Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-5-7 (2026)
Activities of board and state port authority pursuant to chapter as governmental functions
✓ current as of July 2026
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.
Codes, 1942, § 7564-24; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 24, eff. 4/28/1958.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1983–1983 · leading case: Tradigrain, Inc. v. Mississippi State Port Auth., 701 F.2d 1131 (5th Cir. 1983).
Tradigrain, Inc. v. Mississippi State Port Auth., 701 F.2d 1131 (5th Cir. 1983). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 59-5-7. The Authority must make financial reports to the state legislature at each of its regular sessions.”
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