Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-15
Status: in_force

(1) The Board of Animal Health shall have the power and duty to quarantine all herds of cattle where a diagnosis of anthrax is made.

(2) Such quarantine shall remain in effect until the State Veterinarian receives a certificate which is signed by a Mississippi licensed and accredited veterinarian, and which states that such herd has been properly treated and vaccinated and that the medical waste and any dead animals from such herd have been properly disposed. The proper disposal of such dead animals shall be by burning the animal at the spot of death or by burying the animal six (6) feet deep and covering the animal with quick lime.

(3) The Board of Animal Health shall have the power and duty to quarantine all herds of cattle on lands immediately adjacent to any infected herd. Such quarantine shall remain in effect until the State Veterinarian receives a certificate as specified in subsection (2) of this section.

(4) Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with any of the provisions of this section, or interfering with the State Veterinarian or any duly appointed officer of the State Veterinarian in the discharge of his duty or for having discharged his duties, shall be deemed in violation of the provisions of this section and shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 69-15-65, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 48-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-11
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(4) If the board fails to make an annual report in violation of the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, the board shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-5
Status: in_force

Any pecans remaining on a public road, street or highway right-of-way during that portion of each calendar year except the harvesting season shall be deemed to be abandoned by the owner of such pecans, and it shall not be unlawful for any person to remove such pecans from such public right-of-way, except during the harvesting season.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 27-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-15
Status: in_force

Any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to function in the territory described in the petition. Such petition shall set forth:

(a) The proposed name of said district.

(b) That there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare, for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory described in the petition.

(c) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which description shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate.

(d) A request that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries for such district; that a referendum be held within the territory so defined on the question of the creation of a soil conservation district in such territory; and that the committee determine that such a district be created.

Where more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee may consolidate all or any such petitions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-11
Status: in_force

(1) Any person or business who participates in the Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Program shall register annually with the department on forms prescribed by the department. The department is authorized to charge an annual marketing assessment to defray costs and expenses associated with the program. The department serves to promote agriculture products in the state; thus, it assumes no legal liability by registering these persons or businesses.

(2)(a) The department may accept, budget, receive and expend funds from any source to implement, market and promote the program;

(b) The department may allow a federal, state or local governmental entity or a public, private, commercial or charitable entity to use, publish or advertise the entity's name on department property in its publications;

(c) Any funds received from this advertising shall be retained by the department and expended to market and promote the Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Program; and

(d) The department may accept, budget, receive and expend these funds in accordance with rules and regulations of the Department of Finance and Administration in the manner consistent with the escalation of federal funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-11
Status: in_force

(1) The council may accept monetary gifts, donations and grants from public as well as private sources.

(2) By July 31 of each year the council shall submit to the commissioner a complete report of all revenues and expenditures that were generated by the administration of this program in a format that has been approved by the commissioner.

(3) Of the monies collected under this program, an amount not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the total revenues per year shall be expended on the administrative costs of the program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 23-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-7
Status: in_force

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

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

(b) The name of the pesticide;

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

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

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

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

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

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

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, registration is not required in case of a pesticide shipped from one plant within this state to another plant within this state operated by the same person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-203
Status: in_force

The director of the state extension service, the director of the state agricultural and forestry experiment station, and the state forester of the State of Mississippi shall, on written application of any five or more landowners of said county, owning an aggregate of not less than seventy-five hundred acres of land therein, appoint a soil erosion committee for said county, to consist of three members, each to be over twenty-five years of age and the record owner of not less than one hundred and sixty acres of land within the county. The term of each member of said committee shall be five years from the date of his appointment, but any member may be removed from office as other public officers and the term of any member of said committee shall cease, if he fails to maintain his ownership of the requisite one hundred and sixty acres of land in the county. Vacancies on said committee shall be filled for a term of five years by appointment in the same manner as the original members were appointed. The members of said committee shall receive no pay for the services to be performed hereunder, but one member of said committee shall be designated by it as secretary of the committee, who shall be paid his reasonable expense out of the soil erosion funds herein provided for, by order of the board of supervisors, upon certificate of the committee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-105
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, its agents and employees, shall have authority to enter any depot, express office, storeroom, warehouse or premises for the purpose of inspecting any honey bees or beekeeping fixtures or appliances therein or thought to be therein, for the purpose of ascertaining whether said bees or fixtures are infected with any contagious or infectious disease or parasite or which they may have reason to believe are Africanized bees or have been or are being transported in violation of any of the provisions of this article.

The said department through its agents or employees may require the removal from this state of any honey bees or beekeeping fixtures which have been brought into the state in violation of the provisions of this article, or if finding any honey bees or fixtures infected with any contagious or infectious disease or parasite or if finding that such bees are Africanized or if such bees or fixtures have been exposed to danger of infection by such diseases, may require the destruction, treatment or disinfection of such infected or exposed bees, hives, fixtures or appliances.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-41 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-41
Status: in_force

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

The court shall retain jurisdiction of the case until after the work has been completed. Upon completion of such work pursuant to such order of the court, the commissioners may file a petition with the court, a copy of which shall be served upon the defendant in the case, in the manner provided by law for service of process, stating the costs and expenses sustained by them in the performance of the work and praying judgment therefor. The court shall have jurisdiction to enter, upon a hearing to be held not sooner than five days after service of such process, its decree for the amount of such costs and expenses together with the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court. Such decree shall when entered upon the lis pendens docket of said court, constitute a lien on the lands of the defendant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that there is a need for a Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Program to increase consumer awareness and expand the market for Mississippi's agricultural products. The Legislature further finds that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, through, but not limited to, product identification programs and subsidies, loans and grants, shall promote and advertise such products.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 13-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-13
Status: in_force

If any county in the State of Mississippi by vote comes from under the provisions of the present state-wide stock law, and said county thereafter becomes tick infested, all expenditures in connection with the tick eradication in said county or tick infested area or areas, must be paid from the funds of said county, except the salary and expenses of the state officers and agents. Furthermore, any county that comes from under the state-wide stock law under the provisions of Sections 69-13-1 to 69-13-27 and becomes infested with the Texas fever tick, the same shall, on complaint of the board of animal health, go back under the provisions of the state-wide stock law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-115 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 23-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-115
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to:

(a) Make false or fraudulent claims through any media misrepresenting the effect of materials or methods to be used;

(b) Conduct pest control operations in a faulty, careless or negligent manner or to operate faulty or unsafe pest control equipment;

(c) Fail to comply with the provisions of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 , or the regulations adopted hereunder;

(d) Fail to keep and maintain records required by Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 or to make reports when required;

(e) Make false or fraudulent records, invoices or reports;

(f) Use fraud or misrepresentation in making application for a license or renewal for a license;

(g) Aid or abet any person in evading the provisions of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 , or allow one's license to be used by another person;

(h) Impersonate any state or federal official;

(i) Commit a violation under FIFRA;

(j) Use any restricted use pesticide in a manner which is inconsistent with its labeling; or

(k) Commit any other act or omission specified in the regulations adopted under Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-65 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-65
Status: in_force

(1) In order to assist in carrying out the objectives set forth in this article, the board of supervisors of Adams, Attala, Benton, Carroll, Chickasaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Grenada, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pearl River, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Stone, Union, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Webster, Winston, Yalobusha and Yazoo counties of the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to lease to any soil conservation district of said respective counties, as authorized in this article, any road machinery belonging to the respective counties upon reasonable terms to be agreed upon, by contract between such board and such district, entered on the minutes of the board of supervisors making the lease.

(2) Be it further provided that if no soil conservation district exists within the county that the boards of supervisors of such counties may lease, as provided in subsection (1) of this section, road machinery belonging to the county to agricultural associations organized under the provisions of Sections 79-17-1 to 79-17-39, Mississippi Code of 1972 , under the same terms and conditions as specified hereinabove for lease to soil conservation districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-2-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-2-9
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 69-2-7 through 69-2-41 , the following words shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “Department” means the Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development.

(b) “Emerging crop” means any new, nontraditional plant or animal crop (as designated by a board consisting of the executive directors of the department, the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station) or as specified in Section 69-2-11 which has a development time from beginning of production to harvest or initial sale of the product of not more than five (5) years.

(c) “Farmer” means a resident of Mississippi who engages in or wishes to engage in the commercial production of an emerging crop on land in Mississippi. This term shall include individuals, partnerships and corporations.

(d) “Fund” means the Emerging Crops Fund established in Section 69-2-13 .

(e) “Interest loan” means a loan made from the fund to pay the interest on a loan made by a lender to a farmer to finance the nonland capital costs of establishing production of an emerging crop.

(f) “Lender” means a commercial bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, federal land bank, farm credit bank, production credit association or other farm credit agency which is domiciled or qualified to do business in Mississippi, or the Farmers Home Administration.

(g) “Agribusiness” means any agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural, industrial, manufacturing, research and development or processing enterprise or enterprises.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-107 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-107
Status: in_force

The shipment or movement into this state of any used or secondhand beehives, honey combs, frames or other beekeeping fixtures is hereby prohibited except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-409 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-409
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-409
Status: in_force

Every person, who by themselves, their agents or employees, violates any of the provisions of this article or any regulations issued under the provisions of this article shall for each offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $25.00, nor less than $5.00 or 30 days in jail for the first offense; not exceeding $50.00 nor less than $40.00 or 60 days in jail for the second offense; not exceeding $200.00 nor less than $100.00 or 90 days in jail or both for the third and all following offenses, and all costs for each and every offense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that there is a need for a Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Program to increase consumer awareness and expand the market for Mississippi's agricultural products. The Legislature further finds that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, through, but not limited to, product identification programs and subsidies, loans and grants, shall promote and advertise such products.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-331 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 15-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-331
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the particular sections of this chapter, any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of Articles 1, 3, 5 and 7 of this chapter, or any of the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health or interfering with any duly appointed officer of said board in the discharge of his duty, or for having discharged his duties, shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 69-15-53 through 69-15-69 .

(2) When necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter, in addition to all other remedies in law or equity, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may and is hereby authorized to petition the chancery court for an injunction to prevent any violation of the provisions of this chapter, or the continuance of any such violation or to enforce compliance herewith. The chancery court is hereby vested with authority to entertain jurisdiction on any such petition to determine the cause and to issue such process as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-407 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-407
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-407
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have authority and police power to enforce any and all regulations issued pursuant thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-69 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 15-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-69
Status: in_force

No person shall be subject to criminal prosecution or to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or issue concerning which he may be required to testify to or produce evidence, or provide documentation, before the board or at any of its hearings or conferences, or in compliance with any subpoena, however, no person testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-7
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian is authorized and empowered to employ the necessary professional, technical and clerical personnel as he deems necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the board, and to fix their compensation. The board shall appoint from a written list of not less than three (3) licensed veterinarians submitted by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, a duly licensed and practicing veterinarian as the State Veterinarian, who shall hold a Degree of Veterinary Medicine from a recognized college or university and shall have been engaged in the practice of veterinary science for not less than ten (10) years prior to his appointment. The State Veterinarian shall serve at the will and pleasure of the board and shall enter into a surety bond for the faithful performance of his duties, and the premium therefor shall be paid by the board. The board shall also be authorized to employ an attorney as authorized in Section 69-1-14, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-211 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-211
Status: in_force

Should any person continue to operate such business without having complied with the provisions of this article, the commissioner of agriculture and commerce is authorized to file petition for an injunction in the chancery court of the district where the violator may reside, or in the district where the violation occurred. The chancery court shall have and it is hereby given full jurisdiction to hear and determine the petition and enter any and all appropriate orders in term time and in vacation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-1
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Fair Commission is hereby abolished, and all of the powers, duties, property, contractual rights and obligations and unexpended funds of that commission shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce on July 1, 2020. Wherever the term “Mississippi Fair Commission” appears in any law or regulation, the same shall mean the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. The transfer of personnel shall be commensurate with the number and classification of positions allocated to the commission.

(2) In order to promote agricultural and industrial development in Mississippi and to encourage the farmers to grow better livestock and agricultural products, there is hereby created an advisory council to be hereafter known as the “Mississippi Fair Advisory Council.” The department shall receive input and guidance from the advisory council, which shall be composed of the following: The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, chairman, the Director of the Mississippi State University Extension Service, President of the Mississippi Livestock Association, the Director of Mississippi Vocational Education, the Director of the Mississippi Development Authority, the Mayor of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, the Dean and Director of Alcorn State University School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, and an appointee of the Governor, all to serve without salary compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-3
Status: in_force

When pecan trees are grown on private property and the branches of such trees extend over a public road, street or highway right-of-way, any pecans falling from any such pecan trees onto such public right-of-way shall be deemed the property of the owner of such pecan trees until the end of the harvesting season, and it shall be unlawful for any person, without the permission of the owner of such trees, to remove such pecans from any such public right-of-way during the harvesting season. It shall be unlawful for any person, without the permission of the owner of such trees, to pick or otherwise remove any pecans from the limbs or branches of pecan trees or to cause pecans to fall from such trees. Any person found to be in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined an amount not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days in jail, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-27 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 35-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-27
Status: in_force

(1) In the event a majority of the bulk tank units eligible for participation in such referendum and voting therein shall vote in favor of such assessment, then the said assessment shall be collected monthly for the number of years set forth in the call for such referendum, and the collection of such assessment shall be under such method, rules and regulations as may be determined by the state ADA conducting the same; and the said assessment so collected shall be paid into the treasury of the state ADA to be used together with other funds from other sources. Funds to be collected pursuant to a referendum conducted under this act shall be withheld and paid by each handler, including producer handlers, to the state ADA by the last calendar day of the month succeeding the month in which the milk was received by the handler.

(2) In the event of a failure to pay part or all of an assessment levied pursuant to this act, the Attorney General of the state shall, upon the request of the state ADA, enforce the provisions of this act and collect such monies for payment to the state ADA. In the alternative to requesting the Attorney General to enforce the provisions of this act, the state ADA may bring a civil action to collect assessment from a handler failing to pay such assessments. A handler found to have failed to pay assessments pursuant to this act shall also be liable for reasonable attorney's fees and costs in the collection of such assessments.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-55 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-55
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) At the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing committee, upon the majority vote of the members of such committee, shall transmit to the Board of Animal Health a written opinion incorporating findings of fact and recommendations for penalties which shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-113 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 23-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-113
Status: in_force

Any nonresident commercial applicator applying for a license under Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 to operate in the state shall file a written power of attorney designating the Secretary of State as the agent of such nonresident upon whom service of process may be had in the event of any suit against the nonresident person, and such power of attorney shall be prepared and in such form as to render effective the jurisdiction of the courts of this state over such nonresident applicant. Any nonresident who has a duly appointed resident agent upon whom process may be served as provided by law shall not be required to designate the Secretary of State as such agent. The Secretary of State shall be allowed such fees therefor as provided by law for designating resident agents. The commissioner shall be furnished with a copy of such designation of the Secretary of State or of a resident agent, such copy to be duly certified by the Secretary of State.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-63 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-63
Status: in_force

(1) Any individual aggrieved by a final decision of the Board of Animal Health after its review of the hearing officer's recommendation shall be entitled to judicial review.

(2) An appeal from the board's decision shall be filed in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County on the record made, including a verbatim transcript of the testimony at the hearing held before the designated hearing committee of the Board of Animal Health. The appeal shall be filed within thirty (30) days after notification of the action of the board is mailed or served and the proceedings in circuit court shall be conducted as other matters coming before the court. The appeal shall be perfected upon filing notice of the appeal and by the prepayment of all costs, including the cost of preparation of the record of the proceedings by the Board of Animal Health, and the filing of a bond in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) conditioned that if the action of the board be affirmed by the circuit court, the aggrieved party shall pay the costs of the appeal and the action of the circuit court.

(3) The scope of review of the circuit court in such cases shall be limited to a review of the record made before the board or hearing committee to determine if the action of the board is unlawful for the reason that it was:

(a) Not supported by any substantial evidence;

(b) Arbitrary or capricious; or

(c) In violation of some statutory or constitutional right of the individual.

(4) No relief shall be granted based upon the court's finding of harmless error by the board in complying with the procedural requirements of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-61 . In the event that there is a finding of prejudicial error in the proceedings, the cause may be remanded for a rehearing consistent with the findings of the court.

(5) Any party aggrieved by action of the circuit court may appeal to the State Supreme Court in the manner provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 28-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-11
Status: in_force

An agricultural district may be comprised of ownerships residing in more than one (1) soil and water conservation district as long as the conditions of a contiguous boundary are satisfied. In such case, each soil and water conservation district shall have the responsibility to meet the requirements of this chapter within the county of its jurisdiction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-305 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-305
Status: in_force

The ranger shall keep a book in which he shall register all certificates of estrays delivered or returned to him, and shall file the same in regular order; and without delay, on receipt of such certificate, he shall advertise the same, stating therein the name of the person by whom the estray was taken up and the description and marks thereof, and the amount of the appraisement. If the appraisement exceed twenty dollars, he shall publish the advertisement three weeks in the nearest newspaper; and if the appraisement be less than twenty dollars, such advertisement shall be put up in three public places in the county, one of which shall be at the courthouse door. He shall also make out a correct list of all estrays in his county, and put up the same at the door of the courthouse on the first day of each regular January and July meeting of the board of supervisors, stating therein such as have been proved away or sold, or have escaped or died.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-121 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-121
Status: in_force

All funds collected under this article shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of Central Market Fund and shall be used solely for payment of the expenses of operation and maintenance of such market and facilities including the acquisition, leasing, maintenance and operation of local farm market facilities, and for the employment of such production and marketing personnel as will, in the discretion of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, more effectively promote the operation of such market, on warrants issued according to law pursuant to payment vouchers signed by the Commissioner or his designee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-257 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-257
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-257
Status: in_force

Except for the collections of the proceeds of the assessment levied hereunder, which shall be collected by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, the administration of this article shall be vested in the Mississippi Egg Marketing Board. The board shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-103
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall have full and plenary power to deal with Africanized honey bees (Apris mellifera scutellata) and with American and European foul brood, and all other contagious or infectious diseases and parasites of honey bees which, in its opinion, may be prevented, controlled or eradicated; and shall have full power and is hereby authorized to make, promulgate and enforce such rules, ordinances and regulations and to perform such acts, through its agents or otherwise, as in its judgment may be necessary to control, eradicate or prevent the introduction, spread or dissemination of Africanized honey bees and all contagious diseases of honey bees and parasites as far as may be possible and all such rules, ordinances and regulations of said department shall have the force and effect of law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-317 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 13-317
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-317
Status: in_force

The owner of all estrays appraised at more than fifty dollars shall be allowed three months; the owners of estrays appraised at twenty dollars and not exceeding fifty dollars, shall be allowed two months; and the owner of estrays valued at less than twenty dollars shall be allowed one month from the date of the certificate of appraisement to claim and prove property to the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 23-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-103
Status: in_force

Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 shall be administered by the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, or his agent, herein referred to as the “commissioner.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 35-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-3
Status: in_force

(1) It is hereby declared and the Legislature hereby finds that:

(a) Dairy products are basic foods that are a valuable part of the human diet;

(b) The production of dairy products plays a significant role in the state's economy, the milk from which dairy products are manufactured is produced by milk producers and dairy products are consumed by thousands of people throughout the state and the United States;

(c) Dairy products must be readily available and marketed efficiently to ensure that the people of the state receive adequate nourishment;

(d) The maintenance and expansion of existing markets for dairy products are vital to the welfare of milk producers and those concerned with marketing, using and producing dairy products, as well as to the general economy of the state;

(e) Dairy products move in intrastate, interstate and foreign commerce;

(f) The Ninety-eighth Congress of the United States enacted the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 and established the National Dairy Board ( 7 U.S.C. 4501 et seq. ) authorizing the establishment of orderly procedures for financing promotional and educational programs for milk and dairy products through a mandatory Fifteen Cents (15¢) per hundredweight assessment on all milk produced in the United States for commercial use, and the carrying out of a coordinated program of promotion designed to strengthen the dairy industry's position in the marketplace, and authorizing such orderly procedures to permit a milk producer or a producer's cooperative to establish that the producer is participating in active, ongoing qualified state or regional dairy product promotion or nutrition education programs intended to increase consumption of milk and dairy products generally, to receive credit in determining the assessment due from such producer for contributions to such state programs in an amount not in excess of Ten Cents (10¢) per hundredweight of milk marketed; and

(g) The American Dairy Association of Mississippi has been designated by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture as a qualified promotional organization pursuant to the terms of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 ( 7 U.S.C. Section 4501 et seq. ).

(2) It, therefore, is declared to be the policy of the Legislature that it is in the public interest to authorize the establishment, through the exercise of the powers provided in this act, of an orderly procedure for financing (through assessments on all milk produced in the state for commercial use) and carrying out a coordinated program of promotion designed to strengthen the dairy industry's position in the marketplace and to maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets and uses for fluid milk and dairy products produced in the state and the United States. All funds obtained by the state ADA as a result of the passage of this act shall be exclusively utilized to promote the dairy industry within the State of Mississippi, and its contiguous states. Nothing in this act may be construed to provide for the control of production or otherwise limit the right of individual milk producers to produce milk.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-103
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall have full and plenary power to deal with Africanized honey bees (Apris mellifera scutellata) and with American and European foul brood, and all other contagious or infectious diseases and parasites of honey bees which, in its opinion, may be prevented, controlled or eradicated; and shall have full power and is hereby authorized to make, promulgate and enforce such rules, ordinances and regulations and to perform such acts, through its agents or otherwise, as in its judgment may be necessary to control, eradicate or prevent the introduction, spread or dissemination of Africanized honey bees and all contagious diseases of honey bees and parasites as far as may be possible and all such rules, ordinances and regulations of said department shall have the force and effect of law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-43 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-43
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall not be so construed or enforced as to conflict in any way with any act of Congress regulating the movement of plants or plant products in interstate or foreign commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-325 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-325
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-325
Status: in_force

Any person or persons, firm or corporation, driving, conveying, transporting or allowing to drift from any state or territory, into or through this state, or within this state from a quarantined county or area into a free county or area or into a county or area in which systematic tick eradication is in progress, animals infested with or exposed to the cattle fever tick (Margaropus annulatus) shall be deemed to be in violation of the animal health laws of this state and shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 69-15-53 through 69-15-69 . Nothing herein shall apply to livestock shipped through a recognized disinfecting station and accompanied by a regulation permit covering the movement therefrom.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-5
Status: in_force

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

(a) “ Assessment ” means the amount per acre to be charged each cotton grower to finance, in whole or part, a boll weevil suppression, pre-eradication, eradication or post-eradication program in this state. The assessments shall be based on scientifically sound data regarding the level of boll weevil infestation in the state and the anticipated cost of conducting the proposed program.

(b) “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation.

(c) “ Boll weevil ” means Anthonomus grandis Boheman in any stage of development.

(d) “ Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation Board of Directors ” means the statewide administrative board elected by all Mississippi cotton growers who are members of a local cotton growers association to serve and represent the interests and concerns of Mississippi cotton growers with respect to the administration of boll weevil management programs and the nonvoting advisory members as provided in Section 69-7-13 .

(e) “ Bureau ” means the Bureau of Plant Industry within the regulatory office of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

(f) “ Certificate ” means a document issued or authorized by the Bureau of Plant Industry indicating that a regulated article is not contaminated with boll weevils.

(g) “ Cotton growers association ” means a local association with membership open to all Mississippi cotton growers. Cotton growers associations represent the interests and concerns of Mississippi cotton growers to the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation.

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

(i) “ Containment/maintenance program ” means a statewide program designed to monitor the level of boll weevil infestations to eliminate any reinfestation of boll weevils.

(j) “ Corporation ” means the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation.

(k) “ Cotton ” means any cotton plant or cotton plant products upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle.

(l) “ Cotton grower ” means any person who under the rules and regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture is actively engaged in cotton farming.

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

(n) “ Eradication program ” means any statewide program designed to eliminate, contain and monitor the boll weevil as an economic pest within a specified area.

(o) “ Host ” means any plant or plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle.

(p) “ Infested ” means actually infested with a boll weevil or so exposed to infestation that it would be considered infested according to criteria established by program management and the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation.

(q) “ Information gathering program ” means any statewide program designed to gather information that will be used in administering a boll weevil management program.

(r) “ Management program ” means any statewide program designed to suppress or eradicate, contain and monitor the boll weevil or to gather information that will be used in planning or implementing such suppression or eradication programs.

(s) “ Permit ” means a document issued or authorized by the Bureau of Plant Industry to provide for the movement of regulated articles to restricted designations for limited handling, utilization or processing.

(t) “ Person ” means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, society, association or other business entity.

(u) “ Pest ” means any species of plant, animal, or microbe that adversely affects cotton production; including, but not limited to: insects, weeds, nematodes, bacteria, fungi, and viruses.

(v) “ Post-eradication program ” means any unified program designed to maintain boll weevil free status in the program area.

(w) “ Pre-eradication program ” means any statewide program designed to reduce overall boll weevil populations before entering a full scale eradication program.

(x) “ Region ” means a specific cotton growing area within the state as defined by the Technical Advisory Committee as those regions existed before July 1, 2010, defined based on similarities in boll weevil populations, cotton cultural practices, national topography and climate.

(y) “ Regulated article ” means any article of any character carrying or capable of carrying the boll weevil, including cotton plants, seed cotton, cottonseed, other hosts, gin trash, gin equipment, mechanical cotton pickers and other equipment associated with cotton production, harvesting or processing.

(z) “ Suppression ” means any statewide program designed to reduce overall boll weevil populations throughout the specified area.

(aa) “ Technical Advisory Committee ” means a group of professional scientists in the fields of entomology, agronomy, agricultural economics and other appropriate disciplines appointed by the Boll Weevil Management Board to provide technical guidance in developing and conducting effective boll weevil management programs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 44-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-13
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling to the extent of the conflict.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-205 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-205
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the secretary of each county association to file annually with the Governor a report, countersigned by the president and treasurer of the association, showing the names of all officers and directors, the number of members, the amount of dues collected, the amount paid by the association in rewards, the number of arrests and convictions, the number of thefts of livestock and poultry, and the number stolen and recovered. It shall be the duty of the Governor to report to the Legislature in detail his expenditures from contingent fund, in an itemized statement, and he shall have on file in his office for the information of members of the Legislature the information furnished by the various county associations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-363 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-363
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-363
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation except gift, transfer and inheritance taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-33 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 35-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-33
Status: in_force

The date of any initial referendums authorized under the provisions of this act shall be set on or before June 1, 1989.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-1
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the “Livestock Biologics and Drug Law of 1958.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-26-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 26-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-26-3
Status: in_force

Pursuant to Article IV(h) of the Compact, copies of bylaws and amendments thereto shall be filed with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-257 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-257
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-257
Status: in_force

Except for the collections of the proceeds of the assessment levied hereunder, which shall be collected by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, the administration of this article shall be vested in the Mississippi Egg Marketing Board. The board shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-205 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 13-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-205
Status: in_force

The respective boards of supervisors of the several counties of the state, in their discretion, are authorized and directed to erect, construct and maintain suitable fences and cattlegaps along the right of ways of United States Highways and state designated highways to prevent livestock from running at large as provided hereinafter. However, nothing in this article shall apply in any county coming under the state stock law.

The board of supervisors in any county having voted to come within the provisions of the statewide stock law, may maintain any fence or fences constructed under the authority of this article from any funds not public funds, donated by any person, firm or corporation for said purposes and further, may receive and accept funds from the Mississippi State Highway Commission for the relocation of said fence or fences required by said commission. In its discretion and in the alternative, said board may authorize any person, firm or corporation to maintain said fence or fences.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 10-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-9
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Rice Promotion Board shall plan and conduct a program of research, education and advertising designed to promote the rice industry in Mississippi. The board is authorized to use the funds derived from the assessment imposed herein for these purposes, including basic administration expenses of the plan; provided, however, that the avails of the additional One Cent (1¢) assessment imposed from and after July 1, 1991, shall be expended solely for programs of research to promote further development of the rice industry in this state. Use of these funds may be applied, as prescribed in this section, within or without the State of Mississippi, including regional, national and international research and promotional applications.

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

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

(c) The amount of funds expended by the board in each fiscal year for the purposes authorized in this subsection shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the budget of the board for that fiscal year.

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

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

(4) If the board fails to make an annual report in violation of the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the board shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-107 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-107
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol shall, in the alternative:

(a) Provide necessary equipment to remove such livestock from the highways and shall impound all livestock found on all highways as provided in this article, or

(b) Contract for and obtain the services of private individuals to remove such livestock from the highways and impound the same in the private pen or enclosures provided by such private individuals, in accordance with the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-365 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-365
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-365
Status: in_force

Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-363 , without reference to any statute not referred to herein, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of such bonds, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, and none of the present restrictions, requirements, conditions or limitations of law applicable to the issuance or sale of bonds, notes or other obligations by the state shall apply to the issuance and sale of bonds under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-363 , and no proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such bonds other than those provided for and required herein, and all powers necessary to be exercised in order to carry out the provisions of Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-363 are hereby conferred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-121 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-121
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-11
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling to the extent of the conflict.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-209 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 13-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-209
Status: in_force

Before said board of supervisors is authorized to levy the aforesaid tax or erect such fences, it shall first be necessary that an election be held in each of such counties in accordance with the laws governing general election so far as possible to determine by majority vote of those voting in such election whether such tax shall be levied or such fences erected. And in said election only those electors outside the corporate limits of municipalities shall be eligible to vote. In the event the election is carried, such boards are authorized to construct such fences by use of convict labor, the funds derived from such tax, and with such aid as may be donated or contributed in material, labor or funds toward the erection of said fences and cattlegaps. In the event that the tax be not authorized at such election the board may nevertheless, in their discretion, erect such fences and cattlegaps by use of convict labor and such donations of labor, funds or materials as may be available, but shall not use public funds therefor.

In addition thereto, the counties bordering on the Gulf of Mexico now authorized by law to levy and collect a sea wall tax under Section 65-33-47, Mississippi Code of 1972 , may use such proceeds of this tax as required to construct and maintain said fences and cattlegaps, but not to exceed one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mill of said sea wall tax.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 39-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-19
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, with the approval of the Attorney General as provided in Section 69-1-25 , promulgate such rules and regulations in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law as may be necessary for the effective enforcement of this chapter. The regulations shall have the full force and effect of law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 23-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-105
Status: in_force

The purpose of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 is to provide a means for the state certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides required under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and to regulate in the public interest the use and application of restricted use pesticides, except as the application of restricted use pesticides is regulated under Sections 69-19-1 through 69-19-15 or 69-21-101 through 69-21-128 , and to designate the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce as the agency responsible for administering a plan for certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides and to cooperate with the United States Environmental Protection Agency as provided for in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and for other purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-339 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-339
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-339
Status: in_force

Any two (2) or more soil and water conservation districts may combine with each other for the purpose of obtaining and using the machinery or equipment referred to in Section 69-27-331 , on the terms and conditions set forth in Sections 69-27-331 through 69-27-341 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-105
Status: in_force

Upon the acceptance by the Secretary of Agriculture of each such plan submitted pursuant to Section 69-27-103 , the university is authorized and empowered to accept and receive all grants of money made pursuant to said Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act for the purpose of enabling the state to carry out the provisions of such plan, and all such funds, together with any moneys which may be appropriated by the state for such purpose, shall be available to the university for expenditures necessary in carrying out the plan, including administrative expenses, expenditures in connection with educational programs in aid of the plan, and benefit payments.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-135 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 23-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-135
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(2) Each violation of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued under this chapter shall subject the violator to administrative action as provided for in Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-41 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 37-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-41
Status: in_force

From and after July 1, 2010, the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation shall be certified by the Bureau of Plant Industry as the administering authority to plan and implement boll weevil management programs in this state, and all records, duties, responsibilities, assets, contractual rights and obligations relating to the administration, planning and implementation of boll weevil management programs in this state shall be under the jurisdiction of the corporation upon certification by the bureau. If for any reason the corporation fails to meet the criteria established in Sections 69-37-1 through 69-37-39 , the bureau may certify an alternate cotton grower's association to serve as administrative authority of boll weevil management programs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-101
Status: in_force

Every person, except a bona fide merchant, who owns or possesses an instrument designed to project a tranquilizer or drug by means of compressed gas, explosion, or by mechanical means, into livestock for the purpose of rendering the animal docile, by whatever name known, shall register same within thirty days with the commissioner of public safety on forms to be provided by him. Any person hereafter coming into possession of or owning such instrument shall immediately register same with the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner shall make forms available to the general public at all Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol substations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-103
Status: in_force

Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 shall be administered by the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, or his agent, herein referred to as the “commissioner.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-117 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-117
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for:

(a) Any person to use any brand or mark for branding cattle or other livestock unless the brand or mark is registered with the Department of Agriculture and Commerce;

(b) Any person to obliterate, alter or deface the brand or mark of any animals;

(c) Any livestock market to receive and sell livestock unless records of such sale are kept in accordance with the requirements of this article;

(d) Any livestock market to fail to keep a copy of the register of brands and marks furnished to them by the department in a place easily accessible to interested parties;

(e) Any livestock hide dealer to fail or refuse to keep records required by subsection (c) of Section 69-29-113 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-323 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 15-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-323
Status: in_force

Any expense incurred in the enforcement of Section 69-15-321 or for feed, care and handling of such animals while undergoing the process of tick eradication, and any expense incurred in handling, dipping, confining, feeding or pasturing of any animals while in the custody of the sheriff shall constitute a lien upon such animal or animals to be paid by the owner or owners of the animals before the same are released by the sheriff. Should the owner or owners of cattle, horses, jacks, jennets and mules which have been placed in the custody of the sheriff as herein provided, fail or refuse to pay said expenses after five days' notice, they shall be sold by the sheriff of the county after ten days advertising, either by notice at courthouse door and two other public places in the neighborhood of the place at which the animal was taken up, or in the newspaper published in the county having general circulation therein. The said advertisement shall state therein the time and place of sale, which place shall be where the animal is confined. The sale shall be at public auction and to the highest bidder, for cash. Out of the proceeds of the sale, the sheriff shall pay the cost of publishing the notices, costs of dipping, feeding and caring for the animals and the costs of sale which shall include $2.00 in the case of each sale, to said sheriff. The surplus, if any, shall be paid to the owner of the animal or animals, if he can be ascertained. If he cannot be ascertained within thirty days after such sale, then the sheriff shall pay such surplus to the county treasurer for benefit of the general fund of the county; provided, however, that if the owner of the animal or animals shall within three years after the fund is turned over to the county treasurer, as aforesaid, prove to the satisfaction of the board of supervisors of the county that he was the owner of such animals, upon the order of said board such surplus shall be refunded to the owner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-51 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-51
Status: in_force

The commissioners of any two or more districts organized under the provisions of this article may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred in this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-209 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-209
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(c) The quantity of hemp being transported; and

(d) Any additional information and/or documentation required by the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-23 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 37-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-23
Status: in_force

(1) For statewide management when assessments are established by passage of a referendum, the commissioner shall have a lien for payment of the assessments, together with any penalties levied under this chapter, against all cotton grown by each cotton grower who grows cotton within the state. This lien shall be of equal dignity with liens for taxes in favor of the state and the commissioner is authorized to issue executions for the collection of the assessments and liens described in this section in like manner as executions are issued for ad valorem property taxes due the state.

(2) In addition, the commissioner shall have a special lien on cotton for payment of assessments, together with any penalties levied under this chapter, which shall be superior to any other lien provided by law, shall arise as of the time the assessments become due and payable, and shall cover all cotton grown by the cotton grower from the date the lien arises until the assessments are paid. However, any buyer of cotton shall take free of the lien if the buyer has not received written notice of the lien from the commissioner, or if he has paid for the cotton by a check in which the department is named as joint payee.

(3) A cotton grower who fails to pay when due and upon reasonable notice any assessment levied under this chapter shall be subject to a per acre penalty as established in the bureau's regulations, in addition to the assessment.

(4) Commercial cotton that is located in sites that cannot be treated adequately because of health, environmental or other concerns shall be deemed to be a public nuisance and shall be destroyed promptly. The commissioner, with the consent of the corporation and the approval of the Attorney General, may apply to the circuit court of the judicial circuit in which the public nuisance is located to have the nuisance condemned and destroyed. This injunctive relief shall be available to the commissioner notwithstanding the existence of any other legal remedy and the commissioner shall not be required to file a bond.

In those cases where commercial cotton is destroyed because of prevented treatment due to health or environmental concerns, the owner of the cotton shall be compensated for that portion of the crop that is destroyed. The per acre amount of the payments shall be based on a reasonable estimate of the value of the crop as determined by the commissioner in consultation with the corporation and the affected producer. Payments for those losses shall be funded by assessment fees paid by cotton growers and administered by the corporation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-111 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-111
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall prescribe and furnish forms on which applications for registration, reregistration and transfer of brands or marks shall be made and shall furnish such forms to the sheriff and the county agricultural agent of each county of the state to be distributed on request to livestock owners desiring to make application for registration of brands or marks and such applications may also be furnished to applicants by the department. The department shall maintain a complete register of all brands or marks, showing the name and address of the owner, and shall annually publish and distribute copies of this register and supplementary copies thereof to every livestock market and sheriff's office and chancery clerk in the state. Copies of the register of brands and marks may be furnished to other persons requesting such copies, at a price to be determined by the department. Copies of the register of brands and marks shall be published in booklet form. The department shall also determine from its records of registration the ownership of any estrayed cattle and furnish such information to interested persons, upon receipt of notice giving details of the kind of animal, color, weight, size, sex, age, marks, brands and other identifying information.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-39 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-39
Status: in_force

In construing and enforcing the provisions of this article, omission or failure of any official, agent or other person acting for or employed by any association, partnership, or corporation within the scope of his employment of office shall, in every case, also be deemed the act, omission or failure of such association, partnership or corporation as well as that of the person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-11
Status: in_force

The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee may employ an administrative officer and such technical experts and such other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. The committee may call upon the Attorney General of the state for such legal services as it may require, or may employ its own counsel and legal staff. It shall have authority to delegate to its chairman, to one or more of its members, or to one or more agents or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. The committee shall supply itself with suitable office accommodations at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science or at Jackson, or at any place where the committee shall designate. Upon request of the committee, for the purpose of carrying out any of its functions, the supervising officer of any state agency or of any state institution of learning shall, insofar as may be possible under available appropriations, and having due regard for the needs of the agency to which the request is directed, assign or detail to the committee, members of the staff or personnel of such agency or institution of learning, the duty of making such special reports, surveys or studies as the committee may request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-207 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-207
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors in said counties are hereby authorized and empowered in their discretion to levy a tax on the taxable property in said counties lying outside municipalities not exceeding two mills per annum thereon for the purpose of paying the cost of construction and maintenance of such fences and cattlegaps. In order to raise additional revenue for the purpose of paying the cost of construction and maintaining such fences and cattlegaps, the board of supervisors in those counties which have heretofore elected not to come under the statewide livestock law may in their discretion levy a tax against the owners of cattle permitted to roam at large in the amount of twenty-five cents (25¢) per head for cattle located in the respective counties in which an election has carried.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-119 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-119
Status: in_force

Minors owning cattle or stock separate from that of the father or guardian may have a brand and mark, which shall be recorded; the father or guardian shall be responsible for the proper use of such brand and mark of any such minor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-335 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 13-335
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-335
Status: in_force

For any failure of the ranger to make out and put up a correct list of all the estrays in his county, or to make his report to the board of supervisors as required, the board of supervisors may fine the ranger not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, which may be collected by scire facias and execution.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 28-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-1
Status: in_force

It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature to encourage the conservation, protection and responsible utilization of lands that are managed for purposes of agricultural production. It is recognized that such lands are finite, fragile and valuable resources that contribute economically and socially to the well-being of the State of Mississippi. It is also recognized that these lands are subject to change and conversion from agricultural production as a result of urban expansion, transportation projects, water impoundments, utility expansion and similar land development measures. It is the policy of the Legislature to provide a process for the recognition of lands dedicated to agricultural production and to assure an accurate understanding of the impacts of public policy decisions that might otherwise alter the capability of those lands to remain in agricultural production.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-115 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-115
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall have authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this article and that shall facilitate the tracing and identification of livestock and afford protection against stealing and unlawful dealing in livestock.

Any driver moving livestock from any advertised sale shall have a bill of sale or other written evidence of purchase for the livestock in his possession, to be shown on request of any duly authorized law enforcement officer and to be delivered to the purchaser with delivery of the livestock.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-207 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-207
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall prescribe and furnish the necessary and proper forms for an application for a license required by Section 69-7-203 , and such application form must be signed by the applicant, under oath, as to the correctness of the information furnished therein. Any applicant who shall knowingly furnish any false or fraudulent information for the purpose of obtaining a license hereunder, when such application has been duly and properly signed under oath, shall be guilty of perjury and subject to the penalties therefor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-329 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-329
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-329
Status: in_force

A justice of the peace, where there is a county ranger, shall not have authority to do any act concerning estrays, except to take the information from the taker up and to issue the summons for the appraisers; and he shall be entitled to the same fee for such service as the ranger, to be collected and paid over by the ranger; but if there be not a ranger, a justice of the peace may perform all the duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 24-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-17
Status: in_force

(1) If the analysis shall show that any soil or plant amendment falls short of the guaranteed analysis in any one (1) soil or plant amending ingredient, or in total soil or plant amending ingredients, beyond “investigational allowances” as established by regulation, a penalty of three (3) times the commercial value of such deficiency shall be assessed against the registrant by the commissioner on all the products represented by the sample analyzed.

(2) All penalties assessed under this section shall be paid to the commissioner within thirty (30) days after the date of notice to the registrant from the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. The commissioner shall deposit the amount of the penalty into the General Funds account of the State Treasury.

(3) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any person from appealing to a court of competent jurisdiction for a judgment as to the justification of such penalties imposed under subsection (1) and (2) above.

(4) The penalties payable in subsections (1) and (2) above shall in no manner be construed as limiting the consumer's right to bring a civil action in damage against the registrant paying said civil penalties.

(5) For the purpose of determining commercial values to be applied under the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall determine from the registrant's sales invoice the values charged for the soil or plant amending ingredients. If no invoice is available or if the invoice fails to provide sufficient information, the commissioner may use other methods to determine values. The values so determined shall be used in determining and assessing penalties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-307 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-307
Status: in_force

A person shall not, without the effective consent of the owner, damage or destroy an animal facility or an animal or property in or on an animal facility with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-327 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-327
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the sheriff in any county in which the work of tick eradication is in progress, to render all livestock inspectors any assistance in the enforcement of this article and the regulations of the board of animal health. If the sheriff of any county shall neglect, fail or refuse to render this assistance when so required, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punishable as in other cases of malfeasance or misfeasance in office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-203
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(l) “ USDA ” means the United States Department of Agriculture.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-14 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-14
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-14
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized and empowered to employ an attorney to represent the department of agriculture and commerce and to fix his compensation subject to the approval of the state personnel board. Said attorney shall be a full-time employee of the department of agriculture and commerce and shall be furnished such office space and clerical assistance as shall be necessary. In addition to his duties with the department of agriculture and commerce, said attorney shall represent the board of animal health, the Mississippi State Fair Commission and the Mississippi Central Market Board. The salary and expenses of said attorney shall be paid from any funds available to the department of agriculture and commerce, the board of animal health, the Mississippi Fair Commission and the Mississippi Central Market Board in a ratio commensurate with the services provided by said attorney to each of the said agencies.

(2) The Department of Agriculture and Commerce, the board of animal health, the Mississippi Fair Commission and the Mississippi Central Market Board are hereby authorized and empowered to expend such sums from any funds available for the purposes of paying the salary and expenses of the attorney provided for in subsection (1).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-7
Status: in_force

If two or more adjoining counties shall at an election called pursuant to Section 69-13-1 , vote against the state-wide stock law, then in such case, no fence or other barrier along the boundary lines of such county shall be necessary. However, in the event that two or more counties shall at such an election vote against the state-wide stock law, but an adjoining county or counties shall elect to remain under the provisions of the state-wide stock law, then the county or counties voting against the state-wide stock law shall, at its or their own proper cost and expense, before the provisions hereof shall become effective in such county or counties, build and erect and maintain along the line or lines of such counties a good and substantial fence or other sufficient barrier to prevent the intrusion of all such livestock mentioned in Section 69-13-1 as are permitted by the provisions of said section in such county or counties voting against the state-wide stock law, over, on, and upon the territory of the county or counties remaining under the provisions of the state-wide stock law. The fence herein provided shall be a fence satisfactory to and prescribed by the board of animal health, but no cattle guard or other obstruction shall be constructed or placed on any state highway. However, any infested county must provide watchmen night and day at such points to prevent cattle from passing through the gap where county fences would cross state highways.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-115 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-115
Status: in_force

Members of the council shall serve without compensation, provided that they shall be entitled to per diem compensation as is authorized by law for each day occupied with the discharge of official duties as members of the council and all actual, necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties, including mileage as authorized by law. However, no member shall be authorized to receive reimbursement for expenses, including mileage, or per diem compensation unless such authorization appears in the minutes of the council and is signed by the chairman or vice chairman. The members of the council shall not receive per diem or expenses while the Legislature is in session. All expenses incurred by and on behalf of the council shall be paid from a sum to be provided in equal portion from the contingency funds of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-311 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-311
Status: in_force

The commission shall have the following powers and duties to implement the provisions of the Mississippi Soil and Water Cost-Share Program:

(a) To determine which approved practices shall be eligible for cost-share assistance;

(b) To establish maximum sums and cost-share rates which any one eligible landowner or land operator may receive for implementation of an approved practice;

(c) To review periodically the costs of establishing conservation practices and to make such adjustment as, in the discretion of the commission, is necessary.

Upon request of the commission, the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall institute proper legal proceedings to recover any or all of the cost-share assistance provided an eligible landowner or land operator if the commission shall determine that the landowner or land operator failed to implement any portion of or all of the practice approved by the commission for such landowner or land operator, and if the commission determines that legal proceedings are necessary and proper.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-29 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-29
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce for the same purposes and in the same manner and with the same authority, as provided in Section 69-25-27 , may prohibit and prevent the introduction into or the transportation through the state of any such plants and plant products or other thing or substance except when contained in such container, car, boat, or vehicle and shall prevent the escape or waste of any part of the same while being introduced into or transported through the state, and may likewise prohibit and prevent the opening of such container, car, boat, or vehicle containing such plant or plant product or other thing or substance within the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-59 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 15-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-59
Status: in_force

Failure of the accused to request a hearing or respond to the complaint within thirty (30) days shall constitute a waiver of the right to a hearing and any penalties assessed by the board shall be due and payable as provided in Section 69-15-67 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 23-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-15
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) No article shall be deemed in violation of this chapter when intended solely for export to a foreign country, and when prepared or packaged according to the specifications or directions of the purchaser. If not so exported, all the provisions of this chapter shall apply.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-7
Status: in_force

The commissioner is hereby charged with the execution and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the state veterinarian shall have authority to exercise all of the powers vested in the commissioner in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 39-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-7
Status: in_force

(1) No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state unless it complies with provisions of this chapter and regulations pertaining thereto.

(2) No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state that contains toxic materials in quantities injurious to plants or animals.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 13-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-203
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this article to vest the boards of supervisors of the several counties of the state with broad discretion and power of determining the location and types of fences and cattlegaps on the highways referred to in Section 69-13-205 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-1
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the “Livestock Biologics and Drug Law of 1958.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-1
Status: in_force

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

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

(b) “ Harvesting season ” means that portion of each calendar year beginning on September 1 and ending January 31.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-53 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-53
Status: in_force

Agencies of this state which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any state-owned lands, and of any county, or other governmental subdivision of the state, which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any county-owned or other publicly owned lands, lying within the boundaries of any district organized hereunder, shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the commissioners of such districts in the effectuation of programs and operations undertaken by the commissioners under the provisions of this article. The commissioners of such districts shall be given free access to enter and perform work upon such publicly owned lands. The provisions of land-use regulations adopted pursuant to Section 69-27-37 , shall have the force and effect of law over all such publicly owned lands, and shall be in all respects observed by the agencies administering such lands.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-53-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 53-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-53-7
Status: in_force

(1) An agritourism professional must register with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce on an annual basis. The registration shall contain information describing the agritourism activity that the agritourism professional conducts or intends to conduct and the location where the person conducts or intends to conduct such agritourism activity. Additionally, the agritourism professional must pay an annual fee in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) to the Department at the time of registration. There is established in the State Treasury a special fund for the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce for the monies collected under this section. Unexpended monies remaining in the fund at the end of the 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 into the fund.

(2) The Department shall maintain a list of all registered agritourism professionals, the registered agritourism activities conducted by each professional, and the registered agritourism location where the professional conducts such activities. Such list shall be made available to the public. The Department, in conjunction with other agritourism and rural economic efforts, shall promote and publicize registered agritourism professionals, activities and locations to advance agritourism in the state. The Department assumes no legal liability by registering agritourism professionals, but merely serves to promote agritourism in the state.

(3) The Department shall adopt guidelines to carry out the intent of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-113 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-113
Status: in_force

(1) Every operator of a livestock market where livestock is sold shall keep a copy of the register of brands and marks in his place of business where it will be easily accessible for public inspection.

(2) The operator of every livestock market where livestock is sold, together with all dealers, slaughterers and butchers who buy livestock for slaughter which was not purchased at a livestock market, shall keep a record covering all livestock received, including:

(a) The name and address of the owner of the livestock;

(b) The license tag number of the vehicle delivering the livestock;

(c) The name and address of the driver of the vehicle delivering the livestock and his motor vehicle operator's license number or Social Security number, preferably both;

(d) The number of livestock received; and

(e) A description of livestock including color.

These records shall be kept for public inspection for a period of two (2) years after the livestock is received.

(3) Livestock hide dealers are required to keep a record of all hides of livestock received by them, including:

(a) The name and address of the owner of the hides;

(b) The vehicle tag number of the vehicle delivering the hides;

(c) The name and address of the driver of the vehicle and his motor vehicle operator's license number or Social Security number, preferably both; and

(d) A description of the hides, including any brands or marks.

Livestock hide dealers shall keep such records for a period of two (2) years from the time of purchase.

(4) Any livestock market operator, dealer, slaughterer, butcher or livestock hide dealer who fails to keep these records and make them available to authorized inspectors or officers of the law shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-9
Status: in_force

(1) Any person desiring to engage in professional services or work as herein defined shall obtain from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce a license to engage in such professional work, and the application for such license shall be in writing and on such blank forms as may be required. No fee shall be required for the license. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall require applicants to submit statements as to training and experience in professional practice and may further require applicants to pass such tests or examinations as the commissioner may prescribe. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may require an applicant to furnish a surety bond satisfactory to him and conditioned so that the principal therein named shall conduct honestly such business in accordance with the laws and regulations of this state and shall faithfully perform all his professional service contracts. In no case shall a bond exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) be required. A copy of the bond, duly certified by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or his agent, the State Entomologist, shall be received as evidence in all of the courts of this state without further proof. Any bond issued before the effective date of this chapter shall be deemed to be effective until the expiration date stated thereon. Any person having a right of action against such person may bring suit against the principal and sureties of such bond. Should the surety furnished become unsatisfactory, such person shall execute a new bond, and should he fail to do so, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or his agent, the State Entomologist, to cancel his license and give him notice of such fact, and it shall be unlawful thereafter for such person to engage in such business without obtaining a new license.

(2) In addition to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, with the approval of the Advisory Board to the Bureau of Plant Industry, may require persons providing professional services as defined in this chapter to provide satisfactory proof of insurance for personal injury and property damage incurred as a result of the negligent or careless provision of such services, including coverage for errors and omissions. Such insurance shall be in an amount determined by the advisory board, but shall not exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00). Such insurance shall be in effect before a person may offer such professional services to the general public. Notice of cancellation or failure to renew such insurance shall be provided to the advisory board by the persons offering such professional services. The license to engage in such professional work shall be revoked if proof of insurance is not provided to the advisory board by the licensee within thirty (30) days of the notice of cancellation or failure to renew such insurance.

(3) For horticultural and floricultural work and soil classifying work, as defined in Section 69-19-5 , such surety bond which may be required shall be in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) and such insurance which may be required shall be in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).

(4) No such bond and insurance shall be required from any person providing professional services as defined in this chapter if the Commissioner of Insurance certifies that such bond and insurance is not available to such person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-26-6 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 26-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-26-6
Status: in_force

The department, agency or officer expending or becoming liable for an expenditure on account of a control or eradication program undertaken or intensified pursuant to the Compact shall have credited to his account, in the state treasury the amount or amounts of any payments made to this state to defray the cost of such program, or any part thereof, or as reimbursement thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-17
Status: in_force

Any such livestock as referred to in Section 69-13-1 may be taken up and confined by any person upon whose land such animal, or animals, may have entered or may be found, such person not having consented for the animal, or animals, to run at large on such land, and when so taken up shall be dealt with as estrays. For taking up any animal the person so taking the animal up shall be allowed ten dollars ($10.00) per head for each animal so taken up, but in no case shall he be entitled to receive more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for stock taken up at any one time. He may also receive reasonable compensation for feeding and caring for such animals while keeping them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-401 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-401
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-401
Status: in_force

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Natural Resources Conservation Education Fund.” The fund shall consist of such monies as are required to be deposited therein under Section 27-19-56.19 ; any gifts, grants or other contributions from any federal, state or local government or any person, firm or corporation; and such other monies as the Legislature may appropriate or authorize to be deposited into the fund. Monies in the fund may be used upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission to develop, produce and distribute materials used to educate individuals, groups or both, as to the natural resources of the State of Mississippi and the conservation of such resources.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 55-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-3
Status: in_force

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall establish and administer the following grant programs:

(a) The Poultry Farmer Stabilization Grant Program for the purpose of assisting Mississippi poultry farmers who have experienced a loss of at least one (1) full flock of production due to the COVID-19 pandemic;

(b) The Mississippi Supplemental CFAP Grant Program for the purpose of assisting commodity producers who qualified for the USDA's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP); and

(c) The Sweet Potato Farm Sustainment Grant Program for the purpose of providing grants to sweet potato farmers to cover expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-115 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-115
Status: in_force

Any person seeking to obtain a license as an applicator in this state shall submit proof of financial responsibility to the department, and upon obtaining a license, the person shall maintain proof of financial responsibility at all times while the license shall be in effect. Proof of financial responsibility shall be established by:

(a) Depositing with the department a surety bond in favor of any person or persons who may suffer damage by reason of the operation of an aerial application service, issued by a corporate surety company authorized to do business in this state, which surety bond shall be in an amount not less than the amount of financial responsibility required by the rules and regulations of the department. However, the aggregate liability of the surety to all such persons shall not, in any event, exceed the amount of the bond; or

(b) The filing of a general liability insurance policy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state insuring the licensee and any of his agents against liability resulting from the operation of an agricultural aviation service, which insurance policy shall be in an amount deemed as acceptable to the department, as follows:

(i) Not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for personal injury;

(ii) Not less than Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) in the aggregate for multiple injuries; and

(iii) Not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for property damage.

The department shall establish by rules and regulations the amount of financial responsibility to be required of each licensed applicator, but in no event shall the amount of financial responsibility required be less than the amounts prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-311 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 13-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-311
Status: in_force

When any estray shall die or escape, the taker up shall, without delay, make report thereof to the ranger, on oath, who shall make a memorandum of the same on the margin of his book opposite the registry of the certificate of such estray.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-257 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-257
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-257
Status: in_force

Except for the collections of the proceeds of the assessment levied hereunder, which shall be collected by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, the administration of this article shall be vested in the Mississippi Egg Marketing Board. The board shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-25 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-25
Status: in_force

(1) If it shall appear from the examination of any soil or plant amendment that any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued thereunder have been violated, the commissioner shall cause notice of the violations to be given to the registrant, distributor, or possessor from whom said sample was taken. Any person so notified shall be given opportunity to be heard under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commissioner and State Chemist. If it appears after such hearing, either in the presence or absence of the person so notified, that any of the provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations issued thereunder have been violated, the commissioner and State Chemist may certify the facts to the proper prosecuting attorney.

(2) Any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided for in Section 99-19-31 . Appeals from convictions under this subsection shall be as in other cases at law.

(3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the commissioner, State Chemist or their representative to report for prosecution or for the institution of seizure proceedings as a result of minor violations of the chapter when they believe that the public interests will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in writing.

(4) It shall be the duty of each prosecuting attorney to whom any violation is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction without delay.

(5) The commissioner is hereby authorized to apply for and the court to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under the chapter notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. Said injunction shall be issued without bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-211 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 13-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-211
Status: in_force

No reimbursement shall be made under the Homestead Exemption Law of 1946 for any tax levy made under the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-307 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-307
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors in the various counties of the state are authorized and empowered to appropriate money out of the general fund of the county to be used for the purpose of co-operating with the Mississippi Board of Animal Health and the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, in eradicating tick fever, cattle tick, lice, and other animal parasites, and any other contagious and infectious diseases of livestock or the causes of such diseases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-7
Status: in_force

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

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

(a) By voluntary payment by the person liable.

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

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

(4) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person who purchases one thousand (1,000) or less bushels of rice in any calendar year, provided he is not regularly engaged in the purchase of rice.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-17
Status: in_force

(1) If the analysis shall show that any soil or plant amendment falls short of the guaranteed analysis in any one (1) soil or plant amending ingredient, or in total soil or plant amending ingredients, beyond “investigational allowances” as established by regulation, a penalty of three (3) times the commercial value of such deficiency shall be assessed against the registrant by the commissioner on all the products represented by the sample analyzed.

(2) All penalties assessed under this section shall be paid to the commissioner within thirty (30) days after the date of notice to the registrant from the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. The commissioner shall deposit the amount of the penalty into the General Funds account of the State Treasury.

(3) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any person from appealing to a court of competent jurisdiction for a judgment as to the justification of such penalties imposed under subsection (1) and (2) above.

(4) The penalties payable in subsections (1) and (2) above shall in no manner be construed as limiting the consumer's right to bring a civil action in damage against the registrant paying said civil penalties.

(5) For the purpose of determining commercial values to be applied under the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall determine from the registrant's sales invoice the values charged for the soil or plant amending ingredients. If no invoice is available or if the invoice fails to provide sufficient information, the commissioner may use other methods to determine values. The values so determined shall be used in determining and assessing penalties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-211 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-211
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may enter, at reasonable times, upon any public or private property at which hemp is being cultivated or processed for the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. The Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry may apply for, and any judge of a court of competent jurisdiction, may issue a search warrant as is necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter relating to things, property or places within the court's territorial jurisdiction.

(b) If the commissioner or the commissioner's designee determines that emergency conditions exist requiring immediate action necessary to protect public health or safety of the environment, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee may issue an order stating the existence of such conditions and requiring specific actions be taken to mitigate those conditions without providing prior notice or an adjudication hearing.

(c) Any person to whom such an order is issued shall immediately comply with that order, and may apply to the Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry for an adjudication hearing. Upon receiving an application for an adjudication hearing, the director shall hold the hearing as soon as practicable and not later than thirty (30) days after receipt of the application. On the basis of the hearing, the director shall continue the order in effect, revoke it, or modify it.

(d) In addition to any other available remedies, the commissioner or the Mississippi Attorney General may apply to the circuit court in the county where any provision of this chapter or an order issued under paragraph (b) of this subsection is being violated for an injunction restraining any person from continuing the violation.

(e) An employee of the state or any division, agency, institution thereof involved in the administration and/or enforcement of this article, shall not be subject to prosecution for violations related to possession or transportation of hemp or cannabis in conjunction with the employee's duties arising under this chapter.

(2) In addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law, the department may revoke or refuse to issue or renew a hemp grower license or hemp processor registration and may impose a civil penalty for violations of:

(a) A license or registration requirement;

(b) License or registration terms or conditions;

(c) Department rules and regulations relating to growing or processing hemp; or

(d) A final order of the department that is specifically directed to the grower's or processor's hemp operations or activities.

(3) The department may impose administrative penalties for violations under this section in accordance with Section 69-25-51 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-211 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-211
Status: in_force

Should any person continue to operate such business without having complied with the provisions of this article, the commissioner of agriculture and commerce is authorized to file petition for an injunction in the chancery court of the district where the violator may reside, or in the district where the violation occurred. The chancery court shall have and it is hereby given full jurisdiction to hear and determine the petition and enter any and all appropriate orders in term time and in vacation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-21
Status: in_force

(1) Any pesticide that is distributed, sold or offered for sale within this state or delivered for transportation or transported to intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state shall be liable to be proceeded against in any circuit court in any county of the state where it may be found and seized for confiscation and condemnation:

(a) If it is adulterated or misbranded;

(b) If it has not been registered under the provisions of Section 69-23-7 ;

(c) If it fails to bear on its label the information required by this chapter;

(d) If it is a white power pesticide and is not colored as required under this chapter.

(2) If the article is condemned, it shall, after entry of decree, be disposed of by destruction or sale, as the court may direct, and the proceeds, if such article is sold, less legal costs, shall be paid to the commissioner for transmission to the General Funds of the State Treasury.

(3) When a decree of condemnation is entered against the article, court costs and fees and storage and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the person shown to be the claimant of the article.

(4) The remedy in this section is supplemental to and not in replacement of the remedies under Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-365 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-365
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-365
Status: in_force

Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-363 , without reference to any statute not referred to herein, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of such bonds, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, and none of the present restrictions, requirements, conditions or limitations of law applicable to the issuance or sale of bonds, notes or other obligations by the state shall apply to the issuance and sale of bonds under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-363 , and no proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such bonds other than those provided for and required herein, and all powers necessary to be exercised in order to carry out the provisions of Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-363 are hereby conferred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-24 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-24
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-24
Status: in_force

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

(2) This section is intended to be cumulative and not to repeal or limit or abridge any laws in this state which provide for assistance to soil conservation districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-11
Status: in_force

Agricultural seed or mixtures of same, vegetable seed, flower seed, and tree and shrub seed shall be exempt from provisions of this article:

(1) When sold and delivered by a farmer-grower of this state on his own premises, but a farmer-grower is required to label seed when sold and shipped away from his premises, but is not required to hold the seedsman's permit. These provisions do not apply to commercial growers of seed.

(2) When sold or represented to be sold for purposes other than seeding, providing that the vendor shall make it unmistakably clear to the purchaser of such seed that it is not for seeding purposes.

(3) When seed for processing is being transported to, or consigned to, or stored in a processing or cleaning establishment, provided that the invoice or labeling accompanying said seed bears the statement “seed for processing.” Other labeling or representation which may be made with respect to the uncleaned or unprocessed seed shall be subject to this article.

(4) No label shall be required, unless requested by the purchaser, on agricultural seed, mixtures of same, vegetable seed, flower, and tree and shrub seed when such seeds are sold directly to and in the presence of the purchaser and taken from a container labeled in accordance with this article.

(5) No person shall be subjected to the penalties of this article for having sold, offered or exposed for sale in this state agricultural seed, mixtures of same, vegetable seed, flower seed, or tree and shrub seed which were incorrectly labeled or represented as to kind, variety or origin, which seed cannot be identified by examination thereof, unless he has failed to obtain an invoice or grower's declaration or other labeling information and to take such other precautions as may be reasonable to insure the identity to be that stated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-51 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-51
Status: in_force

(1) When any administrative allegation or charge is made against a person for violating the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce or the laws under Sections 69-3-1 through 69-3-29 , Sections 69-19-1 through 69-19-15 , Sections 69-21-101 through 69-21-128 , Sections 69-23-1 through 69-23-135 , Sections 69-25-1 through 69-25-47 , Sections 69-25-101 through 69-25-109 , or Sections 69-25-201 through 69-25-221 , the Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry, or his designee, shall act as the reviewing officer. The complaint must be in writing, signed by the person making the charge, and filed in the Office of the Bureau of Plant Industry. The department shall send a copy of the complaint and any supporting documents to the person accused along with a summons requiring the accused to respond to the allegations within thirty (30) days. The notification shall be accomplished by any of the methods provided for in Rule 4 of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure or by certified mail. If the accused does not respond within the thirty-day period, he shall be considered to be in default. Upon receipt of the response and any supporting documents from the accused, the reviewing officer shall determine the merits of the complaint. The reviewing officer may meet informally with the accused and discuss the alleged violation with him.

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

(3) If the reviewing officer determines that there is substantial evidence that a violation has occurred or if the accused admits to the truth of the allegations upon which the complaint is based, the reviewing officer may impose an appropriate penalty on the accused, which may be any or all of the following:

(a) Issue a warning letter.

(b) Suspend, modify, deny, cancel or revoke any license or permit granted by the department to the accused.

(c) Issue a stop sale order with regard to any pesticide, plant or other material regulated by the department that is mislabeled or otherwise not in compliance with applicable law or regulations.

(d) Require the accused to relabel any pesticide, plant or other material regulated by the department that is mislabeled.

(e) Seize any pesticide, plant or other material regulated by the department and sell, destroy or otherwise dispose of the material and apply the proceeds of the sale to the state's expenses and any fees or penalties levied under this article.

(f) Refuse to register, cancel or suspend the registration of a pesticide, plant or other material that is not in compliance with any applicable law or regulation.

(g) Levy a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each violation.

In determining the amount of the penalty, the reviewing officer shall consider the appropriateness of the penalty for the particular violation, the effect of the penalty on the person's ability to continue in business and the gravity of the violation.

(4) If the accused requests a hearing with the department, in writing, within thirty (30) days from receipt of the decision of the reviewing officer, the commissioner shall appoint three (3) members of the advisory board to the Bureau of Plant Industry to act as a hearing committee and a hearing shall be scheduled. If the accused fails to request a hearing within the thirty-day period, the decision of the reviewing officer is final.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-13
Status: in_force

In addition to other quarantine powers now authorized by law, the commissioner, the state veterinarian, or any authorized employee of the state board of animal health are hereby authorized and empowered to quarantine any premises, area or enclosure on which swine are fed with garbage and no person shall move or allow to be moved any swine from any quarantined premises or areas except under conditions and requirements prescribed under rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Quarantine notices and orders shall be served upon owners or persons having possession of swine in the manner now provided by law for quarantining premises on which diseased livestock are kept.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-3
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be administered by the commissioner of agriculture and commerce of the State of Mississippi, hereinafter referred to as the commissioner, and the State Chemist of Mississippi, as specified in the following sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 48-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-13
Status: in_force

The State Tax Commission shall provide any information necessary to assist the department in collecting the assessments provided for in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 10-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-5
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) Each purchaser or the Commodity Credit Corporation shall keep a complete and accurate record of all rice handled by him and shall furnish each producer with a signed sales slip showing the number of bushels purchased from him and the amount deducted by him for the Mississippi Rice Promotion Fund. Such records shall be in such form and contain such other information as the department shall by rule or regulation prescribe. The records shall be preserved by the purchaser for a period of two (2) years and shall be offered for inspection at any time upon oral or written demand by the department or any duly authorized agent or representative thereof. Every purchaser or the Commodity Credit Corporation, at such time or times as the commissioner of the department may require, shall submit reports or other documentary information deemed necessary for the efficient and equitable collection of the assessment imposed in this chapter. The department shall have the power to cause any duly authorized agent or representative to enter upon the premises of any purchaser of rice and examine or cause to be examined by such agent, only books, papers and records which deal in any way with respect to the payment of the assessment or enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-59 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-59
Status: in_force

(1) All statutory provisions pertaining to the qualifications, appointment, election, and tenure of commissioners, and the powers of districts and commissioners shall apply to districts whose boundaries are revised or which are reconstituted under Sections 69-27-55 to 69-27-61 .

(2) The provisions of Sections 69-27-55 to 69-27-61 shall not be interpreted to remove from office commissioners previously appointed or elected to serve existing soil and water conservation districts. However, the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee is empowered to establish rules whereby these officers will continue to serve, either in the existing district, or in the newly constituted district, until the termination date of their present term of office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 24-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-19
Status: in_force

No person shall distribute a misbranded soil or plant amendment. A soil or plant amendment shall be deemed to be misbranded if:

(a) its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;

(b) if it is distributed under the name of another soil or plant amendment;

(c) if it is not labeled as required in Sections 69-24-7 and 69-24-9 and in accordance with regulations prescribed under this chapter;

(d) if it purports to be or is represented as a soil or plant amendment or represented as containing a soil or plant amendment, unless such soil or plant amendment conforms to the definitions of identity, if any, prescribed by regulation. In the adopting of such regulations, the commissioner and State Chemist shall give due regard to commonly accepted definitions and official terms such as those issued by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials; or

(e) if it does not conform to ingredient form, minimums, labeling and investigational allowances in the regulations adopted by the commissioner and State Chemist.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-127 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 23-127
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-127
Status: in_force

The commissioner may obtain an injunction to enjoin the violation of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 or any regulations issued under those sections in the chancery court of the county in which the violation occurs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-9
Status: in_force

The application for registration shall be made in such form and contain such information as may be prescribed by the Board of Animal Health of the State of Mississippi and shall give in detail the composition of the preparation, the safety of its use, recommendations and directions for use, claims of effectiveness and proof of all claims, and shall include an official product label and any other evidence which the said board considers necessary in determining eligibility of registration in compliance with this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-131 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-131
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-131
Status: in_force

(1) Regulations may be promulgated by the commissioner after passage.

(2) Training, examination and certification of applicators may begin after passage in order for applicants to be certified by October 21, 1976.

(3) The requirement that applicators be certified in order to use or supervise the use of restricted use pesticides shall not be effective until October 21, 1976, or at a later date if permitted by EPA.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 48-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-5
Status: in_force

(1)(a) There is imposed and levied an assessment at the rate of Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) per ton net weight on all peanuts grown within the State of Mississippi or delivered to the first point of sale within the State of Mississippi. The assessment shall be deducted by the purchaser from the amount paid the producer at the first point of sale, whether within or without the state. Assessments on peanuts put under loan to the Commodity Credit Corporation or purchased by the Commodity Credit Corporation and delivered to it shall be payable when such peanuts are placed under loan or are purchased. The Commodity Credit Corporation may require deduction and payment of the assessment from the loan proceeds or from the purchase price on behalf of the producer. Assessments on peanuts put under loan to the Commodity Credit Corporation and redeemed by the producer before the takeover date, if already paid by having been deducted from the loan proceeds, shall not be deducted by each handler from the amount paid the producer at the first point of sale as provided in this section; otherwise, the assessment shall be deducted.

(b) Any peanut producer may request and receive a refund of the amount of assessment deducted from the sale of his peanuts if he makes a written application with the department within sixty (60) days from the date of sale, supported by bona fide copies of sales slips signed by the purchaser. The application forms shall be prepared by the department and shall be available at the first point of sale. All such applications shall be processed and refunds paid by the department within sixty (60) days after the funds have been received by the department. Each marketing agency shall be furnished a poster to be displayed in a prominent place, stating that refunds are available and that the forms, including self-addressed envelopes, are available at its office. If a producer pledges peanuts grown by that producer as collateral for a loan issued by the Commodity Credit Corporation and if that producer forfeits the peanuts in lieu of loan repayment, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall at the time of the loan settlement, collect the assessment from the producer.

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

(3) The department shall submit to the board a budget detailing and justifying the administrative costs of the department in administering the provisions of this chapter. The budget must be approved by the board by April 1 of each year. The department shall pay over to the Mississippi Peanut Promotion Fund the funds collected, less three and one-half percent (3- 1 / 2 %) of the gross amount collected. The amount withheld by the department must be approved by the board by July 1 of each year.

(4) Each purchaser or the Commodity Credit Corporation shall keep a complete and accurate record of all peanuts handled by him and shall furnish each producer with a signed sales slip showing the number of bushels purchased from him and the amount deducted by him for the Mississippi Peanut Promotion Fund. The records shall be in the form and contain any other information as the department shall by rule or regulation prescribe. The records shall be preserved by the purchaser for a period of two (2) years and shall be offered for inspection at any time upon oral or written demand by the department or any duly authorized agent or representative thereof. Every purchaser or the Commodity Credit Corporation, at such time or times as the department may require, shall submit reports or other documentary information deemed necessary for the efficient and equitable collection of the assessment imposed in this chapter. The department shall have the power to cause any duly authorized agent or representative to enter upon the premises of any purchaser of peanuts and examine or cause to be examined by the agent only books, papers and records which deal in any way with the payment of the assessment or enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-321 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-321
Status: in_force

Cattle, horses, jacks, jennets or mules infested with or exposed to the cattle tick (margaropus annulatus), in any county known to be partly or wholly infested with such tick, the owner or owners of which, after five days written notice from a livestock inspector, or such animals as are provided for under Section 69-15-319 , shall fail or refuse to dip such animals at a time and place designated in such notice and regularly every 14 days thereafter until released, in a vat properly charged with arsenical solution, under the supervision of a livestock inspector, said cattle, horses, jacks, jennets or mules shall be dipped, quarantined and placed in the custody of the sheriff, by the livestock inspector. Suitably fenced areas for holding such cattle while in the custody of the sheriff shall be provided by the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-363 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-363
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-363
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation except gift, transfer and inheritance taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-205 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-205
Status: in_force

There shall be established in the State Treasury a special fund for the department to administer the State Plan. The fund shall consist of amounts received from appropriations, and any other proceeds from gifts, grants, federal funds, application fees, registration fees, and any other funds, both public and private, made available for the purposes of this chapter. The fund shall be administered by the department. Unexpended monies 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 into the fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-307 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-307
Status: in_force

A person shall not, without the effective consent of the owner, damage or destroy an animal facility or an animal or property in or on an animal facility with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-209.nr2 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-209.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-209.nr2
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of a county as designated in Section 69-27-201 may, on the recommendation of the soil erosion committee, or shall, if so required by the election hereinafter provided for, advertise for bids as in other cases and purchase the proper terracing and/or ditching machinery for the county and provide the necessary labor for the operation thereof, and the necessary supplies and maintenance to properly operate the same, subject, however, to the approval of the soil erosion committee herein otherwise provided. In event the board of supervisors shall fail or refuse to advertise for bids for the purchase of any machinery recommended by said soil erosion committee within sixty (60) days after receipt of such recommendation, it shall, on the filing with it of a petition signed by ten percent (10%) or more of the qualified electors of the county, call and hold as in other cases a special election in said county within sixty (60) days after the filing of the petition, in which election the question shall be, for or against the purchase of terracing and/or ditching machinery for the county; and if a majority of the votes cast in said election be in favor of the purchase of such machinery, then said board shall, at its next meeting, advertise for bids for the purchase thereof, and thereafter further perform the duties required of it hereunder with respect to soil erosion work. Such advertisement for bids shall constitute notice to the public of the intention of the board to make such purchase and the board may proceed accordingly unless on or before the first day of the meeting at which said bids are to be opened a petition, signed by twenty percent (20%) or more of the qualified electors of the county, shall be filed with the clerk of the board protesting against such purchase, in which event such purchase shall not be made unless approved in an election called and held for the purpose in the manner provided for the calling and holding of elections on the question of the issuance of tax anticipation note or notes. Said board shall have full supervision of all soil erosion work, the machinery, labor, supplies, contracts, and the funds arising from work performed, from taxation, if any, or otherwise, except to the extent herein otherwise specifically provided; and in administering the soil erosion fund the board shall take into consideration the repairs and replacements incident to the operation of the character of machinery in use in order that the work may continue without undue interruption as long as may be necessary. All acts and proceedings of the board with respect to soil erosion work and the funds thereof shall be by order upon its minutes, as in other cases. Contracts for terracing and/or ditching shall be performed as nearly as possible in the order of their dates, any deviation therefrom by reason of necessity, public convenience, causes beyond the control of the committee, or agreement with the landowners, to be under the direction of the soil erosion committee. Only one (1) committee shall be appointed in said county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-11
Status: in_force

The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee may employ an administrative officer and such technical experts and such other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. The committee may call upon the Attorney General of the state for such legal services as it may require, or may employ its own counsel and legal staff. It shall have authority to delegate to its chairman, to one or more of its members, or to one or more agents or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. The committee shall supply itself with suitable office accommodations at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science or at Jackson, or at any place where the committee shall designate. Upon request of the committee, for the purpose of carrying out any of its functions, the supervising officer of any state agency or of any state institution of learning shall, insofar as may be possible under available appropriations, and having due regard for the needs of the agency to which the request is directed, assign or detail to the committee, members of the staff or personnel of such agency or institution of learning, the duty of making such special reports, surveys or studies as the committee may request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-311 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-311
Status: in_force

Systematic dipping of all cattle, horses, jacks, jennets and mules infested with or exposed to the cattle tick (Margaropus annulatus), shall be taken up as soon as practical in all counties or portions of counties that shall at any time be found partially or completely infested with the cattle tick (Margaropus annulatus) under the direction of the State Veterinarian, acting under the authority as herein provided, and as provided by the rules and regulations of the board of animal health. However, this section shall not hinder or handicap the operation of stock law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-7
Status: in_force

(1) Each person handling seed shall keep for a period of two (2) years a complete seed record of agricultural, vegetable, flower, or tree and shrub seeds handled.

(2) The records shall include the information for seed records as defined in Section 69-3-1 .

(3) The commissioner or his duly authorized agents shall have the right to inspect such records for the purpose of the effective administration of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-203
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian is directed to detail a veterinarian to assist such counties as desire to undertake the control and eradication of tuberculosis among cattle and such assistance shall be given to the counties in the order in which request is made and to the extent that the funds of the board will permit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-9
Status: in_force

In open range counties all fences four feet high, in good repair, and substantially and closely built with rails, planks, pickets, hedges or other substantial material, or with wires or wires and plank are lawful fences; and lawful fences may be made by raising the ground into a ridge and erecting thereon a fence of rails, planks, pickets, hedges, wires, or planks and wires, or other substantial material so that the ridge and fence together be four feet high, and such material so used shall not be more than six inches apart.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-115 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-115
Status: in_force

In order to encourage and promote the raising of livestock in the State of Mississippi there is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be hereinafter known as “Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association,” which said body politic and corporate shall be under the management and control of the commissioner of agriculture and commerce, director of extension service, and president of the Mississippi Livestock Association, hereinafter designated as directors, who shall serve without compensation.

The Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association shall each year, at a time to be fixed by the directors, and under the supervision and rules and regulations promulgated by said directors, hold a livestock show at Greenwood in Leflore county, for the counties of Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington, Yazoo, Tallahatchie, and Montgomery, at which the owners of livestock within said counties may exhibit and compete for prizes or awards offered by the directors of the said Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association, or for prizes or awards offered by any person or corporation through said directors, upon complying with the rules and regulations governing such livestock show.

No owner of livestock who has competed for a prize at any of the district livestock shows provided for in Section 69-5-105 , during the current year, shall be eligible to compete for a prize at the show herein provided for in that year; and likewise, no one who competed for a prize at the show herein provided for during the current year shall be eligible to compete for a prize at any of the said district livestock shows during the current year.

The directors are hereby authorized to accept and hold for use at the Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association any appropriations, donations, or other funds designated to or to be awarded as prizes or awards under regulations promulgated by the directors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-61 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-61
Status: in_force

The Board of Animal Health shall have jurisdiction over all persons and property necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-69 , the rules and regulations of the board, and all other laws relating to the prevention and eradication of diseases in animals and livestock. The board may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-69 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-15
Status: in_force

Any livestock as referred to in Section 69-13-1 , found running at large upon the lands of any other person than the owner or custodian of such stock, may be taken up by any sheriff, constable, marshal, or other peace officer of the state within his territorial jurisdiction, and confined within a safe enclosure. If such animal, or animals, taken up be infested with, or exposed to Texas fever tick, they may be dipped by such officers, or persons, having such animal, or animals, so confined, until said livestock are free from infestation, and said dipping shall be under the rules and regulations prescribed by the board of animal health as near as possible. And the charges for so taking up and confining, together with any damage done by said stock, if any, shall be a special, first and paramount lien upon said livestock, and unless same are paid by the owner, or persons having such livestock under his control, when so notified, such livestock shall be sold as estrays, and the cost of taking up and confining, and damages, if any, together with other costs and expenses, shall first be deducted, and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the owner, or person having such livestock under his control, and the officer, or person, taking up such livestock, in addition to all other charges as now allowed by law, shall receive 50 cents per head for each dipping of each animal infested with or exposed to fever tick.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 11-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-15
Status: in_force

Whoever violates this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), and within the discretion of the court may also be imprisoned for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days. Any party violating the provisions of this law shall not be entitled to indemnity under the Cholera Indemnity Law of the State of Mississippi for any swine that have been found to have died from cholera during the period of such violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-59 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-59
Status: in_force

(1) Any individual aggrieved by a final decision of the hearing committee shall be entitled to judicial review.

(2) An appeal from the decision of the hearing committee shall be made by filing a written notice of appeal with the circuit court clerk of the county where the accused resides, or in the case of a nonresident accused, in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. The notice of appeal and the payment of costs must be filed and paid with the circuit clerk, within thirty (30) days of the entry of the order being appealed. The appeal shall otherwise be conducted in accordance with existing laws and rules.

(3) Any party aggrieved by the action of the circuit court may appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court in the manner provided by law and rules.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-503 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-503
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-503
Status: in_force

This article shall not be construed to permit the sale of any fish prohibited from being sold by law, but shall be supplementary thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-67 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-67
Status: in_force

(1) Any penalty assessed by the Board of Animal Health shall be due and payable within forty-five (45) days of the notification of the board's decision.

(2) In the event that the judgment is not paid within the forty-five (45) days, or within such additional time as the board may allow, the Board of Animal Health through its designated representative may file suit in the circuit court of the county where the defendant resides or in the case of a nonresident defendant in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County or any other court with appropriate jurisdiction to enforce the decision of the board and recover reasonable attorney's fees and all court costs.

(3) A copy of the notification sent by the board to the violator shall be sufficient proof as to the judgment of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-205 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-205
Status: in_force

There shall be established in the State Treasury a special fund for the department to administer the State Plan. The fund shall consist of amounts received from appropriations, and any other proceeds from gifts, grants, federal funds, application fees, registration fees, and any other funds, both public and private, made available for the purposes of this chapter. The fund shall be administered by the department. Unexpended monies 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 into the fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-35 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-35
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions and requirements of this article, and of the rules and regulations made, and notices given, pursuant thereto, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and his inspectors and employees shall have power to enter in or upon any place, and to open any bundle, package or other container containing or thought to contain plants or plant products.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-26-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 26-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-26-5
Status: in_force

Within the meaning of Article VI(b) or VIII(a), a request or application for assistance from the Insurance Fund may be made by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or the Governor whenever in such official's judgment the conditions qualifying this state for such assistance exist and it would be in the best interest of this state to make such request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-111 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 13-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-111
Status: in_force

The owners of livestock which through their owner's negligence are found on federal or state designated paved highways or highway rights-of-way shall be subject to any damages as a result of wrecks, loss of life or bodily injury as a result of said livestock being on the above designated highways. This section shall not be applicable to any such highway or highway right-of-way or any type of highway or road located on any levee maintained by the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners or the board of levee commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta through maintenance contracts calling for or permitting pasturage of livestock on levee rights-of-way.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-23 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-23
Status: in_force

The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop sale, use or removal” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of soil or plant amendment and to hold at a designated place, when the commissioner finds said soil or plant amendment is offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, until the law has been complied with and said soil or plant amendment is released in writing by the commissioner, or said violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The commissioner shall release the soil or plant amendment so withdrawn when the requirements of the provisions of the chapter have been complied with and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawal from sale have been paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-47 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-47
Status: in_force

Any landowner or operator may file a petition with the board of adjustment alleging that there are great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in the way of his carrying out upon his lands the strict letter of the land-use regulations prescribed by ordinance approved by the commissioners, and praying the board to authorize a variance from the terms of the land-use regulations in the application of such regulations to the lands owned or operated by the petitioner. Copies of such petition shall be served by the petitioner upon the chairman of the commissioners of the district within which his lands are located and upon the chairman of the State Soil and Water Conservation committee. The board of adjustment shall fix a time for the hearing of the petition and cause due notice of such hearing to be given. The commissioners of the district and the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall have the right to appear and be heard at such hearing. Any owner or operator of lands lying within the district who shall object to the authorizing of the variance prayed for may intervene and become a party to the proceedings. Any party to the hearing before the board may appear in person, by agent, or by attorney. If, upon the facts presented at such hearing, the board shall determine that there are great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship in the way of applying the strict letter of any of the land-use regulations upon the lands of the petitioner, it shall make and record such determination and shall make and record findings of fact as to the specific conditions which establish such great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship. Upon the basis of such findings and determination, the board shall have power by order to authorize such variance from the terms of land-use regulations in their application to the lands of the petitioner, as will relieve such great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship and will not be contrary to the public interest, and such that the spirit of the land-use regulations shall be observed, the public health, safety, and welfare secured, and substantial justice done.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-5
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale within this state or deliver for transportation or transport in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state any of the following:

(a) Any pesticide which has not been registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 69-23-7 or any pesticide if any of the claims made for it or any of the directions for its use differ from its composition or representations made in connection with its registration; provided, that in the discretion of the commissioner a change in the labeling or formula of a pesticide may be made within a reregistration period within requiring registration of the product if the registration is amended to reflect such change and if the changes will not violate any provisions of FIFRA or this chapter.

(b) Any pesticide unless it is in the registrant's or the manufacturer's unbroken immediate container, and there is affixed to such container, and to the outside container or wrapper of the retail package, if there be one (1) through which the required information on the immediate container cannot be clearly read, a label bearing:

(i) The name and address of the manufacturer, registrant or person for whom manufactured;

(ii) The name, brand, or trademark under which said article is sold;

(iii) The net weight or measure of the content, subject, however, to such reasonable variations as the commissioner may permit;

(iv) A batch number from which the date of packaging can be determined for certain pesticides which have been determined to deteriorate in relatively short periods, when requested by the commissioner;

(v) The EPA registration number assigned to each establishment in which it was produced and the EPA registration number assigned to the pesticide if required by regulation under FIFRA;

(vi) Any other information required by this chapter or regulation promulgated thereunder; except that this subsection (b) shall not apply:

(i) To the transportation, within the meaning of this section, of refined petroleum naphtha or refined petroleum distillate, by tank truck, or by tank cars, or in tanks by rail;

(ii) To the delivery of refined petroleum naphtha or refined petroleum distillate from a storage tank, or tank truck, in a quantity of not less than fifty (50) gallons, if, at the time of such delivery the person delivering the said material delivers to the person to whom the delivery is made, or his agent or representative, a written or printed statement containing the information, with respect to the material delivered, required by the provision of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this subsection (b);

Provided, however, that the commissioner may designate that certain specific pesticides may be distributed or offered for sale by the manufacturer and/or registrant in bulk, in which case the label information required and any other statements required by this chapter must be stated in or attached to the invoice; and in addition, a copy of said invoice must be given to the purchaser at the time the pesticide is delivered. In addition to the above, the commissioner may set rules and regulations for the sale, dispensing, storing, handling and transportation of pesticides in bulk.

(c) Any pesticide which contains any substance or substances in quantities highly toxic to man, determined as provided in Section 69-23-9 , unless the label shall bear, in addition to any other matter required by this chapter:

(i) The skull and crossbones;

(ii) The word “poison” prominently, in red on a background of distinctly contrasting color;

(iii) A statement of a practical treatment (first aid or otherwise) in case of poisoning by the pesticide.

(d) Any pesticide which has not been colored or discolored pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(e) Any pesticide which is adulterated or misbranded.

(f) Any pesticide in containers which are unsafe due to damage.

(2) It shall be unlawful:

(a) For any person to detach, alter, deface or destroy, in whole or in part, any label or labeling provided for in this chapter or regulations promulgated hereunder, or to add any substance to, or take any substance from, a pesticide in a manner that may defeat the purpose of this chapter;

(b) For any person to use for his own advantage or to reveal, other than to the commissioner or proper officials or employees of the state or the EPA, or to the courts of this state in response to a subpoena, or to physicians, or in emergencies to pharmacists and other qualified persons, for use in preparation of antidotes, any information relative to formulas of products acquired by authority of this chapter or any information judged by the commissioner as containing or relating to trade secrets or commercial or financial information obtained by authority of this chapter and marked as confidential by the registrant;

(c) For any person to distribute any pesticide labeled for restricted use to any person, or his agent who is not certified to use or purchase such pesticide;

(d) For any person to use or cause to be used any pesticide in a manner inconsistent with its labeling or to regulations of the commissioner if those regulations further restrict the uses provided on the labeling;

(e) For any person to handle, transport, store, display, distribute or dispose of any pesticide or container in such a manner as to endanger man and his environment.

The commissioner is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to authorize and grant a permit to any person, firm or corporation to dispose of any existing stock of pesticide it may have on hand at the time this chapter becomes effective, including all packages, labels and containers; provided that such stock is packaged and labeled in accordance with federal laws and regulations governing the packaging and labeling of such products.

(3) In addition to any criminal remedy set forth in subsection (2), remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret shall be governed by the Mississippi Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Sections 75 - 26 -1 through 75-26-19.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-6 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-6
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Agriculture and Commerce is authorized to collect the assessment created by the Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act administered by the United States Department of Agriculture on behalf of the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board.

(2) The department shall pay over to the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Fund, as established in Section 69-9-5 , all funds collected under this section. The State Fiscal Officer is authorized to issue warrants for the payment of monies from the proceeds of this fund upon requisition by the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, or his designee, in accordance with federal statutes governing this section.

(3) The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall submit to the Soybean Promotion Board a budget detailing and justifying the administrative costs of the department in administering the provisions of this chapter, and such budget must be approved by the Soybean Promotion Board by April 1 of each year. The department is further authorized to retain an amount not to exceed three and one-half percent (3- 1 / 2 %) of the funds collected under the provisions of this section as administrative fees. The amount retained by the department must be approved by the Soybean Promotion Board by July 1 of each year. This amount may be retained from any funds collected on behalf of the Soybean Promotion Board, including those collected under the provisions of Section 69-9-5 .

(4) The board shall make a report of all income and expenditures made annually and provide copies of such report to the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 55-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-7
Status: in_force

(1)(a) There is created a special fund in the State Treasury, to be known as the “Poultry Farmer Stabilization Grant Program Fund,” from which the grants authorized under the Poultry Farmer Stabilization Grant Program shall be disbursed by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce;

(b) There is created a special fund in the State Treasury, to be known as the “Mississippi Supplemental CFAP Grant Program Fund,” from which the grants authorized under the Mississippi Supplemental CFAP Grant Program shall be disbursed by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce; and

(c) There is created a special fund in the State Treasury, to be known as the “Sweet Potato Farm Sustainment Grant Program Fund,” from which the grants authorized under the Sweet Potato Farm Sustainment Grant Program shall be disbursed by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

(2)(a) All monies shall be disbursed from the funds created in subsection (1) of this section in compliance with the guidelines, guidance, rules, regulations or other criteria, as may be amended from time to time, of the United States Department of the Treasury regarding the use of monies from the Coronavirus Relief Fund established by the CARES Act. However, unexpended amounts of any monies unrelated to the Coronavirus Relief Fund, whether appropriated by the Legislature or donated by any public or private entity, remaining in the funds at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the Budget Contingency Fund or the State General Fund, and any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the grant program funds shall be deposited to the credit of the respective grant program fund; and

(b) If on December 15, 2020, there are unexpended Coronavirus Relief Fund monies remaining in any fund created in this section, those funds shall be transferred by the State Fiscal Officer into the Unemployment Compensation Fund no later than December 30, 2020.

(3) The use of funds allocated under these programs shall be subject to audit by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Inspector General and the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor. Each person receiving funds under these programs found to be fully or partially noncompliant with the requirements in this chapter shall return to the state all or a portion of the funds received.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-753 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-753
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-753
Status: in_force

There is created in the Department of Agriculture and Commerce a Food Products Certification Office. This office shall establish grading and certification processes for fruits, vegetables and nuts. This office shall also establish regulations and procedures to determine whether a product is produced or processed, or both, in Mississippi. The Food Products Certification Office shall be responsible for:

(a) Inspecting, grading and certifying fruits, vegetables and nuts;

(b) Coordinating and developing markets for Mississippi farmers who produce fruits, vegetables and nuts;

(c) Managing or assisting in the management of the vegetable marketing sheds; and

(d) Assisting farmers in the production of fruits and vegetables with the greatest market demand that are most adaptable to each production area.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-5
Status: in_force

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

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and the Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry shall appoint a full-time State Entomologist, who shall be a qualified entomologist and whose office shall be at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-65 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-65
Status: in_force

(1) Each violation of the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health or violations of any other of the laws governing the eradication of contagious diseases in animals and livestock shall be subject to the imposition of a civil penalty up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

(2) When one or more animals are involved and are the subject of the violation each animal shall constitute a separate violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 35-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-5
Status: in_force

The following terms shall have the following meanings unless context shall provide otherwise:

(a) “State” means the State of Mississippi;

(b) “Milk” means any class of cow's milk produced in the state;

(c) “Dairy products” means products manufactured for human consumption which are derived from the processing of milk and includes fluid milk products;

(d) “Fluid milk products” means those products normally consumed in liquid form as a beverage;

(e) “Person” means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative association, or any other entity;

(f) “Producer” means any person engaged in the production of milk for commercial use;

(g) “Promotion” means actions such as paid advertising, sales promotion and publicity to advance the image and sales of and demand for dairy products;

(h) “Nutrition education” means those activities intended to broaden the understanding of sound nutritional principle including the role of milk and dairy products in a balanced diet;

(i) “State ADA” means the American Dairy Association of Mississippi;

(j) “Extension service” means the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service;

(k) “Bulk tank unit” means a bulk tank unit as defined in accordance with the State Board of Health, Dairy Inspection Division;

(l) “Block voting” means the vote cast by associations approved to be eligible to vote as described in Section 69-35-25 ;

(m) “Handler” means any person engaged in the business of distributing, marketing, or in any manner handling fluid milk or dairy products, in whole or in part, for consumption;

(n) “National Dairy Board” means the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board established under 7 U.S.C. 4504 , as amended;

(o) “Act” shall mean the Mississippi Dairy Promotion Act; and

(p) “Cooperative association” means any cooperative marketing association of producers which is organized under the provisions of the act of Congress of February 18, 1922, known as the “Capper-Volstead Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-7
Status: in_force

Headquarters of the Mississippi State Fair operations shall be in connection with the office of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 25-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-3
Status: in_force

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

There is created an Advisory Board to the Bureau of Plant Industry, composed of the following: the State Chemist; the head of the Entomology and Plant Pathology Department, Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science; the head of the Plant and Soil Science Department, Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science; Alcorn State University Director of Agriculture and Applied Sciences; and, for a period of two (2) years, the following: one (1) soil conservation district commissioner appointed by the commissioner; two (2) residents of Mississippi who engage in the production of any crop, appointed by the commissioner; one (1) resident of the State of Mississippi who is a commercial applicator holding a license issued under the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Plant Industry, appointed by the commissioner; one (1) resident of the State of Mississippi who is a restricted use pesticide registrant or an employee of such person, appointed by the commissioner; one (1) resident of the State of Mississippi who is either a wholesale or retail horticulturist, appointed by the commissioner, and one (1) resident of the State of Mississippi who is a licensed landscape contractor, appointed by the commissioner, who shall serve with no compensation and whose duties are to advise the commissioner on all matters regarding the Bureau of Plant Industry. The commissioner shall meet annually with the advisory board and the Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry. It is the intent and purpose of this section to maintain the domicile of this division of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, Mississippi State, Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-119 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-119
Status: in_force

Minors owning cattle or stock separate from that of the father or guardian may have a brand and mark, which shall be recorded; the father or guardian shall be responsible for the proper use of such brand and mark of any such minor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-25 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-25
Status: in_force

After twelve (12) months shall have expired from the date of entry of a determination by the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee that operation of a proposed district is not administratively practicable and feasible, and denial of a petition pursuant to such determination, subsequent petitions may be filed as aforesaid, and action taken thereon in accordance with the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-33 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-33
Status: in_force

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

(2) Any person who, except in compliance with the regulations of the bureau, shall move any regulated article into this state from any other state, which the bureau found in such regulations is infested by the boll weevil, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 35-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-17
Status: in_force

If in such referendum called under the provisions of this act a simple majority of the bulk tank units eligible to participate and voting therein shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of such assessment proposed in such milk referendum covered thereby, then such assessment shall be collected in the manner determined and announced by the state ADA.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-103
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to supervise and regulate for the public good all commercial aerial application within the State of Mississippi, to establish and promote a close working relationship between the agricultural aviation industry and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, and to regulate the licensing of all persons, including pilots, engaged in the aerial application of pesticides, poisons, seeds, fertilizer and chemicals and to require the registration of all commercial agricultural aircraft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-663 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-663
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-663
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful, with respect to catfish or catfish products, for any processor to engage in or use any unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or deceptive practice.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-615 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-615
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-615
Status: in_force

The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, agencies of the federal government, and private associations in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-115 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-115
Status: in_force

Any person seeking to obtain a license as an applicator in this state shall submit proof of financial responsibility to the department, and upon obtaining a license, the person shall maintain proof of financial responsibility at all times while the license shall be in effect. Proof of financial responsibility shall be established by:

(a) Depositing with the department a surety bond in favor of any person or persons who may suffer damage by reason of the operation of an aerial application service, issued by a corporate surety company authorized to do business in this state, which surety bond shall be in an amount not less than the amount of financial responsibility required by the rules and regulations of the department. However, the aggregate liability of the surety to all such persons shall not, in any event, exceed the amount of the bond; or

(b) The filing of a general liability insurance policy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state insuring the licensee and any of his agents against liability resulting from the operation of an agricultural aviation service, which insurance policy shall be in an amount deemed as acceptable to the department, as follows:

(i) Not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for personal injury;

(ii) Not less than Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) in the aggregate for multiple injuries; and

(iii) Not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for property damage.

The department shall establish by rules and regulations the amount of financial responsibility to be required of each licensed applicator, but in no event shall the amount of financial responsibility required be less than the amounts prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-103
Status: in_force

The university is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to formulate and submit to the Secretary of Agriculture, in conformity with the provisions of said Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, a state plan for each calendar year. It shall be the purpose of each such plan to promote such utilization of land and such farming practices as the university finds will tend, in conjunction with the operation of such other plans as may be approved for other states by the Secretary of Agriculture, to preserve and improve soil fertility, promote the economic use of land, diminish the exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of natural soil resources, and reestablish and maintain the ratio between the purchasing power of the net income per person on farms and that of the income per person not on farms as defined in subsection (a) of Section 7 of said Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. Each such plan shall provide for adjustments in the utilization of land and in farming practices, through agreements with producers or through other voluntary methods, and for benefit payments in connection therewith, and also for such methods of administration not in conflict with any law of this state and such reports as the Secretary of Agriculture finds necessary for the effective administration of the plan and for ascertaining whether the plan is being carried out according to its terms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-13
Status: in_force

In addition to other quarantine powers now authorized by law, the commissioner, the state veterinarian, or any authorized employee of the state board of animal health are hereby authorized and empowered to quarantine any premises, area or enclosure on which swine are fed with garbage and no person shall move or allow to be moved any swine from any quarantined premises or areas except under conditions and requirements prescribed under rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Quarantine notices and orders shall be served upon owners or persons having possession of swine in the manner now provided by law for quarantining premises on which diseased livestock are kept.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-15
Status: in_force

Any livestock as referred to in Section 69-13-1 , found running at large upon the lands of any other person than the owner or custodian of such stock, may be taken up by any sheriff, constable, marshal, or other peace officer of the state within his territorial jurisdiction, and confined within a safe enclosure. If such animal, or animals, taken up be infested with, or exposed to Texas fever tick, they may be dipped by such officers, or persons, having such animal, or animals, so confined, until said livestock are free from infestation, and said dipping shall be under the rules and regulations prescribed by the board of animal health as near as possible. And the charges for so taking up and confining, together with any damage done by said stock, if any, shall be a special, first and paramount lien upon said livestock, and unless same are paid by the owner, or persons having such livestock under his control, when so notified, such livestock shall be sold as estrays, and the cost of taking up and confining, and damages, if any, together with other costs and expenses, shall first be deducted, and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the owner, or person having such livestock under his control, and the officer, or person, taking up such livestock, in addition to all other charges as now allowed by law, shall receive 50 cents per head for each dipping of each animal infested with or exposed to fever tick.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-11
Status: in_force

(1) The council may accept monetary gifts, donations and grants from public as well as private sources.

(2) By July 31 of each year the council shall submit to the commissioner a complete report of all revenues and expenditures that were generated by the administration of this program in a format that has been approved by the commissioner.

(3) Of the monies collected under this program, an amount not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the total revenues per year shall be expended on the administrative costs of the program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-17
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to bring or cause to be brought into this state any plant or plant product or other thing listed as required above herein, in the rules and regulations made pursuant hereto, unless thereby plainly and legibly marked thereon or affixed thereto, or on or to the car or other vehicle carrying, or the bundle, package or other container of the same, in a conspicuous place, a statement or a tag or other device showing the names and addresses of the consignors or shippers and the consignee or person to whom shipped, the general nature and quantity of the contents, and the name of the locality where grown or shipped, together with a certificate of inspection of the proper official of the state, territory, district or county from which it was brought or shipped, showing that such plant or plant product or other thing or substance was found or believed to be free from insect pests, diseases and noxious weeds, and any other information required by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce such as certificates of fumigation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-1
Status: in_force

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

(a) “Agricultural products” means any product of agriculture which is tested for moisture content when offered for sale, processing or storage.

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

(c) “Department” means the department of agriculture and commerce.

(d) “Moisture-measuring devices” means any device or instrument used by any person in proving or ascertaining the moisture content of agricultural products.

(e) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, cooperative association, or two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest in the same venture.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-29 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-29
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(2) Each violation of this chapter or the applicable rules and regulations shall subject the violator to administrative action as provided for in Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 .