As Amended
SEC. 51-19-1. Purpose.
There is hereby created the West Central Mississippi Waterway Commission composed of representation from Hinds, Madison, and Warren Counties, Mississippi, for the purpose of coordinating the effort necessary to develop and cause to come into being a multipurpose waterway traversing Warren and Hinds Counties, with a supply channel traversing Madison County to a point on the Pearl River or to reservoirs located thereon.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 5956-301; Laws, 1966, ch. 281, Sec. 1, eff from and after passage (approved June 14, 1966).
1997 Amendment:
SECTION 4. Sections 51-19-1, 51-19-3, 51-19-5, 51-19-7, 51-19-9, 51-19-11, 51-19-13 and 51-19-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, which establish the purpose of the West Central Mississippi Waterway Commission, provide for the commission membership, appointment of delegates and their compensation and term of office and organization and powers and duties of the commission, authorize cooperation by other governmental bodies and provide that this chapter is supplemental to other laws, is repealed.
SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 403, Section 4, SB2937, Effective July 1, 1997.