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MS Code § 59-1-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-37. Acquisition of land for industrial purposes or port and terminal facilities by certain cities and counties

  Any city or cities situated in any county bordering on the Mississippi River and/or any such county, acting alone or jointly with any said city or cities, is and/or are hereby authorized and empowered, acting through its or their governing authorities, to acquire by purchase or otherwise, and to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of land situated in such county, either within or outside the corporate limits of such city or cities, for industrial purposes, or for river port and port facilities, for terminal and terminal facilities, and for landing and landing facilities, for storage and transportation of freight and passengers on the waters of the Mississippi River.   For the purposes aforesaid, the said city or cities and/or county, acting alone or jointly, is and/or are authorized and empowered to borrow money and issue bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or notes as security therefor, in such form and amounts, and bearing such interest, not to exceed six per cent (6%) per annum, and maturities as may be determined by the governing authorities thereof, and to levy ad valorem taxes for payment of the principal and interest thereon.   The said city or cities and/or county may pay for any property purchased under authority of this section from the general funds of the city or cities and/or county and/or the proceeds from the sale of any bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or notes issued for such purposes by the city, cities or county.   The bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or notes provided for herein may be issued under and in the same manner, notice and conditions as is provided by any law authorizing said city or cities or county to issue the general full faith and credit bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness of said city or cities or county, and shall not be included in any limitation now imposed by law but may be in addition thereto.   The land which may be purchased under authority hereof by any said city or cities, whether acting alone or jointly with said county, and situated outside of the corporate limits of said city or cities shall be located not more than seven miles from the line of the corporate limits of the city nearest thereto.   Said city or cities or county, through its or their governing authorities, is and/or are hereby authorized and empowered to do and perform all acts and things necessary for the purposes hereof.   This section shall be considered and is an alternative plan and authority supplemental to and in addition to any other law in effect dealing with and pertaining to the subject matter and provisions hereof, and shall not amend or repeal any existing law, but as aforesaid shall be and is an alternative plan and authority applicable to any city or cities within the class as herein provided for.
MS Code § 59-1-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-39. Licensing of harbor masters, pilots, stevedores, etc.

 Contracting stevedores shall pay a privilege license not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) per year, the amount within this limit, to be fixed and determined by the port commissioners, and the same shall be paid to the port commission or port authority to be used for port expenses and maintenance as directed by the port commissioner or port authority. Harbor masters, pilots, boatmen, stevedores, surveyors, watchmen, police, ship agents, ship chandlers and such other persons performing services for the public shipping as the port commissioners may require, shall pay annually such license or permit fee as may be prescribed and required by the port commissioners not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00). The fees for piloting, inward and outward, shall be so fixed as not to be unduly burdensome on shipping. The piloting fees for boarding vessels on arrival, for docking and for each shift or move thereafter shall be determined and fixed by the port commissioners as may from time to time be considered reasonable and proper under existing conditions.   It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, to act as harbor master, pilot, boatman, stevedore, surveyor, watchman, ship agent, ship chandler or in any other capacity as the port commissioners may designate, without first being duly licensed and qualified as set out in this section, or without having been issued a permit that such service is necessary for the protection of the harbor or advancement of public shipping.   It shall be unlawful for any vessel, firm or corporation to employ a harbor master, pilot, boatman, stevedore, surveyor, watchman, police, ship agent, ship chandler or any other such person until such person shall have been first duly licensed and qualified as provided in this section.
MS Code § 59-1-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-41. Compulsory pilotage

 It shall be unlawful for any vessel of over 250 tons net registered tonnage to enter the harbors or passes leading thereto without being piloted and under the direction of a licensed pilot, and all vessels shall be subject to compulsory pilotage except American vessels laden with coast-wise cargo not destined for foreign ports.
MS Code § 59-1-42 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-42. Licensed pilot liability

  A licensed pilot or pilot trainee providing pilot services pursuant to Section 59-1-41 shall not be liable for more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for damage or loss caused by the licensed pilot's or pilot trainee's error, omission, fault, or neglect in the performance of the pilot services, except for the following:   Damage or loss that arises because of the willful misconduct or reckless disregard for safety by the licensed pilot or pilot trainee; or   An act or omission relating to the ownership and operation of a pilot boat unless the pilot boat is directly involved in pilot services other than the transportation of licensed pilots.     This section does not exempt a vessel or its owner or operator from liability for damage or loss caused by the vessel to a person or property on the grounds that:   The vessel was piloted by a licensed pilot or pilot trainee pursuant to Section 59-1-41; or   The damage or loss was caused by the error, omission, fault, or neglect of a licensed pilot or pilot trainee.     In a proceeding brought against a licensed pilot or pilot trainee providing pilot services pursuant to Section 59-1-41, for an act or omission for which liability is limited as provided by this section and in which other claims are made or anticipated with respect to the same act or omission, the court shall dismiss the proceedings as to the licensed pilot or pilot trainee.   Liability under this section shall also be limited as follows:   A pilot or pilot trainee is not liable directly or as a member of an organization of pilots for any claim that:   Arises from an act or omission of another pilot or pilot trainee or organization of pilots; and   Relates directly or indirectly to pilot services.     An organization of pilots shall not be liable for any damages caused by a licensed pilot's or pilot trainee's error, omission, fault or neglect in the performance of pilotage services.     For the sole purpose of occasions when this act is applicable as a defense to liability by a licensed pilot or pilot trainee, the licensed pilot or pilot trainee providing pilot services pursuant to Section 59-1-41; asserting the defense shall be considered to have been acting as the servant of the vessel, its owner and its operator.   This section does not apply to a vessel operator, captain, master or pilot that is:   Not required pursuant to Section 59-1-41;   Operating solely under a federal piloting license or;   Operating an American vessel laden with coast-wise cargo not destined for a foreign port.     This section shall apply to all causes of action that occur on or after July 1, 2013.
MS Code § 59-1-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-43. Use of or actions by unlicensed persons

 Any person or persons, vessel, firm or corporation, acting as or employing a harbormaster, pilot, boatman, stevedore, surveyor, watchman, police, ship agent, ship chandler or such other persons as may be required by the port commissioners, performing services for the public shipping, without first being duly licensed and qualified as provided in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall pay a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per day for each day while so acting, and serve not more than thirty (30) days in jail, or both in the discretion of the court; and it shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person not licensed by the board of commissioners to interfere with the duties of the harbormaster, pilot, boatmen, stevedores or their employees, surveyors, watchmen, police, ship agents, ship chandlers or such other persons who have been duly licensed while performing services for the public shipping except in cases of distress; and any person or persons violating the provisions hereof in that regard, on conviction, in the city, county or state court, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or sentenced to thirty (30) days in jail, or both, and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or six (6) months in jail, or both, for each offense at the discretion of the court trying the case.
MS Code § 59-1-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-45. Disposition of fines and penalties

 The fines and penalties collected under this chapter shall be paid into the city treasury to be used by the mayor and board of commissioners or mayor and board of aldermen for the benefit of the port.
MS Code § 59-5-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors|§ 59-5-1. Short title; definition of "board"

 This chapter may be cited as the "State Ports and Harbors Law."   As used in this chapter the word "board" shall mean the Mississippi Development Authority.
MS Code § 59-5-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors|§ 59-5-3. Declaration of public policy

 It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to aid and encourage the promotion, development, improvement, and expansion of the state's ports, harbors and inland waterways.
MS Code § 59-5-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors|§ 59-5-5. Construction of chapter

  This chapter shall be construed liberally and broadly to effectuate the policy and purposes herein set out.   This chapter shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted, but this chapter shall not be deemed to repeal or to be in derogation of any existing law of this state.   The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to repeal, amend, limit, or restrict statutes heretofore or hereinafter enacted, providing for the establishment, support, financing, and maintenance of port commissions, authorities, or other local agencies having jurisdiction over harbors, ports, rivers, channels, and waterways, nor to be applicable to any bond issue, heretofore or hereafter issued for port or harbor purposes by any county or municipality in which said port is located and the provisions hereof shall be supplemental and cumulative and shall not repeal, limit or restrict the authority granted any public body or agency under any existing statute, except as herein otherwise expressly provided.
MS Code § 59-5-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors|§ 59-5-7. Activities of board and state port authority pursuant to chapter as governmental functions

 The carrying out of the corporate purposes of the board and the state port authority hereinafter created is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State of Mississippi and is a public purpose, and the board and such state port authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by this chapter.
MS Code § 59-5-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors|§ 59-5-9. Implementation of public policy by board; discretion of board; construction of rights, powers and duties of board

 There is hereby vested in the board the duty to implement such declared public policy as herein provided. Wide latitude and discretion shall be vested in the board in the exercise of its powers and duties, and the enumeration of specific rights, powers, and duties of said board, when followed by general powers, shall not be construed in the restrictive sense.
MS Code § 59-5-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors|§ 59-5-11. General powers of board; lands subject to jurisdiction and control of board

 The board shall have power to acquire, purchase, install, lease, construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, and operate ports, harbors, waterways, channels, wharves, piers, docks, quays, elevators, tipples, compresses, bulk loading and unloading facilities, warehouses, floating dry docks, graving docks, marine railways, tugboats, ships, vessels, shipyards, shipbuilding facilities, machinery and equipment, dredges and any other facilities required and incidental to the construction, outfitting, drydocking or repair of ships or vessels, and water, air and rail terminals, and roadways and approaches thereto, and other structures and facilities needful for the convenient use of the same in the aid of commerce, including the dredging, deepening, extending, widening, or enlarging of any ports, harbors, rivers, channels, and waterways, the damming of inland waterways, the establishment of water basins, the acquisition and development of industrial sites and the reclaiming of submerged lands. For such purposes the board is vested with full jurisdiction and control of any and all lands lying within, adjacent to, or near any state-owned or operated ports, harbors, rivers, channels, and waterways, or natural lakes, which lands are below the mean high tide mark, and which lands are not within the jurisdiction of any other public body.
MS Code § 59-5-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors|§ 59-5-13. Acceptance of grants and contributions

 The board, 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 § 59-5-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors|§ 59-5-15. Analysis and survey by city, county or other agency of port or harbor proposed to be conveyed to state

 Any city or county or other authorized port or harbor agency for which a port or harbor commission or authority has been heretofore or may be hereafter created, and which desires state ownership of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, is hereby authorized to employ competent engineers to prepare an analysis and survey of the assets, liabilities, and operation of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, proposed to be conveyed to the state, which survey shall include the reasonable market value of the land and/or facilities, the outstanding aggregate indebtedness, if any, the gross and net revenues accruing from such operation and such other information as may be required by the board, together with a plan for the improvement, operation, development, and expansion of such port or harbor, or such part thereof, which plan shall include the estimated cost of construction, the estimated cost of lands, properties, facilities, machinery, rights, easements, and franchises to be acquired, the estimated cost of engineering, architectural and legal expenses, and of financing charges and interest, and such other estimated expenses as may be necessary or incidental to such planned development, together with a projection of the gross and net revenues anticipated from the operation of the improved facilities, and any options, contracts, or commitments for the use of such improved facilities, and such other information as may be required by the board.
MS Code § 59-5-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors|§ 59-5-17. Negotiation of agreement with city, county or agency for state acquisition of port or harbor

 On the receipt of an application from any city or county or other authorized port or harbor agency for state ownership of any port or harbor, or any part thereof, the board shall cause an independent determination and appraisal to be made of such analysis and survey, and the plan for the improvement, operation, development, and expansion of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, and if the board shall find and determine that the plan for the improvement, operation, development, or expansion of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, is practical and feasible and is in the public interest, and that such port or harbor, or any part thereof, can be operated economically under state ownership and that the revenues therefrom would be sufficient, over a period of time, to make such ownership and/or operation by the state self-liquidating, then the board in its discretion, may negotiate with such city and county or other authorized port or harbor agency on the terms of an agreement for the acquisition by the state of such port or harbor, or any part thereof. The board may modify the proposed plan for the improvement, operation, development, or expansion of such port or harbor or any part thereof, and may impose such terms and conditions as, in its discretion, it may require to protect the interest of the state, provided that if an entire port or harbor shall be conveyed to the state that all bonds theretofore issued and outstanding for the improvement of such port or harbor by any county or city, or both acting jointly, or other authorized port or harbor agency, shall be redeemed by the issuance of bonds as herein provided or assumed in conjunction with the plan for the development of such port or harbor.
MS Code § 59-5-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors|§ 59-5-19. Approval of agreement for conveyance of port or harbor to state; terms and conditions of conveyance

 Any agreement as hereinabove provided for, reached between the board and the city or county, or other authorized port or harbor agency, shall be reduced to writing and shall set out the terms and conditions under which such port or harbor, or any part thereof, shall be conveyed to the state and shall specifically set out the minimum amount of bonds, if any, to be issued by the state for the improvement, operation, development, and expansion of such port or harbor, or any part thereof. When such agreement has been approved by the board, the city or county, or other authorized port or harbor agency, and the port commission, or port authority of the city or county, a conveyance of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, to the State of Mississippi, shall be executed by the city or county, or other authorized port or harbor agency, joined in by the port commission or port authority of the city or county, without monetary consideration. Such conveyance shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the board, but shall be conditioned on the issuance of bonds by the state in the minimum amount set out in such agreement for the improvement, operation, development or expansion of such port or harbor, or any part thereof. If such agreement shall provide that the entire port or harbor shall be conveyed to the state and shall be owned and operated by the state, then no such agreement shall become effective until approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the city or county having jurisdiction of such port or harbor voting in an election called for that purpose in the same manner as in other city or county special elections.
MS Code § 59-5-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors|§ 59-5-23. Authorization of contracts, etc., for improvement, operation, etc., of port or harbor

 Any city, county, or city and county acting jointly, or authorized port or harbor agency may enter into contracts, leases or agreements with the board upon such terms or conditions and for such purposes relating to the improvement, operation, development, and expansion of any port, harbor, or inland waterway, or any part thereof as they deem advisable and may agree upon, and, without limiting the generalities of the foregoing, authority is hereby granted to any city, county, or city and county acting jointly, or authorized port or harbor agency to prepare and submit to the board in the manner set out in Section 59-5-15, a plan for the improvement, operation, development or expansion of such port, harbor, waterway or any part thereof. The board shall cause an independent determination and appraisal to be made of such plan, and if the board shall find and determine that such plan is practical and feasible and is in the public interest, and that the revenues to be derived therefrom will, over a period of time, be sufficient to service and retire any bonds issued to complete such planned development, then the board, in its discretion, may negotiate with such city and county or other authorized port or harbor agency on the terms of a contract or agreement for the issuance of bonds necessary to complete such planned development. The board may modify the proposed plan for the improvement, operation, development, or expansion of such port, harbor, or waterway, or any part thereof, and may impose such terms and conditions as, in its discretion, it may require to protect the interest of the state.
MS Code § 59-5-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - State Ports and Harbors|§ 59-5-27. Bond of members of port or harbor agency

 Each member of a port or harbor agency shall give a good and sufficient bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. This shall be effective only upon consummation of an agreement to issue bonds as hereinabove set forth.