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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 9 - INVENTORIES OF STATE PROPERTY (§§ 29-9-1 — 29-9-21) › Section 29-9-3 - Content

The inventories herein required shall show the name, description, serial number, purchase or construction date, and the cost or purchase price of each article or piece of property, and any further information which the state auditor may require. A number shall be securely attached to each piece of furniture, equipment, or other property designated by the auditor not having a serial number, and the number shall be used in inventories as a serial number. Estimates may be used for purchase prices and dates on items purchased prior to January, 1946, provided records of same are not available.
Codes, 1942, § 3853-02; Laws, 1962, ch. 484, § 2, eff. 7/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 9 - INVENTORIES OF STATE PROPERTY (§§ 29-9-1 — 29-9-21) › Section 29-9-5 - Execution and certification

Each inventory shall be executed in duplicate, the copy shall be retained by the maker for his files, and the original shall be delivered to the state auditor of public accounts. The original shall be certified by the heads of the respective institutions, departments, commissions, and agencies, or a responsible bonded property officer designated by him.
Codes, 1942, § 3853-03; Laws, 1962, ch. 484, § 3, eff. 7/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 9 - INVENTORIES OF STATE PROPERTY (§§ 29-9-1 — 29-9-21) › Section 29-9-7 - Master inventory compiled

The auditor of public accounts shall compile or cause to be compiled from the inventories thus submitted to him one master inventory for the state as a whole, which shall be available for inspection to all state officials and newly elected or appointed officials who are about to take office.
Codes, 1942, § 3853-04; Laws, 1962, ch. 484, § 4, eff. 7/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 9 - INVENTORIES OF STATE PROPERTY (§§ 29-9-1 — 29-9-21) › Section 29-9-11 - Report of additions and deletions

On or before the fifteenth day of each month, the heads of all state agencies shall add to their inventory or inventories the items purchased or otherwise acquired during the last preceding month in the same manner as set forth in the original inventory, and indicate items that have been disposed of and that should be deleted therefrom, showing how and where disposals were made. Should there be no change in the inventory, a report shall be filed so indicating. This additional list and items to be deleted shall be submitted to the auditor of public accounts, to be used to add to or delete from the inventory or inventories in his office.
Codes, 1942, § 3853-05; Laws, 1962, ch. 484, § 5, eff. 7/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 9 - INVENTORIES OF STATE PROPERTY (§§ 29-9-1 — 29-9-21) › Section 29-9-13 - Physical audit

Representatives of the State Auditor's office under the direction of the State Auditor, in making regular audits of the different state agencies, shall make a check or physical audit of the actual items or properties shown on their inventories and related records. Each state agency, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, when requested to do so, shall furnish a competent person or persons to assist in this check or physical audit. The auditor shall keep his records current at all times and shall report to the agency concerned and the general status of the inventory involved, on the completion of each audit.
Codes, 1942, § 3853-06; Laws, 1962, ch. 484, § 6; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 189; Laws, 2012, ch. 567, § 3, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 520, HB 919, 3, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 9 - INVENTORIES OF STATE PROPERTY (§§ 29-9-1 — 29-9-21) › Section 29-9-15 - Rules and regulations

The auditor of public accounts, on approval of the attorney general, is hereby authorized and empowered to make reasonable rules and regulations and to require such additional information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of the inventory requirements of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 3853-07; Laws, 1962, ch. 484, § 7, eff. 7/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 9 - INVENTORIES OF STATE PROPERTY (§§ 29-9-1 — 29-9-21) › Section 29-9-17 - Liability for failure to make inventory; recovery of value of missing items

(1)
If any officer or employee of any state agency shall refuse or fail to make any inventory or supplemental inventory thereto as required herein, or to do so in the manner prescribed by the State Auditor, the State Auditor shall proceed to make, or cause to be made, the inventory or supplemental inventory; and the expense thereof shall be personally borne by said officer or employee, and he shall be responsible on his official bond for the payment of the expense.
(2)
In the event that an examination conducted pursuant to Section
29-9-13
finds items that are included on an agency's inventory which are missing and otherwise unaccounted for, the State Auditor has the authority to proceed under the provisions of Section
7-7-211
to recover the value of the missing items. The demand shall be made against the head of the agency, the agency's property officer and/or the appropriate officer or employee, if identified.
Codes, 1942, § 3853-08; Laws, 1962, ch. 484, § 8; Laws, 1986, ch. 488, § 7, eff. 4/15/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 9 - INVENTORIES OF STATE PROPERTY (§§ 29-9-1 — 29-9-21) › Section 29-9-19 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2009, ch. 546, § 23, eff. 4/15/2009.
Codes, 1942, § 3853-09; Laws, 1962, ch. 484, § 9, eff. 7/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 9 - INVENTORIES OF STATE PROPERTY (§§ 29-9-1 — 29-9-21) › Section 29-9-21 - Complete and current records and reports

It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for more accurate, detailed, and readily available inventory information on all state property, said records to be maintained on machine equipment in the office of the auditor of public accounts. In carrying out the purpose hereof, it shall be the duty of the auditor to maintain his records complete and current and make such reports to the governor and the legislature whenever required, or when the said auditor, in his discretion, finds it necessary to make other and additional reports.
Codes, 1942, § 3853-10; Laws, 1962, ch. 484, § 11; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 190, eff. 7/1/1984.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 11 - ENERGY CONSERVATION IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS [Repealed] (§ 29-11-1) › Section 29-11-1 - through 29-11-13 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1978, ch. 523, § 8, eff. 7/1/1979.
Laws, 1978, ch. 523, §§ 1-7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 13 - FLOOD INSURANCE FOR STATE-OWNED BUILDINGS (§§ 29-13-1 — 29-13-5) › Section 29-13-3 - Filing claims; expenditures

The Department of Finance and Administration shall file any claims for damages covered under the Hurricane Katrina Disaster of 2005 or subsequent flood insurance policies purchased pursuant to Section
29-13-1
. The proceeds of any such claim for damage to a state-owned building shall be paid to the Department of Finance and Administration and the State of Mississippi, which is authorized to expend such proceeds to repair or replace such damaged building.
Laws, 1979, 1st Ex Sess. ch. 5, § 2; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 192; Laws, 1992, ch. 396, § 1; Laws, 2005, 5th Ex Sess, ch. 24, § 2, eff. 10/24/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 13 - FLOOD INSURANCE FOR STATE-OWNED BUILDINGS (§§ 29-13-1 — 29-13-5) › Section 29-13-5 - Inventory of state-owned buildings in flood plain areas

The Department of Finance and Administration shall compile an inventory of all state-owned buildings in any area of the state affected by the Hurricane Katrina Disaster of 2005 or any floodplain areas and any necessary data concerning such buildings. Each agency, board, commission, department and institution of the state shall cooperate in the preparation of the inventory and shall submit any information required by the department in a timely manner which will allow the inventory to be finalized and presented to the appropriate federal and state agencies. Such information shall include the specific location and, where available, the elevation of all state-owned buildings under the jurisdiction of the agency, board, commission, department or institution in any hurricane hazard or floodplain areas.
Laws, 1979, 1st Ex Sess. ch. 5, § 3; Laws, 2005, 5th Ex Sess, ch. 24, § 3, eff. 10/24/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS (§§ 29-15-1 — 29-15-23) › Section 29-15-1 - Definitions

(a)
"Commission" means the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources.
(b)
"Local tidal datum" means the datum established for a specific tide station through the use of tidal observations made at that station.
(c)
"Mean high water" means the arithmetic mean of all the high waters occurring in a particular nineteen-year tidal epoch period; or for a shorter period of time after corrections are applied to the short term observations to reduce these values to the equivalent nineteen-year value.
(d)
"Mean high water line" means the intersection of the tidal datum plane of mean high water with the shore.
(e)
"Mean high water survey" means a survey of the intersection of the shoreline with the tidal datum plane of mean high water using local tidal datums and surveying methodologies approved by the commission. Methodologies shall include but not be limited to the "staking method," "the topographic method" and "tide coordinated aerial photography."
(f)
"National map accuracy standards" means a set of guidelines published by the Office of Management and Budget of the United States to which maps produced by the United States government adhere.
(g)
"Submerged lands" means lands which remain covered by waters, where the tides ebb and flow, at ordinary low tides.
(h)
"Tidelands" means those lands which are daily covered and uncovered by water by the action of the tides, up to the mean line of the ordinary high tides.
Laws, 1989, ch. 495, § 2; Laws, 1994, ch. 578, § 52, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS (§§ 29-15-1 — 29-15-23) › Section 29-15-3 - Declaration of public policy and purpose

(1)
It is declared to be the public policy of this state to favor the preservation of the natural state of the public trust tidelands and their ecosystems and to prevent the despoliation and destruction of them, except where a specific alteration of specific public trust tidelands would serve a higher public interest in compliance with the public purposes of the public trust in which such tidelands are held.
(2)
It is hereby declared to be a higher public purpose of this state and the public tidelands trust to resolve the uncertainty and disputes which have arisen as to the location of the boundary between the state's public trust tidelands and the upland property and to confirm the mean high water boundary line as determined by the Mississippi Supreme Court, the laws of this state and this chapter.
Laws, 1989, ch. 495, § 3, eff. 3/31/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS (§§ 29-15-1 — 29-15-23) › Section 29-15-5 - Tidelands and submerged lands held in public trust; rights of littoral and riparian property owners

(1)
Tidelands and submerged lands are held by the state in trust for use of all the people, and are so held in their character as the beds and shores of the sea and its tidally affected arms and tributaries for the purposes defined by common law and statutory law. Littoral and riparian property owners have common law and statutory rights under the Coastal Wetlands Protection Law which extend into the waters and beyond the low tide line, and the state's responsibilities as trustee extends to such owners as well as to the other members of the public.
(2)
Residential property owners shall not be required to obtain a tidelands lease for exercising their common law and statutory littoral and riparian rights.
Laws, 1989, ch. 495, § 4; Laws, 2012, ch. 403, § 1, eff. 4/18/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS (§§ 29-15-1 — 29-15-23) › Section 29-15-9 - Public Trust Tidelands Fund; distribution of funds derived from lease rentals of tidelands and submerged lands; disbursement of funds appropriated as separate line items in appropriation bill

(1)
There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Public Trust Tidelands Fund." The fund shall be administered by the Secretary of State as trustee.
(2)
Any funds derived from lease rentals of tidelands and submerged lands, except those funds derived from mineral leases, or funds previously specifically designated to be applied to other agencies, shall be transferred to the special fund. However, funds derived from lease rentals may be used to cover the administrative cost incurred by the Secretary of State. Any remaining funds derived from lease rentals shall be disbursed pro rata to the local taxing authorities for the replacement of lost ad valorem taxes, if any. Then, any remaining funds shall be disbursed to the commission for new and extra programs of tidelands management, such as conservation, reclamation, preservation, acquisition, education or the enhancement of public access to the public trust tidelands or public improvement projects as they relate to those lands.
(3)
Any funds that are appropriated as separate line items in an appropriation bill for tideland programs or projects authorized under this section for political subdivisions or other agencies shall be disbursed as provided in this subsection.
(a)
The Department of Marine Resources shall make progress payments in installments based on the work completed and material used in the performance of a tidelands project only after receiving written verification from the political subdivision or agency. The political subdivision or agency shall submit verification of the work completed or materials in such detail and form that the department may require.
(b)
The Department of Marine Resources shall make funds available for the purpose of using such funds as a match or leverage for federal or other funds that are available for the designated tidelands project.
Laws, 1989, ch. 495, § 6; Laws, 1994, ch. 578, § 53; Laws, 2002, ch. 474, § 1, eff. 3/27/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS (§§ 29-15-1 — 29-15-23) › Section 29-15-10 - Public Trust Tidelands Assessments Fund; purpose of fund; distribution of funds derived from certain assessments on gaming licensees; disbursement of funds appropriated as separate line items in an appropriation bill

(1)
There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Public Trust Tidelands Assessments Fund." The purpose of the fund is to ensure that monies derived from the public trust tidelands assessments shall be used for the benefit of preserving and protecting the tidelands and submerged lands found within the three (3) most southern counties of the state. One (1) specific purpose of the fund is to ensure that the annual payment made by the state for the purchase of Deer Island shall continue uninterrupted until the purchase transaction is completed. The fund shall be administered by the Secretary of State, as trustee. None of the funds that are in the special fund or that are required to be deposited into the special fund shall be transferred, diverted or in any other manner expended or used for any purpose other than those purposes specified in this section.
(2)
(a)
Any funds derived from assessments made pursuant to Section
29-1-107(4)(c)
shall be deposited into the special fund.
(b)
Funds paid pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection may be appropriated by the Legislature in an amount necessary to cover the administrative cost incurred by the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources. Any remaining funds shall be disbursed by the commission for new and extra programs of tidelands management, such as conservation, reclamation, preservation, acquisition, education or the enhancement of public access to the public trust tidelands or public improvement projects as they relate to those lands.
(3)
Any funds that are appropriated as separate line items in an appropriation bill for tideland programs or projects authorized under this section for political subdivisions or other agencies shall be disbursed as provided in this subsection.
(a)
The Department of Marine Resources shall make progress payments in installments based on the work completed and material used in the performance of a tidelands project only after receiving written verification from the political subdivision or agency. The political subdivision or agency shall submit verification of the work completed or materials in such detail and form that the department may require.
(b)
The Department of Marine Resources shall make funds available for the purpose of using such funds as a match or leverage for federal or other funds that are available for the designated tidelands project.
Laws, 2005, 5th Ex Sess, ch. 15, § 2, eff. 10/17/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS (§§ 29-15-1 — 29-15-23) › Section 29-15-11 - Lessee of tidelands or submerged lands responsible for tax levy on leasehold interest

Upon the proper authorized leasing of any state public trust tidelands, or submerged lands, the lessee shall be responsible for any county or municipal tax levy upon the leasehold interest.
Laws, 1989, ch. 495, § 7, eff. 3/31/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS (§§ 29-15-1 — 29-15-23) › Section 29-15-13 - Exemptions from any use or rental fees

All public projects of any federal, state or local governmental entity which serve a higher public purpose of promoting the conservation, reclamation, preservation of the tidelands and submerged lands, public use for fishing, recreation or navigation, or the enhancement of public access to such lands shall be exempt from any use or rental fees.
Laws, 1989, ch. 495, § 9, eff. 3/31/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS (§§ 29-15-1 — 29-15-23) › Section 29-15-15 - State public trust tidelands mapping program declared to be in public interest

The Legislature hereby declares that accurate maps of coastal areas are required for many public purposes, and a state public trust tidelands mapping program establishing uniform standards and procedures is declared to be in the public interest.
Laws, 1989, ch. 495, § 10, eff. 3/31/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS (§§ 29-15-1 — 29-15-23) › Section 29-15-17 - Commission to conduct boundary mapping program; additional powers of Commission

(1)
After the preparation and publication of the certified preliminary map, as finally adopted and provided for in Section
29-15-7
, the commission is authorized and directed to conduct a comprehensive program of public trust tidelands boundary mapping with the object of providing accurate surveys of such lands of the state.
(2)
In addition to other such powers as may be specifically delegated to it, the commission is authorized to perform the following functions:
(a)
To coordinate the efforts of all public and private agencies and organizations engaged in the making of tidal surveys and maps of the coastal areas of this state, with the object of avoiding unnecessary duplication and overlapping;
(b)
To serve as a coordinating state agency for any program of tidal surveying and mapping conducted by the federal government;
(c)
To assist any court, tribunal, administrative agency or political subdivision, and to make available to them information regarding tidal surveying and coastal boundary determinations;
(d)
To contract with federal, state or local agencies or with private parties for the performance of any surveys, studies, investigations or mapping activities, for preparation and publication of the results thereof, or for other authorized functions relating to the objectives of this part;
(e)
To develop permanent records of tidal surveys and maps of the state's coastal areas;
(f)
To develop uniform specifications and regulations for tidal surveying and mapping coastal areas of the state;
(g)
To collect and preserve appropriate survey data from coastal areas; and
(h)
To act as a public repository for copies of coastal area maps and to establish a library of such maps and charts.
Laws, 1989, ch. 495, § 11; Laws, 1994, ch. 578, § 54, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS (§§ 29-15-1 — 29-15-23) › Section 29-15-19 - Maps to conform to minimal national map accuracy standards

All maps produced under this program shall conform at least to minimal national map accuracy standards.
Laws, 1989, ch. 495, § 12, eff. 3/31/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS (§§ 29-15-1 — 29-15-23) › Section 29-15-21 - Establishment of local tidal datums and determination of mean high and low water lines; standards

The establishment of local tidal datums and the determination of the location of the mean high water line or the mean low water line, whether by federal, state or local agencies or private parties, shall be made in accordance with the standards and procedures set forth in this chapter, and in accordance with supplementary regulations promulgated by the commission.
Laws, 1989, ch. 495, § 13; Laws, 1994, ch. 578, § 55, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS (§§ 29-15-1 — 29-15-23) › Section 29-15-23 - Establishment of local tidal datums and determination of mean high and low water lines; responsibility; methods

(1)
The establishment of local tidal datums and the determination of the location of the mean high water line or the mean low water line shall be performed by qualified personnel licensed by the Board of Professional Land Surveyors or by representatives of the United States Government when approved by the commission.
(2)
The location of the mean high water line or the mean low water line shall be determined by methods which are approved by the commission for the area concerned.
Laws, 1989, ch. 495, § 14; Laws, 1994, ch. 578, § 56, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 17 - STATE AGENCY REPAIR AND RENOVATION (§§ 29-17-4 — 29-17-6) › Section 29-17-4 - State Agency Repair and Renovation Fund

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "State Agency Repair and Renovation Fund" which shall consist of monies appropriated or otherwise made available therefor by the Legislature. Interest earned on monies in the special fund shall be deposited to the credit of such fund and money shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year into the State General Fund. Money in the special fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature and allocated by the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, Department of Finance and Administration, for the repair, renovation and improvement of existing facilities owned by the State of Mississippi, except for those facilities under the control of the institutions of higher learning and those facilities owned by the community and junior colleges. Such repair, renovation and improvements shall include utility infrastructure projects; heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; and the replacement of furniture and equipment owned by the State of Mississippi. However, the cost of such repair, renovation and improvement for any one project shall not exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). For the purposes of this section, the term "furniture and equipment" shall be limited to the types of furniture and equipment items previously recorded in the agency's inventory.
Laws, 1999, ch. 334, § 3, eff. 3/12/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 18 - [SECURING AREAS FOR FEMALES EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY (SAFER) › Section 29-18-1 - [Short title]

This act shall be known and may be cited as "Securing Areas for Females Effectively and Responsibly Act" or the "SAFER Act."
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 512, SB 2753,§ 1, eff. 5/13/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 18 - [SECURING AREAS FOR FEMALES EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY (SAFER) › Section 29-18-3 - Legislative findings; intermediate scrutiny

The Legislature finds that:
(a)
Females and males should be provided areas, including restrooms, changing facilities and single-sex educational housing spaces, for their exclusive use, respective to their sex, in order to maintain privacy and safety.
(b)
There are important governmental reasons to distinguish between the sexes with respect to spaces where biology, safety, and/or privacy are implicated. As such, policies and laws that distinguish between the sexes are subject to intermediate constitutional scrutiny, which forbids unfair discrimination against similarly situated males and females but allows the law to distinguish between the sexes where such distinctions are substantially related to important governmental objectives.
(c)
These findings reflect the intent of the Legislature to fulfill important governmental interests of protecting students' dignity, health, safety, welfare, and privacy rights by enacting this neutral policy which simply treats equally those of the same and opposite biological sex "determined solely by a birth," without regard to the fluidity of how someone acts or feels.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 512, SB 2753,§ 2, eff. 5/13/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 18 - [SECURING AREAS FOR FEMALES EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY (SAFER) › Section 29-18-5 - Chapter definitions

For purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein:
(a)
"Changing facility" means a space designated for multiple individuals to dress or undress within the same space, including, but not limited to, a dressing room, locker room, changing room, or shower room. This term does not include a single-sex or family-use changing facility.
(b)
"Single-sex educational housing space" means a multi-person dwelling unit, such as a room, suite, or apartment, located within a public education building functioning as housing for student residents at an educational institution and designated for use or occupancy only for members of one (1) sex, but excludes common areas designated for use by members of both sexes.
(c)
"Public education building" means any building, facility or space owned, operated, rented or leased by, or rented or leased to any public school, public university, public community or junior college and the institutions of higher learning.
(d)
"Restroom" means a space designated for multiple individuals that includes toilets and/or urinals. This term does not include a single-sex or family-use restroom.
(e)
"Single-sex or family use changing facility" means a room intended for a single occupant or a family in which one or more persons may be in a state of undress, including, but not limited to, a dressing room, locker room, changing room, or shower room that is enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls and accessed by a full door with a secure lock that prevents another individual from entering while the changing facility is in use.
(f)
"Single-sex or family-use restroom" means a room that includes a toilet or urinal and that is intended for a single occupant or a family, is enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls, and is accessed by a full door with a secure lock that prevents another individual from entering while the room is in use.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 512, SB 2753,§ 3, eff. 5/13/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 18 - [SECURING AREAS FOR FEMALES EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY (SAFER) › Section 29-18-7 - Protection of restroom privacy

Any public education building that maintains a restroom shall, at a minimum, have:
(a)
A restroom designated for exclusive use by females and a restroom designated for exclusive use by males; or
(b)
A single-sex or family-use restroom.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 512, SB 2753,§ 4, eff. 5/13/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 18 - [SECURING AREAS FOR FEMALES EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY (SAFER) › Section 29-18-9 - Protection of changing room privacy

Any public education building that maintains a changing facility must, at a minimum, have:
(a)
A changing facility designated for exclusive use by females and a changing facility designated for exclusive use by males; or
(b)
A single-sex or family-use changing facility.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 512, SB 2753,§ 5, eff. 5/13/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 18 - [SECURING AREAS FOR FEMALES EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY (SAFER) › Section 29-18-11 - Protection of single-sex educational housing space privacy

Any student required to reside in housing at an educational institution shall have the right to be housed in a single-sex educational housing space with persons of the same sex.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 512, SB 2753,§ 6, eff. 5/13/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 18 - [SECURING AREAS FOR FEMALES EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY (SAFER) › Section 29-18-13 - Social fraternity and sorority single-sex housing facilities on public lands shall comply with state law

Social fraternities and sororities at educational institutions that have and operate single-sex housing facilities located on public land shall comply with the definitions contained within this act for purposes of maintaining such facilities as single sex only.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 512, SB 2753,§ 7, eff. 5/13/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 18 - [SECURING AREAS FOR FEMALES EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY (SAFER) › Section 29-18-15 - Permissible purposes to enter sex-designated restrooms, changing facilities or single-sex educational housing spaces

For purposes of this act, a person may not enter a restroom, changing facility, or single-sex educational housing space, designated for the opposite sex, except under the following circumstances:
(a)
To assist or chaperon a child under the age of twelve (12), a vulnerable person as defined in Section
43-47-5
, or a person with a disability as defined in Section
43-6-203(b)
, with such child, vulnerable person, or person with a disability also allowed to enter, with a parent, guardian, or caregiver, the restroom or changing room designated for the sex of their parent, guardian, or caregiver;
(b)
For law enforcement, fire protection or response, or other public safety purposes;
(c)
For governmental purposes, including employees or contractors of governmental entities acting within the scope of their employment or contract;
(d)
For the purpose of rendering emergency medical assistance or to intervene in any other emergency situation where the health or safety of another person is at risk;
(e)
For custodial, maintenance, or inspection purposes, provided that the restroom or changing facility is not in use;
(f)
If the appropriate designated restroom or changing facility is out of order or under repair and the restroom or changing facility designated for the opposite sex contains no person of the opposite sex; or
(g)
In single-sex educational housing spaces as authorized by educational institutions for moving, visiting, administrative, health, or other authorized purposes.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 512, SB 2753,§ 8, eff. 5/13/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 18 - [SECURING AREAS FOR FEMALES EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY (SAFER) › Section 29-18-17 - Private enforcement

(1)
A person may assert a violation of this act as a claim or defense in a judicial or administrative proceeding.
(2)
Any person under eighteen (18) years of age may bring an action at any time to assert a violation of this act through a parent or next friend and may bring an action in their own name upon reaching the age of eighteen (18) years of age.
(3)
Any attorney's fees may be awarded by the court as it deems appropriate.
(4)
No private cause of action against a public school, state agency, public university, public community college or junior college, or the institutions of higher learning is authorized by this act.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 512, SB 2753,§ 9, eff. 5/13/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 18 - [SECURING AREAS FOR FEMALES EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY (SAFER) › Section 29-18-19 - Attorney General enforcement

(1)
The Attorney General shall bring an action to enforce compliance with this act.
(2)
This act shall not be construed to deny, impair, or otherwise affect any right or authority of the Attorney General, the State of Mississippi, or any agency, officer, or employee of the state, acting under any law other than this act, to institute or intervene in any proceeding.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 512, SB 2753,§ 10, eff. 5/13/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-1 - Contracts for printing, binding, etc

The responsibility for the making of contracts for printing, binding, engraving and lithographing is hereby vested in each state agency or office which requires such printing, binding, engraving and lithographing, including but not restricted to the Secretary of State, State Department of Education, State Tax Commission, Supreme Court, Department of Insurance, State Auditor, Public Service Commission, State Treasurer, State Fiscal Management Board, State Veterans Affairs Board, Attorney General, Department of Agriculture and Commerce, State Board of Pharmacy, State Board of Dental Examiners, State Law Library, State Board of Health, Mississippi Department of Corrections, State Educational Finance Commission, Department of Archives and History, Mississippi State Hospital and Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.
All contracts referred to herein shall be submitted to and approved by the State Fiscal Management Board prior to their execution, except that those contracts under the jurisdiction of the Legislature shall be submitted to and approved by the Legislative Budget Office.
All state agencies shall purchase all commodities required for their operation or for the proper fulfillment of their duties and functions in accordance with Chapter 7 of this title in order to coordinate and promote efficiency and economy in the purchase of such commodities for the state.
Codes, 1942, §§ 8961-01, 8961-04; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, §§ 1, 29; Laws, 1978, ch. 458, § 24; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 193; Laws, 1986, ch. 500, § 15; Laws, 1987, ch. 461, § 2, eff. 4/14/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-2 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1987, ch. 461, § 3, eff. 4/14/1987.
Laws, 1986, ch. 500, § 14.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-3 - Duties vested in Secretary of State

Any other duties and powers heretofore vested in the former office of board of public contracts and not specifically transferred to a specific state agency or office or specifically repealed are transferred to and vested in the Secretary of State.
Codes, 1942, § 8961-03; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, § 28, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-5 - Kinds of paper to be used

The paper for printing the acts of the Legislature, journals, all pamphlets, department reports, messages, and the like shall be of good quality of a standard book paper of not less than fifty (50) pounds to the ream, and for bills, blanks, circulars, and the like to be of good bond of not less than sixteen (16) pounds to the ream.
Codes, 1892, § 3296; 1906, § 3752; Hemingway's 1917, § 6446; 1930, § 5953; 1942, § 8998; Laws, 1935, ch. 33.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-7 - Kinds of type to be used

The following kinds of type shall be used: The acts of the Legislature shall be set in eight- or ten-point type, solid or leaded, as the Secretary of State may direct; the journals of the Senate and the House shall be set in eight-point type, solid; the department reports, miscellaneous books, pamphlets, and Governor's messages, and the like shall be set in ten-point, eight-point and/or six-point, or other sizes of type, within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The matters of spacing between paragraphs, and of style and type of marginal or headnotes shall be within the discretion of the Secretary of State.
Codes, 1892, § 3295; 1906, § 3751; Hemingway's 1917, § 6445; 1930, § 5952; 1942, § 8997; Laws, 1935, ch. 33; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, § 10, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-9 - Binding

Two kinds of binding for books shall be used, to wit: full buckram, or stiff boards with buckram backs, unless otherwise specified and ordered by the Secretary of State.
A number of copies each of the acts and journals of the Legislature and department reports shall be bound in buckram, sufficient for the state and county libraries and colleges and for such other distribution as the law directs. The exact number of copies of each of the foregoing to be thus bound is left within the discretion of the Secretary of State.
All the remaining copies of the acts and journals shall be bound either in full buckram, or in stiff boards with buckram backs, as the Secretary of State may direct.
The messages of the Governor, reports of officers, boards and institutions, and all other pamphlets shall be in paper covers only, except as the Secretary of State, in his discretion, may direct.
Codes, 1892, §§ 3297, 3306-3308; 1906, §§ 3753, 3762-3764; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 6447, 6455-6457; 1930, §§ 5954, 5962-5964; 1942, §§ 8999, 9005-9007; Laws, 1935, ch. 33; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, §§ 11, 16-18.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-11 - Contents of page

The acts of the Legislature, the journals, department reports, pamphlets, and the like shall be set in type of the respective sizes as provided in Section
31-1-7
and in a style such as economy and good workmanship require, within the discretion and under the direction of the Secretary of State. The type size of the pages of the acts, journals and department reports shall be twenty-six (26) by forty-four (44) pica ems, with a trim size of six (6) by nine (9) inches. Pamphlets and books other than the acts, journals and reports shall be of the same or a more convenient size, within the discretion of the Secretary of State. Blank pages shall not be paid for, and in all cases where unnecessary spaces are left, the Secretary of State, in estimating the number of pages in a job, shall deduct a half page for every unnecessary space.
Codes, 1892, § 3298; 1906, § 3754; Hemingway's 1917, § 6448; 1930, § 5955; 1942, § 9000; Laws, 1935, ch. 33; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, § 12, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-13 - No extra charge for collating

No charge shall be made for counting, folding, stitching, collating, drying, pressing, or other like thing, but all such matter shall be considered as embraced in the printing or binding, as the case may be. The printer or binder, in all instances, is to be understood as obligated to furnish free of cost all paper and material used in the performance of his contract, and to receive and deliver all matter at the capitol.
Codes, 1892, § 3301; 1906, § 3757; Hemingway's 1917, § 6450; 1930, § 5957; 1942, § 9001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-15 - Number to be printed

The acts of the Legislature shall be printed in two (2) volumes, one (1) volume containing the public or general acts of the Legislature and the other volume the local and private acts of the Legislature, but for use of state departments the two (2) volumes can be combined. The number of general or public acts of the Legislature, of the local and private acts of the Legislature, of the journals of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the Governor's message, and of the reports of officers, boards, and institutions to be printed, severally and respectively, shall be left within the discretion of the Secretary of State; and the Secretary of State may sell at a price, approximately the cost of publication, such copies of the laws and journals as may not be needed in the distribution, now or hereinafter required, and for the use of the Legislature and officers of the state.
The Secretary of State is authorized to dispose of all copies of the laws and journals after having kept same and failed to sell same as is provided by law at the expiration of a period of three (3) years from the date of publication. However, the Secretary of State shall keep a minimum of five (5) copies of each such publication on file in his office.
Codes, 1892, § 3302; 1906, § 3758; Hemingway's 1917, § 6451; 1930, § 5958; 1942, § 9002; Laws, 1924, ch. 350; Laws, 1935, ch. 33; Laws, 1952, ch. 334; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, § 13; Laws, 2012, ch. 390, § 3, eff. 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-17 - Printing schedule

The Secretary of State shall furnish to the contractor for printing all of the acts of the Legislature within thirty (30) days after the adjournment thereof. The contractor, within ninety (90) days thereafter, shall print, with the index, and bind all copies of the acts as required by the Secretary of State and deliver same to the said secretary, who may extend the time of the contractor, if necessary.
Within six (6) months after the adjournment of the Legislature, the journals of the two (2) houses shall be printed with the indexes, bound, and delivered to the Secretary of State, unless the time be extended by said Secretary of State.
Codes, 1892, §§ 3303, 3304; 1906, §§ 3759, 3760; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 6452, 6453; 1930, §§ 5959, 5960; 1942, §§ 9003, 9004; Laws, 1900, ch. 63; Laws, 1935, ch. 33; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, §§ 14, 15, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-19 - Labeling

The acts of the Legislature shall be labeled "Laws of Mississippi" including the year of their passage, and the label shall indicate whether the laws are "general" or "local and private"; and if enacted at an extraordinary session, the label shall so indicate. The journals of the Legislature shall be labeled "House Journal-Mississippi," and "Senate Journal-Mississippi," respectively, and the year of the session shall be indicated thereon; and if for an extraordinary session, the label shall so indicate. The bound copies of the department reports shall be labeled "Department Reports, State of Mississippi," and the label shall disclose the year covered by the reports.
The department reports consist of the Governor's message and the annual reports of all offices, boards, commissions, agencies and institutions.
Codes, 1892, §§ 3309, 3310; 1906, §§ 3765, 3766; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 6458, 6459; 1930, §§ 5965, 5966; 1942, §§ 9008, 9009; Laws, 1935, ch. 33; Laws, 1966, ch. 547, § 2, eff. 5/27/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-21 - Contractor's accounts

All contractors shall specify each job of work charged for and attach to the account the receipt of the proper officer for the work. The accounts must be accompanied with one copy of each job, of the paper containing the matter charged for, and must state the number of ems or inches and all particulars.
Codes, 1892, § 3313; 1906, § 3767; Hemingway's 1917, § 6460; 1930, § 5967; 1942, § 9010; Laws, 1912, ch. 205; Laws, 1935, ch. 33.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 31 - PUBLIC BUSINESS, BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-31-41) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS (§§ 31-1-1 — 31-1-27) › Section 31-1-23 - Department to read proof

The department for which the work is done shall examine the proof sheets of all work executed under the provisions of this chapter, and see that they are correctly printed and that all such work is executed in a suitable manner and in accordance with the requirements of law.
Codes, 1892, § 3314; 1906, § 3768; Hemingway's 1917, § 6461; 1930, § 5968; 1942, § 9011; Laws, 1935, ch. 33; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, § 19, eff. 8/8/1968.