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MS Code § 57-119-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 119 - Gulf Coast Restoration Fund|§ 57-119-5. Gulf Coast Restoration Fund Advisory Board created; purpose; membership

  There is createdthe Gulf Coast Restoration Fund Advisory Board for the purpose ofproviding guidance and expertise to MDA when reviewing applicationsfor assistance under this chapter. The advisory board shall consistof the following seven (7) members:   Three (3) appointmentsfrom the Governor;   Two (2) appointmentsfrom the Lieutenant Governor; and   Two (2) appointmentsfrom the Speaker of the House of Representatives.     The Governorshall appoint the chairman of the board and the board shall electsuch other officers as it considers necessary from among its members.   A majority ofthe members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the conductof meetings and all actions of the board shall be by a majority vote.   The MississippiDevelopment Authority shall provide any necessary administrative supportto the board. No person nominated for, appointed to or serving asa member of the board may be an elected official.   Members of theboard shall serve without compensation, per diem or mileage expense.   All expensesof the MDA in carrying out its duties and responsibilities under thissection shall be paid from funds in the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund.
MS Code § 57-119-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 119 - Gulf Coast Restoration Fund|§ 57-119-7. Mississippi Development Authority to be administrator of the GCRF

  MDA shall bethe administrator of the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund. MDA is authorizedto carry out any powers and duties authorized in this chapter andshall handle all of the day-to-day matters relating to the GCRF.   The annual administrationexpenses of MDA in carrying out its duties under this chapter shallnot exceed one percent (1%) of the amount of the funds deposited intothe GCRF under Section 27-103-302 for thatyear. MDA may recover from applicants and recipients of funds underthis chapter a portion of the costs associated with administeringassistance provided under this chapter, which shall not be subjectto the one percent (1%) limitation under this subsection.
MS Code § 57-119-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 119 - Gulf Coast Restoration Fund|§ 57-119-9. Eligible applicants for assistance; eligible projects; MDA to establish criteria for accepting and reviewing applications for assistance

  Applicants who are eligible for assistance under this section include, but are not limited to, local units of government, nongovernmental organizations, institutions of higher learning, community colleges, ports, airports, public-private partnerships, private for-profit entities, private nonprofit entities and local economic development entities. Projects that are eligible for assistance under this section are projects that have the potential to generate increased economic activity in the region, as described in Section 57-119-11(3).   MDA shall establish criteria, rules, and procedures for accepting and reviewing applications for assistance under this section. MDA, with advice from the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund Advisory Board, shall review, compile and score all timely received applications, and shall present the applications and its recommendations for assistance to individual projects under this section to the Legislature no later than December 1 of the year. The Legislature shall determine individual projects that will be funded under this section by separate line items in an appropriation bill.   Applications for assistance under this section will be received through web portals set up by MDA. MDA shall set criteria for the web portal which may include protection of the confidentiality of any or all of the application.
MS Code § 57-119-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 119 - Gulf Coast Restoration Fund|§ 57-119-13. Assistance provided from GCRF cannot be used to cover 100% of the cost of approved project; contracts to include provisions for recovery of funds obtained fraudulently; performance reports

  Assistance provided under this chapter may not be used to finance one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of any project.   Contracts executed by MDA with recipients of assistance under this chapter must include provisions requiring a performance report on the contracted activities, must account for the proper use of funds provided under the contract, and must include provisions for recovery of assistance if the assistance was based upon fraudulent information or the recipient of the assistance is not meeting the performance requirements established by MDA of the assistance. Recipients of assistance under this chapter must regularly report to MDA the status of the project on a schedule determined by MDA.
MS Code § 57-119-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 119 - Gulf Coast Restoration Fund|§ 57-119-15. Audit of recipients of assistance from GCRF; scope of review; performance audit of MDA's administration of GCRF by State Auditor; scope of audit

  The scope ofa financial audit of recipients of assistance under this chapter shallinclude funds related to any year in which the recipient receivesassistance under this chapter. The scope of review for these fundsshall include, but is not limited to, compliance with state and federallaws related to the receipt and expenditure of those funds and thecriteria established by MDA.   The State Auditorshall conduct performance audits of MDA's administration ofthe GCRF under this chapter. The scope of review shall include, but isnot limited to, evaluating internal controls, internal audit functions,reporting and performance requirements required for use of the assistance,and compliance with state and federal law. The audit shall includeany funds disbursed under this chapter and matching funds providedin the contract with MDA.   In addition tothe rules of the State Auditor, the State Auditor shall adopt rulesfor the form and conduct all financial audits performed by independentcertified public accountants and for audits of recipients of assistanceunder this chapter.   The State Auditormay report findings to the Secretary of the Treasury of the UnitedStates in addition to the reporting requirements under state law.   The costs ofthe audits performed as provided in this section may be paid fromthe GCRF.
MS Code § 57-119-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 119 - Gulf Coast Restoration Fund|§ 57-119-17. Annual report; contents

 MDA shall file an annual report with the Speaker of the House, the Lieutenant Governor, the Chairs of the Appropriations Committees of the House and the Senate, and the Legislative Budget Office not later than December 1 of each year, including detailed information regarding at least the following specific areas:   Receipts and expenditures of the funds received and provided as assistance under this chapter;   Expenditures for all administration expenses of MDA in carrying out its duties under this chapter;   Overview of applications reviewed and a detailed description of applications approved for assistance for the current year; and   Schedule of all applications for which assistance was provided under this chapter detailing status of progress, start date, anticipated completion date, benchmark achievements, and any modifications to the original application after receipt of assistance.
MS Code § 59-1-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-1. Creation of port commission; composition and jurisdiction of commission generally

 Any city in the State of Mississippi having a seaport or harbor therein designated as a port of entry by the United States government shall have a harbor commission, to be known as a port commission, and same shall be composed of five resident citizens of such city, who shall be qualified electors therein, three of whom shall be skilled and experienced in maritime affairs. Said commission shall have jurisdiction over the port and terminals and harbor and passes leading thereto, and all vessels, boats and wharves, common carriers and public utilities therein, using the same, within their respective cities. In the cities of Natchez, Vicksburg and Greenville, the mayor and board of commissioners, or mayor and board of aldermen of such cities shall be the port commissioners of their respective harbors.
MS Code § 59-1-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-3. Appointment, oath, bond, and terms of office of members of commission

 The port commission provided for in Section 59-1-1 shall be appointed as follows: one (1) shall be appointed by the Governor who shall be skilled and experienced in maritime affairs; one (1) shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county in which such port of entry is located, who shall be skilled and experienced in maritime affairs, and three (3) shall be appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen or mayor and board of commissioners of the city where such port of entry is located, one (1) of whom shall be skilled and experienced in maritime affairs. Before entering upon the duties of the office, each of said commissioners shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi, and shall give bond to be approved by the clerk of the city in which the port of entry is located, in a sum not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties. Said bond shall be made payable to the city in which the port of entry is located, and in case of breach thereof, suit may be brought on the relation of the city for the benefit of said commission. The commissioners shall hold office for a term of four (4) years from the day of their appointment and qualification, and until their successor or successors shall be appointed and qualify as set out herein.
MS Code § 59-1-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-5. Compensation of members of commission

 Each member of any port commission created under the provisions of this chapter, operating in a county bounded by the Gulf of Mexico shall receive as compensation twenty-two dollars and fifty cents ($22.50) per day while engaged in attendance upon meetings of the commission, or engaged in other duties of the commission, not to exceed sixty (60) days in any one (1) year, and shall receive their actual traveling expenses, to be audited and allowed by the commission.
MS Code § 59-1-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-7. Meetings; officers

 When the port commissioners shall have been appointed and shall be qualified as set out in this chapter, they shall meet at the regular place for the meetings of the mayor and board of aldermen, or mayor and board of commissioners, of the municipality, after giving at least ten days notice of the time and place of such meeting by publication in a newspaper published in such city, and they shall elect a president and secretary, who shall be members of the commission.
MS Code § 59-1-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-11. Additional powers of port commission

 In addition to the power and authority conferred in Section 59-1-1, the port commission and mayor and board of commissioners of the port of entry, acting jointly only, may in their discretion negotiate a contract or contracts for any and all repairs or any part thereof affecting the reconstruction, repair or maintenance of any pier, dock, warehouse, grain elevator, bulk loading plant, sheds or any other property at the port of entry under the jurisdiction of said port commission and city, under terms and conditions as both bodies may deem best and economical to the city wherein the port of entry is located.   The port commission is given full power and authority to employ engineers, attorneys and other professional and technical help in or about the operation, development and advancement of said port, and to pay reasonable compensation therefor. Such employment and compensation therefor to be approved by the mayor and board of commissioners of the port of entry.
MS Code § 59-1-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-13. Construction of Sections 59-1-13 through 59-1-25 generally

 Being for the purpose of relieving unemployment and promoting industrial development and the development of fisheries, commerce and shipping in the state, Sections 59-1-13 through 59-1-25 shall be construed as granting additional authority to the several port commissions of the State of Mississippi, and the same shall not repeal or impair any existing law.
MS Code § 59-1-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-15. Definition of "industrial operations."

 The term "industrial operations" as used in Sections 59-1-13 through 59-1-25 shall include but not be limited to any and all enterprises the operation of which will aid in the development of fisheries, commerce, navigation or shipping in the port, as well as all forms of manufacturing enterprises.
MS Code § 59-1-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-19. Sale, lease or other disposition of land not used for port purposes

 In the event any part of lands as are described in Section 59-1-17 are not used for port purposes, and navigation and commerce will not be impeded thereby, such port commission may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of same to individuals, firms or corporations, public or private, for industrial use, on such terms and conditions and with such safeguard as will best promote and protect the public interest, and they are hereby authorized to transfer title or possession to any part or all of such lands by special warranty deed, lease, contract, or other customary business instrument; however, no such lease shall be executed for a term in excess of ninety-nine years from its date, and before execution of same any such conveyance, lease, contract or other disposition shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of such port commission by order or resolution entered on its minutes, which order or resolution shall set forth the substantial terms of such conveyance, lease, contract, or other disposition. In the event title to any such land under the jurisdiction of the port commission is in the name of the city, no such transaction shall be consummated until and unless the same be authorized by proper resolution of the port commission and of the city, in which event the city shall join the port commission in the execution of any such instrument.
MS Code § 59-1-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-21. Terms and conditions of conveyances, contracts, leases, etc.

 Any such conveyance, contract, lease or other disposition authorized by Section 59-1-19 of any or all such lands described in Section 59-1-17 may be made upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as may be found to be adequate by the port commission, and approved by the city, in orders or resolutions authorizing same, and the covenants and obligations of the lessee or grantee to make expenditures in determined amounts, and within such time or times, for improvements to be erected on the land, by such lessee or grantee, and to conduct thereon industrial operations in such aggregate payroll amounts and for such period of time or times as may be determined and defined in such lease, deed or other disposition, shall constitute and be deemed sufficient consideration for the execution of any such conveyance, lease, contract or other disposition. Any such instrument shall, however, contain reasonable provisions for the termination of the lease or revision of title to the land, but, unless otherwise agreed to, not the improvements of grantee or lessee, in the event of default on the part of the lessee or grantee of his or its obligations or covenants under any such agreement.
MS Code § 59-1-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-23. Assistance of municipalities in establishing industries

 In lieu of exercising the authority herein granted, a port commission may cooperate and assist any authorized municipality, as defined in Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51, Mississippi Code of 1972, to which a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued under such sections, in the establishment of an industry or industries by such municipality, and may for such purpose or purposes, convey or lease any or all such lands to any such municipality, or join such municipality in the execution of a contract, lease, conveyance or other disposition for the operation of the industry, but any such disposition shall be subject to termination or revision of title in the event of abandonment of the industry, non-compliance with its terms, or non-user for the purposes for which same is made.
MS Code § 59-1-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-25. Reservation of oil, gas and minerals in sale, lease or other disposition of lands

 Any sale, lease or other disposition made under Sections 59-1-13 through 59-1-25 shall except all oil, gas and other minerals, except sand, clay and gravel on, in and under the land, and shall reserve to the owner thereof the right to develop and produce same in such manner as will not injure or endanger the improvements of the lessee or grantee placed on the land after the execution of such lease, conveyance or other disposition.
MS Code § 59-1-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-27. Port director

 The port commission is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to employ a port director. It shall be the duty of said port director to solicit business for the port, investigate railroad and ocean rates for the protection of the general public in using said port. The salary of the port director shall be fixed by the commissioners with the approval of the mayor and board of aldermen, or the mayor and board of commissioners, and shall be paid from funds derived under the provisions of this chapter, or from the general funds or special funds raised for such purpose in the city treasury; such port commission may, in its discretion, select from its membership a competent person to serve in the capacity of port director, in which case the salary paid such member for services rendered as port director shall not be subject to the restrictions fixed in Section 59-1-5.
MS Code § 59-1-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-29. Appropriation of funds for use of port commission by municipal authorities

 The mayor and board of aldermen or the mayor and board of commissioners of a municipality having a port of entry as herein defined are hereby authorized and empowered in their discretion to appropriate money for the use and benefit of the port commission to be expended under the direction of the port commission with the approval of said municipal authorities.
MS Code § 59-1-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-31. Appropriation of funds for use of port commission by county governing authorities

 The board of supervisors of a county having a port of entry as herein defined is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion to appropriate money for the use and benefit of the port to be expended under the direction of the port commissioners with the approval of said board of supervisors.
MS Code § 59-1-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-33. County membership in rivers and harbors association

 The board of supervisors of the various counties are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to join on behalf of their respective counties the rivers and harbors association of Mississippi, and to pay from the general fund of the county membership dues of the association. The payment of membership dues shall entitle the county to all of the rights and privileges of membership and the county shall not be liable for any additional dues or assessments. After a county has joined the association, it may terminate its membership by formal resolution or failure to pay membership dues.
MS Code § 59-1-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft|Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage|§ 59-1-35. Affiliation with rivers and harbors association by cities and other political subdivisions or agencies

 All city, county, district and state ports, harbors and waterway systems and any other agency, department or political subdivision, including municipalities and boards of supervisors, may, in their discretion, become affiliated with, support and pay dues to the rivers and harbors association of Mississippi.