HB 1593

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 51-1-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THE SIXTEENTH SECTION TRUST IS SUPERIOR TO THE PUBLIC WATERS TRUST AND THEREFORE THE RIGHTS OF THE OWNERS OF SIXTEENTH SECTION LAND ON WHICH IS LOCATED A BODY OF WATER THAT IS A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY OR AN OXBOW LAKE ARE SUPERIOR TO THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS AND USE THE BODY OF WATER WITHIN THE SIXTEENTH SECTION LAND; TO AMEND SECTION 1-3-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL GENERAL DEFINITION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 27-109-1 AND 51-1-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH DEFINE NAVIGABLE WATERS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 29-3-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT SIXTEENTH SECTION LANDS ARE PROPERTY HELD IN TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.