Mississippi § 55-3-61 - Appropriations and donations by county boards of supervisors for park purposes.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 55-3-61 — Appropriations and donations by county boards of supervisors for park purposes., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 55-3-61. Appropriations and donations by county boards of supervisors for park purposes.
The board of supervisors of any county where a state park is located may, in its discretion, appropriate and donate to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks yearly a sum not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) out of the general county fund for the establishment, maintenance and support of the state park within that county. All money appropriated and donated by the board of supervisors shall be used for the establishment, maintenance and support of the state park within such county and for no other purpose. The board of supervisors of any county lying wholly within a levee district, and having two (2) judicial districts, bordering on the Mississippi River and wherein Highway 61 and Highway 8 intersect, is authorized, in its discretion, to expend funds from the general fund of the county for the establishment, maintenance and support of a state park within that county to be located upon lands situated adjacent to the Mississippi River and lying west of the mainline Mississippi River levee within that county. In addition, the board is authorized, in its discretion, to expend county or supervisors district road maintenance and construction funds for the construction and maintenance of roads leading to and across the lands upon which the park is to be located.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 55-3-61 ("Appropriations and donations by county boards of supervisors for park purposes.") 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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