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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY OR DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (§§ 59-9-1 — 59-9-85) › Section 59-9-71 - Dredging and site preparation; fund

(1)
The Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board shall assist and supervise the dredging of channel and harbor and preparation of site for the construction of ships, vessels, shipyards, shipbuilding facilities, machinery and equipment, dredges, floating drydocks, graving docks, marine railways, tug boats, or any other facilities required or incidental to the construction, outfitting, drydocking or repair of ships or vessels as contemplated by Sections
59-9-65
and
59-9-67
. All sums of money received or obtained by the agricultural and industrial board under the provisions of Sections
59-9-65
through
59-9-75
, by appropriation or otherwise, shall be paid into the state treasury and shall constitute a fund to be known as the "agricultural and industrial dredging and site preparation fund." All expenditures shall be paid therefrom by the state treasurer on warrant of the auditor of public accounts; and said auditor shall issue his warrant upon requisition signed by the director and the secretary of the agricultural and industrial board.
(2)
To the extent that funds may be available, the agricultural and industrial board shall join with any board of supervisors acting under authority of subsection (1) of Section
59-9-65
in contracting for the work contemplated by said Sections
59-9-65
and
59-9-67
, and shall pay from the "agricultural and industrial dredging and site preparation fund" eighty per cent (80%) of the cost of any such project not to exceed four million dollars ($4,000,000.00) for any one county board of supervisors. The agricultural and industrial board shall require such safeguards and controls for the proper accomplishment of such projects as shall be deemed appropriate. However, the said agricultural and industrial board shall observe all procedures, regulations and requirements of law with regard to public contracts and the letting thereof under the B.A.W.I. acts.
(3)
If the program provided by Sections
59-9-65
through
59-9-75
is terminated or discontinued for any reason in the future, all moneys in the "agricultural and industrial dredging and site preparation fund," after payment of any outstanding costs in connection with any project undertaken, shall be transferred to the general fund of the state treasury on written certification of the director of the agricultural and industrial board that this program has been discontinued or terminated by said agricultural and industrial board, citing the statutory authority therefor.
Codes, 1942, § 7605-23; Laws, 1956, ch. 199, § 23; Laws, 1967, Ex. Sess. ch. 6, §§ 1-3, eff. 6/29/1967.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY OR DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (§§ 59-9-1 — 59-9-85) › Section 59-9-73 - Negotiability and taxation of bonds issued under Sections 59-9-65 through 59-9-75

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections
59-9-65
through
59-9-75
shall be and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code and in exercising the powers granted by said sections, the board shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code. Such bonds and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 7605-23; Laws, 1956, ch. 199, § 23; Laws, 1967, Ex. Sess. ch. 6, §§ 1-3, eff. 6/29/1967.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY OR DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (§§ 59-9-1 — 59-9-85) › Section 59-9-75 - Proceedings for issuance and validation of bonds issued under Sections 59-9-65 through 59-9-75; applicability of debt limitations

(1)
Sections
59-9-65
through
59-9-75
, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of such bonds by such county, and no proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such bonds other than those provided for and required herein, and the limitations of Sections
59-9-37
through
59-9-49
, shall not be applicable to the bonds issued under the provisions of Sections
59-9-65
through
59-9-75
nor shall such bonds be included or computed in the statutory limitations of indebtedness of any such county, and all the necessary powers to be exercised by the board of supervisors of such county in order to carry out the provisions of Sections
59-9-65
through
59-9-75
, are hereby conferred.
(2)
The bonds authorized under the authority of Sections
59-9-65
through
59-9-75
may, in the discretion of the board of supervisors of such county, be validated in the chancery court of such county in a manner and with the force and effect provided now or hereafter by Sections
31-13-1
through
31-13-11
, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the validation of county, municipal, school district and other bonds.
Codes, 1942, § 7605-23; Laws, 1956, ch. 199, § 23; Laws, 1967, Ex. Sess. ch. 6, §§ 1-3, eff. 6/29/1967.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY OR DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (§§ 59-9-1 — 59-9-85) › Section 59-9-77 - Construction of chapter

This chapter, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed full and complete authority for the issuance and sale of bonds as herein provided, and shall be construed as additional and alternative methods therefor, and none of the present restrictions, requirements, conditions, or limitations of law shall be applicable to the issuance and sale of bonds under this chapter, except as herein otherwise expressly limited, and no proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such bonds other than those provided for and required herein, and all powers necessary to be exercised by the board of supervisors of such county, and by the governing authorities of the municipality in which the port of entry is located in such county, in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, are hereby conferred.
Codes, 1942, § 7605-21; Laws, 1956, ch. 199, § 21.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY OR DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (§§ 59-9-1 — 59-9-85) › Section 59-9-79 - Validation of bonds

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the bonds issued under this chapter may, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, or the board of supervisors and the governing authorities of the municipality in which the port of entry is located in such county, be validated under Sections
31-13-1
through
31-13-11
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Codes, 1942, § 7605-22; Laws, 1956, ch. 199, § 22.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY OR DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (§§ 59-9-1 — 59-9-85) › Section 59-9-81 - Applicability of debt limitation

The bonds or other obligations issued by counties or municipalities pursuant to this chapter 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 county or by any such municipality.
Codes, 1942, § 7605-23; Laws, 1956, ch. 199, § 23; Laws, 1967, Ex. Sess. ch. 6, §§ 1-3, eff. 6/29/1967.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY OR DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (§§ 59-9-1 — 59-9-85) › Section 59-9-83 - Exemption from taxation of bonds; negotiability

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, all bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter and any interest thereon or income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation, except gift, transfer and inheritance taxes, insofar as may be within the power of the State of Mississippi to provide and shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the law of merchants and the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code.
Codes, 1942, § 7605-24; Laws, 1956, ch. 199, § 24.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY OR DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (§§ 59-9-1 — 59-9-85) › Section 59-9-85 - Action to enforce contractual rights

The State of Mississippi, any county acting through a county port authority or a county development commission, or any person, firm or corporation entering into any contract with any county, acting through a county port authority or a county development commission authorized by this chapter, shall be entitled to maintain any action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the State of Mississippi, the county and the county port authority and the county development commission to enforce any contractual right arising out of any such contract.
Codes, 1942, § 7605-06; Laws, 1956, ch. 199, § 6; Laws, 1958, ch. 226, § 6; Laws, 1960, ch. 345, § 1; Laws, 1961, 2nd Ex. Sess. ch. 3, § 1; Laws, 1967, Ex. Sess. ch. 5, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 433, § 1; Laws, 1971, ch. 462, § 1, eff. 3/30/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 11 - COUNTY PORT AND HARBOR COMMISSION (§§ 59-11-1 — 59-11-7) › Section 59-11-1 - Creation of commission

Any county in the State of Mississippi bordering on the Mississippi Sound or the Gulf of Mexico, which has not heretofore created a county port authority or county development commission as authorized by Chapter 9 of this title 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 and harbor commission.
Codes, 1942, § 7605-41; Laws, 1962, ch. 393, § 1, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 11 - COUNTY PORT AND HARBOR COMMISSION (§§ 59-11-1 — 59-11-7) › Section 59-11-3 - Appointment of members; terms of office; per diem

(1)
Any county port and harbor commission created pursuant to Section
59-11-1
shall be appointed as follows: three (3) members shall be appointed by the Governor, one (1) from each of the three (3) municipalities of the county, which appointments shall be made from those persons recommended and nominated by the governing authorities of the municipalities, and shall be qualified electors of the county; and five (5) members shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of such county, each supervisor to recommend the appointment of one (1) member thereof. The members of the county port and harbor commission shall serve for terms concurrent with that of the Governor and the board of supervisors making such appointment and hold that appointment until such time as their successor shall be appointed and installed as a commissioner upon taking his or her oath of office.
(2)
Each member of the county port and harbor commission shall receive per diem compensation in an amount up to Eighty-four Dollars ($84.00) for each day engaged in attendance of meetings of the county port and harbor commission or when engaged in other duties of the county port and harbor commission, and shall be reimbursed for mileage and actual travel expenses at the rate authorized for county employees under Section
25-3-41
.
Codes, 1942, § 7605-42; Laws, 1962, ch. 393, § 2; Laws, 2004, ch. 433, § 1; Laws, 2005, ch. 340, § 1; Laws, 2008, ch. 454, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 453, § 2, eff. 7/1/2009.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 394, SB 2392,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 502, HB 750, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 11 - COUNTY PORT AND HARBOR COMMISSION (§§ 59-11-1 — 59-11-7) › Section 59-11-5 - Jurisdiction of commission; payments into county port fund; special tax levy

The county port and harbor commission shall have jurisdiction over the ports, terminals, harbors, channels, and passes leading thereto, and all vessels, boats, and wharves, common carriers and public utilities therein, using the same within the county. The board of supervisors of each such county electing to exercise the provisions of this chapter shall pay or cause to be paid into the port fund of said county a sum equal to one fourth of the sum paid into said fund under this chapter from the state tax levy and such payments shall be continued as long as there remains unpaid and outstanding any bonded indebtedness created by such board of supervisors as hereinafter provided. Any such board of supervisors shall provide the sum herein required either by appropriation from any available funds of the county or by the levy, in addition to all other county taxes, of a tax of two mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property within such county upon which taxes for the general county fund are levied and collected. In case of a special tax levy as herein authorized, the tax collector of each such county shall set aside the avails of such levy and shall pay the same directly into the port fund of such county. However, no part of such two mill levy shall be reimbursable under the homestead exemption laws of the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 7605-43; Laws, 1962, ch. 393, § 3, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 11 - COUNTY PORT AND HARBOR COMMISSION (§§ 59-11-1 — 59-11-7) › Section 59-11-7 - Powers and duties of commission; right of county to receive state ad valorem tax for port improvement

The county port and harbor commission shall have the powers and duties vested in the county port authority or the county development commission by Chapter 9 of this Title. However, no county in which a county port and harbor commission has been created, as provided in this chapter, shall be entitled to receive any portion of the state ad valorem tax made available for port improvement purposes under the provisions of Section
59-7-103
, unless and until such county has made application to the Mississippi Board of Economic Development, and such board shall first adjudicate and determine the feasibility of the project for which application for such funds is made, as provided in Section
59-7-103
.
Codes, 1942, § 7605-44; Laws, 1962, ch. 393, § 4; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 255, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 13 - HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS BY COAST COUNTIES (§§ 59-13-1 — 59-13-15) › Section 59-13-1 - Harbor improvements by coast counties authorized

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi, bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, having an assessed valuation in excess of eight million dollars ($8,000,000.00) according to the last completed assessment; and any county in the state bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico having an assessed valuation of less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00), according to the last completed assessment, be, and it is hereby authorized, in its discretion, and subject to complying with the provisions of this chapter, to use and expend for public harbor improvements, harbor development, breakwaters, wharves and docks, recreational centers and all buildings in connection therewith deemed necessary or appropriate by such board, and for the purchase of necessary lands and rights of way in the county or in any supervisor's district therein bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, any funds received from the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 7606; Laws, 1938, Ex. Sess. ch. 59; Laws, 1940, ch. 269.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 13 - HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS BY COAST COUNTIES (§§ 59-13-1 — 59-13-15) › Section 59-13-3 - Employment of engineers, architects, etc.; adoption of order giving notice of intent to issue bonds

The board of supervisors of any county described in Section
59-13-1
shall have authority to employ competent engineers or architects to make necessary plans and specifications for such harbor improvements and buildings which the board may deem necessary and proper to be constructed in connection therewith and said plans and specifications, after the same have been approved by said board, shall be filed with its clerk and the board shall adopt an order to be spread upon its minutes giving notice of its intention to issue bonds to provide funds for such improvements, or any of them, as shown by said plans and specifications.
Codes, 1942, § 7607; Laws, 1938, Ex. Sess. ch. 59; Laws, 1940, ch. 269.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 13 - HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS BY COAST COUNTIES (§§ 59-13-1 — 59-13-15) › Section 59-13-5 - Publication of order giving notice of intent to issue bonds; election on bond issue

Upon the adoption of such order by the board of supervisors, as provided for in Section
59-13-3
, the clerk of such board shall publish in two weekly issues of some newspaper having a general circulation in the county, a notice of intention to issue bonds for said purposes; if, within fifteen days after the first publication of a copy of such notice twenty-five per cent of the qualified electors of the county if the bonds to be issued are to be county-wide bonds, or twenty-five per cent of the qualified electors of the supervisor's district if the bonds to be issued are to be district bonds, petition the board of supervisors for an election to determine whether or not such bonds shall be issued, such election shall be ordered by said board of supervisors in which the qualified electors of the county, if the bonds to be issued are county-wide bonds, or of the supervisor's district, if the bonds to be issued are district bonds, shall be eligible to participate, and if at such election a majority of those voting vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds the same shall be issued, but if a majority shall vote against the issuance of such bonds the same shall not be issued. Such election shall be held and conducted and the returns thereof made as provided by law for other county or district elections. If no such petition be presented within fifteen days after the first publication of such notice, the bonds shall be issued in the manner provided by law. However, in any case where an election has heretofore been held in any county or supervisors district, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter on the question of issuing bonds of such county or supervisors district for the purpose of providing and constructing public harbor improvements, harbor developments, breakwaters, wharves and docks, recreational centers and all buildings in connection therewith, and providing necessary rights of way, and a majority of those who participated in such election voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, and such bonds have not for any reason been issued, the board of supervisors of such county in which such supervisors district is situated, as the case may be, may, by resolution of such board, adopted at any time within twelve months from and after the passage of this chapter, authorize and direct the issuance of bonds of such county or district under the provisions of this chapter, in an amount not exceeding the amount set forth in the proposition submitted at such election, and for the purposes authorized by this chapter, without the giving of any notice required in this section and without any further election on the issuance thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 7608; Laws, 1938, Ex. Sess. ch. 59; Laws, 1940, ch. 269.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 13 - HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS BY COAST COUNTIES (§§ 59-13-1 — 59-13-15) › Section 59-13-7 - Limitations on amount of bond issues; prerequisites for issuance of bonds

The board of supervisors of any county in Mississippi bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, and having an assessed valuation in excess of eight million dollars ($8,000,000.00) may, in its discretion, issue and sell the bonds of any supervisor's district therein bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, in an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars, and the board of supervisors of any such county having an assessed valuation of less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) may, in its discretion, issue and sell the bonds of such county in an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) and the proceeds of such bonds shall be used to construct the improvements as shown by the aforesaid approved plans and specifications, and to pay all costs and expenses necessarily incident thereto, except as provided in Section
59-13-5
. Such bonds shall not be issued until notice of intention to issue and sell the same shall have been made in the manner provided for giving notice in said section, and all of the provisions of said section as to petition for election, time to file petitions for election, ordering and holding an election, shall apply to issuance of such bonds; if no petition for an election be filed in the time fixed, or if an election be called and a majority of those voting thereat vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds, the bonds shall be issued and sold at such time and in such manner as the board of supervisors shall determine.
Codes, 1942, § 7609; Laws, 1938, Ex. Sess. ch. 59; Laws, 1940, ch. 269.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 13 - HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS BY COAST COUNTIES (§§ 59-13-1 — 59-13-15) › Section 59-13-9 - Terms and conditions of bonds; tax levy for payment of bonds; execution of bonds

Bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county or supervisors district for which the same are issued and the board of supervisors shall annually levy upon all taxable property within such county or supervisors district, as the case may be, an ad valorem tax sufficient to pay said bonds at maturity and the interest thereon as it accrues. Said bonds shall bear interest at a rate to maturity not to exceed that allowed in Section
75-17-101
, shall be payable semiannually, shall mature within twenty (20) years of the date of issuance in such annual maturities and denominations and shall be in such form as the board of supervisors may direct and such bonds shall not be subject to any limitation relative to amount of bonded debt. Said bonds shall be executed by the signature of the president of the board of supervisors, countersigned by the clerk thereof, under the seal of such board.
Codes, 1942, § 7610; Laws, 1938, Ex. Sess. ch. 59; Laws, 1940, ch. 269; Laws, 1986, ch. 384, § 1, eff. 3/24/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 13 - HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS BY COAST COUNTIES (§§ 59-13-1 — 59-13-15) › Section 59-13-11 - Purchase of land and rights of way; eminent domain

The board of supervisors of any county in which any harbor improvements may be constructed under the provisions of this chapter, may purchase lands and rights of way necessary therefor and pay for the same out of the proceeds of bonds herein provided; and for the purpose of carrying out the provision of this chapter said boards of supervisors are hereby clothed with the power and authority, and it is made their duty, to exercise the right of eminent domain, in their discretion, in the acquisition of such lands and rights of way.
Codes, 1942, § 7611; Laws, 1938, Ex. Sess. ch. 59; Laws, 1940, ch. 269.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 13 - HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS BY COAST COUNTIES (§§ 59-13-1 — 59-13-15) › Section 59-13-13 - Operation of harbor facilities; collection of charges

The board of supervisors of any county after having constructed improvements under this chapter is hereby authorized and empowered to operate and maintain such harbor facilities and to make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for such operation and maintenance, and such board may also fix and collect charges for the use of such facilities and may, in its resolution or order directing the issuance of bonds under this chapter, irrevocably pledge to the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds the net income and revenue resulting from the operation of such facilities.
Codes, 1942, § 7612; Laws, 1938, Ex. Sess. ch. 59; Laws, 1940, ch. 269.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 13 - HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS BY COAST COUNTIES (§§ 59-13-1 — 59-13-15) › Section 59-13-15 - Levy of tax by certain coast counties for aiding in development and improvement of harbor or channel

(1)
The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico having an assessed valuation at its last completed assessment in excess of $45,000,000.00 and having within its borders a city in which there is maintained a harbor or channel with a depth of not less than four and one-half feet, and in which city there is operated seasonally one or more canning plants for canning, processing or freezing shrimp, oysters or other seafoods, is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to annually levy a tax not to exceed one mill on each dollar of the assessed valuation of all of the taxable property within such county, for the purpose of aiding in the development and improvement of such harbor or channel of said city.
(2)
The proceeds of said levy shall be paid to the governing authorities of the city wherein such channel or harbor is located and shall be deposited in the city depository in a special account to be designated as "port fund" of such city and the same shall be expended by the governing authorities of such city for the development and improvement of said channel or harbor, for the purposes and in the manner set out in the general laws of Mississippi, including Section
21-37-15
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
(3)
No reimbursement shall be made under the Homestead Exemption Law of 1946 Sections
27-33-1
through
27-33-65
, Mississippi Code of 1972, for any tax levy made under the provisions of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 7612.5; Laws, 1956, ch. 200, §§ 1-3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 15 - SMALL CRAFT HARBORS (§§ 59-15-1 — 59-15-19) › Section 59-15-1 - Acquisition of land, harbor sites or water frontage by certain cities

The authorities of any city in this state which has a population of ten thousand or more, according to the last official government census, and the authorities of any municipality bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico are hereby given the authority to acquire by purchase, deed, donation, gift, grant, reclamation, lease, dedication, or otherwise, land, harbor sites or water frontage for the purpose of establishing, developing, promoting, maintaining, and operating harbors for small water crafts and recreational parks connected therewith within its territorial limits, or both, and shall have the power to acquire, purchase, install, rent, lease, mortgage, incumber, construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control and operate recreational parks and harbors for small water craft.
Codes, 1942, § 7613; Laws, 1935, ch. 63; Laws, 1938, Ex. Sess. ch. 71.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 15 - SMALL CRAFT HARBORS (§§ 59-15-1 — 59-15-19) › Section 59-15-3 - Operation of improvements and facilities

All improvements and facilities constructed pursuant to this chapter shall be maintained and operated under the control of the city authorities. The city authorities of such city, or cities, shall, subject to and in accordance with any agreement, or agreements, as may be made by any such city with the purchaser, or purchasers, of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, prescribe, levy and collect all rent, fees, tolls, revenues, privileges, commissions, and other charges in connection with the operation, 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 designated as hereinafter in this chapter provided. The net revenues shall be deemed to be such as may be defined in any agreement, or agreements, entered into between any such city, and the purchaser, or purchasers, of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter. The authorities of any such city, or cities, shall make a financial report to the said trustee annually of the operation of the aforesaid improvements and facilities.
Codes, 1942, § 7614; Laws, 1935, ch. 63.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 15 - SMALL CRAFT HARBORS (§§ 59-15-1 — 59-15-19) › Section 59-15-7 - Authority to issue bonds; audit and inspection of accounts

Any city as is described in Section
59-15-1
, 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 in this chapter herein provided; but such bonds or other obligations shall not be issued unless and until the governing authorities of the municipality are first authorized and requested so to do by a petition signed by not less than seventy-five per cent of the qualified electors of the municipality, or until authorized so to do by two-thirds of the qualified electors of the municipality who vote in an election called for that purpose. Said petition, or the ballot used in such election, as the case may be, shall disclose the purposes for which said funds are sought, and all funds derived thereunder shall be kept in a separate account by the municipality and shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in said petition, or upon the aforesaid ballot, as the case may be. The books of accounts and other sources of information pertaining to duties under the provisions of this chapter of any such city 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 chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 7616; Laws, 1935, ch. 63; Laws, 1936, ch. 312.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 15 - SMALL CRAFT HARBORS (§§ 59-15-1 — 59-15-19) › Section 59-15-9 - Payment of principal and interest on bonds generally

The bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality of the State of Mississippi pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be secured as to payment as hereinafter in this chapter provided, and in addition thereto shall be secured as to payment by the full faith and credit of the municipality issuing the same, and the governing authorities of such municipality shall annually levy a tax on all the taxable property of such municipality sufficient to produce an amount, which, when added to the net revenues hereinafter in this chapter authorized to be pledged for the payment thereof, will be sufficient to pay all interest and principal of such bonds which may mature during such annual period. Such bonds or other obligations so issued, being additionally secured as to payment as hereinafter in this chapter provided, shall not be construed as a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of which may be incurred by any such municipality.
Codes, 1942, § 7615; Laws, 1935, ch. 63; Laws, 1936, ch. 312.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 15 - SMALL CRAFT HARBORS (§§ 59-15-1 — 59-15-19) › Section 59-15-11 - Details of bonds; interim certificates

The power to issue bonds or other obligations authorized by Sections
59-15-1
through
59-15-9
, shall be vested in, and may be exercised from time to time by, the governing body of any municipality described in said sections. Such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized by resolution of the governing body of any such municipality and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding twenty-five years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding four per centum per annum, be in such denomination, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of prior redemption, with or without premium as such resolution or resolutions may provide. Such bonds or other obligations may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the governing body of such municipality shall determine, provided that the interest cost to maturity of the money received from any issue of said bonds or other obligations shall not exceed four per centum per annum. Such bonds or other obligations may be issued by any municipality described in Sections
59-15-1
through
59-15-9
in a principal amount not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), for any purpose or purposes authorized by said sections. Such municipality shall have power out of any funds available to purchase any bonds or other obligations issued by it pursuant to this chapter, and all bonds or other obligations so purchased shall be canceled and no bonds or other obligations shall be issued in lieu thereof. In anticipation of the issuance of the definitive bonds authorized by this chapter, any such municipality may issue interim certificates. Such interim certificates shall be in such form, contain such terms, conditions or provisions, bear such date or dates, and evidence such agreement or agreements relating to their discharge by payment or by the delivery of the definitive bonds, as such municipality by resolution of its governing body may determine. Any bonds, interim certificates or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all the purposes of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code.
Codes, 1942, § 7620; Laws, 1935, ch. 63.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 15 - SMALL CRAFT HARBORS (§§ 59-15-1 — 59-15-19) › Section 59-15-13 - Disposition of proceeds of bonds; penalties for diversion; guarantee of payment of bonds

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be placed to the credit of the municipality issuing such bonds in a bank or banks which are members of the Federal Reserve System 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 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 such municipality shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and on official bond for such diversion. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of such city to pay the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 7621; Laws, 1935, ch. 63.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 15 - SMALL CRAFT HARBORS (§§ 59-15-1 — 59-15-19) › Section 59-15-15 - Mortgage or deed of trust

Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, is hereby given authority to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust on any or all lands, properties, improvements and facilities, the acquisition, construction, maintenance or operation of which are provided for by this chapter. Such resolution or resolutions of such 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, § 7622; Laws, 1935, ch. 63.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 15 - SMALL CRAFT HARBORS (§§ 59-15-1 — 59-15-19) › Section 59-15-17 - Exemption from taxation of bonds

Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter and any interest thereon or income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation, except gift, transfer or inheritance taxes, in so far as may be within the power of the State of Mississippi so to provide.
Codes, 1942, § 7619; Laws, 1935, ch. 63.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-1 - Short title; "board" defined

This chapter may be cited as the "State Inland Ports Law."
As used in this chapter, the word "board" shall mean the Mississippi Development Authority.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-01; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 1, eff. 8/8/1968.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 351, HB 393,§ 1, eff. 3/15/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-3 - Declaration of public policy

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to aid the industrial development and economy of the state through the acquisition, promotion, development, improvement and expansion of inland ports and attendant industrial sites.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-02; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 2, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-5 - Construction of chapter

(1)
This chapter shall be construed liberally and broadly to effectuate the policy and purposes set out herein.
(2)
This chapter shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted, but this chapter shall not be deemed to repeal or to be in derogation of any existing law of this state.
(3)
The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to repeal, amend, limit, or restrict statutes heretofore or hereinafter enacted, providing for the establishment, support, financing, and maintenance of port commissions, authorities, or other local agencies having jurisdiction over harbors, ports, rivers, channels, and waterways, nor to be applicable to any bond issue, heretofore or hereafter issued for port or harbor purposes by any county or municipality in which said port is located, and the provisions hereof shall be supplemental and cumulative and shall not repeal, limit, or restrict the authority granted any public body or agency under any existing statute, except as herein otherwise expressly provided.
Codes, 1942, §§ 7623-03, 7623-26, 7623-29; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, §§ 3, 26, 29, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-7 - Functions of board and inland port as essential governmental functions

The carrying out of the corporate purposes of the board and the state inland port authority is, in all respects, for the benefit of the people of the State of Mississippi and is a public purpose, and the board and such state inland port authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-24; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 24, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-9 - Duty of board to implement public policy; construction of rights, powers and duties of board

There is hereby vested in the board the duty to implement such declared public policy as herein provided. Wide latitude and discretion shall be vested in the board in the exercise of its powers and duties, and the enumeration of specific rights, powers, and duties of said board, when followed by general powers, shall not be construed in the restrictive sense.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-03; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 3, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-11 - Condition precedent to board action

The board shall take no action in building, constructing, acquiring, or developing any state-owned inland port unless the Tennessee Valley Authority or other governmental agency agrees to furnish at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost of building, acquiring, constructing, or developing said port.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-04; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 4, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-13 - General powers of board; State Inland Port Authority authorized to borrow money and to enter into a joint agreement with a county or municipality to issue revenue bonds; leases executed by State Inland Port Authority exempt from ad valorem taxes if so stipulated in lease

(1)
The board shall have power to acquire, purchase, install, lease, construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, and operate ports, harbors, waterways, channels, wharves, piers, docks, quays, elevators, tipples, compresses, bulk loading and unloading facilities, warehouses, floating dry docks, graving docks, marine railways, tugboats, machinery and equipment, and water, air and rail terminals, and roadways and approaches thereto, and other structures and facilities needful for the convenient use of the same in the aid of commerce, including the dredging, deepening, extending, widening, or enlarging of any ports, harbors, rivers, channels, and waterways, the damming of inland waterways, the establishment of water basins, the acquisition and development of industrial sites and the reclaiming of submerged lands.
(2)
The State Inland Port Authority, subject to the approval of the board, shall have the power to borrow money from any source, public or private, for any of its corporate purposes and to give such security as may be required in connection therewith and to enter into a joint agreement with the boards of supervisors of any county, or the governing authority of any municipality, or both acting jointly, to issue revenue bonds of such county or municipality, or both, acting jointly, as provided by Section
59-7-311
which bonds may be payable out of any revenues of the authority, including grants or contributions from the federal government or other sources. Such revenue bonds may be issued without an election on resolution of the board of supervisors, governing body of the municipality, or both acting jointly, and shall not be subject to any limitation as to amount, and shall not be included or computed in the statutory limitation of indebtedness of any such county or municipality.
(3)
All leases which are now in effect or which may hereafter be executed by the State Inland Port Authority for port, harbor, commercial or industrial improvements, and all structures and all improvements and other permanent facilities erected, installed or located by such lessees, or their successors or assignees within the limits of any port, harbor or part thereof, may be free and exempt from all state, county and municipal ad valorem taxes if so stipulated in such lease, and for such period as may be fixed in such lease, not to exceed such periods of time as are now authorized or may be hereafter authorized by law.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-05; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 5, eff. 8/8/1968.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 351, HB 393,§ 2, eff. 3/15/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-15 - Acceptance of grants and contributions by board

The board, in addition to the monies which may be received by it from the sale of bonds, the proceeds of a loan, and from the collection of revenues, rents and earnings derived under the provisions of this chapter, shall have the authority to accept from any public or private agency, or from any individual grants or loans for or in aid of the construction of any planned development, or for the payment of bonds, and to receive and accept contributions from any source, of money or property or other things of value to be held, used and applied only for the purposes for which such grants, loans or contributions may be made.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-25; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 25, eff. 8/8/1968.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 351, HB 393,§ 3, eff. 3/15/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 59 - PORTS, HARBORS, LANDINGS AND WATERCRAFT (§§ 59-1-1 — 59-25-17) › Chapter 17 - STATE INLAND PORTS (§§ 59-17-1 — 59-17-57) › Section 59-17-17 - Appraisal of plan for project; agreement between board and county or agency proposing project

On the receipt of an application from any county or agency authorized under the laws of the State of Mississippi to operate or support a port or harbor project, or any part thereof, the board shall cause an independent determination and appraisal to be made of such analysis and survey, and the plan for the improvement, operation, development and expansion of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, and if the board shall find and determine that the plan for the improvement, operation, development or expansion of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, is practical and feasible and is in the public interest, and that such port or harbor, or any part thereof, can be operated economically under state ownership, and that the revenues therefrom would be sufficient, over a period of time, to make such ownership and/or operation by the state self-liquidating, then the board, in its discretion, may negotiate with such participating counties as required by this chapter or other authorized agency on the terms of an agreement for the acquisition by the state of such port or harbor, or any part thereof. The board may modify the proposed plan for the improvement, operation, development or expansion of such port or harbor, or any part thereof, and may impose such terms and conditions as, in its discretion, it may require to protect the interest of the state. Any agreement reached between the board and the participating counties, or other authorized agency, shall be reduced to writing.
Codes, 1942, § 7623-07; Laws, 1968, ch. 430, § 7; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 256, eff. 7/1/1984.