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MS SB2730

Bill

Status

Passed

4/24/2013

Primary Sponsor

Eugene Clarke

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Origin

Senate

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Mississippi Levee Board and Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to enter private lands for surveys, soil borings, and other official levee-related business

  • Requires personnel entering private property to make a good-faith attempt to announce and identify themselves and their intentions before entering

  • Personnel must present documentation identifying them as authorized when requested by property owners

  • Levee boards remain liable for any damages caused to land or persons during entry onto private property

  • Makes minor technical corrections to existing law regarding county references in the Mississippi Levee District

Legislative Description

Levee commissioners; authorize surveyors to enter on lands.

Last Action

Approved by Governor

4/24/2013

Committee Referrals

Judiciary A2/21/2013
Judiciary, Division A1/21/2013

Full Bill Text

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