MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Ports and Marine Resources

By: Senator(s) Gollott

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-7-407, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO RECONSTITUTE THE BILOXI PORT COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 59-7-407, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

59-7-407. A commission consisting of five (5) members, all of whom shall be qualified electors of any municipality operating under the provisions of this article * * * shall be, and are hereby constituted, a port commission which * * * shall have jurisdiction over the port, terminals, harbors and passes leading thereto, and all vessels, boats and wharves, common carriers and public utilities therein using the same * * *. The commissioners shall be paid salaries not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month.

The commission created in this section shall be reconstituted as follows: one (1) to be appointed by the Governor; two (2) to be appointed by the governing authorities of the municipality concerned; and two (2) to be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county in which the municipality is located. Members of the commission as constituted prior to the adoption of Senate Bill No. 2268, 1996 Regular Session, shall continue to serve until their respective terms expire.

The commission shall, upon appointment, organize as provided in Section 59-7-409.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.