Mississippi Code Title 61. Aviation § 61-1-1

It is hereby declared that the purpose of this chapter is to further the public interest and aeronautical progress by providing for the protection, promotion and development of aeronautics; by cooperating in effecting a uniformity of the laws relating to the development of aeronautics in the several states; by revising existing statutes relative to the development and regulation of aeronautics so as to grant to a state agency such powers and impose upon it such duties that the state may properly perform its functions relative to aeronautics and effectively exercise its jurisdiction over persons and property within the state, that the state may assist in the promotion of a statewide system of airports, and that the state may cooperate with and assist the political subdivisions of this state in order that those engaged in aeronautics of every character may so engage with the least possible restriction consistent with the safety and the rights of other persons; and by providing for cooperation with the federal authorities in the development of a national system of civil aviation and for the coordination of the aeronautical activities of those authorities and the authorities of this state by assisting in accomplishing the purposes of federal legislation and eliminating costly and unnecessary duplication of functions properly in the province of the federal agencies.