Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 49-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-1
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings as defined in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Amusement ride ” or “ ride ” means a mechanical device that carries or conveys passengers along, around or over a fixed or restricted route or course for the purpose of giving the passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills or excitement. The term “amusement ride” does not include bungee jumping, zip lines, waterslides, or obstacle, challenge or adventure courses.

(b) “ Ride operator ” means the person having direct control of the starting, stopping, or speed of an amusement ride.

(c) “ Owner or operator ” means the person or organization that is responsible for the maintenance and operation of an amusement ride or amusement device.

(d) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Revenue.

(e) “ Serious injuries or illnesses ” means a person's injury or illness that results in death, dismemberment, significant disfigurement, permanent loss of the use of a body organ, member, function, or system, a compound fracture, or other significant injury or illness that requires immediate admission and overnight hospitalization and observation by a licensed physician.

(f) “ Minor injuries or illnesses ” means injuries and illnesses that may or may not require emergency first aid or significant treatment, or both, but cannot be otherwise classified as a serious injury or illness. This term includes incidents where treatment is limited to such things as the dispensation of over-the-counter medication or plastic adhesive strips, cleansing, rest, and other similar duties or assistance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 43-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-5
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall only apply to: a pool owned, controlled or maintained by the owner of a multiunit rental complex, property owners association, or private club; and doors and windows of rental dwellings opening into the pool yard of a multiunit rental complex or a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project. This chapter does not apply to any private club that does not allow members or guests under the age of twelve (12) or to any multiunit rental complex that does not allow residents under the age of twelve (12).
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 41-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-1
Status: in_force

(1) This section shall be known and cited as the “Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010.”

(2) The Legislature finds that:

(a) Wandering is a common behavior among those persons with dementia or other cognitive impairments that causes great concern for the families and caregivers of this state;

(b) This state is not currently equipped with the systems necessary to locate those with dementia or other cognitive impairments in a timely manner, with the unfortunate result that some individuals are never returned home to their families; and

(c) It is imperative that this state develop a plan to ensure that if an individual with dementia or other cognitive impairments is missing, the appropriate infrastructure is available and can be easily and timely activated to protect the health and safety of these vulnerable citizens.

(3) When used in this section, unless the context requires a different definition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “ E911 ” means Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service or Enhanced 911 Service, which is a telephone exchange communications service by which a Public Safety Answering Point designated by the county or local communication district may receive telephone calls dialed to the telephone number 911.

(b) “ First responders ” means state and local law enforcement personnel, fire department personnel, emergency medical personnel, emergency management personnel and public works personnel who may be deployed to bioterrorism attacks, terrorist attacks, catastrophic or natural disasters and emergencies.

(c) “ Originating local law enforcement agency ” means a local police or sheriff's office that has jurisdiction over the area where a person became missing.

(4)(a) The Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety shall implement a statewide “Silver Alert System” that has the purpose of providing a tiered, rapid response system to notify the public about missing endangered adults, who are age 18 or older, with dementia or other cognitive impairments. The initial response may be local, statewide or national based on available information about the missing person.

(b) A Silver Alert activation request may be made only by a law enforcement agency, and the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety may only activate a Silver Alert after a request is made.

(c) To activate a Silver Alert, all of the following criteria must be met:

(i) The missing adult, age 18 or older, is believed to have dementia or other cognitive impairments;

(ii) The person is believed to be missing and in imminent danger regardless of circumstance;

(iii) The family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person has submitted a missing person's report to the local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction where the person became missing, with all waiting periods being waived; and

(iv) The law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction of where the person became missing reports the incident to the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety through the Mississippi Highway Patrol Headquarters Communication Center.

(d) To initiate a request to activate a Silver Alert, the family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person must file immediately a report of the missing person with the local law enforcement agency where the person became missing that includes the following information:

(i) A description of the missing person including physical characteristics, clothing and photos, if available;

(ii) A description of the known circumstances under which the person became missing including the time, place, direction, possible destinations, whether the person is walking or in a vehicle, and all other pertinent information concerning where the person may have become missing; and

(iii) Updates on the missing person as new information becomes available.

(e) The originating local law enforcement agency, after completing the investigation expeditiously and determining that the case meets the qualifying criteria prescribed in this section, shall:

(i) Waive in the case of a Silver Alert, any waiting periods for a missing person's report in order to galvanize the appropriate communities rapidly to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the missing person;

(ii) Notify the Mississippi Highway Patrol Headquarters Communication Center and electronically send to the center the completed Silver Alert forms and available photos, signed by the police chief, sheriff, commanding officer or his or her designee;

(iii) Enter the information into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC);

(iv) Using a tiered approach based on known circumstances, initiate an alert bulletin to all local law enforcement, E911 and first responder agencies to search the immediate area;

(v) Activate secondary alert systems to residents, businesses, and broadcast media in the immediate area;

(vi) Provide a twenty-four-hour phone number to receive calls while continuing the investigation; and

(vii) Update the family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person as new information becomes available.

(5)(a) After the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety has been contacted by a local law enforcement agency requesting a Silver Alert activation, the Criminal Information Center shall consider before the activation of the Silver Alert procedures by the Silver Alert coordinator, or his or her designee, the information contained in the initial Silver Alert report form to ensure that it meets all criteria specified in subsection (4)(c) of this section. Elements of the missing person case to be considered are:

(i) Threat of imminent harm or death to the missing person because of age, health, mental or physical disability, environmental or weather conditions;

(ii) Time of initial report in relation to the time of disappearance, including whether the disappearance is unexplained, involuntary or is under suspicious circumstances;

(iii) Believed to be walking or in a vehicle;

(iv) Witness information;

(v) Possible domestic dispute involving the missing person; and

(vi) Other facts that indicate the missing person is in danger of serious injury or death, including whether there is possible criminal intent toward the missing person or whether someone witnessed the disappearance.

(b) Each case shall be reviewed on its own merits, and if there are extenuating circumstances, the required criteria in this section may be amended or expanded depending on the merits presented.

(c) Only the Silver Alert coordinator, or his or her designee, may authorize activation of a statewide Silver Alert and if an activation is authorized, the Criminal Information Center shall:

(i) Prepare an announcement concerning the missing person;

(ii) Contact the designated media stations to activate the alert; and

(iii) Request the Mississippi Department of Transportation to activate electronic signs, if appropriate.

(d) If the missing person is believed to be in a vehicle, the Silver Alert coordinator shall send information and available photos via emails and fax to the statewide communications systems, news media and other forms of public communication or electronic resources.

(6)(a) Following the initial alert, a Silver Alert broadcast shall be updated by television and radio stations as necessary until such time that an end of alert message is received from the law enforcement agency that requested the initial Silver Alert.

(b) Local and statewide broadcast stations shall exercise their own independent discretions as to whether to repeat the required broadcasts prescribed in this section more frequently and shall determine the frequency in which the alert is re-broadcast following the initial alert.

(c) The Silver Alert termination notification shall be issued twenty-four (24) hours after the airing of the latest and most current information or when the case has been resolved and verification from the originating local law enforcement agency has been received by the Department of Public Safety.

(7)(a) If the circumstances of a person's disappearance do not meet the criteria for a Silver Alert to activate statewide communication systems, in addition to a local law enforcement agency activating a Purple Alert, the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety may offer an alternate form of mass notification as provided in this section.

(b) The alternate form of mass notification may be an email that includes a photograph and the Silver Alert initial reporting form that is sent through a statewide network of law enforcement and first responder agencies, news media offices and other forms of public communication.

(c) The email authorized in paragraph (b) of this subsection (7) shall contain information taken from the Silver Alert initial reporting form that is submitted by the originating local law enforcement agency.

(d) The email alerting news media and law enforcement agencies of a person's disappearance that does not meet the criteria of a Silver Alert activation shall include the following paragraph at the beginning of the email:

“The (name of law enforcement agency) has requested the following information be provided to the Mississippi news media and law enforcement agencies: At the present time, information being provided to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety by the (name of law enforcement agency) does not meet the criteria to activate a Silver Alert. It is left to the discretion of each law enforcement agency and news department receiving this email as to whether the attached information, regarding the disappearance of this person and/or the photograph of this person, will be released to the public.”

(e) If further investigation into the disappearance produces evidence that may change the initial circumstances as reported to local law enforcement, the Department of Public Safety may reconsider activating a Silver Alert notwithstanding the existence of an active Purple Alert previously initiated by a local law enforcement agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-25 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 33-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-25
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Any person having a permanent or temporary residence in this state or who is employed or attending school in this state who has been convicted of a registrable offense in this state or another jurisdiction or who has been acquitted by reason of insanity of a registrable offense in this state or another jurisdiction shall register with the responsible agency and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. Registration shall not be required for an offense that is not a registrable sex offense or for an offender who is under fourteen (14) years of age. The department shall provide the initial registration information as well as every change of name, change of address, change of status at a school, or other change of information as required by the department to the sheriff of the county of the residence address of the registrant, the sheriff of the county of the employment address, and the sheriff of the county of the school address, if applicable, and any other jurisdiction of the registrant through either written notice, electronic or telephone transmissions, or online access to registration information. Further, the department shall provide this information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Additionally, upon notification by the registrant that he intends to reside outside the State of Mississippi, the department shall notify the appropriate state law enforcement agency of any state to which a registrant is moving or has moved.

(b) Any person having a permanent or temporary residence or who is employed or attending school in this state who has been adjudicated delinquent for a registrable sex offense listed in this paragraph that involved use of force against the victim shall register as a sex offender with the responsible agency and shall personally appear at a facility designated by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) business days of registering with the responsible agency:

(i) Section 97-3-71 relating to rape and assault with intent to ravish;

(ii) Section 97-3-95 relating to sexual battery;

(iii) Section 97-3-65 relating to statutory rape; or

(iv) Conspiracy to commit, accessory to the commission of, or attempt to commit any offense listed in this paragraph.

(2) Any person required to register under this chapter shall submit the following information at the time of registration:

(a) Name, including a former name which has been legally changed;

(b) Street address of all current permanent and temporary residences within state or out of state at which the sex offender resides or habitually lives, including dates of temporary lodgings. There is a presumption that a registrant owes a duty of updating registration information if the registrant remains away from a registered address for seven (7) or more aggregate days in a six (6) month period;

(c) Date, place and address of employment, including as a volunteer or unpaid intern or as a transient or day laborer;

(d) Crime for which charged, arrested or convicted;

(e) Date and place of conviction, adjudication or acquittal by reason of insanity;

(f) Aliases used or nicknames, ethnic or tribal names by which commonly known;

(g) Social security number and any purported social security number or numbers;

(h) Date and place of birth and any purported date and place of birth;

(i) Age, race, sex, height, weight, hair and eye colors, and any other physical description or identifying factors;

(j) A brief description of the offense or offenses for which the registration is required;

(k) Driver's license or state or other jurisdiction identification card number, which license or card may be electronically accessed by the Department of Public Safety;

(l) Anticipated future residence;

(m) If the registrant's residence is a motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home or manufactured home, the registrant shall also provide vehicle identification number, license tag number, registration number and a description, including color scheme, of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home or manufactured home; if the registrant's place of residence is a vessel or houseboat, the registrant shall also provide the hull identification number, manufacturer's serial number, name of the vessel or houseboat, registration number and a description, including color scheme, of the vessel or houseboat, including permanent or frequent locations where the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, manufactured home, vessel or houseboat is kept;

(n) Vehicle make, model, color and license tag number for all vehicles owned or operated by the sex offender, whether for work or personal use, and the permanent or frequent locations where a vehicle is kept;

(o) Offense history;

(p) Photograph;

(q) Fingerprints and palm prints;

(r) Documentation of any treatment received for any mental abnormality or personality disorder of the person;

(s) Biological sample;

(t) Name of any public or private educational institution, including any secondary school, trade or professional institution or institution of higher education at which the offender is employed, carries on a vocation (with or without compensation) or is enrolled as a student, or will be enrolled as a student, and the registrant's status;

(u) Copy of conviction or sentencing order for the sex offense for which registration is required;

(v) The offender's parole, probation or supervised release status and the existence of any outstanding arrest warrants;

(w) Every online identity, screen name or username used, registered or created by a registrant;

(x) Professional licensing information which authorizes the registrant to engage in an occupation or carry out a trade or occupation;

(y) Information from passport and immigration documents;

(z) All telephone numbers, including, but not limited to, permanent residence, temporary residence, cell phone and employment phone numbers, whether landlines or cell phones; and

(aa) Any other information deemed necessary.

(3) For purposes of this chapter, a person is considered to be residing in this state if he maintains a permanent or temporary residence as defined in Section 45-33-23 , including students, temporary employees and military personnel on assignment.

(4)(a) A person required to register under this chapter shall not reside within three thousand (3,000) feet of the real property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, a child care facility, a residential child-caring agency, a children's group care home or any playground, ballpark or other recreational facility utilized by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years.

(b) A person residing within three thousand (3,000) feet of the real property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school or a child care facility does not commit a violation of this subsection if any of the following apply:

(i) The person is serving a sentence at a jail, prison, juvenile facility or other correctional institution or facility.

(ii) The person is subject to an order of commitment under Title 41, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(iii) The person established the subject residence before July 1, 2006.

(iv) The school or child care facility is established within three thousand (3,000) feet of the person's residence subsequent to the date the person established residency.

(v) The person established the subject residence between July 1, 2006, and January 1, 2014, in a location at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet from the school or child care facility.

(vi) The person is a minor or a ward under a guardianship.

(c) A person residing within three thousand (3,000) feet of the real property comprising a residential child-caring agency, a children's group care home or any playground, ballpark or other recreational facility utilized by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years does not commit a violation of this subsection if any of the following apply:

(i) The person established the subject residence before July 1, 2008.

(ii) The residential child-caring agency, children's group care home, playground, ballpark or other recreational facility utilized by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years is established within three thousand (3,000) feet of the person's residence subsequent to the date the person established residency.

(iii) The person established the subject residence between July 1, 2008, and January 1, 2014, in a location at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet from the residential child-caring agency, children's group care home, playground, ballpark or other recreational facility utilized by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years.

(iv) Any of the conditions described in subsection (4)(b)(i), (ii) or (vi) exist.

(5) The Department of Public Safety is required to obtain the text of the law defining the offense or offenses for which the registration is required.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-3
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the safety of conveyance equipment and personnel, and to promote public safety awareness. This chapter establishes the minimum standards for conveyance personnel and services. The use of unsafe or defective lifting devices imposes a substantial probability of serious and preventable injury to employees and the public. The prevention of these injuries and protection of employees and the public from unsafe conditions is in the best interest of the people of this state. Conveyance personnel performing work covered by this chapter shall, by documented training and/or experience, be familiar with the operation and safety functions of the components and equipment. Training and experience shall include, but not be limited to, recognizing the safety hazards and performing the procedures required under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mississippi Conveyance Safety Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-13 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-13
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Insurance shall promulgate regulations for the equipment, fees and licenses regulated by this chapter. The regulations shall consider the latest Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.1/CSA B44; the Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.3; the Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7, the Safety Standards for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, ASME A18.1; and Standard for the Qualification of Elevator Inspectors, ASME QEI-1.

(2) The licensing authority shall consult with engineering authorities and organizations that are concerned with standard safety codes, the rules and regulations governing the operation, maintenance, servicing, construction, alteration, installation, and inspection of conveyances and the qualifications that are adequate, reasonable and necessary for licensing as an elevator mechanic, contractor and inspector.

(3) Exceptions and variances from the literal requirements of applicable standards and regulations may be granted in cases where an exception or variance would not jeopardize the public safety and welfare.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-27 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-27
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of all new and existing conveyances located in any building or structure to have the conveyance inspected annually (ASME A17.1/CSA B44, category one) by a licensed elevator inspector who shall supply the property owner or lessee and the licensing authority with a written inspection report that describes any and all code violations. However, if the conveyance is an elevator that serves only two (2) adjacent floors, the owner may request an exemption from the annual inspection requirement pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner governing said exemption. Property owners shall have thirty (30) days from the date of the published inspection report to be in full compliance with correcting the violations.

(2)(a) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of all conveyances to hire an elevator contractor or a limited elevator contractor to supervise the required tests at intervals in compliance with the ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Appendix N, ASME A18.1 and ASCE 21.

(b) All tests shall be performed by a licensed elevator mechanic.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-21 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 43-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-21
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided by subsection (2) of this section and Section 45-43-23 , a person who constructs or modifies a pool yard enclosure to conform with this chapter may not be required to construct the enclosure differently by a local governmental entity, common law or any other law.

(2) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool may, at the person's option, exceed the standards of this chapter or those adopted by the State Board of Health under Section 45-43-23 . A tenant or occupant in a multiunit rental complex and a member of a property owners association may, by express written agreement, require the owner of the complex or the association to exceed those standards.

(3) A municipality may continue to require greater overall height requirements for pool yard enclosures if the requirements exist under the municipality's ordinances on July 1, 2012.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-21 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-21
Status: in_force

(1) The powers and duties of the Highway Safety Patrol shall be, in addition to all others prescribed by law, as follows:

(a) To enforce all of the traffic laws, rules and regulations of the State of Mississippi upon all highways of the state highway system and the rights-of-way of such highways; provided, however, that if any person commits an offense upon the state highway system and be pursued by a member of the Highway Safety Patrol, such patrol officer may pursue and apprehend such offender upon any of the highways or public roads of this state, or to any other place to which such offender may flee.

(b) To enforce all rules and regulations of the commissioner promulgated pursuant to legal authority.

(c) When so directed by the Governor, to enforce any of the laws of this state upon any of the highways or public roads thereof.

(d) Upon the request of the Department of Revenue, and with the approval of the Governor, to enforce all of the provisions of law with reference to the registration, license and taxation of vehicles using the highways of this state, and relative to the sizes, weights and load limits of such vehicles, and to enforce the provisions of all other laws administered by the Department of Revenue upon any of the highways or public roads of this state; and for such purpose the Highway Safety Patrol shall have the authority to collect and receive all taxes which may be due under any of such laws, and to report and remit same to the Department of Revenue in the manner required by law, or the rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue.

(e) Upon request of the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division within the Department of Public Safety, and when so instructed by the commissioner, to enforce the Mississippi Motor Carrier Regulatory Law of 1938 and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(f) To arrest without warrant any person or persons committing or attempting to commit any misdemeanor, felony or breach of the peace within their presence or view, and to pursue and so arrest any person committing such an offense to and at any place in the State of Mississippi where he may go or be. Nothing herein shall be construed as granting the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol general police powers.

(g) To aid and assist any law enforcement officer whose life or safety is in jeopardy. Additionally, officers of the Highway Safety Patrol may arrest without warrant any fugitive from justice who has escaped or who is using the highways of the state in an attempt to flee. With the approval of the commissioner or his designee, officers of the Highway Safety Patrol may assist other law enforcement agencies in manhunts for convicted felons who have escaped and/or for alleged felons where there is probable cause to believe that the person being sought committed the felony and a felony had actually been committed.

(h) To cooperate with the State Forest Service by reporting all forest fires.

(i) Upon request of the sheriff or his designee, or board of supervisors of any county or the chief of police or mayor of any municipality, and when so instructed by the commissioner or his designee, to respond to calls for assistance in a law enforcement incident; such request and action shall be noted and clearly reflected on the radio logs of both the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol district substation and that of the requesting agency, entered on the local NCIC terminal, if available, and a request in writing shall follow within forty-eight (48) hours. Additionally, the time of commencement and termination of the specific law enforcement incident shall be clearly noted on the radio logs of both law enforcement agencies.

(2) The Legislature declares that the primary law enforcement officer in any county in the State of Mississippi is the duly qualified and elected sheriff thereof, but for the purposes of this subsection there is hereby vested in the Department of Public Safety, in addition to the powers hereinabove mentioned and the other provisions of this section under the terms and limitations hereinafter mentioned and for the purpose of insuring domestic tranquility and for the purpose of preventing or suppressing, or both, crimes of violence, acts and conduct calculated to, or which may, provoke or lead to violence and/or incite riots, mobs, mob violence, a breach of the peace, and acts of intimidation or terror, the powers and duties to include the enforcement of all the laws of the State of Mississippi relating to such purposes, to investigate any violation of the laws of the State of Mississippi and to aid in the arrest and prosecution of persons charged with violating the laws of the State of Mississippi which relate to such purposes. Investigators of the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety shall have general police powers to enforce all the laws of the State of Mississippi. All officers of the Department of Public Safety charged with the enforcement of the laws administered by that agency, for the purposes herein set forth, shall have full power to investigate, prevent, apprehend and arrest law violators anywhere in the state, and shall be vested with the power of general police officers in the performance of their duties. The officers of the Department of Public Safety are authorized and empowered to carry and use firearms and other weapons deemed necessary in the discharge of their duties as such and are also empowered to serve warrants and subpoenas issued under the authority of the State of Mississippi. The Governor shall be authorized to offer and pay suitable rewards to persons aiding in the investigation, apprehension and conviction of persons charged with acts of violence, or threats of violence or intimidation or acts of terrorism. The additional powers herein granted to or vested in the Department of Public Safety or any of its officers or employees by this section, excepting investigating powers, and those powers of investigators who shall have general police power, being the investigators in the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety, shall not be exercised by the Department of Public Safety, or any of its officers or employees, except upon authority and direction of the Governor or Acting Governor, by proclamation duly signed, in the following instances, to wit:

(a) When requested by the sheriff or board of supervisors of any county or the mayor of any municipality on the grounds that mob violence, crimes of violence, acts and conduct of terrorism, riots or acts of intimidation, or either, calculated to or which may provoke violence or incite riots, mobs, mob violence, violence, or lead to any breach of the peace, or either, and acts of intimidation or terror are anticipated, and when such acts or conduct in the opinion of the Governor or Acting Governor would provoke violence or any of the foregoing acts or conduct set out in this subsection, and the sheriff or mayor, as the case may be, lacks adequate police force to prevent or suppress the same.

(b) Acting upon evidence submitted to him by the Department of Public Safety, or other investigating agency authorized by the Governor or Acting Governor to make such investigations, because of the failure or refusal of the sheriff of any county or mayor of any municipality to take action or employ such means at his disposal, to prevent or suppress the acts, conduct or offenses provided for in subsection (1) of this section, the Governor or Acting Governor deems it necessary to invoke the powers and authority vested in the Department of Public Safety.

(c) The Governor or Acting Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to issue his proclamation invoking the powers and authority vested by this paragraph, as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, and when the Governor or Acting Governor issues said proclamation in accordance herewith, said proclamation shall become effective upon the signing thereof and shall continue in full force and effect for a period of ninety (90) days, or for a shorter period if otherwise ordered by the Governor or Acting Governor. At the signing of the proclamation by the Governor or Acting Governor, the Department of Public Safety and its officers and employees shall thereupon be authorized to exercise the additional power and authority vested in them by this paragraph. The Governor and Acting Governor may issue additional proclamations for periods of ninety (90) days each under the authority of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (2).

(3) All proclamations issued by the Governor or Acting Governor shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on the next succeeding business day.

(4) It is not the intention of this section to vest the wide powers and authority herein provided for, as general powers of the Department of Public Safety, and the same are not hereby so vested, but to limit these general powers to cases and incidents wherein it is deemed necessary to prevent or suppress the offenses and conditions herein mentioned in this and other subsections of this section, and under the terms and conditions hereinabove enumerated, it being the sense of the Legislature that the prime duties of the Department of Public Safety are to patrol the highways of this state and enforce the highway safety laws.

(5) Patrol officers shall have no interest in any costs in the prosecution of any case through any court; nor shall any patrol officer receive any fee as a witness in any court held in this state, whether a state or federal court.

(6) Provided, however, that the general police power vested by virtue of the terms of subsection (2) of this section is solely for the purposes set out in said subsection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-37 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 33-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-37
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Forensics Laboratory shall develop a plan for and establish a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) identification system. In implementing the plan, the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory shall purchase the appropriate equipment. The DNA identification system as established herein shall be compatible with that utilized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(2) From and after January 1, 1996, every individual convicted of a sex offense or in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for a sex offense as defined in Section 45-33-23 shall submit a biological sample for purposes of DNA identification analysis before release from or transfer to a state correctional facility or county jail or other detention facility.

(3) From and after January 1, 1996, any person having a duty to register under Section 45-33-25 for whom a DNA analysis is not already on file shall submit a biological sample for purposes of DNA identification analysis within five (5) working days after registration.

(4) The Mississippi Forensics Laboratory shall be responsible for the policy management and administration of the state DNA identification record system to support law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and shall:

(a) Promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section; and

(b) Provide for cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other criminal justice agencies relating to the state's participation in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) program and the national DNA identification index or in any DNA database designated by the Forensics Laboratory.

(5) A DNA sample obtained in good faith shall be deemed to have been obtained in accordance with the requirements of this section. Any entry into the database which is found to be erroneous shall not prohibit law enforcement officials from the legitimate use of information in the furtherance of a criminal investigation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-15
Status: in_force

(1) In the event of conflict, this chapter shall to the extent of the conflict supersede all existing statutes which regulate, control or otherwise relate, directly or by implication, to the collection, storage and dissemination or usage of fingerprint identification, offender criminal history or any existing statute which relates directly or by implication to any other provisions of this chapter.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, this chapter shall not be understood to alter, amend or supersede the statutes and rules of law governing the collection, storage, dissemination or usage of records concerning individual juvenile offenders in which they are individually identified by name or other means.

(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent a criminal justice agency from maintaining more detailed information than is required to be reported to the central repository. However, the dissemination of such criminal history record information is governed by federal statute.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-37 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-37
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Insurance shall have authority to promulgate rules and regulations for licensing and enforcement for all provisions in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 41-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-1
Status: in_force

(1) This section shall be known and cited as the “Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010.”

(2) The Legislature finds that:

(a) Wandering is a common behavior among those persons with dementia or other cognitive impairments that causes great concern for the families and caregivers of this state;

(b) This state is not currently equipped with the systems necessary to locate those with dementia or other cognitive impairments in a timely manner, with the unfortunate result that some individuals are never returned home to their families; and

(c) It is imperative that this state develop a plan to ensure that if an individual with dementia or other cognitive impairments is missing, the appropriate infrastructure is available and can be easily and timely activated to protect the health and safety of these vulnerable citizens.

(3) When used in this section, unless the context requires a different definition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “ E911 ” means Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service or Enhanced 911 Service, which is a telephone exchange communications service by which a Public Safety Answering Point designated by the county or local communication district may receive telephone calls dialed to the telephone number 911.

(b) “ First responders ” means state and local law enforcement personnel, fire department personnel, emergency medical personnel, emergency management personnel and public works personnel who may be deployed to bioterrorism attacks, terrorist attacks, catastrophic or natural disasters and emergencies.

(c) “ Originating local law enforcement agency ” means a local police or sheriff's office that has jurisdiction over the area where a person became missing.

(4)(a) The Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety shall implement a statewide “Silver Alert System” that has the purpose of providing a tiered, rapid response system to notify the public about missing endangered adults, who are age 18 or older, with dementia or other cognitive impairments. The initial response may be local, statewide or national based on available information about the missing person.

(b) A Silver Alert activation request may be made only by a law enforcement agency, and the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety may only activate a Silver Alert after a request is made.

(c) To activate a Silver Alert, all of the following criteria must be met:

(i) The missing adult, age 18 or older, is believed to have dementia or other cognitive impairments;

(ii) The person is believed to be missing and in imminent danger regardless of circumstance;

(iii) The family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person has submitted a missing person's report to the local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction where the person became missing, with all waiting periods being waived; and

(iv) The law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction of where the person became missing reports the incident to the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety through the Mississippi Highway Patrol Headquarters Communication Center.

(d) To initiate a request to activate a Silver Alert, the family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person must file immediately a report of the missing person with the local law enforcement agency where the person became missing that includes the following information:

(i) A description of the missing person including physical characteristics, clothing and photos, if available;

(ii) A description of the known circumstances under which the person became missing including the time, place, direction, possible destinations, whether the person is walking or in a vehicle, and all other pertinent information concerning where the person may have become missing; and

(iii) Updates on the missing person as new information becomes available.

(e) The originating local law enforcement agency, after completing the investigation expeditiously and determining that the case meets the qualifying criteria prescribed in this section, shall:

(i) Waive in the case of a Silver Alert, any waiting periods for a missing person's report in order to galvanize the appropriate communities rapidly to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the missing person;

(ii) Notify the Mississippi Highway Patrol Headquarters Communication Center and electronically send to the center the completed Silver Alert forms and available photos, signed by the police chief, sheriff, commanding officer or his or her designee;

(iii) Enter the information into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC);

(iv) Using a tiered approach based on known circumstances, initiate an alert bulletin to all local law enforcement, E911 and first responder agencies to search the immediate area;

(v) Activate secondary alert systems to residents, businesses, and broadcast media in the immediate area;

(vi) Provide a twenty-four-hour phone number to receive calls while continuing the investigation; and

(vii) Update the family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person as new information becomes available.

(5)(a) After the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety has been contacted by a local law enforcement agency requesting a Silver Alert activation, the Criminal Information Center shall consider before the activation of the Silver Alert procedures by the Silver Alert coordinator, or his or her designee, the information contained in the initial Silver Alert report form to ensure that it meets all criteria specified in subsection (4)(c) of this section. Elements of the missing person case to be considered are:

(i) Threat of imminent harm or death to the missing person because of age, health, mental or physical disability, environmental or weather conditions;

(ii) Time of initial report in relation to the time of disappearance, including whether the disappearance is unexplained, involuntary or is under suspicious circumstances;

(iii) Believed to be walking or in a vehicle;

(iv) Witness information;

(v) Possible domestic dispute involving the missing person; and

(vi) Other facts that indicate the missing person is in danger of serious injury or death, including whether there is possible criminal intent toward the missing person or whether someone witnessed the disappearance.

(b) Each case shall be reviewed on its own merits, and if there are extenuating circumstances, the required criteria in this section may be amended or expanded depending on the merits presented.

(c) Only the Silver Alert coordinator, or his or her designee, may authorize activation of a statewide Silver Alert and if an activation is authorized, the Criminal Information Center shall:

(i) Prepare an announcement concerning the missing person;

(ii) Contact the designated media stations to activate the alert; and

(iii) Request the Mississippi Department of Transportation to activate electronic signs, if appropriate.

(d) If the missing person is believed to be in a vehicle, the Silver Alert coordinator shall send information and available photos via emails and fax to the statewide communications systems, news media and other forms of public communication or electronic resources.

(6)(a) Following the initial alert, a Silver Alert broadcast shall be updated by television and radio stations as necessary until such time that an end of alert message is received from the law enforcement agency that requested the initial Silver Alert.

(b) Local and statewide broadcast stations shall exercise their own independent discretions as to whether to repeat the required broadcasts prescribed in this section more frequently and shall determine the frequency in which the alert is re-broadcast following the initial alert.

(c) The Silver Alert termination notification shall be issued twenty-four (24) hours after the airing of the latest and most current information or when the case has been resolved and verification from the originating local law enforcement agency has been received by the Department of Public Safety.

(7)(a) If the circumstances of a person's disappearance do not meet the criteria for a Silver Alert to activate statewide communication systems, in addition to a local law enforcement agency activating a Purple Alert, the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety may offer an alternate form of mass notification as provided in this section.

(b) The alternate form of mass notification may be an email that includes a photograph and the Silver Alert initial reporting form that is sent through a statewide network of law enforcement and first responder agencies, news media offices and other forms of public communication.

(c) The email authorized in paragraph (b) of this subsection (7) shall contain information taken from the Silver Alert initial reporting form that is submitted by the originating local law enforcement agency.

(d) The email alerting news media and law enforcement agencies of a person's disappearance that does not meet the criteria of a Silver Alert activation shall include the following paragraph at the beginning of the email:

“The (name of law enforcement agency) has requested the following information be provided to the Mississippi news media and law enforcement agencies: At the present time, information being provided to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety by the (name of law enforcement agency) does not meet the criteria to activate a Silver Alert. It is left to the discretion of each law enforcement agency and news department receiving this email as to whether the attached information, regarding the disappearance of this person and/or the photograph of this person, will be released to the public.”

(e) If further investigation into the disappearance produces evidence that may change the initial circumstances as reported to local law enforcement, the Department of Public Safety may reconsider activating a Silver Alert notwithstanding the existence of an active Purple Alert previously initiated by a local law enforcement agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-28 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 33-28
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-28
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, during a declaration of emergency, any person who has been required to register as a sex offender as provided in this chapter who enters an emergency shelter, within the first twenty-four (24) hours of admittance, shall notify the management of the facility, the sheriff of the county in which the shelter is located and the chief of police of the municipality, if the shelter is located in a municipality, of the person's sex offender status. The sex offender shall provide his full name, date of birth, social security number, and last address of registration prior to the declaration of emergency. Within seventy-two (72) hours of receiving the notification required by the provisions of this subsection, the sheriff and chief of police shall forward that information to the department.

(2) The manager or director of the emergency shelter shall make a reasonable effort to notify the chief law enforcement officer of the county or municipality in which the shelter is located of the presence of the sex offender in the emergency shelter. No person associated with a nonprofit organization that operates an emergency shelter shall be liable for any injury or claim arising out of the failure of the manager or operator to communicate the presence of a sex offender in the shelter to the appropriate law enforcement official.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-51 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 14-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-51
Status: in_force

Sections 45-14-51 through 45-14-69 shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Radioactive Waste Transportation Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 23-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-5
Status: in_force

The words, terms and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them herein unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Boiler” shall mean a closed vessel in which water is heated, steam or high temperature liquid is generated, steam is superheated, or in which any combination of these functions is accomplished, under pressure or vacuum, for use externally to itself by the direct application of energy from the combustion of fuels, or from other high temperature fluids, or from electricity or nuclear energy. The term “boiler” shall include fired units for heating or vaporizing liquids other than water where these units are separate from processing systems and are complete within themselves.

(a) “Power boiler” shall mean a boiler in which steam or other vapor is generated at a pressure of more than fifteen (15) pounds per square inch gauge (hereinafter referred to as psig).

(b) “High pressure, high temperature water boiler” shall mean a water boiler operating at pressures exceeding one hundred sixty (160) psig, or temperatures exceeding two hundred fifty (250) degrees Fahrenheit.

(c) “Heating boiler” shall mean a steam or vapor boiler operating at pressures not exceeding fifteen (15) psig, or a hot water boiler operating at pressures not exceeding one hundred sixty (160) psig, or temperatures not exceeding two hundred fifty (250) degrees Fahrenheit.

(2) “Pressure vessel” shall mean a vessel in which the pressure is obtained from an external source or by the application of heat from an indirect source or from a direct source other than those vessels defined in paragraph (1) of this section.

(3) “Certificate inspection” shall mean an inspection, the report of which is used by the chief inspector to decide whether or not a certificate as provided by Sections 45-23-41 through 45-23-49 may be issued. This certificate inspection shall be an internal inspection when construction permits; otherwise it shall be as complete an inspection as possible.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-21 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-21
Status: in_force

A licensee shall inspect, test, install, service and maintain conveyances in compliance with the provisions and standards of the State Fire Prevention and Building Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 34-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-3
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall post a publicly accessible registry online of all offenders by July 1, 2024.

(2)(a) The list must include the offender's full legal name, any aliases by which the offender is or has been known, including any online or internet identifiers and the offender's date of birth.

(b) The list shall not include the offender's social security number, driver's license number, any other state or federal identification number, physical address or telephone numbers.

(3)(a) No offender shall be removed from the registry unless and until all fines, penalties and restitution resulting from conviction have been paid and proof of same provided to the department.

(b) If the offender is not convicted of another registrable offense while listed and if all fines, penalties and restitution have been paid, the department shall remove the offender's information from the list after either five (5) years from the date of the offender's conviction or five (5) years from the date of an offender's release from physical incarceration, whichever is later.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, a person who has served any sentence imposed and paid all fines, penalties and any restitution ordered may petition the department to be removed from the list after the satisfaction of the conditions of this paragraph (c). Upon receipt and confirmation of a true and correct petition, the department shall remove the offender from the registry.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-33 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-33
Status: in_force

On and after the effective date of the rules and regulations first promulgated by the board, each boiler and pressure vessel used or proposed to be used within this state, except boilers or pressure vessels exempt under Section 45-23-15 , shall be thoroughly inspected as to their construction, installation and condition as follows:

(a) Power boilers and high pressure, high temperature water boilers shall receive a certificate inspection annually or as the board may require and shall also be externally inspected annually while under pressure if possible.

(b) Heating boilers shall receive a certificate inspection biennially.

(c) Pressure vessels subject to internal corrosion shall receive a certificate inspection biennially.

(d) Pressure vessels not subject to internal corrosion shall receive a certificate inspection at intervals set by the board, but internal inspection shall not be required of pressure vessels, the contents of which are known to be noncorrosive to the material of which the shell, heads or fittings are constructed, either from the chemical composition of the contents or from evidence that the contents are adequately treated with a corrosion inhibitor, or from evidence that the vessel parts are isolated from the contents with a corrosion resistant lining, provided that such vessels are constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board, and provided further that evidence proving noncorrosiveness is approved by the board.

(e) Nuclear vessels within the scope of this chapter shall be inspected and reported in such form and with such appropriate information as the board shall designate.

(f) A grace period of two (2) months beyond the periods specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) may elapse between certificate inspections.

(g) The board may, in its discretion, permit longer periods between certificate inspections.

(h) Under the provisions of this chapter, the board shall provide for the safety of life, limb and property, and therefore has jurisdiction over the interpretation and application of the inspection requirements as provided for in the rules and regulations which they have promulgated. Inspection during construction and installation shall certify as to the minimum requirements for safety. Inspection requirements of operating equipment shall be in accordance with generally accepted practice and compatible with the actual service conditions, such as: (i) previous experience, based on records of inspection, performance and maintenance; (ii) location, with respect to personnel hazard; (iii) quality of inspection and operating personnel; (iv) provision for related safe operation controls; (v) interrelation with other operations outside the scope of this chapter.

Based upon documentation of such actual service conditions by the owner or user of the operating equipment, the board may, in its discretion, permit variations in inspection requirements.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “ Criminal justice agencies ” means public agencies at all levels of government which perform as their principal function activities relating to the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication or rehabilitation of criminal offenders.

(b) “ Offense ” means an act which is a felony or a misdemeanor.

(c) “ Justice information system ” means those agencies, procedures, mechanisms, media and forms, as well as the information itself, which are or become involved in the origination, transmittal, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information related to reported offenses and offenders, and the subsequent actions related to the events or persons.

(d) “ Criminal justice information ” means the following classes of information:

(i) “ Secret data ,” which includes information dealing with those elements of the operation and programming of the Mississippi Justice Information Center computer system and the communications network and satellite computer systems handling criminal justice information which prevents unlawful intrusion into the system.

(ii) “ Criminal history record information ,” which means information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, affidavits, information or other formal charges and any disposition arising therefrom, sentencing, correctional supervision and release. The term does not include identification information such as fingerprint records or images to the extent that the information does not indicate involvement of the individual in the criminal justice system.

(iii) “ Sensitive data ,” which contains statistical information in the form of reports, lists and documentation which may identify a group characteristic, such as “white” males or “stolen” guns.

(iv) “ Restricted data ,” which contains information relating to data-gathering techniques, distribution methods, manuals and forms.

(v) “ Law enforcement agency ” or “ originating agency ” or “ agency ” which includes a governmental unit or agency composed of one or more persons employed full time or part time by the state as a political subdivision thereof for the following purposes: (A) the administration of criminal justice, which includes the prevention and detection of crime; the apprehension, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders; or the collection, storage and dissemination of criminal history record information; or (B) the enforcement of state laws or local ordinances, which includes making arrests for crimes while acting within the scope of their authority. The agency must perform one or more of the above-described criminal justice duties and allocate a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice.

(e) “ Center ” means the Mississippi Justice Information Center or the Mississippi Criminal Information Center.

(f) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.

(g) “ Conviction information ” means criminal history record information disclosing that a person was found guilty of, or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, a criminal offense in a court of law, together with any sentencing information. This includes a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States, or a conviction for an offense committed on an Indian Reservation or other federal property, or any court of a state of the United States.

(h) “ Nonconviction information ” means arrest without disposition information if an interval of one (1) year has elapsed from the date of arrest and no active prosecution for the charge is pending, as well as all acquittals and all dismissals.

(i) “ Arrest card ” means the initial law enforcement agency documentation of an arrest, whether in physical or digital form, including fingerprint information.

(j) “ Disposition form ” means the form prescribed by rule of the Justice Information Center for a court or law enforcement agency to report the disposition of the case of a person who has been arrested.

(k) “ Disposition ” means the outcome of the case of a person who was arrested and includes, without limitation:

(i) Nonadjudication;

(ii) A verdict or plea of guilt;

(iii) A plea of nolo contendere;

(iv) A verdict of not guilty;

(v) Dismissal;

(vi) Nolle prosequi;

(vii) Remand to the file;

(viii) Expunction; or

(ix) An appeal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-9
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms are defined as follows, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Administrator ” means the person or persons designated by the Commissioner of Insurance.

(b) “ ANSI ” means the American National Standards Institute.

(c) “ ASCE ” means the American Society of Civil Engineers.

(d) “ ASCE 21 ” means the American Society of Civil Engineers Automated People Mover Standards.

(e) “ ASME ” means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

(f) “ ASME A17.1/CSA B44 ” means the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, an American National Standard.

(g) “ ASME A17.3 ” means the Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators, an American National Standard.

(h) “ ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 ” means the Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, an American National Standard.

(i) “ ASME A18.1 ” means the Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, an American National Standard.

(j) “ Automated people mover ” means an installation defined as an “automated people mover” in ASCE 21.

(k) “ Certificate of Operation ” means a document that indicates that the conveyance has had the safety inspection and tests required by this chapter.

(l) “ Commissioner ” means Commissioner of Insurance.

(m) “ Conveyance ” means any elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, moving sidewalk, platform lift, stairway chairlift or automated people mover.

(n) “ Elevator ” means an installation defined as an “elevator” in ASME A17.1/CSA B44.

(o) “ Elevator contractor ” means any sole proprietor, firm, corporation or other business entity engaged in the business of erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing or maintaining elevators and other conveyances.

(p) “ Elevator helper or apprentice ” means a person who works under the general direction of a licensed elevator mechanic.

(q) “ Elevator inspector ” means any person who specializes in the design, testing and maintenance inspection of elevators and other conveyances.

(r) “ Elevator mechanic ” means any person who is engaged in erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing, testing or maintaining elevators or other conveyances. For the purposes of this chapter, a certified elevator technician is considered an elevator mechanic.

(s) “ Escalator ” means an installation defined as an “escalator” in ASME A17.1/CSA B44.

(t) “ Existing installation ” means an installation defined as an “installation, existing” in ASME A17.1/CSA B44.

(u) “ License ” means a written license issued under this chapter.

(v) “ Licensee ” means the elevator mechanic, elevator contractor or elevator inspector who possesses a license issued under this chapter.

(w) “ Limited Elevator Contractor ” means any sole proprietor, firm or company who employs individuals to carry on a business of erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing, or maintaining platform lifts and stairway chairlifts within any building or structure.

(x) “ Limited Elevator Mechanic ” means any person who is engaged in erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing or maintaining platform lifts and stairway chairlifts.

(y) “ Moving walk ” or “ moving sidewalk ” means an installation defined as a “moving walk” in ASME A17.1/CSA B44.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-5
Status: in_force

This chapter covers the design, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration and repair of the following equipment, its associated parts, and its hoistways, except as provided by Section 45-45-7 :

(a) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car or platform that moves between two (2) or more landings. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, the following (also see ASME A17.1/CSA B44, ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7, ASME A17.3 and ASME A18.1):

(i) Elevators;

(ii) Platform lifts;

(iii) Stairway chairlifts.

(b) Power-driven stairways and walkways for carrying persons between landings. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, the following (also see ASME A17.1/CSA B44, ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7, and ASME A17.3):

(i) Escalators;

(ii) Moving walks.

(c) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car that serves two (2) or more landings and is restricted to the carrying of material by its limited size or limited access to the car. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, the following (also see ASME A17.1/CSA B44, ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7, and ASME A17.3):

(i) Dumbwaiters;

(ii) Material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 6-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context shall otherwise require:

(a) “ Commission ” means the Criminal Justice Planning Commission.

(b) “ Board ” means the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training.

(c) “ Law enforcement officer ” means any person appointed or employed full time by the state or any political subdivision thereof, by the state military department as provided in Section 33-1-33 or by a hospital as provided in Section 41-9-41 , who is duly sworn and vested with authority to bear arms and make arrests, and whose primary responsibility is the prevention and detection of crime, the apprehension of criminals and the enforcement of the criminal and traffic laws of this state and/or the ordinances of any political subdivision thereof. The term “ law enforcement officer ” also includes employees of the Department of Corrections who are designated as law enforcement officers by the Commissioner of Corrections pursuant to Section 47-5-54 , those district attorney criminal investigators who are designated as law enforcement officers, the acting Commissioner of Public Safety, the acting Director of Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the acting Director of the Office of Homeland Security, and any employee of the Department of Public Safety designated by the commissioner who has previously served as a law enforcement officer and who would not otherwise be disqualified to serve in such capacity. However, the term “law enforcement officer” shall not mean or include any elected official or any person employed as a legal assistant to a district attorney in this state, compliance agents of the State Board of Pharmacy, or any person or elected official who, subject to approval by the board, provides some criminal justice related services for a law enforcement agency. As used in this paragraph, “ appointed or employed full time ” means any person, other than a deputy sheriff or municipal law enforcement officer, who is receiving gross compensation for his or her duties as a law enforcement officer of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) or more per week or One Thousand Seventy-five Dollars ($1,075.00) or more per month; for a deputy sheriff or municipal law enforcement officer, the term “ appointed or employed full time ” means a deputy sheriff or municipal law enforcement officer who is receiving gross compensation for his or her duties as a law enforcement officer of Four Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($475.00) or more per week or Two Thousand Fifty Dollars ($2,050.00) or more per month.

(d) “ Part-time law enforcement officer ” shall mean any person appointed or employed in a part-time, reserve or auxiliary capacity by the state or any political subdivision thereof, by the state military department as provided in Section 33-1-33 or by a hospital as provided in Section 41-9-41 , who is duly sworn and vested with authority to bear arms and make arrests, and whose primary responsibility is the prevention and detection of crime, the apprehension of criminals and the enforcement of the criminal and traffic laws of this state or the ordinances of any political subdivision thereof. However, the term “part-time law enforcement officer” shall not mean or include any person or elected official who, subject to approval by the board, provides some criminal justice related services for a law enforcement agency. As used in this paragraph, “ appointed or employed ” means any person, other than a deputy sheriff or municipal law enforcement officer, who is performing such duties at any time whether or not they receive any compensation for duties as a law enforcement officer provided that such compensation is less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per week or One Thousand Seventy-five Dollars ($1,075.00) per month; for a deputy sheriff or municipal law enforcement officer, the term “ appointed or employed ” means a deputy sheriff or municipal law enforcement officer who is performing such duties at any time whether or not they receive any compensation for duties as a law enforcement officer provided that such compensation is less than Four Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($475.00) per week or Two Thousand Fifty Dollars ($2,050.00) per month.

(e) “ Law enforcement trainee ” shall mean any person appointed or employed in a full-time, part-time, reserve or auxiliary capacity by the state or any political subdivision thereof, by the state military department as provided in Section 33-1-33 or by a hospital as provided in Section 41-9-41 , for the purposes of completing all the selection and training requirements established by the board to become a law enforcement officer or a part-time law enforcement officer. The term “ law enforcement trainee ” also includes any employee of the Department of Public Safety so designated by the Commissioner of Public Safety. Individuals under this paragraph shall not have the authority to use force, bear arms, make arrests or exercise any of the powers of a peace officer unless:

(i) The trainee is under the direct control and supervision of a law enforcement officer;

(ii) The trainee was previously certified under this chapter; or

(iii) The trainee is a certified law enforcement officer in a reciprocating state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-11
Status: in_force

No boiler or pressure vessel which does not conform to the rules and regulations of the board governing new construction and installation shall be installed and operated in this state after twelve (12) months from the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this chapter pertaining to new construction and installation shall have become effective, unless the boiler or pressure vessel is of special design or construction and is not inconsistent with the spirit and safety objectives of such rules and regulations, in which case a special installation and operating permit may, at its discretion, be granted by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 27-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-9
Status: in_force

(1) All criminal justice agencies within the state shall submit to the center an arrest card that will transmit fingerprints, descriptions, photographs (when specifically requested), and other identifying data on persons who have been lawfully arrested or taken into custody in this state for all felonies and misdemeanors as described in Section 45-27-7(2)(a) . It shall be the duty of all chiefs of police, sheriffs, district attorneys, courts, court clerks, judges, parole and probation officers, wardens or other persons in charge of correctional institutions in this state to furnish the center with all data required by the rules duly promulgated under the Administrative Procedures Act to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter, and the duty of courts and court clerks to submit a disposition form for every disposition. It shall be the duty of all criminal justice agencies within the state to supply the prosecutor and the proper court with the disposition form that is attached to the physical arrest card if fingerprints were taken manually or, if fingerprints were captured digitally, the disposition form generated by the electronic fingerprint device at the time of the arrest. The PEER committee may conduct random review of the records of any agency or clerks referenced in this subsection (1) to determine whether the duties of such agencies and clerks are being fulfilled in a timely manner. The PEER committee, based on its findings, if any, shall recommend measures to ensure that the duties are more effectively carried out in a timely manner.

(2)(a) All persons in charge of law enforcement agencies shall obtain, or cause to be obtained, fingerprints according to the fingerprint system of identification established by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, full face and profile photographs (if equipment is available) and other available identifying data, of each person arrested or taken into custody for an offense of a type designated in subsection (1) of this section, of all persons arrested or taken into custody as fugitives from justice and of all unidentified human corpses in their jurisdictions, but photographs need not be taken if it is known that photographs of the type listed, taken within the previous year, are on file. Any record taken in connection with any person arrested or taken into custody and subsequently released without charge or cleared of the offense through court proceedings shall be purged from the files of the center and destroyed upon receipt by the center of a lawful expunction order. All persons in charge of law enforcement agencies shall submit to the center detailed descriptions of arrests or takings into custody which result in release without charge or subsequent exoneration from criminal liability within twenty-four (24) hours of the release or exoneration.

(b) The center will work to secure grant funds to purchase live scan equipment to be utilized throughout the state. All law enforcement agencies shall utilize any live scan equipment provided by the center to ensure the most accurate collection of fingerprints. The center shall coordinate the use of the equipment with federal, state, county and municipal law enforcement agencies.

(3) Fingerprints and other identifying data required to be taken under subsection (2) shall be forwarded within twenty-four (24) hours after taking for filing and classification, but the period of twenty-four (24) hours may be extended to cover any intervening holiday or weekend. Photographs taken shall be forwarded at the discretion of the agency concerned, but, if not forwarded, the fingerprint record shall be marked “Photo Available” and the photographs shall be forwarded subsequently if the center so requests.

(4) All persons in charge of law enforcement agencies shall submit to the center detailed descriptions of arrest warrants and related identifying data immediately upon determination of the fact that the warrant cannot be served for the reasons stated. If the warrant is subsequently served or withdrawn, the law enforcement agency concerned must immediately notify the center of the service or withdrawal. Also, the agency concerned must annually, no later than January 31 of each year and at other times if requested by the center, confirm all arrest warrants which continue to be outstanding. Upon receipt of a lawful expunction order, the center shall purge and destroy files of all data relating to an offense when an individual is subsequently exonerated from criminal liability of that offense. The center shall not be liable for the failure to purge, destroy or expunge any records if an agency or court fails to forward to the center proper documentation ordering the action.

(5) All persons in charge of state correctional institutions shall obtain fingerprints, according to the fingerprint system of identification established by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or as otherwise directed by the center, and full face and profile photographs of all persons received on commitment to the institutions. The prints so taken shall be forwarded to the center, together with any other identifying data requested, within ten (10) days after the arrival at the institution of the person committed. At the time of release, the institution will again obtain fingerprints, as before, and forward them to the center within ten (10) days, along with any other related information requested by the center. The institution shall notify the center immediately upon the release of the person.

(6) All persons in charge of law enforcement agencies, all court clerks, all municipal justices where they have no clerks, all justice court judges and all persons in charge of state and county probation and parole offices, shall supply the center with the information described in subsections (4) and (10) of this section on the basis of the forms and instructions for the disposition form to be supplied by the center.

(7) All persons in charge of law enforcement agencies in this state shall furnish the center with any other identifying data required in accordance with guidelines established by the center. All law enforcement agencies and correctional institutions in this state having criminal identification files shall cooperate in providing the center with copies of the items in the files which will aid in establishing the nucleus of the state criminal identification file.

(8) All law enforcement agencies within the state shall report to the center, in a manner prescribed by the center, all persons wanted by and all vehicles and identifiable property stolen from their jurisdictions. The report shall be made as soon as is practical after the investigating department or agency either ascertains that a vehicle or identifiable property has been stolen or obtains a warrant for an individual's arrest or determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the individual has committed a crime. The report shall be made within a reasonable time period following the reporting department's or agency's determination that it has grounds to believe that a vehicle or property was stolen or that the wanted person should be arrested.

(9) All law enforcement agencies in the state shall immediately notify the center if at any time after making a report as required by subsection (8) of this section it is determined by the reporting department or agency that a person is no longer wanted or that a vehicle or property stolen has been recovered. Furthermore, if the agency making the apprehension or recovery is not the one which made the original report, then it shall immediately notify the originating agency of the full particulars relating to the apprehension or recovery using methods prescribed by the center.

(10) All law enforcement agencies in the state and clerks of the various courts shall promptly report to the center all instances where records of convictions of criminals are ordered expunged by courts of this state as now provided by law. The center shall promptly expunge from the files of the center and destroy all records pertaining to any convictions that are ordered expunged by the courts of this state as provided by law.

(11) The center shall not be held liable for the failure to purge, destroy or expunge records if an agency or court fails to forward to the center proper documentation ordering the action.

(12) Any criminal justice department or agency making an expenditure in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) in any calendar year on software or programming upgrades concerning a computerized records management system or jail management system shall ensure that the new or upgraded system is formatted to Department of Justice approved XML format and that no impediments to data sharing with other agencies or departments exist in the software programming.

(13)(a) All law enforcement agencies within the state shall:

(i) Implement an incident-based reporting system within the agency or department that meets the reporting requirements of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

(ii) Use the system described by subparagraph (i) to submit to the center information and statistics concerning criminal offenses committed in the jurisdiction of the local law enforcement agency, in a manner prescribed by the center; and

(iii) Report the information as soon as is practicable after the investigating agency or department ascertains that a qualifying crime has been committed in its jurisdiction, once the state-level NIBRS Repository is available.

(b) No later than December 31, 2025, state and local law enforcement agencies shall be compliant with all regulations promulgated by the Department of Public Safety's Criminal Information Center (CIC), with consultation with the President of the Sheriffs Association and Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police with regard to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-9
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms are defined as follows, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Administrator ” means the person or persons designated by the Commissioner of Insurance.

(b) “ ANSI ” means the American National Standards Institute.

(c) “ ASCE ” means the American Society of Civil Engineers.

(d) “ ASCE 21 ” means the American Society of Civil Engineers Automated People Mover Standards.

(e) “ ASME ” means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

(f) “ ASME A17.1/CSA B44 ” means the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, an American National Standard.

(g) “ ASME A17.3 ” means the Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators, an American National Standard.

(h) “ ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 ” means the Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, an American National Standard.

(i) “ ASME A18.1 ” means the Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, an American National Standard.

(j) “ Automated people mover ” means an installation defined as an “automated people mover” in ASCE 21.

(k) “ Certificate of Operation ” means a document that indicates that the conveyance has had the safety inspection and tests required by this chapter.

(l) “ Commissioner ” means Commissioner of Insurance.

(m) “ Conveyance ” means any elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, moving sidewalk, platform lift, stairway chairlift or automated people mover.

(n) “ Elevator ” means an installation defined as an “elevator” in ASME A17.1/CSA B44.

(o) “ Elevator contractor ” means any sole proprietor, firm, corporation or other business entity engaged in the business of erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing or maintaining elevators and other conveyances.

(p) “ Elevator helper or apprentice ” means a person who works under the general direction of a licensed elevator mechanic.

(q) “ Elevator inspector ” means any person who specializes in the design, testing and maintenance inspection of elevators and other conveyances.

(r) “ Elevator mechanic ” means any person who is engaged in erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing, testing or maintaining elevators or other conveyances. For the purposes of this chapter, a certified elevator technician is considered an elevator mechanic.

(s) “ Escalator ” means an installation defined as an “escalator” in ASME A17.1/CSA B44.

(t) “ Existing installation ” means an installation defined as an “installation, existing” in ASME A17.1/CSA B44.

(u) “ License ” means a written license issued under this chapter.

(v) “ Licensee ” means the elevator mechanic, elevator contractor or elevator inspector who possesses a license issued under this chapter.

(w) “ Limited Elevator Contractor ” means any sole proprietor, firm or company who employs individuals to carry on a business of erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing, or maintaining platform lifts and stairway chairlifts within any building or structure.

(x) “ Limited Elevator Mechanic ” means any person who is engaged in erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing or maintaining platform lifts and stairway chairlifts.

(y) “ Moving walk ” or “ moving sidewalk ” means an installation defined as a “moving walk” in ASME A17.1/CSA B44.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 14-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-3
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the State of Mississippi in furtherance of its responsibility to protect the public health and safety:

(a) To institute and maintain a program to permit development and utilization of sources of radiation for purposes consistent with the health and safety of the public, and

(b) To prevent and/or reduce associated harmful effects of radiation upon the public through the institution and maintenance of a regulatory program for all sources of radiation; providing for: (1) a single, effective system of regulation within the state; (2) a system consonant insofar as possible with those of other states, and (3) compatibility with the standards and regulatory programs of the federal government for by-product, source, special nuclear materials, other radioactive materials and other sources of radiation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “ Criminal justice agencies ” means public agencies at all levels of government which perform as their principal function activities relating to the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication or rehabilitation of criminal offenders.

(b) “ Offense ” means an act which is a felony or a misdemeanor.

(c) “ Justice information system ” means those agencies, procedures, mechanisms, media and forms, as well as the information itself, which are or become involved in the origination, transmittal, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information related to reported offenses and offenders, and the subsequent actions related to the events or persons.

(d) “ Criminal justice information ” means the following classes of information:

(i) “ Secret data ,” which includes information dealing with those elements of the operation and programming of the Mississippi Justice Information Center computer system and the communications network and satellite computer systems handling criminal justice information which prevents unlawful intrusion into the system.

(ii) “ Criminal history record information ,” which means information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, affidavits, information or other formal charges and any disposition arising therefrom, sentencing, correctional supervision and release. The term does not include identification information such as fingerprint records or images to the extent that the information does not indicate involvement of the individual in the criminal justice system.

(iii) “ Sensitive data ,” which contains statistical information in the form of reports, lists and documentation which may identify a group characteristic, such as “white” males or “stolen” guns.

(iv) “ Restricted data ,” which contains information relating to data-gathering techniques, distribution methods, manuals and forms.

(v) “ Law enforcement agency ” or “ originating agency ” or “ agency ” which includes a governmental unit or agency composed of one or more persons employed full time or part time by the state as a political subdivision thereof for the following purposes: (A) the administration of criminal justice, which includes the prevention and detection of crime; the apprehension, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders; or the collection, storage and dissemination of criminal history record information; or (B) the enforcement of state laws or local ordinances, which includes making arrests for crimes while acting within the scope of their authority. The agency must perform one or more of the above-described criminal justice duties and allocate a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice.

(e) “ Center ” means the Mississippi Justice Information Center or the Mississippi Criminal Information Center.

(f) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.

(g) “ Conviction information ” means criminal history record information disclosing that a person was found guilty of, or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, a criminal offense in a court of law, together with any sentencing information. This includes a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States, or a conviction for an offense committed on an Indian Reservation or other federal property, or any court of a state of the United States.

(h) “ Nonconviction information ” means arrest without disposition information if an interval of one (1) year has elapsed from the date of arrest and no active prosecution for the charge is pending, as well as all acquittals and all dismissals.

(i) “ Arrest card ” means the initial law enforcement agency documentation of an arrest, whether in physical or digital form, including fingerprint information.

(j) “ Disposition form ” means the form prescribed by rule of the Justice Information Center for a court or law enforcement agency to report the disposition of the case of a person who has been arrested.

(k) “ Disposition ” means the outcome of the case of a person who was arrested and includes, without limitation:

(i) Nonadjudication;

(ii) A verdict or plea of guilt;

(iii) A plea of nolo contendere;

(iv) A verdict of not guilty;

(v) Dismissal;

(vi) Nolle prosequi;

(vii) Remand to the file;

(viii) Expunction; or

(ix) An appeal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-10-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 10-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-10-3
Status: in_force

A person may not sell at retail, offer for retail sale or distribute for retail sale or promotion in this state a novelty lighter. A person who violates this section commits a civil violation for which a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) may be imposed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 49-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-5
Status: in_force

(1) The annual inspection required in Section 45-49-3 must be conducted by a qualified inspector. A qualified inspector must:

(a) Be certified:

(i) By the National Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials at a minimum, as a Level I inspector; or

(ii) By the Amusement Industry Manufacturers and Suppliers International at a level that is equivalent to the certification under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph;

(b) Have twenty-four (24) months of employment experience in the field of amusement ride inspection; and

(c) Not be the owner or operator of the ride or an employee or agent of the owner or operator.

(2) The certificate of inspection shall certify that the ride is in substantial compliance with ASTM International Standard F770-19 concerning practices for ownership, operation, maintenance and inspection of amusement rides and devices.

(3) The owner or operator of an amusement ride shall:

(a) Operate, maintain and inspect all rides in substantial compliance with ASTM International Standard F770-19;

(b) Keep a paper or electronic copy of all required forms or certifications, and of all safety inspections conducted by the owner or operator during the preceding twelve (12) months, or until an inspection is repeated, whichever is longer for each ride:

(i) On or near that ride; or

(ii) At the office of the owner or operator; and

(c) Make those records available to the Mississippi Department of Revenue promptly upon request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-205 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-205
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 , the following words shall have the meanings as defined in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Customer ” means any resident of Mississippi engaged in a payment card transaction that a financial institution facilitates or processes.

(b) “ Disclosure ” or “ disclose ” means the transfer, publication, or distribution of protected financial information to another person or entity for any purpose other than: (i) to process or facilitate a payment card transaction; or (ii) to take any actions related to dispute processing, fraud management, or protecting transaction integrity from concerns related to illegal activities, breach or cyber risks.

(c) “ Financial institution ” means an entity involved in facilitating or processing a payment card transaction, including, but not limited to, a bank, an acquirer, payment card network, or payment card issuer.

(d) “ Financial record ” means a record held by a financial institution related to a payment card transaction that the financial institution has processed or facilitated.

(e) “ Firearms retailer ” means any person or entity physically located in the State of Mississippi engaged in the lawful business of selling or trading firearms or ammunition to be used in firearms.

(f) “ Firearms code ” means the Merchant Category Code 5723 approved in September 2022 by the International Organization for Standardization for firearms retailers.

(g) “ Government entity ” means any county or municipality, or state board, commission, agency, bureau, department, or any other political subdivision of the state.

(h) “ Protected financial information ” means any record of a sale, purchase, return, or refund involving a payment card that is retrieved, characterized, generated, labeled, sorted, or grouped based on the assignment of a firearms code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-7
Status: in_force

After proclamation of a civil emergency, the chief administrative officer may at his discretion, in the interest of public safety and welfare:

(a) Order the closing of all retail liquor stores.

(b) Order the discontinuance of the sale of intoxicating liquor and/or beer.

(c) Order the discontinuance of the manufacture, transfer, use, possession or transportation of a Molotov cocktail or any other device, instrument or object designed to explode or produce uncontained combustion.

(d) Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing, dispensing or giving away of any firearms or ammunition of any character whatsoever.

(e) Issue such other orders as are necessary for the protection of life and property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-5-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-5-15
Status: in_force

The State Building Commission is authorized and directed to provide suitable land, either state owned or purchased for the purpose of this chapter or received as a gift, and buildings to house the law enforcement training academy, and payment for the construction costs of such buildings shall be made from any money made available to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Any funds appropriated or granted from any source shall be put in a fund in the office of the treasurer to be designated as the “law enforcement officers' training academy fund.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 39-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-3
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council. The council shall be composed of five (5) persons appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. At least three (3) of the foregoing appointees shall be persons who have participated in a local crime stoppers program. Each member of the council shall serve for a term of two (2) years or until his successor is appointed and qualifies. At the first meeting of the council, which shall be called by the Governor, and at the first meeting after the beginning of each new state fiscal year, the council shall elect from among its members a chairman and such other officers as the council deems necessary. Each member of the council shall receive per diem in the amount established in Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for each day or portion thereof spent discharging his duties under this chapter and shall receive mileage and expenses as provided in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

Expenses of the council shall be paid by the Department of Public Safety out of the State Crime Stoppers Fund, created in Section 45-39-5(4) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-27 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-27
Status: in_force

(1) A person required to register on the basis of a conviction, adjudication of delinquency or acquittal by reason of insanity entered shall register with the responsible agency within three (3) business days of the date of judgment unless the person is immediately confined or committed, in which case the person shall register before release in accordance with the procedures established by the department. The responsible agency shall immediately forward the registration information to the Department of Public Safety. The person is also required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) days of registration with the responsible agency and to obtain a sex offender registration card.

(2) If a person who is required to register under this section is released from prison or placed on parole or supervised release or in a restitution center or community work center, the Department of Corrections shall perform the registration duties before placement in a center or before release and immediately forward the registration information to the Department of Public Safety. The person is also required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) days of release or placement in a restitution center or community work center.

(3) If a person required to register under this section is placed on probation, the court, at the time of entering the order, shall register the person and immediately forward the registration information to the Department of Public Safety. The person is also required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) days of the entry of the order.

(4) Any person required to register who is neither incarcerated, detained nor committed at the time the requirement to register attaches shall present himself to the county sheriff to register within three (3) business days, and shall personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) days of the time the requirement to register attaches.

(5) An offender moving to or returning to this state from another jurisdiction shall notify the Department of Public Safety ten (10) days before the person first resides in or returns to this state and shall present himself to the sheriff of the county of his residence within three (3) business days after first residing in or returning to a county of this state to provide the required registration information. The person is also required to register by personally appearing at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) days after first residing in or moving to a county of this state. If the offender fails to appear for registration as required in this state, the department shall notify the other jurisdiction of the failure to register.

(6) A person, other than a person confined in a correctional or juvenile detention facility or involuntarily committed on the basis of mental illness, who is required to register on the basis of a sex offense for which a conviction, adjudication of delinquency or acquittal by reason of insanity was entered shall register with the sheriff of the county in which he resides no later than August 15, 2000, or within three (3) business days of first residing in or returning to a county of this state.

(7) Every person required to register shall show proof of domicile. The commissioner shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to enforce this requirement and shall prescribe the means by which such person may show domicile.

(8) Any driver's license photograph, I.D. photograph, sex offender photograph, fingerprint, driver's license application and/or anything submitted to the Department of Public Safety by a known convicted sex offender, registered or not registered, can be used by the Department of Public Safety or any other authorized law enforcement agency for any means necessary in registration, identification, investigation regarding their tracking or identification.

(9) The department will assist local law enforcement agencies in the effort to conduct address and other verifications of registered sex offenders and will assist in the location and apprehension of noncompliant sex offenders.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-13-107 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-13-107
Status: in_force

Any person who has dynamite, nitroglycerine, explosives, gas bombs, dynamite caps, nitroglycerine caps, fuses, detonators or other similar explosives in his possession and being engaged in a lawful business which ordinarily requires the use thereof in the ordinary and usual conduct of such business, and who possesses said articles for the purpose of use in said business, or any seller, dealer, or person transporting said articles, shall keep said articles under his control and secure from theft or pilferage at all times.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-39 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-39
Status: in_force

All boilers, other than cast iron sectional boilers, and pressure vessels to be installed in this state after the twelve (12) month period from the date upon which the rules and regulations of the board shall become effective, shall be inspected during construction as required by the applicable rules and regulations of the board by an inspector authorized to inspect boilers and pressure vessels in this state, or, if constructed outside of the state, by an inspector holding a license issued by an organization approved by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-33 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-33
Status: in_force

On and after the effective date of the rules and regulations first promulgated by the board, each boiler and pressure vessel used or proposed to be used within this state, except boilers or pressure vessels exempt under Section 45-23-15 , shall be thoroughly inspected as to their construction, installation and condition as follows:

(a) Power boilers and high pressure, high temperature water boilers shall receive a certificate inspection annually or as the board may require and shall also be externally inspected annually while under pressure if possible.

(b) Heating boilers shall receive a certificate inspection biennially.

(c) Pressure vessels subject to internal corrosion shall receive a certificate inspection biennially.

(d) Pressure vessels not subject to internal corrosion shall receive a certificate inspection at intervals set by the board, but internal inspection shall not be required of pressure vessels, the contents of which are known to be noncorrosive to the material of which the shell, heads or fittings are constructed, either from the chemical composition of the contents or from evidence that the contents are adequately treated with a corrosion inhibitor, or from evidence that the vessel parts are isolated from the contents with a corrosion resistant lining, provided that such vessels are constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board, and provided further that evidence proving noncorrosiveness is approved by the board.

(e) Nuclear vessels within the scope of this chapter shall be inspected and reported in such form and with such appropriate information as the board shall designate.

(f) A grace period of two (2) months beyond the periods specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) may elapse between certificate inspections.

(g) The board may, in its discretion, permit longer periods between certificate inspections.

(h) Under the provisions of this chapter, the board shall provide for the safety of life, limb and property, and therefore has jurisdiction over the interpretation and application of the inspection requirements as provided for in the rules and regulations which they have promulgated. Inspection during construction and installation shall certify as to the minimum requirements for safety. Inspection requirements of operating equipment shall be in accordance with generally accepted practice and compatible with the actual service conditions, such as: (i) previous experience, based on records of inspection, performance and maintenance; (ii) location, with respect to personnel hazard; (iii) quality of inspection and operating personnel; (iv) provision for related safe operation controls; (v) interrelation with other operations outside the scope of this chapter.

Based upon documentation of such actual service conditions by the owner or user of the operating equipment, the board may, in its discretion, permit variations in inspection requirements.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 43-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-9
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by Section 45-43-11 , a gate in a fence or wall enclosing a pool yard as required by Section 45-43-7 shall:

(a) Have a self-closing and self-latching device;

(b) Have hardware enabling it to be locked, at the option of whoever controls the gate, by a padlock or a built-in lock operated by key, card, or combination; and

(c) Open outward away from the pool yard.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (3) of this section and Section 45-43-11 , a gate latch must be installed so that it is at least sixty (60) inches above the ground, except that it may be installed lower if:

(a) The latch is installed on the pool yard side of the gate only and is at least three (3) inches below the top of the gate; and

(b) The gate or enclosure has no opening greater than one-half ( 1 / 2 ) inch in any direction within eighteen (18) inches from the latch, including the space between the gate and the gatepost to which the gate latches.

(3) A gate latch may be located forty-two (42) inches or higher above the ground if the gate cannot be opened except by key, card, or combination on both sides of the gate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-63 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-63
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for a person required to register as a sex offender under Section 45-33-25 to do or commit any of the following actions with respect to the victim of the offense triggering the duty to register under this chapter:

(a) Threaten, visit, assault, molest, abuse, injure, or otherwise interfere with the victim;

(b) Follow the victim, including at the victim's workplace;

(c) Harass the victim;

(d) Contact the victim by telephone, written communication, or electronic means;

(e) Enter or remain present at the victim's residence, school, or place of employment when the victim is present.

(2) This section does not apply if the court in which the conviction was had, at the request of the victim or the parent, guardian or conservator of the victim, enters an order allowing contact with the victim. The court may enter such an order if the court determines that reasonable grounds for the victim to fear any future contact with the defendant no longer exist.

(3) A violation of this section is a felony punishable by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than five (5) nor more than ten (10) years.

(4) A law enforcement officer shall arrest and take into custody a person, with or without a warrant or other process, if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person knowingly has violated this section.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the issuance or enforcement of a criminal sexual assault protection against a defendant who has been convicted under Section 97-3-65 or 97-3-95 .

(6) This section shall be known as Carly's Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 27-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-7
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Justice Information Center shall:

(a) Develop, operate and maintain an information system which will support the collection, storage, retrieval and dissemination of all data described in this chapter, consistent with those principles of scope, security and responsiveness prescribed by this chapter.

(b) Cooperate with all criminal justice agencies within the state in providing those forms, procedures, standards and related training assistance necessary for the uniform operation of the statewide center.

(c) Offer assistance and, when practicable, instruction to all local law enforcement agencies in establishing efficient local records systems.

(d) Make available, upon request, to all local and state criminal justice agencies, to all federal criminal justice agencies and to criminal justice agencies in other states any information in the files of the center which will aid such agencies in the performance of their official duties. For this purpose the center shall operate on a twenty-four-hour basis, seven (7) days a week. Such information, when authorized by the director of the center, may also be made available to any other agency of this state or any political subdivision thereof and to any federal agency, upon assurance by the agency concerned that the information is to be used for official purposes only in the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension of criminal offenders.

(e) Cooperate with other agencies of this state, the crime information agencies of other states, and the national crime information center systems of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in developing and conducting an interstate, national and international system of criminal identification and records.

(f) Make available, upon request, to nongovernmental entities or employers certain information for noncriminal justice purposes as specified in Section 45-27-12 .

(g) Institute necessary measures in the design, implementation and continued operation of the justice information system to ensure the privacy and security of the system. Such measures shall include establishing complete control over use of and access to the system and restricting its integral resources and facilities and those either possessed or procured and controlled by criminal justice agencies. Such security measures must meet standards developed by the center as well as those set by the nationally operated systems for interstate sharing of information.

(h) Provide data processing for files listing motor vehicle drivers' license numbers, motor vehicle registration numbers, wanted and stolen motor vehicles, outstanding warrants, identifiable stolen property and such other files as may be of general assistance to law enforcement agencies; provided, however, that the purchase, lease, rental or acquisition in any manner of “computer equipment or services,” as defined in Section 25-53-3, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall be subject to the approval of the Mississippi Information Technology Services.

(i) Maintain a field coordination and support unit which shall have all the power conferred by law upon any peace officer of this state.

(2) The department, including the investigative division or the center, may:

(a) Obtain and store fingerprints, descriptions, photographs and any other pertinent identifying data from crime scenes and on persons who:

(i) Have been or are hereafter arrested or taken into custody in this state:

1. For an offense which is a felony;

2. For an offense which is a misdemeanor;

3. As a fugitive from justice; or

(ii) Are or become habitual offenders; or

(iii) Are currently or become confined to any prison, penitentiary or other penal institution; or

(iv) Are unidentified human corpses found in the state; or

(v) Have submitted fingerprints for conducting criminal history record checks.

(b) Compare all fingerprint and other identifying data received with that already on file and determine whether or not a criminal record is found for such person, and at once inform the requesting agency or arresting officer of those facts that may be disseminated consistent with applicable security and privacy laws and regulations. A record shall be maintained for a minimum of one (1) year of the dissemination of each individual criminal history, including at least the date and recipient of such information.

(c) Establish procedures to respond to those individuals who file requests to review their own records, pursuant to Sections 45-27-11 and 45-27-12 , and to cooperate in the correction of the central center records and those of contributing agencies when their accuracy has been successfully challenged either through the related contributing agencies or by court order issued on behalf of an individual.

(d) Retain in the system the fingerprints of all law enforcement officers and part-time law enforcement officers, as those terms are defined in Section 45-6-3 , any fingerprints sent by the Mississippi State Department of Health, and of all applicants to law enforcement agencies.

(3) There shall be a presumption that a copy of any document submitted to the center in accordance with the provisions of Section 45-27-9 that has been processed as set forth in this chapter and subsequently certified and provided by the center to a law enforcement agency or a court shall be admissible in any proceeding without further authentication unless a person objecting to that admissibility has successfully challenged the document under the provisions of Section 45-27-11 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-55 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 33-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-55
Status: in_force

Except for juvenile criminal history information that has been sealed by order of the court, this chapter exempts sex offenses from laws of this state or court orders authorizing the destroying, expunging, purging or sealing of criminal history records to the extent such information is authorized for dissemination under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-7
Status: in_force

(1) Equipment not covered by this chapter includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) Material hoists within the scope of ANSI A10.5;

(b) Man lifts within the scope of ASME A90.1;

(c) Mobile scaffolds, towers and platforms within the scope of ANSI A92;

(d) Powered platforms and equipment for exterior and interior maintenance within the scope of ANSI A120.1;

(e) Conveyors and related equipment within the scope of ASME B20.1;

(f) Cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks and slings within the scope of ASME B30;

(g) Industrial trucks within the scope of ASME B56;

(h) Portable equipment, except for portable escalators that are covered by ASME A17.1/CSA B44 and ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7;

(i) Tiering or piling machines used to move materials to and from storage located and operating entirely within one (1) story;

(j) Equipment for feeding or positioning materials at machine tools, printing presses, or similar equipment;

(k) Kip or furnace hoists;

(l) Wharf ramps;

(m) Railroad car lifts or dumpers;

(n) Line jacks, false cars, shafters, moving platforms and similar equipment used for installing an elevator by an elevator contractor licensed in this state.

(2) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any conveyance that is located in a private residence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-29 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 33-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-29
Status: in_force

(1) Upon any change of address, including temporary lodging, an offender required to register under this chapter is required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, not less than ten (10) days before he intends to first reside at the new address.

(2) Upon any change in the status of a registrant's enrollment, employment or vocation at any public or private educational institution, including any secondary school, trade or professional institution or institution of higher education, the offender is required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) business days of the change.

(3) Upon any change of employment or change of name, a registrant is required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) business days of the change.

(4) Upon any change of vehicle information, a registrant is required to report the change on an appropriate form supplied by the department within three (3) business days of the change.

(5) Upon any change of e-mail address or addresses, instant message address or addresses, or any other designation used in Internet communications, postings or telephone communications, a registrant is required to report the change on an appropriate form supplied by the department within three (3) business days of the change.

(6) Upon any change of information deemed by the department to be necessary to the state's policy to assist local law enforcement agencies' efforts to protect their communities, a registrant is required to report the change on an appropriate form supplied by the department within three (3) business days of the change.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-39 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 33-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-39
Status: in_force

(1) The court shall provide written notification to any defendant charged with a sex offense as defined by this chapter of the registration requirements of Sections 45-33-25 and 45-33-31 . Such notice shall be included on any guilty plea forms and judgment and sentence forms provided to the defendant. The court shall obtain a written acknowledgment of receipt on each occasion.

(2) A court imposing a sentence, disposition or order of commitment following acquittal by reason of insanity shall notify the offender of the registration requirements of Sections 45-33-25 and 45-33-31 . The court shall obtain a written acknowledgment of receipt on each occasion.

(3) A court having jurisdiction of any of the offenses enumerated in Section 45-33-23(h) shall cause to be forwarded to the Department of Public Safety a certified record of conviction in such court of any person of any of the offenses listed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-9
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a Fire Safety Education Division within the State Fire Marshal's Office of the Department of Insurance. The Commissioner of Insurance, acting through the State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal, is charged with the administration of this section.

(2) The Fire Safety Education Division, in an effort to reduce loss of life and property from fires, shall develop and implement a fire safety education program using nationally recognized standards.

(3) The Commissioner of Insurance, acting through the State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal, is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-19 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 43-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-19
Status: in_force

(1) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care to inspect, maintain, repair and keep in good working order the pool yard enclosures, gates and self-closing and self-latching devices required by this chapter and within the control of the owner or property owners association.

(2) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care to maintain, repair and keep in good working order the window latches, sliding-door handle latches, sliding-door pin locks, and sliding-door security bars required by this chapter and within the control of the owner or property owners association after request or notice from the tenant that those devices are malfunctioning or in need of repair or replacement.

(3) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall inspect the pool yard enclosures, gates, and self-closing and self-latching devices on gates no less than once every thirty-one (31) days.

(4) An owner's or property owners association's duty of inspection, repair, and maintenance under this section may not be waived under any circumstances and may not be enlarged except by written agreement with a tenant or occupant of a multiunit rental complex or a member of a property owners association or as may be otherwise allowed by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-11
Status: in_force

In order to provide for the protection of the public health and safety, the agency is empowered to:

(a) Develop comprehensive policies and programs for the evaluation, determination and amelioration of hazards associated with the use of sources of radiation. Such policies and programs shall be developed with due regard for compatibility with federal programs for the control and regulation of sources of radiation;

(b) Advise, consult and cooperate with other public agencies and with affected groups and industries;

(c) Encourage, participate in or conduct studies, investigations, public hearings, training, research and demonstrations relating to the control of sources of radiation, the measurement of radiation, the effect upon public health and safety of exposure to radiation and related problems;

(d) Adopt, promulgate, amend and repeal such rules, regulations and standards which may provide for licensing or registration relating to the receipt, possession, use, transfer, ownership, acquisition, manufacture, production, transportation, handling, storage, disposal, sale, lease or other disposition of sources of radiation as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The recommendations of nationally recognized experts in the field of radiation protection shall be taken into consideration;

(e) Provide necessary and desirable services to any agency of the state which will acquire, lease, develop or operate land and facilities to be used for fostering development of the state's economic potential in the nuclear energy field, including, but not limited to, the concentration or storage of radioactive by-products and wastes. Such services may include, but are not limited to, site evaluation, critique of private or public site monitoring activities, and developing plans for perpetual custody and maintenance of radioactive materials held for custodial purposes at any publicly or privately operated facility located within the state;

(f) Require, for new construction and material alterations, submission of plans, specifications and reports on: (1) design and protective shielding of installations for sources of radiation, and (2) systems for the disposal of radioactive waste material and (3) the determination of any radiation hazard. The agency may render opinions, approve or disapprove such plans and specifications;

(g) Require all sources of radiation to be shielded, transported, handled, used, stored or disposed of in such manner as to comply with the provisions of this chapter and rules, regulations and standards promulgated thereunder;

(h) Collect and disseminate information relating to the control of sources of radiation, including, but not limited to: (1) maintenance of a file of all license applications, issuances, denials, amendments, transfers, renewals, modifications, suspensions and revocations, and (2) maintenance of a file of registrants possessing sources of radiation requiring registration under the provisions of this chapter, and regulations thereunder, and any administrative or judicial action pertaining thereto;

(i) Require, on forms prescribed and furnished by the agency, registration, periodic re-registration, or licensing of persons to use, manufacture, produce, transport, transfer, receive, acquire, own or possess sources of radiation;

(j) Exempt certain sources of radiation or kinds of uses or users from the licensing or registration requirements set forth in this chapter when the agency determines that the exemption of such sources of radiation or kinds of users or uses will not constitute a significant risk to the health and safety of the public;

(k) Promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter which may provide for recognition of other state and federal licenses and registrations as the agency shall deem desirable, subject to such requirements as it may prescribe; and exercise all incidental powers necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;

(l) Conduct environmental radiation surveillance and monitoring programs for evaluating levels of radioactive materials in the environment, including, but not limited to, levels of radioactive materials near nuclear powered electrical generating plants and other nuclear facilities;

(m) Provide, by rules and regulations, for an electronic products safety program to protect the public health and safety. Such program shall authorize regulation and inspection of sources of non-ionizing radiation throughout the state;

(n) Respond to any emergency which involves possible or actual release of radioactive materials; respond, coordinate decontamination, and otherwise protect the public health and safety in any manner deemed necessary. This chapter does not in any way, alter or change the provisions of the Executive Order No. 185, dated August 26, 1974, concerning response during an emergency by the state civil defense council;

(o) Develop and implement a responsible data management program for the purpose of collecting and analyzing statistical information necessary to protect the public health and safety; and

(p) Enforce the provisions and policies of the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact as provided in Section 57-47-1 and regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 57-47-1 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-19 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-19
Status: in_force

(1) Any individual, organization, corporation or other entity, holding or sponsoring a rock festival in this state without having obtained a written permit for such event from the sheriff of the county in which such event is held, shall be subject to a fine of no more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). This subsection shall not apply to a holder of a permit which has been revoked by the sheriff upon notification by the county board of health of such county of the lack of substantial compliance with the specifications and plans certified by the state board of health.

(2) Any individual, organization, corporation or other entity, holding or sponsoring a rock festival in this state with a permit which has been revoked by the sheriff upon notification by the county board of health of such county of the lack of compliance with the specifications and plans certified by the state board of health, shall be subject to a fine of no more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).

(3) In addition to the penalties authorized in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, any individual, organization, corporation or entity holding or sponsoring a rock festival in this state in violation of the certification of the state board of health or any pertinent regulation of the state board of health about which the applicant had written notice prior to such certification, shall be subject to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-53 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 14-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-53
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that the transportation of radioactive waste poses a potential threat to the health and safety of the people of Mississippi. The protection of public health and safety in the event of a transportation accident involving radioactive waste requires the preparation of emergency response procedures and the training of public safety officials in the proper response to such an incident. The costs of radiological emergency response planning for transportation accidents should properly be borne by shippers of radioactive waste.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-47-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 47-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-47-1
Status: in_force

(1) Every person who is arrested for the commission or attempted commission of a crime of violence as defined in Section 97-3-2 shall provide a biological sample for DNA testing to jail or detention center personnel upon booking. The analysis shall be performed by the Mississippi Forensics Lab or other entity designated by the Department of Public Safety, and the results shall be maintained by the Forensics Lab according to standard protocols adopted for maintenance of DNA records in conformity to federal guidelines for the maintenance of such records.

(2)(a) A DNA sample shall be collected by an individual who is trained in the collection procedures that the Forensics Laboratory uses.

(b) Upon motion of one (1) of the parties, or sua sponte by the court, the court may direct the Forensics Lab to destroy the sample and delete from the database all records thereof if there is no other pending qualifying warrant or capias for an arrest or felony conviction that would require that the sample remain in the DNA data bank if:

(i) The charge for which the sample was taken is dismissed;

(ii) The defendant is acquitted at trial or convicted of a lesser-included misdemeanor offense that is not an offense listed in this section;

(iii) No charge was filed within the statute of limitations, if any; or

(iv) No conviction has occurred, at least three (3) years have passed since the date of arrest, and there is no active prosecution.

(3)(a) Any person who, without authority, disseminates information contained in the DNA data bank shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Any person who disseminates, receives, or otherwise uses or attempts to use information in the DNA data bank, knowing that the dissemination, receipt or use is for a purpose other than as authorized by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) Except as authorized by law, any person who obtains or attempts to obtain any sample for purposes of having DNA analysis performed shall be guilty of a felony.

(4)(a) Any person convicted under subsection (3)(a) shall be sentenced to a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or confinement in the county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both.

(b) Any person convicted under subsection (3)(b) shall be sentenced to a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or confinement in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months, or both.

(c) Any person convicted under subsection (3)(c) shall be sentenced to a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed two (2) years, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-35 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-35
Status: in_force

There is created a special fund to be designated as the “Mississippi Elevator and Conveyance Fund.” The fund shall consist of monies appropriated by the act of the Legislature and monies collected by the Commissioner of Insurance for licenses, fees and penalties levied pursuant to this chapter. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. The Commissioner of Insurance may contract with a third party to assist the commissioner with carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The Commissioner of Insurance may use the monies in this fund to defray the costs of administration of this chapter, including, but not limited to, using the monies in this fund to pay a third party a reasonable fee for its services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 43-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-11
Status: in_force

(1) If a pool yard enclosure is constructed or modified before July 1, 2012, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply, except that any gate in a pool yard enclosure shall conform to Section 45-43-9 no later than January 1, 2013.

(2) This chapter provides no exemption from any local ordinance that may apply to the pool yard enclosure.

(3) A pool yard enclosure modified on or after July 1, 2012, shall conform with this section and Sections 45-43-7 and 45-43-9 as a part of the modification.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-13 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-13
Status: in_force

In order that the state board of health may establish criteria for implementing the pertinent health and safety regulations and that certification may be granted with a sufficient degree of certainty as to the probable number of people that will be in attendance at such event, no tickets of admission thereto shall be distributed or sold seventy-two (72) hours prior to the commencement of such event; provided, however, that tickets of admission may be distributed or sold within such seventy-two-hour period as specifically established by the state board of health in the certification or as approved, in writing, by the local board of health, if such additional sale or distribution of tickets can be permitted within the pertinent health and safety regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 45-21-11 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-1
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Insurance is by virtue of his office the State Fire Marshal and shall appoint the State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal who, along with his employees, shall be designated as a division of the Insurance Department. The State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal shall be a person qualified by experience and training and thoroughly knowledgeable in the areas of arson investigation and prevention, fire prevention, fire fighting and the training of firemen. The State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal shall serve at the will and pleasure of the Commissioner of Insurance.

(2) The State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal shall employ such deputy state fire marshals as are necessary and in accordance with availability of funds. Deputy fire marshals shall be deployed across the state in order to provide effective service to fire scenes.

(3) It shall be the duty of the State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal to investigate, by himself or his deputy, the origin of every fire occurring within the state to which his attention is called by the chief of the fire department or other law enforcement authority of any county or municipality. It shall also be his duty to investigate any case requested by any party in interest, whenever, in his judgment, there be sufficient evidence or circumstances indicating that such fire may be of incendiary origin. All county and municipal law enforcement authorities shall cooperate with the State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal in such investigation. This section shall not be construed to impair the duty and power of county and municipal law enforcement authorities to investigate any fire occurring within his or their jurisdiction.

(4)(a) The State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal and deputy state fire marshals shall have the following powers:

(i) To arrest without warrant any person or persons committing or attempting to commit any misdemeanor or felony within their presence or view but only such violations of law or violations of regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 49, Title 75, Mississippi Code of 1972;

(ii) To pursue and so arrest any person committing an offense as described under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph to and at any place in the State of Mississippi where he may go or be;

(iii) To execute all warrants and search warrants related to, and investigate any violation of the laws and regulations related to this chapter and Chapter 49, Title 75, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and prevent, arrest and apprehend such violators; and

(iv) To aid and assist any peace officer of this state or any other state if requested, or in manhunts or natural disasters within the state, and upon the consent of the State Fire Marshal, within the jurisdiction of the called event.

(b) Nothing herein shall be construed as granting the State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal or deputy state fire marshals general police powers.

(c) All deputy state fire marshals hired on or after July 1, 2013, shall be required to complete or have completed the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program and shall meet the standards of the program.

(5) The State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal shall maintain in his office a record of all fires investigated by him or his deputy, including evidence obtained as to the origin of each such fire.

(6) Such record shall at all times be subject to inspection by any party of interest in the fire loss; provided, however, that no record or report of an investigation shall be subject to inspection pending such investigation or while same is in progress, and if a report of an investigation contains any evidence of arson or other felony, same shall not be subject to inspection by any person other than the district attorney and county attorney of the county in which such evidence indicates that arson or other felony may have been committed, except upon the written approval of such district attorney or the order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Provided that in cases where a person has been arrested for the crimes of arson, attempted arson, or any other felony, the defendant or his attorney shall have access to these records. Any physical evidence of arson or other felony shall be delivered to the custody of the sheriff of the county wherein such fire occurred.

(7) The State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal may appoint, with the consent of the Commissioner of Insurance, a State Chief Assistant Deputy Fire Marshal, who shall have power, during the chief deputy's absence or inability to act due to any cause, to perform any and all of the duties of the chief deputy. The chief assistant deputy shall serve at the will and pleasure of the Commissioner of Insurance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-71 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 35-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-71
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety shall be the state agency with responsibility for regulating a digital wallet for state agency credentials. The Commissioner of Public Safety may promulgate rules and regulations regarding such digital wallet technology.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-21 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-21
Status: in_force

A licensee shall inspect, test, install, service and maintain conveyances in compliance with the provisions and standards of the State Fire Prevention and Building Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-13 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 43-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-13
Status: in_force

(1) A door, sliding glass door, or French door may not open directly into a pool yard if the date of electrical service for initial construction of the building or pool is on or after July 1, 2012.

(2) A door, sliding glass door, or French door may open directly into a pool yard if the date of electrical service for initial construction of the building or pool is before July 1, 2012, and the pool yard enclosure complies with subsection (3), (4) or (5) of this section, as applicable.

(3) If a door of a building, other than a sliding glass door or screen door, opens into the pool yard, the door must have a:

(a) Latch that automatically engages when the door is closed;

(b) Spring-loaded door-hinge pin, automatic door closer, or similar device to cause the door to close automatically; and

(c) Keyless bolting device that is installed not less than thirty-six (36) inches or more than forty-eight (48) inches above the interior floor.

(4) If French doors of a building open to the pool yard, one (1) of the French doors must comply with subsection (3)(a) of this section and the other door must have:

(a) A keyed dead bolt or keyless bolting device capable of insertion into the doorjamb above the door, and a keyless bolting device capable of insertion into the floor or threshold; or

(b) A bolt with at least a three-fourths ( 3 / 4 ) inch throw installed inside the door and operated from the edge of the door that is capable of insertion into the doorjamb above the door and another bolt with at least a three-fourths ( 3 / 4 ) inch throw installed inside the door and operated from the edge of the door that is capable of insertion into the floor or threshold.

(5) If a sliding glass door of a building opens into the pool yard, the sliding glass door must have:

(a) A sliding-door handle latch or sliding-door security bar that is installed not more than forty-eight (48) inches above the interior floor; and

(b) A sliding-door pin lock that is installed not more than forty-eight (48) inches above the interior floor.

(6) A door, sliding glass door, or French door that opens into a pool yard from an area of a building that is not used by residents and that has no access to an area outside the pool yard is not required to have a lock, latch, dead bolt, or keyless bolting device.

(7) A keyed dead bolt, keyless bolting device, sliding-door pin lock, or sliding-door security bar installed before July 1, 2012, may be installed not more than fifty-four (54) inches from the floor.

(8) A keyed dead bolt or keyless dead bolt, as described by Section 45-43-3 , installed in a dwelling on or after July 1, 2012, must have a bolt with a throw of not less than one (1) inch.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-9
Status: in_force

Municipalities may provide by ordinance that any person violating the provisions of orders issued by the chief administrative officer pursuant to this authorization during a proclaimed civil emergency be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or six (6) months imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-89 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-89
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-89
Status: in_force

Whoever violates the provisions of Sections 45-11-81 through 45-11-89 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or to imprisonment of not more than six (6) months, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-3
Status: in_force

Unless the procedures have been followed as provided by Sections 45-15-9 and 45-15-11, Mississippi Code of 1972 , to deter contact with high voltage overhead lines:

(a) No person shall, individually or through an agent or employee, perform or require any other person to perform any function or activity upon any land, building, highway or other premises if at any time during the performance of that function or activity the person performing the function or activity could be reasonably expected to move or be placed within ten (10) feet of any high voltage overhead line or if any equipment or part of any tool or material used by the person could be reasonably expected to move or be placed within ten (10) feet of any high voltage overhead line during the performance of any function or activity.

(b) No person shall, individually or through an agent or employee, operate or bring any mechanical equipment or hoisting equipment or any other equipment or part of any tool or material within ten (10) feet of any high voltage overhead line.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons lawfully occupying the land where the line is located and engaged in the regular and ordinary functions and activities of farming, ranching or other agricultural pursuits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-31 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-31
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to promote its underlying purpose which is to prevent swimming pool deaths and injuries in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-61 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-61
Status: in_force

No city, town or other governmental subdivision shall have the power to make any laws, ordinances or resolutions providing for the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance or repair of boilers and pressure vessels within the limits of such city, town or governmental subdivision, and any such laws, ordinances or resolutions heretofore made or passed shall be and are hereby declared void and of no effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-32 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-32
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-32
Status: in_force

(1) A person convicted of a sex offense who volunteers for an organization in which volunteers have direct, private and unsupervised contact with minors under the age of eighteen (18) shall notify the organization of the person's conviction at the time of volunteering. Such notification must be in writing to the organization. Any organization which accepts volunteers must notify volunteers of this disclosure requirement upon application of the volunteer to serve or prior to acceptance of any of the volunteer's service, whichever occurs first.

(2) If the organization, after notification by the offender as provided in subsection (1), accepts the offender as a volunteer, the organization shall make reasonable attempts to notify the parents or guardians of any minors under the age of eighteen (18) involved in the organization of the offender's criminal record.

(3) This section applies to all registered sex offenders regardless of the date of conviction.

(4) Any person previously registered as a sex offender and who has a continuing obligation to be registered as a sex offender shall be notified of the person's duty under this section with the first reregistration form to be sent to the person after July 1, 2004.

(5) If the registered sex offender is currently volunteering for such an organization, the sex offender must resign or notify the organization immediately upon receipt of notice or be subject to the penalties of this chapter.

(6) An organization acting in good faith in making the notification to parents or guardians under this section, or who fails in good faith to make such notification, shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action as a result of the notification or failure to notify.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-55 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 35-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-55
Status: in_force

(1) The identification card for persons with disabilities shall be issued to a person with a permanent disability for a period of four (4) years, shall expire at midnight on the cardholder's birthday, and may be renewed any time within six (6) months before the expiration date of the card upon application and payment of the required fee. The identification cards shall be issued to persons with disabilities upon presentation of the current sworn affidavit of at least one (1) medical doctor attesting to such permanent disability. A current affidavit shall be presented at each request for renewal.

(2) The identification card for persons with temporary disabilities shall be issued to a person with a temporary disability upon presentation of a sworn affidavit of at least one (1) medical doctor attesting to the disability and estimating the duration of the disability. Temporary disability identification cards shall be issued for periods of six (6) months. A current affidavit of a medical doctor attesting to the continuance of the disability shall be presented at each request for renewal thereafter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 14-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Mississippi Radiation Protection Law of 1976.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 38-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-251 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-251
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-251
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created the Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board. The board shall consist of eleven (11) members. The Commissioner of Insurance and the Director of the State Fire Academy shall serve as ex officio members. The Director of the State Fire Academy shall serve as secretary to the board. The Commissioner of Insurance may appoint a designee to serve in his absence.

(2) Nine (9) members of the Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board shall be selected as follows:

(a) Two (2) full-time paid firefighters below the rank of chief selected by the Mississippi Fire Fighters Association. The initial term shall be staggered with one (1) member serving a two-year term and one (1) member serving a three-year term. After the expiration of the initial term, the term shall be for three (3) years;

(b) One (1) full-time firefighter below the rank of fire chief selected by the Professional Fire Fighters Association of Mississippi;

(c) Three (3) career fire chiefs selected by the Mississippi Fire Chiefs Association. The initial term shall be staggered: one (1) member shall serve a term of one (1) year; one (1) member shall serve a term of two (2) years; and one (1) member shall serve a term of three (3) years. After the expiration of the initial term, the term shall be for three (3) years;

(d) One (1) full-time paid certified fire instructor selected by the Mississippi Fire Fighters Service Instructors Association. The initial term shall be for one (1) year. After the expiration of the initial term, the term shall be for three (3) years;

(e) One (1) full-time paid fire investigator from a paid department selected by the Mississippi Fire Investigators Association. The initial term shall be for two (2) years. After the expiration of the initial term, the term shall be for three (3) years; and

(f) One (1) member of the volunteer fire service selected by the Mississippi Fire Fighters Association. The initial term shall be for three (3) years. After the expiration of the initial term, the term shall be for three (3) years.

No member selected under this subsection shall serve more than two (2) terms consecutively. Any member missing three (3) consecutive meetings shall be deemed to have resigned from the board. A vacancy prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled by selection in the same manner and for the balance of the unexpired term.

(3) During his term, a member of the board shall not serve as a member of the State Fire Academy Advisory Board.

(4) The board shall select a chairman and vice chairman from its membership.

(5) The Department of Insurance shall provide administrative support for the board.

(6) Members of the Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board who are not state employees shall be entitled to a per diem compensation as provided in Section 25-3-69 , and to travel expenses as provided in Section 25-3-41 . The provisions of this subsection shall apply to travel necessary to attend board meetings, as well as other travel authorized by the board and required in the performance of official duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context shall otherwise require:

(a) “ Commission ” means the Criminal Justice Planning Commission.

(b) “ Board ” means the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training.

(c) “ Law enforcement officer ” means any person appointed or employed full time by the state or any political subdivision thereof, by the state military department as provided in Section 33-1-33 or by a hospital as provided in Section 41-9-41 , who is duly sworn and vested with authority to bear arms and make arrests, and whose primary responsibility is the prevention and detection of crime, the apprehension of criminals and the enforcement of the criminal and traffic laws of this state and/or the ordinances of any political subdivision thereof. The term “ law enforcement officer ” also includes employees of the Department of Corrections who are designated as law enforcement officers by the Commissioner of Corrections pursuant to Section 47-5-54 , those district attorney criminal investigators who are designated as law enforcement officers, the acting Commissioner of Public Safety, the acting Director of Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the acting Director of the Office of Homeland Security, and any employee of the Department of Public Safety designated by the commissioner who has previously served as a law enforcement officer and who would not otherwise be disqualified to serve in such capacity. However, the term “law enforcement officer” shall not mean or include any elected official or any person employed as a legal assistant to a district attorney in this state, compliance agents of the State Board of Pharmacy, or any person or elected official who, subject to approval by the board, provides some criminal justice related services for a law enforcement agency. As used in this paragraph, “ appointed or employed full time ” means any person, other than a deputy sheriff or municipal law enforcement officer, who is receiving gross compensation for his or her duties as a law enforcement officer of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) or more per week or One Thousand Seventy-five Dollars ($1,075.00) or more per month; for a deputy sheriff or municipal law enforcement officer, the term “ appointed or employed full time ” means a deputy sheriff or municipal law enforcement officer who is receiving gross compensation for his or her duties as a law enforcement officer of Four Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($475.00) or more per week or Two Thousand Fifty Dollars ($2,050.00) or more per month.

(d) “ Part-time law enforcement officer ” shall mean any person appointed or employed in a part-time, reserve or auxiliary capacity by the state or any political subdivision thereof, by the state military department as provided in Section 33-1-33 or by a hospital as provided in Section 41-9-41 , who is duly sworn and vested with authority to bear arms and make arrests, and whose primary responsibility is the prevention and detection of crime, the apprehension of criminals and the enforcement of the criminal and traffic laws of this state or the ordinances of any political subdivision thereof. However, the term “part-time law enforcement officer” shall not mean or include any person or elected official who, subject to approval by the board, provides some criminal justice related services for a law enforcement agency. As used in this paragraph, “ appointed or employed ” means any person, other than a deputy sheriff or municipal law enforcement officer, who is performing such duties at any time whether or not they receive any compensation for duties as a law enforcement officer provided that such compensation is less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per week or One Thousand Seventy-five Dollars ($1,075.00) per month; for a deputy sheriff or municipal law enforcement officer, the term “ appointed or employed ” means a deputy sheriff or municipal law enforcement officer who is performing such duties at any time whether or not they receive any compensation for duties as a law enforcement officer provided that such compensation is less than Four Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($475.00) per week or Two Thousand Fifty Dollars ($2,050.00) per month.

(e) “ Law enforcement trainee ” shall mean any person appointed or employed in a full-time, part-time, reserve or auxiliary capacity by the state or any political subdivision thereof, by the state military department as provided in Section 33-1-33 or by a hospital as provided in Section 41-9-41 , for the purposes of completing all the selection and training requirements established by the board to become a law enforcement officer or a part-time law enforcement officer. The term “ law enforcement trainee ” also includes any employee of the Department of Public Safety so designated by the Commissioner of Public Safety. Individuals under this paragraph shall not have the authority to use force, bear arms, make arrests or exercise any of the powers of a peace officer unless:

(i) The trainee is under the direct control and supervision of a law enforcement officer;

(ii) The trainee was previously certified under this chapter; or

(iii) The trainee is a certified law enforcement officer in a reciprocating state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-17 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 21-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-17
Status: in_force

Upon notification by the county board of health that the holder of a permit for such event has not substantially complied, within twenty-four (24) hours of the commencement of such event with the specifications and plans certified by the state board of health or any pertinent regulation of the state board of health about which the holder of the permit had written notice prior to such certification, the sheriff of such county shall thereupon revoke such permit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-27 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-27
Status: in_force

(1) A person required to register on the basis of a conviction, adjudication of delinquency or acquittal by reason of insanity entered shall register with the responsible agency within three (3) business days of the date of judgment unless the person is immediately confined or committed, in which case the person shall register before release in accordance with the procedures established by the department. The responsible agency shall immediately forward the registration information to the Department of Public Safety. The person is also required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) days of registration with the responsible agency and to obtain a sex offender registration card.

(2) If a person who is required to register under this section is released from prison or placed on parole or supervised release or in a restitution center or community work center, the Department of Corrections shall perform the registration duties before placement in a center or before release and immediately forward the registration information to the Department of Public Safety. The person is also required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) days of release or placement in a restitution center or community work center.

(3) If a person required to register under this section is placed on probation, the court, at the time of entering the order, shall register the person and immediately forward the registration information to the Department of Public Safety. The person is also required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) days of the entry of the order.

(4) Any person required to register who is neither incarcerated, detained nor committed at the time the requirement to register attaches shall present himself to the county sheriff to register within three (3) business days, and shall personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) days of the time the requirement to register attaches.

(5) An offender moving to or returning to this state from another jurisdiction shall notify the Department of Public Safety ten (10) days before the person first resides in or returns to this state and shall present himself to the sheriff of the county of his residence within three (3) business days after first residing in or returning to a county of this state to provide the required registration information. The person is also required to register by personally appearing at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) days after first residing in or moving to a county of this state. If the offender fails to appear for registration as required in this state, the department shall notify the other jurisdiction of the failure to register.

(6) A person, other than a person confined in a correctional or juvenile detention facility or involuntarily committed on the basis of mental illness, who is required to register on the basis of a sex offense for which a conviction, adjudication of delinquency or acquittal by reason of insanity was entered shall register with the sheriff of the county in which he resides no later than August 15, 2000, or within three (3) business days of first residing in or returning to a county of this state.

(7) Every person required to register shall show proof of domicile. The commissioner shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to enforce this requirement and shall prescribe the means by which such person may show domicile.

(8) Any driver's license photograph, I.D. photograph, sex offender photograph, fingerprint, driver's license application and/or anything submitted to the Department of Public Safety by a known convicted sex offender, registered or not registered, can be used by the Department of Public Safety or any other authorized law enforcement agency for any means necessary in registration, identification, investigation regarding their tracking or identification.

(9) The department will assist local law enforcement agencies in the effort to conduct address and other verifications of registered sex offenders and will assist in the location and apprehension of noncompliant sex offenders.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-21 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-21
Status: in_force

(1) If no court action or proceeding has been instituted against the holder of such permit to recover property damage incurred as a direct result of such event, if no fine assessed against the holder of such permit for failure to substantially comply with the specifications and plans certified by the state board of health or any pertinent regulation of the state board of health about which the holder of the permit had written notice prior to such certification remains unpaid and if no additional law enforcement expense remains unpaid, then sixty (60) days after the conclusion of such event the sheriff shall return the full amount of the cash bond to the party posting it thereof.

(2) If a court action or proceeding has been instituted against the holder of such permit, then the sheriff shall place such cash bond with such court where such action or proceeding has been instituted to be placed in escrow. If no such court action or proceeding has been instituted but a fine assessed against the holder of such permit for failure to comply with the health and safety regulations remains unpaid, or if any additional law enforcement expense remains unpaid, then the sheriff shall reimburse the political subdivision reasonably incurring such legitimate additional law enforcement expenses, the sheriff shall forward to the court assessing such fine portions of the cash bond to meet such obligations and the sheriff shall forward the remainder of such cash bond returned to the party posting. If the cash bond is insufficient to meet such obligations, then the cash bond shall be apportioned equally among such court and such political subdivision.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-13 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-13
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Insurance shall promulgate regulations for the equipment, fees and licenses regulated by this chapter. The regulations shall consider the latest Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.1/CSA B44; the Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.3; the Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7, the Safety Standards for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, ASME A18.1; and Standard for the Qualification of Elevator Inspectors, ASME QEI-1.

(2) The licensing authority shall consult with engineering authorities and organizations that are concerned with standard safety codes, the rules and regulations governing the operation, maintenance, servicing, construction, alteration, installation, and inspection of conveyances and the qualifications that are adequate, reasonable and necessary for licensing as an elevator mechanic, contractor and inspector.

(3) Exceptions and variances from the literal requirements of applicable standards and regulations may be granted in cases where an exception or variance would not jeopardize the public safety and welfare.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-209 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-209
Status: in_force

(1) The Attorney General may investigate alleged violations of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 and, upon finding a violation, shall provide written notice to any individual or entity, public or private, believed to be in violation of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 . Written notice to any commercial entity shall be made to the entity's registered agent pursuant to Section 79-35-13 . Upon receipt of such written notice from the Attorney General, the entity shall have thirty (30) calendar days to cease any violation of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 .

(2) Either a firearms retailer physically located in Mississippi whose business was the subject of an alleged violation of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 or a customer who transacted at a firearms retailer physically located in Mississippi whose business was the subject of an alleged violation of this Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 , may petition the Attorney General to investigate the alleged violation in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.

(3)(a) If an individual or entity is found to be in violation of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 and fails to cease the violating activity after the expiration of thirty (30) calendar days from the receipt of written notice by the Attorney General's office, the Attorney General may pursue an injunction against any individual or entity, public or private, alleged to be in violation of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 . The Attorney General may pursue an injunction pursuant to this subsection in chancery court in the judicial district where the alleged violation occurred against the individual or entity in alleged violation of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 .

(b) If a court finds that an individual or entity continues to be in violation of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 after thirty (30) calendar days from receiving written notice from the Attorney General in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, then the court shall enjoin the individual or entity from continuing the activity found to be in violation of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 .

(c) If an individual or entity knowingly and willfully fails to comply with an injunction as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection within thirty (30) days after being served with the injunction, then the Attorney General, upon petition to the court, may recover on behalf of the state a civil penalty in a sum not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per violation of an injunction issued pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection, committed after the expiration of the period of thirty (30) days after the entity was served with the injunction. In assessing such a penalty, the court shall consider factors, including the financial resources of the violator and the harm or risk of harm to the Second Amendment rights resulting from the violation. The Attorney General may also recover, in addition to the civil penalty pursuant to this subsection, investigative costs and a reasonable attorney's fee. Any order assessing a penalty for violation of this act pursuant to this paragraph shall be stayed pending appeal of the order.

(d) The remedies set forth in Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 shall be the exclusive remedies for violation of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 .

(e) It shall be a defense to a proceeding initiated pursuant to Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 that such firearms code was required to be used based on a good-faith conclusion that the entity's disclosure or action was required by applicable law or regulation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-13-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-13-3
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided, no retailer, dealer or any other person shall sell, offer for sale, store, display, or have in their possession, or use or explode anywhere in this state any fireworks that have not been approved and labeled as Class C common fireworks by the Interstate Commerce Commission. No jobber, wholesaler, manufacturer or any other person shall sell to retail dealers or any other person in this state for the purpose of resale or use in this state any fireworks which do not have the Interstate Commerce Commission Class C label printed on the fireworks or on the smallest package in which the same are sold. The Interstate Commerce Commission Class C label must be visible on the fireworks or smallest container in which the same are sold and the label shall be on the fireworks or on the package or both which are received by the general public from the dealer, and such label shall be of such size and so positioned as to be readily seen and recognized by law enforcement officers and the public. Wherever practical such fireworks and container shall have imprinted thereon directions for the handling thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “ Criminal justice agencies ” means public agencies at all levels of government which perform as their principal function activities relating to the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication or rehabilitation of criminal offenders.

(b) “ Offense ” means an act which is a felony or a misdemeanor.

(c) “ Justice information system ” means those agencies, procedures, mechanisms, media and forms, as well as the information itself, which are or become involved in the origination, transmittal, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information related to reported offenses and offenders, and the subsequent actions related to the events or persons.

(d) “ Criminal justice information ” means the following classes of information:

(i) “ Secret data ,” which includes information dealing with those elements of the operation and programming of the Mississippi Justice Information Center computer system and the communications network and satellite computer systems handling criminal justice information which prevents unlawful intrusion into the system.

(ii) “ Criminal history record information ,” which means information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, affidavits, information or other formal charges and any disposition arising therefrom, sentencing, correctional supervision and release. The term does not include identification information such as fingerprint records or images to the extent that the information does not indicate involvement of the individual in the criminal justice system.

(iii) “ Sensitive data ,” which contains statistical information in the form of reports, lists and documentation which may identify a group characteristic, such as “white” males or “stolen” guns.

(iv) “ Restricted data ,” which contains information relating to data-gathering techniques, distribution methods, manuals and forms.

(v) “ Law enforcement agency ” or “ originating agency ” or “ agency ” which includes a governmental unit or agency composed of one or more persons employed full time or part time by the state as a political subdivision thereof for the following purposes: (A) the administration of criminal justice, which includes the prevention and detection of crime; the apprehension, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders; or the collection, storage and dissemination of criminal history record information; or (B) the enforcement of state laws or local ordinances, which includes making arrests for crimes while acting within the scope of their authority. The agency must perform one or more of the above-described criminal justice duties and allocate a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice.

(e) “ Center ” means the Mississippi Justice Information Center or the Mississippi Criminal Information Center.

(f) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.

(g) “ Conviction information ” means criminal history record information disclosing that a person was found guilty of, or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, a criminal offense in a court of law, together with any sentencing information. This includes a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States, or a conviction for an offense committed on an Indian Reservation or other federal property, or any court of a state of the United States.

(h) “ Nonconviction information ” means arrest without disposition information if an interval of one (1) year has elapsed from the date of arrest and no active prosecution for the charge is pending, as well as all acquittals and all dismissals.

(i) “ Arrest card ” means the initial law enforcement agency documentation of an arrest, whether in physical or digital form, including fingerprint information.

(j) “ Disposition form ” means the form prescribed by rule of the Justice Information Center for a court or law enforcement agency to report the disposition of the case of a person who has been arrested.

(k) “ Disposition ” means the outcome of the case of a person who was arrested and includes, without limitation:

(i) Nonadjudication;

(ii) A verdict or plea of guilt;

(iii) A plea of nolo contendere;

(iv) A verdict of not guilty;

(v) Dismissal;

(vi) Nolle prosequi;

(vii) Remand to the file;

(viii) Expunction; or

(ix) An appeal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-59 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-59
Status: in_force

Within thirty (30) days after any order or act of the board, any person aggrieved thereby may file a petition in the circuit court of the county of the aggrieved for a review thereof. The court shall summarily hear the petition and may make any appropriate order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-25 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-25
Status: in_force

Whenever any patrolman shall prefer any traffic charge whatsoever against any person in any court, it shall be the duty of such patrolman, upon the termination of such proceeding, to mail two (2) copies of the abstract of the court record immediately to the Commissioner of Public Safety at Jackson, Mississippi, showing the nature of the charge preferred, the date of the trial upon such charge, the disposition of the matter by the court and the sentence, if any, imposed by the court. Such abstract shall be signed by the presiding judge of the court in which the charge was preferred. Upon receipt of such abstracts, it shall be the duty of the commissioner to retain a copy for the use of, and inspection by, the State Auditor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 34-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-11
Status: in_force

The department shall promulgate rules in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, Title 25, Chapter 43, Mississippi Code of 1972 , to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-61 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-61
Status: in_force

No city, town or other governmental subdivision shall have the power to make any laws, ordinances or resolutions providing for the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance or repair of boilers and pressure vessels within the limits of such city, town or governmental subdivision, and any such laws, ordinances or resolutions heretofore made or passed shall be and are hereby declared void and of no effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-27 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-27
Status: in_force

Except to the extent that any local or state regulation or local ordinance imposes a stricter standard, the duties established by this chapter for an owner of a multiunit dwelling project, an owner of a dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project and a property owners association supersede those established by common law and any local or state agency regulation and local ordinances relating to duties to inspect, install, repair or maintain:

(a) Pool yard enclosures;

(b) Pool yard enclosure gates and gate latches, including self-closing and self-latching devices;

(c) Keyed dead bolts, keyless bolting devices, sliding-door handle latches, sliding-door security bars, self-latching and self-closing devices, and sliding-door pin locks on doors that open into a pool yard area and that are owned and controlled by the owner or property owners association; and

(d) Latches on windows that open into a pool yard area and that are owned and controlled by the owner or property owners association.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-25 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 14-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-25
Status: in_force

(1) The agency is authorized to adopt, promulgate, amend and repeal rules and regulations governing the transportation of radioactive materials in Mississippi, which, in the judgment of the council, shall promote the public health, safety or welfare and protect the environment.

(a) Such rules and regulations may include, but shall not be limited to, provisions for the use of signs designating radioactive material cargo, for the packaging, marking, loading and handling of radioactive materials and the precautions necessary to determine whether the material when offered is in proper condition for transport, and may include designation of routes in this state which are to be used for the transportation of radioactive materials.

(b) Such rules and regulations shall not include the carrier vehicle or its equipment, the licensing of packages, nor shall they apply to the handling or transportation of radioactive material within the confines of a facility licensed by or owned by a federal agency.

(c) The agency, in consultation with the council, is authorized to adopt by reference, in whole or in part, such federal rules and regulations governing the transportation of radioactive material which are established by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the United States Federal Aviation Agency, the United States Department of Transportation, the United States Coast Guard or the United States Post Office (or any federal agency which is a successor to any of the foregoing agencies), as such federal rules may be amended from time to time.

(d) The agency shall not promulgate any rules or regulations pertaining to matters within the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Transportation or the United States Federal Aviation Administration under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, except to the extent that the agency adopts by reference rules or regulations issued by the United States Department of Transportation or the United States Federal Aviation Administration, and except as provided in 49 U.S.C. Section 1811(b) .

(2) The agency is authorized to enter into agreements with the respective federal agencies designed to avoid duplication of effort and/or conflict in enforcement and inspection activities so that:

(a) Rules and regulations adopted by the agency pursuant to this chapter may be enforced, within their respective jurisdictions, by any authorized representatives of the agency and other state agencies, according to mutual understandings between such agencies of their respective responsibilities and authorities.

(b) The agency, through any authorized representative, is authorized to inspect any records of persons engaged in the transportation of radioactive materials during the hours of business operation when such records reasonably relate to the method or contents of packaging, marking, loading, handling or shipping of radioactive materials within the state.

(c) The agency, through any authorized representative, may enter upon and inspect the premises or vehicles of any person engaged in the transportation of radioactive materials during hours of business operation, with or without a warrant, for the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.

(3) Upon a determination by the agency that any provision of this chapter, or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, are being violated or that any practice in the transportation of radioactive materials constitutes a clear and imminent danger to the public health, property or safety, it may issue an order requiring correction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-73 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-73
Status: in_force

The State Fire Marshal shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of Sections 45-11-71 through 45-11-75 . These rules and regulations shall apply except in any county or municipality which has adopted the Standard Building Code of the Southern Building Code Congress International, with standards not less stringent than the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 12-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “ Agent ” means any person authorized by the commissioner to purchase and affix stamps on packages of cigarettes.

(b) “ Commissioner ” means the Chairman of the State Tax Commission of the State of Mississippi, and his authorized agents and employees.

(c) “ State Fire Marshal ” means the Commissioner of Insurance and State Fire Marshal of the State of Mississippi, and his authorized agents and employees.

(d) “ Cigarette ” means:

(i) Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco; or

(ii) Any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco which, because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette as described in subparagraph (i) above.

(e) “ Manufacturer ” means:

(i) Any entity which manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere that such manufacturer intends to be sold in this state, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer; or

(ii) Any entity that becomes a successor of an entity described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.

(f) “ Quality control and quality assurance program ” means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing. Such a program ensures that the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in subsection (1)(f) of Section 45-12-5 for all test trials used to certify cigarettes in accordance with this chapter.

(g) “ Repeatability ” means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall ninety-five percent (95%) of the time.

(h) “ Retail dealer ” means any person, other than a manufacturer or wholesale dealer, engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products.

(i) “ Sale ” means any transfer of title or possession or both, exchange or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means whatever or any agreement therefor. In addition to cash and credit sales, the giving of cigarettes as samples, prizes or gifts, and the exchanging of cigarettes for any consideration other than money, are considered sales.

(j) “ Sell ” means to sell, or to offer or agree to do the same.

(k) “ Wholesale dealer ” means any person, other than a manufacturer, who sells cigarettes or tobacco products to retail dealers or other persons for purposes of resale, and any person who owns, operates or maintains one or more cigarette or tobacco product vending machines in, at or upon premises owned or occupied by any other person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-34 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 33-34
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-34
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Corrections and all law enforcement agencies shall notify the department when a registered sex offender is arrested or incarcerated for another offense or as the result of having violated probation, parole, conditional discharge or other sentence or court order.

(2) The offender, offender's guardian, offender's conservator or the administrator of the institution shall notify the department when a registered sex offender is committed to a mental institution for a reason other than the initial confinement following an acquittal by reason of insanity for a sex offense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-29 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 43-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-29
Status: in_force

The remedies contained in this chapter are not exclusive and are not intended to affect existing remedies allowed by law or other procedures.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-17 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-17
Status: in_force

There is hereby established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Cigarette Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Fund.” The fund shall consist of all certification fees paid under Section 45-12-7 and all monies recovered as penalties under Section 45-12-11 . The monies shall be deposited to the credit of the fund and shall, in addition to any other monies made available for such purpose, be used by the State Fire Marshal to defray costs incurred by the State Fire Marshal in fulfilling his duties under this chapter, and to support fire safety and prevention programs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-59 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-59
Status: in_force

Within thirty (30) days after any order or act of the board, any person aggrieved thereby may file a petition in the circuit court of the county of the aggrieved for a review thereof. The court shall summarily hear the petition and may make any appropriate order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-3
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council. The council shall be composed of five (5) persons appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. At least three (3) of the foregoing appointees shall be persons who have participated in a local crime stoppers program. Each member of the council shall serve for a term of two (2) years or until his successor is appointed and qualifies. At the first meeting of the council, which shall be called by the Governor, and at the first meeting after the beginning of each new state fiscal year, the council shall elect from among its members a chairman and such other officers as the council deems necessary. Each member of the council shall receive per diem in the amount established in Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for each day or portion thereof spent discharging his duties under this chapter and shall receive mileage and expenses as provided in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

Expenses of the council shall be paid by the Department of Public Safety out of the State Crime Stoppers Fund, created in Section 45-39-5(4) .