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§ 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 […]

§ 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 […]

§ 29-15-1. Definitions

“Commission” means the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources. “Local tidal datum” means the datum established for a specific tide station through the use of tidal observations made at that station. “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 […]

§ 29-15-3. Declaration of public policy and purpose

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 […]