SEC. 51-35-173. Bypasses for conveyance of flood waters.
In addition to the powers and authority heretofore granted, the board of commissioners of a flood control district organized under the provisions of this article, under its adopted plan, or any agency with which it may cooperate in the execution of the plan, for the purpose of providing for the control of surplus or flood waters originating within the area protected by levees, shall have the power to construct and to maintain bypasses for the purpose of conveying surplus or flood waters by means of canals, ditches, floodways, levees, diversions, or other artificial means from tributaries of natural streams and their watersheds to their main watercourses, from one point in a natural watercourse to another point therein, and from one watercourse into another watercourse. The board of commissioners is authorized and empowered to give assurances, satisfactory to the Secretary of War, that any drainage structures within the area protected by levees shall be maintained by the district.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 4803-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 270, Sec. 4.
1997 Amendment
SECTION 11. Sections 51-35-147, 51-35-149, 51-35-151, 51-35-153, 51-35-155, 51-35-157, 51-35-159, 51-35-161, 51-35-163, 51-35-165, 51-35-167, 51-35-169, 51-35-171, 51-35-173, 51-35-175, 51-35-177, 51-35-179, 51-35-181, 51-35-183, 51-35-185, 51-35-187, 51-35-189, 51-35-191 and 51-35-193, Mississippi Code of 1972, which authorize the use of bonds and warrants, create an executive committee of the board, define the liability of a commissioner, require the adoption and allow the alteration of a flood control plan, authorize the board to charge preliminary expenses against property, to enter onto property, to acquire lands, to cooperate in the construction and maintenance of and to construct certain structures, to exercise eminent domain rights, to enlarge or combine districts, to borrow money for certain purposes and to fix, levy and provide for the collection of ad valorem taxes for certain purposes, allow sale of property for delinquent taxes, provide for an appeal from actions under this article, and authorize hearings before a special commissioner appointed by the chancellor, reimbursement of expenses of a chancellor and acceptance of reimbursements for amounts advanced for expenditure under an official plan, are repealed.
SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 403, Sec. 11, SB2937, Effective July 1, 1997.