SEC. 89-19-7. Actions affecting easements.

(1) Any action to enforce a conservation easement may be brought by:

(a) An owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the easement;

(b) A holder of the easement;

(c) A person having a third-party right of enforcement; * * *

(d) The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi;

(e) The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; or

(f) A person otherwise authorized and empowered by law.

(2) This chapter does not, and shall not be construed to, affect the power of a court to modify or terminate a conservation easement in accordance with the principles of law and equity. In such proceeding, the holder of the conservation easement shall be compensated for the value of the easement.

SOURCES: Laws, 1986, ch. 404, Sec. 4; 1988, ch. 379, Sec. 3, eff from and after passage (approved April 18, 1988). Amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 516, Sec. 132, HB666, eff. from and after passage (approved April 30, 2000).

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2000