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Home » US Law » 2020 Mississippi Code » Title 19 - Counties and County Officers » Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities

§ 19-29-45. Annual report and recommendations of railroad authorities

At least once a year an authority shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, or each county if it is a regional authority, and the Governor’s office of planning and coordination, a report of its activities for the preceding year, and shall make recommendations with reference to such additional […]

§ 19-29-5. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: “Act” means the railroad authorities law. “Authority” or “railroad authority” means any of the public bodies corporate and politic created pursuant to this chapter or any law amendatory or supplemental thereto. […]

§ 19-29-7. Creation of county railroad authority; commissioners; public hearing; authorization for county or municipality to create or dissolve authority

Any county in which there is located existing railroad properties and facilities or in which railroad properties and facilities previously existed, but were abandoned after February 5, 1976, may, by resolution, create a public body corporate and politic, to be known as a county railroad authority, which shall be authorized to exercise its functions upon […]

§ 19-29-9. Regional railroad authority; increase or decrease of participating counties; public hearing; commissioners; appointment of executive committee; associate members from outside authority’s jurisdiction

Two (2) or more counties in which there are located railroad properties and facilities of a railroad, or in which such properties and facilities previously existed, but were abandoned after February 5, 1976, may, by resolution of each, create a public body, corporate and politic, to be known as a regional railroad authority which shall […]