§ 59-5-57. Payment of county’s share of state ad valorem taxes for harbor purposes to state port authority
In the event of state ownership of any port or harbor, in its entirety, in any county which may now or hereafter be authorized by law to receive a portion of the state ad valorem tax for port or harbor purposes, such portion of the state ad valorem tax shall be paid to the state […]
§ 59-5-59. Allocation of revenues, rents and earnings to payment of bonds; sinking fund
The net revenues, rents, and earnings derived from any planned development or the net revenues, rents, and earnings received by the board produced by a state port, harbor, or part thereof, for which bonds have been issued, shall be pledged and allocated by the board to the payment of the principal of and interest on […]
§ 59-5-61. Refunding bonds
The board is authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds by the state bond commission for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter and then outstanding, together with interest thereon to the date of such refunding bonds, and redemption premium thereon, if any. The issuance […]
§ 59-5-63. Bonds as legal investments and securities for deposits of public funds
All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies, the board of trustees of the public employees’ retirement system, and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may […]
§ 59-5-65. Representation of Sate Bond Commission by Attorney General; payment of costs of sale, issuance and delivery of bonds
Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall represent the State Bond Commission in issuing, selling and validating bonds herein provided for. The State Bond Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to pay the costs that are incident to the sale, issuance and delivery of the bonds […]
§ 59-5-67. Annual audit of state port authorities
The books and accounts of all state port authorities shall be audited at the end of each fiscal year by the state auditor. A copy of the audit shall be filed with the governor, the state auditor, the state fiscal management board, legislative budget office and the Mississippi Board of Economic Development, and a copy […]
§ 59-5-49. Validation of bonds
Such bonds as are authorized by this chapter may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this chapter. The bonds authorized under the authority of this chapter may, in the discretion of the state bond […]
§ 59-5-19. Approval of agreement for conveyance of port or harbor to state; terms and conditions of conveyance
Any agreement as hereinabove provided for, reached between the board and the city or county, or other authorized port or harbor agency, shall be reduced to writing and shall set out the terms and conditions under which such port or harbor, or any part thereof, shall be conveyed to the state and shall specifically set […]
§ 59-5-21. Operation by state port authority of ports or harbors acquired by or conveyed to state
Any port or harbor, or any part thereof, and all facilities, structures, lands or other improvements, acquired by or conveyed to the state, shall be operated by the board acting through a state port authority for such port or harbor, except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter. Such state port authority shall be […]
§ 59-5-23. Authorization of contracts, etc., for improvement, operation, etc., of port or harbor
Any city, county, or city and county acting jointly, or authorized port or harbor agency may enter into contracts, leases or agreements with the board upon such terms or conditions and for such purposes relating to the improvement, operation, development, and expansion of any port, harbor, or inland waterway, or any part thereof as they […]