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Statutes > Mississippi > Title-61 > 4 > 61-4-9§ 61-4-9. Submission of site proposal.
The Authority is hereby designated and empowered to act on behalf of the state in submitting a siting proposal for the project. If the Authority is not operational as of the date of the proposal, the Governor is authorized to submit the proposal. The Authority is empowered to take all steps appropriate or necessary to effect the siting, development, and operation of the Southeastern United States Wayport facility within the state. If the state is selected as the preferred site for the project, the Authority is hereby designated and empowered to act on behalf of the state and to represent the state in the planning, financing, development, construction and operation of the project or any facility related to the project, with the concurrence of the affected public agency. The Authority shall take affirmative steps to coordinate fully all aspects of the submission of a siting proposal for the project and, if the state is selected as the preferred site, to coordinate fully the development of the project or any facility related to the project with the federal government agency or creation thereof, the Lower Mississippi Delta Commission and other public agencies; however, the development of the project or any facility related to the project by the Authority may be done only with the concurrence of the affected public agency. Other state agencies and local governmental entities in this state shall cooperate to the fullest extent possible to effectuate the duties of the Authority.
Sources: Laws, 1989, ch. 535, § 5, eff from and after passage (approved April 17, 1989).
