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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 1 - HARBOR OR PORT COMMISSIONS; POWERS OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; PILOTAGE (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-1-45) › Section 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.
Codes, 1930, § 4859; 1942, § 7556; Laws, 1984, ch. 493, § 3, eff. 5/15/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 1 - HARBOR OR PORT COMMISSIONS; POWERS OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; PILOTAGE (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-1-45) › Section 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.
Codes, 1930, §§ 4855, 4859; Laws, 1942, §§ 7552, 7556.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 3 - PORTS OF ENTRY (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-37) › IN GENERAL (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-13) › Section 59-3-3 - Issuance of bonds authorized

The corporate authorities referred to in Section
59-3-1
are authorized to issue bonds or other obligations of the municipality for any or all of the purposes enumerated and authorized under Section
59-3-1
. The conditions of the sale of said bonds shall be fixed by the said corporate authorities.
Codes, 1942, § 7559; Laws, 1931, ch. 11.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 3 - PORTS OF ENTRY (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-37) › IN GENERAL (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-13) › Section 59-3-5 - Details of bonds; tax levy; supplemental powers and authorizations for bond issues

All bonds authorized by Section
59-3-3
shall be lithographed or engraved, and printed in two (2) or more colors, to prevent counterfeiting, and shall be in sums not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) each, and shall be registered as issued, be numbered in a regular series from one (1) upward, be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk, who shall impress the municipal seal upon each bond as it is issued. Every such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was issued; and the total amount authorized to be issued, and each shall be made payable to bearer. The corporate authorities shall levy annually a special tax to be used exclusively in paying the interest on such bonds and the bonds maturing within one (1) year, and in providing a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds issued.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections
31-21-1
through
31-21-7
.
Codes, 1942, § 7560; Laws, 1931, ch. 11; Laws, 1983, ch. 494, § 27, eff. 4/11/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 3 - PORTS OF ENTRY (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-37) › IN GENERAL (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-13) › Section 59-3-7 - Conduct of election on issuance of bonds

Before issuing bonds authorized by Section
59-3-3
the corporate authorities shall by resolution spread upon their minutes, declare their intention of issuing said bonds, fixing in such resolution the maximum amount thereof, and the purpose for which they are to be issued, and where an election is required shall fix in such resolution a date upon which an election shall be held in said municipality, of which not less than three weeks' notice shall be given by the clerk by a notice published in a newspaper published in said municipality once a week for three weeks preceding said election at three public places in said municipality. Such election shall be held, as far as practicable, as other elections are held in municipalities.
Codes, 1942, § 7561; Laws, 1931, ch. 11.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 3 - PORTS OF ENTRY (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-37) › IN GENERAL (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-13) › Section 59-3-9 - Qualifications of electors; form and marking of ballots; issuance of bonds without elections

At such election as is provided for by Section
59-3-7
, all qualified electors may vote and the ballots used shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purpose of the proposed bond issue and the words, "For the bond issue," and the words, "Against the bond issue," and the voter shall vote by placing a cross (X) opposite his choice of the proposition. In cities of less than twelve thousand inhabitants, when the amount to be issued is not more than thirty thousand dollars the corporate authorities shall publish the resolution as herein provided declaring their intention to issue said bonds for three weeks, giving the day and date upon which said bonds are to be issued; and if twenty per cent of the qualified electors of the municipality file a written protest against the issuance of said bonds on or before said date, then an election shall be had as herein provided, and if no protest shall be filed said bonds shall be issued without an election.
Codes, 1942, § 7562; Laws, 1931, ch. 11.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 3 - PORTS OF ENTRY (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-37) › IN GENERAL (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-13) › Section 59-3-11 - Issuance of bonds; maturities, interest, and execution of bonds; payment of principal and interest

Should the election provided for in Sections
59-3-7
and
59-3-9
result in favor of the proposed bond issue, by a majority of those voting in said election voting in favor of the issuance of said bonds, the corporate authorities may issue such bonds, either in whole or in part, within one (1) year after the date of such election or within one (1) year after final favorable determination of any litigation affecting such bonds as they may deem best, and should said bonds be issued by the municipality without an election therefor as provided in the preceding section, then said bonds may be issued as herein provided. All bonds shall mature annually, with all maturities not longer than twenty (20) years, with not less than one-fiftieth (
1
/
50
) of the total issue to mature each year during the first five (5) years of the life of said bonds, and not less than one-twenty-fifth (
1
/
25
) of the said total issue to mature annually during the succeeding ten-year period of the life of said bonds, and the remainder to be divided into approximately equal payments, one (1) payment to mature during each year for the remaining life of the bonds. Said bonds shall not bear a greater rate of interest than that allowed in Section
75-17-101
, Mississippi Code of 1972, payable semiannually, the denomination, form and place of payment to be fixed in the ordinance of the corporate authorities issuing said bonds, and they shall be prepared and signed by the mayor and clerk of said municipality with the seal of the municipality affixed thereto, but the coupons may only bear a facsimile signature of such mayor and clerk. Such bonds, when issued, shall constitute a lien on all the taxable property in such municipality and the corporate authorities shall annually levy a special tax on all such property sufficient to pay the principal and interest on such bonds as the same falls due.
Codes, 1942, § 7563; Laws, 1931, ch. 11; Laws, 1981, ch. 462, § 14; Laws, 1982, ch. 434, § 27; Laws, 1983, ch. 541, § 34, eff. 4/25/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 3 - PORTS OF ENTRY (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-37) › IN GENERAL (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-13) › Section 59-3-13 - Disposition of proceeds of bonds; penalty for diversion

The proceeds of any bonds issued under authority of Sections
59-3-1
through
59-3-13
, shall be placed in the municipal treasury or depository, if there be one, as a special fund and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose set forth in the original resolution of the corporate authorities of such municipality, and any officer diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose than the purpose originally set forth in said resolution of the corporate authorities of such municipality shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and on his official bond for such diversion.
Codes, 1942, § 7564; Laws, 1931, ch. 11.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 3 - PORTS OF ENTRY (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-37) › FOREIGN TRADE ZONES (§§ 59-3-31 — 59-3-37) › Section 59-3-31 - "Public corporation" defined

The term "public corporation," for the purposes of Sections
59-3-31
through
59-3-37
, means the State of Mississippi or any political subdivision thereof or any public agency of this state or of any political subdivision thereof or any public board, bureau, commission or authority created by the legislature of the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-42; Laws, 1966, ch. 288, § 2, eff. 6/14/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 3 - PORTS OF ENTRY (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-37) › FOREIGN TRADE ZONES (§§ 59-3-31 — 59-3-37) › Section 59-3-33 - Establishment and operation by public corporation

Any public corporation of the State of Mississippi, as that term is defined in Section
59-3-31
, is hereby authorized to make application for the privilege of establishing, operating and maintaining a foreign-trade zone in accordance with an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes."
Codes, 1942, § 7564-41; Laws, 1966, ch. 288, § 1, eff. 6/14/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 3 - PORTS OF ENTRY (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-37) › FOREIGN TRADE ZONES (§§ 59-3-31 — 59-3-37) › Section 59-3-35 - Establishment and operation by private corporation

Any private corporation hereafter organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of establishing, operating and maintaining a foreign-trade zone in accordance with the Act of Congress referred to in Section
59-3-33
, is likewise hereby authorized to make application for the privilege of establishing, operating and maintaining a foreign-trade zone in accordance with the said Act of Congress.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-43; Laws, 1966, ch. 288, § 3, eff. 6/14/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 3 - PORTS OF ENTRY (§§ 59-3-1 — 59-3-37) › FOREIGN TRADE ZONES (§§ 59-3-31 — 59-3-37) › Section 59-3-37 - Operation and maintenance pursuant to terms of Act of Congress

Any public or private corporation authorized by Sections
59-3-31
through
59-3-37
to make application for the privilege of establishing, operating and maintaining such foreign-trade zone, whose application is granted pursuant to the terms of the Act of Congress referred to in Section
59-3-33
, is hereby authorized to establish such foreign-trade zone and to operate and maintain the same, subject to the conditions and restrictions of said Act of Congress, and any amendments thereto, and under such rules and regulations and for the period of time that may be prescribed by the board established by said Act of Congress to carry out the provisions of said Act of Congress.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-44; Laws, 1966, ch. 288, § 4, eff. 6/14/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-01; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 1; Laws, 2012, ch. 485, § 4, eff. 4/26/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-02; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 2, eff. 4/28/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-5 - Construction of chapter

(1)
This chapter shall be construed liberally and broadly to effectuate the policy and purposes herein set out.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
Codes, 1942, §§ 7564-03, 7564-26, 7564-29; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, §§ 3, 26, 29; Laws, 1960, ch. 342, § 4; Laws, 1967, Ex. Sess. ch. 7, § 7, eff. 6/29/1967.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-24; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 24, eff. 4/28/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-03; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 3, eff. 4/28/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-04; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 4; Laws, 1960, ch. 342, § 1; Laws, 1967, Ex. Sess. ch. 7, § 1; brought forward without change, Laws, 2008, ch. 544, § 3, eff. 5/9/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-25; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 25, eff. 4/28/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-05; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 5, eff. 4/28/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-06; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 6, eff. 4/28/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-06; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 6, eff. 4/28/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-08; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 8; Laws, 1960, ch. 342, § 2; ch. 347.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-08; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 8; Laws, 1960, ch. 342, § 2; ch. 347.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-29 - Increase in membership of county port authority upon issuance of bonds

Whenever any bonds of the State of Mississippi have been issued as provided in Sections
59-5-23
and
59-5-25
, and where the authorized port or harbor agency is a county port authority organized as provided by Sections
59-9-1
through
59-9-85
, the membership of such county port authority shall be increased by two members, to be appointed by the governor who shall be qualified electors of the county, and whose term shall be concurrent with that of the appointing governor. One such member shall be appointed by the governor from the county at large, and the other such member shall be appointed from a municipality located on the navigable channel or waterway on which the port facilities are located, but which municipality shall not be the county seat of such county. The two additional members hereby authorized to be appointed to such county port authority shall be vested with all the rights and duties and powers as members thereof, but such appointments shall be made to such county port authority and shall continue only so long as any such state bonds shall be outstanding and unpaid. The members of such county port authority appointed by the governor under the authority of this section shall make bond and qualify as members of such port authority in the same manner provided by law for the other members of such county port authority, and as provided in this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-08; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 8; Laws, 1960, ch. 342, § 2; ch. 347.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-31 - Additional powers and authority for certain port commissions and authorities; revenue bonds; tax exemptions

Any port commission existing under the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 7 of this title, and any other port commission or port authority now or hereafter constituted by law which has not expressly been granted such powers, may, in addition to all powers now or hereafter vested in it by law, exercise all powers and authority granted to county port authorities or county development commissions under Sections
59-9-15
through
59-9-35
, which sections are hereby incorporated herein by reference, and may in addition to such powers acquire, own, operate and maintain gas, electric, water, sewerage or other public utility systems or pipelines and easements necessary thereto. In the event that a joint agreement cannot be consummated jointly with the board as provided in this chapter, the boards of supervisors of any county, or the governing authority of any municipality, or both acting jointly, may issue revenue bonds of such county or municipality, or both, acting jointly, as provided by Section
59-7-311
. Such revenue bonds may be issued without an election on resolution of the board of supervisors, governing body of the municipality, or both acting jointly, and shall not be subject to any limitation as to amount, and shall not be included or computed in the statutory limitation of indebtedness of any such county or municipality.
All leases executed by such port commissions or port authorities for port, harbor, commercial or industrial improvements, and all structures and all improvements and other permanent facilities erected, installed or located by such lessees, or their successors or assignees within the limits of any port, harbor or part thereof, may be free and exempt from all state, county and municipal ad valorem taxes if so stipulated in such lease, and for such period as may be fixed in such lease, not to exceed such periods of time as are now authorized or may be hereafter authorized by law.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-09; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 9; Laws, 1980, ch. 439, § 1, eff. 7/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-33 - State ports fund; joint activities or employment of personnel

The agreement between the board and the city, county or other authorized port or harbor agency shall provide that a fair and proportionate part of the expense of the board administering this chapter, shall be considered a part of the cost of the development or operation of the planned development and such costs shall be paid into a separate state fund in the state treasury, to be known as the state ports fund. Such fund shall be used by the board for the promotion, development, construction, improvement, expansion, maintenance, advertising, and general advancement of the state harbors, ports, rivers, channels, and waterways and may be expended on requisition of the board for such purposes and such other purposes as in the opinion of the board is to the best interest of the ports, harbors, and waterways of this state. The salaries of all officers, employees, or agents of the board, performing duties required by this chapter, and all other expenses incidental to the port, harbor, or waterway operation of the board shall be fixed by the board and payable out of said fund. The board may contract with one or more state port authorities, or any city, county or other authorized port or harbor agency for any joint activity or for the joint employment of personnel with the expense of the activity or salary of such personnel to be paid by the board from operational funds provided by the contracting parties.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-11; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 11, eff. 4/28/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-35 - Setting aside or leasing of lands, docks, warehouses, etc.; exemption from certain ad valorem taxes

The board, acting jointly with the state port authority, is authorized to set aside, or lease all or portions of any lands, roads, docks, sheds, warehouses, elevators, compresses, floating dry docks, graving docks, marine railways, tugboats, or any other necessary or useful improvements constructed or acquired by it to individuals, firms, or corporations, public or private, for port, harbor, commercial or industrial purposes for a period not to exceed ninety-nine years, or to execute a conveyance of sale, except as otherwise limited by law, on such terms and conditions and with such safeguards as would best promote and protect the public interest. Any industrial lease of lands may be executed upon such terms and conditions and for such monetary rental or other consideration as may be found adequate and approved by the board in orders or resolutions authorizing the same. Any covenants and agreements of the lessee to make expenditures in determined amounts, and within such time or times, for improvements to be erected upon the land, by such lessee and to conduct thereon industrial and/or other operations in such aggregate payroll amounts and for such period of time as may be determined and defined in such lease, and to give preference in employment where practical to residents of the State of Mississippi, and to qualified residents of the city and of the county in which such port or harbor is located, shall if included in such lease constitute and be deemed sufficient consideration for the execution of any such lease in the absence of monetary rental or other considerations; and such instrument may contain reasonable provisions giving the lessee the right to remove its or his improvements upon the termination of the lease. All leases theretofore made by any port commission, port authority, or other public agency authorized by law to execute leases for port, harbor, commercial or industrial improvements, which leases are now in effect or which may be hereafter executed by any such public agency or by the board, and all structures and all improvements and other permanent facilities erected, installed or located by such lessees or their successors or assignees within the limits of any port, harbor or part thereof, may be free and exempt from all state, county, and municipal ad valorem taxes if so stipulated in such lease, and for such period as may be fixed in such lease.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-12; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 12; Laws, 1960, ch. 342, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-39 - Acquisition of rights of way, land, etc

For the acquiring of rights-of-way, land and property including existing easements, restrictive covenants and reversionary estates necessary for the purposes herein authorized, the board shall have the right and power to acquire the same by purchase, negotiation or condemnation, and should it elect to exercise the right of eminent domain, it may proceed in the manner provided by the general laws of the State of Mississippi for procedure by any county, municipality or corporation organized under the laws of this state, or in any other manner provided by law. The power of eminent domain shall apply not only as to all property of private persons or corporations, but also as to property already devoted to public use including leaseholds, excepting interests in property owned by levee boards, drainage districts, or other flood control agencies. However, the board shall have no authority to acquire without the consent of the owner thereof any property operated and used for port, harbor or industrial purposes or such purposes as the board is authorized to acquire and use property for, unless an actual necessity therefor be alleged and proven. The board is authorized to accept donations of lands, rights therein, monies and materials required for the maintenance or development of any port or harbor. The board may exchange any property or properties acquired under the authority of this chapter for other property or properties usable in carrying out the powers hereby conferred, and also remove from lands needed for its purposes and reconstruct on other locations, buildings, utilities, terminals, railroads or other structures upon the payment of just compensation, if it is necessary so to do in order to carry out any of its plans for port development. The title to all land or property acquired under the authority of this chapter shall vest in the State of Mississippi. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize the taking by eminent domain of any private property except for necessary public use.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-14; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 14; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 248, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-43 - Negotiability of bonds; exemption from taxation

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code and in exercising the powers granted by this chapter, the board and/or state bond commission shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code. Such bonds and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-16; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 16; Laws, 1967, Ex. Sess. ch. 7, § 3, eff. 6/29/1967.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-45 - Manner and price of sale of bonds; interest; maturity and redemption

The State Bond Commission shall sell such bonds at public sale or private sale, and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no sale shall be made at a price of less than ninety-eight percent (98%) of par, plus accrued interest. However, the One Hundred Thirty Million Dollars ($130,000,000.00) additional bonds herein authorized shall mature annually, with all maturities not longer than twenty-five (25) years, and may be sold for a price of not less than ninety-eight percent (98%) of par, plus accrued interest, to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. All bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding that allowed in Section
75-17-101
, Mississippi Code of 1972. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually.
No interest payment due on any bond shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and supplemental coupons will not be permitted.
Notice of the public sale of any such bonds shall be published at least two (2) times, the first of which shall be made not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the City of Jackson and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals with a large national circulation, to be selected by the State Bond Commission.
The State Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of this chapter, shall provide that bonds maturing eleven (11) or more years after the date of the issuance of such bonds may, at the option of the State of Mississippi, be called in for payment and redemption at the call price named therein and accrued interest, or on the tenth anniversary of the date of issue, or on any interest payment date thereafter prior to maturity.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-17; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 17; Laws, 1967, Ex. Sess. ch. 7, § 4; Laws, 1974, ch. 484, § 2; Laws, 1975, ch. 456; Laws, 1976, ch. 415; Laws, 1980, ch. 530, § 4; Laws, 1982, ch. 425; Laws, 1983, ch. 541, § 35; Laws, 1991, ch. 397 § 2; Laws, 1993, ch. 472, § 2, eff. 3/27/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-47 - Disposition of proceeds of bonds

The proceeds of bonds issued under authority of this chapter shall be paid into a special fund or funds in banks qualified to act as depositories for the city or county in which the port or harbor is located, allocated in such equitable manner as the board may determine and such depositories shall qualify as such by depositing bonds or other securities authorized by law to secure deposits in state depositories. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for payment of the cost of the planned development and the redeeming of any outstanding bonds and shall be disbursed upon order of the board with such restrictions, if any, as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide. If the proceeds of such bonds, by error of calculation or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the planned development, and the redeeming of any outstanding bonds, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit which, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same purpose. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, the surplus shall be paid into the fund established for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-18; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 18, eff. 4/28/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-49 - Validation of bonds

Such bonds as are authorized by this chapter may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this chapter. The bonds authorized under the authority of this chapter may, in the discretion of the state bond commission, be validated in the chancery court of Hinds County, Mississippi, in the manner and with the force and effect provided now or hereafter by Sections
31-13-1
through
31-13-11
, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the validation of county, municipal, school district, and other bonds. The necessary papers for such validation proceedings shall be transmitted to the state bond attorney by the attorney general, and the required notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or county where the planned development is located.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-19; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 19, eff. 4/28/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-53 - Withdrawals of bond proceeds from special fund

The funds which are transferred from the sale of bonds under this chapter to the special fund in the qualified depositories set up for each separate port, harbor, or part thereof may be withdrawn only in the following manner: said funds shall be paid by such qualified depositories upon warrants issued by the state auditor of public accounts, which warrants shall be issued upon requisition of the board or state port authority. All expenditures ordered by the board or state port authority shall be entered upon their minutes, and the board and each state port authority shall submit a full report of their work and all the transactions carried on by them, and a complete statement of all their revenues and expenditures to the legislature at each regular session of the legislature.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-28; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 28, eff. 4/28/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-55 - Use of net revenues, rents, and earnings from state owned ports

All net revenues, rents, and earnings from the operation or maintenance of any state owned port or harbor, or any part thereof, shall be set aside by the board exclusively for the payment of any bonds issued by the state for such port or harbor, or any part thereof, and shall not be commingled with the funds of any other state port or harbor, or any part thereof, but shall be expended by the board exclusively for the payment of such bonds as provided in Section
59-5-51
, and if no such bonds shall be outstanding, then by the state port authority for the improvement, operation, advancement, development, maintenance and advertising of the port to which such funds have accrued.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-10; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 10, eff. 4/28/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 5 - STATE PORTS AND HARBORS (§§ 59-5-1 — 59-5-69) › Section 59-5-57 - Payment of county's share of state ad valorem taxes for harbor purposes to state port authority

In the event of state ownership of any port or harbor, in its entirety, in any county which may now or hereafter be authorized by law to receive a portion of the state ad valorem tax for port or harbor purposes, such portion of the state ad valorem tax shall be paid to the state port authority and shall be used for the improvement, development, operation and expansion of such port under the provision of this chapter, and the port fund of such county to which such ad valorem tax is paid shall be subject to the requisition of the state port authority.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-10; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 10, eff. 4/28/1958.