MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 57-5-21. Powers and duties as to industrial parks conferred on other political subdivisions or units; eminent domain.

The several municipalities of this state, including counties, supervisors districts, cities, towns or villages, or combinations thereof contiguous to and lying in the same or adjacent counties, all hereinafter referred to as "municipalities," shall have all the rights, powers and duties as contained in sections 57-5-1 to 57-5-19, plus the right of eminent domain in the acquisition of up to twenty-five per cent (25%) of the land for a "standard" industrial park if and when the owner or owners of at least seventy-five per cent (75%) of the acreage involved have either sold such acreage to the municipality or placed such acreage under option to said municipality.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 8940-21; Laws, 1960, ch. 437, Sec. 1, eff on and after July 1, 1960.


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