SEC. 51-35-195. District not to cease.

The flood control district shall not cease to exist upon the completion of the official plan of the flood control works and improvements, but shall continue to exist as a body corporate for the purpose of preserving the flood control works and improvements, repairing and maintaining the same, whether located within or without the district, and generally for the accomplishment of the purposes of this article.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 4815; Laws, 1936, ch. 188, Sec. 45.

1997 Amendment

 SECTION 12. Sections 51-35-195, 51-35-197, 51-35-199, 51-35-201, 51-35-203, 51-35-205, 51-35-207, 51-35-209, 51-35-211 and 51-35-213, Mississippi Code of 1972, which require the district to continue after completion of the plan, authorize the Board of Commissioners to exercise certain police powers and to compel the performance of a duty by mandamus, provide penalties for certain acts, provide for interpretation of this article, identify the relationship between flood control districts and drainage districts, establish a procedure to perfect a defective notice, authorize the board of Commissioners to pay taxes on certain exempt lands and provide certain assurances to the United States Secretary of War, and limit the ad valorem tax assessed under this article, are repealed.

SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 403, Sec. 12, SB2937, Effective July 1, 1997.