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MS Code § 49-28-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-3. Petition for incorporation

 A petition for the incorporation of a shoreline and beach preservation district may be submitted to the board of supervisors of a county, referred to in this chapter as "board of supervisors," signed by not less than twenty-five (25) owners of real property residing within the boundaries of the proposed district. The petition shall include: (a) a statement of the necessity for the creation of the proposed district; (b) the proposed corporate name for the district; (c) the proposed boundaries of the district, which shall not include any property used for industrial purposes, unless the owner of that property submits a written request to the board of supervisors to be included in the district; (d) an estimate of the cost of special improvement projects to be conducted and maintained by the district; however the estimate shall not serve as a limitation upon the financing of any project; (e) a statement of whether or not the board of supervisors of the county shall exercise the authority to levy the tax outlined in Section 49-28-27; and (f) a statement of whether or not the board of supervisors of the county shall exercise the authority to make assessments as outlined in Section 49-28-29. The petition shall be signed in person by the petitioners, with their respective residence addresses. The petition shall be accompanied by a sworn statement of the person or persons circulating the petition stating that the person or persons witnessed the signature of each petitioner, that each signature is the signature of the person it purports to be, and that, to the best of the person's or persons' knowledge, each petitioner was at the time of signing an owner of real property within and a resident of the proposed district.
MS Code § 49-28-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-5. Hearing; adoption of resolution of findings and intention to create district

  Upon the filing of a petition, the board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for a public hearing upon the question of the public convenience and necessity of the incorporation of the proposed district. The date fixed for the hearing shall be not more than thirty (30) days after the filing of the petition. The time, date and location of the hearing, the proposed boundaries of the district, and the purpose of the hearing shall be set forth in a notice to be signed by the clerk of the board of supervisors. The notice shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within the proposed district once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of the hearing. The first publication of the notice shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days before the date of the hearing and the last publication shall be made not more than seven (7) days before the date of the hearing.   If, at the public hearing, the board of supervisors finds (a) that the public convenience and necessity require the creation of the district and (b) that the creation of the district is economically sound and desirable, then the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution making those findings and declaring its intention to create the district on a date to be specified in the resolution. The resolution shall also designate the name of the proposed district, define its territorial limits which shall be fixed by the board of supervisors pursuant to the hearing, and state whether or not the board of supervisors shall levy the ad valorem tax authorized in Section 49-28-27 and whether or not the board of supervisors proposes to make special assessments against benefited properties as outlined in Section 49-28-29.
MS Code § 49-28-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-7. Publication of notice of intent to create district; referendum on creation of district

  A certified copy of the adopted resolution shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation within the proposed district once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks before the date specified in the resolution as the date upon which the board of supervisors intends to create the district. The first publication of the notice shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days before the date specified, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven (7) days before the date.   If twenty percent (20%) or one hundred fifty (150), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the county residing within the proposed district file a written petition with the board of supervisors on or before the date specified in the resolution under subsection (1) of this section protesting the creation of the district, the board of supervisors shall call an election on the question of the creation of the district. The election shall be held and conducted by the election commissioners of the county, as far as is practicable in accordance with the general laws governing elections. The election commissioners shall determine which of the qualified electors of the county reside within the proposed district, and only those qualified electors as reside within the proposed district shall be entitled to vote in the election. Notice of the election setting forth the time, place or places, and purpose of the election shall be published by the clerk of the board of supervisors. The notice shall be published for the time and in the manner provided in Section 49-28-5 for the publication of the resolution of intent. The ballot to be prepared for and used at the election shall be in substantially the following form:  "FOR CREATION OF_______________DISTRICT: ( )   AGAINST CREATION OF_______________DISTRICT: ( )."   Voters shall vote by placing a cross mark (x) or check mark (Π) opposite their choice.
MS Code § 49-28-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-9. Adoption of resolution creating district

 If no petition requiring an election is filed or if three-fifths (3/5) of those voting in the election provided in Section 49-28-7 vote in favor of the creation of the district, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution creating the district as described in the resolution of intent.
MS Code § 49-28-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-11. Payment of costs for creation of district

 If the creation of the district is initiated by petition, the board of supervisors may bear the costs of meeting the requirements of this chapter or may require the parties filing the petition to bear the costs. The board of supervisors may require the execution of a cost bond by the parties filing the petition. The bond shall be in an amount and with good sureties to guarantee the payment of any costs.
MS Code § 49-28-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-13. Appeals

 Any party having an interest in the subject matter and aggrieved or prejudiced by the findings and adjudication of the board of supervisors may appeal to the circuit court of the county in the manner provided by law for appeals from orders of the board of supervisors. However, if no appeal is taken within fifteen (15) days after the date of the adoption of the resolution creating the district, the creation of the district shall be final and shall not be subject to attack in any court after that time.
MS Code § 49-28-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-15. District to be public corporation in perpetuity

 Beginning on the date of the adoption of the resolution creating a district, the district shall be a public corporation in perpetuity under its corporate name and shall, in that name, be a body politic and corporate with power of perpetual succession.
MS Code § 49-28-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-19. Powers and duties of district

  Any district created under this chapter, acting by and through the board of commissioners of the district as its governing authority, shall have the following powers and duties:   To sue and be sued;   To adopt an official seal with which to attest the official acts and records of the board and district;   To acquire by purchase, gift, devise and lease or any other mode of acquisition, other than by eminent domain, hold and dispose of real and personal property of every kind inside or outside the district;   To make and enter into contracts, conveyances, mortgages, deeds of trust, bonds, leases or contracts for financial advisory services;   To incur debts, to borrow money, to issue negotiable special improvement bonds, and to provide for the rights of the holders of those bonds;   To fix, maintain, collect and revise charges and assessments for services rendered by or through the district;   To pledge all or any part of the revenues of the district to the payment of its obligations;   To make any covenants in connection with the issuance of bonds or to secure the payment of bonds that a private business corporation can make under the general laws of the state;   To use any right-of-way, public right-of-way, easement, or other similar property or property rights held by the state or any political subdivision of the state necessary or convenient in connection with any project conducted by the district; however, the governing body of the political subdivision must first consent to the use;   To enter into agreements with state and federal agencies for loans, grants, grants-in-aid, and other forms of assistance including, but not limited to, participation in the sale and purchase of bonds;   To be deemed to have the same status as counties and municipalities with respect to payment of sales taxes on purchases made by the district;   To do all acts necessary, proper or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted under this chapter;   To contract with the United States of America, or any agency of the United States of America, the State of Mississippi, or any political subdivision of the State of Mississippi, or any agency, commission, authority, board or other entity thereof, or any municipality or municipalities, for any purpose under this chapter; and   To contract with any person, partnership, corporation or other entity for the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance or improvement of any project of the district, upon any terms, conditions and covenants as may be agreed upon by the contracting parties.     Any district created under this chapter shall be vested with all the powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of the purpose for which the district is created. No enumeration of powers in this section shall be construed to impair or limit any general grant of power contained in this section nor to limit any grant to a power or powers of the same class or classes as those enumerated.
MS Code § 49-28-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-21. Power of eminent domain

 The board of supervisors may, upon petition by the board of commissioners of the district, exercise the power of eminent domain on behalf of the district wherever and whenever public necessity and convenience so requires.
MS Code § 49-28-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-25. Purposes for which special improvement bond issued; district empowered to do any act to secure bonds or make them more marketable

 In addition to the purposes authorized by Section 49-28-23, any district created under this chapter may issue negotiable special improvement bonds of the district in the manner provided in Section 49-28-23, for any of the following purposes:   To refund the outstanding bonds of the district upon a finding by the board of commissioners that the refunding is in the public interest;   To improve or extend the structures or facilities of the district or to conduct projects of the district; and   To enter into cooperative agreements with the state or federal government, or both, to obtain financial assistance in the form of loans or grants as may be available from the state or federal government, or both (reference to the state or federal government as used in this section shall specifically include any agency thereof).   The district may make any covenants and do any acts and things as may be necessary, convenient and desirable to secure the bonds or make the bonds more marketable, notwithstanding that the covenants, acts or things may not be enumerated in this chapter or expressly authorized in this chapter. The board of commissioners, in issuing the negotiable special improvement bonds, shall have the power to do all things required or necessary in the issuance of those bonds and for their execution which are not inconsistent with the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.
MS Code § 49-28-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-27. Authorization for ad valorem tax on real property

  The board of supervisors of the county in which a district exists, may, according to the terms of the resolution and upon receipt of a resolution of the board of commissioners adopted by a three-fifths (3/5) majority of that board requesting the funds, levy a special tax, not to exceed four (4) mills annually, on all taxable real property in the district. The avails of the tax shall be paid over to the board of commissioners of the district to be used either for the support of the district, planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance or improvement of projects of the district or for the retirement of any bonds issued by the district, or for any combination of those uses.   The proceeds derived from two (2) mills of the levy authorized in this section shall be included in the ten percent (10%) increase limitation under Section 27-39-321, and the proceeds derived from any additional millage levied under this subsection in excess of two (2) mills shall be excluded from that limitation for the first year of such additional levy and shall be included within that limitation in any year thereafter.   Following the initial tax levy, the special tax levy under this subsection may be increased only when the board of supervisors, after receipt of the resolution of the board of commissioners requesting an increase and stating the proposed amount of the increase and the purposes for which the additional revenues shall be used, has determined the need for additional revenues, adopts a resolution declaring its intention to increase the levy and has held an election on the question of increasing the tax levy prescribed in this section. The notice calling for an election shall state the purposes for which the additional revenues shall be used and the amount of the tax levy to be imposed for those purposes. The tax levy may be increased only if the proposed increase is approved by a three-fifths (3/5) majority of those voting within the district. Only those qualified electors of the county which reside in the district may vote in the election. Subject to specific provisions of this paragraph to the contrary, the publication of notice and manner of holding the election within the district shall be as prescribed by law for the holding of elections for the issuance of bonds by the board of supervisors. The election shall be held only within the district.
MS Code § 49-28-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-29. Special assessments

 In addition to the sources of funding provided for in Sections 49-28-1 through 49-28-27, the board of commissioners, if approved by the board of supervisors in the resolution creating the district, may levy and collect special assessments on certain property located in the district to provide funds for the purposes for which bonds may be issued under Sections 49-28-23 and 49-28-25. The board of commissioners may pledge the receipts from the special assessments to secure the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any bonds authorized to be issued under this chapter. Special assessments may be levied on the property within the boundaries of the district at the time the special assessments are levied. Any special assessments authorized under this section shall be levied and collected in the manner provided in Chapter 41, Title 21, Mississippi Code of 1972. The board may secure bonds of the district solely from the receipts of special assessments, or may pledge such receipts in addition to the pledge of receipts from any tax levy authorized in this chapter, or from any combination of monies from the special assessments and tax levies. Bonds issued under Section 49-28-23 or Section 49-28-25 shall be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest solely from the sources authorized in this chapter.
MS Code § 49-28-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-31. Special assessments; bonds secured by pledge thereof

 Any bonds secured by a pledge of the special assessments shall mature at any time or times, not exceeding twenty-five (25) years from the date of the bonds, and may be in fully registered form or in bearer form, as determined by the board of commissioners.
MS Code § 49-28-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-33. Special assessments; payment

 All special assessments levied under this chapter shall be payable in equal annual installments over a period not to exceed twenty-five (25) years, as determined by the board of commissioners, with interest from the date of the confirmation of the assessment at a rate, to be fixed by the board of commissioners, which will produce sufficient funds for the payment of all or a specified portion of the principal of and interest on the bonds as they mature and accrue and for fees and expenses for a paying agent or trustee, or both for the bonds. The amount to be paid through the special assessments may be limited by the board of commissioners to the amounts needed for the purposes specified in this section. Any property owner who shall not have taken an appeal from the assessment, upon failure to pay the assessment in full within thirty (30) days from the date of confirmation, shall be deemed to have elected to pay the assessment in installments as provided in this section, and shall be deemed to have admitted the legality of the assessment, and the right to contest the validity of the assessment shall be waived. The installments of the assessment shall be due and payable at the same time that the annual real property tax becomes due and payable, commencing with the first county tax levy which is payable after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of confirmation of the assessment.
MS Code § 49-28-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-37. Written protest objecting to assessments

 If the owners of a majority of the front footage of the property to be assessed under the front foot rule, or if the owners of a majority of the area of the property to be assessed under the area rule, as described in Section 49-28-35, file a written protest objecting to the assessments authorized under this chapter, then the board of commissioners shall not proceed with the special assessment.
MS Code § 49-28-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-39. Financial assistance or cooperation from state or federal government

 The board of commissioners of any district created under this chapter shall have the authority to enter into cooperative agreements with the state or federal government, or both, to obtain financial assistance in the form of loans or grants as may be available from the state or federal government, or both. The board of commissioners may execute and deliver at private sale notes or bonds as evidence of the indebtedness in the form and subject to the terms and conditions as may be imposed by the state or federal government, or both. The board of commissioners may pledge the income and revenues of the district, or the income and revenues from any part of the area embraced in the district, in payment thereof. The district may do all things necessary to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the state or federal government, or both, in the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance or improvement of projects of the district.
MS Code § 49-28-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-41. Chapter as full and complete authority

 This chapter, without reference to any statute, is full and complete authority for the creation of the district and for the issuance of bonds. No proceedings shall be required for the creation of the district or for the issuance of bonds other than those provided for and required in this chapter. All necessary powers to be exercised by the board of supervisors and by the board of commissioners of the district in order to carry out this chapter are conferred under this section.
MS Code § 49-28-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-43. Publication of financial statement

 Within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year, the board of commissioners shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the district is located a sworn statement showing the financial condition of the district, including the revenues and expenses of the district for the fiscal year just ended. The statement shall also be furnished to the board of supervisors of the county in which the district lies.
MS Code § 49-28-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-45. Validation of bonds

 Any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be submitted for validation under the provisions of Chapter 13, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 49-28-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-47. Chapter to be liberally construed

 This chapter shall be liberally construed for the purposes herein set out, the powers hereby granted being additional, cumulative and supplemental to any power granted to a board of supervisors by any general or local and private act of the Legislature.
MS Code § 49-28-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 28 - Shoreline and Beach Preservation Districts|§ 49-28-49. Severability

 If any provisions of this chapter shall be held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this chapter shall not be affected thereby.
MS Code § 49-33-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 33 - Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Activity Act|§ 49-33-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Activity Act."