Title 51, Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control

As soon as said plans have been developed as hereinbefore provided, a report thereof shall be made by the commissioners, who shall file the same with the clerk of the chancery court. Such report shall include the approval thereof by the board of any levee district within which an…

At the time named in said notice, or on a subsequent date to which the cause may be continued, the chancellor shall hear all property owners within the district who wish to appear and advocate or resist the carrying out of the work plans as filed within said district, and if he d…

If the original plan was made only as to a part of the area within the master water management district, plans for any subsequent projects or works for the remaining area or any part thereof shall be submitted to the chancery court for approval in the manner provided herein, and …

Subject to the board of supervisors making the levy for taxes as requested by the board of commissioners, as set out under Section 51-7-29, any order of the chancery court in connection with a master water management district shall have the force of a judgment. Any owner of real …

In addition to other powers provided in this chapter, the commissioners shall have power to adopt a seal of the district, which shall be judicially noticed; to fix the domicile of the master water management district; to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary …

For the purposes of carrying out the projects and responsibilities outlined herein, the board of commissioners shall have authority to borrow money at a rate of interest not exceeding that allowed in Section 75-17-105, to issue its bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness …

For the purposes of this chapter, including but not limited to the construction and maintenance of works of improvement, expenses of the board of commissioners, assessment of benefits, and for repayment of bonds and interest as provided herein, the commissioners of a master water…

(a) For the purposes of this chapter the following words and terms shall have these meanings:(a) “Master water management district.” A governmental subdivision of this state and a public body, corporate and politic, created under the provisions of this chapter for the purposes se…

If the commissioners at any time either before or after the organization of the district find that other land not embraced within the boundaries of the district will be benefited by the proposed improvement or improvements already made, they shall assess the estimated benefit to …

In like manner of making assessments and at the same time and subject to the same rights of protest and appeal, the commissioners shall also assess and place opposite each tract of land on the assessment roll an estimate of all damages that will accrue to any landowner by reason …

The commissioners may, at any time after the organization of the district, acquire permanent easements and rights of way for constructing, clearing, improving, and maintaining channels, canals and ditches within the district, in accordance with the provisions of Section 51-29-39,…

(1) After the organization of a master water management district, no additional drainage or water management districts shall be organized so as to include any of the area within the boundaries of the master water management district, except with the consent of the master water ma…

No member of any board of commissioners of any master water management district shall be liable for any damages sustained by any one in the prosecution of the work under his charge, unless it shall be made to appear that he has acted with a corrupt and malicious intent.

Any master water management district which has no unmatured bonded indebtedness, and which has constructed no works of improvement or projects as set forth herein or which has completed all purposes for which it was created, may be dissolved by the chancery court which organized …

Whenever, after the expiration of the said period of three years, twenty-five landowners of any such district, or a majority of the landowners of any such district, excluding lands owned by the state, or any landowner or owners owning more than fifty percent (50%) of the total ac…

On hearing, the chancery court shall hear the cause in the same manner as other causes in chancery, and shall dissolve or refuse to dissolve said district as shall appear in the best interests of the landowners, and shall enter an order accordingly. If an order of dissolution is …

Upon dissolution all powers of the district and its commissioners shall cease, except that any just claim, contract, or obligation shall not be impaired, and persons holding such claims shall, on notice of the dissolution as provided herein, file any such claim as they may have i…

Any drainage district organized under any laws of the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized to transfer to any master water management district created under this chapter, within which such drainage district is located, any surplus funds of such drainage district to be used f…

(1) Master water management districts may be organized from the territory of two or more existing drainage or water management districts, from the territory of parts of two or more of such existing districts, from territory in whole or in part of one or more of such existing dist…

A master water management district may be enlarged in the same manner as provided by law for the organization of such district. The petition shall be filed by the commissioners of the master water management district who shall represent in such petition all water management distr…

The governing bodies of the several water management districts and waterway districts heretofore or hereafter organized under authority of law in the State of Mississippi are authorized and empowered to negotiate and contract with each other in the apportionment and distribution …

A petition for creation of a master water management district shall set forth the proposed name of the district, the necessity for the district, and a general description of the region intended to be embraced therein; and it shall pray for the organization of the district by the …