Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-35 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-35
Status: in_force

The board, acting jointly with the state port authority, is authorized to set aside, or lease all or portions of any lands, roads, docks, sheds, warehouses, elevators, compresses, floating dry docks, graving docks, marine railways, tugboats, or any other necessary or useful improvements constructed or acquired by it to individuals, firms, or corporations, public or private, for port, harbor, commercial or industrial purposes for a period not to exceed ninety-nine years, or to execute a conveyance of sale, except as otherwise limited by law, on such terms and conditions and with such safeguards as would best promote and protect the public interest. Any industrial lease of lands may be executed upon such terms and conditions and for such monetary rental or other consideration as may be found adequate and approved by the board in orders or resolutions authorizing the same. Any covenants and agreements of the lessee to make expenditures in determined amounts, and within such time or times, for improvements to be erected upon the land, by such lessee and to conduct thereon industrial and/or other operations in such aggregate payroll amounts and for such period of time as may be determined and defined in such lease, and to give preference in employment where practical to residents of the State of Mississippi, and to qualified residents of the city and of the county in which such port or harbor is located, shall if included in such lease constitute and be deemed sufficient consideration for the execution of any such lease in the absence of monetary rental or other considerations; and such instrument may contain reasonable provisions giving the lessee the right to remove its or his improvements upon the termination of the lease. All leases theretofore made by any port commission, port authority, or other public agency authorized by law to execute leases for port, harbor, commercial or industrial improvements, which leases are now in effect or which may be hereafter executed by any such public agency or by the board, and all structures and all improvements and other permanent facilities erected, installed or located by such lessees or their successors or assignees within the limits of any port, harbor or part thereof, may be free and exempt from all state, county, and municipal ad valorem taxes if so stipulated in such lease, and for such period as may be fixed in such lease.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-59 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-59
Status: in_force

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

All taxes collected for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds issued hereunder, shall be credited to a special fund in the county and municipal treasuries of such county and municipality and to be known and designated as the “port bonds interest and sinking fund,” and all sums credited to said fund shall be used to pay such bonds as they mature and the interest thereon as it accrues and for no other purpose. It shall be the mandatory duty of such board of supervisors and governing authorities of the municipality to transfer funds from said port funds to the port bonds interest and sinking fund in amounts sufficient to pay maturing principal and accruing interest on bonds issued hereunder. To the extent that funds are thus made available for the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, the special tax levy herein provided for may be correspondingly reduced.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-57 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-57
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39 , the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall represent the State Bond Commission in issuing, selling and validating bonds herein provided for, and the board is hereby authorized and empowered to expend any sum not exceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) from the proceeds derived from the sale of any one (1) series of bonds authorized hereunder to pay for the cost of the approving attorney's fees, validating, printing and cost of delivery of bonds authorized under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-9 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-9
Status: in_force

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

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

The board of supervisors of any county after having constructed improvements under this chapter is hereby authorized and empowered to operate and maintain such harbor facilities and to make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for such operation and maintenance, and such board may also fix and collect charges for the use of such facilities and may, in its resolution or order directing the issuance of bonds under this chapter, irrevocably pledge to the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds the net income and revenue resulting from the operation of such facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-425 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 7-425
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-425
Status: in_force

Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article and any interest thereon or income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation, except gift, transfer and inheritance taxes, in so far as may be within the power of the State of Mississippi so to provide.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-81 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 9-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-81
Status: in_force

The bonds or other obligations issued by counties or municipalities pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of debt which may be incurred by any such county or by any such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-121 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-121
Status: in_force

Any person or organization sponsoring a regatta, motorboat or other boat race, marine parade, tournament or exhibition shall be responsible for providing adequate protection from marine traffic interference and hazards. The commission may adopt and may from time to time amend regulations governing the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-315 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-315
Status: in_force

Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this article by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, is hereby given authority to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust, in such form, with such validity and with such remedies as at present authorized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, on any or all properties, improvements and facilities, the acquisition, construction, maintenance and/or operation of which are provided for by this article. Such resolution or resolutions of said municipality shall prescribe the provisions, covenants and conditions of any such mortgage or deed of trust. Such provisions, covenants and conditions, if not self-executing, may be enforced by appropriate proceedings, either in law or in equity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-31 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-31
Status: in_force

The board or the State Inland Port Authority, in the performance of its duties, may employ such personnel and make all contracts and purchases incidental to or necessary for the advancement, promotion, development, establishment, insurance, maintenance, repair, improvement and operation of any ports, harbors, rivers, channels and waterways, including, if required for its protection, retirement benefits, workers' compensation insurance and other employee benefits for the benefit of any employees of the board or State Inland Port Authority. The board or State Inland Port Authority shall make such contracts or purchases in accordance with state purchasing laws. Contracts let for any port, harbor, river, channel or waterway improvements shall be advertised as required by law for the letting of public contracts, and such contracts shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder, who shall make such bond as shall be required by the board or State Inland Port Authority, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the work according to such contract, such bond to be furnished by a corporate surety company qualified to do business in this state. However, the board may negotiate and enter into contracts with responsible lessees for the construction of facilities by lessees, such as those referred to in Section 59-17-13, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and the acquisition thereof by the board upon such terms and conditions and for such amounts as may be approved by the board. Where the rentals provided in the lease will be sufficient to fully repay the cost of the particular facility or where the monetary consideration for a deed is sufficient to fully repay the cost of land acquired for industrial operations described in the deed, contracts for construction, repairs, maintenance and operation of the facility or for the sale of the land may be negotiated and consummated without the necessity of advertising and obtaining competitive bids therefor.

The authority is granted the power to sue and be sued in its own name.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-49 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-49
Status: in_force

All net revenues, rents, and earnings from the operation or maintenance of any state-owned inland port or harbor, or any part thereof, shall be set aside by the board exclusively for the payment of any bonds issued by the state for such port or harbor, or any part thereof, and shall not be commingled with the funds of any other port or harbor, or any part thereof, but shall be expended by the board exclusively for the payment of such bonds as provided in Section 59-17-51 , and, if no such bonds be outstanding, then by the state inland port authority for the improvement, operation, advancement, development, maintenance and advertising of the port to which such funds have accrued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-33 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-33
Status: in_force

Any lease, sale, contract, or other disposition of any or all lands referred to in Section 59-9-29 may be made upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as may be found to be adequate by the county port authority, and approved by the board of supervisors in orders or resolutions authorizing same, and the covenants and obligations of the lessee or grantee to make expenditures in determined amounts, and within such time or times, for improvements to be erected on the land by such lessee or grantee, and to conduct thereon industrial operations in such aggregate payroll amounts and for such period of time or times as may be determined and defined in such lease, deed, contract or other disposition, shall constitute and be deemed sufficient consideration for the execution of any such lease, deed, contract or other disposition. Any such lease granted for industrial or harbor operations under paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 59-9-19 may contain an option to buy at any time and/or upon termination thereof, and shall, however, contain reasonable provisions for the termination of the lease or reversion of possession of the land and all improvements made by lessee or grantee to the facility, including personal property, unless previously agreed to, in the event of default on the part of the lessee or grantee of his or its obligation or covenants under such agreement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-23 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-23
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers and authority elsewhere conferred in this chapter, the board of supervisors of any county in which there has been created a county port authority or county development commission, acting through its county port authority or county development commission, may establish industrial parks with defined boundaries to develop and utilize lands for industrial operations and in such development may provide for water, sewage, drainage or similar facilities, or transportation, power or communication facilities which are incidental to the use of the lands as industrial parks. The creation of all such parks purported to be so established prior to May 2, 1976, as would comply with the provisions of this section is hereby ratified and declared valid. Transportation facilities herein authorized may include railroad lines and bridges extending not more than twenty (20) miles from such industrial parks, locomotives and other equipment to be used only in said county, but if any part of any such facility shall be in another county, only with consent of such county expressed by resolution of its board of supervisors and its county port authority or county development commission. Transportation facilities owned by a county hereunder may be operated by said county or others on behalf of such county or may be leased to others by said county; the Public Service Commission shall have no jurisdiction over such transportation facilities or the financing thereof, nor, so long as said county regulates such rates, the rates charged for the use of such transportation facilities. Revenue bonds, but not general obligation bonds, may be issued to pay the cost of such transportation, power or communication facilities, under Section 59-9-41 , or under any other law now or hereafter available, and any such facilities may be sold or leased as hereinafter provided. In connection with an industrial park any such county, through its county port authority or county development commission, may establish a comprehensive plan, may make rules and regulations to assure compliance with such plan, and may set and collect rates and charges for services furnished by such industrial park.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-43 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-43
Status: in_force

The state bond commission shall sell such state bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least one time not less than ten days prior to the date of sale and shall be so published in one or more newspapers published in Jackson, Mississippi, and having general circulation within the State of Mississippi, and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals as may be directed by the state bond commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-121 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-121
Status: in_force

Any person or organization sponsoring a regatta, motorboat or other boat race, marine parade, tournament or exhibition shall be responsible for providing adequate protection from marine traffic interference and hazards. The commission may adopt and may from time to time amend regulations governing the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-53 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-53
Status: in_force

The board is authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds by the state bond commission for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter and then outstanding, together with interest thereon to the date of such refunding bonds, and redemption premium thereon, if any. The issuance of such refunding bonds, the maturity, and all other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof and the duties of the board and state inland port authority in respect thereto shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter, insofar as the same may be applicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-3
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to aid the industrial development and economy of the state through the acquisition, promotion, development, improvement and expansion of inland ports and attendant industrial sites.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-17 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-17
Status: in_force

Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter and any interest thereon or income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation, except gift, transfer or inheritance taxes, in so far as may be within the power of the State of Mississippi so to provide.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-423 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-423
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-423
Status: in_force

The bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality of the State of Mississippi pursuant to this article shall not constitute a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of debt which may be incurred by any such municipality, nor shall such bonds or other obligations be payable out of any funds other than the revenue collected or collectible from the use of said docks, harbors and facilities of whatsoever nature, and out of the receipts the said one mill ad valorem tax, in accordance with the provisions of Section 59-7-403 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-21 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-21
Status: in_force

In the event no three (3) counties shall contract on the basis provided for in Section 59-17-19 , then any master water management district may be considered an authorized agency and may enter into a contract with the board whereby they must agree to underwrite any deficits incurred from the operation of the port and/or obligations incurred by the board for the port authority. The board will contract with a master water management district only after they have been convinced that adequate security has been furnished the board to protect the state's investment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-453 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-453
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-453
Status: in_force

Such county port commission shall consist of seven (7) members to be appointed by the board of supervisors, one (1) of whom shall represent each of the supervisors districts of the county and shall be a resident of such supervisor's district, and two (2) members shall be appointed from the county at large and be residents of the county. The two (2) at-large members shall be designated as post 1 and post 2. The initial terms of office of the members representing the supervisors districts shall expire as follows: District 1, July 1, 1974; District 2, July 1, 1975; District 3, July 1, 1976; District 4, July 1, 1977; District 5, July 1, 1978. The at-large members' terms shall expire as follows: post 1 shall expire July 1, 1979, and post 2 shall expire July 1, 1981. All succeeding terms shall be for terms of five (5) years. Any vacancy occurring therein shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the board of supervisors. Where such port commission has been established or may be established as herein provided, the said port commission shall undertake and perform the duties assigned to it by the board of supervisors, and said commission shall manage and control all port facilities which may be authorized and constructed by virtue of the terms and provisions of Sections 59-7-101 through 59-7-131 , 59-7-201 through 59-7-213 , and 59-7-501 through 59-7-519 , and all appurtenant and physical properties connected therewith, both real and personal, and shall provide for the regular inspection, repair, maintenance and improvement of said port facilities as provided therein.

In addition to the authority granted herein, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the commission may, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, purchase any existing railroad or railroad facilities, within or without such county, which it deems necessary for the development of its port facilities.

In addition to any other authority to borrow funds for the purposes of this chapter, the board of supervisors may borrow funds from any agency of the United States government on such terms as the board determines to be in the best interest of the county.

Any railroad or railroad facilities purchased under the provisions of this section may be operated by the county or others on behalf of the county, or may be leased to others by the county. The commission may establish, charge and collect any tariffs, rates or other charges in connection therewith as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-23 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-23
Status: in_force

Any city, county, or city and county acting jointly, or authorized port or harbor agency may enter into contracts, leases or agreements with the board upon such terms or conditions and for such purposes relating to the improvement, operation, development, and expansion of any port, harbor, or inland waterway, or any part thereof as they deem advisable and may agree upon, and, without limiting the generalities of the foregoing, authority is hereby granted to any city, county, or city and county acting jointly, or authorized port or harbor agency to prepare and submit to the board in the manner set out in Section 59-5-15 , a plan for the improvement, operation, development or expansion of such port, harbor, waterway or any part thereof. The board shall cause an independent determination and appraisal to be made of such plan, and if the board shall find and determine that such plan is practical and feasible and is in the public interest, and that the revenues to be derived therefrom will, over a period of time, be sufficient to service and retire any bonds issued to complete such planned development, then the board, in its discretion, may negotiate with such city and county or other authorized port or harbor agency on the terms of a contract or agreement for the issuance of bonds necessary to complete such planned development. The board may modify the proposed plan for the improvement, operation, development, or expansion of such port, harbor, or waterway, or any part thereof, and may impose such terms and conditions as, in its discretion, it may require to protect the interest of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-517 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-517
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-517
Status: in_force

Any county issuing revenue bonds under the provisions of this article is hereby authorized by contract or otherwise to provide for the operation and maintenance of facilities provided through the special project for which such bonds are issued and to establish the rates, fees and charges to be paid by users of such port and/or harbor facilities and shall provide for a revision of such rates, fees and charges from time to time as may be necessary to assure the sufficiency of funds to meet the covenants and pledges made in the resolution pursuant to which such bonds were issued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-43 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-43
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code and in exercising the powers granted by this chapter, the board and/or state bond commission shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code. Such bonds and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-9 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-9
Status: in_force

There is hereby vested in the board the duty to implement such declared public policy as herein provided. Wide latitude and discretion shall be vested in the board in the exercise of its powers and duties, and the enumeration of specific rights, powers, and duties of said board, when followed by general powers, shall not be construed in the restrictive sense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-111 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-111
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Commission on Marine Resources shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the Mississippi Boat and Water Safety Commission through the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources on the marine waters of the state. The Commission on Marine Resources shall not exercise any powers related to numbering of undocumented vessels. Those powers are vested exclusively in the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-315 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-315
Status: in_force

Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this article by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, is hereby given authority to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust, in such form, with such validity and with such remedies as at present authorized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, on any or all properties, improvements and facilities, the acquisition, construction, maintenance and/or operation of which are provided for by this article. Such resolution or resolutions of said municipality shall prescribe the provisions, covenants and conditions of any such mortgage or deed of trust. Such provisions, covenants and conditions, if not self-executing, may be enforced by appropriate proceedings, either in law or in equity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-41 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-41
Status: in_force

The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be payable from the special fund provided therefor as hereinafter set out and shall be the general obligations of the State of Mississippi and backed by the full faith and credit of the state, and, if the funds supplied by the board to the State Treasurer from the sources prescribed by this chapter be insufficient to fully pay at maturity any installment of interest on said bonds or to pay at maturity the principal of said bonds, then the deficiency shall be paid by the State Treasurer from any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and all such bonds shall contain recitals on their face substantially covering the foregoing provisions of this section. The amount of bonds issued for the acquisition and planned development of any state inland ports, harbors or waterways shall not exceed the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00). The purpose of this One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollar ($1,500,000.00) bond issue is to purchase industrial sites and railroad right-of-way nearby the inland port.

From and after July 1, 1980, and contingent upon the tax levy authorized in Section 59-17-19 , an additional amount of bonds not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The proceeds of such bonds may be used for any activities associated with carrying out the powers described in Section 59-17-13 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-301 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-301
Status: in_force

This article, as to the subject matters hereof, shall supersede all other laws, general, special or local, including charters of municipalities. Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this article shall have no power thereafter to issue bonds or other obligations pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, unless and until all bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article, and interest thereon, have been fully paid and discharged.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-9 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-9
Status: in_force

The number awarded shall be painted on or attached to each side of the bow of the vessel for which it was issued. The numbers shall be placed on each side of the forward half of the vessel in such position as to provide clear legibility for identification. The numbers shall read from left to right and shall be in block characters of good proportion not less than three inches in height. The numbers shall be of a color which will contrast with the color of the background and so maintained as to be clearly visible and legible, i.e., dark numbers on a light background, or light numbers on a dark background. No other number shall be carried on the bow of such vessel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-13 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-13
Status: in_force

The members of the committee shall receive the same pay as jurors in the circuit court; and the sheriff shall receive such further sum, in addition to his fees, as the board of supervisors may allow; all costs to be paid by the petitioners for the condemnation of the lot.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-51 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 9-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-51
Status: in_force

A county-wide election shall be held to determine whether such bonds, as are provided for in Sections 59-9-37 and 59-9-41 , may be issued. Upon the calling of an election, notice of such election shall be signed by the clerk of the board of supervisors and shall be published once a week for at least three consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper published in such county. The first publication of such notice shall be made not less than twenty-one days prior to the date fixed for such election, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven days prior to such date. If no newspaper is published in such county, then such notice shall be given by publishing the same for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in such county and, in addition, by posting a copy of such notice for at least twenty-one days next preceding such election in three public places in such county. Such election shall be held, as far as is practicable, in the same manner as other elections are held in counties. At such election, all qualified electors of such county may vote, and the ballots used at such election shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purpose of the proposed bond issue and the words “FOR THE BOND ISSUE” and “AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE,” and the voter shall vote by placing a cross (x) or check (✓) opposite his choice on the proposition. When the results of the election on the question of the issuance of such bonds shall have been canvassed by the election commissioners of such county and certified by them to the board of supervisors of such county, it shall be the duty of such board of supervisors to determine and adjudicate whether or not a majority of the qualified electors who voted thereon in such election shall have voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, and unless a majority of the qualified electors who voted thereon in such election shall have voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then such bonds shall not be issued. Should a majority of the qualified electors who vote thereon in such election vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then the board of supervisors of the county may issue such bonds, either in whole or in part, within two years from the date of such election, or within two years after the final favorable termination of any litigation affecting the issuance of such bonds, as such board shall deem best. However, the board of supervisors, in its discretion may, in lieu of the foregoing provisions, adopt a resolution reciting its intention to issue bonds for the purposes authorized by this chapter, stating the amount of bonds proposed to be issued and the date upon which further action will be taken by the board looking toward the issuance of such bonds. Such resolution shall be published once a week for at least three successive weeks in a newspaper published and of general circulation within such county. The first of such publications shall be made at least twenty-one days prior to the date set forth in said resolution as the date upon which further action will be taken by the board, and the last of such publications shall be made not more than seven days prior to such date. If, prior to the date set forth as aforesaid, there shall be filed with the clerk of such board a petition in writing signed by twenty per cent (20%) of the qualified electors of such county, requesting an election on the question of the issuance of such bonds, then such bonds shall not be issued unless authorized by a majority of the qualified electors of such county who vote thereon at an election to be ordered by such board for that purpose. Notice of such election shall be given and such election shall be held and conducted in like manner as provided by law with respect to the submission of other county bond issues in such county. If the proposition so submitted shall fail to receive approval at such election, then no further proceedings for the issuance of such bonds shall be had or taken within a period of six months from and after the date of such election. If, however, no such petition shall be so filed, or if at such election, or subsequent election, such proposition be assented to by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon, then such board of supervisors shall be authorized to proceed with the issuance of such bonds without further election.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-1
Status: reserved

The following words, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings:

(a) “ Certificate of origin ” means the document provided by the manufacturer of a new vessel, or its distributor, which is the only valid indication of ownership between the manufacturer, its distributor, its franchised new vessel dealers and the original purchaser.

(b) “ Dealer ” means any person engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling or offering for sale, buying or taking in trade for the purpose of resale, or exchanging, displaying, demonstrating or offering for sale vessels or motors, and who receive or expect to receive money, profit or any other thing of value.

(c) “ Department ” means the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

(d) “ Documented vessel ” means a vessel documented under 46 U.S.C., Chapter 121.

(e) “ Lienholder ” means a person holding a security interest.

(f) “ Manufacturer ” means any person engaged in the manufacture, construction or assembly of vessels, or their importation into the United States, for the purpose of sale or trade.

(g) “ Motor ” means any type of outboard device providing motorized propulsion for vessels operated by any type fuel.

(h) “ Operate ” means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel.

(i) “ Owner ” means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vessel or motor. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a vessel or motor subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment of performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.

(j) “ Person ” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint-stock association or governmental entity and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee or similar representative of any of them.

(k) “ Security interest ” means an interest which is reserved or created by an agreement which secures payment or performance of an obligation and is valid against third parties generally.

(l) “ State of principal operation ” means the state on whose waters a vessel is used or to be used most during a calendar year.

(m) “ Titling authority ” means a state whose vessel titling system has been certified by the Coast Guard as complying with the guidelines for state vessel titling systems listed in 33 CFR, Part 187 .

(n) “ Use ” means to operate, navigate or employ a vessel. A vessel is in use whenever it is upon the water.

(o) “ Vessel ” means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, that is required to be numbered in accordance with the Mississippi Boating Law, Chapter 21 of Title 59, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-89 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-89
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-89
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person, other than a law enforcement officer on duty, to use or display oscillating or rotating blue lights on a vessel operating on the public waters of this state. Upon the approach of an authorized law enforcement vessel operating a strobe, rotating or oscillating blue light or giving audible signal by siren or both, the operator of a vessel shall yield the right-of-way and shall stop and remain in position until the authorized law enforcement vessel has passed, except when otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer.

(2) A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-417 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-417
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-417
Status: in_force

The power to issue bonds or other obligations authorized by Section 59-7-415 shall be vested in, and may be exercised from time to time by the governing body of any such municipality described in said section. Such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized by resolution of the governing body of any such municipality and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding twenty (20) years from their respective dates, be in such denomination, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such a manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of prior redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution or resolutions may provide. Such bonds shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103 . No bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid; all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity; all interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year.

No interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted. The lowest interest rate specified for any bonds issued shall not be less than seventy percent (70%) of the highest interest rate specified for the same bond issue. The interest rate of any one (1) interest coupon shall not exceed the maximum interest rate on such bonds.

Each interest rate specified in any bid must be in multiples of one-eighth of one percent ( 1 / 8 of 1%) or in multiples of one-tenth of one percent ( 1 / 10 of 1%). Such bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the mayor and clerk of such municipality, with the seal of the municipality affixed thereto. At least one (1) signature on each bond shall be a manual signature, as specified in the resolution. The coupons may bear only the facsimile signatures of such mayor and clerk. Such bonds or other obligations may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the governing body of such municipality shall determine, but in no case to exceed the rate of interest hereinbefore provided. No bonds shall be issued and sold under the provisions of this article for less than par and accrued interest.

Such bonds or other obligations may be issued by any municipality described in Section 59-7-415 in a principal amount not exceeding Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,500,000.00) outstanding at any one (1) time for any purpose or purposes authorized by Section 59-7-405 . Such municipality shall have power, out of any funds available, to purchase any bonds or other obligations issued by it pursuant to this article, and all bonds or other obligations so purchased shall be cancelled, and no bonds or other obligations shall be issued in lieu thereof. In anticipation of the issuance of the definitive bonds authorized by this article, any such municipality may issue interim certificates. Such interim certificates shall be in such form, contain such terms, conditions or provisions, bear such date or dates, and evidence such agreement or agreements, relating to their discharge by payment or by the delivery of the definitive bonds, as such municipality, by resolution of its governing body, may determine. Any bonds, interim certificates or other obligations issued pursuant to this article shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all the purposes of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code, and may be validated as provided by statute.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-39 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-39
Status: in_force

For the acquiring of rights-of-way, land and property including existing easements, restrictive covenants and reversionary estates necessary for the purposes herein authorized, the board shall have the right and power to acquire the same by purchase, negotiation or condemnation, and should it elect to exercise the right of eminent domain, it may proceed in the manner provided by the general laws of the state of Mississippi for procedure by any county, municipality or corporation organized under the laws of this state, or in any other manner provided by law. The power of eminent domain shall apply not only as to all property of private persons or corporations, but also as to property already devoted to public use including leaseholds, excepting interests in property owned by levee boards, drainage districts, or other flood control agencies. However, the board shall have no authority to acquire without the consent of the owner thereof any property operated and used for port, harbor or industrial purposes or such purposes as the board is authorized to acquire and use property for, unless an actual necessity therefor be alleged and proven. The board is authorized to accept donations of lands, rights therein, monies and materials required for the maintenance or development of any port or harbor. The board may exchange any property or properties acquired under the authority of this chapter for other property or properties usable in carrying out the powers hereby conferred, and also remove from lands needed for its purposes and reconstruct on other locations, buildings, utilities, terminals, railroads or other structures upon the payment of just compensation, if it is necessary so to do in order to carry out any of its plans for port development. The title to all land or property acquired under the authority of this chapter shall vest in the state of Mississippi. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize the taking by eminent domain of any private property except for necessary public use.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-1-27 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-1-27
Status: in_force

The port commission is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to employ a port director. It shall be the duty of said port director to solicit business for the port, investigate railroad and ocean rates for the protection of the general public in using said port. The salary of the port director shall be fixed by the commissioners with the approval of the mayor and board of aldermen, or the mayor and board of commissioners, and shall be paid from funds derived under the provisions of this chapter, or from the general funds or special funds raised for such purpose in the city treasury; such port commission may, in its discretion, select from its membership a competent person to serve in the capacity of port director, in which case the salary paid such member for services rendered as port director shall not be subject to the restrictions fixed in Section 59-1-5 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-129 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-129
Status: in_force

The duties and powers of such port commission provided for in Section 59-7-125 shall be the same as those which are set forth and prescribed in Sections 59-1-9 and 59-1-27 , except that the salary of the port director shall be subject to the approval of the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-11 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-11
Status: in_force

The board shall take no action in building, constructing, acquiring, or developing any state-owned inland port unless the Tennessee Valley Authority or other governmental agency agrees to furnish at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost of building, acquiring, constructing, or developing said port.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-503 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-503
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-503
Status: in_force

Revenue bonds authorized by Section 59-7-501 may be issued without an election thereon upon the adoption of a resolution by the board of supervisors of such county upon the request and recommendation of the port commission of such county. Such revenue bonds shall not be subject to any limitation as to amount and shall not be included in computing the statutory limitation of indebtedness of such county under any present or future law. Such bonds shall bear date or dates, shall be of such denomination or denominations, shall be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature at such time or times and upon such terms and may be made redeemable prior to maturity with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges and shall be in substantially such form as shall be determined by resolution of the board of supervisors of such county. Such bonds shall mature in annual installments beginning not more than five (5) years from the date thereof and extending not more than twenty-five (25) years from the date thereof. Such bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of supervisors of such county and the official seal of the county shall be affixed thereto, attested by the clerk of the board of supervisors of such county. The interest coupons to be attached to such bonds may be executed by the facsimile signatures of such officers. Whenever such bonds shall have been signed by the officials designated to sign the same who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers prior to the date of the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds and coupons shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until the delivery of the same to the purchaser or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-51 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-51
Status: in_force

The net revenues, rents, and earnings derived from any planned development or the net revenues, rents, and earnings received by the board produced by a state inland port, harbor, or part thereof, for which bonds have been issued, shall be pledged and allocated by the board to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued for such planned development as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide, and such pledge may include funds received from one or more or all sources available to such planned development and shall be set aside at regular intervals into a sinking fund, which sinking fund shall be pledged to and charged with the payment of:

(a) The interest upon such bonds as such interest shall accrue.

(b) The principal of the bonds as the same shall become due.

(c) The necessary charges of the paying agent or paying agents for paying principal and interest of and on such bonds.

(d) Any premium on bonds retired by call or purchase as may be provided therein.

(e) Net revenues shall be defined in the agreement between the board and the participating counties, or other authorized agency.

The use and disposition of such sinking fund shall be subject to such regulations as may be provided in the resolution authorizing any issue of bonds, but except as may otherwise be provided in such resolution, such sinking fund shall be a fund for the benefit of all bonds issued under such resolution, without distinction or priority of one over the other. Subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, surplus moneys in the sinking fund may be applied to the purchase or redemption of any of such bonds, and any such bonds so purchased or redeemed shall forthwith be cancelled and shall not again be issued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi, bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, having an assessed valuation in excess of eight million dollars ($8,000,000.00) according to the last completed assessment; and any county in the state bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico having an assessed valuation of less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00), according to the last completed assessment, be, and it is hereby authorized, in its discretion, and subject to complying with the provisions of this chapter, to use and expend for public harbor improvements, harbor development, breakwaters, wharves and docks, recreational centers and all buildings in connection therewith deemed necessary or appropriate by such board, and for the purchase of necessary lands and rights of way in the county or in any supervisor's district therein bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, any funds received from the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-27 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-27
Status: in_force

An owner of more than one livery boat shall be entitled to be awarded certificates of number for all such vessels on the payment of fees provided in Section 59-21-25 . Each vessel shall have a separate and distinct number and shall be issued a separate certificate of number. Certificates of number under this section may be renewed on the payment of a single fee provided in Section 59-21-25 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-155 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-155
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-155
Status: in_force

All monies collected as fines or penalties for violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be paid over by the court, justice court judge, or other officer collecting or receiving the fines or penalties to the county having jurisdiction over the violation as provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Mississippi Boating Law of 1960.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-415 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-415
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-415
Status: in_force

Any municipality, in which there is situated and located in whole or in part a port or harbor through which commerce flows and having not less than eight industries engaged in the seafood industry as aforesaid, is hereby given authority, upon the adoption of a resolution to such effect, to issue bonds or other obligations for any or all of the purposes as provided in this article. The books of account and other sources of information pertaining to duties under the provisions of this article, or any port commission, municipality and/or county affected by this article, shall be and remain at all times open to inspection and subject to audit by the holder or holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-159 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-159
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-159
Status: in_force

The venue of any action based on this chapter may be in the county in which the vessel is usually moored, docked, housed or garaged, or in the county in which a vessel is involved in a boating accident, or in event of a boating accident taking place on a navigable waterway which is the boundary line of a county in either county so bounded, or in the county of the residence of the owner or operator of any such vessel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-123 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-123
Status: in_force

The executive director with the approval of the commission may employ and fix the duties of such clerical assistants, enforcement officers and other agents as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and to fix their tenure of employment and compensation therefor; provided, however, that enforcement officers shall meet the same requirements and qualifications as required for conservation officers in Section 49-1-15(1) and (2) .

The salaries of such paid employees shall be paid out of any funds which may be received by the commission for the administration of this chapter. All salaries and positions are to conform with the requirements of the state classification commission law of 1970. In addition to their salaries, the enforcement officers may be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for their necessary travel when performed by private conveyance and will be reimbursed for their actual expenses not to exceed eighteen dollars ($18.00) per day while actually engaged in the performance of their duties, to be allowed only on expense account itemized and filed by them with, and approved by, the executive director and the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-39 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-39
Status: in_force

Such bonds as are issued under this chapter may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this chapter. The bonds authorized under the authority of this chapter may, in the discretion of the state bond commission, be validated in the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, in the manner and with the force and effect provided now or hereafter by Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1971 , for the validation of county, municipal, school district, and other bonds. The necessary papers for such validation proceedings shall be transmitted to the state bond attorney by the attorney general, and the required notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or county where the planned development is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-5 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-5
Status: in_force

(1) The department may charge a fee not to exceed Ten Dollars ($10.00) to issue a certificate of title; a transfer of title or a duplicate or corrected certificate of title.

(2) The holder of an original title shall apply for a duplicate title within thirty (30) days after, or after the discovery of, the loss, theft, mutilation or destruction of an original certificate of title. The department shall issue a duplicate certificate of title plainly marked “duplicate” across its face upon application by the person entitled to hold the certificate if the department is satisfied that the original certificate has been lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed or has become illegible. The applicant shall furnish information concerning the original certificate and the circumstances of its loss, theft, mutilation or destruction. Mutilated or illegible certificates shall be returned to the department with the application for a duplicate. If a duplicate certificate of title has been issued and the lost or stolen original is recovered, the original shall be promptly surrendered to the department for cancellation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-515 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-515
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-515
Status: in_force

The revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall be payable, both principal and interest, solely out of the revenues to accrue from the operation of the facilities provided through the special project for which such bonds are issued, and the full faith and credit of the county shall not be pledged therefor, nor shall any ad valorem tax be levied for the payment of such bonds or the interest thereon, and such facts shall be recited on the face of the bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-117 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-117
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(5) A copy of the regulations adopted pursuant to this section, and amendments thereto, shall be filed in the office of the commission adopting the regulations and in the office of the sheriff of each county affected where the same shall be maintained as a public record. The rules and regulations shall be published in a convenient form and shall be given to each recipient of an original, renewed, transferred, or a recorded certificate of number.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-15 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-15
Status: in_force

The certified statement of ownership on the application for the award of a number shall constitute prima facie evidence of proof of ownership. Liens of all kinds, including reservations or transfers of title to secure debts or claims, will be disregarded in determining ownership under this chapter. A lienholder who acquires possession and title by virtue of default in the terms of the lien instrument, or any other person who acquires ownership through any such action of a lienholder, may apply for a number and shall attach to such application a signed statement explaining the facts in detail.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-17 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-17
Status: in_force

(1) The certificate of number shall include the following:

(a) Name and address of owner.

(b) Date of birth of owner.

(c) Present citizenship of owner (county, state, country).

(d) County in which vessel is principally used.

(e) Present number (if any).

(f) Hull material (wood, steel, aluminum, plastic, other).

(g) Type of propulsion (outboard, inboard, other).

(h) Type of fuel (gas, diesel, other).

(i) Length of vessel.

(j) Make and year built (if known).

(k) Statement as to use (pleasure, livery, dealer, manufacturer, commercial-passenger, commercial-fishing, commercial-other).

(l) A certificate of ownership by the applicant.

(m) Signature of owner.

(n) Number awarded to vessel.

(o) Expiration date of certificate.

(p) Notice to the owner that he shall report within fifteen (15) days changes of ownership or address, and destruction or abandonment of vessel.

(q) Notice to the owner that the operator shall:

(i) Always carry this certificate on vessel when in use.

(ii) Report every accident involving injury or death to persons, or property damage over One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

(iii) Stop and render aid or assistance if involved in a boating accident.

(2) The commission shall furnish and ensure that the forms required by this section and Section 59-21-13 are stocked at various county offices, boat companies, fishing camps, marinas, with enforcement officers, and at such other places as to make them available to boat owners. The commission shall award certificates of number and shall keep current a consolidated record of all certificates of numbers awarded and renewals of numbers.

(3) Upon request, information on ownership and identity of numbered vessels shall be available to federal, state and local officials, as needed, in any enforcement or assistance programs. The records pertaining to the numbering of undocumented vessels pursuant to this chapter are considered to be public records. Information based on such records may be released upon oral or written inquiry, subject only to reasonable restrictions necessary to carry on the business of the office. The commission may permit excerpts to be made or the copying or reproduction thereof by a private individual or concern. The fees and charges for copying, certifying or searching of records for information shall be assessed in accordance with usual fees allowed for such services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-11-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-11-7
Status: in_force

The county port and harbor commission shall have the powers and duties vested in the county port authority or the county development commission by chapter 9 of this title. However, no county in which a county port and harbor commission has been created, as provided in this chapter, shall be entitled to receive any portion of the state ad valorem tax made available for port improvement purposes under the provisions of Section 59-7-103 , unless and until such county has made application to the Mississippi Board of Economic Development, and such board shall first adjudicate and determine the feasibility of the project for which application for such funds is made, as provided in Section 59-7-103 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-13 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-13
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county after having constructed improvements under this chapter is hereby authorized and empowered to operate and maintain such harbor facilities and to make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for such operation and maintenance, and such board may also fix and collect charges for the use of such facilities and may, in its resolution or order directing the issuance of bonds under this chapter, irrevocably pledge to the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds the net income and revenue resulting from the operation of such facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-19 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-19
Status: in_force

Before any additional bonds may be issued for equipment as authorized by Section 59-17-41 , at least one (1) county shall have levied a tax upon all the taxable property, both real and personal, within its boundaries for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on such bonds and the aggregate amount of the additional issue shall have been approved by the board of economic development. Such tax shall be in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the additional bonds issued for equipment as authorized by Section 59-17-41 , and such tax levy shall not be reimbursable under the homestead exemption laws of this state.

The ad valorem tax levied by any county or counties under this section shall be reduced in whole or in part when the board and the state inland port authority find and determine that there has been or will be received in the state inland port authority fund a sufficient sum of money from other net revenues, thereby eliminating the need for this county tax levy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-3
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) A county development commission shall have all rights, duties and powers vested upon a county port authority by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-83 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-83
Status: in_force

No vessel shall be operated within this state in a reckless or negligent manner or at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the then existing circumstances or when the operator is so physically or mentally incapacitated as to be incapable of safely operating such vessel, or while the operator is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotics, or when such vessel is overloaded beyond its reasonable carrying capacity. The provisions of this section shall be applicable to all watercraft operating on the waters of this state inclusive of, but not limited to, undocumented or unnumbered vessels and shall specifically include all vessels exempted from numbering by Section 59-21-5 and surfboards, aquaplanes, airboats, water skis or other watercraft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-111 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-111
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county which shall have issued bonds under the provisions of this article shall, unless there be sufficient funds otherwise available therefor in the port bonds interest and sinking fund, annually levy a special tax upon all of the taxable property within such county at a rate which shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds according to the terms thereof. All taxes thus collected shall be credited to a special fund in the county treasury of such county to be known and designated as the “port bonds interest and sinking fund,” and all sums credited to said fund shall be used to pay such bonds as they mature and the interest thereon as it accrues, and for no other purpose. It shall be the mandatory duty of such board of supervisors to transfer funds from said port fund to the port bonds interest and sinking fund in amounts sufficient to pay maturing principal and accruing interest on bonds issued hereunder, if balances standing to the credit of said port fund are sufficient for that purpose. To the extent that funds are thus made available for the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, the special tax levy hereinabove provided for may be correspondingly reduced. The said bonds nevertheless shall be general obligations of the county issuing the same, and the full faith, credit and resources of such county shall be pledged to the payment thereof and the interest thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-151 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-151
Status: in_force

All peace officers and other law enforcement officials are hereby authorized, empowered and enjoined to enforce the provisions of this chapter within their respective jurisdictions.

It shall be the duty of each district attorney in this state and each county prosecuting attorney in each county of this state to prosecute and defend, for the state, in all courts of the county or counties in his district or county, all causes, criminal or civil, arising under the provisions of this chapter or under any rule or regulation adopted and promulgated under this chapter, in which the state may be a party or may be interested or concerned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-11-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-11-7
Status: in_force

The county port and harbor commission shall have the powers and duties vested in the county port authority or the county development commission by chapter 9 of this title. However, no county in which a county port and harbor commission has been created, as provided in this chapter, shall be entitled to receive any portion of the state ad valorem tax made available for port improvement purposes under the provisions of Section 59-7-103 , unless and until such county has made application to the Mississippi Board of Economic Development, and such board shall first adjudicate and determine the feasibility of the project for which application for such funds is made, as provided in Section 59-7-103 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-51 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-51
Status: in_force

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

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

(1) Loss of life.

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

(3) Actual physical damage to property (including vessels) in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-55 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-55
Status: in_force

All net revenues, rents, and earnings from the operation or maintenance of any state owned port or harbor, or any part thereof, shall be set aside by the board exclusively for the payment of any bonds issued by the state for such port or harbor, or any part thereof, and shall not be commingled with the funds of any other state port or harbor, or any part thereof, but shall be expended by the board exclusively for the payment of such bonds as provided in Section 59-5-51 , and if no such bonds shall be outstanding, then by the state port authority for the improvement, operation, advancement, development, maintenance and advertising of the port to which such funds have accrued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-111 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-111
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Commission on Marine Resources shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the Mississippi Boat and Water Safety Commission through the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources on the marine waters of the state. The Commission on Marine Resources shall not exercise any powers related to numbering of undocumented vessels. Those powers are vested exclusively in the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-25 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-25
Status: in_force

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

(a)

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

$ 7.50

(b)

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

$22.50

(c)

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

$45.00

(d)

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

$45.00

(e)

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

$37.50

(f)

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

$ 5.00

(g)

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

$10.00

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

(3) All fees for numbers and renewal of number shall be payable to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to be deposited by the department in the State Treasury in a special fund to be designated as the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund, which shall be disbursed upon the recommendation of the department as may be appropriated by the Legislature. The State Treasurer shall release to the department such sums as are required to defray all administrative costs of the boat registration fee division of the department and to improve the law enforcement capability of the department on the inland and marine waters of the State of Mississippi and as may be budgeted by the department for the purpose of paying the cost of the administration of this chapter for education on water safety, improvement of water safety and motorboating facilities in the state, and advertising and promoting the waterways of the state. Any and all revenue over and above the actual administrative cost of implementing this chapter shall be used to fund salaries of additional conservation officers in all eighty-two (82) counties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-55 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-55
Status: in_force

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

(2) Any person who complies with subsection (1) of this section or who gratuitously and in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care renders assistance at the scene of a vessel collision, accident, or other casualty without objection of any person assisted, shall not be held liable for any civil damages as a result of the rendering of assistance or for any act committed in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care or omission in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care by such person in providing or arranging salvage, towage, medical treatment, or other assistance where the assisting person acts as an ordinary, reasonable, prudent man would have acted under the same or similar circumstances.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-55 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-55
Status: in_force

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

(2) Any person who complies with subsection (1) of this section or who gratuitously and in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care renders assistance at the scene of a vessel collision, accident, or other casualty without objection of any person assisted, shall not be held liable for any civil damages as a result of the rendering of assistance or for any act committed in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care or omission in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care by such person in providing or arranging salvage, towage, medical treatment, or other assistance where the assisting person acts as an ordinary, reasonable, prudent man would have acted under the same or similar circumstances.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-37 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-37
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this chapter shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi. Such bonds and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-37 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 9-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-37
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in which a county port authority or county development commission has been created pursuant to this chapter is hereby given authority to issue bonds or other obligations of such county in an amount not to exceed twenty percent (20%) of the assessed valuation of such county to provide funds for any purpose or purposes set out in this chapter. Such bonds may be issued at one (1) time or from time to time in such amount or amounts, shall bear such date or dates, shall be of such denomination or denominations, shall be payable at such place or places, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding that allowed in Section 75-17-101, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall mature in such amount or amounts and at such time or times, not exceeding twenty (20) years from the date thereof, with or without option of prior payment, and shall be executed in such manner, all as may be determined by the said board of supervisors. The resolution or order adopted by the board of supervisors authorizing said bonds may pledge the sources of revenue authorized under the statutes to pay the principal thereof and interest thereon, and all bonds issued under the one (1) resolution or order may be equally secured and entitled to be paid. In event, however, such board of supervisors elects to delay actual delivery or sale of any part of the bonds so authorized, either until the proceeds thereof are needed, or upon the happening or occurrence of any event or thing, then and in that event the bonds so authorized and any part thereof shall be secured and be entitled to be paid, both as to principal and interest in accordance with the terms and conditions to be fixed and recited in said resolution or order. In anticipation of the issuance of the definitive bonds authorized by this chapter, any such county may issue interim certificates. Such interim certificates shall be in such form, contain such terms, conditions or provisions, bear such date or dates, and evidence such agreement or agreements relating to their discharge by payment or by the delivery of the definitive bonds, as such county, by resolution of its governing body, may determine. Whenever any county shall have issued bonds under this section or Section 59-9-41 , a portion of which remains outstanding and unpaid, and the governing authority of such county desires to refund all or any portion of such bonds or to issue additional bonds under this section or Section 59-9-41 , for the purpose herein or therein authorized and to consolidate all or any portion of such bonded indebtedness, such governing authority, by resolution or resolutions, may at any time authorize and direct the issuance of bonds. The proceeds of such new bonds shall be used to pay or provide for the payment of, at or prior to maturity, any outstanding and unpaid bonds (including any unpaid accrued interest thereon), and any balance of such proceeds not so utilized shall be used and expended for the purposes authorized by this chapter. In the event that such outstanding bonds, by the terms thereof, are redeemable prior to maturity at the option of such county, then such option of redemption may be exercised in the manner provided in such bonds. Such new bonds shall be issued in like manner and like incidence and shall be payable from the same source or sources and the payment thereof shall be secured in like manner as provided in this section or Section 59-9-41 provided in the case of the issuance of original bonds under this section or under Section 59-9-41 . In lieu of selling such portion of such new bonds as may be required to pay or provide for the payment of such outstanding bonds, such new bonds may be issued and delivered in exchange for and upon surrender and cancellation of a like amount of such outstanding bonds.

In addition and supplemental to the rights, duties and powers now or hereafter conferred by law upon counties having created a county port authority or county development commission, such counties are empowered and authorized to issue general obligation bonds of such counties as hereinabove provided, to acquire, establish, construct, develop, improve and maintain revetments, embankments, groins, sea walls, jetties, moles, breakwaters, gates, locks, dams, water basins, reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, water supply and distribution systems or pipelines and easements necessary thereto; and the acquisition, development and improvement of lands and property for any of such purposes. Such counties are further empowered and authorized to enter into contracts, agreements, assurances, or commitments with the United States of America, or any department or agency thereof, the state of Mississippi, or any department, political subdivision or agency thereof, or any person, firm or corporation relating or in connection with any power or duty authorized, imposed, or conferred upon such county by law, and to cooperate with and assist any public body or agency, or bodies or agencies, having jurisdiction of any waterway, port, harbor, or water development program, and to jointly exercise any or all of such powers as a joint operation with any other county or counties. Any such county or any party entering into any contract with any such county shall be entitled to maintain any action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the county or any other party to said contract to enforce any contractual right arising out of any such contract.

General obligation bonds issued under the provision of this section shall be payable from an ad valorem tax which may be levied without limit as to rate or amount upon all taxable property within the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-19 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-19
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(g) In the event any such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall die or be removed as hereinabove provided, it shall be the duty of any such municipality immediately by resolution duly adopted to appoint a trustee, as successor thereto, who is satisfactory to said holder or holders of twenty per centum or more in aggregate principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter then outstanding and unpaid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-39 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-39
Status: in_force

Such bonds as are issued under this chapter may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this chapter. The bonds authorized under the authority of this chapter may, in the discretion of the state bond commission, be validated in the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, in the manner and with the force and effect provided now or hereafter by Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1971 , for the validation of county, municipal, school district, and other bonds. The necessary papers for such validation proceedings shall be transmitted to the state bond attorney by the attorney general, and the required notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or county where the planned development is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-43 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-43
Status: in_force

The state bond commission shall sell such state bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least one time not less than ten days prior to the date of sale and shall be so published in one or more newspapers published in Jackson, Mississippi, and having general circulation within the State of Mississippi, and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals as may be directed by the state bond commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-85 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-85
Status: in_force

(1)(a) No motorboat required to be numbered under this chapter shall be operated by any person who is under the age of twelve (12) years, unless he possesses a certificate as required under this section and is also accompanied by a parent, guardian or other person who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age and qualified and capable of operating the same.

(b) A motorboat required to be numbered under this chapter may not be operated by any person born after June 30, 1980, unless the person has completed a course in boating safety conducted or approved by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, and the person has in his immediate possession while operating a motorboat a certificate of satisfactory completion of the boating safety course.

(c) The requirement of possessing a certificate under this subsection shall not apply to any person operating a motorboat that is rented from a person engaged in the business of renting motorboats.

(2) Boating safety courses shall be held by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, or instructors designated and approved by the department. The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall issue a certificate to each person who satisfactorily completes the boating safety course.

(3) In lieu of any other penalties provided for a violation of this chapter, a violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-125 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-125
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) All actions heretofore taken by the various port commissions at which at least three (3) members were present and which would otherwise have been legal actions except for the absence of a legal quorum being present and voting are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-1-37 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-1-37
Status: in_force

(1) Any city or cities situated in any county bordering on the Mississippi River and/or any such county, acting alone or jointly with any said city or cities, is and/or are hereby authorized and empowered, acting through its or their governing authorities, to acquire by purchase or otherwise, and to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of land situated in such county, either within or outside the corporate limits of such city or cities, for industrial purposes, or for river port and port facilities, for terminal and terminal facilities, and for landing and landing facilities, for storage and transportation of freight and passengers on the waters of the Mississippi River.

(2) For the purposes aforesaid, the said city or cities and/or county, acting alone or jointly, is and/or are authorized and empowered to borrow money and issue bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or notes as security therefor, in such form and amounts, and bearing such interest, not to exceed six per cent (6%) per annum, and maturities as may be determined by the governing authorities thereof, and to levy ad valorem taxes for payment of the principal and interest thereon.

(3) The said city or cities and/or county may pay for any property purchased under authority of this section from the general funds of the city or cities and/or county and/or the proceeds from the sale of any bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or notes issued for such purposes by the city, cities or county.

(4) The bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or notes provided for herein may be issued under and in the same manner, notice and conditions as is provided by any law authorizing said city or cities or county to issue the general full faith and credit bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness of said city or cities or county, and shall not be included in any limitation now imposed by law but may be in addition thereto.

(5) The land which may be purchased under authority hereof by any said city or cities, whether acting alone or jointly with said county, and situated outside of the corporate limits of said city or cities shall be located not more than seven miles from the line of the corporate limits of the city nearest thereto.

(6) Said city or cities or county, through its or their governing authorities, is and/or are hereby authorized and empowered to do and perform all acts and things necessary for the purposes hereof.

(7) This section shall be considered and is an alternative plan and authority supplemental to and in addition to any other law in effect dealing with and pertaining to the subject matter and provisions hereof, and shall not amend or repeal any existing law, but as aforesaid shall be and is an alternative plan and authority applicable to any city or cities within the class as herein provided for.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-117 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-117
Status: in_force

The election provided for in Sections 59-7-113 and 59-7-115 shall be held, as far as is practicable, in the same manner as other elections are held in counties. At such election, all qualified electors of such county may vote, and the ballots used at such election shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purpose of the proposed bond issue and the words “FOR THE BOND ISSUE” and “AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE,” and the voter shall vote by placing a cross (x) or check mark (✓) opposite his choice on the proposition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-11 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-11
Status: in_force

The board shall take no action in building, constructing, acquiring, or developing any state-owned inland port unless the Tennessee Valley Authority or other governmental agency agrees to furnish at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost of building, acquiring, constructing, or developing said port.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-39 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-39
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(3) Above two million dollars ($2,000,000.00), one fourth of one per cent ( 1 / 4 of 1%).
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-517 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-517
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-517
Status: in_force

Any county issuing revenue bonds under the provisions of this article is hereby authorized by contract or otherwise to provide for the operation and maintenance of facilities provided through the special project for which such bonds are issued and to establish the rates, fees and charges to be paid by users of such port and/or harbor facilities and shall provide for a revision of such rates, fees and charges from time to time as may be necessary to assure the sufficiency of funds to meet the covenants and pledges made in the resolution pursuant to which such bonds were issued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-7
Status: in_force

Any city as is described in Section 59-15-1 , is hereby given authority, upon the adoption of a resolution to such effect, to issue bonds or other obligations for any or all of the purposes as in this chapter herein provided; but such bonds or other obligations shall not be issued unless and until the governing authorities of the municipality are first authorized and requested so to do by a petition signed by not less than seventy-five per cent of the qualified electors of the municipality, or until authorized so to do by two-thirds of the qualified electors of the municipality who vote in an election called for that purpose. Said petition, or the ballot used in such election, as the case may be, shall disclose the purposes for which said funds are sought, and all funds derived thereunder shall be kept in a separate account by the municipality and shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in said petition, or upon the aforesaid ballot, as the case may be. The books of accounts and other sources of information pertaining to duties under the provisions of this chapter of any such city shall be and remain at all times open to inspection and subject to audit by the holder or holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-423 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-423
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-423
Status: in_force

The bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality of the State of Mississippi pursuant to this article shall not constitute a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of debt which may be incurred by any such municipality, nor shall such bonds or other obligations be payable out of any funds other than the revenue collected or collectible from the use of said docks, harbors and facilities of whatsoever nature, and out of the receipts the said one mill ad valorem tax, in accordance with the provisions of Section 59-7-403 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-309 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-309
Status: in_force

Any municipality, in which there is situated and located in whole or in part a port of entry through which commodities are imported or exported as aforesaid, is hereby given authority, upon the adoption of a resolution to such effect, to issue bonds or other obligations for any or all of the purposes as provided in this article. The books of account and other sources of information pertaining to duties under the provisions of this article, of any port commission, municipality and/or county affected by this article, shall be and remain at all times open to inspection and subject to audit by the holder or holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-87 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-87
Status: in_force

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

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

No person shall operate or manipulate any motorboat, tow rope or other device by which the direction or location of water skis, aquaplane, or similar device may be affected or controlled in such a way as to cause the water skis, aquaplane, or similar device, or any person thereon to collide or strike against any object or person, except slalom buoys, ski jumps or like objects used normally in competitive or recreational skiing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-53 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-53
Status: in_force

The funds which are transferred from the sale of bonds under this chapter to the special fund in the qualified depositories set up for each separate port, harbor, or part thereof may be withdrawn only in the following manner: said funds shall be paid by such qualified depositories upon warrants issued by the state auditor of public accounts, which warrants shall be issued upon requisition of the board or state port authority. All expenditures ordered by the board or state port authority shall be entered upon their minutes, and the board and each state port authority shall submit a full report of their work and all the transactions carried on by them, and a complete statement of all their revenues and expenditures to the legislature at each regular session of the legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-15 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 7-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-15
Status: in_force

Before issuing the bonds authorized by Section 59-7-11 , the corporate authorities shall by resolution spread upon the minutes, declare their intention of issuing said bonds, fixing in said resolution the maximum amount thereof, and the purpose for which they are issued and where an election is required shall fix in such resolution a date upon which an election shall be held in said municipality, of which not less than three weeks notice shall be given by the clerk by a notice published in a newspaper published in said municipality once a week for three weeks preceding said election at three public places in said municipality. Such election shall be held as far as practicable, as other elections are held in municipalities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-11 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-11
Status: in_force

The power to issue bonds or other obligations authorized by Sections 59-15-1 through 59-15-9 , shall be vested in, and may be exercised from time to time by, the governing body of any municipality described in said sections. Such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized by resolution of the governing body of any such municipality and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding twenty-five years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding four per centum per annum, be in such denomination, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of prior redemption, with or without premium as such resolution or resolutions may provide. Such bonds or other obligations may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the governing body of such municipality shall determine, provided that the interest cost to maturity of the money received from any issue of said bonds or other obligations shall not exceed four per centum per annum. Such bonds or other obligations may be issued by any municipality described in Sections 59-15-1 through 59-15-9 in a principal amount not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), for any purpose or purposes authorized by said sections. Such municipality shall have power out of any funds available to purchase any bonds or other obligations issued by it pursuant to this chapter, and all bonds or other obligations so purchased shall be canceled and no bonds or other obligations shall be issued in lieu thereof. In anticipation of the issuance of the definitive bonds authorized by this chapter, any such municipality may issue interim certificates. Such interim certificates shall be in such form, contain such terms, conditions or provisions, bear such date or dates, and evidence such agreement or agreements relating to their discharge by payment or by the delivery of the definitive bonds, as such municipality by resolution of its governing body may determine. Any bonds, interim certificates or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all the purposes of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-55 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-55
Status: in_force

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

(2) Any person who complies with subsection (1) of this section or who gratuitously and in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care renders assistance at the scene of a vessel collision, accident, or other casualty without objection of any person assisted, shall not be held liable for any civil damages as a result of the rendering of assistance or for any act committed in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care or omission in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care by such person in providing or arranging salvage, towage, medical treatment, or other assistance where the assisting person acts as an ordinary, reasonable, prudent man would have acted under the same or similar circumstances.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-13 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-19-13
Status: in_force

The members of the committee shall receive the same pay as jurors in the circuit court; and the sheriff shall receive such further sum, in addition to his fees, as the board of supervisors may allow; all costs to be paid by the petitioners for the condemnation of the lot.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-309 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-309
Status: in_force

Any municipality, in which there is situated and located in whole or in part a port of entry through which commodities are imported or exported as aforesaid, is hereby given authority, upon the adoption of a resolution to such effect, to issue bonds or other obligations for any or all of the purposes as provided in this article. The books of account and other sources of information pertaining to duties under the provisions of this article, of any port commission, municipality and/or county affected by this article, shall be and remain at all times open to inspection and subject to audit by the holder or holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-49 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-49
Status: in_force

All net revenues, rents, and earnings from the operation or maintenance of any state-owned inland port or harbor, or any part thereof, shall be set aside by the board exclusively for the payment of any bonds issued by the state for such port or harbor, or any part thereof, and shall not be commingled with the funds of any other port or harbor, or any part thereof, but shall be expended by the board exclusively for the payment of such bonds as provided in Section 59-17-51 , and, if no such bonds be outstanding, then by the state inland port authority for the improvement, operation, advancement, development, maintenance and advertising of the port to which such funds have accrued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-3
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(g) “ Operates a watercraft ” or “ operation of a watercraft ” shall mean a watercraft that is underway in the water.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-11 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-11
Status: in_force

The owner of any vessel required to be numbered under this chapter shall apply, within ten (10) days from the date of acquisition of the vessel, to the commission, on forms provided, for a certificate of number. The application for a number shall include the following:

(a) Name and address of owner.

(b) Date of birth of owner.

(c) Social Security number or driver's license number of the owner.

(d) Present citizenship of owner (county, state, country).

(e) County in which the vessel is principally used.

(f) Present number (if any).

(g) Hull material (wood, steel, aluminum, plastic, other).

(h) Type of propulsion (outboard, inboard, other).

(i) Type of fuel (gas, diesel, other).

(j) Length of vessel.

(k) Make and year built (if known).

(l) Statement as to use (pleasure, livery, dealer, manufacturer, commercial-passenger, commercial-fishing, commercial-other).

(m) A certification of ownership by the applicant.

(n) Serial number of outboard motor, boat and trailer owned by the applicant.

(o) Signature of owner.

(p) A receipt, sales or otherwise, which shows whether or not a sales or use tax was paid at the time of the purchase of the vessel. If the vessel was purchased outside the State of Mississippi, from and after July 1, 1978, and the tax for the privilege of using or consuming tangible personal property imposed by Section 27-67-5 was not paid at the time the vessel was acquired, then the owner shall be required to pay the tax as provided by the Mississippi Use Tax Law before a certificate of number can be issued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-413 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-413
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-413
Status: in_force

All improvements and facilities constructed pursuant to this article shall be maintained and operated under the control of the port commission as provided by this article. The port commission shall, subject to and in accordance with any agreement or agreements as may be made by any such municipality with the purchaser or purchasers of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article, prescribe, levy and collect all rents, fees, tolls, revenues and/or other charges in connection with the use and occupancy of the aforesaid improvements and facilities, and shall pay over all net revenues derived from the operation of said improvements and facilities to any trustee, or successor thereto, established as hereinafter provided in Section 59-7-429 . The net revenues shall be deemed to be such as may be defined in any agreement or agreements entered into between any such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article. The port commission shall make an annual report to the governor of the State of Mississippi, to the municipality having such port or harbor, and to the state legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-119 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-119
Status: in_force

The commission is hereby authorized to purchase, operate and maintain such motor vehicles, boats, trailers, motors and other equipment as may be deemed necessary and proper for the administration of this chapter. The commission may purchase property damage insurance on its motor vehicles, boats, trailers, motors and other equipment, and may expend funds from any available source for the purpose of obtaining such insurance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-29 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-29
Status: in_force

The board, acting jointly with the State Inland Port Authority, is authorized to set aside, or lease all or portions of any lands, roads, docks, sheds, warehouses, elevators, compresses, floating dry docks, graving docks, marine railways, tugboats, or any other necessary or useful improvements constructed or acquired by it to individuals, firms, or corporations, public or private, for port, harbor, commercial or industrial purposes for a period not to exceed ninety-nine (99) years, or to execute a conveyance of sale on such terms and conditions and with such safeguards as would best promote and protect the public interest. Any industrial lease of lands or conveyance of sale may be executed upon such terms and conditions and for such monetary rental or other consideration as may be found adequate and approved by the board in orders or resolutions authorizing the same. Any covenants and agreements of the lessee or purchaser to make expenditures in determined amounts, and within such time or times, for improvements to be erected upon the land by such lessee or purchaser and to conduct thereon industrial and/or other operations in such aggregate payroll amounts and for such period of time as may be determined and defined in such lease or conveyance, and to give preference in employment where practical to residents of the State of Mississippi and to qualified residents of the city and the county in which such port or harbor is located, shall, if included in such lease or conveyance, constitute and be deemed sufficient consideration for the execution of any such lease or conveyance in the absence of monetary rental or other considerations; any such instrument may contain reasonable provisions giving the lessee the right to remove its or his improvements upon the termination of the lease.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-9 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-9
Status: in_force

The number awarded shall be painted on or attached to each side of the bow of the vessel for which it was issued. The numbers shall be placed on each side of the forward half of the vessel in such position as to provide clear legibility for identification. The numbers shall read from left to right and shall be in block characters of good proportion not less than three inches in height. The numbers shall be of a color which will contrast with the color of the background and so maintained as to be clearly visible and legible, i.e., dark numbers on a light background, or light numbers on a dark background. No other number shall be carried on the bow of such vessel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 25-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-1
Status: reserved

The following words, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings:

(a) “ Certificate of origin ” means the document provided by the manufacturer of a new vessel, or its distributor, which is the only valid indication of ownership between the manufacturer, its distributor, its franchised new vessel dealers and the original purchaser.

(b) “ Dealer ” means any person engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling or offering for sale, buying or taking in trade for the purpose of resale, or exchanging, displaying, demonstrating or offering for sale vessels or motors, and who receive or expect to receive money, profit or any other thing of value.

(c) “ Department ” means the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

(d) “ Documented vessel ” means a vessel documented under 46 U.S.C., Chapter 121.

(e) “ Lienholder ” means a person holding a security interest.

(f) “ Manufacturer ” means any person engaged in the manufacture, construction or assembly of vessels, or their importation into the United States, for the purpose of sale or trade.

(g) “ Motor ” means any type of outboard device providing motorized propulsion for vessels operated by any type fuel.

(h) “ Operate ” means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel.

(i) “ Owner ” means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vessel or motor. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a vessel or motor subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment of performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.

(j) “ Person ” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint-stock association or governmental entity and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee or similar representative of any of them.

(k) “ Security interest ” means an interest which is reserved or created by an agreement which secures payment or performance of an obligation and is valid against third parties generally.

(l) “ State of principal operation ” means the state on whose waters a vessel is used or to be used most during a calendar year.

(m) “ Titling authority ” means a state whose vessel titling system has been certified by the Coast Guard as complying with the guidelines for state vessel titling systems listed in 33 CFR, Part 187 .

(n) “ Use ” means to operate, navigate or employ a vessel. A vessel is in use whenever it is upon the water.

(o) “ Vessel ” means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, that is required to be numbered in accordance with the Mississippi Boating Law, Chapter 21 of Title 59, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-55 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 9-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-55
Status: in_force

Any county which has heretofore issued bonds pursuant to this chapter, is hereby authorized to invest the proceeds of such bonds not needed for immediate use in bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the United States, but such investments shall not be made except upon the approval of the development commission or port authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-11-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-11-3
Status: in_force

(1) Any county port and harbor commission created pursuant to Section 59-11-1 shall be appointed as follows: three (3) members shall be appointed by the Governor, one (1) from each of the three (3) municipalities of the county, which appointments shall be made from those persons recommended and nominated by the governing authorities of the municipalities, and shall be qualified electors of the county; and five (5) members shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of such county, each supervisor to recommend the appointment of one (1) member thereof. The members of the county port and harbor commission shall serve for terms concurrent with that of the Governor and the board of supervisors making such appointment and hold that appointment until such time as their successor shall be appointed and installed as a commissioner upon taking his or her oath of office.

(2) Each member of the county port and harbor commission shall receive per diem compensation in an amount up to Eighty-four Dollars ($84.00) for each day engaged in attendance of meetings of the county port and harbor commission or when engaged in other duties of the county port and harbor commission, and shall be reimbursed for mileage and actual travel expenses at the rate authorized for county employees under Section 25-3-41 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-39 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-39
Status: in_force

Such bonds as are issued under this chapter may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this chapter. The bonds authorized under the authority of this chapter may, in the discretion of the state bond commission, be validated in the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, in the manner and with the force and effect provided now or hereafter by Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1971 , for the validation of county, municipal, school district, and other bonds. The necessary papers for such validation proceedings shall be transmitted to the state bond attorney by the attorney general, and the required notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or county where the planned development is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-27 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-27
Status: in_force

Each member of a port or harbor agency shall give a good and sufficient bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. This shall be effective only upon consummation of an agreement to issue bonds as hereinabove set forth.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-13 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-13
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be placed to the credit of the municipality issuing such bonds in a bank or banks which are members of the Federal Reserve System and may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose or purposes set forth in the original resolution of the governing body of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of such municipality shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and on official bond for such diversion. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of such city to pay the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-79 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-79
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the bonds issued under this chapter may, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, or the board of supervisors and the governing authorities of the municipality in which the port of entry is located in such county, be validated under Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-51 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-51
Status: in_force

(1) The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be payable from the special fund provided therefor as hereinafter set out and shall be the general obligations of the State of Mississippi and backed by the full faith and credit of the state, and if the funds supplied by the board to the State Treasurer from the sources prescribed by this chapter be insufficient to fully pay the interest on the bonds when due or to pay the principal of the bonds when due or when declared to be due as provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, then the deficiency shall be paid by the State Treasurer from any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and all such bonds shall contain recitals on their face substantially covering the foregoing provisions of this section.

The amount of bonds issued for the acquisition and planned development of any one state port, harbor or waterway shall not exceed the sum of Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00) outstanding at any one time, nor shall any additional bonds be issued to complete the planned development of any other port, harbor or waterway to exceed in the aggregate the sum of Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00), outstanding at any one (1) time. However, such limitation on the amount of bonds that may be issued shall not apply to any additional bonds issued in connection with the planned development of any other port, harbor or waterway not to exceed in the aggregate the sum of One Hundred Thirty Million Dollars ($130,000,000.00) notwithstanding the provisions of Section 59-5-47 , nor any other provisions to the contrary. The entire proceeds of the One Hundred Thirty Million Dollars ($130,000,000.00) shall be used solely for the construction or acquisition of ships, vessels, shipyards, shipbuilding facilities, machinery and equipment, dredges, floating dry docks, graving docks, marine railways, tugboats or any other facilities required or incidental to the construction, outfitting, dry docking or repair of ships or vessels. However, no such additional bonds shall be issued except where such facility or facilities are to be leased or sold, in whole or in part, for industrial purposes and the annual payments made under the lease contract and/or proceeds of sale shall be sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds when due and to pay the principal of the bonds at or prior to maturity as provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds to finance such project, and all costs in connection therewith. Such lease shall have been first fully guaranteed by such person, firm or corporation, if any, having control, ownership or management of the lessee. Such lease and/or sale contract and the terms and conditions thereof, shall require the joint and several approval of the board of supervisors of the county in which the port is located, the port authority and the Department of Economic and Community Development. No borrowing under this section shall be finalized prior to ten (10) days after written notice of intent to borrow is furnished to the Legislative Budget Office.

No bonds shall be issued under this chapter after April 25, 2013.

(2) The full five-mill ad valorem levy provided for by this chapter shall be levied and collected as needed for the retirement of any bonds issued under this chapter, and all rents, emoluments and charges made and collected by the port authority, less maintenance cost and incidental expenses, shall be covered in a fund to be used to retire all bonds issued under this chapter; and also all receipts from the two-mill state ad valorem levy, disbursed to such city, county or other port or harbor agency, shall be used to service such bonds.

(3) In the event any city, county or other port, or harbor agency, however designated, shall pay to the board an amount insufficient to meet all bond and interest payments when due on their respective obligations, then any such delinquency paid by the state shall be deducted from future reimbursements for homestead exemptions under the provisions of Sections 27-33-1 through 27-33-65 from that portion reimbursed to the general county fund. Should the amount deducted from the homestead exemption reimbursement be insufficient to meet the delinquency, then the remainder of such delinquency shall be deducted from any distributions made under the provisions of Section 27-5-101 for gasoline taxes.

(4) In the event all of the above-listed sources prove inadequate to pay the principal and interest on the bonds issued and paid for by the State of Mississippi under this chapter, then such city, county or other port or harbor agency shall levy and collect an additional ad valorem levy of not more than five (5) mills per year on all the taxable property of such city, county or other port or harbor agency, which funds so secured shall be applied toward such obligations to the State of Mississippi.

(5) The requirements of subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section shall not be applicable to the additional bonds in the aggregate amount of One Hundred Thirty Million Dollars ($130,000,000.00) authorized in subsection (1) of this section for the construction or acquisition of ships, vessels, shipyards, shipbuilding facilities, machinery and equipment, dredges, floating dry docks, graving docks, marine railways, tugboats or any other facilities required or incidental to the construction, outfitting, dry docking or repair of ships or vessels; provided, such county shall, at the time of issuance of any of such bonds, convey to the State of Mississippi all of its right, title and interest in and to all of the land and above-mentioned shipbuilding facilities, together with the county's right, title and interest in and to any leases, deeds, contracts or other customary business instruments which have been entered into in connection with the land and shipbuilding facilities, but such conveyance or conveyances shall be subject to the terms and provisions of such leases, deeds, contracts or other customary business instruments entered into in connection therewith. The right, title and interest of the State of Mississippi in the land and shipbuilding facilities shall be under the supervision and control of the Department of Economic and Community Development.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-9 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-9
Status: in_force

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

(2) A person may not destroy, remove, alter, cover or deface the manufacturer's hull identification number or motor serial number, the plate bearing it or any hull identification number or motor serial number the department assigns to any vessel or motor, without authorization from the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-39 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-39
Status: in_force

Such bonds as are issued under this chapter may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this chapter. The bonds authorized under the authority of this chapter may, in the discretion of the state bond commission, be validated in the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, in the manner and with the force and effect provided now or hereafter by Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1971 , for the validation of county, municipal, school district, and other bonds. The necessary papers for such validation proceedings shall be transmitted to the state bond attorney by the attorney general, and the required notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or county where the planned development is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-119 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-119
Status: in_force

The commission is hereby authorized to purchase, operate and maintain such motor vehicles, boats, trailers, motors and other equipment as may be deemed necessary and proper for the administration of this chapter. The commission may purchase property damage insurance on its motor vehicles, boats, trailers, motors and other equipment, and may expend funds from any available source for the purpose of obtaining such insurance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-57 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-57
Status: in_force

In the event of state ownership of any port or harbor, in its entirety, in any county which may now or hereafter be authorized by law to receive a portion of the state ad valorem tax for port or harbor purposes, such portion of the state ad valorem tax shall be paid to the state port authority and shall be used for the improvement, development, operation and expansion of such port under the provision of this chapter, and the port fund of such county to which such ad valorem tax is paid shall be subject to the requisition of the state port authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-69 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-69
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority set out in subsection (1) of Section 59-9-65 , the board of supervisors of such county may issue general obligation bonds of such county in the additional maximum principal amount of five million dollars ($5,000,000.00), to provide funds for any purposes authorized by Sections 59-9-17 through 59-9-23 . Such bonds shall be issued as provided in subsections (2) , (3) , (4) and (5) of Section 59-9-65 , Section 59-9-73, and subsection (2) of Section 59-9-75 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-81 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-81
Status: in_force

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

(2) For purposes of this subsection, “ personal watercraft ” means a vessel which uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel. A person shall not operate a personal watercraft unless each person on board or being towed behind is wearing a type I, type II or type III, personal flotation device approved by the United States Coast Guard.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-117 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-117
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(5) A copy of the regulations adopted pursuant to this section, and amendments thereto, shall be filed in the office of the commission adopting the regulations and in the office of the sheriff of each county affected where the same shall be maintained as a public record. The rules and regulations shall be published in a convenient form and shall be given to each recipient of an original, renewed, transferred, or a recorded certificate of number.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-17 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Section 25-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-17
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall adopt the necessary rules and regulations to implement this chapter.

(2) The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out this chapter.

(3) The department may make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-17 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-17
Status: in_force

On the receipt of an application from any county or agency authorized under the laws of the state of Mississippi to operate or support a port or harbor project, or any part thereof, the board shall cause an independent determination and appraisal to be made of such analysis and survey, and the plan for the improvement, operation, development and expansion of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, and if the board shall find and determine that the plan for the improvement, operation, development or expansion of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, is practical and feasible and is in the public interest, and that such port or harbor, or any part thereof, can be operated economically under state ownership, and that the revenues therefrom would be sufficient, over a period of time, to make such ownership and/or operation by the state self-liquidating, then the board, in its discretion, may negotiate with such participating counties as required by this chapter or other authorized agency on the terms of an agreement for the acquisition by the state of such port or harbor, or any part thereof. The board may modify the proposed plan for the improvement, operation, development or expansion of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, and may impose such terms and conditions as, in its discretion, it may require to protect the interest of the state. Any agreement reached between the board and the participating counties, or other authorized agency, shall be reduced to writing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-101 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-101
Status: in_force

This article is supplementary and in addition to Article 1 of this chapter, and shall not apply to any county or counties of the state already receiving two mills of the state ad valorem taxes for port or harbor purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-161 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-161
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-161
Status: in_force

The acceptance by a nonresident of the right and privileges of operating a vessel or motorboat on any of the waters of this state, as evidenced by his operating, either in person or by agent or employee, a vessel or motorboat upon any of the navigable waters of this state, shall be deemed equivalent to an appointment by such nonresident of the secretary of state of the State of Mississippi to be his true and lawful attorney, upon whom may be served all lawful processes or summonses in any action or proceeding against him, growing out of a violation of the provisions of this chapter, or of any accident in which said nonresident may be involved while operating a vessel or motorboat on the navigable waters of the state. Such service of process may be had in the same manner as is provided by Section 13-3-63 , for the service of process on nonresidents operating motor vehicles upon the highways of this state, and shall have the same effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-33 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-33
Status: in_force

All vessels, outboard motors, boats and trailers having awarded numbers or identification numbers or marks which have been removed, changed, mutilated or defaced contrary to this chapter are subject to forfeiture. Any such property shall be seized by any conservation officer or enforcement officer of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, or other officer of the law including any sheriff or deputy sheriff. Upon the seizure of such property, forfeiture proceedings shall be instituted pursuant to Sections 49-7-251 through 49-7-257 . Provided, however, that any such property which has previously been registered or titled within the State of Mississippi is not subject to forfeiture if the application for registration or title contained no false or fraudulent information, or if the property seized has a value less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-15 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-15
Status: in_force

The certified statement of ownership on the application for the award of a number shall constitute prima facie evidence of proof of ownership. Liens of all kinds, including reservations or transfers of title to secure debts or claims, will be disregarded in determining ownership under this chapter. A lienholder who acquires possession and title by virtue of default in the terms of the lien instrument, or any other person who acquires ownership through any such action of a lienholder, may apply for a number and shall attach to such application a signed statement explaining the facts in detail.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-41 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-41
Status: in_force

The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be payable from the special fund provided therefor as hereinafter set out and shall be the general obligations of the State of Mississippi and backed by the full faith and credit of the state, and, if the funds supplied by the board to the State Treasurer from the sources prescribed by this chapter be insufficient to fully pay at maturity any installment of interest on said bonds or to pay at maturity the principal of said bonds, then the deficiency shall be paid by the State Treasurer from any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and all such bonds shall contain recitals on their face substantially covering the foregoing provisions of this section. The amount of bonds issued for the acquisition and planned development of any state inland ports, harbors or waterways shall not exceed the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00). The purpose of this One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollar ($1,500,000.00) bond issue is to purchase industrial sites and railroad right-of-way nearby the inland port.

From and after July 1, 1980, and contingent upon the tax levy authorized in Section 59-17-19 , an additional amount of bonds not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The proceeds of such bonds may be used for any activities associated with carrying out the powers described in Section 59-17-13 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-85 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-85
Status: in_force

(1)(a) No motorboat required to be numbered under this chapter shall be operated by any person who is under the age of twelve (12) years, unless he possesses a certificate as required under this section and is also accompanied by a parent, guardian or other person who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age and qualified and capable of operating the same.

(b) A motorboat required to be numbered under this chapter may not be operated by any person born after June 30, 1980, unless the person has completed a course in boating safety conducted or approved by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, and the person has in his immediate possession while operating a motorboat a certificate of satisfactory completion of the boating safety course.

(c) The requirement of possessing a certificate under this subsection shall not apply to any person operating a motorboat that is rented from a person engaged in the business of renting motorboats.

(2) Boating safety courses shall be held by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, or instructors designated and approved by the department. The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall issue a certificate to each person who satisfactorily completes the boating safety course.

(3) In lieu of any other penalties provided for a violation of this chapter, a violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-85 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-85
Status: in_force

(1)(a) No motorboat required to be numbered under this chapter shall be operated by any person who is under the age of twelve (12) years, unless he possesses a certificate as required under this section and is also accompanied by a parent, guardian or other person who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age and qualified and capable of operating the same.

(b) A motorboat required to be numbered under this chapter may not be operated by any person born after June 30, 1980, unless the person has completed a course in boating safety conducted or approved by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, and the person has in his immediate possession while operating a motorboat a certificate of satisfactory completion of the boating safety course.

(c) The requirement of possessing a certificate under this subsection shall not apply to any person operating a motorboat that is rented from a person engaged in the business of renting motorboats.

(2) Boating safety courses shall be held by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, or instructors designated and approved by the department. The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall issue a certificate to each person who satisfactorily completes the boating safety course.

(3) In lieu of any other penalties provided for a violation of this chapter, a violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-7 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-7
Status: in_force

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

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

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

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:

(a) “Commission” means the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

(b) “Length” means the length of the vessel measured from end to end over the deck excluding sheer.

(c) “Livery boat” means any boat for rent or hire.

(d) “Machinery” means inboard and outboard engines and all other types of motors or mechanical devices.

(e) “Motorboat” means any undocumented vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion. The term motorboat includes personal watercraft.

(f) “Operate” means to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or vessel.

(g) “Operator” means the person who operates or who has charge of the navigation or use of a motorboat or a vessel.

(h) “Owner” means the person who claims lawful possession of a vessel by virtue of legal title or equitable interest therein which entitles him to such possession.

(i) “Person” means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity.

(j) “Ships' lifeboats” means lifeboats used solely for lifesaving purposes and does not include dinghies, tenders, speedboats, or other type of craft carried aboard a vessel and used for other than lifesaving purposes.

(k) “Undocumented vessel” means any vessel which is not required to have, and does not have, a valid marine document issued by the Bureau of Customs.

(l) “Vessel” means every description of watercraft, other than seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

(m) “Waters of this state” means any waters within the territorial limits of this state, and the marginal sea adjacent to this state and the high seas when navigated as a part of a journey or ride to or from the shore of the state; however, “waters of this state” does not mean any private pond or lake which is not used for boat rentals or the charging of fees for fishing therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-3-31 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-3-31
Status: in_force

The term “public corporation,” for the purposes of Sections 59-3-31 through 59-3-37 , means the State of Mississippi or any political subdivision thereof or any public agency of this state or of any political subdivision thereof or any public board, bureau, commission or authority created by the legislature of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Mississippi Boating Law of 1960.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-9 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-9
Status: in_force

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

(2) A person may not destroy, remove, alter, cover or deface the manufacturer's hull identification number or motor serial number, the plate bearing it or any hull identification number or motor serial number the department assigns to any vessel or motor, without authorization from the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-3
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to aid the industrial development and economy of the state through the acquisition, promotion, development, improvement and expansion of inland ports and attendant industrial sites.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-67 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-67
Status: reserved

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

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

(3) Any facilities constructed or acquired for use on such lands under the provisions of Section 59-5-11 , including, but not limited to machinery or equipment, may be leased for a term not in excess of ninety-nine years from the date of such lease, or sold, or otherwise disposed of to the State of Mississippi or to individuals, firms or corporations, public or private, for industrial operations, on such terms and conditions, with such safeguards as will best promote and protect the public interest, and subject to the limitations set out in Section 59-5-11 , and the board of supervisors of such county, acting jointly with the county port authority, and with the approval of the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, is authorized to transfer possession and/or title to any part, or all of such facilities, machinery or equipment by deed, lease, contract, or other customary business instrument.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-3
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) A county development commission shall have all rights, duties and powers vested upon a county port authority by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-51 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-51
Status: in_force

The net revenues, rents, and earnings derived from any planned development or the net revenues, rents, and earnings received by the board produced by a state inland port, harbor, or part thereof, for which bonds have been issued, shall be pledged and allocated by the board to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued for such planned development as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide, and such pledge may include funds received from one or more or all sources available to such planned development and shall be set aside at regular intervals into a sinking fund, which sinking fund shall be pledged to and charged with the payment of:

(a) The interest upon such bonds as such interest shall accrue.

(b) The principal of the bonds as the same shall become due.

(c) The necessary charges of the paying agent or paying agents for paying principal and interest of and on such bonds.

(d) Any premium on bonds retired by call or purchase as may be provided therein.

(e) Net revenues shall be defined in the agreement between the board and the participating counties, or other authorized agency.

The use and disposition of such sinking fund shall be subject to such regulations as may be provided in the resolution authorizing any issue of bonds, but except as may otherwise be provided in such resolution, such sinking fund shall be a fund for the benefit of all bonds issued under such resolution, without distinction or priority of one over the other. Subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, surplus moneys in the sinking fund may be applied to the purchase or redemption of any of such bonds, and any such bonds so purchased or redeemed shall forthwith be cancelled and shall not again be issued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-3
Status: in_force

All improvements and facilities constructed pursuant to this chapter shall be maintained and operated under the control of the city authorities. The city authorities of such city, or cities, shall, subject to and in accordance with any agreement, or agreements, as may be made by any such city with the purchaser, or purchasers, of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, prescribe, levy and collect all rent, fees, tolls, revenues, privileges, commissions, and other charges in connection with the operation, use and occupancy of the aforesaid improvements and facilities, and shall pay over all net revenues derived from the operation of said improvements and facilities to any trustee or successor thereto designated as hereinafter in this chapter provided. The net revenues shall be deemed to be such as may be defined in any agreement, or agreements, entered into between any such city, and the purchaser, or purchasers, of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter. The authorities of any such city, or cities, shall make a financial report to the said trustee annually of the operation of the aforesaid improvements and facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-3 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-3
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county described in Section 59-13-1 shall have authority to employ competent engineers or architects to make necessary plans and specifications for such harbor improvements and buildings which the board may deem necessary and proper to be constructed in connection therewith and said plans and specifications, after the same have been approved by said board, shall be filed with its clerk and the board shall adopt an order to be spread upon its minutes giving notice of its intention to issue bonds to provide funds for such improvements, or any of them, as shown by said plans and specifications.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-41 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-41
Status: in_force

The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be payable from the special fund provided therefor as hereinafter set out and shall be the general obligations of the State of Mississippi and backed by the full faith and credit of the state, and, if the funds supplied by the board to the State Treasurer from the sources prescribed by this chapter be insufficient to fully pay at maturity any installment of interest on said bonds or to pay at maturity the principal of said bonds, then the deficiency shall be paid by the State Treasurer from any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and all such bonds shall contain recitals on their face substantially covering the foregoing provisions of this section. The amount of bonds issued for the acquisition and planned development of any state inland ports, harbors or waterways shall not exceed the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00). The purpose of this One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollar ($1,500,000.00) bond issue is to purchase industrial sites and railroad right-of-way nearby the inland port.

From and after July 1, 1980, and contingent upon the tax levy authorized in Section 59-17-19 , an additional amount of bonds not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The proceeds of such bonds may be used for any activities associated with carrying out the powers described in Section 59-17-13 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-23 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-23
Status: in_force

Certificates of number may be cancelled or voided under the following circumstances:

(a) Surrender of certificate for cancellation;

(b) Issuance of a new number for the same vessel;

(c) Issuance of a marine document by the Bureau of Customs for the same vessel;

(d) False or fraudulent certification in an application for number;

(e) Willful mutilation, defacing, or altering of a number.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-13 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-13
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be placed to the credit of the municipality issuing such bonds in a bank or banks which are members of the Federal Reserve System and may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose or purposes set forth in the original resolution of the governing body of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of such municipality shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and on official bond for such diversion. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of such city to pay the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-157 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-157
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-157
Status: in_force

The owner or operator of a vessel, or both, shall be civilly liable for any injury or damage proximately resulting from the negligent failure of such owner or operator to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-11 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-11
Status: in_force

(1) In the event of a transfer by operation of law of the title or interest of an owner in a vessel or motor titled under this chapter, the transferee or his legal representative shall apply to the department for a certificate of title within thirty (30) days of the transfer. The application shall be accompanied by the title or other states registration previously issued for the vessel or motor, if available, together with any instruments or documents of authority, or certified copies thereof, satisfactory to the department as proof of ownership and the required fee.

(2) For purposes of this chapter, transfer by operation of law shall include transfers to anyone as legatee or distributee or as surviving joint owner or by an order in bankruptcy or insolvency, execution sale, repossession upon default in the performing of the terms of a lease or executory sales contract, or transfers pursuant to any written agreement ratified or incorporated in a decree or order of a court of record, or otherwise than by the voluntary act of the person whose title or interest is so transferred.

(3) If the holder of a certificate of title is deceased and there has been no qualification on his estate, a transfer may be made by a legatee or distributee. The legatee or distributee presents to the department the original certificate of title and a statement made to the effect that there has not been or expected to be a qualification on the estate and that the decedent's debts have been paid or that the proceeds from the sale of the vessel or motor will be applied against his debts. The statement shall contain the name, residence at the time of death, date of death of the decedent, and the names of any other persons having an interest in the vessel or motor for which the title is to be transferred. If these persons are of legal age, they shall indicate in writing their consent to the transfer of the title.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-83 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-83
Status: in_force

No vessel shall be operated within this state in a reckless or negligent manner or at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the then existing circumstances or when the operator is so physically or mentally incapacitated as to be incapable of safely operating such vessel, or while the operator is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotics, or when such vessel is overloaded beyond its reasonable carrying capacity. The provisions of this section shall be applicable to all watercraft operating on the waters of this state inclusive of, but not limited to, undocumented or unnumbered vessels and shall specifically include all vessels exempted from numbering by Section 59-21-5 and surfboards, aquaplanes, airboats, water skis or other watercraft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-1 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-23-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alcohol Boating Safety Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-81 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-81
Status: in_force

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

(2) For purposes of this subsection, “ personal watercraft ” means a vessel which uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel. A person shall not operate a personal watercraft unless each person on board or being towed behind is wearing a type I, type II or type III, personal flotation device approved by the United States Coast Guard.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-51 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-51
Status: in_force

The net revenues, rents, and earnings derived from any planned development or the net revenues, rents, and earnings received by the board produced by a state inland port, harbor, or part thereof, for which bonds have been issued, shall be pledged and allocated by the board to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued for such planned development as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide, and such pledge may include funds received from one or more or all sources available to such planned development and shall be set aside at regular intervals into a sinking fund, which sinking fund shall be pledged to and charged with the payment of:

(a) The interest upon such bonds as such interest shall accrue.

(b) The principal of the bonds as the same shall become due.

(c) The necessary charges of the paying agent or paying agents for paying principal and interest of and on such bonds.

(d) Any premium on bonds retired by call or purchase as may be provided therein.

(e) Net revenues shall be defined in the agreement between the board and the participating counties, or other authorized agency.

The use and disposition of such sinking fund shall be subject to such regulations as may be provided in the resolution authorizing any issue of bonds, but except as may otherwise be provided in such resolution, such sinking fund shall be a fund for the benefit of all bonds issued under such resolution, without distinction or priority of one over the other. Subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, surplus moneys in the sinking fund may be applied to the purchase or redemption of any of such bonds, and any such bonds so purchased or redeemed shall forthwith be cancelled and shall not again be issued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-81 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-9-81
Status: in_force

The bonds or other obligations issued by counties or municipalities pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of debt which may be incurred by any such county or by any such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-15 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-13-15
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) No reimbursement shall be made under the Homestead Exemption Law of 1946 Sections 27-33-1 through 27-33-65, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for any tax levy made under the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-17 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-17
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall adopt the necessary rules and regulations to implement this chapter.

(2) The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out this chapter.

(3) The department may make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-9 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-9
Status: in_force

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

(2) A person may not destroy, remove, alter, cover or deface the manufacturer's hull identification number or motor serial number, the plate bearing it or any hull identification number or motor serial number the department assigns to any vessel or motor, without authorization from the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-15 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-15
Status: in_force

The board, in addition to the monies which may be received by it from the sale of bonds, the proceeds of a loan, and from the collection of revenues, rents and earnings derived under the provisions of this chapter, shall have the authority to accept from any public or private agency, or from any individual grants or loans for or in aid of the construction of any planned development, or for the payment of bonds, and to receive and accept contributions from any source, of money or property or other things of value to be held, used and applied only for the purposes for which such grants, loans or contributions may be made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-15 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-15-15
Status: in_force

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

The board of supervisors of any county after having constructed improvements under this chapter is hereby authorized and empowered to operate and maintain such harbor facilities and to make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for such operation and maintenance, and such board may also fix and collect charges for the use of such facilities and may, in its resolution or order directing the issuance of bonds under this chapter, irrevocably pledge to the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds the net income and revenue resulting from the operation of such facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-407 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-407
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-407
Status: in_force

A port commission created under this article shall consist of six (6) members who shall be qualified electors of the municipality operating under this article, and shall be appointed as follows: two (2) shall be appointed by the Governor, two (2) shall be appointed by the governing authorities of the municipality, and two (2) shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county. The commission shall have jurisdiction over the port, terminals, harbors and passes leading thereto, and all vessels, boats and wharves, common carriers and public utilities using the port. Commissioners shall be paid the uniform per diem compensation authorized in Section 25-3-69 for the discharge of official duties at meetings called in accordance with Section 59-7-409 .

In the first instance, the two (2) commissioners appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for terms of five (5) and four (4) years, respectively, from the date of appointment; one (1) member appointed by the board of supervisors shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years from the date of appointment, and the members appointed by the governing authorities of the municipality shall be appointed for terms of two (2) and one (1) years, respectively, from the date of appointment. The additional member appointed by the board of supervisors shall be appointed to a term of five (5) years. After the first appointments, thereafter each member appointed shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years.

The commission shall, upon appointment, organize as provided in Section 59-7-409 .

A port commission created under this article may be dissolved by the governing authorities of the municipality as provided under Section 59-7-408 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-301 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-301
Status: in_force

This article, as to the subject matters hereof, shall supersede all other laws, general, special or local, including charters of municipalities. Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this article shall have no power thereafter to issue bonds or other obligations pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, unless and until all bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article, and interest thereon, have been fully paid and discharged.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-5 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-25-5
Status: in_force

(1) The department may charge a fee not to exceed Ten Dollars ($10.00) to issue a certificate of title; a transfer of title or a duplicate or corrected certificate of title.

(2) The holder of an original title shall apply for a duplicate title within thirty (30) days after, or after the discovery of, the loss, theft, mutilation or destruction of an original certificate of title. The department shall issue a duplicate certificate of title plainly marked “duplicate” across its face upon application by the person entitled to hold the certificate if the department is satisfied that the original certificate has been lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed or has become illegible. The applicant shall furnish information concerning the original certificate and the circumstances of its loss, theft, mutilation or destruction. Mutilated or illegible certificates shall be returned to the department with the application for a duplicate. If a duplicate certificate of title has been issued and the lost or stolen original is recovered, the original shall be promptly surrendered to the department for cancellation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-33 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-33
Status: in_force

All vessels, outboard motors, boats and trailers having awarded numbers or identification numbers or marks which have been removed, changed, mutilated or defaced contrary to this chapter are subject to forfeiture. Any such property shall be seized by any conservation officer or enforcement officer of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, or other officer of the law including any sheriff or deputy sheriff. Upon the seizure of such property, forfeiture proceedings shall be instituted pursuant to Sections 49-7-251 through 49-7-257 . Provided, however, that any such property which has previously been registered or titled within the State of Mississippi is not subject to forfeiture if the application for registration or title contained no false or fraudulent information, or if the property seized has a value less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-81 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-81
Status: in_force

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

(2) For purposes of this subsection, “ personal watercraft ” means a vessel which uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel. A person shall not operate a personal watercraft unless each person on board or being towed behind is wearing a type I, type II or type III, personal flotation device approved by the United States Coast Guard.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-31 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-31
Status: in_force

Any port commission existing under the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 7 of this title, and any other port commission or port authority now or hereafter constituted by law which has not expressly been granted such powers, may, in addition to all powers now or hereafter vested in it by law, exercise all powers and authority granted to county port authorities or county development commissions under Sections 59-9-15 through 59-9-35 , which sections are hereby incorporated herein by reference, and may in addition to such powers acquire, own, operate and maintain gas, electric, water, sewerage or other public utility systems or pipelines and easements necessary thereto. In the event that a joint agreement cannot be consummated jointly with the board as provided in this chapter, the boards of supervisors of any county, or the governing authority of any municipality, or both acting jointly, may issue revenue bonds of such county or municipality, or both, acting jointly, as provided by section 59-7-311 . Such revenue bonds may be issued without an election on resolution of the board of supervisors, governing body of the municipality, or both acting jointly, and shall not be subject to any limitation as to amount, and shall not be included or computed in the statutory limitation of indebtedness of any such county or municipality.

All leases executed by such port commissions or port authorities for port, harbor, commercial or industrial improvements, and all structures and all improvements and other permanent facilities erected, installed or located by such lessees, or their successors or assignees within the limits of any port, harbor or part thereof, may be free and exempt from all state, county and municipal ad valorem taxes if so stipulated in such lease, and for such period as may be fixed in such lease, not to exceed such periods of time as are now authorized or may be hereafter authorized by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-131 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 7-131
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-7-131
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of such port commission, from time to time, to make recommendations to the board of supervisors of such county concerning expenditures to be made for the improvement, promotion, development, construction, maintenance and operation of the harbor and port facilities of such county, and shall annually submit to such board of supervisors a proposed budget for the operation and maintenance of such harbor and port facilities, which recommendations and budget shall be subject to approval of the board of supervisors. Except as provided in Section 59-7-111 , the port fund shall be subject to expenditure by the port commission.

The port commission may recommend to the Legislative Budget Office, the State Fiscal Management Board, and the county board of supervisors that certain excess funds in the port fund be transferred to any industrial development authority within the county. Upon approval by the State Fiscal Management Board and the county board of supervisors, the port commission may transfer such excess funds, or any portion thereof which may be designated by the State Fiscal Management Board and county board of supervisors, as provided herein.

The port commission in any county bordering the Mississippi River and having a population of more than fifty-one thousand (51,000) but less than fifty-two thousand (52,000) according to the 1980 federal census may recommend to the board of supervisors the expenditure of excess funds in the port fund for the acquisition of lands in the county to be used for industrial development purposes. Upon the acquisition of such lands, excess funds in the port fund may also be expended to provide necessary utilities and other improvements the board of supervisors deems necessary and requisite for industrial development. Any lands acquired hereunder shall be titled in the name of the county.

For the purposes of this section, the term “excess funds” means monies determined to be in excess of those necessary to fund the budget for the fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-27 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-17-27
Status: in_force

The agreement between the board and the participating counties or other authorized agency shall provide that a fair and proportionate part of the expense of the board administering this chapter shall be considered a part of the cost of the development or operation of the planned development, and such costs shall be paid into a separate state fund in the state treasury, to be known as the “state inland ports fund.” Such fund shall be used by the board for the promotion, development, construction, improvement, expansion, maintenance, advertising, and general advancement of the state harbors, ports, rivers, channels, and waterways and may be expended on requisition of the board for such purposes and such other purposes as in the opinion of the board is to the best interest of the ports, harbors, and waterways of this state. The salaries of all officers, employees, or agents of the board, performing duties required by this chapter, and all other expenses incidental to the port, harbor, or waterway operation of the board shall be fixed by the board and payable out of said fund. The board may contract with one or more state inland port authorities, or any city, county or other authorized port or harbor agency for any joint activity or for the joint employment of personnel with the expense of the activity or salary of such personnel to be paid by the board from operational funds provided by the contracting parties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-11 — MS Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-11
Status: in_force

The owner of any vessel required to be numbered under this chapter shall apply, within ten (10) days from the date of acquisition of the vessel, to the commission, on forms provided, for a certificate of number. The application for a number shall include the following:

(a) Name and address of owner.

(b) Date of birth of owner.

(c) Social Security number or driver's license number of the owner.

(d) Present citizenship of owner (county, state, country).

(e) County in which the vessel is principally used.

(f) Present number (if any).

(g) Hull material (wood, steel, aluminum, plastic, other).

(h) Type of propulsion (outboard, inboard, other).

(i) Type of fuel (gas, diesel, other).

(j) Length of vessel.

(k) Make and year built (if known).

(l) Statement as to use (pleasure, livery, dealer, manufacturer, commercial-passenger, commercial-fishing, commercial-other).

(m) A certification of ownership by the applicant.

(n) Serial number of outboard motor, boat and trailer owned by the applicant.

(o) Signature of owner.

(p) A receipt, sales or otherwise, which shows whether or not a sales or use tax was paid at the time of the purchase of the vessel. If the vessel was purchased outside the State of Mississippi, from and after July 1, 1978, and the tax for the privilege of using or consuming tangible personal property imposed by Section 27-67-5 was not paid at the time the vessel was acquired, then the owner shall be required to pay the tax as provided by the Mississippi Use Tax Law before a certificate of number can be issued.