Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-60 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-60
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-60
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the power to borrow money pursuant to Sections 61-3-27 through 61-3-61, Mississippi Code of 1972 , an airport authority may, in anticipation of the receipt of income, revenues, grants or subsidies from any source, including, but not limited to, the federal government or any federal agency, the state or any state agency, any municipality or taxing authority, or the proceeds of bonds authorized by Sections 61-3-27 through 61-3-61, Mississippi Code of 1972 , borrow money to be payable over a period of time not to exceed ten (10) years, in an amount or amounts not to exceed in the aggregate Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) for the purposes and under the terms and conditions set out in subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this section.

(2) Any loans made under this section shall be first authorized by resolution of the airport authority setting out the need for such loan, the purposes for which the proceeds shall be used, and the source or sources from which it anticipates that the loan shall be retired. The purposes for which such loans are authorized may include any purposes for which bonds may be issued under this chapter and for the maintenance and repair of runways, taxiways, ramps or other facilities necessary for the safe, orderly and convenient handling of aircraft traffic; and for the employment of personnel and purchase of supplies and equipment and payment of expenses which, in the judgment of the authority, shall be necessary or convenient in the safe operation of the airport facilities. The resolution shall also set out the schedule of repayment and may pledge therefor any anticipated funds not previously pledged to the retirement of the loan or loans.

(3) The loans authorized by this section may be made by any bank located in the State of Mississippi or by any trust companies or other lending institutions, investment banking firms or persons in the United States having the authority to enter into such loans. The loans may bear interest at a rate not to exceed thirteen percent (13%) per annum. The loans shall be evidenced by the notes of the airport authority and shall not constitute a debt of the commissioners thereof, and the lender shall have the right of mandamus and any other appropriate writ or legal or equitable remedy for the collection of the notes and the cost of collection.

(4) In order to provide for, and in connection with, such short-term borrowings, an airport authority is authorized to enter into any note, loan, credit agreement or agreements, or other agreement or agreements necessary therefor containing provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this section.

(5) The interest on the notes authorized by this section shall at all times be exempt from all taxation in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-67 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-67
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 61-3-67 through 61-3-75 , unless otherwise qualified, the term “public agency” includes municipality and authority, each as defined in this chapter, any agency of the state government and of the United States, and any municipality, political subdivision and agency of an adjoining state. The term “governing body” includes the commissioners of an authority, the governing body of a municipality, and the head of an agency of a state or the United States if the public agency is other than an authority or municipality.

All powers, privileges, and authority granted by this chapter may be exercised and enjoyed by an authority jointly with any public agency of this state, and jointly with any public agency of any adjoining state or of the United States to the extent that the laws of such other state or of the United States permit such joint exercise of enjoyment. Any agency of the state government, when acting jointly with any authority, may exercise and enjoy all the powers, privileges, and authority conferred by this chapter upon an authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-5
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to knowingly own, maintain or possess any aircraft which has been equipped with or had installed in its wings or fuselage, any fuel tank, bladder, drum or other container which will hold fuel and which does not conform to Federal Aviation Administration regulations or which has not been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration by special permit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-11
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall preempt the exclusive sovereignty of airspace of the United States as set forth in federal law. Any interpretation or application of any provision of this chapter that contradicts the exclusive authority of the United States government to regulate the operation of uncrewed aircraft and uncrewed aircraft systems in the airspace of the United States shall be null.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-11
Status: in_force

Any law enforcement officer who has reason to believe and does believe that a violation of Sections 61-17-1 through 61-17-9 has occurred shall have probable cause to make further inspection of the aircraft in question to ascertain its true identity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-1
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration of the State of Mississippi, is authorized and empowered to purchase or lease, operate and maintain nonmilitary aircraft for use by the Governor's Office, state departments, agencies, boards and commissions, the Legislature, its officers and employees, all under the general direction of the Department of Finance and Administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-7
Status: in_force

Any person violating any of the provisions of Sections 61-11-1 through 61-11-5, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment of more than six (6) months, or both.

For any violation of the provisions of such sections, in addition to, or in lieu of, the penalties provided by the first paragraph of this section, or as a condition to the suspension of a sentence which may be imposed pursuant thereto, the court, in its discretion, may prohibit the violator from operating an aircraft within the state for such period as it may determine but not to exceed one year. Violation of the duly imposed prohibition of the court may be treated as a separate offense under this section or as a contempt of court. Upon a plea of guilty or conviction hereunder in any case involving a registrant, under the provisions of such sections, the court shall cause a notation of such plea or conviction and of the sentence imposed to be marked upon the pilot certificate or other evidence of pilot registration or receipt provided by the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The court shall cause a copy of its order or sentence to be forwarded to the commission, the cost of furnishing same to be added as a part of cost in such cause. In no event shall this paragraph be construed as warrant for the court or any other agency or person to take away, impound, hold or mark any federal airman or aircraft certificate, permit, rating or license, or to take away, impound or hold any state registration certificate or other evidence of such registration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-13 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-13
Status: in_force

Any person who violates Section 61-17-1 through 61-17-9 shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years or fined not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-9
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to knowingly own or possess an aircraft which is improperly registered with intent to conceal or misrepresent the true identity of the aircraft. Any aircraft registered to a nonexistent person, firm, association, corporation or address shall be in violation of this section. Any aircraft registered to a firm, association or corporation that has no physical location, no corporate officers, or has lapsed into an inactive state shall be in violation of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-13 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-13
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration is hereby authorized to obtain adequate comprehensive insurance coverage for each of such airplanes as may be purchased or operated under the provisions of this chapter and any other insurance deemed necessary by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration. The purchase of such insurance shall be on a bid basis in accordance with generally accepted practice for insurance purchases by departments of state government.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 21 / Section 23-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-5
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning on July 1, 2024, pursuant to the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 and use of the database developed by the FAA Administrator, the owning entity of all existing or newly constructed covered towers and structures, whether regulated or unregulated nondisclosed within the state, and before the completion of construction of the structure, shall, by electronic communication with the appropriate entities, disclose:

(a) The height of such covered tower or structure;

(b) The precise location of latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates; and

(c) The type of obstruction marking or lighting, if any.

(2)(a) The appropriate entities shall keep the databases for which they are responsible for maintaining, current to the extent practicable, and ensure that any proprietary information in the database is protected from disclosure in accordance with law, which shall be accessible via the entities' website or develop mobile application.

(b) The appropriate entities shall ensure that, by virtue of accessing the database, users agree and acknowledge that information in the database:

(i) May only be used for aviation safety purposes; and

(ii) May not be disclosed for purposes other than aviation safety, regardless of whether or not the information is marked or labeled as proprietary or with a similar designation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-9
Status: in_force

Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to Section 61-5-15 , every municipality may by sale, lease or otherwise, dispose of any airport, air navigation facility or other property, or portion thereof or interest therein, acquired pursuant to the Municipal Airport Law. Such disposal by sale, lease, or otherwise, shall be in accordance with the laws of this state, or provisions of the charter of the municipality, governing the disposition of other property of the municipality, except that in the case of disposal to another municipality or agency of the state or federal government for aeronautical purposes incident thereto, the sale, lease, or other disposal may be effected in such manner and upon such terms as the governing body of the municipality may deem in the best interest of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-23 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-23
Status: in_force

Upon July 1, 1989, all state aircraft activity, except those excluded by Section 61-13-7, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall adhere to the maintenance and pilot proficiency requirements as established by either the Federal Aviation Administration or the Department of Finance and Administration. A policy manual and records of all aircraft operations shall be maintained by the department. All state aircraft shall be on call for emergency use, as determined by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-5
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to knowingly own, maintain or possess any aircraft which has been equipped with or had installed in its wings or fuselage, any fuel tank, bladder, drum or other container which will hold fuel and which does not conform to Federal Aviation Administration regulations or which has not been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration by special permit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-7
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed so as to prevent the Department of Finance and Administration from permanently assigning aircraft to departments, institutions, commissions or agencies thereof. However, all airplanes owned by the State of Mississippi or by any department, institution, bureau, commission or agency thereof, with the exception of planes owned and operated by the various educational institutions of this state for educational purposes, shall be subject to the record-keeping provisions of this chapter and, in the discretion of the Department of Finance and Administration, such aircraft may be subject to the provisions of Section 61-13-15(2) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-15 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-15
Status: in_force

(1) Any airplane purchased or operated under the provisions of this chapter which becomes surplus to the needs of the state may be sold by the Department of Finance and Administration upon the receipt of not less than three (3) sealed bids after three (3) public advertisements inviting such bids in some newspaper published in the State of Mississippi and having general circulation therein. The Department of Finance and Administration, may reject any or all bids and readvertise, in its discretion. The sums derived from such sale shall be placed in the special fund as established by Section 61-13-17 for the operation of airplanes purchased and operated under the provisions of this chapter.

(2) The Department of Finance and Administration shall proceed to sell one or more of the aircraft purchased prior to July 1, 1986, pursuant to this chapter. The sale of such aircraft pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the bid requirements of subsection (1). It is the intent of the Legislature that the sale of such aircraft shall be timed to produce the maximum revenues at sale.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-17 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-17
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a special fund in the State Treasury out of which all costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this chapter shall be paid. All salaries, allocations and charges for the cost of operating, repairing and servicing the airplanes shall be paid from this fund. The Legislature shall appropriate the necessary funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The Department of Finance and Administration shall disburse over his signature all funds expended for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

Any monies in such fund which have been allocated for the operation, maintenance and repair of an aircraft which has been disposed of pursuant to Section 61-13-15 shall be transferred to the State General Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-43 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-43
Status: in_force

Any property in this state acquired by a municipality for airport purposes pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Airport Law, and any income derived by such municipality from the ownership, operation or control thereof, shall be exempt from taxation to the same extent as other property belonging to political subdivisions of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-19-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-19-1
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, the term anemometer means an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind. For purposes of this section, the term anemometer tower means a structure, including all guy wires and accessory facilities, on which an anemometer is mounted for the purposes of documenting whether a site has wind resources sufficient for the operation of a wind turbine generator.

(2) Any anemometer tower that is fifty (50) feet in height above the ground or higher, that is located outside the exterior boundaries of any municipality, and whose appearance is not otherwise mandated by state or federal law shall be marked, painted, flagged, or otherwise constructed to be recognizable in clear air during daylight hours. Any anemometer tower that was erected before July 1, 2011, shall be marked as required in this section within one (1) year after July 1, 2011. Any anemometer tower that is erected on or after July 1, 2011, shall be marked as required in this section at the time it is erected. Marking required under this section includes marking the anemometer tower, guy wires, and accessory facilities as follows:

(a) The top one-third ( 1 / 3 ) of the anemometer tower shall be painted in equal, alternating bands of aviation orange and white, beginning with orange at the top of the tower and ending with orange at the bottom of the marked portion of the tower;

(b) Two (2) marker balls shall be attached to and evenly spaced on each of the outside guy wires;

(c) The area surrounding each point where a guy wire is anchored to the ground shall have a contrasting appearance with any surrounding vegetation. If the adjacent land is grazed, the area surrounding the anchor point shall be fenced. For purposes of this section, the term, area surrounding the anchor point, means an area not less than sixty-four (64) square feet whose outer boundary is at least four (4) feet from the anchor point; and

(d) One or more seven-foot safety sleeves shall be placed at each anchor point and shall extend from the anchor point along each guy wire attached to the anchor point.

A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-9-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-9-7
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by any municipal ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be entitled to an appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the principal office of the municipality is located in the manner provided for appeals from judgments or decisions of municipal authorities as set forth in Section 11-51-75, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-5
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to knowingly own, maintain or possess any aircraft which has been equipped with or had installed in its wings or fuselage, any fuel tank, bladder, drum or other container which will hold fuel and which does not conform to Federal Aviation Administration regulations or which has not been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration by special permit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-7
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to equip any aircraft with, or to install in the wings or fuselage of any aircraft, any fuel tank, bladder, drum or other container which will hold fuel and which does not conform to Federal Aviation Administration regulations or which has not been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration by special permit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-9-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-9-9
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be independent of, and in addition to, all existing laws of this state governing the extension or enlargement of municipal corporate boundaries and shall apply to all municipalities, whether any such municipality be operating under the code charter, under the commission form of government, or under a special charter, and regardless of whether a different or special procedure be provided by any such special charter, or by any other laws of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-5
Status: in_force

It is hereby found that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of the airport and of occupants of land in its vicinity, and also, if of the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for the landing, taking-off and maneuvering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the airport and the public investment therein. Accordingly, it is hereby declared: (a) that the creation or establishment of an airport hazard is a public nuisance and an injury to the community served by the airport in question; (b) that it is therefore necessary in the interest of the public health, public safety, and general welfare that the creation or establishment of airport hazards be prevented; and (c) that this should be accomplished, to the extent legally possible, by exercise of the police power, without compensation. It is further declared that both the prevention of the creation or establishment of airport hazards and the elimination, removal, alteration, mitigation, or making and lighting of existing airport hazards are public purposes for which political subdivisions may raise and expend public funds and acquire land or property interest therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-51 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-51
Status: in_force

All revenues pledged to the payment of bonds shall be subject to a lien in favor of the holders of such bonds, and all such revenues received by the authority shall be immediately subject to such lien without any physical delivery thereof or further act by the authority. The lien shall be effective as against all parties asserting claims against the authority, whether by way of tort, contract or otherwise, whether or not such parties may have had notice of such lien. The pledge or trust agreement creating the same need not be filed or recorded except in the official minutes of the authority. The revenues may also be pledged as security for the payment of obligations due providers of credit enhancement with respect to any bonds issued.

The state does hereby covenant with the holders of any such bonds that it will not, while any such bonds shall be outstanding, limit or diminish the right and power of the authority to establish, maintain and collect rates, fees, rentals and other charges pledged to the payment of such bonds, or to fulfill any covenants with respect to rates, fees, rentals and other charges made by the authority with such bondholders.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-1
Status: in_force

Sections 61-5-1 through 61-5-49 may be cited as the “Municipal Airport Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-5
Status: in_force

The following aircraft are exempt from provisions of this chapter:

(a) Aircraft manufactured within the state under an FAA approved type certificate which are owned and in the physical possession of the manufacturers as provided in subsection (4) of Section 61-15-7 of this chapter;

(b) Aircraft owned by charitable organizations and used solely for the furtherance of charitable purposes;

(c) Aircraft belonging to nonresidents of this state and registered and taxed in another state;

(d) Aircraft of the federal government, any agency thereof, any territory or possession thereof, any state government or agency or political subdivision thereof, and any aircraft of the Civil Air Patrol used solely in transaction of official business by a unit of the Civil Air Patrol;

(e) Aircraft licensed by a foreign country with which the United States has a reciprocal agreement covering the operation of such licensed aircraft;

(f) Aircraft not currently licensed or holding a current airworthiness certificate by the Federal Aviation Administration;

(g) Aircraft taxable under the provisions of Sections 27-35-701 through 27-35-711 ; and

(h) Aircraft used for commercial fishing purposes and aircraft used primarily for agricultural purposes which are subject to the regulation of the Agricultural Aviation Board of the State of Mississippi pursuant to the Agricultural Aviation Licensing Law of 1966, Sections 69-21-101 through 69-21-125, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and to which are issued current licenses by the Agricultural Aviation Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Aviation Safety Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-15 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-15
Status: in_force

(1) Any airplane purchased or operated under the provisions of this chapter which becomes surplus to the needs of the state may be sold by the Department of Finance and Administration upon the receipt of not less than three (3) sealed bids after three (3) public advertisements inviting such bids in some newspaper published in the State of Mississippi and having general circulation therein. The Department of Finance and Administration, may reject any or all bids and readvertise, in its discretion. The sums derived from such sale shall be placed in the special fund as established by Section 61-13-17 for the operation of airplanes purchased and operated under the provisions of this chapter.

(2) The Department of Finance and Administration shall proceed to sell one or more of the aircraft purchased prior to July 1, 1986, pursuant to this chapter. The sale of such aircraft pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the bid requirements of subsection (1). It is the intent of the Legislature that the sale of such aircraft shall be timed to produce the maximum revenues at sale.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-1
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the true identity of the aircraft, for any person, firm, association or corporation to knowingly possess, buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, dispose of, conceal or to endeavor to possess, buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, dispose of or conceal, any aircraft or part thereof on which the assigned aircraft identification number has been altered, removed, destroyed, covered or defaced, or to maintain such aircraft in any manner which conceals or misrepresents the true identity of the aircraft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-33 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-33
Status: in_force

For the purposes of sections 61-5-33 through 61-5-41 , unless otherwise qualified, the term “public agency” includes municipality, as defined in section 61-5-3 , and any agency of the state government and of the United States. The term “governing body” means the governing body of a county or municipality, and the head of the agency if the public agency is other than a county or municipality. All powers, privileges and authority granted to any municipality by the Municipal Airport Law may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any public agency of this state, or of the United States to the extent that the laws of the United States permit such joint exercise or enjoyment. If not otherwise authorized by law, any agency of the state government when acting jointly with any municipality, may exercise and enjoy all of the powers, privileges and authority conferred by the Municipal Airport Law upon a municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-11
Status: in_force

No airport zoning regulations shall be adopted, amended, or changed under this chapter except by action of the legislative body of the political subdivision in question, or the joint board provided for in subsection (2) of Section 61-7-7 , after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least 15 days' notice of the hearing shall be published in an official paper, or a paper of general circulation, in the political subdivision or subdivisions in which is located the airport hazard to be zoned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-15 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-15
Status: in_force

(1) Any airplane purchased or operated under the provisions of this chapter which becomes surplus to the needs of the state may be sold by the Department of Finance and Administration upon the receipt of not less than three (3) sealed bids after three (3) public advertisements inviting such bids in some newspaper published in the State of Mississippi and having general circulation therein. The Department of Finance and Administration, may reject any or all bids and readvertise, in its discretion. The sums derived from such sale shall be placed in the special fund as established by Section 61-13-17 for the operation of airplanes purchased and operated under the provisions of this chapter.

(2) The Department of Finance and Administration shall proceed to sell one or more of the aircraft purchased prior to July 1, 1986, pursuant to this chapter. The sale of such aircraft pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the bid requirements of subsection (1). It is the intent of the Legislature that the sale of such aircraft shall be timed to produce the maximum revenues at sale.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-21 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-21
Status: in_force

(1) All airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall provide for a board of adjustment to be composed of not less than three members, to have and exercise the following powers:

(a) To hear and decide appeals from any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the administrative agency in the enforcement of the airport zoning regulations, as provided in Section 61-7-23 .

(b) To hear and decide any special exceptions to the terms of the airport zoning regulations upon which such board may be required to pass under such regulations.

(c) To hear and decide specific variances under subsection (2) of section 61-7-17 .

(2) Where a zoning board of appeals or adjustment already exists, it may be appointed as the board of adjustment. Otherwise, the board of adjustment shall consist of five members, each to be appointed for a term of three years by the authority adopting the regulations and to be removable by the appointing authority for cause, upon written charges and after public hearing.

(3) The concurring vote of a majority of the members of the board of adjustment shall be sufficient to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination, of the administrative agency, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under the airport zoning regulations, or to effect any variation in such regulations.

(4) The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of the ordinances or resolution by which it was created. Meetings of the board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the board may determine. The chairman, or in his absence, the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the board shall be public. The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact. The board shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall immediately be filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this section, unless context clearly requires otherwise.

(a) “ Agricultural purposes ” means farming in all its branches and the cultivation and tillage of the soil, the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodities performed by a farmer or on a farm, or on pasture land or rangeland.

(b) “ Appropriate entities ” means the Federal Aviation Administration and the Mississippi Agricultural Aviation Association.

(c)(i) “ Covered tower ” means a structure that:

1. Is a meteorological evaluation tower (MET), a self-standing tower, real-time kinematic tower or tower supported by guy wires and ground anchors;

2. Is ten (10) feet or less in diameter at the above-ground base, excluding the concrete footing;

3. At the highest point of the structure, is at least fifty (50) feet above ground level;

4. At the highest point of the structure, is not more than two hundred (200) feet above ground level;

5. Has accessory facilities on which an antenna, sensor, camera, meteorological instrument or other equipment is mounted to document whether a site has sufficient wind resources to operate a wind turbine generator; and

6. Is located on land that is in a rural area and used for agricultural purposes or, immediately adjacent to such land;

(ii) “Covered tower” does not include any structure that:

1. Is a street light erected or maintained by a federal, state, local, or tribal entity;

2. Is an advertising billboard;

3. Is registered with the Federal Communications Commission under the Antenna Structure Registration program set forth under Part 17 of Title 47, Code of Federal Regulations , and is determined by the FAA Administrator to pose no hazard to air navigation; or

4. Has already mitigated any hazard to aviation safety in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration guidance or as otherwise approved by the Administrator.

(d) “ Real-time kinematic (RTK) position tower ” means a tower used to supplement the global positioning system (GPS) to provide highly accurate positioning and navigation data technology in a wide range of applications, from surveying and mapping to agriculture and construction.

(e) “ Rural area ” means a city, town or unincorporated area that has a population of not more than ten thousand (10,000) inhabitants, as defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 7 USCS Section 918c(a)(5) ).

(f) “ Structure ” means, but is not limited to, meteorological evaluation towers, real-time kinematic positioning towers, an currently unregulated nondisclosed structures greater than fifty (50) feet and less than two hundred (200) feet in height which endanger aviation operators unaware of said structure.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-75 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-75
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing the joint board with moneys for the necessary expenditures in carrying out the provisions of Sections 61-3-67 through 61-3-75 , a joint fund shall be created and maintained into which shall be deposited the share of each of the constituent public agencies as provided by the joint agreement. Any federal, state, or other grants, contributions, or loans, and the revenues obtained from the joint ownership, control, and operation of any airport or air navigation facility under the jurisdiction of the joint board, shall be paid into the joint fund. Disbursements from such fund shall be made by order of the board, subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 61-3-73 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-11
Status: in_force

Whenever the Department of Finance and Administration under the direction of the Governor's office makes an airplane or airplanes available to some department, institution or agency of the State of Mississippi, the actual cost for the operation thereof during the time the aforesaid airplane is so assigned shall be charged to and paid for by the aforesaid department, institution or agency into the special fund set up in Section 61-13-17 for the operation of such airplanes, except planes used by the Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-11
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall preempt the exclusive sovereignty of airspace of the United States as set forth in federal law. Any interpretation or application of any provision of this chapter that contradicts the exclusive authority of the United States government to regulate the operation of uncrewed aircraft and uncrewed aircraft systems in the airspace of the United States shall be null.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-1
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate an aircraft in the air or on the ground or water, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, narcotics or other habit-forming drug, or to operate an aircraft in the air or on the ground or water, in a careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another. In any proceeding charging careless or reckless operation of aircraft in violation of this section, the court in determining whether the operation was careless or reckless shall consider the standards for safe operation of aircraft prescribed by federal statutes or regulations governing aeronautics.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to pursue, chase, hunt, take or kill any wild game or waterfowl from an aircraft, or to spot and communicate the location of any wild game from an aircraft to another for the purpose of hunting, killing or taking such wild game. Before a person may be arrested for a violation of the provision of this subsection that prohibits the spotting and communication of the location of wild game from an aircraft for the purpose of hunting, killing or taking such wild game, the arresting officer must have reasonable grounds and probable cause to believe that a violation has occurred. Any person convicted under this subsection (2) shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 61-11-7 , and shall also forfeit all hunting, trapping and fishing privileges for a period of not less than twelve (12) months from the date of conviction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-7
Status: in_force

(1) A person is liable for an act or guilty of an offense committed with the aid of an uncrewed aircraft system if the uncrewed aircraft system is under the person's operation or control and the activity performed with the aid of the uncrewed aircraft system would have given rise to civil or criminal liability under the laws of this state, if it was performed directly by the person without the aid of an uncrewed aircraft system.

(2) An uncrewed aircraft can be the instrumentality by which a tort in violation of privacy rights may be committed under federal or state law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Aviation Safety Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-17 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-17
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a special fund in the State Treasury out of which all costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this chapter shall be paid. All salaries, allocations and charges for the cost of operating, repairing and servicing the airplanes shall be paid from this fund. The Legislature shall appropriate the necessary funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The Department of Finance and Administration shall disburse over his signature all funds expended for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

Any monies in such fund which have been allocated for the operation, maintenance and repair of an aircraft which has been disposed of pursuant to Section 61-13-15 shall be transferred to the State General Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-5
Status: in_force

It is hereby found that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of the airport and of occupants of land in its vicinity, and also, if of the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for the landing, taking-off and maneuvering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the airport and the public investment therein. Accordingly, it is hereby declared: (a) that the creation or establishment of an airport hazard is a public nuisance and an injury to the community served by the airport in question; (b) that it is therefore necessary in the interest of the public health, public safety, and general welfare that the creation or establishment of airport hazards be prevented; and (c) that this should be accomplished, to the extent legally possible, by exercise of the police power, without compensation. It is further declared that both the prevention of the creation or establishment of airport hazards and the elimination, removal, alteration, mitigation, or making and lighting of existing airport hazards are public purposes for which political subdivisions may raise and expend public funds and acquire land or property interest therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-11
Status: in_force

(1) In operating an airport or air navigation facility owned, leased or controlled by a municipality, such municipality may, except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement pursuant to Section 61-5-15 , enter into contracts, leases and other arrangements for a term not exceeding fifty (50) years with any persons:

(a) Granting the privilege of using or improving such airport or air navigation facility or any portion or facility thereof, or space therein for commercial purposes; or

(b) Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, things, services or facilities at such airport or air navigation facility; or

(c) Making available services to be furnished by the municipality or its agents at such airport or air navigation facility.

In each case the municipality may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals or fees for the privileges or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service and shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the municipality.

(2) Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement pursuant to Section 61-5-15 , a municipality may by contract, lease or other arrangement, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person for a term not to exceed fifty (50) years the privilege of operating, as agent of the municipality or otherwise, any airport owned or controlled by the municipality. However, no person shall be granted any authority to operate an airport other than as a public airport or to enter into any contracts, leases or other arrangements in connection with the operation of the airport which the municipality might not have undertaken under subsection (1) of this section.

(3) All contracts, leases and other arrangements entered into pursuant to this section are deemed to serve a public and governmental purpose as a matter of public necessity; therefore, all such contracts, leases and other arrangements, and all structures, improvements and other facilities erected, installed, constructed or located in connection therewith on an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by a municipality, or any portion or facility thereof or space therein, shall be free and exempt from all state, county and municipal ad valorem taxes on real property and personal property for so long as may otherwise be lawful, and the charges, rentals and fees received by a municipality in connection with such contracts, leases and other arrangements shall be deemed to be in lieu of said taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Airspace ” means the space above the land and waters of this state.

(b) “ Uncrewed aircraft ” means an aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.

(c) “ Uncrewed aircraft system ” means an uncrewed aircraft and associated elements, including communication links and the components that control the uncrewed aircraft, that are required for the pilot in command to operate safely and efficiently in the national airspace system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-81 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-81
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit any right, power, or authority of a municipality to regulate airport hazards by zoning.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-5
Status: in_force

When a certificate, permit, rating or license is required for an airman by the United States, it shall be kept in his personal possession when he is operating within the state and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any peace officer, or any other officer of the state or of a municipality or member, official or employee of the Mississippi Department of Transportation authorized pursuant to law to enforce the aeronautics laws, or any official, manager or person in charge of any airport upon which the airman shall land, or upon the reasonable request of any other person.

Where a certificate, permit or license is required by the United States for an aircraft, it shall be carried in the aircraft at all times while the aircraft is operating in the state, shall be conspicuously posted in the aircraft where it may be readily seen by passengers or inspectors, and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any peace officer, or any other officer of the state or of a municipality or member, official or employee of the Mississippi Department of Transportation authorized pursuant to law to enforce the aeronautics laws, or any official, manager, or person in charge of any airport upon which the aircraft shall land, or upon the reasonable request of any person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-7
Status: in_force

In the acquisition of property by eminent domain proceedings authorized by the Municipal Airport Law, the municipality shall proceed in the manner provided by Chapter 27 of Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and as elsewhere provided by law. For the purpose of making surveys and examinations relative to any eminent domain proceedings, it shall be lawful to enter upon the land, doing no unnecessary damage. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute or other law, the municipality may take possession of any property to be acquired by eminent domain proceedings at any time after the commencement of such proceedings upon a specific finding by the municipality of the public necessity for the immediate acquisition of the property pursuant to Section 11-27-81 et seq. , and compliance with all provisions of Section 11-27-81 et seq. , including the provisions for making a deposit. The municipality shall not be precluded from abandoning such proceedings at any time prior to final order and decree of the court having jurisdiction of such proceedings. The municipality shall be liable to the owner of the property for any damage done to the property during possession thereof by the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-9
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receipt of an application for the registration of an aircraft, as herein provided, the county tax collector shall file such application and register such aircraft with the name and address of the owner, manufacturer or dealer, as the case may be, together with facts stated in such application under the distinctive number assigned to such aircraft in the manner prescribed by the State Tax Commission.

(2) Upon the filing of such application and the payment of the fee herein provided for, the county tax collector shall assign to that aircraft the distinctive license number used by the federal government to identify that aircraft, and issue and deliver to the owner a sticker containing a registration number to be posted on the aircraft in a conspicuous place at the discretion of the owner of such aircraft. Such stickers shall be furnished to the county tax collector by the State Tax Commission. Such certificate shall be subject to inspection by the State Tax Commission and/or the county tax collector. A list of each application and certificate shall be provided by the State Tax Commission to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The State Tax Commission may provide each county and municipality with the full details of aircraft registrations and collections hereunder.

(3) In the event of loss, mutilation or destruction of a certificate of registration, the owner of a registered aircraft may obtain from the county tax collector a duplicate thereof upon filing with the county tax collector an affidavit showing the facts and upon the payment of a service charge of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each duplicate.

(4) Such registration shall be renewed annually and in the same manner and upon payment of the same fee as provided for the original aircraft registration.

(5) The sale of registration certificates for aircraft shall be by the county tax collector.

(6) Registration of aircraft may be transferred upon payment of a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-1-37 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-1-37
Status: in_force

In order to facilitate the making of investigations by the commission in the interest of public safety and promotion of aeronautics, the public interest requires, and it is therefor provided, that the reports of investigations or hearings or any part thereof, shall not be admitted in evidence or used for any purpose in any suit, action or proceeding growing out of any matter referred to in said investigation, hearing or report thereof, except in case of any suit, action or proceeding, civil or criminal, instituted by or in behalf of the commission or in the name of the state under the provisions of this chapter or other laws of the state relating to aeronautics. No member of the commission, or the director, or any officer or employee of the commission shall be required to testify to any facts ascertained in, or information gained by reason of, his official capacity, or be required to testify as an expert witness in any suit, action or proceeding involving any aircraft. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the commission may in its discretion make available to appropriate federal, state and municipal agencies information and material developed in the course of its investigations and hearings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-31 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-31
Status: in_force

After the publication of such authorizing resolution or amendatory resolution, if any, the validation of the bonds authorized thereby may be contested only if:

(a) Such bonds were authorized for an objective or purpose for which the political subdivision is not authorized to expend money, or

(b) The provisions of law which should have been complied with, on or before the date of such publication, were not complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after such publication of the resolution authorizing the bonds, or, as to changes made by an amendatory resolution, within twenty days after such publication of such amendatory resolution, or

(c) Such bonds were authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution or laws of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-7
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to equip any aircraft with, or to install in the wings or fuselage of any aircraft, any fuel tank, bladder, drum or other container which will hold fuel and which does not conform to Federal Aviation Administration regulations or which has not been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration by special permit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-9
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to knowingly own or possess an aircraft which is improperly registered with intent to conceal or misrepresent the true identity of the aircraft. Any aircraft registered to a nonexistent person, firm, association, corporation or address shall be in violation of this section. Any aircraft registered to a firm, association or corporation that has no physical location, no corporate officers, or has lapsed into an inactive state shall be in violation of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-85 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-85
Status: in_force

No member of the Legislature, elected official or appointed official, or any partner or associate of any member of the Legislature, elected official or appointed official, shall derive any income from the issuance of any bonds under Sections 61-3-35 , 61-3-39 , 61-3-41 , 61-3-45 , 61-3-51 , or 61-3-53 contrary to the provisions of Section 109, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, or Article 3, Chapter 4, Title 25, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-15 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-15
Status: in_force

All airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall be reasonable and none shall impose any requirements or restriction which is not reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. In determining what regulations it may adopt, each political subdivision and joint airport zoning board shall consider, among other things, the character of the flying operations expected to be conducted at the airport, the nature of the terrain within the airport hazard area, the character of the neighborhood, and the uses to which the property to be zoned is put and adaptable.

No airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall require the removal, lowering or other change or alteration of any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any non-conforming use, except as provided in subsection (3) of Section 61-7-17 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-19 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-19
Status: in_force

Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable upon conviction by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-25 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-25
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration shall have the following powers, duties and functions with regard to state aircraft operations:

(a) To administer, maintain and schedule a comprehensive program of management of state aviation activities;

(b) To maintain a record of all flights made by state aircraft;

(c) To initiate and maintain a pilot proficiency training program;

(d) To establish priorities concerning the use of state aircraft;

(e) To prepare and maintain a policy/procedure manual in order to standardize all state aviation activities;

(f) To reassign state aircraft, when needed, that are under the control of the department. The agency to which the aircraft is assigned shall pay the operating cost.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-11
Status: in_force

Whenever the Department of Finance and Administration under the direction of the Governor's office makes an airplane or airplanes available to some department, institution or agency of the State of Mississippi, the actual cost for the operation thereof during the time the aforesaid airplane is so assigned shall be charged to and paid for by the aforesaid department, institution or agency into the special fund set up in Section 61-13-17 for the operation of such airplanes, except planes used by the Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-1
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the true identity of the aircraft, for any person, firm, association or corporation to knowingly possess, buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, dispose of, conceal or to endeavor to possess, buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, dispose of or conceal, any aircraft or part thereof on which the assigned aircraft identification number has been altered, removed, destroyed, covered or defaced, or to maintain such aircraft in any manner which conceals or misrepresents the true identity of the aircraft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-25 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-25
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration shall have the following powers, duties and functions with regard to state aircraft operations:

(a) To administer, maintain and schedule a comprehensive program of management of state aviation activities;

(b) To maintain a record of all flights made by state aircraft;

(c) To initiate and maintain a pilot proficiency training program;

(d) To establish priorities concerning the use of state aircraft;

(e) To prepare and maintain a policy/procedure manual in order to standardize all state aviation activities;

(f) To reassign state aircraft, when needed, that are under the control of the department. The agency to which the aircraft is assigned shall pay the operating cost.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-9-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-9-5
Status: in_force

If any municipality shall, pursuant to the authority of this chapter, incorporate into its corporate boundaries property situated in a county other than the county in which the principal office of the municipality is located, it shall not thereafter extend its boundaries into such other county, without, in addition to complying with all existing laws of this state governing or relating to the extension of corporate boundaries of municipalities, first obtaining the consent and approval of the board of supervisors of such county into which it desires to extend its corporate boundaries.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-9
Status: in_force

(1) The state, through a duly adopted and enforceable agency-issued rule or regulation or other grant of authority, may:

(a) Provide for the operation of an uncrewed aircraft system by or on behalf of the state or that is owned by the state; and

(b) Provide for or prohibit:

(i) The launch of an uncrewed aircraft from property owned by the state;

(ii) The intentional landing of an uncrewed aircraft onto property owned by the state; or

(iii) The presence of a pilot actively in command of such uncrewed aircraft system on property owned by the state.

(2)(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this section, a political subdivision may not enact or enforce an ordinance that relates to the:

(i) Ownership, operation, design, manufacture, testing, maintenance, licensing, registration, or certification of an uncrewed aircraft system, including, but not limited to, airspace, altitude, flight paths, or equipment requirements; or

(ii) Qualifications, training, or certification of a pilot, operator, or observer of an uncrewed aircraft system.

(b) This subsection does not limit the authority of a political subdivision to:

(i) Adopt an ordinance that enforces Federal Aviation Administration restrictions;

(ii) Adopt or enforce an ordinance that relates to the operation of an uncrewed aircraft system:

1. By or on behalf of such political subdivision; or

2. That is owned by such political subdivision;

(iii) Adopt or enforce generally applicable ordinances that relate to nuisances, voyeurism, harassment, reckless endangerment, property damage, or other illegal acts arising from the use of uncrewed aircraft systems, so long as such ordinances are not specifically related to the use of an uncrewed aircraft system for those illegal acts; or

(iv) Adopt or enforce an ordinance that regulates:

1. The launch of an uncrewed aircraft from property owned by the political subdivision;

2. The intentional landing of an uncrewed aircraft onto property owned by the political subdivision; or

3. The presence of a pilot actively in command of such uncrewed aircraft system on property owned by the political subdivision.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit:

(a) The take-off or landing of an uncrewed aircraft as deemed reasonable or necessary by private or public entities for emergency or maintenance support functions or services, including the protection and maintenance of public or private critical infrastructure, including broadband infrastructure;

(b) The landing of an uncrewed aircraft by an operator in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations as deemed reasonable or necessary by the operator in the event of a technical malfunction of an uncrewed aircraft system;

(c) The take-off or landing of an uncrewed aircraft being operated by a sworn public safety officer in the performance of his duties; or

(d) The take-off or landing of an uncrewed aircraft owned or operated by the United States government, or any operator under contract with any agency of the United States government, in performance of his assigned duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Airspace ” means the space above the land and waters of this state.

(b) “ Uncrewed aircraft ” means an aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.

(c) “ Uncrewed aircraft system ” means an uncrewed aircraft and associated elements, including communication links and the components that control the uncrewed aircraft, that are required for the pilot in command to operate safely and efficiently in the national airspace system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-5
Status: in_force

The purchase of aircraft to be used for the purpose in this chapter shall be in compliance with Sections 31-7-1 through 31-7-21 . The Department of Finance and Administration is hereby exempt from the requirements of Section 27-104-7(2)(f) when procuring aircraft maintenance, parts, equipment and/or services. It shall be the responsibility of the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration to ensure commercially reasonable practices, including competitive pricing and superb industry maintenance standards. The selection process of maintenance facility shall consider: their capability and experience, the scope of work, the cost, and the length of time the aircraft will be out of service. The process undertaken by the Department of Finance and Administration for procurement of the maintenance facility shall be reported to the Public Procurement Review Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-5
Status: in_force

When a certificate, permit, rating or license is required for an airman by the United States, it shall be kept in his personal possession when he is operating within the state and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any peace officer, or any other officer of the state or of a municipality or member, official or employee of the Mississippi Department of Transportation authorized pursuant to law to enforce the aeronautics laws, or any official, manager or person in charge of any airport upon which the airman shall land, or upon the reasonable request of any other person.

Where a certificate, permit or license is required by the United States for an aircraft, it shall be carried in the aircraft at all times while the aircraft is operating in the state, shall be conspicuously posted in the aircraft where it may be readily seen by passengers or inspectors, and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any peace officer, or any other officer of the state or of a municipality or member, official or employee of the Mississippi Department of Transportation authorized pursuant to law to enforce the aeronautics laws, or any official, manager, or person in charge of any airport upon which the aircraft shall land, or upon the reasonable request of any person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-23 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-23
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by any decision of an administrative agency made in its administration of airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter, or any governing body of a political subdivision, or any joint airport zoning board, which is of the opinion that a decision of such an administrative agency is an improper application of airport zoning regulations of concern to such governing body or board, may appeal to the board of adjustment authorized to hear and decide appeals from the decisions of such administrative agency.

All appeals taken under this section must be taken within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of the board, by filing with the agency from which the appeal is taken and with the board, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The agency from which the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the board all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.

An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the agency from which the appeal is taken certifies to the board, after the notice of appeal has been filed with it, that by reason of the facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in its opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. In such cases proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by order of the board on notice to the agency from which the appeal is taken and on due cause shown.

The board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of appeals, give public notice and due notice to the parties in interest, and decide the same within a reasonable time. Upon the hearing any party may appear in person or by agent or by attorney.

The board may, in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, reverse, affirm, wholly or partly, or modify, the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may make such order, requirement, decision, or determination as ought to be made, and to that end shall have all the powers of the administrative agency from which the appeal is taken.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-17 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-17
Status: in_force

In the acquisition of property by eminent domain proceedings authorized by this chapter, an authority shall proceed in the manner provided by Chapter 27 of Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and as elsewhere provided by law. For the purpose of making surveys and examinations relative to eminent domain proceedings, it shall be lawful for the authority to enter upon the land, doing no unnecessary damage. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute or other law, an authority may take possession of any property to be acquired by eminent domain proceedings at any time after the commencement of such proceedings upon a specific finding by the authority of the public necessity for the immediate acquisition of the property pursuant to Section 11-27-81 et seq. , and compliance with all the provisions of Section 11-27-81 et seq. , including the provisions for making a deposit. The authority shall not be precluded from abandoning such proceedings at any time prior to final order and decree of the court having jurisdiction of such proceedings. The authority shall be liable to the owner of the property for any damage done to the property during possession thereof by the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-7
Status: in_force

In the acquisition of property by eminent domain proceedings authorized by the Municipal Airport Law, the municipality shall proceed in the manner provided by Chapter 27 of Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and as elsewhere provided by law. For the purpose of making surveys and examinations relative to any eminent domain proceedings, it shall be lawful to enter upon the land, doing no unnecessary damage. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute or other law, the municipality may take possession of any property to be acquired by eminent domain proceedings at any time after the commencement of such proceedings upon a specific finding by the municipality of the public necessity for the immediate acquisition of the property pursuant to Section 11-27-81 et seq. , and compliance with all provisions of Section 11-27-81 et seq. , including the provisions for making a deposit. The municipality shall not be precluded from abandoning such proceedings at any time prior to final order and decree of the court having jurisdiction of such proceedings. The municipality shall be liable to the owner of the property for any damage done to the property during possession thereof by the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-13 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-13
Status: in_force

(1) Each commissioner of a regional or municipal airport authority may receive from that airport authority per diem compensation in the amount provided by Section 25-3-69 for each day or fraction of a day engaged in attendance of meetings of the authority or engaged in other official duties of the authority, not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days in any one (1) year, and may receive from the airport authority actual traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. The certificates of the appointment and reappointment of commissioners shall be filed with the authority.

(2) The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners of that authority. A majority of the commissioners of an authority shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the business of the authority and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the authority upon a vote of not less than a majority of the commissioners present. There shall be elected a chairman and vice chairman from among the commissioners.

(3) The commissioners of an authority shall designate an executive director, who shall be the chief executive officer of the authority and shall perform those duties as are required by law and any other duties as may be assigned by the commissioners. The commissioners may designate the executive director as the purchasing agent of the authority. If so designated, the executive director shall have the authority of the purchasing agent of a state agency under Section 31-7-13 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-3
Status: in_force

The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to employ pilots and such other technical and administrative personnel as he deems necessary in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and to fix the compensation of all such employees, subject to the guidelines established by the State Personnel Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-9
Status: in_force

Upon the appointment and qualification of the commissioners first appointed to a regional airport authority, they shall submit to the secretary of state a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 61-3-7 by the municipalities included in the regional authority. Upon receipt thereof, the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of incorporation to the regional airport authority.

When a regional airport authority is increased or decreased pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of Section 61-3-7 , it shall forward to the secretary of state a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant thereto and, upon receipt thereof, the secretary of state shall issue an amended certificate of incorporation in accordance therewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-7
Status: in_force

(1) In order to prevent the creation or establishment of airport hazards, every political subdivision having an airport hazard within its territorial limits may adopt, administer, and enforce under the police power and in the manner and upon the conditions prescribed in this chapter, airport zoning regulations for such airport hazard area. Such regulations may divide such area into zones, and, within such zones, specify the land uses permitted and regulate and restrict the height to which structures and trees be erected or allowed to grow.

(2) Where an airport is owned or controlled by a political subdivision or by any state institution and any airport hazard area appertaining to such airport is located outside the territorial limits of said political subdivision, within or without the state, the political subdivision owning and controlling the airport or within which the airport owned and controlled by a state institution is located and the political subdivisions within which the airport hazard area is located may, by ordinance or resolution duly adopted, create a joint airport zoning board. Said board shall have the same power to adopt, administer and enforce airport zoning regulations applicable to the airport hazard in question as that vested by subsection (1) in the political subdivisions within which such area is located. Each such joint board shall have as members two representatives appointed by each political subdivision participating in its creation and, in addition, a chairman elected by a majority of the members so appointed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-11
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall preempt the exclusive sovereignty of airspace of the United States as set forth in federal law. Any interpretation or application of any provision of this chapter that contradicts the exclusive authority of the United States government to regulate the operation of uncrewed aircraft and uncrewed aircraft systems in the airspace of the United States shall be null.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Airport Authorities Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-29 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-29
Status: in_force

In any case in which: (1) it is desired to remove, lower, or otherwise terminate a nonconforming structure or use; or (2) the approach protection necessary cannot, because of constitutional limitations, be provided by airport zoning regulations under this chapter; or (3) it appears advisable that the necessary approach protection be provided by acquisition of property rights rather than by airport zoning regulations, then the political subdivision within which the property or non-conforming use is located or the political subdivision owning the airport or served by it may acquire, by purchase, grant, or condemnation in the manner provided by the law under which political subdivisions are authorized to acquire real property for public purposes, such air right, aviation easement, or other estate or interest in the property or non-conforming structure or use in question as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-21 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-21
Status: in_force

(1) In connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by an authority, the authority may enter into contracts, leases and other arrangements for terms not to exceed fifty (50) years with any persons:

(a) Granting the privilege of using or improving the airport or air navigation facility or any portion or facility thereof or space therein for commercial purposes;

(b) Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, things, services or facilities at the airport or air navigation facility; and

(c) Making available services to be furnished by the authority or its agents at the airport or air navigation facility.

In each case the authority may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals or fees for the privileges or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service and which shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the authority. In no case shall the public be deprived of its rightful, equal and uniform use of the airport, air navigation facility or portion or facility thereof.

(2) Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement authorized by Section 61-3-25, Mississippi Code of 1972 , an authority may, by contract, lease or other arrangements, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person for a term not to exceed fifty (50) years, the privilege of operating, as agent of the authority or otherwise, any airport owned or controlled by the authority. However, no person shall be granted any authority to operate an airport other than as a public airport or to enter into any contracts, leases or other arrangements in connection with the operation of the airport which the authority might not have undertaken under subsection (1) of this section.

(3) All airport-related contracts, leases and other arrangements entered into pursuant to this section are deemed to serve a public and governmental purpose as a matter of public necessity; therefore, all airport-related contracts, leases, and other arrangements and all structures, improvements and other facilities erected, installed, constructed or located in connection therewith on an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by an authority, or any portion of facility thereof or space therein, shall be free and exempt from all state, county and municipal ad valorem taxes on real property and personal property for so long as may otherwise be lawful, and the charges, rentals and fees received by an authority in connection with airport-related contracts, leases and other arrangements shall be deemed to be in lieu of said taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-15 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-15
Status: in_force

All airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall be reasonable and none shall impose any requirements or restriction which is not reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. In determining what regulations it may adopt, each political subdivision and joint airport zoning board shall consider, among other things, the character of the flying operations expected to be conducted at the airport, the nature of the terrain within the airport hazard area, the character of the neighborhood, and the uses to which the property to be zoned is put and adaptable.

No airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall require the removal, lowering or other change or alteration of any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any non-conforming use, except as provided in subsection (3) of Section 61-7-17 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-3
Status: in_force

The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to employ pilots and such other technical and administrative personnel as he deems necessary in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and to fix the compensation of all such employees, subject to the guidelines established by the State Personnel Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-3
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause or authorize to be operated any civil aircraft within this state unless such aircraft has an appropriate effective certificate, permit or license issued by the United States, if such certificate, permit or license is required by the United States. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in aeronautics as an airman in the state unless he has an appropriate effective airman certificate, permit, rating or license issued by the United States authorizing him to engage in the particular class of aeronautics in which he is engaged, if such certificate, permit, rating or license is required by the United States.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-45 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-45
Status: in_force

Bonds may be issued in form payable to bearer with coupons attached for the payment of interest and, if so issued, shall be subject to registration as to principal only or as to both principal and interest. Bonds may also be issued in fully registered form without coupons. Coupon and registered bonds shall be interchangeable only as provided in the resolution authorizing such bonds.

Notes may be issued in registered form or notes may be issued in form payable to bearer, with interest payable to bearer on presentation for endorsement and, if so issued, shall be subject to complete registration. Interest on notes issued in registered form and interest on bearer notes which have been registered shall be payable to the registered holder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-3
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the true identity of the aircraft, to fail to have the aircraft identification number clearly displayed on the aircraft and in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-9
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receipt of an application for the registration of an aircraft, as herein provided, the county tax collector shall file such application and register such aircraft with the name and address of the owner, manufacturer or dealer, as the case may be, together with facts stated in such application under the distinctive number assigned to such aircraft in the manner prescribed by the State Tax Commission.

(2) Upon the filing of such application and the payment of the fee herein provided for, the county tax collector shall assign to that aircraft the distinctive license number used by the federal government to identify that aircraft, and issue and deliver to the owner a sticker containing a registration number to be posted on the aircraft in a conspicuous place at the discretion of the owner of such aircraft. Such stickers shall be furnished to the county tax collector by the State Tax Commission. Such certificate shall be subject to inspection by the State Tax Commission and/or the county tax collector. A list of each application and certificate shall be provided by the State Tax Commission to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The State Tax Commission may provide each county and municipality with the full details of aircraft registrations and collections hereunder.

(3) In the event of loss, mutilation or destruction of a certificate of registration, the owner of a registered aircraft may obtain from the county tax collector a duplicate thereof upon filing with the county tax collector an affidavit showing the facts and upon the payment of a service charge of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each duplicate.

(4) Such registration shall be renewed annually and in the same manner and upon payment of the same fee as provided for the original aircraft registration.

(5) The sale of registration certificates for aircraft shall be by the county tax collector.

(6) Registration of aircraft may be transferred upon payment of a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-3
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other definition thereof in any other statute, the term “aircraft” as used herein shall, for license and registration purposes, include any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air or airspace, manufactured by mass production or individually constructed or assembled, which are subject to registration with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-13 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-13
Status: in_force

Any person who violates Section 61-17-1 through 61-17-9 shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years or fined not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-75 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-75
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality are authorized, in their discretion, to exercise all the powers conferred on boards of supervisors with reference to acquiring land to be used as an airport or landing place for airplanes, and erect suitable buildings thereon, and equip and maintain such airport. They may acquire airports or landing places already established. Such airport or landing place may be situated beyond the limits of such municipality. The governing authorities of a municipality may lease, or sublease, or contract the maintenance and operation of, any airport or landing place for airplanes to the United States of America, or any department or agency thereof, or to any person, firm, association, or corporation, for the purpose of training aviators and for other legal purposes. The county wherein such airport may be situated is hereby authorized to make such contribution to the cost of acquiring the necessary land for such airport, the placing of same in suitable condition, and the equipping and maintenance thereof, as the board of supervisors of such county and the governing body of such municipality may mutually agree upon.

The governing authorities of the several municipalities of the state in or near which the state university or a state supported four year college, now or hereafter in existence, are or shall be located, are authorized, in their discretion, to assist the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, the state building commission or any other state agency by contributing municipal funds to be used in the acquisition of a site for an airport, erecting suitable buildings and building or extending runways, equipping, maintaining and operating an airport, which shall be available for the use of said university or colleges, as the case may be, and for the general public.

Any such municipality which offers assistance in the acquisition of a site for constructing suitable buildings, building or extending runways or maintaining and operating such airports for the university or other state supported colleges, as the case may be, may or may not be in the county in which the university or the state supported four year college is located, provided the airport is not more than ten miles from said municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-1-33 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-1-33
Status: in_force

No municipality in this state, whether acting alone or jointly with another municipality, or with the state, shall submit to any federal agency or department of the United States any project application under the provisions of any act of Congress which provides airport planning funds or airport construction and development funds for the expansion and improvement of the airport system unless the project and project application have been first approved by the Mississippi Transportation Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-9-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-9-1
Status: in_force

Any incorporated municipality of this state which has heretofore or may hereafter establish or acquire an airport or air navigational facility any part of which is situated within ten miles of the corporate limits of such municipality, may, by ordinance adopted for such purpose, incorporate the properties constituting such airport or air navigational facility into its corporate boundaries. Such incorporation may be accomplished by the adoption of an ordinance as provided in this chapter, regardless of whether or not such airport or air navigational facility is located within the same county as that of the incorporated municipality and irrespective of whether or not it is adjacent or contiguous thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-11
Status: in_force

(1) In operating an airport or air navigation facility owned, leased or controlled by a municipality, such municipality may, except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement pursuant to Section 61-5-15 , enter into contracts, leases and other arrangements for a term not exceeding fifty (50) years with any persons:

(a) Granting the privilege of using or improving such airport or air navigation facility or any portion or facility thereof, or space therein for commercial purposes; or

(b) Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, things, services or facilities at such airport or air navigation facility; or

(c) Making available services to be furnished by the municipality or its agents at such airport or air navigation facility.

In each case the municipality may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals or fees for the privileges or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service and shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the municipality.

(2) Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement pursuant to Section 61-5-15 , a municipality may by contract, lease or other arrangement, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person for a term not to exceed fifty (50) years the privilege of operating, as agent of the municipality or otherwise, any airport owned or controlled by the municipality. However, no person shall be granted any authority to operate an airport other than as a public airport or to enter into any contracts, leases or other arrangements in connection with the operation of the airport which the municipality might not have undertaken under subsection (1) of this section.

(3) All contracts, leases and other arrangements entered into pursuant to this section are deemed to serve a public and governmental purpose as a matter of public necessity; therefore, all such contracts, leases and other arrangements, and all structures, improvements and other facilities erected, installed, constructed or located in connection therewith on an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by a municipality, or any portion or facility thereof or space therein, shall be free and exempt from all state, county and municipal ad valorem taxes on real property and personal property for so long as may otherwise be lawful, and the charges, rentals and fees received by a municipality in connection with such contracts, leases and other arrangements shall be deemed to be in lieu of said taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-11
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall preempt the exclusive sovereignty of airspace of the United States as set forth in federal law. Any interpretation or application of any provision of this chapter that contradicts the exclusive authority of the United States government to regulate the operation of uncrewed aircraft and uncrewed aircraft systems in the airspace of the United States shall be null.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-3
Status: in_force

The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to employ pilots and such other technical and administrative personnel as he deems necessary in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and to fix the compensation of all such employees, subject to the guidelines established by the State Personnel Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Uncrewed Aircraft Systems' Rights and Authorities Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-29 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-29
Status: in_force

The issuance of bonds by an authority shall be authorized by a resolution of the governing body of such authority. Every such resolution shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of at least three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of all the members of such governing body.

A resolution in compliance with this section shall include any covenants with the bondholders deemed necessary by the commissioners to make such bonds secure and marketable, including, but without limitation, covenants regarding the application of the bond proceeds; the pledging, application and securing of the revenues of the authority, the creation and maintenance of reserves; the investment of funds; the issuance of additional bonds; the maintenance of minimum fees, charges and rentals; the operation and maintenance of its airport; insurance and insurance proceeds; accounts and audits; the sale of airport properties; remedies of bondholders; the vesting in a trustee or trustees such powers and rights as may be necessary to secure the bonds and the revenues and funds from which they are payable; the terms and conditions upon which bondholders may exercise their rights and remedies; the replacement of lost, destroyed or mutilated bonds; the definition, consequences and remedies of an event of default; the amendment of such resolution; and the appointment of a receiver in the event of a default.

Upon final enactment, each resolution authorizing bonds shall be published in full.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-1-41 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-1-41
Status: in_force

In carrying out the provisions of this chapter the commission may use the facilities and services of other agencies of the state and of the municipalities of the state to the utmost extent possible. Such agencies and municipalities are authorized and directed to make available their facilities and services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-5
Status: in_force

The following aircraft are exempt from provisions of this chapter:

(a) Aircraft manufactured within the state under an FAA approved type certificate which are owned and in the physical possession of the manufacturers as provided in subsection (4) of Section 61-15-7 of this chapter;

(b) Aircraft owned by charitable organizations and used solely for the furtherance of charitable purposes;

(c) Aircraft belonging to nonresidents of this state and registered and taxed in another state;

(d) Aircraft of the federal government, any agency thereof, any territory or possession thereof, any state government or agency or political subdivision thereof, and any aircraft of the Civil Air Patrol used solely in transaction of official business by a unit of the Civil Air Patrol;

(e) Aircraft licensed by a foreign country with which the United States has a reciprocal agreement covering the operation of such licensed aircraft;

(f) Aircraft not currently licensed or holding a current airworthiness certificate by the Federal Aviation Administration;

(g) Aircraft taxable under the provisions of Sections 27-35-701 through 27-35-711 ; and

(h) Aircraft used for commercial fishing purposes and aircraft used primarily for agricultural purposes which are subject to the regulation of the Agricultural Aviation Board of the State of Mississippi pursuant to the Agricultural Aviation Licensing Law of 1966, Sections 69-21-101 through 69-21-125, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and to which are issued current licenses by the Agricultural Aviation Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-59 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-59
Status: in_force

No bonds shall be delivered to any purchaser by any authority unless they shall have first been validated in accordance with the provisions of Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-7
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed so as to prevent the Department of Finance and Administration from permanently assigning aircraft to departments, institutions, commissions or agencies thereof. However, all airplanes owned by the State of Mississippi or by any department, institution, bureau, commission or agency thereof, with the exception of planes owned and operated by the various educational institutions of this state for educational purposes, shall be subject to the record-keeping provisions of this chapter and, in the discretion of the Department of Finance and Administration, such aircraft may be subject to the provisions of Section 61-13-15(2) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-9
Status: in_force

Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to Section 61-5-15 , every municipality may by sale, lease or otherwise, dispose of any airport, air navigation facility or other property, or portion thereof or interest therein, acquired pursuant to the Municipal Airport Law. Such disposal by sale, lease, or otherwise, shall be in accordance with the laws of this state, or provisions of the charter of the municipality, governing the disposition of other property of the municipality, except that in the case of disposal to another municipality or agency of the state or federal government for aeronautical purposes incident thereto, the sale, lease, or other disposal may be effected in such manner and upon such terms as the governing body of the municipality may deem in the best interest of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-17 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-17
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a special fund in the State Treasury out of which all costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this chapter shall be paid. All salaries, allocations and charges for the cost of operating, repairing and servicing the airplanes shall be paid from this fund. The Legislature shall appropriate the necessary funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The Department of Finance and Administration shall disburse over his signature all funds expended for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

Any monies in such fund which have been allocated for the operation, maintenance and repair of an aircraft which has been disposed of pursuant to Section 61-13-15 shall be transferred to the State General Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-11
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall preempt the exclusive sovereignty of airspace of the United States as set forth in federal law. Any interpretation or application of any provision of this chapter that contradicts the exclusive authority of the United States government to regulate the operation of uncrewed aircraft and uncrewed aircraft systems in the airspace of the United States shall be null.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-7
Status: in_force

(1) A person is liable for an act or guilty of an offense committed with the aid of an uncrewed aircraft system if the uncrewed aircraft system is under the person's operation or control and the activity performed with the aid of the uncrewed aircraft system would have given rise to civil or criminal liability under the laws of this state, if it was performed directly by the person without the aid of an uncrewed aircraft system.

(2) An uncrewed aircraft can be the instrumentality by which a tort in violation of privacy rights may be committed under federal or state law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-21 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-21
Status: in_force

(1) All airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall provide for a board of adjustment to be composed of not less than three members, to have and exercise the following powers:

(a) To hear and decide appeals from any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the administrative agency in the enforcement of the airport zoning regulations, as provided in Section 61-7-23 .

(b) To hear and decide any special exceptions to the terms of the airport zoning regulations upon which such board may be required to pass under such regulations.

(c) To hear and decide specific variances under subsection (2) of section 61-7-17 .

(2) Where a zoning board of appeals or adjustment already exists, it may be appointed as the board of adjustment. Otherwise, the board of adjustment shall consist of five members, each to be appointed for a term of three years by the authority adopting the regulations and to be removable by the appointing authority for cause, upon written charges and after public hearing.

(3) The concurring vote of a majority of the members of the board of adjustment shall be sufficient to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination, of the administrative agency, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under the airport zoning regulations, or to effect any variation in such regulations.

(4) The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of the ordinances or resolution by which it was created. Meetings of the board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the board may determine. The chairman, or in his absence, the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the board shall be public. The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact. The board shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall immediately be filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-23 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-23
Status: in_force

Any acquisition of property made prior to April 21, 1958, within or without the limits of any municipality, for the purposes authorized by the Municipal Airport Law, and any other action taken prior to said date by a municipality in furtherance of such purposes, including, but not limited to the making of appropriations, the expenditure of money, the incurring of debts, the acceptance and disbursement of federal, state or other grants or loans, the issuance and payment of bonds and notes, the execution of leases and contracts, which acquisition or action would have been authorized had said law been in effect at the time of such acquisition or action, is hereby ratified and made valid. All bonds and notes issued prior to said date in furtherance of purposes authorized by said law and actions ratified by this section are confirmed as legal obligations of the municipality, and, without prejudice to the general powers granted to the municipality by said law, such municipality is hereby authorized to issue further bonds and notes for such purposes up to the limit fixed in the original authorization therefor, which bonds and notes shall be legal obligations in accordance with their terms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-13 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-13
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration is hereby authorized to obtain adequate comprehensive insurance coverage for each of such airplanes as may be purchased or operated under the provisions of this chapter and any other insurance deemed necessary by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration. The purchase of such insurance shall be on a bid basis in accordance with generally accepted practice for insurance purchases by departments of state government.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Aviation Safety Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-5
Status: in_force

When a certificate, permit, rating or license is required for an airman by the United States, it shall be kept in his personal possession when he is operating within the state and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any peace officer, or any other officer of the state or of a municipality or member, official or employee of the Mississippi Department of Transportation authorized pursuant to law to enforce the aeronautics laws, or any official, manager or person in charge of any airport upon which the airman shall land, or upon the reasonable request of any other person.

Where a certificate, permit or license is required by the United States for an aircraft, it shall be carried in the aircraft at all times while the aircraft is operating in the state, shall be conspicuously posted in the aircraft where it may be readily seen by passengers or inspectors, and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any peace officer, or any other officer of the state or of a municipality or member, official or employee of the Mississippi Department of Transportation authorized pursuant to law to enforce the aeronautics laws, or any official, manager, or person in charge of any airport upon which the aircraft shall land, or upon the reasonable request of any person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-5
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to knowingly own, maintain or possess any aircraft which has been equipped with or had installed in its wings or fuselage, any fuel tank, bladder, drum or other container which will hold fuel and which does not conform to Federal Aviation Administration regulations or which has not been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration by special permit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-49 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-49
Status: in_force

In the discretion of the authority, all bonds may be further secured by a trust agreement between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law.

The trust agreement may contain provisions for the issuance of additional bonds under the procedures established by this chapter for any of the purposes authorized by this chapter which shall be secured by the revenues pledged thereunder for such bonds to the extent provided therein.

The trust agreement may include provisions to the effect that, if there is any default in the payment of principal or interest on any of said bonds, any court of competent jurisdiction may appoint a receiver to administer the properties and facilities of the authority described in the trust agreement on behalf of the authority, including authority to sell or make contracts for the sale of any services, facilities or commodities of the authority or to renew such contracts, subject to the approval of the court appointing the said receiver, and with power to provide for the payment of such bonds outstanding, or the payment of operating expenses, and to apply the income and revenues to the payment of the said bonds and interest thereon in accordance with the resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance of such bonds and the said trust agreement. The fee for the services of any corporate trustee shall not exceed the normal charges for acting as paying agent, plus any additional amount or amounts allowed by the court as the reasonable value of services rendered by the corporate trustee.

The powers herein granted may be exercised whether or not a trust agreement is entered into and, if no trust agreement is entered into, such provisions as are above authorized may be set out in the resolution authorizing the bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Aviation Safety Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Aviation Safety Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-7
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every owner or person in charge of an aircraft which shall be based and operated on or from any airport of any type in this state shall file an application for a certificate of registration by mail or otherwise with the tax collector of the county in which the aircraft is based for each such aircraft. The State Tax Commission shall prescribe the form of such applications and shall make them available to the county tax collectors. The county tax collector may charge a fee not to exceed Two Dollars ($2.00) per application mailed to registrants to defray the expense of the mailing process; and such fee shall be in addition to the registration fee and shall be deposited to the credit of the county general fund. The registration shall be valid for the calendar year. The application for a certificate of registration shall contain:

(a) A description of each aircraft to be registered including the name of the manufacturer, aircraft registration number, type and maximum certificated gross weight; and

(b) The name and address of the owner of such aircraft and the county and municipality where aircraft is based.

The State Tax Commission may prescribe the form of renewal applications after the initial year of registration and shall make them available to county tax collectors.

(2)(a) All dealers in the sale of aircraft shall be exempt from registration requirements upon purchase of an “exemption license” from the tax collector of the county in which the business is located, cost of which shall be Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). This exemption shall not apply to dealers' personal aircraft.

(b) Dealers' “sales aircraft” shall be exempt from payment of ad valorem taxes and registration fees as provided in Section 61-15-11 upon proof satisfactory to the tax collector of the county in which the business is located, that each particular aircraft is used for delivery and demonstration purposes only.

(3) All manufacturers of aircraft shall be exempt from registration requirements of inventory upon purchase of an “exemption license” from the tax collector of the county in which the business is located, the cost of which shall be Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00).

(4) Aircraft owners shall purchase the required certificate of registration within sixty (60) days after the date of purchase of the aircraft. Aircraft owners failing or refusing to purchase the required certificate of registration within the prescribed time shall be guilty of violating the provisions of this chapter, and shall be liable for the amount of the registration fee, plus a penalty as follows:

(a) For all aircraft registered pursuant to Section 61-15-11 with a maximum certified gross weight of three thousand six hundred (3,600) pounds or less, a penalty of Fifty Dollars ($50.00);

(b) For all aircraft registered pursuant to Section 61-15-11 with a maximum certified gross weight of more than three thousand six hundred (3,600) pounds but not more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds, a penalty of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00);

(c) For all other aircraft registered hereunder, a penalty of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-25 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-25
Status: in_force

An authority is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse, and expend federal and state monies and other monies, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both, to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this chapter. All federal monies accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States and as are consistent with state law. All state monies accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the state.

An authority is authorized to designate the Mississippi Transportation Commission as its agent to accept, receive, receipt for, and disburse federal and state monies, and other monies, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both, to accomplish in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this chapter, and an authority is authorized to designate such commission as its agent in contracting for and supervising the planning, acquisition, development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment or operation of any airport or other air navigation facility. An authority may enter into an agreement with the commission prescribing the terms and conditions of the agency in accordance with such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States, if federal money is involved, and in accordance with the applicable laws of this state. All federal monies accepted under this section by the commission shall be accepted and transferred or expended by such commission upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States. All monies received by the commission pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited in the State Treasury, and unless otherwise prescribed by the agency from which such monies were received, shall be kept in separate funds designated according to the purposes for which the monies were made available, and held by the state in trust for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-13 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-13
Status: in_force

Authority is hereby given to the State Tax Commission to promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose of regulating and enforcing this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-53 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-53
Status: in_force

Any authority, authorized by a statute other than this chapter to refund its outstanding bonds and permitted to do so by the terms of any resolutions and trust agreements pertaining to such bonds, may refund all, or any part of, one or more bond issues. However, the refunding bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

In no case shall any bonds be refunded whereby:

(a) The interest cost to the authority computed on the basis of the interest rates borne by the bonds refunded and by the refunding bonds, will be increased by reason of the refunding; or

(b) The average maturity of the bonds refunded, computed to their stated maturities will be increased by reason of the refunding; or

(c) The time at which bonds may be redeemed is more than twelve (12) months after the date of sale of the refunding bonds;

(d) However, if it can be clearly shown that the refunding is being accomplished to prevent default or to provide flexibility to the authority in the financing of its projects, and if the State Treasurer shall certify that the need to refund an outstanding issue to prevent default or to provide flexibility to the authority in the financing of its projects has been determined by sufficient evidence filed with the State Treasurer, the provisions of subsections (a), (b) and (c) shall not prevent refunding.

It shall not be necessary for the bonds refunded to be surrendered and cancelled simultaneously with the delivery of the refunding bonds, but the proceeds of the sale of the refunding bonds, not used to pay for surrendered and cancelled bonds at the time of refunding, shall be deposited in a trust fund under conditions satisfactory to the authority and the State Treasurer.

If the refunding bonds are being issued to prevent default, the authority may exchange them with bondholders under such rules and regulations as established by the State Treasurer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-13 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-13
Status: in_force

Authority is hereby given to the State Tax Commission to promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose of regulating and enforcing this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-9
Status: in_force

(1) The state, through a duly adopted and enforceable agency-issued rule or regulation or other grant of authority, may:

(a) Provide for the operation of an uncrewed aircraft system by or on behalf of the state or that is owned by the state; and

(b) Provide for or prohibit:

(i) The launch of an uncrewed aircraft from property owned by the state;

(ii) The intentional landing of an uncrewed aircraft onto property owned by the state; or

(iii) The presence of a pilot actively in command of such uncrewed aircraft system on property owned by the state.

(2)(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this section, a political subdivision may not enact or enforce an ordinance that relates to the:

(i) Ownership, operation, design, manufacture, testing, maintenance, licensing, registration, or certification of an uncrewed aircraft system, including, but not limited to, airspace, altitude, flight paths, or equipment requirements; or

(ii) Qualifications, training, or certification of a pilot, operator, or observer of an uncrewed aircraft system.

(b) This subsection does not limit the authority of a political subdivision to:

(i) Adopt an ordinance that enforces Federal Aviation Administration restrictions;

(ii) Adopt or enforce an ordinance that relates to the operation of an uncrewed aircraft system:

1. By or on behalf of such political subdivision; or

2. That is owned by such political subdivision;

(iii) Adopt or enforce generally applicable ordinances that relate to nuisances, voyeurism, harassment, reckless endangerment, property damage, or other illegal acts arising from the use of uncrewed aircraft systems, so long as such ordinances are not specifically related to the use of an uncrewed aircraft system for those illegal acts; or

(iv) Adopt or enforce an ordinance that regulates:

1. The launch of an uncrewed aircraft from property owned by the political subdivision;

2. The intentional landing of an uncrewed aircraft onto property owned by the political subdivision; or

3. The presence of a pilot actively in command of such uncrewed aircraft system on property owned by the political subdivision.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit:

(a) The take-off or landing of an uncrewed aircraft as deemed reasonable or necessary by private or public entities for emergency or maintenance support functions or services, including the protection and maintenance of public or private critical infrastructure, including broadband infrastructure;

(b) The landing of an uncrewed aircraft by an operator in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations as deemed reasonable or necessary by the operator in the event of a technical malfunction of an uncrewed aircraft system;

(c) The take-off or landing of an uncrewed aircraft being operated by a sworn public safety officer in the performance of his duties; or

(d) The take-off or landing of an uncrewed aircraft owned or operated by the United States government, or any operator under contract with any agency of the United States government, in performance of his assigned duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-11
Status: in_force

(1) Registration fees shall be paid to and collected by the tax collector of the county in which the aircraft is based.

The registration and reregistration of aircraft shall be subject to the following schedule and rates:

(a) Aircraft other than those described in paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be taxed according to the following schedule:

MAXIMUM CERTIFICATED GROSS WEIGHT OF AIRCRAFT IN POUNDS

FEE

Less than 3,600

$ 25.00

3,601 through 10,000

250.00

10,001 and over

2,500.00

(b) Antique aircraft, as defined by the Federal Aviation Administration, sailplanes, balloons and home-built aircraft shall be subject to a flat rate fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00);

(2) All administrative provisions of the Mississippi Sales Tax Law, including those which fix damages, penalties and interest for nonpayment of taxes, failure to file returns, and for other noncompliance with the provisions of said chapter, and all other requirements and duties imposed upon taxpayers, shall apply to all persons liable for taxes under the provisions of this chapter, and the commission shall exercise all the power and authority and perform all the duties with respect to taxpayers under this chapter as are provided in said Sales Tax Law, except that in cases of conflict, then the provisions of this chapter shall control.

(3) Aircraft purchased after January 1 of each year and subject to registration as herein provided shall be registered and taxed on a prorated basis by month. Registration fees shall be in lieu of all aircraft ad valorem taxes except as provided in subsection (4) of this section. All such monies collected shall be distributed as provided in this subsection.

The county tax collector shall determine for each county and for each municipality, if any, having aircraft within its boundaries which are subject to this chapter and the registration fees collected on aircraft in each county and municipality. The amount so determined due each county and municipality shall be divided equally between the county and municipality and the amount due the municipality shall be transmitted monthly to the city clerk of the municipality. The counties and municipalities shall allocate such revenues to funds in the same manner and proportion as revenues from ad valorem taxes within the county and municipality.

(4) The county tax collector shall make reasonable efforts to determine which aircraft in their county have been registered as required by this chapter. The county tax collector shall, on or before June 1 of each year, furnish to the tax assessor of their county a list of aircraft owners which have aircraft that are registered, setting forth the description of the aircraft and the location of the aircraft as to county and municipality. The tax assessor shall, upon receipt of the list, add the aircraft which have not been registered to the personal property roll of the county and of the municipality in which the aircraft may be located and such aircraft shall be taxed as other personal property within the county and municipality except as provided hereinafter. The county tax collector may accept registration fees, as follows:

(a) Fees on a prorated basis by month for aircraft purchased in a bona fide, good faith transaction after January 1 of the registration year; or

(b) Total fees and penalties for aircraft liable for registration on January 1 when the owner of the aircraft was the owner on January 1 of the registration year.

The tax assessor may remove an aircraft from the personal property rolls prior to December 31 of the registration year upon receipt of a notice from the county tax collector that the registration fees and penalties, when required, have been paid in full by the owner of the aircraft. The aircraft may not be removed from the personal property rolls after December 31 of the registration year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-77 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-77
Status: in_force

Sections 61-5-71 through 61-5-75 are remedial, are entitled to a liberal construction, and are supplemental and in addition to all other laws on the subject. In event, however, said sections are in conflict with any other law, they shall take precedence, in order to accomplish the purpose of development for which they are expressly written.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-24 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-24
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-24
Status: in_force

(1) An authority, at which a commercial airline lands an aircraft operating under its Federal Aviation Administration certificate, shall have a lien upon all aircraft that land at the authority's airport by the airline for the full amount of any landing fees, or other rates and charges previously promulgated by the authority in its rules and regulations, incurred by the airline at the airport by any aircraft operating under the airline's Federal Aviation Administration certificate.

(2) An authority may enforce any lien created herein against a nonresident debtor airline pursuant to the following procedure: a court of appropriate jurisdiction may issue a writ of sequestration, ex parte, against any aircraft operating under the Federal Aviation Administration certificate of the nonresident debtor airline and located at the airport operated by the authority. However, before issuing a writ of sequestration, the court shall find there is prima facie evidence that the nonresident debtor airline is past due on the landing fees or other rates and charges, that the authority has submitted prima facie evidence of exigent circumstances for the issuance of the writ, and that the authority has submitted a corporate surety bond in the amount of one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the past-due amount claimed. Upon issuing the writ of sequestration, the court shall grant the nonresident debtor airline an opportunity for an immediate evidentiary hearing to rebut the authority's claim and revoke the writ. The court shall allow the nonresident debtor airline to substitute in place of the sequestered aircraft a corporate surety bond with the court in the amount of one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the past-due amount claimed by the authority for the purpose of securing payment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-47 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-47
Status: in_force

The acquisition of any lands for the purpose of establishing airports or other air navigation facilities, the acquisition of any airport protection privileges, the acquisition, establishment, construction, enlargement, improvements, maintenance, equipment and operation of airports and other air navigation facilities by any municipality or municipalities of this state, separately or jointly, and the exercise of any other powers granted in the Municipal Airport Law to any airport board, joint board or authority are hereby declared to be public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose, and matters of public necessity. Such lands and other property and privileges acquired and used by the municipality in the manner and for the purposes enumerated in said law shall and are hereby declared to be acquired and used for public and governmental purposes and as a matter of public necessity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-15 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-15
Status: in_force

(1) Any airplane purchased or operated under the provisions of this chapter which becomes surplus to the needs of the state may be sold by the Department of Finance and Administration upon the receipt of not less than three (3) sealed bids after three (3) public advertisements inviting such bids in some newspaper published in the State of Mississippi and having general circulation therein. The Department of Finance and Administration, may reject any or all bids and readvertise, in its discretion. The sums derived from such sale shall be placed in the special fund as established by Section 61-13-17 for the operation of airplanes purchased and operated under the provisions of this chapter.

(2) The Department of Finance and Administration shall proceed to sell one or more of the aircraft purchased prior to July 1, 1986, pursuant to this chapter. The sale of such aircraft pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the bid requirements of subsection (1). It is the intent of the Legislature that the sale of such aircraft shall be timed to produce the maximum revenues at sale.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-11
Status: in_force

(1) In operating an airport or air navigation facility owned, leased or controlled by a municipality, such municipality may, except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement pursuant to Section 61-5-15 , enter into contracts, leases and other arrangements for a term not exceeding fifty (50) years with any persons:

(a) Granting the privilege of using or improving such airport or air navigation facility or any portion or facility thereof, or space therein for commercial purposes; or

(b) Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, things, services or facilities at such airport or air navigation facility; or

(c) Making available services to be furnished by the municipality or its agents at such airport or air navigation facility.

In each case the municipality may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals or fees for the privileges or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service and shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the municipality.

(2) Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement pursuant to Section 61-5-15 , a municipality may by contract, lease or other arrangement, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person for a term not to exceed fifty (50) years the privilege of operating, as agent of the municipality or otherwise, any airport owned or controlled by the municipality. However, no person shall be granted any authority to operate an airport other than as a public airport or to enter into any contracts, leases or other arrangements in connection with the operation of the airport which the municipality might not have undertaken under subsection (1) of this section.

(3) All contracts, leases and other arrangements entered into pursuant to this section are deemed to serve a public and governmental purpose as a matter of public necessity; therefore, all such contracts, leases and other arrangements, and all structures, improvements and other facilities erected, installed, constructed or located in connection therewith on an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by a municipality, or any portion or facility thereof or space therein, shall be free and exempt from all state, county and municipal ad valorem taxes on real property and personal property for so long as may otherwise be lawful, and the charges, rentals and fees received by a municipality in connection with such contracts, leases and other arrangements shall be deemed to be in lieu of said taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-39 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-39
Status: in_force

All bonds except term bonds of a single issue shall be paid in consecutive annual or semiannual payments.

The first annual or semiannual principal payment upon each authorized issue shall be paid not more than thirty-six (36) months after the date of the bonds.

The last payment of each authorized issue of bonds shall mature not later than forty (40) years after its date of issue.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-5
Status: in_force

(1) An individual, in compliance with federal law, may operate an uncrewed aircraft system for recreational purposes within this state.

(2) An individual or business entity, doing business lawfully within this state and in compliance with federal law, may operate or use an uncrewed aircraft system for commercial purposes within this state.

(3) An owner of an uncrewed aircraft or uncrewed aircraft system shall not be required to register such aircraft or system beyond what may be required by federal law and regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-3
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other definition thereof in any other statute, the term “aircraft” as used herein shall, for license and registration purposes, include any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air or airspace, manufactured by mass production or individually constructed or assembled, which are subject to registration with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-9
Status: in_force

In the event that a political subdivision has adopted, or hereafter adopts, a comprehensive zoning ordinance regulating, among other things, the height of buildings, any airport zoning regulations applicable to the same area or portion thereof, may be incorporated in and made a part of such comprehensive zoning regulations, and be administered and enforced in connection therewith.

In the event of conflict between any airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter and any other regulations applicable to the same area, whether the conflict be with respect to the height of structures or trees, the use of land, or any other matter, and whether such other regulations were adopted by the airport zoning regulations or by some other political subdivision, the more stringent limitation or requirement shall govern and prevail.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-17 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-17
Status: in_force

The cost of planning and acquiring, establishing, developing, constructing, enlarging, improving, or equipping an airport or air navigation facility, or the site therefor, including buildings and other facilities incidental to the operation thereof, and the acquisition or elimination of airport hazards, may be paid for wholly or partly from the proceeds of the sale of bonds or notes of the municipality, as the governing body of the municipality shall determine. For such purposes a municipality may issue general or special obligation bonds, revenue bonds or other forms of bonds or notes, secured or unsecured, including refunding bonds, in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by the laws of this state or the charter of the municipality for the authorization and issuance of bonds or notes thereof for public purposes generally. Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale at not less than par and shall bear interest at a rate or rates as the municipality shall determine, provided that the bonds of any issue shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-101 for general obligation bonds, or Section 75-17-103 for revenue bonds, as the case may be. Any bonds or notes issued by a municipality pursuant to this section which are payable, as to principal and interest, solely from the revenues of an airport or air navigation facility (and such bonds or notes shall so state on their face), shall not constitute a debt of such municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. In any suit, action or proceeding involving the security, or the validity or enforceability, of any bond or note issued by a municipality, which bond or note states on its face that it was issued pursuant to the provision of this section and for a purpose or purposes authorized or accomplished by this section, such bond or note shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued pursuant to this section for such purpose or purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-9
Status: in_force

Upon the appointment and qualification of the commissioners first appointed to a regional airport authority, they shall submit to the secretary of state a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 61-3-7 by the municipalities included in the regional authority. Upon receipt thereof, the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of incorporation to the regional airport authority.

When a regional airport authority is increased or decreased pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of Section 61-3-7 , it shall forward to the secretary of state a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant thereto and, upon receipt thereof, the secretary of state shall issue an amended certificate of incorporation in accordance therewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Airspace ” means the space above the land and waters of this state.

(b) “ Uncrewed aircraft ” means an aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.

(c) “ Uncrewed aircraft system ” means an uncrewed aircraft and associated elements, including communication links and the components that control the uncrewed aircraft, that are required for the pilot in command to operate safely and efficiently in the national airspace system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-19-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-19-1
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, the term anemometer means an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind. For purposes of this section, the term anemometer tower means a structure, including all guy wires and accessory facilities, on which an anemometer is mounted for the purposes of documenting whether a site has wind resources sufficient for the operation of a wind turbine generator.

(2) Any anemometer tower that is fifty (50) feet in height above the ground or higher, that is located outside the exterior boundaries of any municipality, and whose appearance is not otherwise mandated by state or federal law shall be marked, painted, flagged, or otherwise constructed to be recognizable in clear air during daylight hours. Any anemometer tower that was erected before July 1, 2011, shall be marked as required in this section within one (1) year after July 1, 2011. Any anemometer tower that is erected on or after July 1, 2011, shall be marked as required in this section at the time it is erected. Marking required under this section includes marking the anemometer tower, guy wires, and accessory facilities as follows:

(a) The top one-third ( 1 / 3 ) of the anemometer tower shall be painted in equal, alternating bands of aviation orange and white, beginning with orange at the top of the tower and ending with orange at the bottom of the marked portion of the tower;

(b) Two (2) marker balls shall be attached to and evenly spaced on each of the outside guy wires;

(c) The area surrounding each point where a guy wire is anchored to the ground shall have a contrasting appearance with any surrounding vegetation. If the adjacent land is grazed, the area surrounding the anchor point shall be fenced. For purposes of this section, the term, area surrounding the anchor point, means an area not less than sixty-four (64) square feet whose outer boundary is at least four (4) feet from the anchor point; and

(d) One or more seven-foot safety sleeves shall be placed at each anchor point and shall extend from the anchor point along each guy wire attached to the anchor point.

A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-19-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-19-1
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, the term anemometer means an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind. For purposes of this section, the term anemometer tower means a structure, including all guy wires and accessory facilities, on which an anemometer is mounted for the purposes of documenting whether a site has wind resources sufficient for the operation of a wind turbine generator.

(2) Any anemometer tower that is fifty (50) feet in height above the ground or higher, that is located outside the exterior boundaries of any municipality, and whose appearance is not otherwise mandated by state or federal law shall be marked, painted, flagged, or otherwise constructed to be recognizable in clear air during daylight hours. Any anemometer tower that was erected before July 1, 2011, shall be marked as required in this section within one (1) year after July 1, 2011. Any anemometer tower that is erected on or after July 1, 2011, shall be marked as required in this section at the time it is erected. Marking required under this section includes marking the anemometer tower, guy wires, and accessory facilities as follows:

(a) The top one-third ( 1 / 3 ) of the anemometer tower shall be painted in equal, alternating bands of aviation orange and white, beginning with orange at the top of the tower and ending with orange at the bottom of the marked portion of the tower;

(b) Two (2) marker balls shall be attached to and evenly spaced on each of the outside guy wires;

(c) The area surrounding each point where a guy wire is anchored to the ground shall have a contrasting appearance with any surrounding vegetation. If the adjacent land is grazed, the area surrounding the anchor point shall be fenced. For purposes of this section, the term, area surrounding the anchor point, means an area not less than sixty-four (64) square feet whose outer boundary is at least four (4) feet from the anchor point; and

(d) One or more seven-foot safety sleeves shall be placed at each anchor point and shall extend from the anchor point along each guy wire attached to the anchor point.

A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-1
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the State Tax Commission to promulgate any additional rules and regulations and designate forms and procedures for the implementation of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-1
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the true identity of the aircraft, for any person, firm, association or corporation to knowingly possess, buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, dispose of, conceal or to endeavor to possess, buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, dispose of or conceal, any aircraft or part thereof on which the assigned aircraft identification number has been altered, removed, destroyed, covered or defaced, or to maintain such aircraft in any manner which conceals or misrepresents the true identity of the aircraft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-27 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-27
Status: in_force

To enforce the payment of any charges for repairs or improvements to or storage or care of, any personal property made or furnished by the municipality or its agents in connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility owned or operated by the municipality, the municipality shall have liens on such property, which shall be enforceable by the municipality as provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-5
Status: in_force

The purchase of aircraft to be used for the purpose in this chapter shall be in compliance with Sections 31-7-1 through 31-7-21 . The Department of Finance and Administration is hereby exempt from the requirements of Section 27-104-7(2)(f) when procuring aircraft maintenance, parts, equipment and/or services. It shall be the responsibility of the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration to ensure commercially reasonable practices, including competitive pricing and superb industry maintenance standards. The selection process of maintenance facility shall consider: their capability and experience, the scope of work, the cost, and the length of time the aircraft will be out of service. The process undertaken by the Department of Finance and Administration for procurement of the maintenance facility shall be reported to the Public Procurement Review Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-3
Status: in_force

As used in the Municipal Airport Law, unless the text otherwise requires:

(a) “ Airport ” means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights of way, or for other appropriate purposes, including buffer areas and areas for airport compatible development, together with all buildings and facilities located thereon.

(b) “ Airport hazard ” means any structure, object of natural growth, or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft in landing or taking-off at an airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking-off of aircraft.

(c) “ Air navigation facility ” means any facility, other than one owned and operated by the United States, used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, markers, communicating systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking-off, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of such facilities.

(d) “ Joint airport board ” shall mean a joint airport board created pursuant to Section 61-5-35 .

(e) “ Municipal airport board ” shall mean a municipal airport board created pursuant to Section 61-5-25 .

(f) “ Municipality ” means any county, city, village, town, supervisors district or supervisors districts of this state. “ Municipal ” means pertaining to a municipality as herein defined.

(g) “ Person ” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint-stock association, or body politic, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-7
Status: in_force

(1) A person is liable for an act or guilty of an offense committed with the aid of an uncrewed aircraft system if the uncrewed aircraft system is under the person's operation or control and the activity performed with the aid of the uncrewed aircraft system would have given rise to civil or criminal liability under the laws of this state, if it was performed directly by the person without the aid of an uncrewed aircraft system.

(2) An uncrewed aircraft can be the instrumentality by which a tort in violation of privacy rights may be committed under federal or state law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-67 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-67
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 61-3-67 through 61-3-75 , unless otherwise qualified, the term “public agency” includes municipality and authority, each as defined in this chapter, any agency of the state government and of the United States, and any municipality, political subdivision and agency of an adjoining state. The term “governing body” includes the commissioners of an authority, the governing body of a municipality, and the head of an agency of a state or the United States if the public agency is other than an authority or municipality.

All powers, privileges, and authority granted by this chapter may be exercised and enjoyed by an authority jointly with any public agency of this state, and jointly with any public agency of any adjoining state or of the United States to the extent that the laws of such other state or of the United States permit such joint exercise of enjoyment. Any agency of the state government, when acting jointly with any authority, may exercise and enjoy all the powers, privileges, and authority conferred by this chapter upon an authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-3
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the true identity of the aircraft, to fail to have the aircraft identification number clearly displayed on the aircraft and in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-45 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-45
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in the Municipal Airport Law shall be construed to limit any right, power or authority of a municipality to regulate airport hazards by zoning.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-5
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning on July 1, 2024, pursuant to the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 and use of the database developed by the FAA Administrator, the owning entity of all existing or newly constructed covered towers and structures, whether regulated or unregulated nondisclosed within the state, and before the completion of construction of the structure, shall, by electronic communication with the appropriate entities, disclose:

(a) The height of such covered tower or structure;

(b) The precise location of latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates; and

(c) The type of obstruction marking or lighting, if any.

(2)(a) The appropriate entities shall keep the databases for which they are responsible for maintaining, current to the extent practicable, and ensure that any proprietary information in the database is protected from disclosure in accordance with law, which shall be accessible via the entities' website or develop mobile application.

(b) The appropriate entities shall ensure that, by virtue of accessing the database, users agree and acknowledge that information in the database:

(i) May only be used for aviation safety purposes; and

(ii) May not be disclosed for purposes other than aviation safety, regardless of whether or not the information is marked or labeled as proprietary or with a similar designation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-9-9 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-9-9
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be independent of, and in addition to, all existing laws of this state governing the extension or enlargement of municipal corporate boundaries and shall apply to all municipalities, whether any such municipality be operating under the code charter, under the commission form of government, or under a special charter, and regardless of whether a different or special procedure be provided by any such special charter, or by any other laws of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-7 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-7
Status: in_force

(1) In order to prevent the creation or establishment of airport hazards, every political subdivision having an airport hazard within its territorial limits may adopt, administer, and enforce under the police power and in the manner and upon the conditions prescribed in this chapter, airport zoning regulations for such airport hazard area. Such regulations may divide such area into zones, and, within such zones, specify the land uses permitted and regulate and restrict the height to which structures and trees be erected or allowed to grow.

(2) Where an airport is owned or controlled by a political subdivision or by any state institution and any airport hazard area appertaining to such airport is located outside the territorial limits of said political subdivision, within or without the state, the political subdivision owning and controlling the airport or within which the airport owned and controlled by a state institution is located and the political subdivisions within which the airport hazard area is located may, by ordinance or resolution duly adopted, create a joint airport zoning board. Said board shall have the same power to adopt, administer and enforce airport zoning regulations applicable to the airport hazard in question as that vested by subsection (1) in the political subdivisions within which such area is located. Each such joint board shall have as members two representatives appointed by each political subdivision participating in its creation and, in addition, a chairman elected by a majority of the members so appointed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-1
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration of the State of Mississippi, is authorized and empowered to purchase or lease, operate and maintain nonmilitary aircraft for use by the Governor's Office, state departments, agencies, boards and commissions, the Legislature, its officers and employees, all under the general direction of the Department of Finance and Administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-45 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-45
Status: in_force

Bonds may be issued in form payable to bearer with coupons attached for the payment of interest and, if so issued, shall be subject to registration as to principal only or as to both principal and interest. Bonds may also be issued in fully registered form without coupons. Coupon and registered bonds shall be interchangeable only as provided in the resolution authorizing such bonds.

Notes may be issued in registered form or notes may be issued in form payable to bearer, with interest payable to bearer on presentation for endorsement and, if so issued, shall be subject to complete registration. Interest on notes issued in registered form and interest on bearer notes which have been registered shall be payable to the registered holder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-8 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-8
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-8
Status: in_force

A regional airport authority located outside of municipal boundaries and that is within two (2) or more judicial districts may, in its discretion, adopt a resolution declaring which judicial district shall govern the regional airport authority. Upon adoption of the resolution, the regional airport authority shall be governed by all laws, regulations, rules and ordinances applicable to the judicial district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-29 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-29
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality having power to appropriate and raise money, is hereby authorized to appropriate, and to raise by taxation or otherwise, sufficient moneys to carry out the provisions and purposes of the Municipal Airport Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-11 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-11
Status: in_force

(1) Registration fees shall be paid to and collected by the tax collector of the county in which the aircraft is based.

The registration and reregistration of aircraft shall be subject to the following schedule and rates:

(a) Aircraft other than those described in paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be taxed according to the following schedule:

MAXIMUM CERTIFICATED GROSS WEIGHT OF AIRCRAFT IN POUNDS

FEE

Less than 3,600

$ 25.00

3,601 through 10,000

250.00

10,001 and over

2,500.00

(b) Antique aircraft, as defined by the Federal Aviation Administration, sailplanes, balloons and home-built aircraft shall be subject to a flat rate fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00);

(2) All administrative provisions of the Mississippi Sales Tax Law, including those which fix damages, penalties and interest for nonpayment of taxes, failure to file returns, and for other noncompliance with the provisions of said chapter, and all other requirements and duties imposed upon taxpayers, shall apply to all persons liable for taxes under the provisions of this chapter, and the commission shall exercise all the power and authority and perform all the duties with respect to taxpayers under this chapter as are provided in said Sales Tax Law, except that in cases of conflict, then the provisions of this chapter shall control.

(3) Aircraft purchased after January 1 of each year and subject to registration as herein provided shall be registered and taxed on a prorated basis by month. Registration fees shall be in lieu of all aircraft ad valorem taxes except as provided in subsection (4) of this section. All such monies collected shall be distributed as provided in this subsection.

The county tax collector shall determine for each county and for each municipality, if any, having aircraft within its boundaries which are subject to this chapter and the registration fees collected on aircraft in each county and municipality. The amount so determined due each county and municipality shall be divided equally between the county and municipality and the amount due the municipality shall be transmitted monthly to the city clerk of the municipality. The counties and municipalities shall allocate such revenues to funds in the same manner and proportion as revenues from ad valorem taxes within the county and municipality.

(4) The county tax collector shall make reasonable efforts to determine which aircraft in their county have been registered as required by this chapter. The county tax collector shall, on or before June 1 of each year, furnish to the tax assessor of their county a list of aircraft owners which have aircraft that are registered, setting forth the description of the aircraft and the location of the aircraft as to county and municipality. The tax assessor shall, upon receipt of the list, add the aircraft which have not been registered to the personal property roll of the county and of the municipality in which the aircraft may be located and such aircraft shall be taxed as other personal property within the county and municipality except as provided hereinafter. The county tax collector may accept registration fees, as follows:

(a) Fees on a prorated basis by month for aircraft purchased in a bona fide, good faith transaction after January 1 of the registration year; or

(b) Total fees and penalties for aircraft liable for registration on January 1 when the owner of the aircraft was the owner on January 1 of the registration year.

The tax assessor may remove an aircraft from the personal property rolls prior to December 31 of the registration year upon receipt of a notice from the county tax collector that the registration fees and penalties, when required, have been paid in full by the owner of the aircraft. The aircraft may not be removed from the personal property rolls after December 31 of the registration year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-17 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-17
Status: in_force

The cost of planning and acquiring, establishing, developing, constructing, enlarging, improving, or equipping an airport or air navigation facility, or the site therefor, including buildings and other facilities incidental to the operation thereof, and the acquisition or elimination of airport hazards, may be paid for wholly or partly from the proceeds of the sale of bonds or notes of the municipality, as the governing body of the municipality shall determine. For such purposes a municipality may issue general or special obligation bonds, revenue bonds or other forms of bonds or notes, secured or unsecured, including refunding bonds, in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by the laws of this state or the charter of the municipality for the authorization and issuance of bonds or notes thereof for public purposes generally. Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale at not less than par and shall bear interest at a rate or rates as the municipality shall determine, provided that the bonds of any issue shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-101 for general obligation bonds, or Section 75-17-103 for revenue bonds, as the case may be. Any bonds or notes issued by a municipality pursuant to this section which are payable, as to principal and interest, solely from the revenues of an airport or air navigation facility (and such bonds or notes shall so state on their face), shall not constitute a debt of such municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. In any suit, action or proceeding involving the security, or the validity or enforceability, of any bond or note issued by a municipality, which bond or note states on its face that it was issued pursuant to the provision of this section and for a purpose or purposes authorized or accomplished by this section, such bond or note shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued pursuant to this section for such purpose or purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-15 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-15
Status: in_force

All airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall be reasonable and none shall impose any requirements or restriction which is not reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. In determining what regulations it may adopt, each political subdivision and joint airport zoning board shall consider, among other things, the character of the flying operations expected to be conducted at the airport, the nature of the terrain within the airport hazard area, the character of the neighborhood, and the uses to which the property to be zoned is put and adaptable.

No airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall require the removal, lowering or other change or alteration of any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any non-conforming use, except as provided in subsection (3) of Section 61-7-17 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-5
Status: in_force

When a certificate, permit, rating or license is required for an airman by the United States, it shall be kept in his personal possession when he is operating within the state and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any peace officer, or any other officer of the state or of a municipality or member, official or employee of the Mississippi Department of Transportation authorized pursuant to law to enforce the aeronautics laws, or any official, manager or person in charge of any airport upon which the airman shall land, or upon the reasonable request of any other person.

Where a certificate, permit or license is required by the United States for an aircraft, it shall be carried in the aircraft at all times while the aircraft is operating in the state, shall be conspicuously posted in the aircraft where it may be readily seen by passengers or inspectors, and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any peace officer, or any other officer of the state or of a municipality or member, official or employee of the Mississippi Department of Transportation authorized pursuant to law to enforce the aeronautics laws, or any official, manager, or person in charge of any airport upon which the aircraft shall land, or upon the reasonable request of any person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-60 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-60
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-60
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the power to borrow money pursuant to Sections 61-3-27 through 61-3-61, Mississippi Code of 1972 , an airport authority may, in anticipation of the receipt of income, revenues, grants or subsidies from any source, including, but not limited to, the federal government or any federal agency, the state or any state agency, any municipality or taxing authority, or the proceeds of bonds authorized by Sections 61-3-27 through 61-3-61, Mississippi Code of 1972 , borrow money to be payable over a period of time not to exceed ten (10) years, in an amount or amounts not to exceed in the aggregate Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) for the purposes and under the terms and conditions set out in subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this section.

(2) Any loans made under this section shall be first authorized by resolution of the airport authority setting out the need for such loan, the purposes for which the proceeds shall be used, and the source or sources from which it anticipates that the loan shall be retired. The purposes for which such loans are authorized may include any purposes for which bonds may be issued under this chapter and for the maintenance and repair of runways, taxiways, ramps or other facilities necessary for the safe, orderly and convenient handling of aircraft traffic; and for the employment of personnel and purchase of supplies and equipment and payment of expenses which, in the judgment of the authority, shall be necessary or convenient in the safe operation of the airport facilities. The resolution shall also set out the schedule of repayment and may pledge therefor any anticipated funds not previously pledged to the retirement of the loan or loans.

(3) The loans authorized by this section may be made by any bank located in the State of Mississippi or by any trust companies or other lending institutions, investment banking firms or persons in the United States having the authority to enter into such loans. The loans may bear interest at a rate not to exceed thirteen percent (13%) per annum. The loans shall be evidenced by the notes of the airport authority and shall not constitute a debt of the commissioners thereof, and the lender shall have the right of mandamus and any other appropriate writ or legal or equitable remedy for the collection of the notes and the cost of collection.

(4) In order to provide for, and in connection with, such short-term borrowings, an airport authority is authorized to enter into any note, loan, credit agreement or agreements, or other agreement or agreements necessary therefor containing provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this section.

(5) The interest on the notes authorized by this section shall at all times be exempt from all taxation in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-11-3
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause or authorize to be operated any civil aircraft within this state unless such aircraft has an appropriate effective certificate, permit or license issued by the United States, if such certificate, permit or license is required by the United States. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in aeronautics as an airman in the state unless he has an appropriate effective airman certificate, permit, rating or license issued by the United States authorizing him to engage in the particular class of aeronautics in which he is engaged, if such certificate, permit, rating or license is required by the United States.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-1
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the State Tax Commission to promulgate any additional rules and regulations and designate forms and procedures for the implementation of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-23 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-23
Status: in_force

Upon July 1, 1989, all state aircraft activity, except those excluded by Section 61-13-7, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall adhere to the maintenance and pilot proficiency requirements as established by either the Federal Aviation Administration or the Department of Finance and Administration. A policy manual and records of all aircraft operations shall be maintained by the department. All state aircraft shall be on call for emergency use, as determined by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-13 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-13
Status: in_force

Prior to the initial zoning of any airport hazard area under this chapter, the political subdivision or joint airport zoning board which is to adopt the regulations shall appoint a commission, to be known as the airport zoning commission, to recommend the boundaries of the various zones to be established and the regulations to be adopted therefor. Such commission shall make a preliminary report and hold public hearings thereon before submitting its final report, and the legislative body of the political subdivision or the joint airport zoning board shall not hold its public hearings or take other action until it has received the final report of such commission. Where a city plan commission or comprehensive zoning commission already exists, it may be appointed as the airport zoning commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-13 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-13
Status: in_force

Authority is hereby given to the State Tax Commission to promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose of regulating and enforcing this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-1
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the State Tax Commission to promulgate any additional rules and regulations and designate forms and procedures for the implementation of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-71 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-71
Status: in_force

It shall be the public policy of this state to encourage the construction, equipping, maintenance and operation of adequate transportation facilities, including airports, if needed, for use of the state university and the state supported four year colleges now or hereafter located in the state, as necessary in the operation and training program of such university and colleges and desirable for the use of the municipalities and areas in or near which such airports may be located as well as being helpful in the economic, industrial and business development of said counties. It is the intent of Sections 61-5-71 through 61-5-77 to provide means whereby the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, the state building commission and any and all other state agencies which have either constructed such airport facilities, or contemplate so doing, may obtain assistance and contributions of funds from any municipality in or near which any such college may be located and from the county in which any such airport facilities may be located. It is also the intent of said sections to authorize such municipalities and counties to borrow money and issue bonds, under their respective bond laws, to provide funds for the purpose of aiding and assisting in the acquisition of sites for such airports, construction of buildings, construction of runways and extension of runways and in constructing and equipping all facilities needed or desirable for such airports.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-6 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-6
Status: in_force

(1) The Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority is created and established and full power is vested in the authority to manage, control and enforce all necessary and beneficial matters pertaining to the operation of Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport and Hawkins Field Airport. The authority shall have the same powers and duties as a municipal airport authority under this chapter and any other laws pertaining to municipal airport authorities except in respect to the sale or disposal of real property prohibited under subsection (5)(a) of this section.

(2) The Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority shall consist of the following nine (9) commissioners:

(a) The Adjutant General of the Mississippi National Guard, or his designee;

(b) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority, or his designee;

(c) One (1) commissioner appointed by the Mayor of the City of Jackson appointed for an initial term of one (1) year;

(d) One (1) commissioner appointed by the City Council of the City of Jackson appointed for an initial term of two (2) years;

(e) One (1) commissioner appointed by the Board of Supervisors of Madison County appointed for an initial term of three (3) years;

(f) One (1) commissioner appointed by the Board of Supervisors of Rankin County appointed for an initial term of four (4) years;

(g) Two (2) commissioners appointed by the Governor from the City of Jackson appointed for terms of (5) years one of whom shall be the holder of a valid pilot's license or certification issued by the Federal Aviation Administration; and

(h) One (1) commissioner appointed by the Lieutenant Governor from the City of Jackson appointed for a term of five (5) years.

(3) Unless otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, commissioners appointed under paragraphs (c) through (h) of subsection (2) of this section shall be persons with at least ten (10) years' experience as a certified public accountant or charter financial analyst, business owners with at least ten (10) years' experience in executive management, persons with at least ten (10) years' experience in the aviation industry, persons with at least ten (10) years' experience in economic development, attorneys with at least ten (10) years' experience in commercial law, construction law or aviation law, persons who have been holders of a pilot's license or certification issued by the Federal Aviation Administration for at least ten (10) years, persons with at least ten (10) years' experience in dealing with public financing transactions, or persons holding certificates of registration as a professional engineer with at least ten (10) years' experience in the practice of engineering.

(4) After the initial terms, commissioners shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment for terms of five (5) years or until their successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies occurring other than the expiration of a term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.

(5)(a) Upon review and approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority as an eligible airport sponsor and the FAA's review and approval of the issuance of an airport operating certificate under 14 CFR part 139 with respect to the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport, the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority is abolished, and all powers and duties, airport equipment, buildings, facilities, inventories, records, personnel, resources and all other property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, including any pertaining to or generated from revenues of the airport, are transferred to the Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority. The Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority may not, by sale or otherwise, dispose of any real property acquired by transfer in accordance with this paragraph (a) or subsequently acquired by the authority.

(b) Upon the transfer required by paragraph (a) of this subsection, the Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority shall assume all obligations of the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority pertaining to the airport that are in effect at the time of the transfer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-19-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-19-1
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, the term anemometer means an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind. For purposes of this section, the term anemometer tower means a structure, including all guy wires and accessory facilities, on which an anemometer is mounted for the purposes of documenting whether a site has wind resources sufficient for the operation of a wind turbine generator.

(2) Any anemometer tower that is fifty (50) feet in height above the ground or higher, that is located outside the exterior boundaries of any municipality, and whose appearance is not otherwise mandated by state or federal law shall be marked, painted, flagged, or otherwise constructed to be recognizable in clear air during daylight hours. Any anemometer tower that was erected before July 1, 2011, shall be marked as required in this section within one (1) year after July 1, 2011. Any anemometer tower that is erected on or after July 1, 2011, shall be marked as required in this section at the time it is erected. Marking required under this section includes marking the anemometer tower, guy wires, and accessory facilities as follows:

(a) The top one-third ( 1 / 3 ) of the anemometer tower shall be painted in equal, alternating bands of aviation orange and white, beginning with orange at the top of the tower and ending with orange at the bottom of the marked portion of the tower;

(b) Two (2) marker balls shall be attached to and evenly spaced on each of the outside guy wires;

(c) The area surrounding each point where a guy wire is anchored to the ground shall have a contrasting appearance with any surrounding vegetation. If the adjacent land is grazed, the area surrounding the anchor point shall be fenced. For purposes of this section, the term, area surrounding the anchor point, means an area not less than sixty-four (64) square feet whose outer boundary is at least four (4) feet from the anchor point; and

(d) One or more seven-foot safety sleeves shall be placed at each anchor point and shall extend from the anchor point along each guy wire attached to the anchor point.

A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-5
Status: in_force

(1) An individual, in compliance with federal law, may operate an uncrewed aircraft system for recreational purposes within this state.

(2) An individual or business entity, doing business lawfully within this state and in compliance with federal law, may operate or use an uncrewed aircraft system for commercial purposes within this state.

(3) An owner of an uncrewed aircraft or uncrewed aircraft system shall not be required to register such aircraft or system beyond what may be required by federal law and regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-23-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this section, unless context clearly requires otherwise.

(a) “ Agricultural purposes ” means farming in all its branches and the cultivation and tillage of the soil, the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodities performed by a farmer or on a farm, or on pasture land or rangeland.

(b) “ Appropriate entities ” means the Federal Aviation Administration and the Mississippi Agricultural Aviation Association.

(c)(i) “ Covered tower ” means a structure that:

1. Is a meteorological evaluation tower (MET), a self-standing tower, real-time kinematic tower or tower supported by guy wires and ground anchors;

2. Is ten (10) feet or less in diameter at the above-ground base, excluding the concrete footing;

3. At the highest point of the structure, is at least fifty (50) feet above ground level;

4. At the highest point of the structure, is not more than two hundred (200) feet above ground level;

5. Has accessory facilities on which an antenna, sensor, camera, meteorological instrument or other equipment is mounted to document whether a site has sufficient wind resources to operate a wind turbine generator; and

6. Is located on land that is in a rural area and used for agricultural purposes or, immediately adjacent to such land;

(ii) “Covered tower” does not include any structure that:

1. Is a street light erected or maintained by a federal, state, local, or tribal entity;

2. Is an advertising billboard;

3. Is registered with the Federal Communications Commission under the Antenna Structure Registration program set forth under Part 17 of Title 47, Code of Federal Regulations , and is determined by the FAA Administrator to pose no hazard to air navigation; or

4. Has already mitigated any hazard to aviation safety in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration guidance or as otherwise approved by the Administrator.

(d) “ Real-time kinematic (RTK) position tower ” means a tower used to supplement the global positioning system (GPS) to provide highly accurate positioning and navigation data technology in a wide range of applications, from surveying and mapping to agriculture and construction.

(e) “ Rural area ” means a city, town or unincorporated area that has a population of not more than ten thousand (10,000) inhabitants, as defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 7 USCS Section 918c(a)(5) ).

(f) “ Structure ” means, but is not limited to, meteorological evaluation towers, real-time kinematic positioning towers, an currently unregulated nondisclosed structures greater than fifty (50) feet and less than two hundred (200) feet in height which endanger aviation operators unaware of said structure.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-91 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-91
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-91
Status: in_force

Any municipality having a population, according to the last federal census, in excess of ten thousand inhabitants is authorized to lease any part or all of its airport grounds and improvements to one or more private concerns for not longer than twenty-five years by awarding such contract competitively after due notice of such public letting as public contracts are made. The city may lease a part of the land included in its airport either with or without the improvements thereon, and may require the lessee to erect improvements on such land and maintain the same at its expense or the city may in the discretion of its governing authorities make such contract thereasto as may appear most advantageous and profitable to it. Any such lease contract shall be made only for the purpose of the expansion and development of such airport and its use in furtherance of the promotion of private and commercial aviation therein. The city is authorized to construct and maintain suitable airstrips and landing and take-off areas at its expense in connection with such lease thereof, and it may lease all or any part of its airport buildings and hangars to federal agencies (such as weather bureau and C.A.A.) and private and commercial airlines using such airport as a depot, but the rental thereon shall never be less than the current charges for the upkeep and maintenance thereof and the period of such contract shall not exceed twenty-five years. It is the intent and purpose of this section to vest in such municipalities within the stated class full and plenary power and authority to develop and expand its airport facilities by allowing private concerns to erect improvements thereon at their expense for repairing and servicing private and commercial airplanes and for the sale and servicing of airplanes thereat so as to assure and encourage such continued use of said property and the development thereto at the least possible expense to the public.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-25 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-25
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration shall have the following powers, duties and functions with regard to state aircraft operations:

(a) To administer, maintain and schedule a comprehensive program of management of state aviation activities;

(b) To maintain a record of all flights made by state aircraft;

(c) To initiate and maintain a pilot proficiency training program;

(d) To establish priorities concerning the use of state aircraft;

(e) To prepare and maintain a policy/procedure manual in order to standardize all state aviation activities;

(f) To reassign state aircraft, when needed, that are under the control of the department. The agency to which the aircraft is assigned shall pay the operating cost.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Airport Zoning Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-37 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-5-37
Status: in_force

Public agencies acting jointly pursuant to Section 61-5-33 shall create a joint board which shall consist of members appointed by the governing body of each participating public agency. The number to be appointed, their term and compensation, if any, shall be provided for in the joint agreement. Each such joint board shall organize, select officers for terms to be fixed by the agreement, and adopt and amend from time to time rules for its own procedure. The joint board shall have power to plan, acquire, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, lease, regulate, protect and police any airport or air navigation facility or airport hazard, or other airport property, real or personal, to be jointly acquired, controlled and operated and to lease any property, real or personal, inside or outside the boundaries of an airport or airport site as it may deem necessary to carry out its duties. Such board may exercise, on behalf of its constituent public agencies, all the powers of each with respect to such airport, air navigation facility or airport hazard, subject to the limitations of Section 61-5-39 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-43 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-43
Status: in_force

All bonds and notes shall be executed in the name of the authority by the manual or facsimile signatures of such officials, including a financial officer, as may be designated by resolution and shall be under the seal (or a facsimile thereof) of the authority. At least one signature on each such bond or note shall be a manual signature. Coupons attached to a bond may be executed by the facsimile signature of the financial officer signing the bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-1-15 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-1-15
Status: in_force

(1) Power to issue. The commission may perform such acts, issue and amend such orders, make, promulgate, and amend such reasonable general or special rules, regulations and procedures, and establish such minimum standards consistent with the provisions of this chapter, as it shall deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and to perform its duties hereunder, all commensurate with and for the purpose of protecting and insuring the general public interest and safety, the safety of persons operating, using or traveling in aircraft or persons receiving instruction in flying or ground subjects pertaining to aeronautics, and the safety of persons and property on land or water, and developing and promoting aeronautics in this state. No rule or regulation of the commission shall apply to airports or air navigation facilities owned or operated by the United States.

(2) Conformity to federal legislation and rules. No rules, regulations, orders or standards prescribed by the commission shall be inconsistent with, or contrary to, any act of the congress of the United States or any regulations promulgated or standards established pursuant thereto.

(3) Filing. The commission shall keep on file with the secretary of state, and at the principal office of the commission, a copy of all its rules and regulations for public inspection.

(4) Distribution. The commission shall provide for the publication and general distribution of all its orders, rules, regulations and procedures having general effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-15-3
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other definition thereof in any other statute, the term “aircraft” as used herein shall, for license and registration purposes, include any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air or airspace, manufactured by mass production or individually constructed or assembled, which are subject to registration with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-9-5 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-9-5
Status: in_force

If any municipality shall, pursuant to the authority of this chapter, incorporate into its corporate boundaries property situated in a county other than the county in which the principal office of the municipality is located, it shall not thereafter extend its boundaries into such other county, without, in addition to complying with all existing laws of this state governing or relating to the extension of corporate boundaries of municipalities, first obtaining the consent and approval of the board of supervisors of such county into which it desires to extend its corporate boundaries.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-3
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the true identity of the aircraft, to fail to have the aircraft identification number clearly displayed on the aircraft and in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-17 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-7-17
Status: in_force

(1) Any airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter may require that a permit be obtained before any new structure or use may be constructed or established and before any existing use or structure may be substantially changed or substantially altered or repaired. In any event, however, all such regulations shall provide that before any non-conforming structure or tree may be replaced, substantially altered or repaired, rebuilt, allowed to grow higher, or replanted, a permit must be secured from the administrative agency authorized to administer and enforce the regulations, authorizing such replacement, change or repair. No permit shall be granted that would allow the establishment or creation of an airport hazard or permit a non-conforming structure or tree or non-conforming use to be made or become higher or become a greater hazard to air navigation than it was when the applicable regulation was adopted or than it is when the application for a permit is made. Except as provided herein, all applications for permits shall be granted.

(2) Any person desiring to erect any structure, or increase the height of any structure, or permit the growth of any tree, or otherwise use his property in violation of airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter, may apply to the board of adjustment for a variance from the zoning regulations in question. Such variances shall be allowed where a literal application or enforcement of the regulations would result in practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship and the relief granted would not be contrary to the public interest but do substantial justice and be in accordance with the spirit of the regulations and this chapter. Any variance may be allowed subject to any reasonable conditions that the board of adjustment may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

(3) In granting any permit or variance under this section, the administrative agency or board of adjustment may, if it deems such action advisable to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and reasonable in the circumstances, so condition such permit or variance as to require the owner of the structure or tree in question to permit the political subdivision, at its own expense, to install, operate and maintain thereon such markers and lights as may be necessary to indicate to flyers the presence of an airport hazard.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-1 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-17-1
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the true identity of the aircraft, for any person, firm, association or corporation to knowingly possess, buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, dispose of, conceal or to endeavor to possess, buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, dispose of or conceal, any aircraft or part thereof on which the assigned aircraft identification number has been altered, removed, destroyed, covered or defaced, or to maintain such aircraft in any manner which conceals or misrepresents the true identity of the aircraft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-19 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-13-19
Status: in_force

Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable upon conviction by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-3 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-21-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Airspace ” means the space above the land and waters of this state.

(b) “ Uncrewed aircraft ” means an aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.

(c) “ Uncrewed aircraft system ” means an uncrewed aircraft and associated elements, including communication links and the components that control the uncrewed aircraft, that are required for the pilot in command to operate safely and efficiently in the national airspace system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-37 — MS Code / Title 61 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 61-3-37
Status: in_force

All proposals or bids shall be submitted to the authority in a sealed envelope and subsequently opened publicly at the time and place stated in the notice of sale, and each bid shall be publicly announced at the time of opening of bids. A determination with respect to acceptance of a bid shall be made promptly after receipt of bids and, if a bid is accepted, a prompt award of the bonds or notes shall be made in writing to the successful bidder.

Bonds and notes shall be awarded to the bidder whose bid specifies the lowest maximum interest cost.

Any premium must be paid in bank funds as a part of the purchase price. Bids shall not contemplate the cancellation of any interest coupon or the waiver of interest or other concession by the bidder as a substitute for bank funds.