9-9-48
Section 9-9-48 Control and supervision of completed improvements; annual tax for repairs and maintenance; payment of costs of repairs and maintenance; injury, damage or obstruction of improvements. Whenever any improvement constructed under this article is completed, it shall be under the control and supervision of the board of water management commissioners. It shall be the duty of said board to maintain the levees, ditches, drains, watercourses, floodwater retarding structures and any other improvements in good repair, and for this purpose the board of water management commissioners may annually levy a tax on the lands benefited by the construction of such improvement in the same manner as other water management taxes are levied, not to exceed 10 percent of the assessed benefits in any one year, and the fund that is collected shall be used for repairing and maintaining the ditches, drains, watercourses, floodwater retarding structures and other improvements in perfect order;...
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9-9-49
Section 9-9-49 Rights of landowners as to use of drains, watercourses, etc., as outlets for lateral drains from lands. The owner of any land that has been assessed for the cost of the construction of any ditch, drain, watercourse or other improvement as provided in this article shall have the right to use the ditch, drain or watercourse as an outlet for lateral drains from said land; and, if said land is separated from the ditch, drain, watercourse or other drainage improvement by the land of another or others and the owner thereof shall be unable to agree with said other or others as to the terms and conditions on which he may enter their lands and construct said drain or ditch, he may petition to condemn the same and the same proceeding shall be had as in cases of condemnation under the right of eminent domain. When the drain is constructed it shall become a part of the drainage system and shall be under the control of the board of water management commissioners and be kept in repair...
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9-9-53
Section 9-9-53 Joint works of improvement with adjoining states. Whenever it may be desirable to construct, widen, deepen, straighten or otherwise change any ditch, drain, watercourse, floodwater retarding structure, levee or other works of improvement lying on or along, across or near the boundary line between the State of Alabama and an adjoining state or whenever it may be desirable to construct, repair or improve any works of improvement as provided for in this article, which ditch, drain, watercourse, floodwater retarding structure or other works of improvement cannot be constructed, repaired or improved in the best manner without affecting lands in such adjoining state, the board of water management commissioners of the district in which such work is located shall have authority to join with the proper officers of such adjacent county or counties or districts of other states in the construction, widening, deepening, straightening, repairing or improving of any such drain, ditch,...
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11-50-344
Section 11-50-344 Transfer of existing water or sewer systems to board; powers of board as to conveyance, etc., of title to systems. The council of any city which shall have theretofore created a board of water and sewer commissioners and the waterworks board of any such city which shall have theretofore been formed under the provisions of Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-241 are each hereby authorized and empowered, without the necessity of authorization of an election by the qualified voters of said city, to transfer and convey to such board of water and sewer commissioners all or any part of any water system or sewer system or both such systems then owned and operated by such city or by such waterworks board for such considerations and upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon; provided, however, that any such transfer or conveyance shall be subject to all bonds, mortgages, and other obligations, including revenue bonds, then outstanding which shall have...
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23-1-352
Section 23-1-352 Definitions. For the purpose of the laws of this state relating to aeronautics, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings herein given, unless otherwise specifically defined, or unless another intention clearly appears or the context requires otherwise: (1) AERONAUTICS or AERONAUTICAL ACTIVITIES. The science and art of flight including, but not limited to, transportation by aircraft; the operation, construction, repair, or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power plants and accessories, including the use, repair, packing, and maintenance of parachutes; the design, establishment, construction, expansion, operation, improvement, repair, or maintenance of airports, restricted landing areas, or other air navigation facilities including the aerial and ground approaches thereto; and instruction in flying or ground subjects pertaining thereto. (2) AERONAUTICAL INSTRUCTION. The imparting of aeronautical knowledge or information by any aeronautics...
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24-1-27
in connection with a project. (10) To lease or rent any of the dwelling or other accommodations or any of the lands, buildings, structures, or facilities embraced in any housing project and to establish and revise the rents or charges therefor. (11) To enter upon any building or property in order to conduct investigations or to make surveys or soundings. (12) To purchase, lease, obtain options upon, acquire by eminent domain, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any property, real or personal, or any interest therein from any person, firm, corporation, city, or government. (13) To sell, exchange, transfer, assign, or pledge any property, real or personal, or any interest therein to any person, firm, corporation, city, or government. (14) To own, hold, clear, and improve property. (15) To pay over to the city in which the authority is organized all or any part of the proceeds received from the sale of any real or personal property; provided, however, that an authority may pay...
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11-89C-4
in the employee benefit programs of any member governing body, including insurance and pension programs, upon approval of the executive committee and the subject member governing body. (5) To enter into contracts with individuals, governing bodies, member governing bodies, governmental agencies, professional associations, corporations, partnerships, and other legal entities to implement the functions of this chapter. (6) To purchase, lease, license, own, or otherwise acquire real and personal property, including easements, rights of way, and all other interests in land, including municipal separate storm sewers, buildings, and other facilities and equipment. (7) To construct, operate, maintain, repair, and replace facilities for storm water functions. (8) To contract with member governing bodies for the construction, improvement, renovation, management, or operation of their municipal separate storm sewer systems. (9) To purchase or obtain insurance and other appropriate...
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37-11A-1
by the Governor, or upon its otherwise becoming a law, and when the State of Mississippi ratifies the compact. Article III. For purposes of this compact, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) Person means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, or any other entity. (2) Railroad means a common carrier by railroad as defined in Section 1(3) of Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act [codified as 49 U.S.C. ยง1(3)]. (3) Railroad properties and facilities mean any real or personal property or interest in property which is owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by a railroad or other person, including, without limitation, the authority, and which are used or are useful in rail transportation service, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing: a. Track, roadbed, and related structures, including rail, ties, ballast, other track materials, grading, tunnels, bridges, trestles, culverts, elevated structures, stations, office buildings used for operating...
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39-2-2
Section 39-2-2 Advertisement for and opening of sealed bids for public works contracts; violations; exclusions; emergency actions; sole source specification. (a) Before entering into any contract for a public works involving an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the awarding authority shall advertise for sealed bids, except as provided in subsection (j). If the awarding authority is the state or a county, or an instrumentality thereof, it shall advertise for sealed bids at least once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the improvement or some part thereof, is to be made. If the awarding authority is a municipality, or an instrumentality thereof, it shall advertise for sealed bids at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the municipality where the awarding authority is located. If no newspaper is published in the municipality, the awarding authority shall advertise by...
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4-3-11
may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, receive, take and hold, whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage said property, and to develop any undeveloped property owned, leased or controlled by it; (6) To execute such contracts and other instruments and to take such other action as may be necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter or the exercise of any power granted hereunder; (7) To plan, establish, develop, acquire, construct,...
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