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MS Code § 55-5-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|In General|§ 55-5-7. Conveyances of roads or rights-of-way by Highway Commission

 The State Highway Commission of the State of Mississippi is hereby fully authorized to convey and set over unto the United States government, or any of its subsidiary departments when approved by the Governor of the State of Mississippi, any and all rights of way or roads which it may own or possess or have authority over, conveying same exclusively to the United States government or conveying joint control thereof to the United States government for the purpose of aiding in the location, building, construction and maintenance of a national highway or parkway in the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 55-5-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|In General|§ 55-5-9. Conveyances by Governor; grant of rights-of-way, easements, etc., in sixteenth section lands

 The Governor of the State of Mississippi is further authorized to convey to the United States or any of its subsidiary agencies any and all lands owned by the State of Mississippi which have been acquired by tax sale, donation, or gift. The said State of Mississippi and the said boards of supervisors of the county where said parkway is located are fully authorized and empowered to give and grant any and all rights of way, parkway rights or scenic easements in, over and through any sixteenth section lands or lands in lieu of sixteenth section lands, making any and all necessary conveyances thereto which may be required by the United States government.
MS Code § 55-5-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|In General|§ 55-5-11. Execution of conveyances and deeds

 The board of supervisors and the State of Mississippi, acting by and through its Governor, are fully authorized and vested with power to execute any lawful conveyance or conveyances, deed or deeds which said board of supervisors or such governor may deem proper and necessary for the execution of any contract or contracts under authority of Sections 55-5-1 through 55-5-17. Any deed or deeds or conveyance or conveyances, when executed by the board of supervisors shall be executed in the name of the county, and when executed by the Governor shall be executed in the name of the State of Mississippi. Such deed when executed by the board of supervisors shall be attested by the chancery clerk, and when executed by the governor shall be attested by the secretary of state. Such deeds or instruments shall be sealed with the respective seals of the respective authorities and no other warrant or authority shall be required for the conveyance of such right, title or interest or for the registration of any of such instruments.
MS Code § 55-5-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|In General|§ 55-5-13. Protection of adjacent property

 The authorities constructing such highway, parkway, or roadway under the authority as is provided in Sections 55-5-1 through 55-5-17 shall use diligence to protect growing crops and pastures, and to prevent damage to any property not taken. So far as possible, all rights of way for roadways and parkways purposes and scenic easements purposes shall be acquired or contracted for before any route is definitely located.
MS Code § 55-5-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|In General|§ 55-5-15. Limitation of size of national roadway or parkway

 Such national roadway or parkway shall not exceed in area as an average throughout its length in the State of Mississippi more than one hundred (100) acres to the mile of such roadway or parkway, and in addition thereto not in excess of fifty (50) acres to the mile of said national roadway or parkway of scenic easement rights.
MS Code § 55-5-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|In General|§ 55-5-17. Acquisition of lands by United States; reservations of rights

 The United States of America is authorized to acquire by deed or conveyance, gift, will or otherwise lands for the purpose of roadways and parkways as set forth in Sections 55-5-1 through 55-5-17, but this consent is given upon condition that the State of Mississippi shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such lands so far that civil process in all cases and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the State of Mississippi against any person charged with the commission of any crime, without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this consent had not been given. Power is hereby conferred on the Congress of the United States to pass such laws as it may deem necessary for the acquisition of the said lands and for their incorporation in national roadways, parkways or national parks, and to pass such laws and make or provide for the making of such rules and regulations, of both civil and criminal nature, and to provide punishment therefor as in its judgment may be necessary for the management, control and protection of such lands as may be acquired by the United States under the provisions of the aforesaid sections, including such lands as are acquired not only for highway and parkway and park purposes but also those lands over which scenic easements are acquired for such purposes. Nevertheless, such jurisdiction shall not vest in the United States of America unless and until it, through the proper officer or officers, notifies the governor and, through him, the State of Mississippi that the United States of America assumes concurrent police jurisdiction over the land or lands thus deeded and conveyed. There is saved to the State of Mississippi the right to tax sales of gasoline and other motor vehicle fuels and oils for use in motor vehicles and to tax persons and corporations, their franchises and properties, on all land or lands deeded or conveyed as aforesaid. There is saved to persons residing in or on any of the land or lands deeded or conveyed as aforesaid, the right to vote at all elections within the county in which said land or lands are located, upon like terms and conditions and to the same extent as they would be entitled to vote in such county had not such lands been deeded or conveyed as aforesaid to the United States of America.
MS Code § 55-5-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi Transportation Commission and National Parkways|§ 55-5-19. Assent to acts of Congress; cooperation of state and federal agencies, etc.

 The intent of this section is to assent to any act of the United States Congress authorizing the development of any national parkway located wholly or partly within the State of Mississippi, to the full extent that is necessary to secure any benefits under such act, provided that the hunting of migratory water fowl and other game and fishing shall not be prohibited or otherwise restricted by the United States government or any of its designated agencies in control of said project. It is the further intent of this section to authorize the appropriate state boards, commissions, and departments, and especially the state highway commission, and the governing bodies of counties, cities, towns and villages, to cooperate in the planning and development of all national parkways that may be proposed for development in Mississippi, with any agency or department of the government of the United States in which is vested the necessary authority to construct or otherwise develop such national parkways. Whenever authority shall exist for the planning and development of any national parkway, of which any portion shall be located in this state, it shall be the duty of the state highway commission to make such investigations and studies in cooperation with the appropriate federal agency, and such state boards, commissions and departments as shall have an interest in such parkway development, to the extent that shall be desirable and necessary in order to provide that the state shall secure all advantages that may accrue through such parkway development and that the interests of the counties, cities, villages and towns along the route shall be conserved.
MS Code § 55-5-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi Transportation Commission and National Parkways|§ 55-5-21. Definitions

 For the purposes of Sections 55-5-19 through 55-5-33, all terms applying to any parkway, such as "secretary", "parkway", "scenic landscape", "sightly or safety easement", "access", "parkway road", "frontage", and other or similar terms, which are defined in any act of the United States Congress applicable to such national parkway, shall have the meanings set forth in such act.
MS Code § 55-5-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi Transportation Commission and National Parkways|§ 55-5-23. Duty of Highway Commission to make investigations, surveys, studies and plans concerning national parkway

 The State Highway Commission shall have full authority to make such investigations, surveys, studies and plans in connection with any proposed national parkway or parkway development as it shall deem necessary or desirable in order to determine if the proposed development, under the terms of the act of the United States Congress applicable to such parkway or any regulation, under such act, are advantageous to the state. Such parkway development may be any portion of the proposed parkway, which it may be proposed to construct as a project under such act. The State Highway Commission may hold such hearings in connection with such investigations as it shall deem necessary or desirable, and shall give at least seven (7) days' notice of such hearings by publication in at least two (2) newspapers having general circulation in the locality.
MS Code § 55-5-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi Transportation Commission and National Parkways|§ 55-5-25. Findings and determination of Highway Commission concerning parkway

 When the State Highway Commission has completed its investigations with respect to any proposed national parkway development, it shall make its findings and determination with respect to such proposed development. Such finding and determination shall state whether or not such proposed national parkway development is deemed advantageous to the state, shall include such information with respect to the development as shall be necessary to state its character and extent, and shall estimate the cost thereof and separately, the amount and character of lands necessary to be acquired in fee simple and in easements, with their cost, and needed to carry out the development.
MS Code § 55-5-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi Transportation Commission and National Parkways|§ 55-5-27. Powers of Highway Commission to secure parkway development for state; utilization of county highway funds

 If the State Highway Commission, after such investigations and studies, shall find that the proposed parkway development is advantageous to the state, it shall have full authority to perform, on behalf of the state, each and every duty required of the state by the act of the United States Congress applicable to such parkway development, in order to secure the proposed development project for the state. For the purposes of such development project, the parkway shall be a portion of the state highway system. Any moneys that may be available for the improvement of the state highway system within any county may be available for any proposed national parkway development within such county, in the same manner as such moneys shall be available for state highways. The board of supervisors of any county may authorize the use of any moneys available to the county under any statutes, for the purposes of the proposed parkway development to the same amount as for state highways under such statutes. The board of supervisors may provide money for any national parkway development project in the same manner and in the same amount as for state highways, and any county bonds issued to provide funds for any such parkway development shall be retired in the same manner as bonds issued for state highways.
MS Code § 55-5-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi Transportation Commission and National Parkways|§ 55-5-29. Acquisition of easements and rights-of-way by Highway Commission; conveyance of state and local government property to United States

 All lands for right of way to be acquired in the fee simple and all easements necessary to be acquired for the purposes of the proposed national parkway development may be acquired by the State Highway Commission in the name of the state, as may be required by the act of the United States Congress applicable thereto. Any lands owned by the state or by any county, city, village or town, may be conveyed to the United States for the purposes of the parkway in the manner provided by law. The commission may acquire such lands by gift, purchase agreement, or by exercising the right of eminent domain in any manner that may be provided by law for the acquirement of lands for public purposes. The commission shall have authority to convey such lands to the United States government or any of its agencies, as may be required by the act of the United States Congress applicable to such national parkway.
MS Code § 55-5-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi Transportation Commission and National Parkways|§ 55-5-31. Authorization of expenditures by Highway Commission

 The State Highway Commission shall not make any expenditures in furtherance of Sections 55-5-19 through 55-5-33 unless specifically authorized to do so by the legislature.
MS Code § 55-5-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi Transportation Commission and National Parkways|§ 55-5-33. Construction

 All powers granted in Sections 55-5-19 through 55-5-33 shall be liberally construed in favor of the State Highway Commission and any proposed national parkway development projects.
MS Code § 55-5-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi River Parkway Commission|§ 55-5-51. Creation of commission

 There is hereby created and established a commission to be known as the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Mississippi, referred to as the commission in Sections 55-5-51 through 55-5-63.
MS Code § 55-5-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi River Parkway Commission|§ 55-5-53. Composition of commission; appointment and terms of office of members

 The commission shall be composed of ten (10) members, of whom two (2) shall be residents of DeSoto, Tunica and Coahoma Counties; two (2) shall be residents of Bolivar and Washington Counties; two (2) shall be residents of Sharkey, Issaquena and Warren Counties; two (2) shall be residents of Claiborne and Jefferson Counties; and two (2) shall be residents of Adams and Wilkinson Counties. On the original commission, two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years, each. All successor members shall be appointed for terms of five years, except for members appointed to fill an unexpired term. Immediately upon making any appointment to the commission, the governor shall notify the Mississippi River Parkway Commission, referred to as the National Commission in Sections 55-5-51 through 55-5-63, giving the names and addresses of the member or members appointed.
MS Code § 55-5-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi River Parkway Commission|§ 55-5-55. Selection of officers; meetings; quorum

 At the first meeting of the commission, and annually thereafter, the members shall select a chairman and a secretary from the membership. Meetings of the commission shall be called by the chairman on his own motion or on request of any five (5) members. Except in the case of an emergency, notice of the time and place of each meeting shall be given to each member at least five (5) days prior to the date of the meeting. Every meeting of the commission shall be held at some suitable place in one (1) of the twelve (12) counties in which the Great River Road is situated, except that any meeting may be held at any other suitable place upon majority vote of the members of the commission. Any four (4) members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting any business of the commission.
MS Code § 55-5-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi River Parkway Commission|§ 55-5-57. Compensation of members

 The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services on the commission. Members of the commission shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending the regular meetings of the state commission or the annual or any special meeting of the National Commission. Such expenses shall be paid upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the commission.
MS Code § 55-5-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi River Parkway Commission|§ 55-5-59. Relationship with National Commission and Mississippi Highway Department

 The commission shall be an affiliate of the National Commission and shall cooperate with and assist the National Commission in promoting interest in, and the development and use of, the Great River Road as designated by the Federal Bureau of Roads. The commission shall also serve in an advisory capacity to the Mississippi Highway Department. The chairman of the commission shall be the Mississippi representative on the National Commission.
MS Code § 55-5-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi River Parkway Commission|§ 55-5-61. Assistance of commission by state agencies

 The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall designate one (1) employee of the Transportation Department who is an engineer or who has engineering experience, and the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall appoint one (1) member of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks staff, who shall advise with and assist the commission in carrying out its functions and duties under Sections 55-5-51 through 55-5-63.
MS Code § 55-5-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Mississippi River Parkway Commission|§ 55-5-63. Erection of signs along Great River Road

 The state highway commission is hereby authorized and directed to erect and maintain signs designating the route of the Great River Road through Mississippi. The signs used to designate the route shall be the standard marker developed and approved for the Great River Road by the National Commission.
MS Code § 55-5-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Financial Assistance to National Parks or Other Federal Visitors or Recreation Areas|§ 55-5-101. Special fund created to provide funds to assist paying certain costs of national park or other federal visitors or recreation area if federal funds are unavailable due to federal government shutdown; application for assistance

  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund which shall consist of funds deposited therein under Section 55-5-103 and funds made available by the Legislature in any manner and funds from any other source designated for deposit into such fund. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. Monies in the fund shall be used for the purposes provided in this section.   The MDA shall establish a program to make funds available for the purpose of providing funds to assist in paying costs associated with the operation and maintenance of a national park or other federal visitors or recreation area when due to a shutdown of the federal government, federal funds are unavailable and have been unavailable for at least five (5) days for such purposes. Funds made available by the MDA under this section shall be provided on a reimbursable basis and cannot exceed fifty percent (50%) of the amount of funds expended from private, local and/or other sources for the operation and maintenance of a national park or other federal visitors or recreation area located in this state during the time that federal funds are unavailable for such purposes.   An entity desiring assistance under this section must submit an application to the MDA. The application must include a description of the purposes for which the assistance is requested, the amount of funds from private, local and/or other sources that have been expended and/or irrevocably dedicated for such purposes, the amount of assistance requested and any other information required by the MDA.   The Mississippi Development Authority shall have all powers necessary to implement and administer the program established under this section, and the Mississippi Development Authority shall promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, necessary for the implementation of this section.
MS Code § 55-5-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|Financial Assistance to National Parks or Other Federal Visitors or Recreation Areas|§ 55-5-103. Procedure for providing funds for the special fund created in Section 55-5-101

 Upon a determination by the Mississippi Development Authority (hereinafter referred to as "MDA") that due to a shutdown of the federal government, federal funds are unavailable and have been unavailable for at least five (5) days for the operation and maintenance of a national park or other federal visitors or recreation area located in this state, the MDA shall provide notice of such unavailability of funds to the Department of Finance and Administration. Upon receipt of such notice, the Department of Finance and Administration, with the concurrence of the State Bond Commission, may incur debt, including notes or other evidences of indebtedness, for the purpose of providing funds for the special fund created in Section 55-5-101. All notes or certificates of indebtedness issued under this section shall mature in approximately equal installments of principal and interest over a period not to exceed one (1) year from the date of issuance thereof. The maximum amount of debt that may be outstanding under this section at any time shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
MS Code § 55-9-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 9 - County and Municipal Facilities|Development of Recreational Facilities in Certain Counties and Municipalities|§ 55-9-3. Applicability of debt limitations to bond issues

 The bonds authorized to be issued by a county or municipality pursuant to Section 55-9-1 shall not be in excess of the respective debt limits as now or hereafter provided by the laws of the State of Mississippi.