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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-19 - Tax levy by counties for payment of bonds

Before any additional bonds may be issued for equipment as authorized by Section
59-17-41
, at least one (1) county shall have levied a tax upon all the taxable property, both real and personal, within its boundaries for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on such bonds and the aggregate amount of the additional issue shall have been approved by the board of economic development. Such tax shall be in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the additional bonds issued for equipment as authorized by Section
59-17-41
, and such tax levy shall not be reimbursable under the homestead exemption laws of this state.
The ad valorem tax levied by any county or counties under this section shall be reduced in whole or in part when the board and the state inland port authority find and determine that there has been or will be received in the state inland port authority fund a sufficient sum of money from other net revenues, thereby eliminating the need for this county tax levy.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-06; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 6; Laws, 1980, ch. 530, § 2; Laws, 1981, ch. 509, § 1; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 257, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-21 - Contract with master water management district to underwrite financial obligations for project

In the event no three (3) counties shall contract on the basis provided for in Section
59-17-19
, then any master water management district may be considered an authorized agency and may enter into a contract with the board whereby they must agree to underwrite any deficits incurred from the operation of the port and/or obligations incurred by the board for the port authority. The board will contract with a master water management district only after they have been convinced that adequate security has been furnished the board to protect the state's investment.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-06; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 6; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 258, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-23 - Operation of port or harbor by state inland port authority; composition of authority; appointment and terms of office of members

Any port or harbor, or any part thereof, and all facilities, structures, lands or other improvements, leased by, acquired by or conveyed to the state shall be operated by the board acting through a state inland port authority for such port or harbor, except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter. Such port authority shall be vested, in addition to the rights, powers and duties conferred hereunder, with the same jurisdiction, and the same rights, powers, and duties vested by law, in other port authorities within the state. Any conflict with other laws shall be governed by this chapter.
The state inland port authority shall consist of one member from the county in which the port is located and one member from each county that is contiguous to the county in which the port is located to be appointed for a period of four years by the respective board of supervisors of each of those counties, provided each county has levied the two mills required in Sections
59-17-19
and
59-17-21
and the governor shall appoint one member from each participating county outlined above of which two mills has been levied, plus one additional member from any one of the participating counties outlined above of which two mills has been levied. The initial terms by the governor's appointees shall be staggered, one member appointed for two years and others by adding one additional year; no term shall exceed five years. The number of years to be served on regular terms shall be the same number as the number of governor's appointees.
In the event the contracting agency is any master water management district, the board shall consist of the following: one member from the county in which the port is located and one member from each county that is contiguous to the county in which the port is located to be appointed by the respective boards of supervisors for a period of four years, and the governor shall appoint one member from each of the counties outlined above, plus one additional member from any one of the counties outlined above. The governor's five appointees' initial terms shall be for one, two, three, four and five years respectively, but all succeeding appointments shall be for terms of five years.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-08; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 8, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-25 - Organization of state inland port authority; oath and bond of members

The members of the state inland port authority shall organize under the direction of the board in the same manner that state port authorities are organized and shall be entitled to compensation not exceeding that authorized by law for a state port authority. In its operation of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, such state inland port authority shall not be responsible to the counties participating, in which such port or harbor, or any part thereof, may be located, or other authorized port or harbor agency, but shall be responsible solely to the board. Before entering upon the duties of the office, each of said members shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required by Section 268 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, and shall file same with the secretary of state, and shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), with a surety company or companies, authorized to do business in this state, conditioned according to law, and to be delivered to and approved by the treasurer of the State of Mississippi; the premiums on said bonds shall be paid from port funds.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-09; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 9, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-27 - State inland port fund; board may contract for joint activities or employment of personnel

The agreement between the board and the participating counties or other authorized 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 inland 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 inland 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, § 7623-11; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 11, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-29 - Setting aside or leasing of lands and facilities by board

The board, acting jointly with the State Inland 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 (99) years, or to execute a conveyance of sale on such terms and conditions and with such safeguards as would best promote and protect the public interest. Any industrial lease of lands or conveyance of sale 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 or purchaser to make expenditures in determined amounts, and within such time or times, for improvements to be erected upon the land by such lessee or purchaser 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 or conveyance, and to give preference in employment where practical to residents of the State of Mississippi and to qualified residents of the city and the county in which such port or harbor is located, shall, if included in such lease or conveyance, constitute and be deemed sufficient consideration for the execution of any such lease or conveyance in the absence of monetary rental or other considerations; any such instrument may contain reasonable provisions giving the lessee the right to remove its or his improvements upon the termination of the lease.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-12; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 12, eff. 8/8/1968.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 351, HB 393,§ 4, eff. 3/15/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-31 - Authority of board or inland port authority to employ personnel, make contracts and purchases, and sue and be sued

The board or the State Inland Port Authority, in the performance of its duties, may employ such personnel and make all contracts and purchases incidental to or necessary for the advancement, promotion, development, establishment, insurance, maintenance, repair, improvement and operation of any ports, harbors, rivers, channels and waterways, including, if required for its protection, retirement benefits, workers' compensation insurance and other employee benefits for the benefit of any employees of the board or State Inland Port Authority. The board or State Inland Port Authority shall make such contracts or purchases in accordance with state purchasing laws. Contracts let for any port, harbor, river, channel or waterway improvements shall be advertised as required by law for the letting of public contracts, and such contracts shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder, who shall make such bond as shall be required by the board or State Inland Port Authority, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the work according to such contract, such bond to be furnished by a corporate surety company qualified to do business in this state. However, the board may negotiate and enter into contracts with responsible lessees for the construction of facilities by lessees, such as those referred to in Section
59-17-13
, Mississippi Code of 1972, and the acquisition thereof by the board upon such terms and conditions and for such amounts as may be approved by the board. Where the rentals provided in the lease will be sufficient to fully repay the cost of the particular facility or where the monetary consideration for a deed is sufficient to fully repay the cost of land acquired for industrial operations described in the deed, contracts for construction, repairs, maintenance and operation of the facility or for the sale of the land may be negotiated and consummated without the necessity of advertising and obtaining competitive bids therefor.
The authority is granted the power to sue and be sued in its own name.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-13; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 13; Laws, 1976, ch. 400, § 1; Laws, 1984, ch. 495, § 27; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1985, ch. 474, § 18; Laws, 1986, ch. 438, § 40; Laws, 1987, ch. 483, § 41; Laws, 1988, ch. 442, § 38; Laws, 1989, ch. 537, § 36; Laws, 1990, ch. 518, § 37; Laws, 1991, ch. 618, § 37; Laws, 1992, ch. 491, § 39, eff. 5/12/1992.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 351, HB 393,§ 5, eff. 3/15/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-33 - Acquisition of rights of way, land and property by board generally; restriction on power of eminent domain

For the acquiring of rights-of-way, land and property, including existing easements, restrictive covenants and reversionary estates necessary for the purpose 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, moneys 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, said right of eminent domain to be limited to the acquisition of railroad rights-of-way, road rights-of-way and land for industrial use only.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-14; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 14; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 259, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-35 - State bonds; issuance, terms, and conditions generally

The board shall have power and is hereby authorized, at one (1) time, or from time to time, to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable bonds of the State of Mississippi by the state bond commission to provide funds for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of the acquisition of any state port, harbor, waterway or part thereof, and the planned development of any port, harbor, waterway or part thereof, but in no event shall the amount of such bonds issued exceed the actual cost of an approved plan for the development of any port, harbor, waterway or part thereof. The principal of and the interest on such bonds shall be payable from a special fund to be provided for that purpose in the manner hereinafter set forth. Such bonds shall bear the date or dates, be in such denomination or denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates, be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature absolutely at such time or times, be redeemable prior to maturity at such time or times and upon such terms, with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges, and shall be substantially in such form, all as shall be determined by resolution of the board. Such bonds shall mature in annual installments beginning not more than four (4) years from date thereof and extending not more than thirty (30) years from date thereof. In no event shall any bonds be issued for a period of time which shall be longer than ninety percent (90%) of the expected useful life of the project or projects to be financed by the proceeds of said bonds. Such bonds shall be signed by the governor or by his facsimile signature, and the official seal of the state shall be affixed thereto, attested by the secretary of state. The interest coupons to be attached to such bonds may be executed by the facsimile signatures of said officers. Whenever any such bonds shall have been signed by the officials herein designated to sign the bonds who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers prior to the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds and coupons shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until the delivery of the same to the purchaser or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-15; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 15; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 260, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-37 - State bonds; negotiability; exemption from taxation

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this chapter shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi. Such bonds and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-16; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 16, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-39 - State bonds; proceedings for issuance; validation

Such bonds as are issued under 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 1971, 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, § 7623-17; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 17, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-41 - State bonds; payment of principal and interest; limitation on amount issued

The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be payable from the special fund provided therefor as hereinafter set out and shall be the general obligations of the State of Mississippi and backed by the full faith and credit of the state, and, if the funds supplied by the board to the State Treasurer from the sources prescribed by this chapter be insufficient to fully pay at maturity any installment of interest on said bonds or to pay at maturity the principal of said bonds, then the deficiency shall be paid by the State Treasurer from any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and all such bonds shall contain recitals on their face substantially covering the foregoing provisions of this section. The amount of bonds issued for the acquisition and planned development of any state inland ports, harbors or waterways shall not exceed the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00). The purpose of this One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollar ($1,500,000.00) bond issue is to purchase industrial sites and railroad right-of-way nearby the inland port.
From and after July 1, 1980, and contingent upon the tax levy authorized in Section
59-17-19
, an additional amount of bonds not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The proceeds of such bonds may be used for any activities associated with carrying out the powers described in Section
59-17-13
.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-18; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 18; Laws, 1980, ch. 530, § 3; Laws, 1981, ch. 356, § 1, eff. 3/18/1981.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 351, HB 393,§ 6, eff. 3/15/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-43 - State bonds; manner and price of sale

The state bond commission shall sell such state bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least one time not less than ten days prior to the date of sale and shall be so published in one or more newspapers published in Jackson, Mississippi, and having general circulation within the State of Mississippi, and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals as may be directed by the state bond commission.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-19; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 19, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-45 - State bonds; disposition of proceeds from sale

The proceeds of such state bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into a special fund or funds in banks qualified to act as depositories for the participating counties 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, § 7623-20; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 20, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-47 - Withdrawals from special fund for payment of bonds

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 inland port authority. All expenditures ordered by the board or state inland port authority shall be entered upon their minutes, and the board and each state inland 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, § 7623-28; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 28, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-49 - Disposition of net revenues, rents, and earnings from port or harbor

All net revenues, rents, and earnings from the operation or maintenance of any state-owned inland 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 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
59-17-51
, and, if no such bonds be outstanding, then by the state inland port authority for the improvement, operation, advancement, development, maintenance and advertising of the port to which such funds have accrued.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-10; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 10, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-51 - Pledge of revenues, rents and earnings to payment of bonds; sinking fund

The net revenues, rents, and earnings derived from any planned development or the net revenues, rents, and earnings received by the board produced by a state inland port, harbor, or part thereof, for which bonds have been issued, shall be pledged and allocated by the board to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued for such planned development as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide, and such pledge may include funds received from one or more or all sources available to such planned development and shall be set aside at regular intervals into a sinking fund, which sinking fund shall be pledged to and charged with the payment of:
(a)
The interest upon such bonds as such interest shall accrue.
(b)
The principal of the bonds as the same shall become due.
(c)
The necessary charges of the paying agent or paying agents for paying principal and interest of and on such bonds.
(d)
Any premium on bonds retired by call or purchase as may be provided therein.
(e)
Net revenues shall be defined in the agreement between the board and the participating counties, or other authorized agency.
The use and disposition of such sinking fund shall be subject to such regulations as may be provided in the resolution authorizing any issue of bonds, but except as may otherwise be provided in such resolution, such sinking fund shall be a fund for the benefit of all bonds issued under such resolution, without distinction or priority of one over the other. Subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, surplus moneys in the sinking fund may be applied to the purchase or redemption of any of such bonds, and any such bonds so purchased or redeemed shall forthwith be cancelled and shall not again be issued.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-21; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 21, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-53 - Refunding bonds

The board is authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds by the state bond commission for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter and then outstanding, together with interest thereon to the date of such refunding bonds, and redemption premium thereon, if any. The issuance of such refunding bonds, the maturity, and all other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof and the duties of the board and state inland port authority in respect thereto shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter, insofar as the same may be applicable.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-22; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 22, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-55 - Bonds as legal investments and security for deposits

All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies, the board of trustees of the public employees' retirement system, and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-23; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 23, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-57 - Representation of state bond commission by attorney general

Except as otherwise authorized in Section
7-5-39
, the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall represent the State Bond Commission in issuing, selling and validating bonds herein provided for, and the board is hereby authorized and empowered to expend any sum not exceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) from the proceeds derived from the sale of any one (1) series of bonds authorized hereunder to pay for the cost of the approving attorney's fees, validating, printing and cost of delivery of bonds authorized under this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-27; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 27; Laws, 2012, ch. 546, § 28, eff. 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 19 - LANDINGS (§§ 59-19-1 — 59-19-15) › Section 59-19-1 - Initiation of proceedings to establish landing

Any three or more freeholders residing in any county bordering on the Mississippi River or other navigable river, bayou, bay, or inlet, may petition the board of supervisors of such county to cause a lot of ground, outside of a city, town, or village, on the bank of the river, bayou, bay, or inlet, to be designated and set apart as a boat landing and cotton-yard, for the use of the public, stating in the petition the name of the owner of the land proposed to be so taken; and said board shall thereupon appoint three of its members a committee to examine and determine whether such landing be required for public convenience, and, if so, to lay off and mark such lot of ground, not exceeding two acres, at such point as will be most convenient to the public.
Codes, 1857, ch. 22, art. 1; 1871, § 1881; 1880, § 916; 1892, § 2487; 1906, § 2824; Hemingway's 1917, § 5218; 1930, § 5321; 1942, § 7624.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 19 - LANDINGS (§§ 59-19-1 — 59-19-15) › Section 59-19-3 - Notice of proceedings to establish landing

The board of supervisors shall fix the time and place for the meeting of the committee provided for in Section
59-19-1
, and the sheriff of the county shall deliver to the owner of the land proposed to be taken a copy of the order five days previous to the time of meeting. The committee shall make a full report of its proceedings, in writing, to the board of supervisors at its next regular meeting, and the board may confirm or set aside the report, and order another examination, or otherwise, at its discretion. And the owner of the land, having been served with notice as provided, shall take notice of all future proceedings. In case the owner be a non-resident, or cannot be found, he may be notified by publication of the order of the board in the same manner as publication is made for non-resident defendants in chancery.
Codes, 1857, ch. 22, art. 2; 1871, § 1882; 1880, § 917; 1892, § 2488; 1906, § 2825; Hemingway's 1917, § 5219; 1930, § 5322; 1942, § 7625.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 19 - LANDINGS (§§ 59-19-1 — 59-19-15) › Section 59-19-5 - Confirmation of report; assessment of damages

Should the report of the committee be confirmed, the board of supervisors shall direct its clerk to issue a writ to the sheriff of the county to summon twelve disinterested freeholders, competent jurors of the county, to meet on the premises, at a time to be fixed by the sheriff, of which the jurors and parties shall have five days' notice. The jury, being first sworn by the sheriff, shall assess the damages to be awarded to the owner of the land or other person, and shall reduce their finding to writing, and sign the same. The sheriff shall return the inquisition to the next meeting of the board, by whom the same shall be confirmed or set aside and a new jury ordered. And if the same shall be confirmed, the damages so awarded shall be paid by the parties applying to have said lot condemned and the costs of the proceeding. It shall not be lawful to enter upon or use the lot for any of the purposes for which it was condemned until the damages and the costs shall be paid or tendered.
Codes, 1857, ch. 22, art. 3; 1871, § 1883; 1880, § 918; 1892, § 2489; 1906, § 2826; Hemingway's 1917, § 5220; 1930, § 5323; 1942, § 7626.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 19 - LANDINGS (§§ 59-19-1 — 59-19-15) › Section 59-19-7 - Replacement of jurors; fines

If any of the jurors should fail to attend, the sheriff shall forthwith summon other proper persons in their places, and the defaulters shall be reported to the board of supervisors, and shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars, unless good cause against the same be shown.
Codes, 1857, ch. 22, art. 5; 1871, § 1885; 1880, § 920; 1892, § 2490; 1906, § 2827; Hemingway's 1917, § 5221; 1930, § 5324; 1942, § 7627.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 19 - LANDINGS (§§ 59-19-1 — 59-19-15) › Section 59-19-9 - Appeal of assessment to circuit court

Should the owner of the land, or other person claiming compensation or damages, be not satisfied with the verdict of the jury, such person may appeal from the order of the board of supervisors confirming the same, within ten days after such order, to the circuit court; and the court may review the proceedings as to any matter of law and may award a trial de novo as to the amount of damages. If the order of the board confirming the finding of the jury be reversed on a question of law, the cause shall be remanded to the board for a new writ to be issued for the assessment of damages; or such other order shall be made by the circuit court as shall be proper.
Codes, 1857, ch. 22, art. 4; 1871, § 1884; 1880, § 918; 1892, § 2491; 1906, § 2828; Hemingway's 1917, § 5222; 1930, § 5325; 1942, § 7628.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 19 - LANDINGS (§§ 59-19-1 — 59-19-15) › Section 59-19-11 - Use of landing; penalty for misuse

After the termination of the proceedings and the payment or tender of the damages and costs, the applicants may erect warehouses, sheds, and such other buildings as may be necessary for the reception, storage, or shipment of cotton or other freight, and shall have such lot substantially inclosed, provided with suitable gates, and kept in good repair; and it shall not be lawful for any person to use the lot, shed, warehouses, or other buildings for any other purposes than those designated, under the penalty of five hundred dollars, to be recovered of the petitioners or of any person so using the said lot or buildings, by and for the use of the owner of the land, and the right to use the same for any purpose shall be forfeited.
Codes, 1857, ch. 22, art. 4; 1871, § 1884; 1880, § 919; 1892, § 2492; 1906, § 2829; Hemingway's 1917, § 5223; 1930, § 5326; 1942, § 7629.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 19 - LANDINGS (§§ 59-19-1 — 59-19-15) › Section 59-19-13 - Compensation of participants

The members of the committee shall receive the same pay as jurors in the circuit court; and the sheriff shall receive such further sum, in addition to his fees, as the board of supervisors may allow; all costs to be paid by the petitioners for the condemnation of the lot.
Codes, 1857, ch. 22, art. 6; 1871, § 1886; 1880, § 921; 1892, § 2493; 1906, § 2830; Hemingway's 1917, § 5224; 1930, § 5327; 1942, § 7630.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 19 - LANDINGS (§§ 59-19-1 — 59-19-15) › Section 59-19-15 - Leasing of landing

The board of supervisors may lease the lot or landing for a term not exceeding five years, the lessee to transact thereat only a general receiving and forwarding business; and, in case of a lease, the board shall fix, with power to alter, a schedule of rates and charges for receiving and forwarding freight, and require of the lessee a bond, payable to the county, in a penalty not less than five hundred dollars as shall be proper, conditioned to observe the terms of the lease and to perform the duties imposed on him by law. The lessee shall keep the schedule of rates conspicuously posted on the premises, and any overcharge shall subject the lessee and his sureties to a penalty of twenty dollars in favor of the party injured. A lease shall not abridge the right of any person to store and forward his own freight at the landing free of charge.
Codes, 1892, § 2494; 1906, § 2831; Hemingway's 1917, § 5225; 1930, § 5328; 1942, § 7631.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 21 - BOATS AND OTHER VESSELS (§§ 59-21-1 — 59-21-163) › IN GENERAL (§§ 59-21-1 — 59-21-3) › Section 59-21-1 - Short title

This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Boating Law of 1960."
Codes, 1942, § 8496-01; Laws, 1960, ch. 165, § 1, eff. 4/14/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 21 - BOATS AND OTHER VESSELS (§§ 59-21-1 — 59-21-163) › IN GENERAL (§§ 59-21-1 — 59-21-3) › Section 59-21-3 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
(a)
"Commission" means the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
(b)
"Length" means the length of the vessel measured from end to end over the deck excluding sheer.
(c)
"Livery boat" means any boat for rent or hire.
(d)
"Machinery" means inboard and outboard engines and all other types of motors or mechanical devices.
(e)
"Motorboat" means any undocumented vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion. The term motorboat includes personal watercraft.
(f)
"Operate" means to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or vessel.
(g)
"Operator" means the person who operates or who has charge of the navigation or use of a motorboat or a vessel.
(h)
"Owner" means the person who claims lawful possession of a vessel by virtue of legal title or equitable interest therein which entitles him to such possession.
(i)
"Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity.
(j)
"Ships' lifeboats" means lifeboats used solely for lifesaving purposes and does not include dinghies, tenders, speedboats, or other type of craft carried aboard a vessel and used for other than lifesaving purposes.
(k)
"Undocumented vessel" means any vessel which is not required to have, and does not have, a valid marine document issued by the Bureau of Customs.
(l)
"Vessel" means every description of watercraft, other than seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
(m)
"Waters of this state" means any waters within the territorial limits of this state, and the marginal sea adjacent to this state and the high seas when navigated as a part of a journey or ride to or from the shore of the state; however, "waters of this state" does not mean any private pond or lake which is not used for boat rentals or the charging of fees for fishing therein.
Codes, 1942, § 8496-02; Laws, 1960, ch. 165, § 2; Laws, 1962, ch. 220, § 1; Laws, 1964, ch. 468, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 265, § 2; Laws, 1973, ch. 409, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 353, § 2; Laws, 1994, ch. 640, § 2; Laws, 1996, ch. 545, § 2, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 21 - BOATS AND OTHER VESSELS (§§ 59-21-1 — 59-21-163) › NUMBERING OF UNDOCUMENTED VESSELS (§§ 59-21-5 — 59-21-33) › Section 59-21-5 - Requirement of numbering of undocumented vessels

All sailboats and every undocumented vessel equipped with propulsion machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion, using the territorial and navigable waters of the State of Mississippi, and every such vessel owned in the State of Mississippi and using the high seas shall be numbered in accordance with this chapter, except:
(1)
Foreign vessels temporarily using the navigable waters of the State of Mississippi;
(2)
Public vessels of the United States;
(3)
State and municipal vessels used solely for official business and displaying proper visual identification on its hull;
(4)
Ships' lifeboats;
(5)
Vessels designated by the appropriate federal authority;
(6)
Undocumented vessels used exclusively for racing;
(7)
Undocumented vessels operating under valid temporary certificates of number;
(8)
Vessels already covered by a number in full force and effect awarded pursuant to federal law, or a federally approved numbering system of another state, provided that such vessels shall not have been within this state for a period in excess of sixty (60) days. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the numbering of any undocumented vessel upon the request of the owner.
Codes, 1942, § 8496-03; Laws, 1960, ch. 165, § 3; Laws, 1962, ch. 220, § 2; Laws, 1968, ch. 265, § 3; Laws, 1973, ch. 409, § 2; Laws, 1988, ch. 599, § 1, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 21 - BOATS AND OTHER VESSELS (§§ 59-21-1 — 59-21-163) › NUMBERING OF UNDOCUMENTED VESSELS (§§ 59-21-5 — 59-21-33) › Section 59-21-7 - Numbering pattern

The numbering pattern to be used shall be as follows:
The number shall be divided into three (3) parts. The first part shall consist of the symbol MI; the second part shall consist of a numerical group having a maximum of four (4) digits; the third part shall consist of an alphabetical group having a maximum of two (2) letters. Each part shall be separated by hyphens or equivalent spaces.
Vessels shall be given numerical and alphabetical designations in the second and third groups in the order of their application.
The number awarded to a vessel under the provisions of this chapter shall remain the number for such vessel until the vessel is lost, destroyed, abandoned or registered in another state.
Codes, 1942, § 8496-05; Laws, 1960, ch. 165, § 5; Laws, 1962, ch. 220, § 3; Laws, 1964, ch. 468, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 364, § 1, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 21 - BOATS AND OTHER VESSELS (§§ 59-21-1 — 59-21-163) › NUMBERING OF UNDOCUMENTED VESSELS (§§ 59-21-5 — 59-21-33) › Section 59-21-9 - Display of awarded number on vessel; use of other numbers prohibited

The number awarded shall be painted on or attached to each side of the bow of the vessel for which it was issued. The numbers shall be placed on each side of the forward half of the vessel in such position as to provide clear legibility for identification. The numbers shall read from left to right and shall be in block characters of good proportion not less than three inches in height. The numbers shall be of a color which will contrast with the color of the background and so maintained as to be clearly visible and legible, i.e., dark numbers on a light background, or light numbers on a dark background. No other number shall be carried on the bow of such vessel.
Codes, 1942, § 8496-06; Laws, 1960, ch. 165, § 6, eff. 4/14/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 21 - BOATS AND OTHER VESSELS (§§ 59-21-1 — 59-21-163) › NUMBERING OF UNDOCUMENTED VESSELS (§§ 59-21-5 — 59-21-33) › Section 59-21-11 - Application for certificate of number

The owner of any vessel required to be numbered under this chapter shall apply, within ten (10) days from the date of acquisition of the vessel, to the commission, on forms provided, for a certificate of number. The application for a number shall include the following:
(a)
Name and address of owner.
(b)
Date of birth of owner.
(c)
Social Security number or driver's license number of the owner.
(d)
Present citizenship of owner (county, state, country).
(e)
County in which the vessel is principally used.
(f)
Present number (if any).
(g)
Hull material (wood, steel, aluminum, plastic, other).
(h)
Type of propulsion (outboard, inboard, other).
(i)
Type of fuel (gas, diesel, other).
(j)
Length of vessel.
(k)
Make and year built (if known).
(l)
Statement as to use (pleasure, livery, dealer, manufacturer, commercial-passenger, commercial-fishing, commercial-other).
(m)
A certification of ownership by the applicant.
(n)
Serial number of outboard motor, boat and trailer owned by the applicant.
(o)
Signature of owner.
(p)
A receipt, sales or otherwise, which shows whether or not a sales or use tax was paid at the time of the purchase of the vessel. If the vessel was purchased outside the State of Mississippi, from and after July 1, 1978, and the tax for the privilege of using or consuming tangible personal property imposed by Section
27-67-5
was not paid at the time the vessel was acquired, then the owner shall be required to pay the tax as provided by the Mississippi Use Tax Law before a certificate of number can be issued.
Codes, 1942, § 8496-07; Laws, 1960, ch. 165, § 7; Laws, 1962, ch. 220, § 4; Laws, 1964, ch. 468, § 3; Laws, 1968, ch. 361, § 56; Laws, 1975, ch. 468, § 1; Laws, 1978, ch. 454, § 1; Laws, 1995, ch. 606, § 1, eff. 7/1/1995.