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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-141) › Section 29-3-127 - Inter-county townships

Where a township is divided so that parts are situated in different counties, the county in which the sixteenth section or lands in lieu thereof may be situated shall have jurisdiction thereof and of the funds derived from it; and if the section or land in lieu thereof be in several counties, each county has jurisdiction of the part lying in it, or the counties may co-operate in the management thereof. In any case the fund shall be accounted for with each county according to the number of educable children in the part of the township in it as compared with the whole number in the township. Any county now having and hereafter receiving and collecting funds belonging to another county shall immediately thereafter pay over such funds, transfer and sign all notes, deeds of trust, and security for funds loaned out, to the depository of the county entitled thereto.
Codes, 1930, § 6774; 1942, § 6614; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-141) › Section 29-3-129 - Division of damages to land in two school districts

Where sixteenth section or lieu land allotted the township in lieu of a sixteenth section shall lie in two (2) or more school districts and trespass shall have been committed on said sixteenth section or lieu land, and suit shall have been filed and money collected because of said trespass or for any cause, it shall be the duty of the board of education where the money shall have been collected and deposited to the credit of the said district, unless the decree or order of the court provides otherwise, to divide said money so collected so that each county shall receive its share in proportion to the area in said sixteenth section lying in or allotted to each county; and the money, when so paid over to the respective district or districts, shall be placed to the credit of said township fund, to be invested and the interest therefrom to be used as now provided by law. This method of division provided herein shall apply to moneys collected and paid into any district treasury.
Codes, 1942, § 6615; Laws, 1932, ch. 326; Laws, 1978, ch. 525, § 46, eff. 7/1/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-141) › Section 29-3-131 - Expenses incurred

The expenses incurred by the board of education for the performance of their duties under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid out of proper sixteenth section funds.
The boards of education are also authorized to expend reasonable sums from the school land trust expendable funds, for school land management assistance when the needed assistance is not available from the Secretary of State or other public agencies within the state.
Codes, 1930, § 6783; 1942, § 6624; Laws, 1926, ch. 324; Laws, 1930, ch. 278; Laws, 1978, ch. 525, § 47; Laws, 1988, ch. 518, § 20, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-141) › Section 29-3-132 - Effect of chapter on power of other entities to make zoning and land use laws, ordinances or regulations

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or modify any power or authority of a county, municipality, or combination thereof, or any zoning or planning board or agency, or similar public authority, to adopt and enforce zoning or land use laws, ordinances or regulations; provided, however, that such laws, ordinances or regulations shall not prohibit, restrict or interfere with school districts' use of Sixteenth Section lands for the construction and operation of educational or extracurricular facilities.
Laws, 1978, ch. 525, § 52, eff. 7/1/1978.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 386, SB 2751,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-141) › Section 29-3-133 - Construction of roads or streets upon lands in certain counties; authorization

The board of supervisors of any county within the state having a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) according to the latest federal census, upon receipt of a resolution adopted by the county board of education of any such county requesting it so to do, is authorized and empowered to construct roads or streets upon any sixteenth section lands lying within the boundaries of any municipality in such county having a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) according to the latest federal census.
Laws, 1974, ch. 370, § 1, eff. 3/18/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-141) › Section 29-3-135 - Construction of roads or streets upon lands in certain counties; payment of cost

The cost of the construction of any roads or streets performed under the terms of Section
29-3-133
shall be paid upon the order of the board of supervisors of any such county by the county board of education of such county out of any funds which would otherwise be paid over to the school district entitled to the revenues from the sixteenth section land upon which any such construction is done.
Laws, 1974, ch. 370, § 2, eff. 3/18/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-141) › Section 29-3-137 - Disbursement of funds to Chickasaw counties; powers and duties of State Department of Education; issuance of promissory notes by school districts in Chickasaw counties to purchase school buses

(1)
Beginning with the 1985-1986 fiscal year the Legislature of the State of Mississippi shall appropriate to the State Department of Education a sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) to be disbursed to the Chickasaw counties, and an additional One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) each succeeding fiscal year thereafter until a maximum appropriation of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) is made for the fiscal year 1989-1990. Beginning with the appropriation for the 1990-1991 fiscal year, the amount appropriated under the provisions of this section shall not exceed the total average annual expendable revenue received by the Choctaw counties from school lands, or Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), whichever is the lesser.
(2)
The State Department of Education is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to allocate for distribution such funds appropriated each year under subsection (1) of this section in proportion to the amount of funding allotted under the total funding formula provided for in this act, to such school districts affected by the sale of Chickasaw cession school lands. School districts not wholly situated in Chickasaw cession affected territory shall receive a prorated amount of such allocation based on the percentage of such lands located within the district. Provided further, that the State Department of Education shall, in addition, deduct from each affected school district's allocation the amount such district shall receive from interest payments from the Chickasaw School Fund under Section 212, Mississippi Constitution of 1890 for each fiscal year. The department shall document the foregoing computation in its annual budget request for the appropriation to the Chickasaw School Fund, and shall revise its budget request under such formula as the average annual revenues from sixteenth section school lands fluctuate.
(3)
[Repealed]
Laws, 1985, ch. 23, § 1; Laws, 1988, ch. 432, eff. 4/25/1988.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 27, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-141) › Section 29-3-139 - Disbursement of funds under Section 29-3-137 as affecting sums paid under Section 212 of Mississippi Constitution

In no event shall any sums to be paid to the Chickasaw counties on schools therein pursuant to Section 212, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, be reduced by operation of this to an amount below that required by Section 212. It is the intent of the Legislature to increase the annual appropriation to the Chickasaw counties in order to equitably compensate them for each acre of sixteenth section land which they have lost through sale by the state.
Laws, 1985, ch. 23, § 2, eff. 7/1/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-141) › Section 29-3-141 - County board of education to ascertain whether county has title to Chickasaw lands; lease of lands

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
29-1-63
, it shall be the duty of the county board of education in any county within the Chickasaw cession to ascertain whether or not such county has title to any Chickasaw lands to which it may, by law, be entitled by virtue of long-term leases. If it is determined that any such land does exist, the board shall proceed to settle the title to such property and, if possible, lease the land pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3, Title 29, Mississippi Code of 1972, applicable to the management of sixteenth section and lieu lands.
Laws, 1985, ch. 23, § 3, eff. 7/1/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-151 - Declaration of purpose

The purpose of Sections
29-3-151
through
29-3-183
is to authorize the improvement, development, management and maintenance of sixteenth section lands, or lands granted in lieu thereof, within any county in Mississippi with a population in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000) at the time of the 1970 census, in order that such lands may be made suitable for leasing for commercial, industrial, and/or recreational use, including the authority necessary to finance the improvement and development thereof and to manage, maintain and lease said lands in order to derive the maximum public benefit and to earn maximum income from the lands for the public schools receiving the income. No lease shall be for a term in excess of twenty-five (25) years.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 1; Laws, 1978, ch. 467, § 1, eff. 7/1/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-153 - Definitions

Whenever used in Sections
29-3-151
through
29-3-183
, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following respective definitions:
(a)
"Trustees" shall refer to the board of trustees of the sixteenth section development authority.
(b)
"Authority" shall refer to the sixteenth section development authority.
(c)
"Project" shall refer to the area served by and to the facilities for use by commerce and related activity, such as water supply, storage and distribution; sewage and waste collection, transport, treatment and disposal; waste and refuse collection and disposal; gas, fuel and power supply and distribution; railroad construction, operation and maintenance; fire prevention, protection and extinguishing; storm drainage, collection and disposal; site preparation and development of commercially oriented sixteenth section lands, or lands granted in lieu thereof, and to the sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, authorized to be developed by Sections
29-3-151
through
29-3-183
.
(d)
"Development" shall mean the planning, surveying, platting, financing, improving and/or otherwise making sixteenth section lands, or lands granted in lieu thereof, suitable for commercial, industrial, and/or recreational use.
(e)
"Sealed bid procedure" shall refer to the procedure designated under Section
31-19-25
, as supplemented by appropriate sections of Sections
29-3-151
through
29-3-183
.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 2; ch. 467, § 2, eff. 7/1/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-155 - Creation of sixteenth section development authority; acquisition of easements; interim financing

The board of supervisors of any county with a population of two hundred thousand (200,000) or more shall have the authority to create, by appropriate order spread on its minutes and approved by vote of at least three-fifths (3/5) of its members, a sixteenth section development authority for the purpose of developing all or any part of a sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, controlled by the board; provided, however, that said authority shall not be created by said board unless and until the county school board and, in the event the sixteenth section or lands granted in lieu thereof is located within a municipal separate school district, the trustees of the municipal separate school district submit to the board a resolution, properly adopted, requesting the creation of said authority and designating the sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, to be developed and leased. The order shall designate the sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, to be developed in whole or in part by the authority; provided, however, that the order shall designate only one sixteenth section, or one section of land granted in lieu thereof, to be developed in whole or in part by the authority.
The board of supervisors of the county may acquire by condemnation any necessary easements for traffic thoroughfares or utility rights-of-way upon specific recommendation and request by the trustees, but for no other purpose shall the right of condemnation be allowed. Any condemnation award shall be paid from the funds of the authority.
The county school board and, in the event the sixteenth section or lands granted in lieu thereof is located within a municipal separate school district, the trustees of the municipal separate school district are specifically authorized to lend to the authority such funds for interim financing of development as may be available to the said board and trustees and deemed desirable. In the event that any such loan is made by the county school board and the trustees of the municipal separate school district, the participation of each in such loan shall be determined by the percentage of revenue from the sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, to be developed by the authority which each received in the most prior year of receipt.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 3, eff. 4/16/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-157 - Selection of trustees of authority; vacancies; qualifications; compensation

All powers of the authority shall be exercised by a board of trustees to be selected and composed as follows:
(a)
There shall be five (5) members of the board of trustees. One (1) member shall be appointed by the board of supervisors to serve one (1) year and four (4) members shall be appointed by the county board of education, one (1) of whom shall serve two (2) years, one (1) of whom shall serve three (3) years, one (1) of whom shall serve four (4) years, and one (1) of whom shall serve five (5) years after June 30, 1973; provided, however, that in the event any part of the sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, to be developed by the authority is located within the corporate limits of any municipal separate school district, then the aforesaid two (2) members of the authority serving an initial term of three (3) and five (5) years shall be appointed by the trustees of the municipal separate school district. The terms of office of the respective members shall expire June 30 of each year, and after their initial term, each member shall be appointed to a term of five (5) years or until his successor has been appointed and has accepted. The superintendent of the Hinds County School Board shall be an ex officio member of the board and shall act as chairman thereof. The member of the authority serving the initial five-year term shall be the secretary of the board of trustees. In the event a vacancy occurs, the appointment or the unexpired term shall be made in the same manner as provided for the original appointment.
(b)
Members of the board of trustees of the authority may succeed themselves upon reappointment by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the appointing authority.
(c)
No member shall be appointed as a trustee who is not a qualified elector and bona fide resident of the county.
(d)
Each member of the board of trustees shall take and subscribe to the general oath of office required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi before the chancery clerk of the county in which the authority is created that he will faithfully discharge the duties of the office, which oath shall be filed with the said clerk and by him preserved.
(e)
Each trustee not being paid for the day of the meeting by a political subdivision of the state shall receive not more than Twenty-two dollars and Fifty Cents ($22.50) per diem while actually performing the business of the authority and Ten Cents (10¢) per mile for distance traveled while actually on the business of the authority. Provided, however, that the compensation herein authorized shall apply for not more than fourteen (14) days per member during any calendar year.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 4, eff. 4/16/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-163 - Payments on bonds when net revenues are insufficient

In the event net revenues of the project are insufficient to pay fully the principal and interest on bonds when due, the authority is hereby specifically authorized to pay, and shall pay, all or the remainder of said principal and interest from rental income. The county school board and the trustees of the municipal separate school district are hereby specifically authorized to pay, and shall pay, to the authority, if necessary, such sums as are sufficient to pay all or the remainder of said principal and interest from rental income, and the part of such sum to be paid by the said county school board and the trustees of the municipal separate school district, respectively, to the authority for this purpose shall be determined by the percentage of revenue from the sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, to be developed by the authority which each received in the most prior year of receipt.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 7, eff. 4/16/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-165 - Sale of bonds

On all revenue bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections
29-3-151
through
29-3-183
and hereafter sold, the trustees shall advertise them for sale on sealed bids for at least two (2) times in a newspaper within the county in which the bonds are to be sold, the first publication to be made at least ten (10) days preceding the date fixed for the reception of bids, such notice to give the time and place of sale. The procedure further demands that each bid shall be accompanied by a cashier's check, certified check, or exchange payable to the authority, issued or certified by a bank located in the state in the amount of not less than two percent (2%) of the par value of the bonds offered for sale, as a guaranty that the bidder will carry out his contract and purchase the bonds if the bid is accepted. If the successful bidder fails to purchase the bonds pursuant to his bid and contract, the amount of such good faith check shall be retained by the authority and covered into the proper fund as liquidated damages for such failure.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 8, eff. 4/16/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-167 - Issuance of bonds to defray expenses of authority

The board of trustees, subject to the call for an election as outlined in Section
29-3-161
, is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, for the purpose of providing funds to assist in defraying expenses of the authority created under Sections
29-3-151
through
29-3-183
, to issue from time to time negotiable revenue bonds of the authority in such amount or amounts as its board of trustees shall deem necessary; provided, however, that not more than the aggregate amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00) of said bonds shall be outstanding at any one (1) time.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 9, eff. 4/16/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-171 - Validation of bonds

All bonds issued pursuant to Sections
29-3-151
through
29-3-183
shall be validated as now provided in Sections
31-13-1
through
31-13-11
, inclusive, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 11, eff. 4/16/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-173 - Cooperation with other governmental agencies

The authority shall have authority to act jointly with political subdivisions of the state and agencies, commissions and instrumentalities thereof, with municipalities, and with the federal government and other agencies thereof, in the performance of the purposes and services authorized in Sections
29-3-151
through
29-3-183
upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the trustees.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 12, eff. 4/16/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-174 - Immunity from tort actions except for wilful or gross negligence

Except for willful or gross negligence, no action or suit sounding in tort arising out of the lease or use of the land for recreational purposes shall be brought or maintained against the authority or the trustees on account of any act or omission done in performance of the purposes and services authorized in Sections
29-3-151
through
29-3-183
.
Laws, 1978, ch. 467, § 4, eff. 7/1/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-175 - Exemptions from state taxation

The accomplishment of the purposes stated in Sections
29-3-151
through
29-3-183
being for the benefit of the people of the county and for the improvement of their properties, the authority, in carrying out the purposes of Sections
29-3-151
through
29-3-183
, will be performing an essential public function and shall not be required to pay any tax or assessment on the project and related facilities or any part thereof except as provided herein, and the interest on the bonds issued hereunder shall at all times be free from taxation within this state; and the state hereby covenants with the holders of any bonds to be issued hereunder that the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments imposed by the state or any of its political subdivisions or taxing districts on improvements funded from the avails of the issue except assessments for municipal utilities benefiting the property.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 13, eff. 4/16/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-177 - Bonds as legal investments and as security for deposits of public funds

All bonds of the authority shall be and are hereby declared to be legal and authorized investments for public funds of counties, cities, towns, school districts, banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, and insurance companies, and for funds of the Mississippi Public Employees' Retirement System. Such bonds shall be eligible to secure the deposit of any and all public funds of cities, towns, villages, counties, school districts, or other political corporations or subdivisions of the State of Mississippi; and such bonds shall be lawful and sufficient security for said deposits to the extent of their value when accompanied by all unmatured coupons appurtenant thereto.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 14, eff. 4/16/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-179 - Construction contracts

All construction contracts by the authority where the amount of the contract shall exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) shall be made upon at least three (3) weeks' public notice by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the area, which notice shall state the thing to be done and invite sealed proposals, to be filed with the secretary of the authority, to do the work; and in all such cases, before the notice shall be published, the plans and specifications for the work shall be filed with the secretary of the authority and there remain; and the board of trustees of the authority shall award the contract to the lowest bidder who will comply with the terms imposed by such trustees and enter into bond with sufficient sureties to be approved by the trustees in such penalty as shall be fixed by the trustees, but in no case to be less than the contract price, conditioned for the prompt, proper and efficient performance of the contract.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 15, eff. 4/16/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-181 - Deposit of authority's funds

All funds of the authority shall be deposited in the bank or banks utilized as depositories for other sixteenth section funds.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 16, eff. 4/16/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 3 - SIXTEENTH SECTION AND LIEU LANDS (§§ 29-3-1 — 29-3-183) › SIXTEENTH SECTION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (§§ 29-3-151 — 29-3-183) › Section 29-3-183 - Bond proceeds may be utilized to pay preliminary expenses

The authority is hereby authorized to pay from the proceeds of any bonds issued under the provisions of Sections
29-3-151
through
29-3-183
the preliminary expenses, including engineers' reports, attorneys' fees, and organization or administration expenses and any expenses incurred by the county in planning and creating the project and its development.
Laws, 1973, ch. 498, § 17, eff. 4/16/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-1 - Definitions

(1)
For purposes of this chapter, the term "Office of General Services" shall mean the Governor's office of general services acting through the bureau of capitol facilities.
For purposes of this chapter, "director" shall mean the director of the bureau of capitol facilities of the office of general services.
(2)
Wherever the term "capitol commission" appears in the laws of the State of Mississippi, it shall be construed to mean the bureau of capitol facilities of the office of general services.
Codes, 1906, § 4657; Hemingway's 1917, § 3930; 1930, § 4009; 1942, § 8952; Laws, 1904, ch. 109; Laws, 1932, ch. 125; Laws, 1962, ch. 506, § 1, and ch. 588, § 20; Laws, 1964, ch. 571, §§ 1-6; Laws, 1964 1st Sess ch. 21; Laws, 1966, ch. 544, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 553, § 1; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 7, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-3 - Use of rooms and apartments of New Capitol

The several rooms and apartments of the New Capitol shall not be occupied by any other persons nor for any other purpose than as expressly authorized by the legislature; provided, however, that it shall be the duty of the legislature to provide office space in the New Capitol for any state department, officer or employee where it is provided by law that such department, officer or employee shall have an office in the state capitol.
Codes, 1880, § 278; 1892, § 4107; 1906, §§ 4657, 4659; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 3930, 7495; 1930, §§ 4008, 4009; 1942, §§ 8951, 8952; Laws, 1904, ch. 109; Laws, 1932, ch. 125; Laws, 1962, ch. 506, § 1 and ch. 588, § 20; Laws, 1964, ch. 571, §§ 1-6; Laws, 1964 1st Sess ch. 21; Laws, 1966, ch. 544, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 553, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 326, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 402, § 2; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 9, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-5 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1980, ch. 560, § 32, eff. 5/26/1980.
Codes, 1906, § 4657; Hemingway's 1917, § 3930; 1930, § 4009; 1942, § 8952; Laws, 1904, ch. 109; Laws, 1932, ch. 125; Laws, 1962, ch. 506, § 1 and ch. 588, § 20; 1964, ch. 571, §§ 1-6; Laws, 1964 1st Sess, ch. 21; Laws, 1966, ch. 544, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 553, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-6 - Commission expenses

All monies expended by the Bureau of Capitol Facilities shall be drawn out of the State Treasury only upon the warrant of the Department of Finance and Administration, which shall issue the same only where a specific itemized account shall have been rendered it, which account shall be approved in writing by the Director of the Bureau of Capitol Facilities.
Any department, agency or political subdivision of the government of the state, or any organization occupying offices in any of the office buildings under the jurisdiction or control of the Office of General Services shall pay as directed by the office into the fund created in Section
27-104-107(7)
, a rent to be fixed by the office which shall conform to prevailing commercial rents in the general area. The Veterans Affairs Board shall pay rent for veterans organizations and veterans auxiliary organizations presently using space in the property described, set apart, and exclusively dedicated as a perpetual memorial to the veterans of World War I, 1914-1918, by Chapter 297, Laws of 1934, if it becomes necessary for such rent to be paid.
In the event that the sums are not paid as directed by the Office of General Services, the director of the office may issue a requisition for a warrant to draw the amount as may be due, plus a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount, from any fund appropriated for the use of the agency which has failed to pay rental as agreed.
Codes, 1942, §§ 8952-03, 8952-04, 8952-05; Laws, 1972, ch. 326, §§ 4-6; Laws, 1973, ch. 476, § 1; Laws, 1980, ch. 560, § 10; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 10; Laws, 1993, ch. 311, § 3, eff. 3/4/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-7 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 24, eff. 7/1/1984.
Codes, 1906, § 4658; Hemingway's 1917, § 3931; 1930, § 4010; 1942, § 8953; Laws, 1904, ch. 109
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-9 - Employment of receptionist and elevator operator

(1)
The director shall have the power and is hereby authorized to employ an elevator operator for the New Capitol Building.
(2)
The Senate Management Committee and the House Management Committee (or any successors having responsibility for the hiring of legislative employees), acting jointly, shall have the power, and are hereby authorized, to employ and compensate a receptionist for the New Capitol Building and any assistants deemed necessary for such receptionist. Compensation for the receptionist and any assistants shall be paid out of funds appropriated for joint legislative operations.
It shall be the duty of such receptionist to operate an information desk, furnish information to visitors; maintain a registration book for visitors; distribute literature furnished by state agencies, historical societies, pilgrimage clubs, private individuals or organizations engaged in the manufacturing of products from Mississippi resources; and conduct tours of the building. All agencies of the State of Mississippi and others having literature for distribution shall supply the New Capitol Building receptionist with copies of such literature for distribution.
Codes, 1942, 8953.5; Laws, 1948, ch. 217, 1-3; Laws, 1950, ch. 206 (Para. 1); Laws, 1952, ch. 333; Laws, 1960, ch. 339; Laws, 1966, ch. 445, 3; Laws, 1966, ch. 545; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, 11;Laws, 1997, ch. 358 1, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-11 - Hours capitol open

The Secretary of State shall have charge of the keys and other fastenings of all the exterior doors of the capitol and of all such rooms as are not occupied by one of the courts or as public offices authorized by law; and he shall keep in good order and securely locked, all rooms not actually occupied by the officers to whom they have been appropriated. He shall open the exterior doors at seven o'clock in the morning and keep the same open until the hours of six o'clock in the evening Monday through Friday; provided however, that the capitol shall be kept open when the legislature is in session until a reasonable hour after both houses have concluded the day's business. The capitol shall likewise be kept open so as not to interfere with the sessions of the Supreme Court.
Codes, 1880, § 271; 1892, § 4102; 1906, § 4654; Hemingway's 1917, § 7492; 1930, § 4005; 1942, § 8948; Laws, 1964, ch. 542, § 7, eff. 6/21/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-12 - Landscaping and care of New Capitol grounds

The state building commission is authorized and directed to provide for reasonable landscaping and care, including the installation of a water sprinkling system, for the New Capitol grounds.
Codes, 1942, § 8952-07; Laws, 1972, ch. 326, § 8, eff. 5/5/1972 (without approval of Governor).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-15 - through 29-5-55 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1972, ch. 326, § 32, eff. 5/5/1972 (without approval of Governor).
§ 29-5-15. [Codes, 1942, § 8953.4-05; Laws, 1964, ch. 551, § 5] § 29-5-17. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.4, 8953.4-03; Laws, 1958, ch. 604; Laws, 1964, ch. 551, § 3] § 29-5-19. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.4-06, 8953.4-12; Laws, ch. 551, §§ 6, 12] § 29-5-21. [Codes, 1942, § 8953.4-07; Laws, 1964, ch. 551, § 7] § 29-5-23. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.3, 8953.4-02, 8953.4-12; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess ch. 124, §§ 1-3; Laws, 1964, ch. 551, §§ 2, 12] § 29-5-25. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.4-09, 8953.4-13; Laws, 1964, ch. 551, §§ 9, 13] § 29-5-27. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.4-07, 8953.4-08; Laws, 1964, ch. 551, §§ 7, 8] § 29-5-29. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.4, 8953.4-04, 8953.4-10; Laws, 1958, ch. 604; Laws, 1964, ch. 551, §§ 4, 10] § 29-5-31. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.3, 8953.4, 8953.4-11, 8953.4-14; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess ch. 124, §§ 1-3; 1958, ch. 604; Laws, 1964, ch. 551, §§ 11, 14] § 29-5-33. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.7-01, 8953.7-10; Laws, 1965, Ex Sess ch. 7, §§ 1, 10] § 29-5-35. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.7-02, 8953.7-21, 8953.7-41; Laws, 1965, Ex Sess, ch. 7, § 2, ch. 8, § 1, ch. 9, § 1] § 29-5-37. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.7-03, 8953.7-04, 8953.7-22, 8953.7-42; Laws, 1965, Ex Sess, ch. 7, §§ 3, 4, ch. 8, § 2, ch. 9, § 2] § 29-5-39. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.7-05, 8953.7-23, 8953.7-43; Laws, 1965, Ex Sess, ch. 7, § 5, ch. 8, § 3, ch. 9, § 3] § 29-5-41. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.7-06, 8953.7-24, 8953.7-44; Laws, 1965, Ex Sess, ch. 7, § 6, ch. 8, § 4, ch. 9, § 4] § 29-5-43. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.7-07, 8953.7-25, 8953.7-45; Laws, 1965, Ex Sess, ch. 7, § 7, ch. 8, § 5, ch. 9, § 5] § 29-5-45. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.7-08, 8953.7-26, 8953.7-46; Laws, 1965, Ex Sess, ch. 7, § 8, ch. 8, § 6, ch. 9, § 6] § 29-5-47. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.7-09, 8953.7-27, 8953.7-47; Laws, 1965, Ex Sess, ch. 7, § 9, ch. 8, § 7, ch. 9, § 7] § 29-5-49. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.7-11, 8953.7-12, 8953.7-28, 8953.7-48; Laws, 1965, Ex Sess, ch. 7, §§ 11, 12, ch. 8, § 8, ch. 9, § 8] § 29-5-51. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.7-13, 8953.7-50; Laws, 1965, Ex Sess, ch. 7, § 13, ch. 9, § 10] § 29-5-53. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.7-29, 8953.7-49; Laws, 1965, Ex Sess, ch. 8, § 9, ch. 9, § 9] § 29-5-55. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8953.7-14, 8953.7-30, 8953.7-51; Laws, 1965, Ex Sess, ch. 7, § 14, ch. 8, § 10, ch. 9, § 11]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-57 - Regulation of parking

It shall be the duty of the Office of General Services to supervise and regulate the parking of motor vehicles at the facilities named in Section
29-5-2
except for the state board of health building and the governor's mansion, and to make all necessary regulations therefor to the end that parking space shall be available for state officers and employees whose official duties require their presence therein, and for business visitors, authorized members of the press, tourists and other visitors who are in need of parking space at any such building, subject, however, to the special provisions of Section
29-5-65
which apply when the legislature is in session.
Codes, 1942, § 8952-08; Laws, 1972, ch. 326, § 9; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 12, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-59 - Parking for Governor

A suitable parking space or spaces adjacent to the south side of the New Capitol Building between the south entrance to the first floor and the east walkway, or President Street entrance, shall be reserved for use of the Governor.
Codes, 1942, § 8952-10; Laws, 1972, ch. 326, § 11, eff. 5/5/1972 (without approval of Governor).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-61 - Parking adjacent to north side of New Capitol Building

The Office of General Services is authorized and directed to have designated not less than twenty (20) parking spaces adjacent to the north side of the New Capitol Building for the use of tourists, visitors and those having temporary business to transact in the New Capitol. All parking spaces adjacent to the north side of the New Capitol Building shall be and are hereby reserved for use by the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president pro tempore of the senate, officers of the senate and house of representatives, and visitors, tourists and those persons having temporary business to transact in the New Capitol Building. The said parking spaces shall be plainly marked with suitable signs or markers, designating which space is reserved for such individual or officer. The spaces reserved for use in parking for visitors, tourists and those having temporary business to transact in said New Capitol Building shall be plainly marked with suitable signs or markers showing that they are reserved for visitors and with the notation thereon "two-hour limit." The Office of General Services shall provide suitable signs and markers to indicate those parking spaces which shall be available for the convenience of tourists, visitors, and those having temporary business to transact in the New Capitol.
Codes, 1942, §§ 8952-07, 8952-09; Laws, 1972, ch. 326, §§ 8, 10; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 13, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-63 - Parking for state officers, employees, and press

All parking spaces on the north side of the New Capitol Building, other than those adjacent to the north side of said building, between the north, or High Street entrance, and the east walkway, or President Street entrance, shall be and are hereby reserved for use of state officers, state employees and authorized members of the press whose official duties require their presence in the New Capitol Building.
Parking spaces not otherwise specifically designated may be made available to other state officers and employees not domiciled in the New Capitol Building, in the discretion of the Office of General Services and under such regulations as may be prescribed therefor.
Codes, 1942, §§ 8952-11, 8952-12; Laws, 1972, ch. 326, §§ 12, 13; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 14, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-65 - Parking for members of Legislature

At any time when the Legislature is in session, the Office of General Services shall designate and reserve sufficient parking spaces around the New Capitol Building to accommodate the members of the Legislature, and, when such spaces have been so designated and reserved, they shall be identified and marked by means of numbers, one (1) of which shall be assigned to each member of the Legislature, and that space for which he or she holds that number shall be reserved for the exclusive use of the said legislator. The Office of General Services is authorized and directed to reserve and allocate, among those spaces, an individual parking space for use of any member of the Legislature who is physically handicapped, so as to make his or her entrance to and exit from the New Capitol Building as convenient as is reasonably possible.
Codes, 1942, § 8952-13; Laws, 1972, ch. 326, § 14; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 15, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 5 - CARE OF CAPITOL, OLD CAPITOL, STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND EXECUTIVE MANSION (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-5-1 — 29-5-113) › Section 29-5-67 - Insignia for automobiles

The Office of General Services is directed to have prepared or to secure suitable insignia for placing on automobiles so as to properly designate said automobiles as belonging to or used by state officers and employees and denoting thereon whether such officer or employee is located in the New Capitol Building or such other identification as will aid in the enforcement of Sections
29-5-57
through
29-5-67
and section
29-5-77
. Such insignia or other identification shall be issued once each year to all state officers or state employees entitled thereto.
Members of the state legislature shall be furnished with distinctive insignia of appropriate design for their personal automobiles, the expense to be paid out of the contingent fund of each house.
Codes, 1942, § 8952-14; Laws, 1972, ch. 326, § 15; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 16, eff. 7/1/1984.