Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-3
Status: in_force

This chapter shall apply only to persons soliciting work and engaged in the work defined in this chapter as a profession; but in no event shall it be construed so as to apply to any person employed by the owners or others in possession of property to work under his supervision in grafting, spraying, dusting cotton or any such work.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-33 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-33
Status: in_force

The governing body of the district shall consist of five (5) commissioners, elected or appointed as provided hereinabove. The commissioners shall be persons who are landowners and/or operators within the geographical areas of the district qualified to perform the specialized skilled services which will be required of them in the performance of their duties hereunder, and able to attend all meetings.

The commissioners shall designate a chairman annually. The term of office of each commissioner shall be three (3) years, except that the commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one (1) and two (2) years, respectively, from the date of their appointment. A commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been elected or appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by election or appointment as in the case of the election or appointment of other commissioners, but in the event the unexpired terms remaining of the offices vacated are less than one (1) year, said vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the other commissioners. The selection of successors for a full term shall be made in the same manner in which the original retiring commissioners shall, respectively, have been selected. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum and the concurrence of a majority in any matter within their duties shall be required for its determination. A commissioner and any deputy commissioner shall receive no compensation for their services, but they shall be entitled to expenses, including travelling expenses, necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties.

The commissioners may utilize the services of the county agricultural agents and the facilities of the county agricultural agents' offices insofar as practicable and feasible, and may, with the approval of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission employ such other help as may be necessary. Employees hired pursuant to this section, upon agreement by the commissioners and the county board of supervisors, shall be considered as employees of the county or counties in which the district is located solely for the purpose of allowing such county or counties to include these employees in any group life and/or health insurance or workers' compensation insurance program maintained by the county or counties for its employees and to include these employees in the county payroll system. Upon such agreement, the county or counties shall be responsible for the payment and withholding functions for the commissioners and shall provide the employees with all required tax documents. If more than one (1) county desires to include these employees in a group life and/or health insurance or workers' compensation insurance program, the counties shall determine the program in which the employees shall be included and the amount of contributions that the other county or counties shall make to that program on behalf of the employees. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that these employees are to be considered as county employees for any purpose other than the purpose of including these employees in a county employee group life and/or health insurance or workers' compensation insurance program and the county's payroll system. The commissioners may call upon the Attorney General of the state for such legal services as they may require, or may use such other legal counsel as may be available. The commissioners may delegate to their chairman, to one or more commissioners, or to one or more agents, or employees, such powers and duties as they may deem proper, and may appoint such deputy commissioners as they deem appropriate, not to exceed one (1) deputy commissioner for each supervisor district in the soil and water conservation district, to assist the commissioners in the performance of their duties; however, deputy commissioners shall not be entitled to vote on any matter coming before the commissioners. The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall establish and administer qualification standards and establish term of office for deputy commissioners. The commissioners shall furnish to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission, upon request, copies of such ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, contracts, forms and other documents as they shall adopt or employ, and such other information concerning their activities as it may require in the performance of its duties under this article.

The commissioners may provide for the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who shall be entrusted with funds or property; shall provide for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all proceedings and of all resolutions, regulations and orders issued or adopted; and shall provide for an annual audit of the accounts of receipts and disbursements if total annual receipts or expenditures exceeds Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) and an annual financial statement if total annual receipts or expenditures is equal to or less than Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00).

The commissioners may invite the legislative body of any municipality or county located near the territory comprised within the district to designate a representative to advise and consult with the commissioners of the district on all questions of program and policy which may affect the property, water supply, or other interests of such municipality or county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-3
Status: in_force

The commissioner is hereby charged with the enforcement of this chapter and is empowered to promulgate rules, regulations, specifications, standards and tests as may be necessary in order to secure the efficient administration of this chapter. The department may, from time to time, publish such data in connection with the administration of this chapter as may be of public interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-353 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-353
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-353
Status: in_force

Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least two (2) times, the first of which shall be made not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the City of Jackson and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals with a large national circulation, to be selected by the State Bond Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-5
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall apply to the dispensing of biologics, drugs, remedies, tonics, medicines or preparations hereinabove referred to by a licensed veterinarian if same is delivered by the licensed practitioner in the course of his professional practice or upon his prescription.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-117 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-117
Status: in_force

(1) All equidae located on any premises within the state where the public participates in equine activities for any purpose, including, but not limited to, training, breeding, performing or exhibition shall be accompanied by the original copy of a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test. All equidae moving within the state for any reason shall be accompanied by the original copy of a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test. Equidae being sold at a public sale or sold at a private sale shall have a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test.

(2) The Board of Animal Health shall promulgate rules and regulations to enforce this section.

(3) Any person violating this section or the rules and regulations promulgated under this section by the Board of Animal Health is subject to the penalties provided in Section 69-15-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-347 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-347
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-347
Status: in_force

For the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the State of Mississippi are hereby irrevocably pledged. If the Legislature finds that there are sufficient funds available in the General Fund of the State Treasury to pay maturing principal and accruing interest of the bonds, and if the Legislature appropriates such available funds for the purpose of paying such maturing principal and accruing interest, then the maturing principal and accruing interest of the bonds shall be paid from appropriations made by the Legislature from the General Fund of the State Treasury.

All monies in such revolving fund which are not necessary to pay accruing bonds and interest shall be invested by the State Treasurer in such securities as are provided by law for the investment of funds of the state, and the earnings on such investments shall be transferred by the Treasurer into the revolving fund created in Section 69-27-343 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-13
Status: in_force

(1) There shall be paid to the commissioner for all soil or plant amendments distributed in this state an inspection fee of Thirty-five Cents ($.35) per ton. However, products sold in packages of ten (10) pounds or less or one (1) gallon or less shall be subject to an annual inspection fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in lieu of the Thirty-five Cents ($.35) per ton fee. The annual inspection fee shall be paid upon date of registration.

(2) Every person who distributes a soil or plant amendment in the state shall file with the commissioner, on forms furnished by him, an annual statement setting forth the number of net tons of each soil or plant amendment distributed in the state during the previous year. The statement shall be due within thirty (30) days following the reporting year. The statement shall be accompanied by a payment of the inspection fee at the rate of Thirty-five Cents ($.35) per ton, except as specified in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) When more than one (1) distributor is involved in the distribution of a soil or plant amendment product, the last registrant who distributes to a nonregistrant (dealer or consumer) is responsible for reporting the tonnage and paying the inspection fees unless the reporting and paying of fees has been made by a prior distributor of the soil or plant amendment product. If the statement is not filed or is filed falsely, or the inspection fee is not paid within thirty (30) days following the reporting year, the commissioner and State Chemist may revoke the registration of the products and a penalty of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per day for each subsequent day shall be assessed against the registrant. The inspection fee and the penalty shall constitute a debt and become the basis for a judgment against the registrant, which may be collected by the commissioner and in any court of competent jurisdiction without prior demand.

(4) The statement required by this section shall not be a public record, and it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to divulge any information given in the statement which would reveal the business operations of a person or registrant filing the statement; provided, however, that nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to prevent or make unlawful the use of information concerning the business operation of any registrant in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted under this chapter, including any civil action for collection of unpaid inspection fees, which action is hereby authorized and which shall be as an action at law in the name of the commissioner.

(5) All fees paid to the commissioner for registration, inspection, or penalties for product deficiencies shall be deposited into the General Fund account of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-121 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 21-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-121
Status: in_force

Any person found by the department to have violated any of the provisions of this article, any rule, regulation or written order of the department or any condition or limitation of a license issued by the department shall be subject to disciplinary action. Disciplinary matters shall be conducted as administrative proceedings under Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 . Any person found guilty of a violation shall be subject to the administrative or civil penalties as provided by Section 69-25-51 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-2 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-2
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Board of Animal Health is to be composed of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and the heads of the Animal and Dairy Science and Poultry Science Departments at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science and one (1) person appointed by the President of Alcorn State University from its land grant staff as five (5) ex officio members with full voting rights, and ten (10) other members of the board to be appointed by the Governor as hereinafter provided. The board shall select annually a chairman and vice chairman from any members of the board.

(2) The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint eleven (11) other members from the following groups or associations from a written list of recommendations from such groups or associations:

One (1) licensed and practicing veterinarian who holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree, from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi State Veterinary Medical Association;

One (1) general farmer from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation;

One (1) poultry breeder and producer from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Poultry Association;

One (1) small ruminant breeder and producer from a written list of three (3) recommendations, one (1) recommendation submitted by each of the following: the Mississippi Sheep Producers' Association, the Mississippi Club Goat Association, and the Mississippi Goat Association. If an association fails to timely submit its recommendation, the Governor may appoint the member from the list of recommendations submitted by the other associations;

One (1) beef cattle breeder and producer from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association;

One (1) swine breeder and producer from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Pork Producers' Association;

One (1) dairy breeder and producer from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the American Dairy Association of Mississippi;

One (1) horse breeder and producer from a written list of four (4) recommendations, one (1) recommendation submitted by each of the following: the Mississippi Quarter Horse Association, Tennessee Walking Horse Association, Mississippi Cutting Horse Association and Mississippi State Equine Association. If an association fails to timely submit its recommendation, the Governor may appoint the member from the list of recommendations submitted by the other associations;

One (1) catfish breeder and producer from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Catfish Association;

One (1) member of the Mississippi Livestock Auction Association from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Livestock Auction Association.

All members shall take and subscribe to the general oath of office as provided in Section 268, Mississippi Constitution of 1890 , and file the same with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.

(3) Effective August 1, 1968, the dairy producer member shall be appointed for a one-year term; the Livestock Auction Association member shall be appointed for a two-year term; and the meat packer member shall be appointed for a three-year term; the catfish producer member shall be appointed for a four-year term; and the horse producer member shall be appointed for a five-year term.

Effective August 1, 1969, the poultry producer member shall be appointed for a two-year term; on August 1, 1970, the sheep producer member shall be appointed for a three-year term; on August 1, 1971, the swine producing member shall be appointed for a four-year term; on August 1, 1972, the general farmer member shall be appointed for a five-year term; on August 1, 1973, the veterinarian member shall be appointed for a six-year term; and on August 1, 1974, the beef cattle producer member shall be appointed for a seven-year term.

All subsequent appointments shall be for four-year terms, except for appointments to fill vacancies which shall be for the unexpired term only.

(4)(a) “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.

(b) “ Department ” means the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

(5) On or before July 1, 1998, the board shall appoint, from a written list of not less than three (3) licensed veterinarians submitted by the commissioner, the State Veterinarian.

(6) There is created an advisory council to advise the Board of Animal Health on matters concerning the board. The council shall be composed of the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and one (1) appointee of the Lieutenant Governor and one (1) appointee of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The members of the advisory council shall serve in an advisory capacity only. For attending meetings of the council, such legislators shall receive per diem and expenses which shall be paid from the contingent expense funds of their respective houses in the same amounts provided for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session; however, no per diem or expenses for attending meetings of the council shall be paid while the Legislature is in session. No per diem and expenses shall be paid except for attending meetings of the council without prior approval of the proper committee in their respective houses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-53-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 53-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-53-1
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “ Agritourism ” means the travel or visit by the general public to, or the practice of inviting or allowing the general public to travel to or visit a working farm, ranch, or other commercial agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural, or forestry operation for the purpose of enjoyment, education, or participation in the activities of the farm, ranch, or other agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural, or forestry operation.

(b) “ Agritourism activity ” means any activity which allows members of the general public, for recreational, entertainment or educational purposes, to view or enjoy rural activities, including, but not limited to, farming activities, ranching activities or historic or cultural or natural attractions.

(c) “ Agritourism professional ” means any person, partnership, corporation, or the employees or authorized agents, who offer or conduct one or more agritourism activities, whether or not for compensation.

(d) “ Inherent risks of agritourism activity ” means those dangers or conditions that are an integral part of an agritourism activity, including, but not limited to, certain hazards involving surface and subsurface conditions, natural conditions of land, vegetation and waters, the behavior of wild or domestic animals, and ordinary dangers of structures or equipment ordinarily used in farming, ranching, or other commercial agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural or forestry operation. Inherent risks of agritourism activity also include the potential of a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to injury to the participant or others, including failing to follow instructions given by the agritourism professional or failing to exercise reasonable caution while engaging in the agritourism activity.

(e) “ Participant ” means any person, other than the agritourism professional, who engages in an agritourism activity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-117 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 15-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-117
Status: in_force

(1) All equidae located on any premises within the state where the public participates in equine activities for any purpose, including, but not limited to, training, breeding, performing or exhibition shall be accompanied by the original copy of a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test. All equidae moving within the state for any reason shall be accompanied by the original copy of a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test. Equidae being sold at a public sale or sold at a private sale shall have a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test.

(2) The Board of Animal Health shall promulgate rules and regulations to enforce this section.

(3) Any person violating this section or the rules and regulations promulgated under this section by the Board of Animal Health is subject to the penalties provided in Section 69-15-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-305 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-305
Status: in_force

(1) A retailer of a covered commodity shall inform consumers, at the final point of sale of the covered commodity to consumers, of the country of origin of the covered commodity.

(2)(a) The information may be provided to consumers by means of a label, stamp, mark, placard or other clear and visible sign on the covered commodity or on the package, display, holding unit or bin containing the commodity at the final point of sale to consumers.

(b) If the covered commodity is already individually labeled for retail sale regarding country of origin, the retailer shall not be required to provide any additional information to comply with this section.

(3) A supplier shall provide information to the retailer indicating the country of origin of the covered commodity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and cited as the Mississippi Pesticide Law of 1975.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-61 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-61
Status: in_force

The Board of Animal Health shall have jurisdiction over all persons and property necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-69 , the rules and regulations of the board, and all other laws relating to the prevention and eradication of diseases in animals and livestock. The board may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-69 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-327 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-327
Status: in_force

The ranger is authorized to administer all oaths and take affidavits necessary in the discharge of his duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-101
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to provide a place for registration of brands or marks of cattle and other livestock in an appropriate bureau, which may be called the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau, in the Department of Agriculture and Commerce under the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi, in order to avoid confusion as to brands or marks of cattle and other livestock, and to protect the owners against theft, and to aid the agricultural and livestock theft investigators in the Department of Agriculture and Commerce in tracing such cattle and other livestock when stolen, apprehending such thieves and returning the cattle and other livestock to the owner thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-25 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-25
Status: in_force

If the amount claimed for the damages by animals trespassing exceed two hundred dollars, the plaintiff will proceed by petition in the circuit court, wherein the proceedings shall be according to the practice of that court; and the clerk shall perform the ministerial duties prescribed for justices of the peace in cases before them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-333 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-333
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-333
Status: in_force

The Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall retain title to each piece of heavy or specialized machinery or equipment so purchased and made available to any soil and water conservation district until such time as the district fully amortizes the commission's investment in such machinery or equipment. After the commission's investment in such machinery or equipment has been fully amortized, it is authorized and empowered to transfer the title thereto to the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-337 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-337
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-337
Status: in_force

If any person shall take up any horse, mare, mule, jack, cattle, sheep, goat or hog as an estray, contrary to the provisions of this article; or if any person, having taken up such animal, shall fail to send it to or notify the owner, if known, or to give information to the ranger as required, or shall fail to perform any duty required of him, or shall abuse such animal, or shall use the same in an unreasonable or improper manner, so that damage shall be done to the owner, or the value of the animal be impaired; or if any person shall take or send away an estray out of this state, or shall trade, sell, or barter the same; or if any taker up shall fail to deliver said estray to the ranger at the courthouse on the day of the sale of said estray, such person shall, for every such offense, be punished as for a misdemeanor, and, in addition thereto, shall be liable to the owner for the value of the animal; and the taker up shall forfeit all compensation for taking up and keeping such estray.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-313 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-313
Status: in_force

If the estray shall not be claimed and proved within the time allowed and before actual sale, the same shall be sold by the ranger at the courthouse door, for cash, after giving three weeks' notice of the time and place of sale by an advertisement put up in one of the most public places in each supervisor's district, one of which shall be at the courthouse door; and the sale may be made on the first Monday of any month, and between the hours of twelve and four o'clock of the day of the sale; and estray horses, mules, jacks, jennets, and colts over two years old, and work-oxen shall be delivered at the courthouse on the day of sale. All other estrays may be delivered on the premises of the taker up.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 28-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-11
Status: in_force

An agricultural district may be comprised of ownerships residing in more than one (1) soil and water conservation district as long as the conditions of a contiguous boundary are satisfied. In such case, each soil and water conservation district shall have the responsibility to meet the requirements of this chapter within the county of its jurisdiction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-26-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 26-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-26-5
Status: in_force

Within the meaning of Article VI(b) or VIII(a), a request or application for assistance from the Insurance Fund may be made by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or the Governor whenever in such official's judgment the conditions qualifying this state for such assistance exist and it would be in the best interest of this state to make such request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-329 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-329
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-329
Status: in_force

A justice of the peace, where there is a county ranger, shall not have authority to do any act concerning estrays, except to take the information from the taker up and to issue the summons for the appraisers; and he shall be entitled to the same fee for such service as the ranger, to be collected and paid over by the ranger; but if there be not a ranger, a justice of the peace may perform all the duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-307 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-307
Status: in_force

A person shall not, without the effective consent of the owner, damage or destroy an animal facility or an animal or property in or on an animal facility with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-101
Status: in_force

In order to carry out the purposes of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act enacted by the Congress of the United States, the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science (hereinafter referred to as the “university”) is hereby designated as the agency of the State of Mississippi to administer any state plan authorized by this article which shall be approved by the secretary of agriculture of the United States (hereinafter referred to as the “secretary of agriculture”) for the State of Mississippi pursuant to the provisions of said Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-103
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public safety shall be placed in charge of and be responsible for the taking up and impounding of livestock found on the highways or highway right-of-ways described in Section 69-13-101 . The commissioner of public safety is authorized, in his discretion, to secure the services of any person or persons residing in the respective counties of the state where he deems it necessary or advisable, other than an elected county officer, who shall assist the highway safety patrol in taking up such loose livestock and impounding the same in a private enclosure, which the private individual provides, without any cost to the state, such an individual being paid solely from the fees and assessments hereinafter provided against any such livestock. The commissioner of public safety, in the alternative, may require that such livestock be impounded in an enclosure, in the event the board of supervisors of that county has provided such an enclosure for that purpose.

A private individual hired by the commissioner of public safety to pick up loose livestock may not pick up such livestock off the highways and highway right-of-ways unless a state highway patrolman, or a sheriff or his deputy, or a constable, or some other law enforcement officer is present at the time such livestock is picked up.

The board of supervisors of each county within the State of Mississippi may, in its discretion, make provision for the care of animals so taken up and impounded under the provisions of this article and all county officers and law enforcement officers are directed to give full cooperation to the highway safety patrol in carrying out the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-23 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-23
Status: in_force

(1) If the committee shall determine that the operation of the proposed district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible, it shall appoint two (2) commissioners to act, with the three (3) commissioners elected as provided hereinafter, as the governing body of the district. Such district shall be a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body, corporate and politic, upon the taking of the following proceedings:

The two (2) appointed commissioners shall present to the Secretary of State an application signed by them, which shall set forth (and such application need contain no detail other than the mere recitals): (a) that a petition for the creation of the district was filed with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee pursuant to the provisions of this article, and that the proceedings specified in this article were taken pursuant to such petition; that the application is being filed in order to complete the organization of the district as a governmental subdivision and a public body, corporate and politic, under this article; and that the committee has appointed them as commissioners; (b) the name and official residence of each of the commissioners, together with a certified copy of the appointments evidencing their right to office; (c) the term of office of each of the commissioners; (d) the name which is proposed for the district; and (e) the location of the principal office of the commissioners of the district. The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the said commissioners before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take and certify oaths, who shall certify upon the application that he personally knows the commissioners and knows them to be the officers as affirmed in the application, and that each has subscribed thereto in the officer's presence. The application shall be accompanied by a statement by the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, which shall certify (and such statement need contain no detail other than the mere recitals) that a petition was filed, notice issued, and hearing held as aforesaid; that the committee did duly determine that there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare, for a soil and water conservation district to function in the proposed territory and did define the boundaries thereof; that notice was given and a referendum held on the question of the creation of such district, and that the result of such referendum showed a majority of the votes cast in such referendum to be in favor of the creation of the district; that thereafter the committee did duly determine that the operation of the proposed district is administratively practicable and feasible. The said statement shall set forth the boundaries of the district as they have been defined by the committee.

The Secretary of State shall examine the application and statement, and, if he finds that the name proposed for the district is not identical with that of any other soil and water conservation district of this state or so nearly similar as to lead to confusion or uncertainty, he shall receive and file them and shall record them in an appropriate book of record in his office. If the Secretary of State shall find that the name proposed for the district is identical with that of any other soil and water conservation district of this state, or so nearly similar as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, he shall certify such fact to the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, which shall thereupon submit to the Secretary of State a new name for said district, which shall not be subject to such defects. Upon receipt of such new name, free of such defects, the Secretary of State shall record the application and statement, with the name so modified, in an appropriate book of record in his office. When the application and statement have been made, filed and recorded, as herein provided, the district shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body, corporate and politic. The Secretary of State shall make and issue to the said commissioners a certificate, under the seal of the state, of the due organization of the said district, and shall record such certificate with the application and statement. The boundaries of such district shall include the territory as determined by the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee as aforesaid, but in no event shall they include any area included within the boundaries of another soil and water conservation district organized under the provisions of this article.

(2) In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract, proceeding, or action of the district, the district shall be deemed to have been established in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid sections upon proof of the issuance of the aforesaid certificate by the Secretary of State. A copy of such certificate duly certified by the Secretary of State shall be admissible in evidence in any such action or proceeding and shall be proof of the filing and contents thereof. However, the procedural steps required for the issuance of a certificate by the Secretary of State may be attacked in any suit or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract, proceeding, or action of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-109 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-109
Status: in_force

(1) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article or of the rules or regulations of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, adopted in accordance with the provisions thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months in the county jail.

(2) In addition to the criminal penalty imposed under subsection (1) of this section, each violation of this article or the applicable rules and regulations established by the commissioner pertaining hereto shall subject the violator to administrative action as provided in Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-313 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-313
Status: in_force

Any eligible landowner or land operator who wishes to receive cost-share assistance shall file an application with the soil and water conservation district stating the practice to be implemented. Upon the receipt of an application, the district shall:

(a) Make a need and feasibility determination;

(b) Inform the landowner or land operator of the result of the needs and feasibility study and inform the landowner or land operator as to what practice is approved for installation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-3
Status: in_force

The State Plant Board is abolished and its duties are transferred to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, and it shall henceforth be known as the Bureau of Plant Industry.

There is created an Advisory Board to the Bureau of Plant Industry, composed of the following: the State Chemist; the head of the Entomology and Plant Pathology Department, Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science; the head of the Plant and Soil Science Department, Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science; Alcorn State University Director of Agriculture and Applied Sciences; and, for a period of two (2) years, the following: one (1) soil conservation district commissioner appointed by the commissioner; two (2) residents of Mississippi who engage in the production of any crop, appointed by the commissioner; one (1) resident of the State of Mississippi who is a commercial applicator holding a license issued under the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Plant Industry, appointed by the commissioner; one (1) resident of the State of Mississippi who is a restricted use pesticide registrant or an employee of such person, appointed by the commissioner; one (1) resident of the State of Mississippi who is either a wholesale or retail horticulturist, appointed by the commissioner, and one (1) resident of the State of Mississippi who is a licensed landscape contractor, appointed by the commissioner, who shall serve with no compensation and whose duties are to advise the commissioner on all matters regarding the Bureau of Plant Industry. The commissioner shall meet annually with the advisory board and the Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry. It is the intent and purpose of this section to maintain the domicile of this division of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, Mississippi State, Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-5
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall appoint a full-time executive secretary and director, hereinafter called the “Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry,” whose office shall be at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. The director shall serve at the will and pleasure of the commissioner and shall receive a salary in an amount to be determined by the commissioner. It shall be the duty of the director to enforce the rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner and to perform such other functions that may be assigned to him by the commissioner.

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and the Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry shall appoint a full-time State Entomologist, who shall be a qualified entomologist and whose office shall be at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-53 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 15-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-53
Status: in_force

(1) When any allegation or charge has been made against a person for violating the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health or the law relating to the prevention and eradication of diseases in animals and livestock, the Board of Animal Health shall direct the State Veterinarian to act as the reviewing officer. The reviewing officer shall (a) cause the complaint to be in writing and signed by the person making the charge; (b) insure that the complaint is filed in the office of the Board of Animal Health; and (c) send a copy of the complaint and any supporting documents to the person accused along with a request for the accused to respond to the allegations within thirty (30) days. Such notification shall be accomplished by any of the methods provided for in Rule 4 of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure . Upon receipt of the response and any supporting documents from the accused, the reviewing officer shall screen all information on file to determine the merit of the complaint or lack thereof.

(2) If the reviewing officer determines that the complaint lacks merit, he may dismiss the complaint.

(3) If the reviewing officer determines that there are reasonable grounds to indicate that a violation has occurred or the accused admits to the truth of the allegations upon which the complaint is based, the reviewing officer may levy a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation.

(4) If the accused requests a hearing, in writing, within thirty (30) days, the reviewing officer shall notify the Board of Animal Health and a hearing shall be scheduled. The actions of the State Veterinarian with respect to subsections (2) and (3) above shall be reviewable at such hearing, if so requested. The party requesting a hearing shall file a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) along with the request for hearing to cover the cost of a court reporter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-307 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-307
Status: in_force

Any person taking up estrays may retain possession thereof and use and employ the same in a proper and reasonable manner until claimed or sold according to law, without being liable to the owner thereof, and shall provide such estrays with sufficient wholesome sustenance; and if an animal so taken up die or accidentally get away, the taker up shall not be answerable for the same unless such death or escape be occasioned by ill treatment or neglect. Any person taking up and using an estray under the provisions of this section shall be liable for reasonable hire for the use thereof, to be fixed by the ranger, the same to be set off against the expense of keeping said estray.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-201 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-201
Status: in_force

This article shall be known as the “Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act.” The regulation of hemp cultivation and processing shall be governed exclusively by the provisions of the Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act. A municipality, county or other political subdivision of this state shall not enact, adopt or enforce a rule, ordinance, order, resolution or other regulation that allows, prohibits or penalizes the cultivation, production or processing of hemp in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 44-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-1
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to promote the growth and development of the corn industry in Mississippi by research, advertisement promotions and education and market development, thereby promoting the general welfare of the people of this state.

For purposes of this chapter:

(a) “ Board ” means the Mississippi Corn Promotion Board.

(b) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-61 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-61
Status: in_force

The Board of Animal Health shall have jurisdiction over all persons and property necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-69 , the rules and regulations of the board, and all other laws relating to the prevention and eradication of diseases in animals and livestock. The board may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-69 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-9
Status: in_force

(1) The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall be constituted as follows:

(a) Eleven (11) voting members:

(i) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce;

(ii) The State Forester;

(iii) The President of the Mississippi Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners;

(iv) The first vice president of the association;

(v) The second vice president of the association;

(vi) The immediate or most recent ex-president of the association willing and able to serve; and

(vii) Five (5) members to be elected from the membership of the soil and water conservation district commissioners at the annual meeting of the association, one (1) from each United States congressional district by a caucus of the association members from each congressional district as constituted at the time of the caucus, to be elected as follows: First District, one (1) member elected for a one-year term, beginning January 1, 1968, and ending January 1, 1969, his successor to be similarly elected at the 1968 annual meeting of the association for a three-year term ending January 1, 1972, and each successor elected in the succeeding third annual meeting for a three-year term; Second District, one (1) member elected for a two-year term beginning January 1, 1968, and ending January 1, 1970, his successor to be similarly elected at the 1969 annual meeting of the association for a three-year term ending January 1, 1973, and each successor elected in the succeeding third annual meeting for a three-year term; Third District, election to be similar to the Second District; Fourth District, one (1) member elected for a three-year term beginning January 1, 1968, and ending January 1, 1971, each successor to be similarly elected at the succeeding third annual meeting for a three-year term; Fifth District, election to be similar to Fourth District.

(viii) The elected members of the board as constituted on January 15, 2003, shall continue to serve until the expiration of their respective terms. As the terms of the five (5) members expire, the members shall be elected as follows: one (1) member from each congressional district by caucus of the association members from each congressional district as constituted at the time of the caucus and the remainder to be elected from the state at large by the membership of the association. The position and term of the member elected from the Third District whose term expires January 1, 2004, shall be the term and position of the at large member.

(b) The purpose of the above procedure is to provide that when put into effect, elected members will serve three-year staggered terms. The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission is empowered to adopt and carry out procedures for filling unexpired terms of its elected members. The incumbent will continue to serve until his successor is duly qualified and enters into the duties of his office.

(c) Two (2) members shall serve ex officio and without voting power, but with all privileges of discussion and debate as follows:

(i) The Director of the State Extension Service; and

(ii) The Director of the State Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Station.

(d) Such nonvoting ex officio member who, due to the pressure of his other required official duties, believes that he will be unable to regularly attend meetings of the commission shall designate a substitute to attend in his stead with the same rights and privileges that he would have had.

(2) The commission shall designate its chairman and vice chairman and may, from time to time, change such designation. A majority of the voting members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority in any matter within their duties shall be required for its determination. The voting members of the commission shall receive a per diem at the uniform rate established in Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for their services on the commission for not more than thirty-six (36) days in any one calendar year. In addition, and in the discretion of the commission, all members may be entitled to expenses, including traveling expenses, necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties on the commission, not to exceed the rate established in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for state officers and employees. The commission may provide for the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who shall be entrusted with funds or property, shall provide for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all proceedings and of all resolutions, regulations and orders issued or adopted, and shall provide for an annual audit of the accounts of receipts and disbursements by the State Auditor.

(3) The commission shall keep a record of its official actions, shall adopt a seal, which seal shall be judicially noticed, and may perform such acts, hold such public hearings, and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the execution of its functions under this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-203
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall promote the development of agriculture and aquaculture for both native and nonnative species. The department shall be organized into the Administration Office, the Regulatory Office, and the Marketing, Agricultural Development and Finance Office. Each office shall have the duties hereinafter specified in addition to any other duties assigned to it by the commissioner.

The Administration Office shall consist of such employees as may be assigned to it by the commissioner and shall have exclusive responsibility for the following functions of the department:

(a) Accounting;

(b) Payroll;

(c) Purchasing;

(d) Data processing;

(e) Personnel;

(f) Motor pool and vehicles;

(g) Maintenance; and

(h) Printing and records.

The Regulatory Office shall administer those laws relating to the regulation of the labels of syrup containers; the regulation of the sale of planting seed; the regulation of the sale of livestock by weight; the protection of the health of swine; the inspection of grain crops; the testing of the accuracy of petroleum pumps; the inspection of milk manufacturing plants and producers; the establishment of standards for frozen desserts sold in Mississippi; the licensing of exotic bird dealers; the regulation of the disposition of animal and poultry inedible waste; the regulation of the labeling of catfish; the adoption of systems of weights and measures for all commercial purposes in Mississippi; the inspection of meat and poultry and the licensing of facilities used for the processing thereof; and the regulation of the measurement and receiving of pulpwood.

The Marketing, Agricultural Development and Finance Office shall develop direct contact with potential buyers worldwide for the Mississippi agricultural community to expand domestic and international markets; develop and regulate aquaculture production as provided in the Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988; and operate and administer the Mississippi Market Bulletin, the Market News Service, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum and the Centennial Farm Family Program. This office shall also be responsible for the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistical data concerning the production, supply, price and other aspects of the state's agricultural economy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-371 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-371
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-371
Status: in_force

A certificate of free sale is sometimes required for agricultural products from Mississippi to enter importing states and foreign countries. Persons exporting products from Mississippi are often asked by importing states and foreign countries to supply a certificate for products registered with or regulated by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. The purpose of Sections 69-1-371 through 69-1-375 is to authorize the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce to issue a certificate of free sale for agricultural products and those products registered with or regulated by the department for the purpose of exporting these products from Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-109 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 13-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-109
Status: in_force

When any livestock shall have been taken up and impounded in the enclosure to be provided by the board of supervisors, the sheriff of said county or counties shall be responsible for having the descriptions of all such livestock published in one weekly newspaper with general circulation in that part of the county where livestock was taken up. Such notice shall be in substantially the following form:

“To Whom It May Concern:

You are hereby notified that the following described livestock (giving full and accurate description of same, including marks and brands) is now impounded at (giving location where livestock is impounded) __________ and the amount due by reason of such impounding is $ __________ dollars per day. The above described livestock will, unless redeemed within five (5) days from date hereof, be offered for sale at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash.

____________

___________________________________________________________________________

Date

Sheriff of __________ County, Mississippi”

Unless the impounded livestock is redeemed within five days from date of notice, the sheriff shall forthwith give notice of sale thereof which shall be held not less than five days nor more than twelve days (excluding Sundays and holidays) from the first publication of the notice of sale. Said notice of sale shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the said county (excluding Sundays and holidays) and by posting a copy of such notice at the court house door. If there be no such newspaper then by posting such copy at the court house door and at two other conspicuous places in said county.

Such notice of sale shall be in substantially the following form:

“(Name of owner, if known, otherwise ‘To Whom It May Concern’) you are hereby notified that I will offer for sale and sell at public sale to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described livestock (giving full and accurate description of each head of livestock) at __________ o'clock, __________.M. (the hour of sale to be between 11 o'clock A.M. and 2 o'clock P.M. Central Standard Time) on the ___ day of __________ at the following place: __________ (which place shall be where the livestock is impounded or at the place provided by the county commissioners for the taking up and keeping of such livestock) to satisfy a claim in the sum of __________ for fees, expenses for feeding and care and costs hereof.

____________

___________________________________________________________________________

Date

Sheriff of __________ County, Mississippi”

If the rightful owners shall claim the impounded animals, they may do so by paying all assessments or liens as herein provided, after signing for them on forms provided by the commissioner of public safety, such forms to include the descriptions of said animals. All receipts shall be deposited in a special fund known as the “Sheriff's Livestock Sale Fund.” If it is later determined who the rightful owners are, the sheriff may have refunded to them the selling price after all liens are paid. Any funds accrued in this account shall, on June first of each year, be transferred to the general county fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-203
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth below unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Bureau of Plant Industry ” means a division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce created under the provision of Section 69-25-3 .

(b) “ Business entity ” means a nonnatural person and includes nonprofit and for profit corporations, partnerships, limited liability corporations, and other legal entities recognized by law.

(c) “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi. Where applicable under the provisions of this article, “commissioner” shall include the commissioner's designee.

(d) “ Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol ” means the sum of the percentage by weight of tetrahydrocannabinol acid multiplied by eight hundred seventy-seven thousandths (0.877) plus the percentage by weight of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.

(e) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

(f) “ Grower ” means a person, business entity, joint venture or cooperative that cultivates, grows or harvests hemp.

(g) “ Hemp ” means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of not more than three-tenths percent (0.3%) on a dry weight basis that is grown or processed under this article.

(h) “ Legal description of land ” means Global Position System coordinates and shall also include the metes and bounds to include township, range, and section for the location in which hemp is grown.

(i) “ Person ” means any person, firm, association, corporation or business entity.

(j) “ Processor ” means a person, business entity, joint venture or cooperative that receives hemp for processing into commodities, products or hemp seed. A processor also includes any such entity that brokers and/or stores hemp.

(k) “ State plan ” means the plan contemplated by 7 C.F.R. Part 990 Subpart B that a state must file for approval with the United States Secretary of Agriculture.

(l) “ USDA ” means the United States Department of Agriculture.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Program Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-43 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-43
Status: in_force

Where the commissioners of any district organized under the provisions of this article shall adopt an ordinance prescribing land-use regulations in accordance with the provisions of Section 69-27-37 , they shall further provide by ordinance for the establishment of a board of adjustment. Such board of adjustment shall consist of three (3) members, each to be appointed for a term of three (3) years, except that the members first appointed shall be appointed for terms of one (1), two (2), and three (3) years, respectively. The members of each such board of adjustment shall be appointed by the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, and shall be removable, upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other reason, such hearing to be conducted jointly by the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee and the commissioners of the district. Vacancies in the board of adjustment shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments, and shall be for the unexpired term of the member whose term becomes vacant. Members of the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee and the commissioners of the district shall be ineligible to appointment as members of the board of adjustment during their tenure of such other office. The members of the board of adjustment shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be entitled to expenses, including travelling expenses, necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties. The commissioners shall pay the necessary administrative and other expenses of operation incurred by the board, upon the certificate of the chairman of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-21
Status: in_force

(1) If any referendum conducted under this chapter fails to receive the required number of affirmative votes, the bureau, at the request of the corporation, shall be authorized to call other referenda.

(2) After the passage of any referendum, the eligible voters may be allowed, by subsequent referenda to be held upon recommendation of the corporation, to vote on whether to continue with the program and/or to modify the assessment fee. However, before any referendum is held proposing any modifications of the assessment, the corporation must submit its recommendation to the commissioner for approval. Upon petition by twenty percent (20%) of all eligible voting cotton growers within the state, the corporation shall be required to conduct a subsequent referendum on the question called in the petition, provided that the corporation is required to hold no more than one (1) petitioned referendum during any given calendar year. All the requirements for an initial referendum must be met in any subsequent referenda. The results of the referendum, along with annual audits of all monies expended on programs affected by the referendum, shall be reported each year to the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairmen of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee.

(3) It is the intent of the Legislature that the cost of the containment/maintenance phase of the boll weevil eradication program be borne by the producers, and that any subsequent debt incurred by the program be funded by subsidies, loans and grants from the federal government and other sources.

(4) No assessment under any subsequent referendum for a containment/maintenance program may exceed Twelve Dollars ($12.00) an acre, and it shall be incumbent upon the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation to levy only that amount necessary to ensure the financial stability of the eradication program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 48-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-3
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Peanut Promotion Board is hereby created, to be composed of six (6) members to be appointed by the Governor to serve terms of three (3) years. All of the six (6) members of the board shall be producers of peanuts in the State of Mississippi. Within ten (10) days following July 1, 2007, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., and the Mississippi Peanut Growers Association shall each submit the names of six (6) peanut producers to the Governor, and he shall appoint three (3) members from the nominees of each organization to serve on the board on rotating three-year terms. The original board shall be appointed with members of each of the organizations appointed as follows: one (1) for one (1) year, one (1) for two (2) years, and one (1) for three (3) years. Each year thereafter, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the terms of expiring board members, the organizations shall submit the names of three (3) nominees to the Governor and succeeding boards shall be appointed by the Governor in the same manner, giving equal representation to each organization. Vacancies which occur shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made.

(2) The members of the board shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment, and shall elect a chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer from the membership of the board, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such officers or specifically designated by the board. The chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer shall be bonded in an amount not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). The cost of the bonds shall be paid from the funds received under this chapter. The bond shall be a security for any illegal act of such member of the board and recovery thereon may be had by the state for any injury by the illegal act of the member. The board may establish rules and regulations for its own government and the administration of the affairs of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-123 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-123
Status: in_force

The commissioner may cooperate with or enter into formal cooperative agreements with any public or private agency or educational institution of this state or any other state or federal agency for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 , to encourage training of certified applicators and securing uniformity of regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-43 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 25-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-43
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall not be so construed or enforced as to conflict in any way with any act of Congress regulating the movement of plants or plant products in interstate or foreign commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 48-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-11
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall plan and conduct a program of research, education and advertising designed to promote the peanut industry in Mississippi. The board is authorized to use the funds derived from the assessment imposed herein for these purposes, including basic administration expenses of the plan. Use of these funds may be applied, as prescribed in this section, within or without the State of Mississippi, including regional, national and international research and promotional applications.

(2)(a) The Mississippi Legislature finds and declares that the factors which affect the ability of Mississippi peanut farmers to market their crop are established by national and international forces in the world market. The Legislature further finds and declares that the expenditure of funds by the board for the purpose of influencing the development and implementation of national and international policy affecting the marketing, research and advertising of peanuts produced by Mississippi farmers is the expenditure of funds for a public purpose.

(b) The board may expend a portion of the funds received and administered by the board for the purpose of influencing the development and implementation of national and international policy affecting peanuts produced by Mississippi farmers.

(c) The amount of funds expended by the board in each fiscal year for the purposes authorized in this subsection shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the budget of the board for that fiscal year.

(d) The board shall not expend any funds for the purpose of influencing any political activity.

(3) A report of all income and expenditures shall be made annually on December 31, with four (4) copies of the report to be filed and presented during the regular sessions of the Mississippi Legislature with each of the following: the Chairman of the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and the State Auditor.

(4) If the board fails to make an annual report in violation of the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, the board shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-111 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-111
Status: in_force

(1) After October 21, 1976, it is unlawful for any person to engage in the application or use of any pesticide that is restricted by EPA or the commissioner, except as provided for and defined in Sections 69-19-1 through 69-19-15 , 69-21-101 through 69-21-128 and 69-23-1 through 69-23-29 , without being certified or licensed by the commissioner.

(2) The commissioner may classify licenses or permits to be issued under Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 . Separate classifications and subclassifications may be specified by the commissioner in conformity with FIFRA. Each classification may be subject to separate requirements of testing procedures.

(3) Application for license shall be made on a form provided by the commissioner and shall contain information regarding the applicant's qualifications, proposed operations, and license classification or classifications as prescribed by regulations.

(4) The commissioner shall require each applicant for a certified applicator's license to demonstrate competency by a written or oral examination, or any other equivalent procedure as may be adopted by the commissioner by regulation, that he possesses adequate knowledge with respect to the proper use and application of pesticides in the particular categories or classification for which application for license is made. The commissioner may cooperate with other state, federal and private agencies in preparing, administering and evaluating examinations or other equivalent procedures, including training, for determining competency of certified applicators, and shall consider and be guided by certification requirements set forth by EPA.

(5) If the commissioner finds the applicant qualified in the classification for which he has applied, he shall issue a certified applicator's license limited to that classification. Expiration dates of licenses may be established by regulation, unless revoked, suspended, denied, cancelled or modified prior thereto by the commissioner for cause as hereinafter provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 35-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-1
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as the “Mississippi Dairy Promotion Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-24 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-24
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-24
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authorities of an incorporated municipality within this state are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to make contributions to the various soil conservation districts either now or hereafter located entirely or partially within the county in which the municipality is situated.

(2) This section is intended to be cumulative and not to repeal or limit or abridge any laws in this state which provide for assistance to soil conservation districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-19
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, carry, ship, or deliver for carriage or shipment within this state, any plants or plant products or other thing or substitute listed, as required in such rules and regulations made by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce unless such plant or plant products or other thing or substance have been officially inspected and a certificate issued by an inspector of the commissioner stating that the plants or plant products or other thing or substance have been inspected and found to be apparently free from insect pests, diseases and noxious weeds, and any other facts provided for in the rules and regulations made pursuant to this statute. For the issuance of such certificate, the commissioner may require the payment of a reasonable fee to cover the expense of such an inspection and certification provided, however, that if such plants or plant products or other thing or substance were brought into the state in compliance with the requirements of law such certificate required may be accepted in lieu of the inspection and certificate required by this section in such cases as shall be provided for in the rules and regulations made hereunder. If it shall be found at any time that a certificate of inspection issued or accepted pursuant to the provisions of this section is being used in connection with plants and plant products or other things or substances which are infested or infected with insect pests, diseases or noxious weeds listed in the rules and regulations, its further use may be prohibited, subject to such inspection and other dispositions of the plants and plant product involved as may be provided for by the commissioner. All monies collected by the commissioner where not otherwise provided shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund revenue receipts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-114 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-114
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-114
Status: in_force

In any livestock facility constructed, renovated or expanded with funds from the grant program authorized under Section 18, Chapter 530, Laws of 1995, the members of the Future Farmers of America, the 4-H Club, the Junior Livestock Association, the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association and the United States Pony Club, Inc., may hold up to three (3) animal or livestock shows or sales per year per facility at no charge for use of the facility or for utilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-311 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-311
Status: in_force

Systematic dipping of all cattle, horses, jacks, jennets and mules infested with or exposed to the cattle tick (Margaropus annulatus), shall be taken up as soon as practical in all counties or portions of counties that shall at any time be found partially or completely infested with the cattle tick (Margaropus annulatus) under the direction of the State Veterinarian, acting under the authority as herein provided, and as provided by the rules and regulations of the board of animal health. However, this section shall not hinder or handicap the operation of stock law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-209 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-209
Status: in_force

Hemp growers must keep a copy of their hemp grower's license in all vehicles used to transport hemp under normal cultivation activities. Any person transporting or delivering hemp for commerce purposes shall have a dated invoice, bill of lading, or manifest in his or her possession during the entire time he or she is transporting or delivering hemp. The invoice, bill of lading, or manifest shall include the following information:

(a) The seller's and the purchaser's license and/or registration number, name and address;

(b) The specific origin and destination of the hemp being transported;

(c) The quantity of hemp being transported; and

(d) Any additional information and/or documentation required by the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-301 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-301
Status: in_force

Sections 69-1-301 to 69-1-319 shall be known as the “Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 17-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-105
Status: in_force

Any sheriff, constable, police officer, highway patrolman, or special investigator authorized under the provisions of Section 69-29-1, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall have the power to inspect the register of drugs dispensed required to be maintained by this article at a reasonable time during normal business hours of the dispenser or vendor thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-55 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-55
Status: in_force

(1) The Board of Animal Health, upon notice from the reviewing officer that a hearing is requested, shall appoint a three-member hearing committee which shall consist of one (1) attorney from the Attorney General's office, and two (2) representatives from the Department of Agriculture or from the membership of the Board of Animal Health. The hearing committee shall, within thirty (30) days of notification from the reviewing officer, conduct a hearing at a date, time and place to be determined by the hearing committee, provided that such hearing shall be held and conducted within the county in which the accused resides or in a situs mutually agreeable and that for good cause shown the hearing committee may grant a continuance or continuances of such hearings. Written notice of date, time and place of such hearing shall be mailed to the accused by registered mail, return receipt requested, no less than fifteen (15) days prior to the commencing of the hearing.

(2) A duly qualified court reporter shall be in attendance and shall make a full and complete transcript of the proceedings. The hearing shall be closed unless the accused shall request a public hearing. The hearing committee shall have the right and duty to impose reasonable restrictions as it may deem necessary or appropriate to insure an orderly, expeditious and impartial proceeding, and shall admit all relevant and material evidence except evidence which is unduly repetitious.

(3) For purposes of such hearing, the committee is hereby empowered to require the attendance of witnesses, administer oaths and hear testimony, either oral or documentary, for and against the accused. The board shall have the authority to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records or other documentary evidence at a hearing pending before the board. Subpoenas to be issued shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county where they are to be executed and the sheriff shall cause them to be served. In case of the failure of any person to comply with any subpoena issued by the board, the board or its authorized representative may invoke the aid of any court of general jurisdiction of this state. The court may thereupon order such person to comply with the requirements of the subpoena. Failure to comply with the order of the court may be treated as contempt thereof.

(4) At the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing committee, upon the majority vote of the members of such committee, shall transmit to the Board of Animal Health a written opinion incorporating findings of fact and recommendations for penalties which shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-331 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-331
Status: in_force

In carrying out the provisions of this article, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, his employees or agents are authorized to enter, on any business day, during the usual hours of business, any store, market or any other building or place where eggs are sold or offered for sale and to make such examination as is necessary to determine the quality and size of eggs sold or offered for sale.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-49 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-49
Status: in_force

Any petitioner aggrieved by an order of the board granting or denying, in whole or in part, the relief sought, the commissioners of the district, or any intervening party, may obtain a review of such order in the chancery court of the county in which the lands of the petitioner may lie, by filing in such court a petition praying that the order of the board be modified or set aside and may demand a jury qualified in all respects as the jurors in eminent domain proceedings in the chancery court. A copy of such petition shall forthwith be served upon the parties to the hearing before the board and thereupon the party seeking review shall file in the court a transcript of the entire record in the proceedings, certified by the board, including the documents and testimony upon which the order complained of was entered, and the findings, determination, and order of the board. Upon such filing, the court shall cause notice thereof to be served upon the parties and shall have jurisdiction of the proceedings and of the questions determined or to be determined therein, and shall have power to grant such temporary relief as it deems just and proper, and to make and enter a decree enforcing, modifying and enforcing as so modified, or setting aside in whole or in part, the order of the board. No contention that has not been urged before the board shall be considered by the court unless the failure or neglect to urge such contention shall be excused because of extraordinary circumstances. The findings of the board as to the facts, if supported by evidence, shall be conclusive. If any party shall apply to the court for leave to produce additional evidence and shall show to the satisfaction of the court that such evidence is material and that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to produce such evidence in the hearing before the board, the court may order such additional evidence to be taken before the board and to be made a part of the transcript. The board may modify the findings as to the facts or make new findings, taking into consideration the additional evidence so taken and filed, and it shall file such modified or new findings which, if supported by evidence, shall be conclusive, and shall file with the court its recommendations, if any, for the modification or setting aside of its original order. The jurisdiction of the court shall be exclusive and its judgment and decree shall be final, except that the same shall be subject to review in the same manner as are other judgments or decrees of the court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-15
Status: in_force

Whenever an inspection made pursuant to this article discloses that any places, or plants, or plant products or things or substances used or connected therewith, are infested or infected with any insect, pest, disease or noxious weed listed as a public nuisance, or are dead or of stock so seriously weakened by drying, excessive heat or cold, or any other condition that makes it unable to grow satisfactorily when given reasonable care, as required above herein, in the rules and regulations made pursuant hereto, written notice thereof shall be given the owner or other person in possession or control of the place where found and such owner or other person shall proceed to control, eradicate or prevent the dissemination of such insect, pest, disease or noxious weed, and to remove, cut or destroy infested and infected plants and plant products, or dead or dying plants, or things or substances used or connected therewith, within the time and in the manner prescribed by said notice or the said rules and regulations. Whenever such owner or other person cannot be found, or shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey the requirements of said notice and the rules and regulations so made, such requirements shall be carried out by inspectors or other employees of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce as the law allows.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-13
Status: in_force

The said Board of Animal Health and its authorized representatives shall have the right to inspect, investigate, sample and seize in accordance with lawful procedure any product covered by this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 17-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-103
Status: in_force

Any person selling or dispensing tranquilizers or drugs manufactured for injection into livestock by means of an instrument identified in Section 69-17-101 for the purpose of rendering livestock docile, shall maintain a register wherein he shall enter the date such drug is sold or dispensed, the name and address of the purchaser or receiver, and the identity and quantity of said drug.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-135 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-135
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued under this chapter at a minimum is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court having jurisdiction.

(b) Each violation and each day's violation for continuing acts shall constitute a separate offense.

(c) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued under this chapter in such a way that causes harm or poses a threat to man, animals or the environment is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of not more than twenty (20) years or by both such fine and imprisonment for each violation.

(2) Each violation of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued under this chapter shall subject the violator to administrative action as provided for in Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-25 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-25
Status: in_force

The Bureau of Plant Industry is authorized to promulgate regulations quarantining this state, or any portion thereof, and governing the storage, treatment, or other handling in the quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of regulated articles into or from such areas. The bureau shall determine when such action is necessary, or appears reasonably necessary, to prevent or retard the spread of the boll weevil. The bureau is also authorized to promulgate regulations governing the movement of regulated articles from other states or portions thereof into this state when such state is known to be infested with the boll weevil. The promulgation of these regulations shall conform in all aspects to the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, Sections 25-43-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 , and sound principles of quarantines.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-21
Status: in_force

The person taking up an animal trespassing, after two days may begin his action to recover damages and charges and to enforce his lien, by filing a bill of particulars of his damages, together with a description of the animal on which the lien is claimed, with a justice of the peace, if his claim does not exceed two hundred dollars; and the justice shall issue a summons for the owner or person entitled to the custody, returnable instanter at such place as he shall designate; and if the animal be not in the custody of the plaintiff, the justice may issue a writ commanding the officer to seize the animal. The summons being executed and returned, the justice shall proceed as in other suits. If the justice finds in favor of the plaintiff, he will assess the damages and charges and enter judgment accordingly, and direct the animal to be sold to satisfy the judgment; and if the animal be not in custody of the plaintiff or officer the order for sale may embrace a command to levy upon it.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-301 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-301
Status: in_force

(1) The work of tick eradication shall be prosecuted by the Board of Animal Health under the following provisions: The State Veterinarian, with the approval and consent of the board, shall hire an assistant executive officer for tick eradication who shall receive a salary of not exceeding Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) per annum to be fixed by the board, who shall be duly qualified for the work and of recognized ability and experience in tick eradication and who shall have full authority and jurisdiction, subject to the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health in the matter, direction and administration of the work of eradication of the Texas and splenic fever and the fever-carrying tick, in the State of Mississippi, until such time as in the judgment of the board it is necessary for the prosecution to a successful conclusion of the campaign of eradicating said ticks and tick fever.

(2) The assistant executive officer shall have for the purpose of eradication of the Texas and splenic fever or fever-carrying tick, all the powers, authority and jurisdiction now conferred by law upon the Executive Officer of the Board of Animal Health, upon the conditions and limitations set forth in this section.

(3) The assistant executive officer shall employ such inspectors and range riders and other employees as may be deemed necessary by the Board of Animal Health for the successful prosecution of the work of eradication of the Texas and splenic fever and fever-carrying tick, the compensation of such inspectors, range riders, and other employees to be fixed by the board and paid out of any appropriation made to the board for tick eradication.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-653 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-653
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-653
Status: in_force

This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-17
Status: in_force

Within sixty (60) days after a petition pursuant to Section 69-27-15 has been filed with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, it shall cause due notice to be given of a proposed hearing upon the question of the desirability and necessity in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare, of the creation of such district, upon the question of the appropriate boundaries to be assigned to such district, upon the propriety of the petition and other proceedings taken under this article, and upon all questions relevant to such inquiries. All owners and all operators of land within the limits of the territory described in the petition, and of lands within any territory considered for addition to such described territory, and all other interested parties, shall have the right to attend such hearings and to be heard. If it shall appear upon the hearing that it may be desirable to include within the proposed district territory outside of the area within which due notice of the hearing has been given, the hearing shall be adjourned and due notice of further hearing shall be given throughout the entire area considered for inclusion in the district, and such further hearing held. After such hearing, if the committee shall determine, upon the facts presented at such hearing and upon such other relevant facts and information as may be available, that there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare, for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory considered at the hearing, it shall make and record such determination, and shall define, by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, the boundaries of such district. In making such determination and in defining such boundaries, the committee shall give due weight and consideration to the topography of the area considered and of the state, the composition of soils therein, the distribution of erosion, the prevailing water and land use practices, the desirability and necessity of including within the boundaries the particular lands under consideration and the benefit such lands may receive from being included within such boundaries, the relation of the proposed area to existing watersheds and agricultural regions, and to other soil and water conservation districts already organized or proposed for organization under the provisions of this article, and such other physical, geographical, and economic factors as are relevant, having due regard to the legislative determinations set forth in Section 69-27-3 . The territory to be included within such boundaries need not be contiguous. If the committee shall determine after such hearing, after due consideration of the said relevant facts, that there is no need for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory considered at the hearing, it shall make and record such determination and shall deny the petition. After twelve (12) months shall have expired from the date of the denial of any such petition, subsequent petitions covering the same or substantially the same territory may be filed as aforesaid and new hearings held and determinations made thereon. If it be determined that there is no need for such soil and water conservation district, then in no event shall any expense or part thereof, incurred in connection with the hearing or other proceedings had to determine such question, be assessed against any landowner or other party except those landowners signing the original petition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-3
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall provide for the holding of elections under the provisions of this article in the same manner as now provided by law for holding special elections in the county and the ballots for such election shall have written or printed upon them the following:

“For State-Wide Stock Law ___

Against State-Wide Stock Law ___”

But the result of said election in any county shall in no wise affect the operation of the state-wide stock law in so far as it relates to hogs. When an election has been held in any county, then no other election shall be held in that county within twelve months.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-121 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-121
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-359 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-359
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-359
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39 , the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall represent the Soil and Water Conservation Commission in issuing, selling and validating bonds authorized under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 , and the commission is authorized to pay from the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds or from other funds available to the commission, the reasonable cost of approving attorney's fees, validating, printing, cost of delivery of such bonds and any other necessary costs of issuance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-9
Status: in_force

(1) The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall be constituted as follows:

(a) Eleven (11) voting members:

(i) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce;

(ii) The State Forester;

(iii) The President of the Mississippi Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners;

(iv) The first vice president of the association;

(v) The second vice president of the association;

(vi) The immediate or most recent ex-president of the association willing and able to serve; and

(vii) Five (5) members to be elected from the membership of the soil and water conservation district commissioners at the annual meeting of the association, one (1) from each United States congressional district by a caucus of the association members from each congressional district as constituted at the time of the caucus, to be elected as follows: First District, one (1) member elected for a one-year term, beginning January 1, 1968, and ending January 1, 1969, his successor to be similarly elected at the 1968 annual meeting of the association for a three-year term ending January 1, 1972, and each successor elected in the succeeding third annual meeting for a three-year term; Second District, one (1) member elected for a two-year term beginning January 1, 1968, and ending January 1, 1970, his successor to be similarly elected at the 1969 annual meeting of the association for a three-year term ending January 1, 1973, and each successor elected in the succeeding third annual meeting for a three-year term; Third District, election to be similar to the Second District; Fourth District, one (1) member elected for a three-year term beginning January 1, 1968, and ending January 1, 1971, each successor to be similarly elected at the succeeding third annual meeting for a three-year term; Fifth District, election to be similar to Fourth District.

(viii) The elected members of the board as constituted on January 15, 2003, shall continue to serve until the expiration of their respective terms. As the terms of the five (5) members expire, the members shall be elected as follows: one (1) member from each congressional district by caucus of the association members from each congressional district as constituted at the time of the caucus and the remainder to be elected from the state at large by the membership of the association. The position and term of the member elected from the Third District whose term expires January 1, 2004, shall be the term and position of the at large member.

(b) The purpose of the above procedure is to provide that when put into effect, elected members will serve three-year staggered terms. The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission is empowered to adopt and carry out procedures for filling unexpired terms of its elected members. The incumbent will continue to serve until his successor is duly qualified and enters into the duties of his office.

(c) Two (2) members shall serve ex officio and without voting power, but with all privileges of discussion and debate as follows:

(i) The Director of the State Extension Service; and

(ii) The Director of the State Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Station.

(d) Such nonvoting ex officio member who, due to the pressure of his other required official duties, believes that he will be unable to regularly attend meetings of the commission shall designate a substitute to attend in his stead with the same rights and privileges that he would have had.

(2) The commission shall designate its chairman and vice chairman and may, from time to time, change such designation. A majority of the voting members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority in any matter within their duties shall be required for its determination. The voting members of the commission shall receive a per diem at the uniform rate established in Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for their services on the commission for not more than thirty-six (36) days in any one calendar year. In addition, and in the discretion of the commission, all members may be entitled to expenses, including traveling expenses, necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties on the commission, not to exceed the rate established in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for state officers and employees. The commission may provide for the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who shall be entrusted with funds or property, shall provide for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all proceedings and of all resolutions, regulations and orders issued or adopted, and shall provide for an annual audit of the accounts of receipts and disbursements by the State Auditor.

(3) The commission shall keep a record of its official actions, shall adopt a seal, which seal shall be judicially noticed, and may perform such acts, hold such public hearings, and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the execution of its functions under this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-319 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-319
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-319
Status: in_force

Quarantines and dipping notices for cattle, horses, jacks, jennets and mules, the owner or owners of which cannot be found, shall be served by posting copy of such notice in not less than three public places within the county in community where stock were found, one of which shall be placed at the county court house. Such posting shall be due and legal notice.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-323 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-323
Status: in_force

The ranger shall note the time and amount of sale in his register opposite the record of the certificate of such estray, and shall forthwith pay over to the depository of the county the net proceeds of such sale, after deducting all lawful charges; and it shall be his duty to make a full report in writing, under oath, to the board of supervisors, at each regular meeting in January and July, of the amount of money received by him on account of the sale of estrays, and a detailed statement of the disposition thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-35 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-35
Status: in_force

A soil and water conservation district organized under the provisions of this article shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such district and the commissioners thereof shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted in other sections of this article:

(a) To conduct surveys, investigations and research relating to the character of soil erosion and the preventive and control measures needed, to publish results of such surveys, investigations or research, and to disseminate information concerning such preventive and control measures. However, in order to avoid duplication of research activities, no district shall initiate any research program except in cooperation with the government of this state or any of its agencies, or with the United States or any of its agencies.

(b) To conduct demonstration projects within the district on lands owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on any other lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner of such lands or the necessary rights or interests in such lands, in order to demonstrate by example the means, methods, and measures by which water and soil resources may be conserved, and soil erosion in the form of soil washing may be prevented and controlled.

(c) To carry out preventive and control measures within the district including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, changes in use of land, and the measures listed in subsection (c), Section 69-27-3 , on lands owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on any other lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner of such lands.

(d) To cooperate, or enter into agreements with, and within the limits of appropriations duly made available to it by law, to furnish financial or other aid to any agency, governmental or otherwise, or any owner or operator of lands within the district, in the carrying on of erosion control and prevention operations within the district, subject to such conditions as the commissioners may deem necessary to advance the purposes of this article.

(e) To obtain options upon and to acquire by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, grant, bequest, or devise, any property, real or personal, or rights or interests therein, and all such property shall be exempt from state, county, or municipal taxation; to maintain, administer, and improve any properties acquired, to receive income from such properties and to expend such income in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this article; and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any of its property or interests therein in furtherance of the purposes and the provisions of this article. Notwithstanding any provisions of general law to the contrary, no land or interest therein described under this subsection shall be acquired for recreational purposes by eminent domain proceedings after the effective date of this article.

(f) To make available, on such terms as it shall prescribe, to landowners and operators within the district, agricultural and engineering machinery and equipment, fertilizer, seeds, and seedlings, and such other material or equipment, as will assist such landowners and operators to carry on operations upon their lands for the conservation of soil and water resources and for the prevention and control of soil erosion, and to purchase comprehensive insurance on such agricultural and engineering equipment.

(g) To construct, improve, and maintain such structures as may be necessary or convenient for the performance of any of the operations authorized in this article, with the consent of two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the landowners owning sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2 / 3 %) of all lands affected, whether the owners of such land live within such district or not.

(h) To develop comprehensive plans for the conservation of soil and water resources and for the control and prevention of soil erosion within the district, and to bring such plans and information to the attention of owners and operators of lands within the district.

(i) To acquire by purchase or lease, and to administer, any water and soil conservation, erosion-control or erosion-prevention project located within its boundaries undertaken by the United States or any of its agencies, or by this state or any of its agencies; to manage as agent of the United States or any of its agencies, or of this state or any of its agencies, any water and soil conservation, erosion-control or erosion-prevention project within its boundaries; to act as agent for the United States or any of its agencies, or for this state or any of its agencies, in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, or administration of any soil and water conservation, erosion-control or erosion-prevention project within its boundaries; to accept donations, gifts and contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise, from the United States or any of its agencies, or from this state or any of its agencies, or from private sources, and to use or expend such monies, services, materials, or other contributions in carrying on its operations.

(j) To assist individual landowners or operators and organized groups, associations, or other agencies or units of government to plan and establish recreational facilities for family use, income-producing purposes, or for community access.

(k) To enter into contracts with the approval of the Governor with any agency of the federal or state government or its political subdivisions to accomplish the objectives of this article.

(l) To collect cost-sharing funds, and to establish and implement procedures compatible with the purposes of this article for the necessary financing of water and soil conservation district activities, including the administration of any federal funds made available for the use of the district.

(m) To receive and expend funds or monies or other assets from any state or federal agency or any other source, public or private, in furtherance of the purposes of this article.

(n) To sue and be sued in the name of the district; to have a seal, which seal shall be judicially noticed; to have perpetual succession unless terminated as hereinafter provided; to make and execute contracts and other instruments, necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers; to make, and from time to time amend and repeal rules and regulations not inconsistent with this article, to carry into effect its purposes and powers.

(o) As a condition to the extending of any benefits under this article to, or the performance of work upon, any lands not owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies, the commissioners may require contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise to any operations conferring such benefits, and may require landowners and operators to enter into and perform such agreements or covenants as to the permanent use of such lands as will tend to prevent or control erosion thereon.

(p) No provision with respect to the acquisition, operation, or disposition of property by other public bodies shall be applicable to a district organized hereunder unless the Legislature shall specifically so state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-305 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 13-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-305
Status: in_force

The ranger shall keep a book in which he shall register all certificates of estrays delivered or returned to him, and shall file the same in regular order; and without delay, on receipt of such certificate, he shall advertise the same, stating therein the name of the person by whom the estray was taken up and the description and marks thereof, and the amount of the appraisement. If the appraisement exceed twenty dollars, he shall publish the advertisement three weeks in the nearest newspaper; and if the appraisement be less than twenty dollars, such advertisement shall be put up in three public places in the county, one of which shall be at the courthouse door. He shall also make out a correct list of all estrays in his county, and put up the same at the door of the courthouse on the first day of each regular January and July meeting of the board of supervisors, stating therein such as have been proved away or sold, or have escaped or died.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-103
Status: in_force

The university is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to formulate and submit to the Secretary of Agriculture, in conformity with the provisions of said Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, a state plan for each calendar year. It shall be the purpose of each such plan to promote such utilization of land and such farming practices as the university finds will tend, in conjunction with the operation of such other plans as may be approved for other states by the Secretary of Agriculture, to preserve and improve soil fertility, promote the economic use of land, diminish the exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of natural soil resources, and reestablish and maintain the ratio between the purchasing power of the net income per person on farms and that of the income per person not on farms as defined in subsection (a) of Section 7 of said Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. Each such plan shall provide for adjustments in the utilization of land and in farming practices, through agreements with producers or through other voluntary methods, and for benefit payments in connection therewith, and also for such methods of administration not in conflict with any law of this state and such reports as the Secretary of Agriculture finds necessary for the effective administration of the plan and for ascertaining whether the plan is being carried out according to its terms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-2-51 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-2-51
Status: repealed

Sections 69-2-43 through 69-2-49 of this chapter, which create a Farm Mediation Office in the Department of Agriculture and Commerce and which provide for the mediation of certain agricultural debts, shall stand repealed from and after July 1, 1992.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-301 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-301
Status: in_force

When a person shall find any horse, mule, jack, cattle, sheep, goat or hog straying upon his land, he may take up such animal, and, if the owner be known, he shall forthwith send the estray to the owner or notify him of the taking up of same. If the owner shall be unknown the person taking up such animal straying, shall forthwith post up a notice thereof, with a full description of the animal, in two public places in the supervisor's district, and at the courthouse door, for five days, at the expiration of which time, if an owner shall not have claimed the property and paid the charges allowed by law, he shall give information thereof to the ranger, or, if he reside more than ten miles distant, or if there should be no ranger, to a justice of the peace; and shall make oath before such justice or ranger that such animal was taken up straying at or on his farm or land, or the farm of which he has charge, and that the brands or marks of the animal have not been altered or defaced since the taking up.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-128 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-128
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-128
Status: in_force

All aircraft being used for the aerial application of agricultural substances in this state must be registered with the department. Registration shall be valid for a period of time established by rules and regulation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-315 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-315
Status: in_force

Any agency, department, board, commission or other subdivision of government of the State of Mississippi, or any political subdivision thereof, is authorized to implement an approved practice on any lands owned by such political entity or owned by the State of Mississippi and supervised or managed by such entity. The governing authorities of such entity shall engage the assistance of the county conservation district of the county in which the land is located in the preparation of an application for submission to the district. The district shall treat any such political entity as an individual owner for purposes of considering applications, granting cost-share assistance and approving the practice implemented.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-109 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-109
Status: in_force

A roundup show shall be held, in addition to the livestock and dairy shows, once each year at a time and place to be fixed by the directors mentioned in Section 69-5-101 , and under the supervision and rules and regulations promulgated by said directors. At such roundup show the owners of any livestock, who have won prizes or awards within the immediately preceding twelve months in any of the livestock or dairy shows referred to in this article may exhibit such livestock and compete for prizes or awards offered by the directors of such livestock shows or for prizes or awards offered by any person or corporation, through the directors, upon complying with the regulations governing such roundup show. The roundup shall be held in the district agreeing to pay the expense thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-1
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context shall prescribe otherwise:

(a) “ Owner ” means the person, firm or corporation owning the land on which pecan trees are growing or the person, firm or corporation having legal possession of such land.

(b) “ Harvesting season ” means that portion of each calendar year beginning on September 1 and ending January 31.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-14 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 48-14
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-14
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner may conduct an audit of the board to verify compliance with any rules and regulations promulgated for the efficient enforcement of this chapter.

(2) Under this section, the audited board shall provide information to the commissioner that verifies the amounts received and expended from the fees assessed and collected by the department and remitted to the board. Records maintained in the course of the normal conduct of business by the board may serve as verification.

(3) The commissioner may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction on disbursements made to the board from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-653 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-653
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-653
Status: in_force

This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-359 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-359
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-359
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39 , the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall represent the Soil and Water Conservation Commission in issuing, selling and validating bonds authorized under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 , and the commission is authorized to pay from the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds or from other funds available to the commission, the reasonable cost of approving attorney's fees, validating, printing, cost of delivery of such bonds and any other necessary costs of issuance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-1
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have the power to make rules and regulations to govern the qualifications and the practicing of persons engaged in the professional services herein defined and to prevent fraudulent practices in the said professional services. No such rule or regulation shall be effective unless and until the same shall have been approved by the advisory board created under the provisions of Section 69-25-3, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-109 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-109
Status: in_force

(1) The Governor of the State of Mississippi, when advised by the Board of Animal Health that an emergency exists due to the presence of foot and mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, or European fowl pest and similar diseases among poultry, in this state, or chronic wasting disease in any cervids, is hereby authorized to declare a state of emergency and to order all animals or poultry quarantined or slaughtered that may be affected with, or possible carriers of such diseases.

(2) The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to cooperate with any department of the federal government engaged in the combating and control of any such disease mentioned in subsection (1) and to this end the Governor is authorized and empowered to do any and all things in cooperation with the federal government necessary to the control and extermination of any such diseases mentioned in subsection (1) among animals or poultry that may be affected therewith.

(3) For the purposes of this section, the Governor shall have full and complete police power, and shall exercise same anywhere in the State of Mississippi, and if an emergency should exist to such an extent that such becomes necessary the Governor may employ such personnel to enforce such police powers and quarantine that may be necessary to control and prevent the spreading of any such diseases mentioned in subsection (1) among animals or poultry in this state. Such personnel when appointed by the Governor shall work under the direction of the Mississippi Board of Animal Health, or its representative, and shall be paid such compensation as the Governor may determine out of any money made available for the enforcement of this section.

(4) When any animals or poultry or materials are ordered to be destroyed, under the provisions of this section, the owner of same shall be paid for each such animal or poultry or materials destroyed an amount not exceeding the amount authorized to be paid by the federal government in matching funds expended for the destruction of each such animal or poultry or materials infected with any such diseases mentioned in subsection (1).

(5) In the event of the happening of an outbreak of any such diseases mentioned in subsection (1) in Mississippi, the Governor is hereby authorized to borrow not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) to carry out the terms and provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 46-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-5
Status: in_force

The board shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To develop marketing plans and opportunities for independent farmers in Mississippi;

(b) To encourage the commercialization of new agricultural technology businesses;

(c) To initiate the development of processing facilities for Mississippi agricultural commodities;

(d) To initiate the development of Mississippi wholesale distribution businesses for agricultural inputs and products;

(e) To promote the development of institutional and specialty markets for Mississippi agriculture products;

(f) To encourage additional research for new agricultural product development;

(g) To develop a working relationship with the state offices of the United States Department of Agriculture as may be appropriate for the promotion and development of agriculture in Mississippi;

(h) To promote the rural quality of life in Mississippi through such programs as 4-H, Future Farmers of America and agricultural education;

(i) To encourage, promote and initiate the development of alternative energy strategies, applied research technologies and commercialization enterprises that focus on Mississippi natural resources, including, but not limited to, agriculture, timber and poultry products and byproducts;

(j) To file an annual report with the Governor, Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives not later than December 1 of each year, with recommendations for any legislation necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act;

(k) The board may promulgate and enforce rules and regulations, in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act;

(l) To expend funds out of the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Fund to carry out its powers and duties under the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act;

(m) The board may provide funds to public entities and private entities through loans, grants, contracts and any other manner the board determines appropriate for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-337 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-337
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-337
Status: in_force

The amount paid by any such district to the commission for amortization purposes shall be made semiannually. When payments are not received by the commission within sixty (60) days of the due date the commission shall take all necessary actions to collect such delinquent payments. Amounts received or collected hereunder shall be credited to the revolving fund created in Section 69-27-343 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-29 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-29
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce for the same purposes and in the same manner and with the same authority, as provided in Section 69-25-27 , may prohibit and prevent the introduction into or the transportation through the state of any such plants and plant products or other thing or substance except when contained in such container, car, boat, or vehicle and shall prevent the escape or waste of any part of the same while being introduced into or transported through the state, and may likewise prohibit and prevent the opening of such container, car, boat, or vehicle containing such plant or plant product or other thing or substance within the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-7
Status: in_force

(1) Every pesticide which is distributed, sold or offered for sale within this state or delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state shall be registered in the office of the commissioner, and such registration shall be renewed annually. Products which have the same formula, are manufactured by the same person, the labeling of which contains the same claims, and the labels bear a designation identifying the products as the same pesticide, may be registered as a single pesticide. Additional names and labels shall be added by supplement statements during the current period of registration. The registrant shall file with the commissioner a statement including:

(a) The name and address of the registrant and the name and address of the person whose name will appear on the label if other than the registrant;

(b) The name of the pesticide;

(c) A complete copy of the labeling accompanying the pesticide and a statement of all claims to be made for it, including directions for use and the use classification as provided for in FIFRA;

(d) If requested by the commissioner, a full description of the tests made and the results upon which the claims are based. In the case of renewal of registration, a statement shall be required only for information which is different from that furnished when the pesticide was registered or last reregistered; and

(e) Any other information required by the commissioner which may be prescribed by regulation.

(2) The registrant shall pay an annual fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each brand or grade of pesticide registered. All of the fees collected under this section shall be deposited in a special fund in the Treasury of the State of Mississippi and subject to appropriation by the Mississippi Legislature. The fees shall be used by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce for enforcement of this chapter. The Department of Agriculture and Commerce may contract with the Department of Environmental Quality for a groundwater monitoring program.

(3) The commissioner, whenever he deems it necessary in the administration of this chapter, may require the submission of the complete formula of any pesticide. If it appears to the commissioner that the composition of the articles warrants the proposed claims for it, and if the article and its labeling and other material required to be submitted comply with the requirements of Section 69-23-5 , he shall register the article, if the article is registered under FIFRA. If the state is certified by the administrator of EPA to register pesticides pursuant to Section 24(c) of FIFRA, the commissioner may register the article to meet special local needs if he determines that the registration will not be in violation of FIFRA.

(4) If it does not appear to the commissioner that the article warrants the proposed claims for it or if the article and its labeling and other material required to be submitted do not comply with the provisions of this chapter, the commissioner may refuse to register the article. In order to protect the public, the commissioner may, at any time, cancel or suspend the registration of a pesticide if he determines that it does not comply with this chapter or creates an imminent hazard. If he receives a notice from the Commission on Environmental Quality under Section 49-17-26 in relation to state underground water quality standards, he may order the relabeling of any pesticide, or suspend or cancel the registration of any pesticide or any use of any pesticide, or adopt a regulation in accordance with Section 69-23-9 to protect the underground water resources, as defined in the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act. He may advise EPA of the manner in which a federally registered pesticide fails to comply with FIFRA and suggest the necessary corrections. Regulatory action taken under this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 .

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, registration is not required in case of a pesticide shipped from one plant within this state to another plant within this state operated by the same person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-201 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-201
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to have in possession or keep, sell or offer for sale, barter, exchange, give away or otherwise dispose of hog cholera virus, except at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science and under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian and with a special written permit issued by the board of animal health. “Hog cholera virus” means an unattenuated virus administered to swine for the purpose of immunizing such swine from the disease known as hog cholera.

(2) Any person, firm, corporation or association violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-5
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall apply to the dispensing of biologics, drugs, remedies, tonics, medicines or preparations hereinabove referred to by a licensed veterinarian if same is delivered by the licensed practitioner in the course of his professional practice or upon his prescription.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 24-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-21
Status: in_force

No person shall distribute an adulterated soil or plant amendment. A soil or plant amendment shall be deemed to be adulterated if:

(a) it contains any deleterious or harmful agent in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant, human, animal or aquatic life when applied in accordance with directions for use on the label, or if adequate warning statements and directions for use, which may be necessary to protect plant, human, animal or aquatic life are not shown upon the label;

(b) if its composition falls below or differs from that which it is purported to possess by its labeling; or

(c) if it contains unwanted crop or weed seed, or primary noxious or secondary noxious weed seed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-107 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-107
Status: in_force

When used in the context of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 , the following terms shall be ascribed the following meanings:

(a) “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi.

(b) “ Certification ” means the recognition by a state that a person is competent and thus authorized to use or supervise the use of restricted use pesticides.

(c) “ Certified applicator ” means any person who is certified to use or supervise the use of any restricted use pesticide covered by this certification.

(d) “ Commercial applicator ” means a certified applicator (whether or not he is a private applicator with respect to some uses) who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide that is classified for restricted use for any purpose or on any property other than as provided by the definition of “private applicator.”

(e) “ Division ” means the Bureau of Plant Industry within the Regulatory Office of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

(f) “ Division of Plant Industry ” means the Bureau of Plant Industry within the Regulatory Office of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

(g) “ EPA ” means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(h) “ FIFRA ” means the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended.

(i) “ License ” means a license, certificate or permit.

(j) “ Person ” means any individual, partnership, association, corporation or organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not.

(k) “ Pest ” means:

(i) Any insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, weeds; and

(ii) Other forms of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life or virus, bacteria, or other microorganism (except viruses, bacteria or other microorganism on or in living man or other living animals) that the commissioner declares to be a pest.

(l) “ Pesticide ” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, mitigating or attracting any pests; and shall also include adjuvants intended to enhance the effectiveness of pesticides; and any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant.

(m) “ Private applicator ” means a certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide that is classified for restricted use for purposes of producing any agricultural commodity on property owned, rented or controlled by him or his employer or, if applied without compensation other than trading of personal services between producers of agricultural commodities, on the property of another person, subject to regulations adopted under authority granted by Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 .

(n) “ Public applicator ” means any individual who applies restricted use pesticides as an employee of a state agency, municipal corporation, public utility, or other governmental agency. This term does not include employees who work under direct “on-the-job” supervision of a public applicator.

(o) “ Restricted use pesticide ” means any pesticide classified for restricted use by EPA or by the commissioner.

(p) “ State restricted pesticide use ” means any pesticide use which, when used as directed or in accordance with a widespread and commonly recognized practice, the commissioner determines subsequent to a hearing, requires additional restrictions for that use to protect the environment including man, lands, beneficial insects, animals, crops and wildlife, other than pests.

(q) “ Under the direct supervision of a certified applicator ” means, unless otherwise prescribed by its labeling, a pesticide that is to be applied by a competent person acting under the instructions and control of a certified applicator who is available if and when needed, even though that certified applicator is not physically present at the time and place the pesticide is applied.

(r) “ Unreasonable adverse effects on the environment ” means any unreasonable risk to man or the environment, taking into account the economic, social and environmental costs and benefits of the use of any pesticide.

(s) Words and terms as defined in Sections 69-19-1 through 69-19-15 , 69-21-101 through 69-21-128 and 69-23-1 through 69-23-29 , when used in Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 shall have the same meaning ascribed therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-602 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-602
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-602
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that aquaculture sales and consumption have increased worldwide and that the use of antibiotics or chemicals not approved for use in food-producing animals in the United States is permitted in aquaculture in other countries and that consumers of aquaculture in Mississippi should be provided clear information as to where the aquaculture product originates from to protect the health and welfare of Mississippi consumers; and the Legislature also finds that food-misrepresentation or the passing off of less expensive aquaculture products as pricier aquaculture products to unknowing customers and retailers has become an issue in the marketplace and is a deceitful practice used on consumers and retailers alike and that consumers and retailers should be informed of the country and species of fish.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-11
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner or his employees, with proper identification and during normal working hours, shall have free access to all places of business, factories, buildings, carriages, cars, stores, warehouses and other places where pesticides are offered for sale or kept for sale or distribution or use and application, and shall have authority to inspect or open any container of pesticide and to take a sample for the purpose of examination and analysis. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to take such samples and deliver them to the State Chemist for examination and analysis.

(2) It shall be the duty of the State Chemist to cause as many analyses to be made of samples delivered to him by the commissioner as may be necessary to properly carry into effect the intent of this chapter. He shall make reports of such analysis to the commissioner and to the manufacturer, firm or person responsible for placing on the market the pesticide represented by the samples.

(3) If it appears that any pesticide fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or if provisions of this chapter are violated, the commissioner may proceed with appropriate action as provided in this chapter or under the administrative hearing procedures provided in Section 69-25-51 et seq. If, in the opinion of the commissioner, it appears that the provisions of the chapter have been violated, the commissioner may refer the facts to the county attorney, district attorney or Attorney General.

(4) It shall be the duty of each county attorney, district attorney or Attorney General to whom any such violation is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in the appropriate court without delay.

(5) The commissioner shall, by publication in such manner as he may prescribe, give notice of all judgments entered in actions instituted under the authority of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-215 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-215
Status: in_force

If a hemp grower violates the State Plan, including growing hemp containing a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration that exceeds three-tenths percent (0.3%) on a dry mass basis or a tolerance range as specified by USDA, with a culpable mental state greater than negligence as determined by the department, the commissioner shall immediately report the violation and the hemp grower to the United States Attorney General, the Mississippi Attorney General and the Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner. Such violations shall also be referred to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics for investigation. The Bureau of Narcotics may detain, seize and/or destroy the crop and may initiate a criminal case for any violation of this article or the Mississippi Uniform Controlled Substances Law. The Mississippi Attorney General shall, in person or by his or her designee, prosecute all criminal actions related to violations arising under this chapter relating to hemp, on behalf of the State. Violations of the State Plan that involve culpability greater than negligence must be reported to the United States Attorney General and the Mississippi Attorney General. The provisions of Section 69-25-213 shall not apply to nonnegligent violations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-117 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 15-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-117
Status: in_force

(1) All equidae located on any premises within the state where the public participates in equine activities for any purpose, including, but not limited to, training, breeding, performing or exhibition shall be accompanied by the original copy of a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test. All equidae moving within the state for any reason shall be accompanied by the original copy of a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test. Equidae being sold at a public sale or sold at a private sale shall have a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test.

(2) The Board of Animal Health shall promulgate rules and regulations to enforce this section.

(3) Any person violating this section or the rules and regulations promulgated under this section by the Board of Animal Health is subject to the penalties provided in Section 69-15-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 25-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-7
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may conduct inspections and promulgate and enforce quarantine regulations as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this article.

(2)(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall, from time to time, make rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions and requirements of this article, including rules and regulations under which his inspectors and other employees shall:

(i) Inspect places, plants and plant products, and things, and substances used or connected therewith;

(ii) Investigate, control, eradicate and prevent the dissemination of insect pests, diseases and noxious weeds; and

(iii) Supervise or cause the treatment, cutting and destruction of plants and plant products and other things infested or infected therewith.

(b) No rule or regulation shall be effective unless first submitted to and approved by the advisory board established under the provisions of Section 69-25-3 .

(c) The inspectors and employees employed by the commissioner may carry out and execute the regulations and orders of the commissioner and under direction of the commissioner carry out the provisions of this article.

(3) To carry out the provisions of this article, the commissioner or his representative may enter into compacts and memorandums of agreement and/or understanding with governmental agencies or private organizations. The Bureau of Plant Industry may establish statewide or regional cooperative weed management areas for any or all of the weeds listed as noxious under officially promulgated regulations. Under such authority, the Bureau of Plant Industry may serve as lead agency in establishing control and/or eradication programs for regulated pests and noxious weeds and actively seek grants and external resources to provide matching resources for other avenues of funding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-101
Status: in_force

(1) The boards of supervisors of any county, or one or more counties, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to establish areas composed of one or more counties for the purpose of cooperating with the Board of Animal Health and the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, separately or jointly, in providing for a program of control and eradication of certain diseases of livestock and poultry within such area established.

(2) Boards of supervisors of any county or counties acting under the authority conferred by this section are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to contribute to the support of such area program in an amount equal to thirty-three and one-third per cent of the cost of administering the program in such area. The cost of administering such program to be determined by the board and entered upon their minutes at the time funds are appropriated for the support of same. The funds herein authorized to be expended by the board or boards of supervisors of each county or group of counties comprising such area shall be paid out of the General Fund of such county or counties on order of the board of supervisors duly entered on their minutes.

(3) The Board of Animal Health is hereby authorized to purchase and supply at cost any vaccine necessary for use in control and eradication of diseases of livestock and poultry in such area hereby authorized to be established, to the owners of livestock or poultry residing in an area cooperating with the control program hereby authorized.

(4) In order that any area created under the provisions of this section may have the services of a veterinarian, the board of animal health is hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to employ a veterinarian for such area, and such area veterinarian shall have the authority to employ local veterinarians with the approval of the board of animal health, and the board of supervisors of the county or counties comprising such area are authorized and empowered to contribute to the payment of the salary of such veterinarians employed by the board of animal health.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-13
Status: in_force

The Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture and Commerce, in cases of natural disaster, may waive any and all provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-31 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-31
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have power to make reciprocal agreements with the responsible officials of other states under which nursery stock or plants from any other state may be sold or delivered in Mississippi under the same conditions required for the sale or delivery of Mississippi nursery stock or plants in the state concerned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-7
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may conduct inspections and promulgate and enforce quarantine regulations as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this article.

(2)(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall, from time to time, make rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions and requirements of this article, including rules and regulations under which his inspectors and other employees shall:

(i) Inspect places, plants and plant products, and things, and substances used or connected therewith;

(ii) Investigate, control, eradicate and prevent the dissemination of insect pests, diseases and noxious weeds; and

(iii) Supervise or cause the treatment, cutting and destruction of plants and plant products and other things infested or infected therewith.

(b) No rule or regulation shall be effective unless first submitted to and approved by the advisory board established under the provisions of Section 69-25-3 .

(c) The inspectors and employees employed by the commissioner may carry out and execute the regulations and orders of the commissioner and under direction of the commissioner carry out the provisions of this article.

(3) To carry out the provisions of this article, the commissioner or his representative may enter into compacts and memorandums of agreement and/or understanding with governmental agencies or private organizations. The Bureau of Plant Industry may establish statewide or regional cooperative weed management areas for any or all of the weeds listed as noxious under officially promulgated regulations. Under such authority, the Bureau of Plant Industry may serve as lead agency in establishing control and/or eradication programs for regulated pests and noxious weeds and actively seek grants and external resources to provide matching resources for other avenues of funding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-1
Status: in_force

(1)(a) There is established the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau.

(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall appoint a director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau. Such director shall have at least five (5) years of law enforcement experience. Such director shall be responsible solely to the supervision of the Commissioner of Agriculture and to no other person or entity. Such director may be discharged only for just cause shown.

(c) The director may employ twelve (12) agricultural and livestock theft investigators. Each investigator shall be certified as a law enforcement officer, successfully completing at least a nine-week training course, in accordance with Section 45-6-11 . The curriculum for the training of constables shall not be sufficient for meeting the certification requirements of this paragraph. In the selection of investigators under this section, preference shall be given to persons who have previous law enforcement experience.

(d) The director appointed under this section, under the direction, control and supervision of the commissioner, and the investigators employed under this section shall perform only the duties described in subsection (2) of this section and shall not be assigned any other duties.

(2) The director appointed under this section and the investigators employed under this section shall have the following powers, duties and authority:

(a) To enforce all of the provisions of Sections 69-29-9 and 69-29-11 , and particularly those portions requiring persons transporting livestock to have a bill of sale in their possession; to make investigations of violations of such sections and to arrest persons violating same;

(b) To enforce all of the laws of this state enacted for the purpose of preventing the theft of livestock, poultry, timber and agricultural, aquacultural and timber products and implements; to make investigations of violations thereof and to arrest persons violating same;

(c) To cooperate with all regularly constituted law enforcement officers relative to the matters herein set forth;

(d) To serve warrants and other process emanating from any court of lawful jurisdiction, including search warrants, in all matters herein set forth;

(e) To carry proper credentials evidencing their authority, which shall be exhibited to any person making demand therefor;

(f) To make arrests without warrant in all matters herein set forth in cases where same is authorized under the constitutional and general laws of this state;

(g) To handle the registration of brands of cattle and livestock;

(h) To investigate, prevent, apprehend and arrest those persons anywhere in the state who are violating any of the laws administered by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, including, but not limited to, all agriculture-related crimes;

(i) To access and examine records of any person, business or entity that harvests, loads, carries, receives or manufactures timber products as defined in this section. Each such person or entity shall permit the director or any investigator of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau to examine records of the sale, transfer or purchase of timber or timber products, including, but not limited to, contracts, load tickets, settlement sheets, drivers' logs, invoices, checks and any other records or documents related to an ongoing investigation of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau;

(j) To conduct training for law enforcement regarding laws enforced by the bureau and to assist any other law enforcement agencies in responding to matters that may be related to agriculture and commerce in the State of Mississippi and in cases of natural disasters or other disasters to respond as needed or as requested by other agencies.

(3) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall furnish such investigators with such vehicles, equipment and supplies as may be necessary. All expenses of same, and all other expenses incurred in the administration of this section, shall be paid from such appropriation as may be made by the Legislature.

(4) The Mississippi Department of Revenue and its agents and employees shall cooperate with such investigators by furnishing to them information as to any possible or suspected violations of any of the laws mentioned herein, including specifically Section 69-29-27, and in any other lawful manner.

(5) The conservation officers of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks are authorized to cooperate with and assist the agricultural and livestock theft investigators in the enforcement and apprehension of violators of laws regarding agricultural and livestock theft.

(6) The Mississippi Forestry Commission employees are excluded from any timber and timber products theft investigative responsibilities except when technical expertise is needed and requested through the State Forester or his designee.

(7) For the purposes of this section, “ timber product ” means timber of all kinds, species or sizes, including, but not limited to, logs, lumber, poles, pilings, posts, blocks, bolts, cordwood and pulpwood, pine stumpwood, pine knots or other distillate wood, crossties, turpentine (crude gum), pine straw, firewood and all other products derived from timber or trees that have a sale or commercial value.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-9
Status: in_force

(1) The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall be constituted as follows:

(a) Eleven (11) voting members:

(i) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce;

(ii) The State Forester;

(iii) The President of the Mississippi Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners;

(iv) The first vice president of the association;

(v) The second vice president of the association;

(vi) The immediate or most recent ex-president of the association willing and able to serve; and

(vii) Five (5) members to be elected from the membership of the soil and water conservation district commissioners at the annual meeting of the association, one (1) from each United States congressional district by a caucus of the association members from each congressional district as constituted at the time of the caucus, to be elected as follows: First District, one (1) member elected for a one-year term, beginning January 1, 1968, and ending January 1, 1969, his successor to be similarly elected at the 1968 annual meeting of the association for a three-year term ending January 1, 1972, and each successor elected in the succeeding third annual meeting for a three-year term; Second District, one (1) member elected for a two-year term beginning January 1, 1968, and ending January 1, 1970, his successor to be similarly elected at the 1969 annual meeting of the association for a three-year term ending January 1, 1973, and each successor elected in the succeeding third annual meeting for a three-year term; Third District, election to be similar to the Second District; Fourth District, one (1) member elected for a three-year term beginning January 1, 1968, and ending January 1, 1971, each successor to be similarly elected at the succeeding third annual meeting for a three-year term; Fifth District, election to be similar to Fourth District.

(viii) The elected members of the board as constituted on January 15, 2003, shall continue to serve until the expiration of their respective terms. As the terms of the five (5) members expire, the members shall be elected as follows: one (1) member from each congressional district by caucus of the association members from each congressional district as constituted at the time of the caucus and the remainder to be elected from the state at large by the membership of the association. The position and term of the member elected from the Third District whose term expires January 1, 2004, shall be the term and position of the at large member.

(b) The purpose of the above procedure is to provide that when put into effect, elected members will serve three-year staggered terms. The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission is empowered to adopt and carry out procedures for filling unexpired terms of its elected members. The incumbent will continue to serve until his successor is duly qualified and enters into the duties of his office.

(c) Two (2) members shall serve ex officio and without voting power, but with all privileges of discussion and debate as follows:

(i) The Director of the State Extension Service; and

(ii) The Director of the State Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Station.

(d) Such nonvoting ex officio member who, due to the pressure of his other required official duties, believes that he will be unable to regularly attend meetings of the commission shall designate a substitute to attend in his stead with the same rights and privileges that he would have had.

(2) The commission shall designate its chairman and vice chairman and may, from time to time, change such designation. A majority of the voting members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority in any matter within their duties shall be required for its determination. The voting members of the commission shall receive a per diem at the uniform rate established in Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for their services on the commission for not more than thirty-six (36) days in any one calendar year. In addition, and in the discretion of the commission, all members may be entitled to expenses, including traveling expenses, necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties on the commission, not to exceed the rate established in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for state officers and employees. The commission may provide for the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who shall be entrusted with funds or property, shall provide for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all proceedings and of all resolutions, regulations and orders issued or adopted, and shall provide for an annual audit of the accounts of receipts and disbursements by the State Auditor.

(3) The commission shall keep a record of its official actions, shall adopt a seal, which seal shall be judicially noticed, and may perform such acts, hold such public hearings, and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the execution of its functions under this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-9
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce must appoint a clerk, who must take the oath of office to discharge faithfully all the duties, which are or may be required of him by law. The clerk shall hold office during the term of the commissioner by whom he is appointed, and until the appointment and qualification of his successor, unless sooner removed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-41 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-41
Status: in_force

Where the commissioners of any district shall find that any of the provisions of land-use regulations prescribed in an ordinance adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 69-27-37 are not being observed on particular lands, and that such violations are the proximate cause of damage to any other landowner within the district, then the commissioners may present to the chancery court of the county in which the lands of the defendant may lie a petition, duly verified, setting forth the adoption of the ordinance prescribing land-use regulations, the failure of the defendant landowner or operator or both to observe such regulations, and to perform particular work, operations or avoidance as required thereby and that such nonobservance tends to increase erosion on such lands and is interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other lands within the district and is the proximate cause of damage to other landowners within the district, and praying the court to require the defendant to perform the work, operations, or avoidances within a reasonable time and to order that if the defendant shall fail so to perform the commissioners may go on the land, perform the work or other operations or otherwise bring the condition of such lands into conformity with the requirements of such regulations and recover the costs and expenses thereof from the defendant. Upon the filing of such petition, process shall issue against the defendant returnable in the manner provided by law, and said cause shall be tried in the manner provided by law for the trial of civil actions. The defendant may demand a trial by jury and in such event, the jurors shall have the qualifications of jurors in eminent domain proceedings in the chancery court. If the decree of the court be against the defendant, the court may require the defendant to perform the work, operations, or avoidances, and may provide that upon the failure of the defendant to initiate such performance within the time specified in the order of the court, and to prosecute the same to completion with reasonable diligence, the commissioners may enter upon the lands involved and perform the work or operations or otherwise bring the condition of such lands into conformity with the requirements of the regulations and may recover the costs and expenses thereof, from the defendant. In no case, however, shall the commissioners enter upon such lands for such purpose until the court shall have found that the landowner or person in possession has not prosecuted such work as was ordered by the court with reasonable diligence. In all cases where the person in possession of lands who shall fail to perform such work, operations, or avoidances shall not be the owner, the owner of such lands shall be joined as party defendant.

The court shall retain jurisdiction of the case until after the work has been completed. Upon completion of such work pursuant to such order of the court, the commissioners may file a petition with the court, a copy of which shall be served upon the defendant in the case, in the manner provided by law for service of process, stating the costs and expenses sustained by them in the performance of the work and praying judgment therefor. The court shall have jurisdiction to enter, upon a hearing to be held not sooner than five days after service of such process, its decree for the amount of such costs and expenses together with the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court. Such decree shall when entered upon the lis pendens docket of said court, constitute a lien on the lands of the defendant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-217 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-217
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-217
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the tax collector to preserve all assessments so certified to him, to note upon the real property assessment roll of the county or county district upon which ad valorem taxes are to be collected for the year in which said work was done, the fact that said land is subject to a special soil erosion fund tax, and to collect with the other taxes payable on February first, giving a separate receipt therefor, the amount of the special soil erosion fund tax then due accordingly, and to so continue from year to year until such a special tax has been paid in full. If said special tax was to be paid in one payment within one year after completion of the work, the assessment shall be made accordingly, and the tax shall be then payable, and shall be collected at the time shown by the assessment. In event said tax or any part thereof is not paid when due, the tax collector shall advertise and sell the land liable therefor as in the case of lands sold for the non-payment of drainage district taxes, and all provisions of law applicable to such drainage district tax sales shall be applied in the case of soil erosion fund tax sales, except that if there are no other bidders the soil erosion committee shall become the purchaser on behalf of and in the name of the county, a sale or sales may be made on the first Monday of any month, and such sales shall be subordinate to all other sales of taxes, prior or subsequent, to the same extent as sales for other special improvements. For the protection of its rights hereunder, any of said counties may redeem from sale of any such lands to the state after any tax sale thereof by payment to the state of the state taxes with damages thereon and costs of sale.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 44-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-7
Status: in_force

(1) Any purchaser who fails to file a report or to pay any assessment within the time required by the department shall forfeit to the department a penalty of five percent (5%) of the assessment determined to be due, plus one percent (1%) of the amount for each month of delay or fraction thereof after the first month after the report was required to be filed or the assessment became due. The penalty shall be paid to the department and shall be disposed of by it in the same manner as funds derived from the payment of the assessment imposed herein.

(2) The department shall collect the penalties levied herein, together with the delinquent assessment, by any or all of the following methods:

(a) By voluntary payment by the person liable.

(b) By legal proceedings instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) Any person required to pay the assessment provided for in this chapter who fails to remit same or who refuses to allow full inspection of the premises, or the books, records or other documents relating to the liability of the person for the assessment herein imposed, or who shall hinder or in any way delay or prevent the inspection, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year, or both.

(4) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person who purchases one thousand (1,000) or fewer bushels of corn in any calendar year, provided he is not regularly engaged in the purchase of corn.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-2-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-2-19
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Development Authority is authorized, at one time, or from time to time, to declare by resolution the necessity for issuance of negotiable general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi to provide funds for the Emerging Crops Fund established in Section 69-2-13 . Upon the adoption of a resolution by the board, declaring the necessity for the issuance of any part or all of the general obligation bonds authorized by Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 , the authority shall deliver a certified copy of its resolution or resolutions to the State Bond Commission. Upon receipt of same, the State Bond Commission, in its discretion, shall act as the issuing agent, prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids, issue and sell the bonds so authorized to be sold, and do any and all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds. The amount of bonds issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 shall not exceed One Hundred Fourteen Million Dollars ($114,000,000.00) in the aggregate; however:

(a) An additional amount of bonds may be issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 in an amount not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), and the proceeds of any such additional bonds shall be used solely for the purposes described in Section 69-2-13(14) ; and

(b) An additional amount of bonds may be issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 in an amount not to exceed Seventeen Million Dollars ($17,000,000.00), and the proceeds of such additional bonds shall be used solely for the purposes described in Section 69-2-13(16) .

(2) No bonds may be issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 after October 1, 2023.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-15
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Any person violating this chapter or the rules and regulations issued under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court having jurisdiction.

(b) Each violation and each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense.

(c) Any person violating this chapter or the rules and regulations issued under this chapter in such a way that causes harm or poses a threat to man, animals or the environment is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of not more than twenty (20) years or by both such fine and imprisonment for each violation.

(2) Each violation of this chapter or the applicable rules and regulations shall subject the violator to administrative action as provided for in Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-27 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-27
Status: in_force

By virtue of the powers conferred herein and for the purpose of protecting the environment, agricultural and horticultural production, the plant life and plant products of this state, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may prevent and prohibit the introduction into the state for the purpose of transportation through the state of any such plants and plant products or other things or substance hereinbefore mentioned to the same extent and for the same purpose and with the same authority that is provided above with reference to the introduction of the same into the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 44-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-7
Status: in_force

(1) Any purchaser who fails to file a report or to pay any assessment within the time required by the department shall forfeit to the department a penalty of five percent (5%) of the assessment determined to be due, plus one percent (1%) of the amount for each month of delay or fraction thereof after the first month after the report was required to be filed or the assessment became due. The penalty shall be paid to the department and shall be disposed of by it in the same manner as funds derived from the payment of the assessment imposed herein.

(2) The department shall collect the penalties levied herein, together with the delinquent assessment, by any or all of the following methods:

(a) By voluntary payment by the person liable.

(b) By legal proceedings instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) Any person required to pay the assessment provided for in this chapter who fails to remit same or who refuses to allow full inspection of the premises, or the books, records or other documents relating to the liability of the person for the assessment herein imposed, or who shall hinder or in any way delay or prevent the inspection, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year, or both.

(4) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person who purchases one thousand (1,000) or fewer bushels of corn in any calendar year, provided he is not regularly engaged in the purchase of corn.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-23 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-23
Status: in_force

The party against whom judgment may be given in a case to enforce a lien pursuant to Section 69-13-21 may appeal to the circuit court as other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-617 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-617
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-617
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall publish at least biannually, in such form as he may deem proper, information concerning the sale of catfish products, together with such data on their production and use as he may consider advisable provided that the information concerning production and sales of catfish products shall not disclose the operation of any person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-203
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this article to vest the boards of supervisors of the several counties of the state with broad discretion and power of determining the location and types of fences and cattlegaps on the highways referred to in Section 69-13-205 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-33 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-33
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated hereunder, or who shall alter, forge or counterfeit or use without authority any certificate or permit or other document provided for in this chapter or in the regulations promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2) Any person who, except in compliance with the regulations of the bureau, shall move any regulated article into this state from any other state, which the bureau found in such regulations is infested by the boll weevil, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-11
Status: in_force

Every person growing cotton in this state shall furnish to the commissioner and the corporation on forms supplied by the commissioner such information as the commissioner may require concerning the size and location of all commercial cotton fields and of noncommercial plantings of cotton grown as an ornamental plant or for any other purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 44-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-15
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner may conduct an audit of the board to verify compliance with any rules and regulations promulgated for the efficient enforcement of this chapter.

(2) Under this section, the audited board shall provide information to the commissioner that verifies the amounts received and expended from the fees assessed and collected by the department and remitted to the board. Records maintained in the course of the normal conduct of business by the board may serve as verification.

(3) The commissioner may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction on disbursements made to the board from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 35-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-7
Status: in_force

No association, meeting or activity undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this act and intended to benefit all of the producers and handlers of milk and dairy products in Mississippi shall be deemed or considered illegal or in restraint of trade.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-49 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-49
Status: in_force

Any petitioner aggrieved by an order of the board granting or denying, in whole or in part, the relief sought, the commissioners of the district, or any intervening party, may obtain a review of such order in the chancery court of the county in which the lands of the petitioner may lie, by filing in such court a petition praying that the order of the board be modified or set aside and may demand a jury qualified in all respects as the jurors in eminent domain proceedings in the chancery court. A copy of such petition shall forthwith be served upon the parties to the hearing before the board and thereupon the party seeking review shall file in the court a transcript of the entire record in the proceedings, certified by the board, including the documents and testimony upon which the order complained of was entered, and the findings, determination, and order of the board. Upon such filing, the court shall cause notice thereof to be served upon the parties and shall have jurisdiction of the proceedings and of the questions determined or to be determined therein, and shall have power to grant such temporary relief as it deems just and proper, and to make and enter a decree enforcing, modifying and enforcing as so modified, or setting aside in whole or in part, the order of the board. No contention that has not been urged before the board shall be considered by the court unless the failure or neglect to urge such contention shall be excused because of extraordinary circumstances. The findings of the board as to the facts, if supported by evidence, shall be conclusive. If any party shall apply to the court for leave to produce additional evidence and shall show to the satisfaction of the court that such evidence is material and that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to produce such evidence in the hearing before the board, the court may order such additional evidence to be taken before the board and to be made a part of the transcript. The board may modify the findings as to the facts or make new findings, taking into consideration the additional evidence so taken and filed, and it shall file such modified or new findings which, if supported by evidence, shall be conclusive, and shall file with the court its recommendations, if any, for the modification or setting aside of its original order. The jurisdiction of the court shall be exclusive and its judgment and decree shall be final, except that the same shall be subject to review in the same manner as are other judgments or decrees of the court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-373 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-373
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-373
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 69-1-371 through 69-1-375 :

(a) “ Agricultural products ” means, but is not limited to, any agricultural commodity or product, whether raw or processed, including any commodity or product derived from livestock that is marketed for human or livestock consumption or products that are used for agricultural purposes such as fertilizers and soil and plant amendments.

(b) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-101
Status: in_force

(1) The boards of supervisors of any county, or one or more counties, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to establish areas composed of one or more counties for the purpose of cooperating with the Board of Animal Health and the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, separately or jointly, in providing for a program of control and eradication of certain diseases of livestock and poultry within such area established.

(2) Boards of supervisors of any county or counties acting under the authority conferred by this section are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to contribute to the support of such area program in an amount equal to thirty-three and one-third per cent of the cost of administering the program in such area. The cost of administering such program to be determined by the board and entered upon their minutes at the time funds are appropriated for the support of same. The funds herein authorized to be expended by the board or boards of supervisors of each county or group of counties comprising such area shall be paid out of the General Fund of such county or counties on order of the board of supervisors duly entered on their minutes.

(3) The Board of Animal Health is hereby authorized to purchase and supply at cost any vaccine necessary for use in control and eradication of diseases of livestock and poultry in such area hereby authorized to be established, to the owners of livestock or poultry residing in an area cooperating with the control program hereby authorized.

(4) In order that any area created under the provisions of this section may have the services of a veterinarian, the board of animal health is hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to employ a veterinarian for such area, and such area veterinarian shall have the authority to employ local veterinarians with the approval of the board of animal health, and the board of supervisors of the county or counties comprising such area are authorized and empowered to contribute to the payment of the salary of such veterinarians employed by the board of animal health.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-7
Status: in_force

The commissioner is hereby charged with the execution and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the state veterinarian shall have authority to exercise all of the powers vested in the commissioner in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-5
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.

(b) “ Department ” means the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

(c) “ Person ” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, business, trust, legal representative or any other business unit.

(d) “ Reproduce ” means to stencil, emboss, print, engrave, impress, imprint, lithograph or duplicate in any manner or to cause any such acts to be done.

(e) “ Agricultural product ” means any product that is at least fifty-one percent (51%) grown, processed or manufactured in the State of Mississippi.

(f) “ Division ” means the Division of Market Development within the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

The words “logo” and “program,” whenever used in this chapter, shall include the plural as well as the singular.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-43 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-43
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall not be so construed or enforced as to conflict in any way with any act of Congress regulating the movement of plants or plant products in interstate or foreign commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 15-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-103
Status: in_force

(1) All pens, stalls, barns, or other places where livestock are placed or held for exhibits or shows at all fairs within the state shall be sprayed with an approved insecticide before any animals are placed therein, and immediately after removal of such animals, all such pens, stalls, barns, or other places where such animals have been confined shall be sprayed with an approved disinfectant. Such spraying shall be done under the direction or supervision of the board of animal health. It shall be the duty of the fair managers to see that the provisions hereof are complied with.

(2) All community sale barns within the state where any kind of livestock is sold, shall be sprayed with an approved insecticide before any animals are placed therein and immediately after removal of such animals. Such spraying shall be done at the expense of the owners of said sale barns, and done under directions of the board of animal health. Failure by the owners of said sale barns to comply with the provisions hereof shall be punished by a fine imposed upon them of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-15
Status: in_force

(1) The penalties provided for violations of Section 69-23-5 (1) shall not apply to:

(a) Any carrier while lawfully engaged in transporting a pesticide within this state if such carrier shall, upon request, permit the commissioner or his employees to copy all records showing the transaction in and movement of the articles;

(b) Public officials of this state and the federal government engaged in the performance of their official duties in administering state or federal pesticide laws or regulations or while engaged in pesticide research.

(c) The manufacturer or shipper of a pesticide for experimental use only:

(i) By or under the supervision of an agency of this state or of the federal government authorized by law to conduct research in the field of pesticides; or

(ii) By others if the pesticides shipper or manufacturer holds a valid experimental use permit as provided for by Section 69-23-25 or by EPA.

(2) No article shall be deemed in violation of this chapter when intended solely for export to a foreign country, and when prepared or packaged according to the specifications or directions of the purchaser. If not so exported, all the provisions of this chapter shall apply.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-111 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-111
Status: in_force

(1) After October 21, 1976, it is unlawful for any person to engage in the application or use of any pesticide that is restricted by EPA or the commissioner, except as provided for and defined in Sections 69-19-1 through 69-19-15 , 69-21-101 through 69-21-128 and 69-23-1 through 69-23-29 , without being certified or licensed by the commissioner.

(2) The commissioner may classify licenses or permits to be issued under Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 . Separate classifications and subclassifications may be specified by the commissioner in conformity with FIFRA. Each classification may be subject to separate requirements of testing procedures.

(3) Application for license shall be made on a form provided by the commissioner and shall contain information regarding the applicant's qualifications, proposed operations, and license classification or classifications as prescribed by regulations.

(4) The commissioner shall require each applicant for a certified applicator's license to demonstrate competency by a written or oral examination, or any other equivalent procedure as may be adopted by the commissioner by regulation, that he possesses adequate knowledge with respect to the proper use and application of pesticides in the particular categories or classification for which application for license is made. The commissioner may cooperate with other state, federal and private agencies in preparing, administering and evaluating examinations or other equivalent procedures, including training, for determining competency of certified applicators, and shall consider and be guided by certification requirements set forth by EPA.

(5) If the commissioner finds the applicant qualified in the classification for which he has applied, he shall issue a certified applicator's license limited to that classification. Expiration dates of licenses may be established by regulation, unless revoked, suspended, denied, cancelled or modified prior thereto by the commissioner for cause as hereinafter provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-609 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-609
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-609
Status: in_force

All distributors, processors or wholesalers of catfish products, distributing or selling catfish products, shall provide information to each person, firm or corporation to whom they distribute or sell catfish products for resale as to the labeling information required in subsection (1) of Section 69-7-607 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-17
Status: in_force

The State Bond Commission may sell the bonds referred to in Section 69-5-15 in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least one (1) time not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date of sale and shall be so published in one or more newspapers in Jackson, Mississippi, and having general circulation within the State of Mississippi, and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals as may be directed by the State Bond Commission.

The State Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of Sections 69-5-11 to 69-5-27 , shall provide that bonds maturing ten (10) years after the date of the issuance of such bonds may, at the option of the State Treasurer of the State of Mississippi, be called in for payment and redemption on any interest payment date thereafter prior to maturity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 10-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-5
Status: in_force

(1) There is imposed and levied an assessment at the rate of Two Cents (2¢) per bushel on all rice grown within the State of Mississippi; from and after July 1, 1991, the rate of assessment shall be increased by an additional One Cent (1¢) per bushel so that the total assessment equals Three Cents (3¢) per bushel. Such assessment shall be deducted by the purchaser from the amount paid the producer at the first point of sale, whether within or without the state. Assessments on rice put under loan to the Commodity Credit Corporation or purchased by the Commodity Credit Corporation and delivered to it shall be payable when such rice is placed under loan or is purchased. The Commodity Credit Corporation may require deduction and payment of the assessment from the loan proceeds or from the purchase price on the behalf of the producer. Assessments on rice put under loan to the Commodity Credit Corporation and redeemed by the producer before the takeover date, if already paid by having been deducted from the loan proceeds shall not be deducted by each miller or handler from the amount paid the producer at the first point of sale as provided in this section; otherwise, the assessment shall be deducted.

(2) The assessment imposed and levied by this section shall be payable to and collected by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, hereafter referred to as “the department,” from the purchaser of such rice at the first point of sale or from the Commodity Credit Corporation as provided in subsection (1) of this section. The proceeds of the assessment collected by the department shall be deposited with the State Treasurer in a special fund, the “Mississippi Rice Promotion Fund,” and promptly remitted to a foundation under such terms and conditions as the Rice Promotion Board deems necessary to ensure that such assessments are used properly in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.

(3) The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall submit to the Mississippi Rice Promotion Board a budget detailing and justifying the administrative costs of the department in administering the provisions of this chapter, and such budget must be approved by the Mississippi Rice Promotion Board by April 1 of each year. The department shall pay over to the Mississippi Rice Promotion Fund the funds collected, less an amount not to exceed three and one-half percent (3- 1 / 2 %) of the gross amount collected. The amount withheld by the department must be approved by the Mississippi Rice Promotion Board by July 1 of each year. The payments to the Mississippi Rice Promotion Board shall be accompanied by a complete report of all funds collected and disbursed.

(4) Each purchaser or the Commodity Credit Corporation shall keep a complete and accurate record of all rice handled by him and shall furnish each producer with a signed sales slip showing the number of bushels purchased from him and the amount deducted by him for the Mississippi Rice Promotion Fund. Such records shall be in such form and contain such other information as the department shall by rule or regulation prescribe. The records shall be preserved by the purchaser for a period of two (2) years and shall be offered for inspection at any time upon oral or written demand by the department or any duly authorized agent or representative thereof. Every purchaser or the Commodity Credit Corporation, at such time or times as the commissioner of the department may require, shall submit reports or other documentary information deemed necessary for the efficient and equitable collection of the assessment imposed in this chapter. The department shall have the power to cause any duly authorized agent or representative to enter upon the premises of any purchaser of rice and examine or cause to be examined by such agent, only books, papers and records which deal in any way with respect to the payment of the assessment or enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.