TITLE 39 - LIBRARIES, ARTS, ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
- Chapter 1 - State Law Library; Legislative Reference Bureau.
- Chapter 3 - Libraries and Library Commission.
- 39-3-1 - Establishment of libraries by counties and municipalities.
- 39-3-101 - Creation; composition; qualifications, appointment and terms of office of members.
- 39-3-103 - Organizational meeting; officers.
- 39-3-105 - Director.
- 39-3-107 - General powers and duties of commission.
- 39-3-109 - How funds drawn.
- 39-3-11 - Participation by municipalities in county libraries, county regional library systems or city-county library systems.
- 39-3-111 - Acceptance of gifts and federal funds.
- 39-3-13 - Contracts by counties or municipalities for library services.
- 39-3-15 - Library boards of trustees; qualifications, appointment, terms of office and compensation of members.
- 39-3-17 - Library boards of trustees; organization; general powers and duties.
- 39-3-19 - Library boards of trustees; annual reports.
- 39-3-20 - Sabbatical leave for professional library staff.
- 39-3-201 - Enactment and terms of compact.
- 39-3-203 - Agreements for construction or maintenance of interstate libraries; compliance with other governing laws.
- 39-3-205 - State library agency defined.
- 39-3-207 - Eligibility for aid of district partly within state.
- 39-3-209 - Compact administrator and deputy administrators.
- 39-3-21 - Free use of libraries; reimbursements for services.
- 39-3-211 - Notices in event of withdrawal from compact.
- 39-3-23 - Construction of article.
- 39-3-3 - Funds for establishment and operation of libraries.
- 39-3-301 - Short title.
- 39-3-303 - Unauthorized removal or wilful mutilation of library materials.
- 39-3-305 - Definitions.
- 39-3-307 - Applicability of article.
- 39-3-309 - Penalties for violations of § 39-3-303.
- 39-3-311 - Construction of article; effect of acquittal or conviction upon subsequent proceedings.
- 39-3-313 - Detention and questioning of suspects.
- 39-3-351 - Short title.
- 39-3-353 - Definitions.
- 39-3-355 - Committee to develop system of public service incentives within public library accreditation program.
- 39-3-357 - State aid to accredited public library systems.
- 39-3-359 - Library commission as primary resource library; commission to provide services to libraries.
- 39-3-361 - Authorization to employ consultants and other staff.
- 39-3-363 - Development of statewide master plan for public libraries.
- 39-3-365 - Confidentiality of library user records.
- 39-3-367 - Release and use of aggregate statistics.
- 39-3-369 - Use of records for purpose of collecting overdue materials and fines.
- 39-3-5 - County library tax; additional funds for support, upkeep and maintenance.
- 39-3-7 - Municipal library tax; additional funds for support, upkeep and maintenance.
- 39-3-8 - Joint city-county public library systems.
- 39-3-9 - Regional public library systems.
- Chapter 5 - Archives and History.
- 39-5-1 - Department of archives and history created; objects and purposes.
- 39-5-101 - Short title.
- 39-5-103 - Definitions.
- 39-5-105 - Creation of De Soto Trail Commission; composition; appointment of members.
- 39-5-107 - Terms of office and compensation of members of commission; acceptance of gifts, donation, etc.; deposit of funds.
- 39-5-109 - Election of officers and adoption of rules and regulations; use of existing research.
- 39-5-11 - Surrender of official books, records, etc., to department.
- 39-5-111 - Erection of markers.
- 39-5-113 - Duties and responsibilities of commission.
- 39-5-115 - Acquisition and restoration.
- 39-5-117 - Operation of restored hall.
- 39-5-121 - Restoration and operation of Shaifer House and accompanying land on Port Gibson Battlefield.
- 39-5-123 - Cooperative agreements authorized.
- 39-5-13 - Surrender of historical portraits to department.
- 39-5-131 - Restoration and operation of Coker House and accompanying land on Champion Hill Battlefield.
- 39-5-133 - Cooperative agreements authorized.
- 39-5-141 - Legislative findings.
- 39-5-143 - Definitions.
- 39-5-145 - Mississippi Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund.
- 39-5-15 - Official and statistical register.
- 39-5-17 - Acquisition of historic or prehistoric ruins, etc.
- 39-5-19 - Restoration and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries.
- 39-5-21 - Unauthorized removal of property from governor's mansion.
- 39-5-23 - Historic Properties Trust Fund.
- 39-5-25 - Construction of parking areas at official state historical markers.
- 39-5-27 - Archives Trust Fund.
- 39-5-29 - Museum Trust Fund.
- 39-5-3 - Department board of trustees generally.
- 39-5-31 - William F. Winter Archives and History Building.
- 39-5-41 - Transfer of title to property to Department of Archives and History.
- 39-5-43 - Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site Advisory Committee.
- 39-5-5 - General powers and duties of board of trustees.
- 39-5-51 - Establishment of Jefferson Davis Shrine.
- 39-5-53 - Transfer of Beauvoir Veterans Home to United Sons of Confederate Veterans.
- 39-5-55 - Control and management of Jefferson Davis Shrine.
- 39-5-57 - Deposit of objects, documents, etc., in museum at Jefferson Davis Shrine.
- 39-5-6 - Powers and duties of board of trustees with respect to governor's mansion.
- 39-5-61 - Files and equipment of state sovereignty commission placed in custody of department; when files become public records.
- 39-5-63 - Willful tampering with files.
- 39-5-65 - Display of penalties for tampering with files.
- 39-5-7 - Director of department.
- 39-5-71 - Construction of monument.
- 39-5-81 - Purchase and restoration.
- 39-5-9 - Local Government Records Office.
- 39-5-91 - Creation of Civil War Battlefield Commission; duties and responsibilities of commission.
- Chapter 7 - Antiquities.
- 39-7-1 - Short title.
- 39-7-11 - Designation of sites, objects, etc., upon lands belonging to state or political subdivision as Mississippi landmarks; recording; alteration, excavation, etc., of sites.
- 39-7-13 - Designation of sites located upon private lands as Mississippi landmarks; recordation; marking.
- 39-7-15 - Removal from designation.
- 39-7-17 - Contracts for salvage; surveys; excavation.
- 39-7-19 - Permits for excavation, salvage, studies, etc., at Mississippi landmarks.
- 39-7-21 - Supervision of salvage or recovery operations; custody of antiquities; promulgation of rules and regulations.
- 39-7-22 - Public construction or improvement affecting potential Mississippi landmarks.
- 39-7-23 - Expenditures for acquisition of items; gifts and bequests; contracts for temporary possession of items by others.
- 39-7-25 - Restoration of antiquities for private parties.
- 39-7-27 - Reproduction, forging, etc., of antiquity with intent to deceive.
- 39-7-29 - Defacing of American Indian or aboriginal markings or carvings.
- 39-7-3 - Declaration of public policy.
- 39-7-31 - Entry upon land of another to deface, remove or destroy archeological relics or sites.
- 39-7-33 - Disfigurement, removal, destruction, etc., of historical structure or artifact.
- 39-7-35 - Penalties for violations of chapter; finder's fee for arrest and conviction of violator.
- 39-7-37 - Civil action to enjoin violations or threatened violations of chapter; venue.
- 39-7-39 - Other agencies and governments to assist in enforcement of chapter.
- 39-7-4 - Definitions.
- 39-7-41 - Certain archaeological records exempt from requirement of public access.
- 39-7-5 - Administration of chapter; inspection of record of proceedings.
- 39-7-7 - General duties of board of trustees of department of archives and history.
- 39-7-9 - Shipwrecks and buried treasure designated Mississippi landmarks and sole property of state.
- Chapter 9 - Trusts to Promote Arts and Sciences.
- 39-9-1 - Creation of trusts; purposes.
- 39-9-11 - Powers and duties of trustees.
- 39-9-13 - Execution, acknowledgement and recording of grants.
- 39-9-3 - Designations by grantor of trust.
- 39-9-5 - Founding of institution for profit prohibited; payment of dividends; compensation of trustees; charging of fees by institutions.
- 39-9-7 - Exemption from taxation of institutions.
- 39-9-9 - Receipt of gifts and bequests by institutions.
- Chapter 11 - Mississippi Arts Commission.
- 39-11-1 - Creation; composition; qualifications and appointment of members.
- 39-11-11 - Receipt and disbursement of federal funds.
- 39-11-13 - Building Fund for the Arts [Paragraph (2)(b) repealed effective July 1, 2011].
- 39-11-3 - Terms of office and compensation of members; officers.
- 39-11-5 - Executive director; staff; advisory panels.
- 39-11-7 - Duties and objectives of commission.
- 39-11-9 - General powers of commission; Mississippi Fund for the Arts.
- Chapter 13 - Historic Preservation Districts and Landmarks.
- 39-13-1 - Short title.
- 39-13-11 - Designation of historic districts, landmarks, and landmark sites; procedures; vote of historic preservation commission; public hearing; vote of local governing authority to adopt or reject
- 39-13-13 - Issuance of certificates of appropriateness for certain construction, alteration, demolition or relocation of structures within a historic district or landmark property.
- 39-13-15 - Demolition by neglect; demolition of historic landmark or landmark site without review and approval by historic preservation commission.
- 39-13-17 - Penalties for violations; separate offense for each day violation exists.
- 39-13-19 - Appeal.
- 39-13-2 - Definitions.
- 39-13-21 - In general.
- 39-13-23 - Effect on existing historic preservation commissions and historic district or landmark designations.
- 39-13-3 - Authority to create local historic preservation commissions; authority and procedure for establishment of districts and designation of landmarks.
- 39-13-5 - Historic preservation commissions; powers and duties; composition; terms of office; officers; minutes of meetings.
- 39-13-7 - Notification to Department of Archives and History of proposed designation of historic district or local historic preservation commission; comments by department concerning proposed district
- 39-13-9 - Appropriations; application by locality to participate in Certified Local Government Program of the National Park Service; eminent domain.
- Chapter 15 - Municipal and County Funds to Support the Arts.
- Chapter 17 - Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Dizzy Dean Museum.
- 39-17-1 - Recognition of need for Sports Hall of Fame.
- 39-17-101 - Department of Finance and Administration authorized to issue general obligation bonds for construction, repairing, remodeling, equipping, furnishing, adding to or improving the capital fac
- 39-17-103 - Form and terms of bonds.
- 39-17-105 - Execution of bonds and coupons.
- 39-17-107 - Negotiability of bonds and coupons; compliance with Uniform Commercial Code not required.
- 39-17-109 - State Bond Commission to issue bonds; sale and redemption of bonds.
- 39-17-111 - Bonds deemed general obligations of State; payment of principal and interest from State treasury.
- 39-17-113 - Certification of necessity for warrants; issuance of warrants to pay principal of and interest on bonds.
- 39-17-115 - Deposit of proceeds of bonds into "Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Fund"; use of funds.
- 39-17-117 - Proceedings, conditions, etc., for issuance of bonds; bond issue resolution.
- 39-17-119 - Validation of bonds.
- 39-17-121 - Enforcement of rights of bondholders.
- 39-17-123 - Bonds as legal investments and securities.
- 39-17-125 - Exemption from taxation of bonds and income.
- 39-17-127 - Construction of §§ 39-17-101 through 39-17-127.
- 39-17-3 - Site of Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Dizzy Dean Museum.
- 39-17-5 - Funding of facility; special account.
- 39-17-7 - Construction, furnishing and equipping of facility.
- 39-17-9 - Lease of facility to nonprofit corporation.
- Chapter 19 - Museum Unclaimed Property Act.
- 39-19-1 - Short title.
- 39-19-11 - Acquisition of title to unclaimed property.
- 39-19-13 - Escheat to state prohibited.
- 39-19-15 - Transfer of title by museum.
- 39-19-17 - Lien for expenses for care of unclaimed loaned property.
- 39-19-19 - Conservation measures to property on loan.
- 39-19-21 - Loan provisions by written contract.
- 39-19-3 - Definitions.
- 39-19-5 - Property loaned to museum; duties of museum.
- 39-19-7 - Property loaned to museum; duties of lender.
- 39-19-9 - Termination of loan for unclaimed property.
- Chapter 21 - Mississippi Craft Center.
- Chapter 23 - Mississippi Children's Museum.
- Chapter 25 - Southern Arts and Entertainment Center.
- Chapter 27 - Mississippi Blues Commission.
- Chapter 29 - Mississippi Commission on the Holocaust.
- Chapter 31 - Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration Commission [Repealed effective July 1, 2019].
- Chapter 33 - Mississippi Country Music Trail.
- Chapter 35 - Mississippi Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission [Repealed effective July 1, 2015].