A county port authority shall be appointed as follows: two (2) members shall be appointed by the Governor, and shall be qualified electors of the county and of the municipality in which the port of entry is located; five (5) members shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of such county; each supervisors district bordering on the Mississippi Sound or the Gulf of Mexico shall have at least one (1) member on such county port authority.

The members of any county port authority created as a county development commission shall be appointed as follows: Two (2) members shall be appointed by the Governor, and shall be qualified electors of the county and of a municipality which is a port of entry in such county; five (5) members shall be appointed, one (1) each by the governing authorities of each incorporated municipality in such county, and five (5) members shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of such county; each supervisors district bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico shall have at least one (1) member on such county development commission. After the expiration of the terms in effect on July 1, 1995, the members of the county development commission for Harrison County, Mississippi, which are appointed by the Governor shall be qualified electors of the county.

Before entering upon the duties of the office, each member of such county port authority or county development commission shall take and subscribe to the oath of office required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi and shall give bond to be approved by the board of supervisors of such county in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. Such bond shall be made payable to the county, and in case of a breach thereof, suit may be brought thereon upon the relation of the county for the benefit of the county port authority or county development commission. The members of such county port authority or county development commission shall hold office for a term of four (4) years from the date of their appointment and qualification, and until their successor or successors shall be appointed and qualify as set out herein. The members of any municipal port commission shall be eligible for appointment as members of any county port authority or county development commission, but they shall not be paid additional compensation for attending any joint meeting of the county port authority or county development commission and the municipal port commission.

Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, successors to members of a county development commission whose terms expire in the calendar year 1962, shall be appointed as follows: two (2) members by the Governor for a two-year term, four (4) members by the mayor of each incorporated municipality in the county for a three-year term; and five (5) members by the board of supervisors for a term of four (4) years. Succeeding appointments to the county development commission shall be for a term of four (4) years or until their successors are appointed.