55-15-61 - Powers and duties of commission as to Mississippi Confederate memorial; Shiloh Confederate Memorial Trust Fund; state matching funds; municipal donations [Repealed effective July 1, 2010].
§ 55-15-61. Powers and duties of commission as to Mississippi Confederate memorial; Shiloh Confederate Memorial Trust Fund; state matching funds; municipal donations [Repealed effective July 1, 2010].
(1) In addition to the duties assigned to the Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission in Sections 55-15-55, 55-15-57 and 55-15-59, Mississippi Code of 1972, the commission shall plan and provide for the design, construction and dedication of a Mississippi Confederate memorial at the Shiloh National Military Park. In planning the design, construction and dedication of the memorial, the commission shall consult with and be advised by an advisory committee composed of three (3) representatives from the Mississippi Department of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The Mississippi Department of the Sons of Confederate Veterans shall designate such representatives and certify them to the commission. The commission shall solicit private monetary donations for deposit into a Shiloh Confederate Memorial Trust Fund which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Private donations to the trust fund may be matched by the state using any appropriations made for that purpose by the Legislature; however, any state match shall not exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in the aggregate. The commission is also authorized to accept for deposit into the trust fund grants or donations made to it from any other source. All funds deposited in the trust fund shall be used exclusively for the purpose of designing, constructing and maintaining the monument.
(2) The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to make contributions out of any available county or municipal funds, as appropriate, to the Shiloh Confederate Memorial Trust Fund.
Sources: Laws, 1990, ch. 422, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 1998, ch. 474, § 6, eff from and after July 1, 1998; Laws, 2000, ch. 455, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 455, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 2002, ch. 480, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 2004, ch. 545, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 378, § 6, eff from and after July 1, 2006.