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MS Code § 51-15-159 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 15 - Pat Harrison Waterway Commission and District|Article 3 - Pat Harrison Waterway District|§ 51-15-159. Overflow of school lands not to constitute waste

 It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that the overflow and inundation of sixteenth section lands or in lieu lands shall not constitute legal waste of such lands. The district shall pay a reasonable rental for the use of such lands to be overflowed, and the damages thereof shall be determined by the chancery court of the county in which the land is located. Any sixteenth section lands that have been flooded shall be reforested before this project shall ever be abandoned.
MS Code § 51-15-161 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 15 - Pat Harrison Waterway Commission and District|Article 3 - Pat Harrison Waterway District|§ 51-15-161. Savings clause

 Nothing in this article shall be construed to violate any provisions of the federal or state constitutions, and all acts done under this article shall be done in such manner as will conform thereto, whether herein expressly provided or not. Where any procedure hereunder may be held by any court to be violative of either of such constitutions, the district shall have the power by resolution to provide any alternative procedure conformable with such constitutions. If any provisions of this article shall be invalid, such fact shall not affect the creation of the district or the validity of any other provision of this article.
MS Code § 51-15-163 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 15 - Pat Harrison Waterway Commission and District|Article 3 - Pat Harrison Waterway District|§ 51-15-163. Renewal of residential lease from district; determination of maximum annual rental; default or breach

  At any time more than fifteen (15) years after the commencement date of any residential lease from the district, the leaseholder shall have the option to renew and extend the lease for a new sixty-year term by giving the district notice of his exercise of this option to renew.   At any time after the first fifteen (15) years of the term of any residential lease, the then present lessee may obtain from the district a new sixty-year lease on the terms and conditions contained in the then current lease form approved for use in residential leases with the exception of rent. Rent under such sixty-year leases will be payable on the same annual payment date as rent under the lease being renewed. The maximum annual rental under the new lease will be determined by the district as follows:   Renewal of leases with fixed rental (nonescalating).- The district will recompute the annual rental due under the lease being renewed as if the lease had contained annual rents at the fixed amount stated in the lease for the first ten-year period, escalating thereafter at ten percent (10%), rounded to the nearest Five Dollars ($5.00), every five-year period. The annual rental which would have been payable as of the renewal date will be the annual rent payable for the first ten-year period of the renewed lease. Annual rental will escalate thereafter at ten percent (10%), rounded to the nearest Five Dollars ($5.00), every five (5) years. Recomputed annual rental will be payable from and after the first day of the renewed lease term and not for the period prior to renewal.   Renewal of leases with escalating rental.- Annual rental will remain payable in accordance with the terms of the lease being renewed with rental continuing to escalate at ten percent (10%), rounded to the nearest Five Dollars ($5.00), every five (5) years during the renewed term.     The district will charge a reasonable nonrefundable fee for preparation of the renewal lease. The lessee will be responsible for obtaining the consent of any mortgage holder to the lease modification.   At any time a lessee is found to be in default or in breach of the terms and conditions contained in the lease, the district shall give thirty (30) days' written notice to such lessee before terminating the lease. Such notice shall be by certified mail and shall specifically state the default or breach. If the lessee does not cure the default or breach within thirty (30) days of such notice, then the district shall give written notice to the holder of any mortgage or deed of trust on the leasehold and such holder shall thereupon have thirty (30) days to cure the default or breach before the lease is terminated.
MS Code § 51-15-165 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 15 - Pat Harrison Waterway Commission and District|Article 3 - Pat Harrison Waterway District|§ 51-15-165. Renewal of commercial property lease from district; appraisal establishing fair market rental value required

  Any holder of a lease that is not a residential lease subject to Section 51-15-163 shall have the right, exclusive of all other persons, to renew the lease at fair market rental value at any time prior to expiration of the lease.   Other than the right of a lessee to renew at fair market rental value, nothing in this section is intended to limit or restrict the right of the district to negotiate terms of any lease in furtherance of any of the purposes authorized by this section and in a manner deemed favorable to the district by the board of directors.     Prior to entering into any lease under this section, whether a new or renewal lease, the district shall obtain at least one (1) appraisal from a competent appraiser establishing the fair market rental value of the land, exclusive of improvements made by the leaseholder or any predecessor in title, and, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the land shall not be leased for an amount less than the fair market rental as determined by the appraiser and approved by the board. The district may require such other terms as it deems advisable. The cost of the appraisal shall be paid by the district and may be included in the costs of lease renewal to be reimbursed by the lessee.   The lessee may obtain an appraisal from a certified real estate appraiser establishing the fair market rental value of the land. If the fair market rental value of the land established in such appraisal differs from the fair market rental value of the land established in the appraisal obtained by the district, the land shall not be leased for an amount less than the average of the fair market rental value established by the two (2) appraisals.     For the purposes of this section, "terms" means rent, rent escalation clauses, rental adjustment periods and method of determination, term of years, permitted use, condition of improvements, removal of improvements, and compliance with district rules and regulations.   In the event a lessee has not obtained a new lease pursuant to the provisions of this section, any preemptive right of the lessee to lease the property shall be extinguished upon expiration of the lease, and, at the direction of the district, the lessee shall remove all improvements and other structures on the property immediately upon termination of the lease.
MS Code § 51-33-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-1. Soil and water conservation and utilization

 The purpose of Sections 51-33-1 through 51-33-9 is to confer certain additional powers on drainage districts already created or to be created under the laws of the State of Mississippi for the purposes of cooperating with the government of the United States and landowners in soil and water conservation and utilization programs for the further development of the economy of this state.
MS Code § 51-33-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-5. Petition for conservation powers

 Before the additional powers granted by Sections 51-33-1 through 51-33-9 shall become applicable to any drainage district in this state, the commissioners of such district shall file a petition in the chancery court requesting such additional powers as set forth herein, whereupon the chancery clerk shall immediately publish a notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the said drainage district for two successive insertions, giving notice of said petition and designating a date, not less than ten days after the last publication of notice, at which a hearing may be had on said petition; and proceedings shall be conducted in so far as possible in accordance with procedures set forth for determining whether or not the district shall be created in the first instance, and the chancellor shall render his decree accordingly.
MS Code § 51-33-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-7. Creation of district for conservation purposes

 In areas not presently within the boundaries of an existing drainage district, and in areas partially within and partially without the boundaries of existing drainage districts, the real property owners may proceed to organize a drainage district for carrying out the purposes of Sections 51-33-1 to 51-33-9, and such organization of such district may be carried out for said purposes according to any one of the different procedures for organization of drainage districts set forth in chapters 29 and 31 of this title; and after organization such district shall have all the powers vested by law in such district.
MS Code § 51-33-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-9. Construction of conservation program

 The purpose of Sections 51-33-1 through 51-33-9 is to enable existing drainage districts or newly created drainage districts as provided herein to enter into cooperative agreements and programs to carry out the purposes of Public Law 566, 83rd Congress of the United States, or other laws of the national Congress pertaining to soil and water conservation and utilization. Said sections are to be given a broad construction to the end that those purposes may be carried out; and to this end all political subdivisions of the State of Mississippi, all agencies and departments of the state government, and all soil conservation districts are authorized to cooperate with, expend funds for, and enter into agreements with drainage districts and any agencies of the United States government for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of said sections and said Public Law 566, 83rd Congress, or other laws of the national Congress pertaining to soil and water conservation and utilization.   However, none of the additional powers granted by Sections 51-33-1 through 51-33-9 shall be exercised except for the purpose of participating in a program or programs authorized under Public Law 566, 83rd Congress of the United States, or other laws of the national Congress pertaining to soil and water conservation and utilization.
MS Code § 51-33-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-11. Additional powers for beneficial use of water

 The general powers granted to drainage districts by the laws under which they were created and those granted to drainage districts under the provisions of Sections 51-33-1 through 51-33-9 are further hereby expanded to permit all drainage districts created under said sections, and all those modified by the application of their provisions, and all drainage districts created in the state to exercise the following additional powers:   To construct, operate, and maintain works of improvement, structures, and related measures needed for the impoundment, diversion, flowage, and distribution of waters for beneficial use as defined in subsection (e) of Section 51-3-3.   To make additional assessments and issue bonds for constructing, maintaining, and operating any structure or improvement established as provided herein, in the same manner as outlined in subsection (f) of Section 51-33-3; to contract with the users of water provided for beneficial use for funds to defray the cost of maintaining dams, diversion structures, flumes, channels, pumping costs, and to provide administrative and other costs incident to the sale and beneficial use of water.
MS Code § 51-33-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-13. Cooperative agreements for conservation programs

 It is the intention of Sections 51-33-9 through 51-33-15 to permit all drainage districts to enter into cooperative agreements and programs and cooperate in carrying out the purposes of Public Law 566, 83rd Congress of the United States, or other laws of the national Congress pertaining to soil and water conservation and utilization, as provided in Sections 51-33-1 through 51-33-7, and to implement and give effect to Sections 51-3-1 through 51-3-53 in order to make full beneficial use of available surface water in this state.
MS Code § 51-33-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-15. Water management district

 Upon the exercise of any power under the provisions of Sections 51-33-1 through 51-33-9 or under the provisions of Sections 51-33-11 through 51-33-15, a drainage district shall be and become known as a "water management district."
MS Code § 51-33-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-17. Borrowing funds from government agencies

 Drainage districts existing or hereafter created under the laws of the State of Mississippi and having secured the powers conferred by Sections 51-33-1 through 51-33-9, may borrow funds for any purpose authorized by law from state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, other organizations created under state laws, the government of the United States, and agencies thereof, at an interest rate not to exceed five per cent (5%) per annum. The terms of all such loans are to be approved by the chancery court or the chancellor in vacation. Such loans shall be evidenced by the promissory note of said district and shall be executed in the name of the district by its commissioners. As security therefor said commissioners may pledge and assign the entire revenues of said district, not to exceed the amount of benefits or assessments approved and confirmed against the property of said district.
MS Code § 51-33-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-19. Funds for repairs and restoration

 The commissioners of any drainage district organized and existing under any law of this state are hereby authorized and empowered to issue and sell the negotiable certificate of indebtedness of such district as herein provided, for the purpose of providing funds with which to clean out, restore, repair, and rehabilitate the whole or any part of the drainage system of such district; or for the purpose of cooperating with the United States or any agency thereof in such works. No such certificates of indebtedness shall be so issued for the purpose of constructing any new ditches or new works of improvement in any such district.
MS Code § 51-33-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-21. Certificates of indebtedness for repairs

 Such certificates of indebtedness shall in no case be issued in a principal amount which, when added to any outstanding certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder, will exceed fifteen per centum (15%) of the total amount of benefits assessed and confirmed against the land and other property within any such district in connection with the original construction of the drainage system therein which is to be so cleaned out, restored, repaired, and rehabilitated, in whole or in part. Such certificates of indebtedness shall bear such date or dates, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding sixty (60) months from the date thereof, shall bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding eight per centum (8%) per annum, payable semiannually, shall be of such denomination or denominations, shall be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, and shall be sold in such amount or amounts and at such price or prices not less than their par value and accrued interest, all as shall be determined by resolution of such commissioners.
MS Code § 51-33-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-23. Tax levy for repairs

 For the purpose of providing for the payment of the principal of and the interest on any certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder, there shall annually be levied upon all lands and other property within such district, in proportion to the benefits assessed and confirmed thereon as aforesaid, such a rate of taxation as shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of such principal and interest when due, making due allowance for delinquencies in the payment of such taxes and costs of collection. Such levy shall be made in the same manner and at the same time as and when other tax levies are required by law to be made for such district; and such taxes shall be extended upon the tax books of such district and shall be secured, enforced, and collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same officials as other taxes of such district are secured, enforced, and collected. All taxes levied hereunder are hereby declared to be taxes for maintenance purposes and shall not diminish in any manner the amount of assessed benefits in any such district which is otherwise available for the payment of any outstanding bonds of such district.
MS Code § 51-33-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-25. Hearing on indebtedness for repairs

 Before issuing any certificates of indebtedness hereunder, the commissioners of such district shall give notice of their intention to do so and shall cause such notice to be published in some newspaper having a general circulation in each county wherein such district is situated. Such publication shall be made once each week for two consecutive weeks prior to the date to be named therein, when the commissioners shall meet to hear objections of any interested person as to why such certificates of indebtedness should not be issued and taxes levied for the payment thereof, as herein provided. At the time and place fixed for the holding of such hearing, the commissioners of such district shall hear and act upon all such objections in a summary manner, and their disposition thereof shall be final and conclusive on all parties.
MS Code § 51-33-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-27. Authority for indebtedness for repairs

 Sections 51-33-19 through 51-33-27 shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of certificates of indebtedness of drainage districts; and none of the present restrictions, requirements, conditions, or limitations of law applicable to the borrowing of money by drainage districts shall apply to the issuance and sale of certificates of indebtedness under said sections. No proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such certificates other than those provided for and required therein, and all powers necessary to be exercised by the commissioners of any such drainage district in order to carry out the provisions of said sections are hereby conferred.
MS Code § 51-33-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-29. Cooperative agreements with U.S. Corps of Engineers

 Drainage districts already created or to be created under the laws of the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into cooperative agreements with the U.S. Corps of Engineers to carry out the purposes for which the districts were created, including the power to contract with the said Corps of Engineers for the construction, alteration, changing, or cleaning out of any stream or levee, with the power in the district acting through its commissioners to authorize the letting of contracts therefor by the Corps of Engineers rather than the district.   This section is additional and supplemental to any other statutes of this state affecting drainage districts, and the powers herein conferred affect only the authority of drainage districts to contract with the U.S. Corps of Engineers, as herein stated.
MS Code § 51-33-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-31. Borrowing from Farmers' Home Administration

 Drainage districts already created or to be created under the laws of this state are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money from the Farmers' Home Administration, an agency of the United States, to be used for the purposes for which said districts are created and upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the district and the Farmers' Home Administration.   This section is additional and supplemental to any other statutes of this state affecting drainage districts, and the powers herein conferred affect only the authority of drainage districts to contract with the Farmers' Home Administration as herein stated.