Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-153
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Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-153
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Whenever used in Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 , unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following respective definitions:
(a) “Trustees” shall refer to the board of trustees of the sixteenth section development authority.
(b) “Authority” shall refer to the sixteenth section development authority.
(c) “Project” shall refer to the area served by and to the facilities for use by commerce and related activity, such as water supply, storage and distribution; sewage and waste collection, transport, treatment and disposal; waste and refuse collection and disposal; gas, fuel and power supply and distribution; railroad construction, operation and maintenance; fire prevention, protection and extinguishing; storm drainage, collection and disposal; site preparation and development of commercially oriented sixteenth section lands, or lands granted in lieu thereof, and to the sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, authorized to be developed by Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 .
(d) “Development” shall mean the planning, surveying, platting, financing, improving and/or otherwise making sixteenth section lands, or lands granted in lieu thereof, suitable for commercial, industrial, and/or recreational use.
(e) “Sealed bid procedure” shall refer to the procedure designated under Section 31-19-25 , as supplemented by appropriate sections of Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 .
(a) “Trustees” shall refer to the board of trustees of the sixteenth section development authority.
(b) “Authority” shall refer to the sixteenth section development authority.
(c) “Project” shall refer to the area served by and to the facilities for use by commerce and related activity, such as water supply, storage and distribution; sewage and waste collection, transport, treatment and disposal; waste and refuse collection and disposal; gas, fuel and power supply and distribution; railroad construction, operation and maintenance; fire prevention, protection and extinguishing; storm drainage, collection and disposal; site preparation and development of commercially oriented sixteenth section lands, or lands granted in lieu thereof, and to the sixteenth section, or lands granted in lieu thereof, authorized to be developed by Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 .
(d) “Development” shall mean the planning, surveying, platting, financing, improving and/or otherwise making sixteenth section lands, or lands granted in lieu thereof, suitable for commercial, industrial, and/or recreational use.
(e) “Sealed bid procedure” shall refer to the procedure designated under Section 31-19-25 , as supplemented by appropriate sections of Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 .
Status: in_force
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