Title 29, Public Lands, Buildings and Property

During the period each year when the Legislature is in session, all parking spaces adjacent to the Capitol grounds on the west side of President Street and on both sides of High Street shall be reserved for the use of Capitol employees. The Office of General Services is instructe…

The Office of General Services is hereby directed to erect suitable signs or markers to indicate the parking spaces reserved, in conformity with Sections 29-5-57 through 29-5-67 and Sections 29-5-71 through 29-5-77. The state highway department is hereby directed to cooperate wit…

The driveway on the north side of the New Capitol Building leading from High Street to the north entrance to said building shall not be used for parking. When the legislature is not in session, no person other than elected state officials and state employees whose official duties…

Any person, other than an out-of-state tourist, who shall knowingly allow his automobile or vehicle to remain parked for a longer period than two (2) hours in any of the parking spaces adjacent to the north side of the New Capitol which are reserved for tourists, visitors, and pe…

(1) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the Lieutenant Governor are authorized to make such regulations as they may deem necessary for preserving the peace and securing the State Capitol from defacement, and for the protection of the property therein. The Lieutenant G…

(a) Grounds of public buildings over which the Department of Finance and Administration has jurisdiction shall comprise the following:(a) In the City of Jackson, Mississippi:(i) The grounds surrounding all state buildings identified in Section 29-5-2(a)(i) and all seat of governm…

Public travel in and occupancy of the grounds under the authority of the Office of General Services described in Section 29-5-81 shall be restricted to the roads, walks and places prepared for that purpose by paving or otherwise. It is forbidden to occupy the roads, walks or plac…

It is forbidden to offer or expose any article for sale in or on such grounds; to display any sign, placard, or other form of advertisement therein; or to solicit fares, alms, subscriptions, or contributions therein.

It is forbidden to step or climb upon, remove, or in any way injure any statue, seat, wall, fountain, or other erection or architectural feature, or any tree, shrub, plant, or turf in such grounds.

It is forbidden to discharge any firearm, firework or explosive, set fire to any combustible, make any harangue or oration, or utter loud, threatening, or abusive language in such grounds.

(1) The director shall have the power and is hereby authorized to employ an elevator operator for the New Capitol Building. (2) The Senate Management Committee and the House Management Committee (or any successors having responsibility for the hiring of legislative employees), ac…

It is forbidden to parade, stand, or move in processions or assemblages in such grounds, or to display therein any flag, banner, or device designed or adapted to bring into public notice any party, organization, or movement, except as hereinafter provided.

Any person violating provisions of Sections 29-5-83 through 29-5-91 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Prosecution for such offenses shall be had in the …

On certain occasions of state interest, the Office of General Services is authorized to suspend so much of the prohibitions contained in Sections 29-5-83 through 29-5-91 as would prevent the use of the roads and walks of the capitol grounds by processions or assemblages, and the …

The Mayfair Building, located at 637 North President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, shall be renamed. The Mayfair Building shall be named the Ike Sanford Veterans Affairs Building.

The State Executive Building, located at 401 North Congress Street in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be renamed the Heber Ladner Building. The state building commission shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the Heber Ladner Bui…

(1) The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority shall be the mineral lease commission, and shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the mineral lease commission under the provisions of Section 29-7-1 et seq. (2) The words “mineral lease commission,” whenever they may…

All sums of money realized and/or received from the sale of any and all oil or gas or other minerals, lease contract, rentals, royalties, or otherwise, contemplated by this chapter, shall be immediately deposited in the general fund of the state treasury.

That the state mineral lease commission is hereby authorized to pay to the proper local taxing district in which are located sixteenth section school lands or lieu lands that fall within the definition of coastal wetlands, that portion of funds received from leases entered into o…

(1) Any person found by the commission to be violating any of the provisions of Section 29-7-3, or any rule or regulation or written order of the commission in pursuance thereof, or any condition or limitation of a permit shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than Ten T…

(1) The hearings, as provided under Section 29-7-21(1), may be conducted by the commission itself at a regular or special meeting of the commission, or the commission may designate a hearing officer, who may conduct such hearings in the name of the commission at any time and plac…

(1) Any person or interested party aggrieved by any final rule, regulation, permit or order of the commission may file a petition with the commission within thirty (30) days after the final rule, regulation, permit or order is entered on the minutes. The petition shall set forth …

There shall be no development or extraction of oil, gas, or other minerals from state-owned lands by any private party without first obtaining a mineral lease therefor from the commission. The commission is hereby authorized and empowered, for and on behalf of the state, to lease…

When any state land mentioned in this chapter is known to be within a well defined proven oil and/or gas field, is subject to waste or dissipation, has not been heretofore leased or under contract, is so situated that the production of such oil and/or gas is needed and useful to …

The state mineral lease commission is authorized and empowered to contract for the construction and/or laying and operation of a suitable state-owned pipe line or lines for the transportation of any state-owned natural gas and/or oil for use by the state-owned buildings and/or in…

The state mineral lease commission shall keep a well-bound book for the purpose of keeping the minutes of all its proceedings, contracts, papers, and records, all of which shall be printed or written therein in full, and shall keep a permanent file in such place and manner contai…

The state auditor of public accounts shall require the heads of all state agencies to make an inventory of all lands, buildings, equipment, furniture, and other personal property owned by or under the control of the respective agencies, except highway rights of way owned or acqui…

On or before the fifteenth day of each month, the heads of all state agencies shall add to their inventory or inventories the items purchased or otherwise acquired during the last preceding month in the same manner as set forth in the original inventory, and indicate items that h…

Representatives of the State Auditor’s office under the direction of the State Auditor, in making regular audits of the different state agencies, shall make a check or physical audit of the actual items or properties shown on their inventories and related records. Each state agen…

The auditor of public accounts, on approval of the attorney general, is hereby authorized and empowered to make reasonable rules and regulations and to require such additional information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of the inventory requirements o…

(1) If any officer or employee of any state agency shall refuse or fail to make any inventory or supplemental inventory thereto as required herein, or to do so in the manner prescribed by the State Auditor, the State Auditor shall proceed to make, or cause to be made, the invento…

It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for more accurate, detailed, and readily available inventory information on all state property, said records to be maintained on machine equipment in the office of the auditor of public accounts. In carrying out the purpose hereof, it …

The inventories herein required shall show the name, description, serial number, purchase or construction date, and the cost or purchase price of each article or piece of property, and any further information which the state auditor may require. A number shall be securely attache…

Each inventory shall be executed in duplicate, the copy shall be retained by the maker for his files, and the original shall be delivered to the state auditor of public accounts. The original shall be certified by the heads of the respective institutions, departments, commissions…

The auditor of public accounts shall compile or cause to be compiled from the inventories thus submitted to him one master inventory for the state as a whole, which shall be available for inspection to all state officials and newly elected or appointed officials who are about to …

(1) Whenever any vehicle, equipment, office furniture, office fixture or any other personal property which has been acquired or is owned by any institution, department or agency of the State of Mississippi becomes obsolete or is no longer needed or required for the use of such in…

(1) The Department of Finance and Administration (“department”) shall purchase and maintain business property insurance and business personal property insurance on all state-owned buildings and/or contents as required by federal law and regulations of the Federal Emergency Manage…

The Department of Finance and Administration shall file any claims for damages covered under the Hurricane Katrina Disaster of 2005 or subsequent flood insurance policies purchased pursuant to Section 29-13-1. The proceeds of any such claim for damage to a state-owned building sh…

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, commissio…

(a) “Commission” means the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources. (b) “Local tidal datum” means the datum established for a specific tide station through the use of tidal observations made at that station. (c) “Mean high water” means the arithmetic mean of all the high water…

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Public Trust Tidelands Assessments Fund.” The purpose of the fund is to ensure that monies derived from the public trust tidelands assessments shall be used for the benefit of preserving and protecting …

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, upon the proper authorized leasing of any state public trust tidelands, or submerged lands, the lessee shall be responsible for any county or municipal tax levy upon the leasehold interest. (2) Any leases and/or subleases …

All public projects of any federal, state or local governmental entity which serve a higher public purpose of promoting the conservation, reclamation, preservation of the tidelands and submerged lands, public use for fishing, recreation or navigation, or the enhancement of public…

The Legislature hereby declares that accurate maps of coastal areas are required for many public purposes, and a state public trust tidelands mapping program establishing uniform standards and procedures is declared to be in the public interest.

(1) After the preparation and publication of the certified preliminary map, as finally adopted and provided for in Section 29-15-7, the commission is authorized and directed to conduct a comprehensive program of public trust tidelands boundary mapping with the object of providing…

All maps produced under this program shall conform at least to minimal national map accuracy standards.