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MS Code § 55-23-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 23 - Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium|§ 55-23-41. Mississippi Memorial Stadium Construction Fund; use of Hinds County funds

 The proceeds of the bonds authorized in Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43 and funds appropriated for the enlargement and renovation of the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, including the funds to be supplied by Hinds County and also including funds from any and all other sources set aside for such enlargement and renovation by the Building Commission shall be used for the purpose of enlarging and renovating all physical components which make up the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium and, except for the funds contributed by Hinds County, shall be deposited in the Mississippi Memorial Stadium Construction Fund, hereby created in the State Treasury. The funds contributed by Hinds County shall be deposited as provided in Section 55-23-23. To that end the commission is hereby authorized and empowered to make and enter into such contracts and execute such instruments containing such reasonably appropriate terms and conditions as, in its discretion, it may deem necessary, proper or advisable for the purpose of carrying out the terms of Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43, including the acceptance of that proportion of the cost of improvements required by the terms of Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43 to be contributed by Hinds County. Any funds received by the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission under Section 55-23-8, may be used for any purpose authorized in this section or Section 55-23-8, or both.
MS Code § 55-23-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 23 - Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium|§ 55-23-43. Employment of architects, engineers, etc.; letting of contracts; payment of stadium enlargement and renovation expenses pursuant to Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43

 The Building Commission may employ competent architects, engineers and other qualified agents to prepare plans, specifications and such other data as may be necessary to enable it to carry out the purposes of Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43 in a manner consistent with sound construction principles. When the plans and specifications have been approved and accepted by the Building Commission, contracts for the various phases of construction shall then be let by the Building Commission in the manner provided by law to competent and responsible firms or individuals whose work shall proceed under the constant inspection of a reliable and competent inspector to be furnished for that purpose by the State Building Commission. All expenses incurred in the enlargement and renovation under the provisions of Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43 shall be paid from the Mississippi Memorial Stadium Construction Fund created herein. The Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission may take any action authorized in Section 55-23-8, relating to the property described in such section.
MS Code § 55-23-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 23 - Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium|§ 55-23-45. Authorization of repair, remodeling and enlargement of stadium; public parking facilities

 The Building Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to repair and remodel the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium and, notwithstanding the seating capacity limitations set out in Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43, to enlarge said stadium as funds become available for said purpose. The parking facilities shall not be extended any farther to the east than as the facilities existed on January 1, 1996. Further, the portion of the state-owned property on which the stadium and parking facilities are located, except the property west of the stadium between the stadium and North West Street, that was undeveloped as of January 1, 1996, shall remain undeveloped unless the Legislature enacts legislation approving the development of such property. The portion of state-owned property on which the stadium is located that is west of the stadium between the stadium and North West Street may be developed to provide parking facilities for the Mississippi Department of Transportation offices located on North West Street. The Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission may take any action authorized in Section 55-23-8, relating to the property described in such section.
MS Code § 55-23-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 23 - Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium|§ 55-23-47. Provisions governing repair, remodeling and enlargement of stadium

 The repairing, remodeling and enlarging of the Mississippi Memorial Stadium shall be carried on throughout in accordance with the provisions of Section 12, Chapter 390, Laws of 1960.
MS Code § 55-23-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 23 - Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium|§ 55-23-49. Funding of repair, remodeling and enlargement of stadium

 The cost of repairing, remodeling and enlarging the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium shall be paid from any funds appropriated by the Legislature for such purposes, or from the sale of revenue bonds or general obligation bonds issued for this purpose, as may be hereafter authorized by the Legislature. The costs of construction of improvements made under Section 55-23-8, may be paid from any funds provided under this section or Section 55-23-8, or both.
MS Code § 55-23-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 23 - Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium|§ 55-23-51. Designation of athletic field as "A.C. (Butch) Lambert Field."

 The athletic field at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be named the "A.C. (Butch) Lambert Field." The Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission shall erect appropriate signs and markers at the stadium to indicate the name of the field.
MS Code § 55-23-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 23 - Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium|§ 55-23-53. Scheduling of football games at stadium

 Prior to January 1, 1990, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall develop a proposal to encourage scheduling of football games by Mississippi universities in the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, which scheduling will acknowledge the obligation of such universities to support the enlarged stadium, the expansion of which was encouraged by such universities.
MS Code § 55-24-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission|§ 55-24-1. Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission created

 There is created a Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission to be composed of seven (7) members to be constituted and appointed as provided in Section 55-24-3. For the purposes of this chapter and unless otherwise required by the context, the word "commission" shall mean the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission.
MS Code § 55-24-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission|§ 55-24-3. Terms of office

  The Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission shall consist of seven (7) members, who shall be appointed, qualify and take office within thirty (30) days of July 1, 2016. Five (5) commissioners shall be appointed by the Harrison County Board of Supervisors, with each member of the board to appoint one (1) person to the commission, who shall be a resident of Harrison County. Each commissioner shall serve at the will and pleasure of the board of supervisors and removed by a majority vote of the board of supervisors. The term of each commissioner shall run concurrently with the member of the board of supervisors who appointed him or her, unless such commissioner is otherwise replaced or removed by a majority vote of the board of supervisors. Two (2) members, one (1) from each judicial district in Harrison County, shall be appointed by consensus of the elected mayors of the municipalities from that judicial district within Harrison County, and such members shall be residents of Harrison County and shall serve at the will and pleasure of such mayors and shall have terms that run concurrently with the term of office of such mayors elected at a general municipal election, unless such commissioners are replaced or removed by such mayors. From and after July 1, 2016, the Executive Director of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Region Convention and Visitors Bureau shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the commission.   In addition to the fact that each commissioner serves at the will and pleasure of the appointing elected official(s), as described in subsection (1) of this section, any member may be disqualified and removed from office for any one (1) of the following reasons:   Conviction of a felony;   Failure to attend three (3) consecutive meetings without just cause.     If a commission member is removed for one (1) of the above reasons, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed in this section.   Vacancies which shall occur shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments and shall be made for the unexpired term unless the person is otherwise removed, as provided in subsection (1) of this section.   In making appointments to the commission, the appointing authorities should consider persons who are community leaders and/or are representative of fields such as the hotel/motel business, large business, small business, the food and beverage industry and large facility operation or commercial real estate.
MS Code § 55-24-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission|§ 55-24-5. Qualification, oath and bond

 Before entering upon the duties of the office, each appointed member of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi, and shall enter into and give bond to be approved by the Secretary of State of the State of Mississippi in the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. Such bond shall be payable to the State of Mississippi, and in the event of a breach thereof, suit may be brought by the State of Mississippi for the benefit of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission.
MS Code § 55-24-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission|§ 55-24-7. Organization; meetings; quorum; office supplies

 After the members of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission have been appointed and qualified as set forth in Section 55-24-3 et seq., they shall meet, on or before August 19, 2016, at quarters provided for them by Harrison County after giving not less than ten (10) days' notice of the time and place of such meeting by registered mail, postage prepaid and electronic mail directed to each appointed member of such commission as provided to the Secretary of State at the time of his qualification, and posting bond. At such meeting a quorum shall be four (4) commissioners, and a majority of those members attending shall elect a president and secretary, both of whom shall be members of said commission, and adopt such rules and regulations as may govern the time and place for holding subsequent meetings, regular and special, and other rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.   The commission is further authorized to obtain office equipment, supplies, furniture, furnishings, equipment, and other facilities necessary to administer the affairs and duties of the commission.
MS Code § 55-24-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission|§ 55-24-11. Budget and employment of clerical assistance

 The Coliseum Commission shall submit its budget and receive an appropriation in accordance with the requirements and procedures set forth in Chapter 496, Laws of 1962, being Sections 27-103-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, applicable to "Special Fund Agencies."   The Coliseum Commission is authorized to employ a director and such other employees as are necessary to perform and carry out the duties of the commission.   The commissioners and director are public officers within the meaning and intent of Section 97-11-19, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 55-24-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission|§ 55-24-13. Commissioner compensation and expenses

 Each commissioner of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission may receive compensation in the amount authorized in Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972, while engaged in commission meetings or other duties of the commission, but such allowances shall not exceed One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($1,800.00) for any one (1) commissioner during the calendar year. Commissioners may be reimbursed for their actual expenses when on commission business.
MS Code § 55-24-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission|§ 55-24-15. Letting contracts

 In the letting of contracts and in advertisement for bids thereon for the development, construction, repair or maintenance of any structures, facilities and lands required pursuant to this chapter, the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission shall comply with all of the requirements of the general laws of the State of Mississippi governing and regulating the advertisement for bids and letting of contracts by the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 55-24-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission|§ 55-24-17. Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Trust Fund established; administration of fund; use of monies

  The proceeds from the tax authorized under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 863, Local and Private Laws of 1987, shall be paid to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Trust Fund. The fund shall be used for the operational, maintenance, replacement and capital expenses of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center, as hereinafter provided and managed as provided in subsection (2) of this section. Amounts on deposit in the fund shall be invested in interest-bearing accounts or approved securities to include, but not limited to, U.S. Treasury bills and U.S. Treasury notes and bonds, federal agency securities or federal mortgage-backed securities guaranteed as to repayment of principal by the federal government or an agency of the federal government, certificates of deposits fully covered by insurance administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or covered by pledge securities, repurchase agreements and short-term money market funds invested in U.S. government and U.S. government agencies. All interest income earned on the fund shall be paid into the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission Operating Fund. The principal amount deposited into the fund from the proceeds of the special taxes authorized by Chapter 863, Laws of 1987 shall not be withdrawn from the trust for any purpose whatsoever except as provided for in subsection (2) of this section. The interest earned on the fund may also be used for debt service for capital improvements or expansion or for payment of expenses for operations, maintenance and replacement of capital improvements.   From and after July 1, 2016, the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Trust Fund shall be administered by the Harrison County Board of Supervisors, and the Harrison County Board of Supervisors may expend monies in the fund upon recommendation of the commission, without state appropriation, for the purpose of repairs, restorations, debt service expense and capital improvements to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center. From and after July 1, 2016, until February 16, 2018, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors shall not expend more than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Trust Fund; however, from and after February 16, 2018, the board of supervisors is authorized to expend any or all of the remaining monies in such trust fund upon recommendation of the commission.
MS Code § 55-24-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission|§ 55-24-19. The coliseum commission may accept grants and contributions

 The coliseum commission, in addition to the moneys which may be received by it from the sale of bonds 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 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 or contributions may be made.
MS Code § 55-24-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission|§ 55-24-21. Full and complete authority

 This chapter shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted.
MS Code § 55-24-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission|§ 55-24-23. Conflicting laws superseded

 Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling to the extent of the conflict.
MS Code § 55-25-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 25 - Rails-to-Trails Recreational District|§ 55-25-1. Establishment; purpose; acquisition of rights in land; acceptance of funds; contracts for operation and maintenance of trails

  The board of supervisors of one or more counties and the governing authorities of one or more municipalities located within participating counties are hereby authorized to act jointly in the establishment of a Rails-To-Trails Recreational District (hereinafter in this chapter "district") by spreading upon their minutes a resolution establishing such a district. The boundaries of the district shall be defined by a general description in the resolution.   A district shall be established for the purpose of utilizing available railroad rights-of-way as public recreational trails or as interim trails for rail banking as set forth in Section 8(d) of the National Trails Systems Act (16 U.S.C.S. 1247(d)), and a district may acquire by gift or purchase, title to or any lesser interest in, such available railroad right-of-way.   Districts may by gift or purchase acquire title to, or any lesser interest in, any areas abutting the rights-of-way of acquired railroad rights-of-way which are or may be needed for the construction of trail-user support facilities. Easements and rights-of-way upon, over, under, along or across any land the fee title of which has been acquired by a district for a trail project may be granted by such district so long as the use of the easement or right-of-way does not interfere with the use of the land as a trails project and only after such grant shall have been first approved by the counties and municipalities participating in the district.   A district may accept funds from any source, public or private, for the purpose of acquiring lands and planning, constructing, operating and maintaining trails under the provisions of this chapter. Districts may also execute contractual agreements with the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks or with any existing water district having jurisdiction in the counties or parts of counties comprising a district by which the department or water district will assume responsibility for the operation and maintenance of a trail developed under this chapter.
MS Code § 55-25-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 25 - Rails-to-Trails Recreational District|§ 55-25-3. District board of directors; appointment; oath of office; compensation

  A district shall be governed by a board of directors who shall be appointed as follows: the governing authorities of each participating county and each participating municipality shall appoint one (1) resident of its jurisdiction as its member of the board. The term of each member shall coincide with that of the appointing official, so that after the initial appointments, terms shall be for a period of four (4) years.   Each director shall, before a chancery clerk, take and subscribe to the general oath of office required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi, and the oath shall be filed with such clerk and by him preserved.   If compensation is paid to any member of the board of directors, it shall be paid by the district from any funds available. In no event shall such compensation exceed the sum of Twenty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($22.50) per day.
MS Code § 55-25-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 25 - Rails-to-Trails Recreational District|§ 55-25-5. General powers of board

 Any rails-to-trails recreational district, through its board of directors, is hereby empowered:   To establish rules and regulations for the use of the recreational facilities of the district;   To apply for and accept grants from the United States of America, or from any corporation or agency created or designated by the United States of America, and to ratify and accept applications therefor made by voluntary associations to such agencies for grants to construct, maintain or operate any project or projects which hereafter may be undertaken or contemplated by such district;   To do any and all other acts or things necessary, requisite or convenient to the exercising of the powers, rights, privileges or functions conferred upon it by this chapter or by any act of law;   To employ such persons as are necessary to perform the services required of the district;   To enter into agreements and execute contracts necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges and functions conferred upon it by this chapter;   To develop, operate, maintain and support a recreational facility for hikers, bikers, horsemen or others on and along railroad rights-of-way acquired for that purpose and for the use and enjoyment of the general public; and   To sue and be sued.