety devices as may be necessary for the safe operation of such vessel, including an efficient natural or mechanical ventilating system when necessary for safe operation. In addition to the requirements imposed by this section, all vessels shall comply with all federal regulations applicable to vessels of such classification.

(2) For purposes of this subsection, “ personal watercraft ” means a vessel which uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel. A person shall not operate a personal watercraft unless each person on board or being towed behind is wearing a type I, type II or type III, personal flotation device approved by the United States Coast Guard.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-419 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-419
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-419
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article shall be placed to the credit of such municipality in a bank or banks, which are members of the federal deposit insurance corporation and may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of said municipality shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and on official bonds for such diversion.

Nothing in this article shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the State of Mississippi to pay the principal or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-419 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-419
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-419
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article shall be placed to the credit of such municipality in a bank or banks, which are members of the federal deposit insurance corporation and may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of said municipality shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and on official bonds for such diversion.

Nothing in this article shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the State of Mississippi to pay the principal or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-163 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-163
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-163
Status: in_force

The provisions of Section 59-21-157 through 59-21-161 shall not be construed to limit any cause of action heretofore maintainable at common law, maritime law or in admiralty, but shall be cumulative and supplemental thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-115 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-115
Status: in_force

Where an election is to be called, as provided in Section 59-7-113 , notice of such election shall be signed by the clerk of the board of supervisors and shall be published once a week for at least three consecutive weeks, in at least one newspaper published in such county. The first publication of such notice shall be made not less than twenty-one days prior to the date fixed for such election and the last publication shall be made not more than seven days prior to such date. If no newspaper is published in such county, then such notice shall be given by publishing the same for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in such county, and, in addition, by posting a copy of such notice for at least twenty-one days next preceding such election at three public places in such county.