§ 32-279. Rules; police powers; cooperation with other agencies; collecting information.

(a)

The power to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations governing the matters and things over which the port commission has jurisdiction and control by this article is hereby expressly conferred on the commission, and the authorized agents of the commission shall have police powers, in order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this article.

(b)

The Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission shall cooperate with the Mississippi River commission, an agency of the United States government, and with all other agencies, public or private, in the development, preservation and utilization of the harbor and port of the county and the City of Memphis; and the commission shall have power to regulate the movement and speed of vessels, to establish anchorage areas, harbor lines and grade of slope of banks and to prohibit filling or dumping in violation of such established lines and grade and to prohibit pollution of harbor waters by the discharge of wastes or oils within the area described in this article.

(c)

The commission may collect data, hold hearings, and do all other things necessary to inform itself as to the best method of developing, policing and beautifying the harbor and port of the City of Memphis and the county, increasing river traffic, building transportation facilities, both by water and rail, into and through the City of Memphis and the county and furthering industrial development, trade and commerce within the area described in this article.

(Code 1992, § 18-9; Priv. Acts 1947, ch. 529, § 9; Priv. Acts 1951, ch. 380, § 5)