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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 5 - SUPPLEMENTAL AND ADDITIONAL POWERS (§§ 59-7-201 — 59-7-213) › Section 59-7-209 - Delegation of additional duties, powers and rights to commission; approval of acts and expenditures of commission; liability of commissioners and counties

The board of supervisors of any such county described in Section
59-7-201
may prescribe such further duties, powers and rights of such commission as may be within the authority of such board to delegate and provide for the reasonable compensation, if any, of the chairman and members of the commission, and shall provide that the acts of such commissioners shall regularly, and not less than quarterly or more than monthly, be reported to said board and be subject to its approval and concurrence by order spread upon the minutes of said board generally approving such reports and minutes. The obligations incurred and the expenditures authorized to be made by said commission shall in the manner herein set forth be subject to the approval of the board of supervisors of said county; and when and should the board decline to grant its approval of any act of said commission, it shall signify its reason for withholding that approval on the minutes of said board. All expenditures so authorized and provided for shall be made upon special port commission warrants to be countersigned by the clerk of said board. There shall be no personal obligation or liability on the part of any member of said commission except for a wilful wrong, nor shall there be any general obligation or liability on said county other than from the revenues derived from the operation of said port and revenues allocated by law to the aforesaid port fund of said county, except for the obligation of a condemnation award or for any such obligation which may be provided for in any trust indenture or resolution under which bonds are issued under the terms and provisions of Article 3 of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 7576-26; Laws, 1956, ch. 183, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 5 - SUPPLEMENTAL AND ADDITIONAL POWERS (§§ 59-7-201 — 59-7-213) › Section 59-7-211 - Sale, lease or conveyance of lands or easements

In all such counties, described in Section
59-7-201
, upon and with the approval of the board of supervisors, the port commission shall have the power and authority to sell or lease any lands or easements acquired by any such county in conjunction with the establishment and construction of any port or harbor under the jurisdiction of said commission for the purposes of industrial development, but the terms and provisions of any such sales or lease shall include limitations as to the use of such lands and easements for industrial activities integrated to water transportation in accordance with the terms and provisions of such assurances of local cooperation as may have been given by virtue of Section
51-35-15
or Section
51-35-17
, Mississippi Code of 1972, and the provisions of this article. Furthermore, said port commission, upon and with the approval of the board of supervisors, shall have the power and is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to sell and convey to the United States of America, without any limitations whatsoever, by general or special warranty deed or other acceptable form or conveyance, the full title to any lands acquired or held by any such county in connection with the establishment and development of any harbor or port project under the jurisdiction of said commission in exchange for the title to lands of the United States of America deemed useful for or needed by any county in connection with the establishment, enlargement, development, construction or maintenance of any port or harbor project under the jurisdiction of said commission, or for such other consideration as said commission and said board find to be adequate and sufficient. Said port commission, upon and with the approval of the board of supervisors of the county, is further hereby authorized to donate and/or sell and convey, without any limitations, upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed proper by the said commission and said board of supervisors, to the United States of America any of the lands needed by the United States of America for navigation and/or flood control purposes, or in fulfillment of any authorized assurances which have been given or which may be given by said county to the United States of America, or for the purpose of the display of the Gunboat Cairo.
Codes, 1942, § 7576-27; Laws, 1956, ch. 183, § 7; Laws, 1964, ch. 467; Laws, 1966, ch. 275, § 4, eff. 6/16/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 5 - SUPPLEMENTAL AND ADDITIONAL POWERS (§§ 59-7-201 — 59-7-213) › Section 59-7-213 - Maintenance of records by commission; public inspection of records

The port commission shall keep regular minutes of all its official actions and shall provide for an adequate bookkeeping system and regular audits and keep or cause to be kept full and correct records of the finances of said port commission and shall, from said port funds, provide for, and pay to the clerk of said board fees and sums as are found to be proper and reasonable for the extra duties and work hereby imposed upon him. All such minutes, books and records shall be kept in the office of the chancery clerk of the county in which the port is located or in such other place as the board of supervisors may designate by order spread upon their minutes to the end that such minutes, books and records shall, under reasonable conditions, be available at all times to the public for inspection.
Codes, 1942, § 7576-25; Laws, 1956, ch. 183, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 7 - CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-301 — 59-7-323) › Section 59-7-301 - Construction and effect of article

This article, as to the subject matters hereof, shall supersede all other laws, general, special or local, including charters of municipalities. Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this article shall have no power thereafter to issue bonds or other obligations pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, unless and until all bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article, and interest thereon, have been fully paid and discharged.
Codes, 1942, § 7589; Laws, 1934, ch. 209.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 7 - CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-301 — 59-7-323) › Section 59-7-303 - Levy of ad valorem tax in certain counties; disposition of proceeds of tax

An ad valorem tax of two mills on each one dollar of the total assessed valuation of all the taxable property in each county or counties in the State of Mississippi, in which there is located a harbor or port of entry where commodities are exported to foreign nations, and where there is maintained a channel and/or harbor or port to a depth of not less than twenty feet, be, and the same is hereby, levied on all said taxable property, in or for each year in which the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality pursuant to this article becomes due. The receipts from said two-mill tax shall be withheld by the tax collector of said county, and/or by any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for the collection of said taxes, from receipts from state ad valorem taxes now in effect or which may be hereafter levied, so long as the state ad valorem taxes shall be not less than the two-mill tax herein levied. However, if no state ad valorem taxes equal to or greater than the said two-mill tax herein levied is now or shall be hereafter levied, then and in that event, the said two-mill tax herein levied shall continue to be levied and collected as herein provided in each such county or counties in or for each year in which the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality pursuant to this article becomes due. The tax collector, and/or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for the collection of said taxes, shall pay over all moneys collected or to be collected as receipts from said two-mill tax to any trustee or successor thereto established as hereinafter in this article provided, and in the event that there is no such trustee, then said tax collector, and/or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for collection of said taxes, shall pay over all such moneys into the county depository of each such county to the credit of a fund which shall be known as a port fund. Any such moneys so paid into the county depository of each such county to the credit of said port fund may be expended at the direction of the port commission, appointed for any port of entry as designated in Chapter 1 of this title. But in no county within the terms of this article shall there be withheld from the state treasury under the provisions of this article and Article 1 of this chapter, for any one year an amount in excess of the receipts from said two-mill tax. The provisions of this article shall be deemed to be a contract with the holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Codes, 1942, § 7577; Laws, 1934, ch. 209.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 7 - CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-301 — 59-7-323) › Section 59-7-305 - Powers of municipal authorities as to promotion, development, etc., of harbors or seaports

The authorities of any municipality in which there is situated and located, in whole or in part, a port of entry through which commodities are imported and exported to foreign nations, which maintains a channel and/or harbor to a depth of not less than twenty feet, are hereby given the authority to engage in, either directly or through the commission hereinafter provided and designated and such other agencies as hereafter may be provided by law, work of internal improvement, or promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining, and operating harbors or seaports within the state and its jurisdiction, and either directly or through the commission hereinafter provided for, shall have the power to acquire, purchase, install, rent, lease, mortgage, and/or otherwise encumber, to construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control and operate at seaports, wharves, piers, docks, quays, grain elevators, cotton compresses, warehouses, floating dry docks, graving docks, marine railways, tugboats, cold storage facilities and other water and rail terminals and other structures, and facilities needful for the convenient use of the same in the aid of commerce including the dredging of approaches thereto.
Codes, 1942, § 7578; Laws, 1934, ch. 209; Laws, 1960, ch. 435.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 7 - CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-301 — 59-7-323) › Section 59-7-307 - Maintenance and operation of improvements and facilities by port commission; collection, etc., of rents, fees, etc.; disposition of revenues; annual reports

All improvements and facilities constructed pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter, and/or constructed pursuant to this article, shall be maintained and operated under the control of the port commission as provided in chapter 1 of this title. The said port commission shall, subject to and in accordance with any agreement or agreements as may be made by any such municipality with the purchaser or purchasers of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article, prescribe, levy and collect all rents, fees, tolls, revenues, and/or other charges in connection with the use and occupancy of the aforesaid improvements and facilities, and shall pay over all net revenues derived from the operation of said improvements and facilities to any trustee, or successor thereto, established as hereinafter in this article provided. Net revenues shall be deemed to be such as may be defined in any agreement or agreements entered into between any such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article. The said port commission shall make an annual report to the governor of the State of Mississippi, to the municipality having such port of entry, and to the state legislature.
Codes, 1942, § 7579; Laws, 1934, ch. 209; Laws, 1970, ch. 409, § 1, eff. 7/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 7 - CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-301 — 59-7-323) › Section 59-7-309 - Authorization of issuance of bonds by municipalities; audit and inspection of accounts

Any municipality, in which there is situated and located in whole or in part a port of entry through which commodities are imported or exported as aforesaid, is hereby given authority, upon the adoption of a resolution to such effect, to issue bonds or other obligations for any or all of the purposes as provided in this article. The books of account and other sources of information pertaining to duties under the provisions of this article, of any port commission, municipality and/or county affected by this article, shall be and remain at all times open to inspection and subject to audit by the holder or holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Codes, 1942, § 7581; Laws, 1934, ch. 209.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 7 - CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-301 — 59-7-323) › Section 59-7-313 - Disposition of proceeds of bonds; penalties for diversion; guarantee of payment

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article shall be placed to the credit of such municipality in a bank or banks which are members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations and in accordance with the laws regulating the disbursement of municipal funds and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose or purposes set forth in the original resolution of the governing body of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of said municipality shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and on official bonds for such diversion. Nothing in this article shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the State of Mississippi to pay the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Codes, 1942, § 7586; Laws, 1934, ch. 209; Laws, 1938, ch. 137.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 7 - CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-301 — 59-7-323) › Section 59-7-315 - Mortgage or deed of trust securing bonds

Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this article by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, is hereby given authority to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust, in such form, with such validity and with such remedies as at present authorized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, on any or all properties, improvements and facilities, the acquisition, construction, maintenance and/or operation of which are provided for by this article. Such resolution or resolutions of said municipality shall prescribe the provisions, covenants and conditions of any such mortgage or deed of trust. Such provisions, covenants and conditions, if not self-executing, may be enforced by appropriate proceedings, either in law or in equity.
Codes, 1942, § 7587; Laws, 1934, ch. 209.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 7 - CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-301 — 59-7-323) › Section 59-7-317 - Applicability of municipal debt limitations to bond issues; funds from which bonds payable

The bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality of the State of Mississippi pursuant to this article shall not constitute a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of debt which may be incurred by any such municipality, nor shall such bonds or other obligations be payable out of any funds other than the revenue collected or collectible from the use of said docks, harbors and facilities of whatsoever nature, and out of the receipts from the said two-mill ad valorem tax, in accordance with the provisions of Section
59-7-303
.
Codes, 1942, § 7580; Laws, 1934, ch. 209.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 7 - CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-301 — 59-7-323) › Section 59-7-319 - Exemption from taxation of bonds

Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article and any interest thereon or income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation, except gift, transfer and inheritance taxes, in so far as may be within the power of the State of Mississippi so to provide.
Codes, 1942, § 7584; Laws, 1934, ch. 209.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 9 - ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-401 — 59-7-429) › Section 59-7-401 - Construction and effect of article

Nothing in this article shall be construed as repealing or altering any existing laws now on the statute books affecting any ports or port laws, and this article is to be considered supplementary, and any word, sentence or paragraph in this article that may be in conflict with the provisions of any other law shall not affect any such law. The constitutionality of this article shall not affect any existing law now on the statute, nor shall the constitutionality of any law now on the statutes be questioned with this article.
Codes, 1942, § 7605; Laws, 1940, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 9 - ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-401 — 59-7-429) › Section 59-7-403 - Levy of ad valorem tax in certain counties; disposition of proceeds of tax

An ad valorem tax of one mill on each one dollar of the total assessed valuation of all the taxable property in each county or counties in the State of Mississippi, in which there is located a port or harbor where there is maintained a channel to a depth of not less than eight feet, is hereby levied on all taxable property, in or for each year in which the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality pursuant to this article becomes due. The receipts from said one mill tax shall be withheld by the tax collector of said county, and/or by any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for the collection of said taxes, from receipts from state ad valorem taxes now in effect or which may be hereafter levied, so long as said state ad valorem taxes shall be not less than the said one mill tax herein levied. However, if no state ad valorem taxes equal to or greater than the said one mill tax herein levied is now or shall be hereafter levied, then and in that event, the said one mill tax herein levied shall continue to be levied and collected as herein provided in each such county or counties in or for each year in which the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality pursuant to this article becomes due. The said tax collector, and/or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for the collection of said taxes, shall pay over all moneys collected or to be collected as receipts from the one mill tax to any trustee or successor thereto established as hereinafter provided in Section
59-7-429
, and in the event that there is no such trustee, then said tax collector, and/or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for collection of said taxes, shall pay over all such moneys into the county depository of each such county to the credit of a fund which shall be known as a port fund. Any such moneys so paid into the county depository of each such county to the credit of said port fund may be expended at the direction of the port commission, appointed for any port or harbor through which commerce flows and having not less than eight industries engaged in the seafood industry. The provisions of this article shall be deemed to be a contract with the holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Codes, 1942, § 7590; Laws, 1940, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 9 - ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-401 — 59-7-429) › Section 59-7-407 - Port commission; composition; appointment, compensation and terms of office of members; organization; dissolution

A port commission created under this article shall consist of six (6) members who shall be qualified electors of the municipality operating under this article, and shall be appointed as follows: two (2) shall be appointed by the Governor, two (2) shall be appointed by the governing authorities of the municipality, and two (2) shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county. The commission shall have jurisdiction over the port, terminals, harbors and passes leading thereto, and all vessels, boats and wharves, common carriers and public utilities using the port. Commissioners shall be paid the uniform per diem compensation authorized in Section
25-3-69
for the discharge of official duties at meetings called in accordance with Section
59-7-409
.
In the first instance, the two (2) commissioners appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for terms of five (5) and four (4) years, respectively, from the date of appointment; one (1) member appointed by the board of supervisors shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years from the date of appointment, and the members appointed by the governing authorities of the municipality shall be appointed for terms of two (2) and one (1) years, respectively, from the date of appointment. The additional member appointed by the board of supervisors shall be appointed to a term of five (5) years. After the first appointments, thereafter each member appointed shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years.
The commission shall, upon appointment, organize as provided in Section
59-7-409
.
A port commission created under this article may be dissolved by the governing authorities of the municipality as provided under Section
59-7-408
.
Codes, 1942, § 7592; Laws, 1940, ch. 290; Laws, 1960, ch. 344, § 2; Laws, 1984, ch. 444, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 371, § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 385, § 2, eff. 4/20/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 9 - ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-401 — 59-7-429) › Section 59-7-408 - Procedure and requirements for dissolution of municipal port commission

(1)
The governing authorities of a municipality may dissolve a port commission created under this article by adopting a resolution in which they determine that the dissolution of the port commission is in the best interest of the citizens of the municipality and authorizing the municipality to assume the powers and duties of the port commission.
(2)
After the adoption of the dissolution resolution, the port commission shall enter into an agreement with the municipality which shall provide for:
(a)
the transfer of all powers, duties, and responsibilities of the port commission to the municipality;
(b)
the transfer of all property and assets, real and personal, of the port commission to the municipality;
(c)
the assignment of all contracts, leases, agreements and revenue generated by the port commission to the municipality;
(d)
the assumption by the municipality of all just claims and obligations of the port commission associated with the operation and maintenance of the port facilities; and
(e)
any other provisions necessary for the implementation of the dissolution.
(3)
All tax levies and assessments used for existing bonded indebtedness shall continue until such indebtedness is paid.
Laws, 2004, ch. 385, § 3, eff. 4/20/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 9 - ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-401 — 59-7-429) › Section 59-7-409 - Meetings of commission; officers

The port commission established by Section
59-7-407
shall meet at a regular place to be designated by the port commission for organization as a port commission, after giving at least ten (10) days' notice of the time and place of the meeting by publication in a newspaper published in the city, and they shall elect a president and secretary who shall be members of the commission. The president shall be elected annually and shall vote only in cases of a tie vote.
Codes, 1942, § 7593; Laws, 1940, ch. 290; Laws, 1998, ch. 371, § 2, eff. 3/16/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 9 - ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-401 — 59-7-429) › Section 59-7-411 - Duties of commission generally; employees

It shall be the duty of the commission to keep a minute book in which shall be recorded all of their acts, orders, rules and regulations. It shall be the duty of said commission to adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with law to govern their official acts. It shall be the duty of said commission to make and publish all needful rules and regulations to govern the harbor, docks, and passes within its jurisdiction, and to fix tariffs, fees, fines, penalties and forfeitures for the violations of the rules and regulations of said commission, and said commission shall have the power to fix and determine all port and terminal charges, and it may enforce the collection thereof through any court of competent jurisdiction in this state. This section shall not apply to public utilities nor to railroad terminal charges covered by or carried in approved tariffs authorized by Interstate Commerce Commission nor to lawful railroad operation and activities.
It shall be the duty of said commission to employ such help, including a port director, secretary, and such other help as will be necessary to carry on the business and work of such commission, and it will be the duty of said port commissioners to see that all port employees, such as harbormaster, pilots, and any and all other necessary employees for the operation of said port, perform any and all such duties as required for the operation of said port, at salaries to be determined by said port commission.
Codes, 1942, § 7594; Laws, 1940, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 9 - ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-401 — 59-7-429) › Section 59-7-413 - Maintenance and operation of improvements and facilities by commission; collection, etc., of rents, fees, etc.; disposition of revenues; annual reports

All improvements and facilities constructed pursuant to this article shall be maintained and operated under the control of the port commission as provided by this article. The port commission shall, subject to and in accordance with any agreement or agreements as may be made by any such municipality with the purchaser or purchasers of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article, prescribe, levy and collect all rents, fees, tolls, revenues and/or other charges in connection with the use and occupancy of the aforesaid improvements and facilities, and shall pay over all net revenues derived from the operation of said improvements and facilities to any trustee, or successor thereto, established as hereinafter provided in Section
59-7-429
. The net revenues shall be deemed to be such as may be defined in any agreement or agreements entered into between any such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article. The port commission shall make an annual report to the governor of the State of Mississippi, to the municipality having such port or harbor, and to the state legislature.
Codes, 1942, § 7595; Laws, 1940, ch. 290; Laws, 1970, ch. 410, § 1, eff. 7/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 9 - ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-401 — 59-7-429) › Section 59-7-415 - Authorization of issuance of bonds by municipalities; audit and inspection of accounts

Any municipality, in which there is situated and located in whole or in part a port or harbor through which commerce flows and having not less than eight industries engaged in the seafood industry as aforesaid, is hereby given authority, upon the adoption of a resolution to such effect, to issue bonds or other obligations for any or all of the purposes as provided in this article. The books of account and other sources of information pertaining to duties under the provisions of this article, or any port commission, municipality and/or county affected by this article, shall be and remain at all times open to inspection and subject to audit by the holder or holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Codes, 1942, § 7597; Laws, 1940, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 9 - ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-401 — 59-7-429) › Section 59-7-419 - Disposition of proceeds of bonds; penalties for diversion; guarantee of payment

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article shall be placed to the credit of such municipality in a bank or banks, which are members of the federal deposit insurance corporation and may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of said municipality shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and on official bonds for such diversion.
Nothing in this article shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the State of Mississippi to pay the principal or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article.
Codes, 1942, § 7602; Laws, 1940, ch. 290; Laws, 1944, ch. 216, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 9 - ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-401 — 59-7-429) › Section 59-7-421 - Mortgage or deed of trust securing bonds

Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this article by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, is hereby given authority to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust, in such form, with such validity and with such remedies as at present authorized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, on any or all properties, improvements and facilities, the acquisition, construction, maintenance and/or operation of which are provided for by this article. Such resolution or resolutions of said municipality shall prescribe the provisions, covenants and conditions of any such mortgage or deed of trust. Such provisions, covenants and conditions, if not self-executing, may be enforced by appropriate proceedings, either in law or in equity.
Codes, 1942, § 7603; Laws, 1940, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 9 - ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-401 — 59-7-429) › Section 59-7-423 - Applicability of municipal debt limitations to bond issues; funds from which bonds payable

The bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality of the State of Mississippi pursuant to this article shall not constitute a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of debt which may be incurred by any such municipality, nor shall such bonds or other obligations be payable out of any funds other than the revenue collected or collectible from the use of said docks, harbors and facilities of whatsoever nature, and out of the receipts the said one mill ad valorem tax, in accordance with the provisions of Section
59-7-403
.
Codes, 1942, § 7596; Laws, 1940, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 9 - ADDITIONAL CUMULATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 59-7-401 — 59-7-429) › Section 59-7-425 - Exemption from taxation of bonds

Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this article and any interest thereon or income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation, except gift, transfer and inheritance taxes, in so far as may be within the power of the State of Mississippi so to provide.
Codes, 1942, § 7600; Laws, 1940, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 10 - PORT COMMISSIONS IN COUNTIES BORDERING ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER (§§ 59-7-451 — 59-7-455) › Section 59-7-451 - Creation of additional county port commissions authorized

Any county in the State of Mississippi bordering on the Mississippi River which has not heretofore created a county port authority or county port commission is hereby authorized, in the discretion of the board of supervisors of such county, as evidenced by a resolution adopted by such board of supervisors, to create a county port commission.
Laws, 1973, ch. 340, § 1, eff. 3/21/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 10 - PORT COMMISSIONS IN COUNTIES BORDERING ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER (§§ 59-7-451 — 59-7-455) › Section 59-7-453 - Membership of commission; appointment and terms of office of members; general powers and duties

Such county port commission shall consist of seven (7) members to be appointed by the board of supervisors, one (1) of whom shall represent each of the supervisors districts of the county and shall be a resident of such supervisor's district, and two (2) members shall be appointed from the county at large and be residents of the county. The two (2) at-large members shall be designated as post 1 and post 2. The initial terms of office of the members representing the supervisors districts shall expire as follows: District 1, July 1, 1974; District 2, July 1, 1975; District 3, July 1, 1976; District 4, July 1, 1977; District 5, July 1, 1978. The at-large members' terms shall expire as follows: post 1 shall expire July 1, 1979, and post 2 shall expire July 1, 1981. All succeeding terms shall be for terms of five (5) years. Any vacancy occurring therein shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the board of supervisors. Where such port commission has been established or may be established as herein provided, the said port commission shall undertake and perform the duties assigned to it by the board of supervisors, and said commission shall manage and control all port facilities which may be authorized and constructed by virtue of the terms and provisions of Sections
59-7-101
through
59-7-131
,
59-7-201
through
59-7-213
, and
59-7-501
through
59-7-519
, and all appurtenant and physical properties connected therewith, both real and personal, and shall provide for the regular inspection, repair, maintenance and improvement of said port facilities as provided therein.
In addition to the authority granted herein, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the commission may, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, purchase any existing railroad or railroad facilities, within or without such county, which it deems necessary for the development of its port facilities.
In addition to any other authority to borrow funds for the purposes of this chapter, the board of supervisors may borrow funds from any agency of the United States government on such terms as the board determines to be in the best interest of the county.
Any railroad or railroad facilities purchased under the provisions of this section may be operated by the county or others on behalf of the county, or may be leased to others by the county. The commission may establish, charge and collect any tariffs, rates or other charges in connection therewith as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this section.
Laws, 1973, ch. 340, § 2; Laws, 1978, ch. 460, § 1; Laws, 1979, ch. 304, eff. 2/19/1979.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 10 - PORT COMMISSIONS IN COUNTIES BORDERING ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER (§§ 59-7-451 — 59-7-455) › Section 59-7-455 - Operative date of commission's duties and authority; expenditure of county funds

The duties and authority conferred in Sections
59-7-101
through
59-7-131
, through 59-7-201 through 59-7-211, 59-7-501 through 59-7-519, and Sections
27-39-3
through
27-39-13
, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall apply to any county coming within the provisions of this article commencing on the date of the adoption of the aforesaid resolution by the board of supervisors of said county; provided, however, that the members of such port commission shall be appointed by the method and for the terms as herein provided. In addition to the authority granted herein, the board of supervisors may, in its discretion, expend funds from any available source, including the county general fund and federal revenue sharing funds, to carry out the purposes of this article.
Laws, 1973, ch. 340, § 3, eff. 3/21/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 11 - REVENUE BONDS (§§ 59-7-501 — 59-7-519) › Section 59-7-501 - Authorization for issuance of revenue bonds for port or harbor improvement

The board of supervisors of any county which has elected or hereafter may elect to establish a port commission under the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter, and which desires to improve its port and harbor facilities by the construction, maintenance and operation of any revenue-producing port and/or harbor facility or facilities may issue revenue bonds of such county to provide funds for such purpose.
Codes, 1942, § 7576-51; Laws, 1970, ch. 407, § 1, eff. 4/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 11 - REVENUE BONDS (§§ 59-7-501 — 59-7-519) › Section 59-7-503 - Issuance of bonds without election; form, terms and execution of bonds

Revenue bonds authorized by Section
59-7-501
may be issued without an election thereon upon the adoption of a resolution by the board of supervisors of such county upon the request and recommendation of the port commission of such county. Such revenue bonds shall not be subject to any limitation as to amount and shall not be included in computing the statutory limitation of indebtedness of such county under any present or future law. Such bonds shall bear date or dates, shall be of such denomination or denominations, shall be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature at such time or times and upon such terms and may be made redeemable prior to maturity with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges and shall be in substantially such form as shall be determined by resolution of the board of supervisors of such county. Such bonds shall mature in annual installments beginning not more than five (5) years from the date thereof and extending not more than twenty-five (25) years from the date thereof. Such bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of supervisors of such county and the official seal of the county shall be affixed thereto, attested by the clerk of the board of supervisors of such county. The interest coupons to be attached to such bonds may be executed by the facsimile signatures of such officers. Whenever such bonds shall have been signed by the officials designated to sign the same who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers prior to the date of 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, § 7576-52; Laws, 1970, ch. 407, § 2; Laws, 1982, ch. 434, § 31, eff. 4/3/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 11 - REVENUE BONDS (§§ 59-7-501 — 59-7-519) › Section 59-7-505 - Interest on bonds

All bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates as may be determined by resolution of the board of supervisors of the county issuing them, not to exceed an overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section
75-17-103
, Mississippi Code of 1972. No bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid; all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity; all interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year.
No interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted; the lowest interest rate specified for any bonds issued shall not be less than sixty percent (60%) of the highest interest rate specified for the same bond issue. The interest rate of any one (1) interest coupon shall not exceed the maximum interest rate allowed on such bonds.
Each interest rate specified in any bid must be in multiples of one-eighth of one percent (1/8 of 1%) or in multiples of one-tenth of one percent (1/10 of 1%), and a zero rate of interest cannot be named.
Codes, 1942, § 7576-53; Laws, 1970, ch. 407, § 3; Laws, 1981, ch. 462, § 18; Laws, 1982, ch. 434, § 32; Laws, 1983, ch. 541, § 39, eff. 4/25/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 11 - REVENUE BONDS (§§ 59-7-501 — 59-7-519) › Section 59-7-507 - Negotiability of bonds and coupons; exemption from taxation

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this article shall have and hereby are declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi. Such bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 7576-54; Laws, 1970, ch. 407, § 4, eff. 4/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 11 - REVENUE BONDS (§§ 59-7-501 — 59-7-519) › Section 59-7-509 - Sale of bonds

The board of supervisors of any county issuing bonds under the provisions of this article shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at not less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, and in the manner provided in Section
31-19-25
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Codes, 1942, § 7576-55; Laws, 1970, ch. 407, § 5, eff. 4/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HARBORS (§§ 59-7-1 — 59-7-519) › Article 11 - REVENUE BONDS (§§ 59-7-501 — 59-7-519) › Section 59-7-511 - Disposition of proceeds of bonds

The proceeds of the revenue bonds shall be paid into a special fund designated as the "special project port improvement fund" in a bank or banks qualified as depositories for the county issuing bonds under the provisions of this article, and such proceeds shall be used solely for the purposes for which such bonds were issued, except as hereinafter provided, and shall be disbursed upon order of the board of supervisors of such county 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 project for which such bonds were issued, and the redeeming of any outstanding bonds, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such 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 such bonds, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same funds 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 project for which the bonds were issued, such surplus shall be paid into the fund established for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds.
Codes, 1942, § 7576-56; Laws, 1970, ch. 407, § 6, eff. 4/1/1970.