Bonds authorized under the authority of Sections 59-9-37 and 59-9-41 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 […]
In addition and supplemental to the rights, duties and powers now or hereafter conferred by law upon counties having created a county port authority or county development commission, the board of supervisors of any such county, at the request of the county port authority or the county development commission, is authorized and empowered, in its […]
The term “industrial operations” as used in this chapter shall include but not be limited to any and all enterprises, the operation of which will aid in the development of fisheries, shipyard operations, commerce, navigation or shipping in the port, as well as all forms of manufacturing enterprises, tourism enterprises, and service enterprises. Wherever the […]
A county-wide election shall be held to determine whether such bonds, as are provided for in Sections 59-9-37 and 59-9-41, may be issued. Upon the calling of an election, notice of such election shall be signed by the clerk of the board of supervisors and shall be published once a week for at least three […]
Such bonds, as are provided for in Section 59-9-37, shall be general obligations of the county, and for the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, the full faith, credit and resources of such county shall be and are hereby irrevocably pledged, and it shall be the mandatory duty of the board of supervisors […]
Any county which has heretofore issued bonds pursuant to this chapter, is hereby authorized to invest the proceeds of such bonds not needed for immediate use in bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the United States, but such investments shall not be made except upon the approval of the development commission or port […]
The board of supervisors, acting through its county port authority or county development commission, and the governing authorities of the municipality in which the port of entry is located, acting through its port commission, jointly may negotiate a contract or contracts for the development, construction, repair, and maintenance and operation of seaports, wharves, piers, docks, […]
Where the issuance of bonds has been authorized as provided by Section 59-9-57, and so long as any of such bonds shall be outstanding the board of supervisors of such county, and the governing authorities of the municipality wherein the port of entry is located in such county, are authorized to levy and collect an […]
All improvements and facilities constructed pursuant to the joint issuance of bonds by any county and municipality under the authority of Sections 59-9-57 and 59-9-59, shall be maintained and operated under the control of the county port authority and of the port commission. The county port authority and port commission shall, subject to and in […]
In connection with the issuance of bonds or other obligations by any county and municipality jointly pursuant to this chapter, such county and municipality, acting jointly, shall have the powers and duties conferred by Sections 59-7-321 and 59-7-323, and all such powers and duties shall apply to and shall be exercised jointly by such county […]
In addition to authority to issue bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors of any county which has a plan approved by the Mississippi Board of Economic Development for the planned development of any port, harbor or waterway, may, with the approval of the Mississippi Board of Economic Development, issue […]
For the purposes set out in subsection (1) of Section 59-9-65, the board of supervisors of such county, acting by and through the county port authority, and with the supervision and approval of the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, shall have the power to dredge, fill in and reclaim submerged lands and tidelands belonging to […]
In addition to the authority set out in subsection (1) of Section 59-9-65, the board of supervisors of such county may issue general obligation bonds of such county in the additional maximum principal amount of five million dollars ($5,000,000.00), to provide funds for any purposes authorized by Sections 59-9-17 through 59-9-23. Such bonds shall be […]
Any county in the State of Mississippi bordering on the Mississippi Sound or the Gulf of Mexico in which county there is or may hereafter be located a municipality having a harbor or port of entry where commodities are exported to foreign nations, and where there is or may hereafter be maintained a channel and/or […]
The Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board shall assist and supervise the dredging of channel and harbor and preparation of site for the construction of ships, vessels, shipyards, shipbuilding facilities, machinery and equipment, dredges, floating drydocks, graving docks, marine railways, tug boats, or any other facilities required or incidental to the construction, outfitting, drydocking or repair […]
All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 59-9-65 through 59-9-75 shall be and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code and in exercising the powers granted by said sections, the board shall not be required to […]
Sections 59-9-65 through 59-9-75, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of such bonds by such county, and no proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such bonds other than those provided for and required herein, and the limitations of Sections 59-9-37 through […]
This chapter, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed full and complete authority for the issuance and sale of bonds as herein provided, and shall be construed as additional and alternative methods therefor, and none of the present restrictions, requirements, conditions, or limitations of law shall be applicable to the issuance and sale […]
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the bonds issued under this chapter may, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, or the board of supervisors and the governing authorities of the municipality in which the port of entry is located in such county, be validated under Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code […]
The bonds or other obligations issued by counties or municipalities pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of debt which may be incurred by any such county or by any such municipality.
