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MS Code § 59-17-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-31. Authority of board or inland port authority to employ personnel, make contracts and purchases, and sue and be sued

 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.
MS Code § 59-17-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-33. Acquisition of rights of way, land and property by board generally; restriction on power of eminent domain

 For the acquiring of rights-of-way, land and property, including existing easements, restrictive covenants and reversionary estates necessary for the purpose herein authorized, the board shall have the right and power to acquire the same by purchase, negotiation or condemnation, and, should it elect to exercise the right of eminent domain, it may proceed in the manner provided by the general laws of the State of Mississippi for procedure by any county, municipality or corporation organized under the laws of this state, or in any other manner provided by law. The power of eminent domain shall apply not only as to all property of private persons or corporations, but also as to property already devoted to public use, including leaseholds, excepting interests in property owned by levee boards, drainage districts, or other flood control agencies. However, the board shall have no authority to acquire without the consent of the owner thereof any property operated and used for port, harbor or industrial purposes or such purposes as the board is authorized to acquire and use property for, unless an actual necessity therefor be alleged and proven. The board is authorized to accept donations of lands, rights therein, moneys and materials required for the maintenance or development of any port or harbor. The board may exchange any property or properties acquired under the authority of this chapter for other property or properties usable in carrying out the powers hereby conferred, and also remove from lands needed for its purposes and reconstruct on other locations, buildings, utilities, terminals, railroads or other structures upon the payment of just compensation, if it is necessary so to do, in order to carry out any of its plans for port development. The title to all land or property acquired under the authority of this chapter shall vest in the State of Mississippi. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize the taking by eminent domain of any private property except for necessary public use, said right of eminent domain to be limited to the acquisition of railroad rights-of-way, road rights-of-way and land for industrial use only.
MS Code § 59-17-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-35. State bonds; issuance, terms, and conditions generally

 The board shall have power and is hereby authorized, at one (1) time, or from time to time, to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable bonds of the State of Mississippi by the state bond commission to provide funds for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of the acquisition of any state port, harbor, waterway or part thereof, and the planned development of any port, harbor, waterway or part thereof, but in no event shall the amount of such bonds issued exceed the actual cost of an approved plan for the development of any port, harbor, waterway or part thereof. The principal of and the interest on such bonds shall be payable from a special fund to be provided for that purpose in the manner hereinafter set forth. Such bonds shall bear the date or dates, be in such denomination or denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates, be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature absolutely at such time or times, be redeemable prior to maturity at such time or times and upon such terms, with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges, and shall be substantially in such form, all as shall be determined by resolution of the board. Such bonds shall mature in annual installments beginning not more than four (4) years from date thereof and extending not more than thirty (30) years from date thereof. In no event shall any bonds be issued for a period of time which shall be longer than ninety percent (90%) of the expected useful life of the project or projects to be financed by the proceeds of said bonds. Such bonds shall be signed by the governor or by his facsimile signature, and the official seal of the state shall be affixed thereto, attested by the secretary of state. The interest coupons to be attached to such bonds may be executed by the facsimile signatures of said officers. Whenever any such bonds shall have been signed by the officials herein designated to sign the bonds who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers prior to the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds and coupons shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until the delivery of the same to the purchaser or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.
MS Code § 59-17-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-37. State bonds; negotiability; exemption from taxation

 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.
MS Code § 59-17-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-39. State bonds; proceedings for issuance; validation

 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.
MS Code § 59-17-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-41. State bonds; payment of principal and interest; limitation on amount issued

 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.
MS Code § 59-17-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-43. State bonds; manner and price of sale

 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.
MS Code § 59-17-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-45. State bonds; disposition of proceeds from sale

 The proceeds of such state bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into a special fund or funds in banks qualified to act as depositories for the participating counties in which the port or harbor is located, allocated in such equitable manner as the board may determine and such depositories shall qualify as such by depositing bonds or other securities authorized by law to secure deposits in state depositories. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for payment of the cost of the planned development and the redeeming of any outstanding bonds and shall be disbursed upon order of the board with such restrictions, if any, as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide. If the proceeds of such bonds, by error of calculation or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the planned development, and the redeeming of any outstanding bonds, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit which, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same purpose. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, the surplus shall be paid into the fund established for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds.
MS Code § 59-17-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-47. Withdrawals from special fund for payment of bonds

 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 inland port authority. All expenditures ordered by the board or state inland port authority shall be entered upon their minutes, and the board and each state inland 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.
MS Code § 59-17-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-49. Disposition of net revenues, rents, and earnings from port or harbor

 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.
MS Code § 59-17-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-51. Pledge of revenues, rents and earnings to payment of bonds; sinking fund

 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:   The interest upon such bonds as such interest shall accrue.   The principal of the bonds as the same shall become due.   The necessary charges of the paying agent or paying agents for paying principal and interest of and on such bonds.   Any premium on bonds retired by call or purchase as may be provided therein.   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.
MS Code § 59-17-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-53. Refunding bonds

 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.
MS Code § 59-17-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-55. Bonds as legal investments and security for deposits

 All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies, the board of trustees of the public employees' retirement system, and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
MS Code § 59-17-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 17 - State Inland Ports|§ 59-17-57. Representation of state bond commission by attorney general

 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.
MS Code § 59-19-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 19 - Landings|§ 59-19-1. Initiation of proceedings to establish landing

 Any three or more freeholders residing in any county bordering on the Mississippi River or other navigable river, bayou, bay, or inlet, may petition the board of supervisors of such county to cause a lot of ground, outside of a city, town, or village, on the bank of the river, bayou, bay, or inlet, to be designated and set apart as a boat landing and cotton-yard, for the use of the public, stating in the petition the name of the owner of the land proposed to be so taken; and said board shall thereupon appoint three of its members a committee to examine and determine whether such landing be required for public convenience, and, if so, to lay off and mark such lot of ground, not exceeding two acres, at such point as will be most convenient to the public.
MS Code § 59-19-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 19 - Landings|§ 59-19-3. Notice of proceedings to establish landing

 The board of supervisors shall fix the time and place for the meeting of the committee provided for in Section 59-19-1, and the sheriff of the county shall deliver to the owner of the land proposed to be taken a copy of the order five days previous to the time of meeting. The committee shall make a full report of its proceedings, in writing, to the board of supervisors at its next regular meeting, and the board may confirm or set aside the report, and order another examination, or otherwise, at its discretion. And the owner of the land, having been served with notice as provided, shall take notice of all future proceedings. In case the owner be a non-resident, or cannot be found, he may be notified by publication of the order of the board in the same manner as publication is made for non-resident defendants in chancery.
MS Code § 59-19-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 19 - Landings|§ 59-19-5. Confirmation of report; assessment of damages

 Should the report of the committee be confirmed, the board of supervisors shall direct its clerk to issue a writ to the sheriff of the county to summon twelve disinterested freeholders, competent jurors of the county, to meet on the premises, at a time to be fixed by the sheriff, of which the jurors and parties shall have five days' notice. The jury, being first sworn by the sheriff, shall assess the damages to be awarded to the owner of the land or other person, and shall reduce their finding to writing, and sign the same. The sheriff shall return the inquisition to the next meeting of the board, by whom the same shall be confirmed or set aside and a new jury ordered. And if the same shall be confirmed, the damages so awarded shall be paid by the parties applying to have said lot condemned and the costs of the proceeding. It shall not be lawful to enter upon or use the lot for any of the purposes for which it was condemned until the damages and the costs shall be paid or tendered.
MS Code § 59-19-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 19 - Landings|§ 59-19-7. Replacement of jurors; fines

 If any of the jurors should fail to attend, the sheriff shall forthwith summon other proper persons in their places, and the defaulters shall be reported to the board of supervisors, and shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars, unless good cause against the same be shown.
MS Code § 59-19-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 19 - Landings|§ 59-19-9. Appeal of assessment to circuit court

 Should the owner of the land, or other person claiming compensation or damages, be not satisfied with the verdict of the jury, such person may appeal from the order of the board of supervisors confirming the same, within ten days after such order, to the circuit court; and the court may review the proceedings as to any matter of law and may award a trial de novo as to the amount of damages. If the order of the board confirming the finding of the jury be reversed on a question of law, the cause shall be remanded to the board for a new writ to be issued for the assessment of damages; or such other order shall be made by the circuit court as shall be proper.