The carrying out of the corporate purposes of the board and the state port authority hereinafter created is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State of Mississippi and is a public purpose, and the board and such state port authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-7
Activities of board and state port authority pursuant to chapter as governmental functions
Known as the State Ports and Harbors Law
The act spans §§ 59–59 (35 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Tradigrain, Inc. v. Mississippi State Port Authority (1983)
Most recently applied in Tradigrain, Inc. v. Mississippi State Port Authority (April 1983)
Codes, 1942, § 7564-24; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 24, eff from and after passage (approved April 28, 1958
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