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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. § 55-5-21 Definitions
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For the purposes of Sections 55-5-19 through 55-5-33, all terms applying to any parkway, such as “secretary,” “parkway,” “scenic landscape,” “sightly or safety easement,” “access,” “parkway road,” “frontage,” and other or similar terms, which are defined in any act of the United …
Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-23 Duty of Highway Commission to make investigations, surveys, studies and plans concerning national parkway
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The State Highway Commission shall have full authority to make such investigations, surveys, studies and plans in connection with any proposed national parkway or parkway development as it shall deem necessary or desirable in order to determine if the proposed development, under …
Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-25 Findings and determination of Highway Commission concerning parkway
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When the State Highway Commission has completed its investigations with respect to any proposed national parkway development, it shall make its findings and determination with respect to such proposed development. Such finding and determination shall state whether or not such pro…
Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-27 Powers of Highway Commission to secure parkway development for state; utilization of county highway funds

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If the State Highway Commission, after such investigations and studies, shall find that the proposed parkway development is advantageous to the state, it shall have full authority to perform, on behalf of the state, each and every duty required of the state by the act of the Unit…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-29 Acquisition of easements and rights-of-way by Highway Commission; conveyance of state and local government property to United States

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All lands for right of way to be acquired in the fee simple and all easements necessary to be acquired for the purposes of the proposed national parkway development may be acquired by the State Highway Commission in the name of the state, as may be required by the act of the Unit…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-3 Construction

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Sections 55-5-1 through 55-5-17, being necessary for and to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare of municipalities, counties and other political subdivisions of the State of Mississippi, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-31 Authorization of expenditures by Highway Commission

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The State Highway Commission shall not make any expenditures in furtherance of Sections 55-5-19 through 55-5-33 unless specifically authorized to do so by the legislature.

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-33 Construction

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All powers granted in Sections 55-5-19 through 55-5-33 shall be liberally construed in favor of the State Highway Commission and any proposed national parkway development projects.

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-5 Conveyances by counties of rights-of-way and easements for construction of roadways and parkways by federal government; eminent domain; powers of federal government as to national roadways or parkways generally

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The board of supervisors of any county within the State of Mississippi through which or adjoining which the United States government or any of its agencies desires to construct a roadway or a roadway and parkway in connection therewith, shall have full power to donate such rights…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-51 Creation of commission

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There is hereby created and established a commission to be known as the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Mississippi, referred to as the commission in Sections 55-5-51 through 55-5-63.

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-53 Composition of commission; appointment and terms of office of members

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The commission shall be composed of ten (10) members, of whom two (2) shall be residents of DeSoto, Tunica and Coahoma Counties; two (2) shall be residents of Bolivar and Washington Counties; two (2) shall be residents of Sharkey, Issaquena and Warren Counties; two (2) shall be r…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-55 Selection of officers; meetings; quorum

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At the first meeting of the commission, and annually thereafter, the members shall select a chairman and a secretary from the membership. Meetings of the commission shall be called by the chairman on his own motion or on request of any five (5) members. Except in the case of an e…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-57 Compensation of members

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The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services on the commission. Members of the commission shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending the regular meetings of the state commission or the annual or any special meetin…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-59 Relationship with National Commission and Mississippi Highway Department

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The commission shall be an affiliate of the National Commission and shall cooperate with and assist the National Commission in promoting interest in, and the development and use of, the Great River Road as designated by the Federal Bureau of Roads. The commission shall also serve…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-61 Assistance of commission by state agencies

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The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall designate one (1) employee of the Transportation Department who is an engineer or who has engineering experience, and the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall appoint one (1) member of the Mississippi Depart…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-63 Erection of signs along Great River Road

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The state highway commission is hereby authorized and directed to erect and maintain signs designating the route of the Great River Road through Mississippi. The signs used to designate the route shall be the standard marker developed and approved for the Great River Road by the …

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-7 Conveyances of roads or rights-of-way by Highway Commission

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The State Highway Commission of the State of Mississippi is hereby fully authorized to convey and set over unto the United States government, or any of its subsidiary departments when approved by the Governor of the State of Mississippi, any and all rights of way or roads which i…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-5-9 Conveyances by Governor; grant of rights-of-way, easements, etc., in sixteenth section lands

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The Governor of the State of Mississippi is further authorized to convey to the United States or any of its subsidiary agencies any and all lands owned by the State of Mississippi which have been acquired by tax sale, donation, or gift. The said State of Mississippi and the said …

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-1 Purpose of chapter

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Since the continuing and growing economic and commercial development of navigation, harbor facilities, boat and related facilities along, in or near the navigable waters of the state is of general importance to the whole state and should be encouraged and assisted by legislative …

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-11 General powers of commission

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The bridge and park commission shall have power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, to adopt and alter a corporate seal, and to exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire private property necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes for which such commis…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-13 Acquisition of lands by commission; authorization

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The bridge and park commission shall have the power, among others, in the case of the municipal agency, to acquire for park, recreational, harbor development and other similar purposes, by the exercise of eminent domain or otherwise, and by gift, grant or purchase, for any purpos…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-15 Acquisition of lands by commission; confirmation of title to submerged lands

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The bridge and park commission which has acquired submerged lands, and before such lands have been reclaimed, shall bring its suit in the chancery court of the county in which such lands lie, against the state and all the world for confirmation of the commission’s title to such s…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-17 Construction, operation, etc., of bridges, ferries, causeways, and tunnels by commission

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The bridge and park commission shall have power to construct, build, maintain, operate, reconstruct and repair a bridge or bridges, a ferry or ferries, a causeway or causeways, or a tunnel or tunnels, or any combination thereof, connecting any island acquired, in whole or in part…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-19 Improvement, etc., of lands acquired by commission

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The bridge and park commission shall have power to establish, acquire, complete, enlarge, ornament, build, rebuild and improve in, or on, or about any island or part thereof, acquired by the commission, public parks, boulevards, bridges, viaducts and approaches thereto, wharves, …

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-21 Leasing and sale of lands and interests acquired by commission

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(1) The park and bridge commission shall have power to lease or sell to private persons or corporations, real estate or any interest therein, acquired by said commission, whether improved or unimproved, and including reclaimed or filled-in lands, whenever it shall find such real …

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-23 Power to fix and collect rates, fees, charges and tolls for use of services and facilities

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The bridge and park commission shall have the power to fix and collect rates, fees, charges, and tolls for the use of any bridge, tunnel or causeway constructed and operated by it and for the use of any other service or facility provided by it.

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-25 Employment of personnel by commission

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The bridge and park commission shall have power to appoint and employ such officers, agents, attorneys, engineers, architects, financial consultants, and employees as the commission may find to be necessary to perform the services required and authorized under this chapter, and t…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-27 Dredging, etc., of channels

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The bridge and park commission shall have the power and is authorized, in connection with its work of development and functions as provided in this chapter, to dredge, deepen and widen any adjacent or existing channels, when this may be done consistently with and in aid of normal…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-29 Acceptance of federal aid and assistance

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Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, the bridge and park commission shall have the power and is authorized, in connection with its work of development and functions as provided in this chapter, to accept contributions or loans from the United States, or …

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-3 General grant of authority to certain municipalities and counties

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The governing authorities of any municipality bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico in which there is situated and located, in whole or in part, a port or harbor through which commerce flows, and having in its corporate limits one or more industries engaged in the …

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-31 Disposition of revenues of commission

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All revenues, income and moneys received by the bridge and park commission shall be deposited in the depository or depositories which shall be selected by the governing authorities of the municipality or county, in the same manner as depositories are selected for said municipalit…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-33 Issuance of bonds by commission generally

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For the purpose of providing funds for the corporate purposes of the bridge and park commission, the commission shall have power to borrow money and to issue its bonds in evidence thereof, payable from the income and revenues derived and to be derived from the operation of any of…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-35 Imposition of tax levy for payment of bonds

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If the bridge and park commission shall determine by order entered upon its minutes and the governing authorities of the municipality or county concerned concur in the findings of the commission by order entered upon its minutes that in order to render the bonds to be issued unde…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-37 Division of ad valorem taxes on commission’s property

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(1) Any ad valorem taxes levied each year by or for the benefit of any city, county, city and county, district, or other public corporation (hereinafter sometimes called “taxing agencies”), upon any real property which is acquired by the commission and leased or sold to private p…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-39 Details of bonds; execution and sale of bonds

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Any such bonds authorized by Section 55-7-33 shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by the bridge and park commission, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding, however, six percent (6%) per annum, shall be in such denomination or denominations, shall be paya…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-41 Security for payment of bonds generally

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The bridge and park commission, in the issuance of any bonds or securities pursuant to its authority under this chapter, or any other statute, may, in its discretion, authorize and have inserted in such bonds or securities a provision to the effect that such bonds or securities s…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-43 Pledge of income, revenues and grants for payment of bonds; contents of bond issue resolution

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Whenever bonds are issued by the bridge and park commission under this chapter, an amount of the income, revenues or grants from all sources received by the commission, after the deduction of the necessary expenses of operating and maintaining the facilities and properties of sai…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-45 Pledge of or payments from revenue derived through Section 65-33-45

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No bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be secured by pledge of or be paid, either as to principal or interest, from, any revenue derived through Section 65-33-45.

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-47 Validation of bonds

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Any bonds which may be authorized to be issued by the bridge and park commission may be submitted to validation as provided by Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972.

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-49 Rates, fees, charges, and tolls for services or use of facilities

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Whenever such bonds are issued by the bridge and park commission, the rates, fees, charges and tolls to be established for the use of any bridge or causeway or for the services or use of any of the facilities owned or operated by the commission, or to be received by it from conce…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-5 Creation of commission; composition; qualifications, appointment, terms of office, oath, and bond of members

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Such municipality and/or such county shall have the authority to establish by ordinance a bridge and park commission as a municipal agency of said municipality or as a county agency of said county to be known and designated as the “bridge and park commission.” Such bridge and par…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-51 Enforcement of rights of bondholders

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The holder of any bond issued by the bridge and park commission or of any coupon attached thereto, may in any civil action, mandamus or other proceedings enforce and compel all duties required of the commission or any officer thereof by this chapter or by resolution authorizing i…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-53 Incorporation of islands into municipality

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In connection with the exercise of the right and authority granted under the terms of this chapter, any municipality involved shall have the right to incorporate the island or islands aforesaid, in whole or in part, into the municipality in the same manner and upon compliance wit…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-55 Cooperation with other state entities

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In connection with any harbor development and in connection with the construction of causeways, bridges, tunnels or approaches to the development as provided for in this chapter, the municipality or county and the bridge and park commission shall have full power and authority to …

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-57 Construction of chapter; authority and powers conferred

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This chapter, without reference to any other chapter or statute, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the establishment of the bridge and park commission of the municipality or of the county, for the performance of any of the powers and duties granted or imposed …

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-59 Construction of chapter; cumulative and supplemental; repeal or impairment of other laws

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This chapter shall be cumulative and supplemental to other laws having reference to port and harbor development. This chapter shall not repeal or impair any law now in effect, except as herein specifically provided, and shall be liberally construed so as to accomplish the clear p…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-7 Organization; vacancies; commissioners not to be pecuniarily interested in activities of commission; meetings

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Promptly upon the appointment of the commission and annually thereafter, the commission shall organize by the election of one of its members as president and one of its members as vice-president, and shall select a treasurer and a secretary who may or may not be members of the co…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-7-9 Compensation of members of commission

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Each member of the commission created under the provisions of this chapter shall receive as compensation twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day while engaged in attendance of meetings of the commission or engaged in other duties of the commission, not to exceed one hundred fifty (1…

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-9-1 General grant of authority; issuance of bonds generally

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The board of supervisors of any county in which there are located, or in which there is a desire to locate, recreational centers, stadiums, lakes, waterfowl or game management areas or parks or any one or more of the aforesaid, or the board of supervisors of any county adjoining …

Miss. Code Ann. § 55-9-21 Declaration of purpose

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The purpose of Sections 55-9-21 through 55-9-37 is to further the interest of the general education, health and welfare of the people of the State of Mississippi now and in the future.