SEC. 51-3-18. Authorities and districts to receive assistance from division of regional water resources.
The waterway, river basin and watershed authorities and districts to receive assistance from the Division of Regional Water Resources shall include:
(a) The Pearl River Industrial Commission, created by Section 51-9-1, Mississippi Code of 1972;
(b) The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, created by Section 51-9-105, Mississippi Code of 1972;
(c) The Pearl River Basin Development District, created by Section 51-11-3, Mississippi Code of 1972;
(d) The Tombigbee Valley Authority, created by Section 51-13-1, Mississippi Code of 1972;
(e) The Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District, created by Section 51-13-103, Mississippi Code of 1972;
(f) The Pat Harrison Waterway Commission, created by Section 51-15-1, Mississippi Code of 1972;
(g) The Pat Harrison Waterway District, created by Section 51-15-103, Mississippi Code of 1972;
(h) The Big Black River Basin District, created by Section 51-17-3, Mississippi Code of 1972;
(i) The West Central Mississippi Waterway Commission, created by Section 51-19-1, Mississippi Code of 1972;
(j) The Lower Mississippi River Basin Development District, created by Section 51-21-3, Mississippi Code of 1972;
(k) The Lower Yazoo River Basin District, created by Section 51-23-3, Mississippi Code of 1972;
(l) The Yellow Creek Watershed Authority, created by Section 51-21-1, Mississippi Code of 1972; and
(m) Any water management district or authority created under the laws of the State of Mississippi not specifically enumerated in the foregoing provisions.
SOURCES: Laws, 1978, ch. 484, Sec. 39; 1985, ch. 459, Sec. 10, eff from and after passage (approved April 1, 1985).
1997 Amendment
SECTION 1. Section 51-3-18, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
51-3-18. The Department of Environmental Quality, through the Office of Land and Water Resources or a successor office, may provide water resources-related assistance to any authority or district created or established under this title.
SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 403, Sec. 1, SB2937, Effective July 1, 1997.