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Mississippi Statutes, Title 55

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Title 55, Parks and Recreation

14 chapters · 255 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 55255 Ch 3, State Parks and Forests42 Ch 7, Bridge and Park Commissions30 Ch 23, Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium29 Ch 5, Federal Parks and National Parkways26 Ch 19, Bienville Recreational District26 Ch 13, Natchez Trace Parkway24 Ch 9, County and Municipal Facilities23 Ch 15, Commemorative Parks and Monuments13 Ch 24, Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission12 Ch 11, Harrison County Parkway11 Ch 25, Rails-to-Trails Recreational District9 Ch 21, Mississippi Zoological Park and Gard…7 Ch 17, International Gardens of Mississippi3

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Miss. Code Ann. § 55-21-13 Municipal contributions to districts
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Any municipality within a zoological park and garden district may contribute to such district from any available source.
Miss. Code Ann. § 55-21-3 Formation of districts
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The board of supervisors of any county by itself or by joining with the board of supervisors of any county adjacent to such county may form a zoological park and garden district. The board of supervisors of any county or counties wishing to form such a district may do so by enter…
Miss. Code Ann. § 55-21-5 Establishment of district board; composition; appointment and terms of office of members of board
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Such zoological park district established as provided for in Section 55-21-3 shall establish a district zoological park and garden board which shall supervise and control the zoological park. The district zoological park and garden board, hereinafter referred to as the board, sha…
Miss. Code Ann. § 55-21-7 Officers of board; appointment of director; meetings; compensation of members of board
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(1) The board shall annually elect a chairman from among its members and such other officers as it may deem necessary for the performance of its duties. It shall appoint a director to serve at its pleasure, and who shall be chosen solely on the basis of his training, experience a…

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Miss. Code Ann. § 55-21-9 General powers and duties of board

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(a) The board shall possess the following powers, duties and responsibilities:(a) The board shall acquire, construct, equip, operate and maintain the district zoological park and garden at a site to be selected by the board. Prior to selection of the site, the board shall prepare…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-1 Legislative findings and declaration of intent

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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and determines:(a) That the Fifty Cents (50¢) per ticket charge and the one-fourth (¼) of the amusement tax provided in Section 7 of Chapter 360, Laws of 1979, as amended by Chapter 456, Laws of 1985, have been insufficient in recent years to full…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-11 Promulgation of rules and regulations governing use of lands and facilities

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The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the use of the lands and facilities under its supervision. The commission may take any action authorized in Section 55-23-8, relating to the property described in such section.

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-13 Maintenance of stadium driveways

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The State Highway Department is hereby authorized and empowered to maintain the driveways which lead to the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium and are a part of the state-owned real property under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission. In car…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-15 Use of state-owned lands for public parking facilities

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The Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission is hereby authorized to utilize certain state-owned land in Hinds County bounded on the east by North State Street, on the north by Taylor Street, on the west by North West Street, and on the south by a street or driveway known…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-17 Penalties

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The commission is authorized to establish penalties for tow-away or impoundment charges for individual or corporate owners of vehicles violating such rules and regulations; and such other general rules and regulations as may be reasonably necessary.

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-19 Maintenance of parking facilities; exemption from fees

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(a) Prior to July 1, 1989, the commission shall contract with the University of Mississippi Medical Center for provision by the medical center of funds in an amount reasonable and necessary to provide the following maintenance of parking facilities at the stadium:(a) Adequate lig…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-21 Enlargement and renovation of stadium generally; public parking facilities

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The Building Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, in addition to all other powers and duties of such commission, to enlarge and renovate the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in order to provide for a modern stadium having a seating capacity of approximately sixty-t…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-23 Contribution by Hinds County to enlargement and renovation of stadium

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In keeping with the purposes of Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43, the Board of Supervisors of Hinds County, Mississippi, is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to transfer and deliver to the Building Commission a sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) out of any fu…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-25 Issuance of bonds for enlargement and renovation of stadium; amount of bond issue; payment of principal and interest on bonds; details and execution of bonds

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Upon receipt of a sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the Board of Supervisors of Hinds County, the Building Commission is authorized at one (1) time or from time to time to petition by resolution to the State Bond Commission for the issuance of negotiable bonds of th…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-27 Negotiability of bonds; exemption from taxation

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All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43 shall be and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code and in exercising the powers gra…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-29 Sale of bonds; interest on bonds; redemption of bonds

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The State Bond Commission shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at public sale, and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the …

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-3 Short title of Sections 55-23-3 through 55-23-11

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Sections 55-23-3 through 55-23-11 may be cited as “The Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Act.”

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-31 Security for payment of bonds

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The bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43 shall be payable from the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Bond Sinking Fund and shall be the general obligations of the State of Mississippi and backed by the full faith and credit of the State of M…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-33 Surcharge on stadium ticket prices for payment of bonds; use of portion of amusement sales tax for payment of bonds; university share of stadium revenues

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(1) An additional charge of Fifty Cents (50¢) per ticket is hereby imposed upon every ticket which is sold (a) to an event conducted in the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in which there participates any team of a university which is a member of the National Collegiate Athl…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-35 Repayment of contribution of Hinds County

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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that Hinds County, Mississippi, be fully reimbursed for the amount of money contributed by it to the enlargement and renovation of Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. To that end, the State Treasurer shall pay to the county out of any ex…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-37 Issuance of warrants for payment of bonds

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The State Treasurer is hereby authorized, without further process of law, to certify to the State Fiscal Management Board the necessity for warrants, and the State Fiscal Management Board is hereby authorized and directed to issue such warrants payable out of the Mississippi Vete…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-39 Proceedings for issuance of bonds; validation of bonds

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Such general obligation bonds 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 Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43. Any resolution providing for the issua…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-41 Mississippi Memorial Stadium Construction Fund; use of Hinds County funds

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The proceeds of the bonds authorized in Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43 and funds appropriated for the enlargement and renovation of the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, including the funds to be supplied by Hinds County and also including funds from any and all other so…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-43 Employment of architects, engineers, etc.; letting of contracts; payment of stadium enlargement and renovation expenses pursuant to Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43

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The Building Commission may employ competent architects, engineers and other qualified agents to prepare plans, specifications and such other data as may be necessary to enable it to carry out the purposes of Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43 in a manner consistent with sound co…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-45 Authorization of repair, remodeling and enlargement of stadium; public parking facilities

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The Building Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to repair and remodel the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium and, notwithstanding the seating capacity limitations set out in Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43, to enlarge said stadium as funds become available for sa…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-47 Provisions governing repair, remodeling and enlargement of stadium

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The repairing, remodeling and enlarging of the Mississippi Memorial Stadium shall be carried on throughout in accordance with the provisions of Section 12, Chapter 390, Laws of 1960.

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-49 Funding of repair, remodeling and enlargement of stadium

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The cost of repairing, remodeling and enlarging the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium shall be paid from any funds appropriated by the Legislature for such purposes, or from the sale of revenue bonds or general obligation bonds issued for this purpose, as may be hereafter aut…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-5 Creation of Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission; composition; qualifications, appointment, terms of office and compensation of members; officers; quorum; director

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(a) There is hereby created a commission to be known as “The Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission,” hereinafter sometimes referred to as the commission, which shall consist of six (6) members as follows:(a) One (1) member shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-51 Designation of athletic field as “A.C. (Butch) Lambert Field.”

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The athletic field at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be named the “A.C. (Butch) Lambert Field.” The Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission shall erect appropriate signs and markers at the stadium to indicate the name of the fiel…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-53 Scheduling of football games at stadium

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Prior to January 1, 1990, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall develop a proposal to encourage scheduling of football games by Mississippi universities in the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, which scheduling will acknowledge the obligation o…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-6 Transfer of operational, administrative and managing powers and duties over Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium to Jackson State University; transfer of certain parcels of Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium property

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(1) From and after March 16, 2011:(a) (i) The Department of Finance and Administration as managing agency for the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, upon consultation with Jackson State University and the Department of Health, shall transfer the operational, administrative an…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-7 Construction, renovation, repair and reconstruction of facilities and property of stadium

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Any construction, renovation, repair and reconstruction to the facilities and property of the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium shall be carried on under the direction of the commission, which is authorized to make and enter into such contracts, agreements and undertakings as…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-8 Lease of Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium property; compliance with existing lease agreements by Jackson State University and University of Mississippi Medical Center

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(1) Jackson State University and the University of Mississippi Medical Center shall comply fully with the terms of any lease agreement entered into by the Department of Finance and Administration with any public or private entity for that portion of the Mississippi Veterans Memor…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-23-9 Possession, operation, maintenance, and improvement of stadium by Jackson State University; existing contracts to be transferred to, acknowledged and complied with by Jackson State University; monies and revenues to be retained by Jackson State University; form for tickets

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Jackson State University shall acquire possession of, operate, maintain and improve the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium until such time that Jackson State University relocates its home football games to another venue, in accordance with the provisions of this section and Se…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-24-1 Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission created

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There is created a Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission to be composed of seven (7) members to be constituted and appointed as provided in Section 55-24-3. For the purposes of this chapter and unless otherwise required by the context, the word “commission” shall mean the Mississ…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-24-11 Budget and employment of clerical assistance

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The Coliseum Commission shall submit its budget and receive an appropriation in accordance with the requirements and procedures set forth in Chapter 496, Laws of 1962, being Section 27-103-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, applicable to “Special Fund Agencies.” The Coliseum Co…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-24-13 Commissioner compensation and expenses

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Each commissioner of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission may receive compensation in the amount authorized in Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972, while engaged in commission meetings or other duties of the commission, but such allowances shall not exceed One Thousand…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-24-15 Letting contracts

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In the letting of contracts and in advertisement for bids thereon for the development, construction, repair or maintenance of any structures, facilities and lands required pursuant to this chapter, the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission shall comply with all of the requirement…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-24-17 Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Trust Fund established; administration of fund; use of monies

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(1) The proceeds from the tax authorized under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 863, Local and Private Laws of 1987, shall be paid to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Trust Fund. The fund shall be used for the operational, maintenance, replacement and ca…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-24-19 The coliseum commission may accept grants and contributions

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The coliseum commission, in addition to the moneys which may be received by it from the sale of bonds and from the collection of revenues, rents and earnings derived under the provisions of this chapter, shall have the authority to accept from any public or private agency, or fro…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-24-21 Full and complete authority

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This chapter shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted.

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-24-23 Conflicting laws superseded

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Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling to the extent of the conflict.

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-24-3 Terms of office

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(1) The Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission shall consist of seven (7) members, who shall be appointed, qualify and take office within thirty (30) days of July 1, 2016. Five (5) commissioners shall be appointed by the Harrison County Board of Supervisors, with each member of th…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-24-5 Qualification, oath and bond

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Before entering upon the duties of the office, each appointed member of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi, and shall enter into and give bond to be appro…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-24-7 Organization; meetings; quorum; office supplies

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After the members of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission have been appointed and qualified as set forth in Section 55-24-3 et seq., they shall meet, on or before August 19, 2016, at quarters provided for them by Harrison County after giving not less than ten (10) days’ noti…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-24-9 Powers of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission

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The Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission, a political subdivision of the State of Mississippi, shall have jurisdiction and authority over matters relating to promoting, developing, maintaining and operating a multipurpose coliseum and related facilities within Harrison County, M…

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

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(1) 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…

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

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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 obli…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-25-13 Deposit of district funds in depository

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All funds of a district shall be deposited by the board of directors in a bank or banks located within the counties or municipalities creating the district and qualified as a county or state depository.

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

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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 …