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Home » US Law » 2020 Mississippi Code » Title 55 - Parks and Recreation » Chapter 25 - Rails-to-Trails Recreational District

§ 55-25-1. Establishment; purpose; acquisition of rights in land; acceptance of funds; contracts for operation and maintenance of trails

The board of supervisors of one or more counties and the governing authorities of one or more municipalities located within participating counties are hereby authorized to act jointly in the establishment of a Rails-To-Trails Recreational District (hereinafter in this chapter “district”) by spreading upon their minutes a resolution establishing such a district. The boundaries of […]

§ 55-25-11. Acceptance of grants, loans, etc., by board

The board of directors of a district is hereby authorized and empowered to accept grants, loans, gifts, bequests or funding from any source, public or private, that the granting agency has authority to provide; but in no circumstances shall the acceptance of any such funding obligate any district to repay a sum in excess of […]

§ 55-25-15. Addition of adjacent counties and municipalities to district

After any district has been formed, any other county located immediately adjacent to a district, and any municipality therein, may join a district by the same procedure as if it were initiating the district, including the appointment of an additional member to the existing board of directors.

§ 55-25-3. District board of directors; appointment; oath of office; compensation

A district shall be governed by a board of directors who shall be appointed as follows: the governing authorities of each participating county and each participating municipality shall appoint one (1) resident of its jurisdiction as its member of the board. The term of each member shall coincide with that of the appointing official, so […]

§ 55-25-5. General powers of board

Any rails-to-trails recreational district, through its board of directors, is hereby empowered: To establish rules and regulations for the use of the recreational facilities of the district; To apply for and accept grants from the United States of America, or from any corporation or agency created or designated by the United States of America, and […]

§ 55-25-6. Publication of rules and regulations; rules and regulations to have force of law upon publication; penalty for violation; recreational facilities developed and operated pursuant to this chapter constitute public highways; rules and regulations of Transportation Commission enforceable on such facilities; vehicle restrictions; municipalities required to enforce the rules and regulations of a rails-to-trails recreational district of which it is a member

The rules and regulations adopted by the Rails-to-Trails Recreational District shall be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper qualified to publish legal notices in each county that is a member of the district. When rules and regulations have been adopted by the district in accordance with Section 55-25-5 and […]