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MS Code § 21-37-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-23. Parking facilities for motor vehicles; establishment and operation authorized

 The governing authorities of any municipality shall have the power and authority, in their discretion, to establish and construct municipal parking facilities for motor vehicles belonging to members of the general public, and to rent, lease, purchase, or otherwise acquire the necessary lands and property for the establishment or construction of such facilities, in any manner now authorized by law for the acquisition of land and property for public purposes. All acts and things heretofore done and performed by any municipality of this state in the securing, establishing and construction of public parking lots within the limits of said municipality are hereby ratified and confirmed.   Such municipal governing authorities are empowered to operate and prescribe rules, regulations and rates for the use and operation of such parking facility. Such municipal governing authorities are empowered to employ, fix, and pay the compensation of necessary operating personnel. Such municipal governing authorities are empowered to rent, lease, or sell such facility at such price, but in no case at less than an amount sufficient to repay the cost thereof to the municipality, and on such terms as may be reasonable, but in no case at less than amounts sufficient to service and retire any bonds or notes issued in connection therewith, and conditioned that it shall continue for a specified period of time to be operated as a parking facility for the use of the public, subject to such rules, regulations and rates as may be prescribed by the municipality. No commercial enterprise activities other than the parking of motor vehicles shall be authorized by any municipality on the property comprising any part of such parking facilities.
MS Code § 21-37-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-27. Parking facilities for motor vehicles; funding

 For the purpose of securing funds to carry out Section 21-37-23, the governing authorities of such municipality are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to issue bonds or negotiable notes for the purpose of acquiring land and property for a municipal parking facility, and also for owning, erecting, building, establishing, operating and maintaining such facility, and to remodel or repair the same. Such bonds or notes shall be issued in an amount not to exceed the limitation now or hereafter imposed by law, and shall be issued in all respects, including interest rate, maturities and other details, as is now or may hereafter be provided by general law regulating the issuance of bonds or notes by corporate authorities of such municipality.
MS Code § 21-37-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-29. Parking meters

 The governing authorities of any municipality in this state are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, and to install and maintain parking meters for the regulation of the parking of vehicles on the municipal streets. When such parking meters are installed and operated by any municipality, the governing authorities thereof shall have the power to prescribe, by ordinance, reasonable rules and regulations for the use and operation of same, and to provide and prescribe penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations. Such governing authorities may also fix, prescribe, and collect fees for the use of the parking space adjacent to any such meters and to require that such fee shall be paid by the deposit of the appropriate coin or coins in such meters.
MS Code § 21-37-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-31. Advertising signs on parking meters

 The governing authorities of any municipality, excepting those in counties bordering on the Gulf of Mexico with a population of more than 80,000, are hereby authorized and empowered to permit the placing of advertising signs upon parking meters or parking meter posts and to contract with any individual or company for the rental or lease thereof, as they may find advantageous to the municipality. The signs shall be placed in compliance with rules and regulations set out by the governing authorities of the municipality, and shall be placed in such manner so as to not obstruct the view of the street, the operation of the meters, or endanger the cars or the drivers thereof parking in front of or near the meters, or pedestrians using the sidewalks upon which the meters are located. The governing authorities shall require any person placing advertising signs upon parking meters or parking meter posts to enter into such contracts of insurance as may be necessary to protect the municipality or any person from any loss or damage caused by the presence of the advertising signs. All monies received by the municipality pursuant to the contract of lease or rental entered into shall be placed in the general fund of the city and expended for such purposes as may be authorized by law.
MS Code § 21-37-32 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-32. Municipalities authorized to delegate authority for enforcement of parking regulations

 A municipality, by ordinance duly spread upon its minutes, may delegate to an appropriate private enterprise with whom the municipality contracts all or part of the authority to enforce any ordinance concerning the regulation of parking within the confines of the municipality or any part thereof, including, but not limited to, penalties for violations, deadlines for the payment of fines and late payment penalties for fines not paid when due. The delegating ordinance may also provide that a summons or parking citation for the violation may be issued by a uniformed law enforcement officer, uniformed law enforcement employee or by uniformed personnel employed by the delegate serving under contract with the municipality.
MS Code § 21-37-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-33. Park commission; election and removal of park commissioners; advisory park and recreation commission

 The governing authorities of any municipality are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to create a park commission, and to elect not less than three (3) nor more than seven (7) members thereof, who shall be known as "park commissioners" of such municipality to manage and control all of the parks, playgrounds and swimming pools maintained and established in such municipality. Said park commissioners shall be qualified electors of the municipality or the county where the municipality is located and shall not hold any other municipal or county office of honor or profit. They shall receive such compensation as may be allowed by the governing authorities of such municipality. The terms of office of the commissioners, authorized to be elected hereunder shall be one (1) for one (1) year, one (1) for two (2) years, and so on for the number of members of such park commission, and thereafter the term of each commissioner shall be for a number of years as there are members of said commission. Said governing authorities shall have the power to remove any member of such commission for inefficiency or incompetency, or for any other cause.   Provided, however, the governing authorities of any municipality which has been organized under the provisions of Title 21, Chapter 8, Mississippi Code of 1972, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to create an advisory park and recreation commission which shall serve as an advisory board to said governing authorities on all such matters in the municipality. The members of the commission shall be appointed by the governing authorities, and in those municipalities which have been divided into five (5) wards, the commission shall consist of not less than five (5) nor more than seven (7) members; in those municipalities which have been divided into seven (7) wards, the commission shall consist of not less than seven (7) nor more than nine (9) members; in those municipalities which have been divided into nine (9) wards, the commission shall consist of nine (9) members; and at least one (1) of the members of the commission shall be a resident of each of the wards of the municipality. Appointment of members of the commission by the governing authorities under this paragraph shall be made by the mayor with the confirmation of an affirmative vote of a majority of the city council present and voting at any meeting. The governing authorities of said municipality shall have vested in them all the powers and duties of a park commission as provided by law and shall be the successor in title to all real and personal property held by the park commission in existence under the previous form of government and shall be the successor to all contracts to which said previous commission was a party. The commissioners shall serve in the manner, for such term, and with such powers as said governing authorities may prescribe by ordinance.
MS Code § 21-37-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-35. Park commission; funding

 The governing authorities of any municipality having a park commission shall appropriate and pay to such park commissioners annually such funds as may be necessary, in the opinion of such governing authorities, to properly operate and maintain said parks, playgrounds and swimming pools. All funds in the hands of the park commission shall be placed in the municipal depository and shall be considered municipal funds.
MS Code § 21-37-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-39. Park commission; disposition of revenues

 The park commission of any such municipality shall devote all moneys derived by appropriation from the municipal governing authorities, by gift, by revenue, or from any other source, for the payment of all maintenance and operating expenses, the purchase of parks and playground equipment, the repair and replacement thereof, and for the extension of recreational facilities for the wholesome and healthful recreation of all citizens of such municipality.
MS Code § 21-37-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-41. Park commission; construction of certain laws

 Sections 21-37-33 through 21-37-39 shall be liberally construed to promote the efficient maintenance and operation of such parks, playgrounds, and swimming pools to the end that it may result in the improvement of the general health, entertainment and happiness of the citizens of such municipalities. Such sections shall not be compulsory on any municipality, but the governing authorities of any municipality may come under said sections by adopting an ordinance, duly spread on their minutes determining to do so.
MS Code § 21-37-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-43. Tax levy for parks and playgrounds

 The governing authorities of any municipality, including any municipality operating under a special charter which has created a park commission, are hereby authorized to levy and collect not more than two mills annually for the purpose of constructing, supporting and maintaining parks and playgrounds, and for recreational purposes in such municipalities. The funds so collected by said tax shall be used for no purpose except as provided in this section.
MS Code § 21-37-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-45. Insuring of municipal property

 The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority to insure municipal property, including buildings, furniture, books and records, and all other property, against loss by fire and tornado, and to carry such amount of employer's liability, steam boilers, plate glass and other miscellaneous casualty insurance as in the discretion of the governing authorities of the municipality may be deemed proper, and to pay for the premiums thereof out of the municipal treasury.
MS Code § 21-37-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-47. Exercise of eminent domain by municipalities

 The governing authorities of municipalities, and any commission created under legislative act and operating as an agency of any municipality, where necessary or incidental to the functions and purposes of the commission as set out in the legislative act providing for such commission, shall have the power to exercise the right of eminent domain for the following purposes:   1. the laying out of streets, avenues and alleys:   2. the straightening and widening of streets, or changing the grade thereof;   3. the constructing or repairing of sidewalks, sewers, and other improvements;   4. the securing of land for parks, cemeteries, schoolhouses, fire departments, market houses, and for the constructing of any public building;   5. the laying out, constructing, erecting or perfecting of levees, or a system of levees, for the protection of such municipality or any part thereof, or for the protection of any public work or building, and for the constructing or perfecting of its drainage system;   6. the establishing, altering and changing of the channel of streams or water courses or ditches, and the acquiring of land to bridge the same;   7. and in any other case where the land is to be used for public purposes.   Such governing authorities or commission may exercise the right without, as well as within, the corporate limits of the municipality, and this right may be exercised by any municipality or any such commission aforesaid.   Moreover, any municipality in the state may, in the furtherance of any national defense project, within or without its corporate limits but located within ten miles of the corporate limits of such municipality, purchase or acquire lands connected with such project and in so doing exercise the right of eminent domain, if necessary.
MS Code § 21-37-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-49. Purchase of lands sold to state

 The mayor and board of aldermen, or other governing authorities, of any municipality in this state are hereby authorized to purchase from the state any lands situated within the corporate limits of such municipality which have been sold to the state for delinquent taxes and the title to which, at the time of the filing of the application to purchase, has matured in the state. The land commissioner, with the approval of the governor, may sell any such lands situated within the corporate limits of such municipality to the municipality at such price as may be authorized by law for the sale of such lands to individuals. Such sale may be made upon the same terms and conditions as are provided by law for the sale of lands to individuals. The mayor and board of aldermen, or other governing authorities, of such municipality are hereby authorized to appropriate money out of the general fund of such municipality for the payment of the purchase price of such lands.
MS Code § 21-37-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-51. Surveys and maps

 The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to have a survey and map made of the streets, blocks and lots. When corrected and approved by such municipal authorities, the map so made shall constitute the official map of the municipality, and a duplicate thereof shall be recorded in the office of the chancery clerk of the county, in the manner prescribed by law.
MS Code § 21-37-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-53. Disposal of certain property not purchased with public funds by certain municipalities

 Any municipality which holds title to property, real, personal, or mixed, which was not purchased with public funds, and which is not used for governmental purposes, but is occupied and used by an industry engaged in manufacturing, may contract privately with the occupant thereof with regard thereto, and may convey and dispose of the same at private sale to such person, firm or corporation so occupying and using the same at and for such consideration as the governing authorities may deem proper under the circumstances.   Any municipality which holds title to property, real, personal, or mixed, which was not purchased with public funds and which is not used for governmental purposes, is hereby authorized to lease same at and for such consideration as the governing authorities may deem proper for a period or periods not to exceed seventy-five years, and may contract with private individuals, firms, or corporations with respect to the use and development thereof.   Any municipality of this state, in or near which a state university, or other state supported four-year college, is now or may hereafter be located, which owns a museum, the property on which it is situated, and/or other property, all of which was acquired by donation or without the use of public funds, may, in the discretion of its governing authorities, convey by gift or otherwise such museum and such property, or any part of it, to such state university, or other state supported four-year college, located in or near such municipality.
MS Code § 21-37-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-55. Conveyance of land in slum, blighted or urban renewal areas to urban renewal agencies by certain municipalities

  A municipality with a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more according to the latest federal decennial census, may convey to its urban renewal agency, for a nominal price, land in a slum area, blighted area or urban renewal area to which it holds title.   As used in this section:   "Urban renewal agency" means an urban renewal agency created under Section 43-35-33.   "Slum area," "blighted area" and "urban renewal area" have the meaning ascribed to such terms in Section 43-35-3.
MS Code § 21-37-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-57. Pascagoula Public Beach renamed "Buffett Beach."

 The Pascagoula Public Beach located in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, and which serves as one of the many coastal tourists attractions in the State of Mississippi, shall be renamed "Buffett Beach" in honor and in recognition of Pascagoula native and musical icon, James William "Jimmy" Buffett, who lived blocks away and played on its shores. The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place adjacent to the beach's entrance, that states the background, accomplishments and contributions to the state by James William "Jimmy" Buffett. The Department of Finance and Administration in conjunction with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety shall erect or cause to be erected proper signage at the beach's easternmost, centermost and westernmost access entrances displaying the official name of the beach as "Buffett Beach."
MS Code § 21-38-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 38 - Acquisition or Lease of Real Property from Federal Government for Parks, Recreation, and Tourism|§ 21-38-1. Purpose

 The purpose of this chapter is to promote the general welfare and economic development by empowering certain municipalities to (a) acquire or lease real property, whether located within or outside the corporate boundaries of such municipality, from the United States, (b) develop and use such real property, and (c) incorporate such real property. The provisions of this chapter are and shall be construed to be independent of, an alternative to and in addition to all existing laws of the state governing the authority of municipalities.
MS Code § 21-38-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 38 - Acquisition or Lease of Real Property from Federal Government for Parks, Recreation, and Tourism|§ 21-38-3. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:   "Municipality" means any municipality located in a county in which Sardis Lake is located, in which Mississippi Highway 6 and Interstate Highway 55 intersect and having a population of five thousand (5,000) or less according to the 1990 federal decennial census.   "Sardis Lake" means that certain flood control reservoir and adjacent real property in Lafayette and Panola Counties owned by the United States and operated and managed by the Department of the Army through its Corps of Engineers on March 8, 1999.   The "United States" means the United States Government and the United States Department of the Army, acting by and through its Corps of Engineers, and any other agency, department or commission of the United States owning or having jurisdiction or authority, or both, over Sardis Lake or matters relating thereto.
MS Code § 21-38-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 38 - Acquisition or Lease of Real Property from Federal Government for Parks, Recreation, and Tourism|§ 21-38-5. Municipality authorized to enter into agreement, contract, or lease with United States

  Any municipality may enter into and accomplish any agreement, contract, lease or other arrangement with the United States whereby the municipality may acquire or lease real property, whether located within or outside the corporate boundaries of such municipality, for the purpose of developing and promoting parks, tourism and recreational facilities of all types, including without limitation marinas, restaurants, hotels, conference centers, golf courses, lakes, nature trails, campgrounds and similar facilities and supporting infrastructure; and the purposes set forth in any such agreement, contract, lease or other arrangement and the uses described therein of such real property shall be proper municipal purposes for such municipality.   Any municipality that acquires or leases real property from the United States under subsection (1) of this section may (a) lease and sublease, and grant rights to use, easements and rights-of-way over and across, any part or all of such real property for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the municipality may deem appropriate for a period or periods not to exceed seventy-five (75) years, and (b) enter into and accomplish agreements, contracts, leases and subleases, and other arrangements with private individuals, firms or corporations with respect to the use and development of such real property.   Any municipality that leases or subleases or grants rights to use, easements or rights-of-way over and across real property acquired or leased from the United States under subsection (1) of this section may utilize all revenues received from the rental or use of such real property or the granting of such rights, or received as a result of any term or condition in an agreement, contract, lease, sublease or other arrangement relating to such real property, for all proper municipal purposes.