As Amended
SEC. 51-21-19. Rules and regulations.
(1) The board of directors of the district shall have the power to adopt and promulgate all reasonable regulations so as to secure, maintain, and preserve the sanitary condition of all water in and to flow into any reservoir owned by the district, to prevent waste of water or the unauthorized use thereof, and to regulate residence, hunting, fishing, boating, camping, circulation of vehicular traffic on land, the parking of such vehicles, and all recreational and business privileges in, along, or around any such reservoir, any body of land, or any easement owned by the district.
(2) All such regulations prescribed by the board of directors, after publication in a daily newspaper of statewide circulation and in a newspaper of general circulation in each county comprising the area of the district, shall have the full force and effect of law, and violation thereof shall be punishable by fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), as may be prescribed in such regulations, or by imprisonment not to exceed fifteen (15) days, to be determined by the court, or both.
(3) In the event of a violation of any regulation adopted to prevent pollution of the waters in any reservoir owned by the district or the threat of continuous violation thereof, the district shall have authority to sue for and obtain damages and/or other appropriate relief, including injunctive relief.
(4) All such rules and regulations so prescribed and the penalties fixed thereunder, by the authority of this section, shall not conflict with, exceed, alter, or suspend any regulations, rules, or penalties prescribed by general statute, or by the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission, the Mississippi State Board of Health, or the Mississippi Boat Safety Committee; and all fines and penalties levied and collected under this chapter shall be remitted and accounted for in accordance with the general statutes relating thereto.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 5956-330; Laws, 1966, ch. 259, Sec. 10, eff from and after passage (approved June 16, 1966).
1997 Amendment:
SECTION 6. Sections 51-21-15, 51-21-17, 51-21-19, 51-21-21, 51-21-23, 51-21-25, 51-21-27, 51-21-29 and 51-21-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, which place certain requirements on the issuance of construction contracts, authorize the district to provide park and recreation facilities, authorize the board of directors to adopt rules and regulations and to designate depositories for district funds, to provide for certain agreements, cooperation with other government agencies and severability, exempt the district and its bonds from taxation and provide the intent of the Legislature regarding overflow of school lands, are repealed.
SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 403, Section 6, SB2937, Effective July 1, 1997.