Mississippi § 51-33-29 - Cooperative agreements with U.S. Corps of Engineers.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 51-33-29 — Cooperative agreements with U.S. Corps of Engineers., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 51-33-29. Cooperative agreements with U.S. Corps of Engineers.
Drainage districts already created or to be created under the laws of the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into cooperative agreements with the U.S. Corps of Engineers to carry out the purposes for which the districts were created, including the power to contract with the said Corps of Engineers for the construction, alteration, changing, or cleaning out of any stream or levee, with the power in the district acting through its commissioners to authorize the letting of contracts therefor by the Corps of Engineers rather than the district. This section is additional and supplemental to any other statutes of this state affecting drainage districts, and the powers herein conferred affect only the authority of drainage districts to contract with the U.S. Corps of Engineers, as herein stated.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 51-33-29 ("Cooperative agreements with U.S. Corps of Engineers.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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