Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-141 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 107-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-141
Status: in_force

The Commission of Budget and Accounting, with the concurrence of the state bond commission, is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) from one or a multiple of “state general fund agencies” or “state special fund agencies” at one (1) time or as required for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Section 27-107-135 . Such borrowing shall be done by appropriate resolution or order of said commission, and certified copies of each such order spread upon its minutes shall be provided the executive head of the state agency, state treasurer, state auditor, attorney general and governor. Funds disbursed by the commission from said loan fund shall be as provided herein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 41 / Section 55-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-3
Status: in_force

It is declared to be the purpose and intention of the legislature to impose an excise tax to provide highways, streets, and roads, on all persons engaged in the business as a distributor of gasoline in this state, computed at the rate stated herein, subject to the exemptions and refunds herein set forth; to inquire into all violations; and to impose and inflict the penalties herein provided; and especially are the chancery courts of this state authorized and empowered to require any and all persons to disclose and discover full information with reference to their dealing in and handling of gasoline as herein provided. Any and all persons making the disclosures and discoveries prayed for by any bill filed in the chancery courts of the State of Mississippi shall be, and are hereby given full and complete immunity from all fines and jail sentences imposed by this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.108 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-56.108
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.108
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2011, any owner of a motor vehicle, who is a resident of this state, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional annual fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a special license tag for each motor vehicle registered in his name identifying him as a supporter of Rotary International. The distinctive license tags so issued shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the Past Governor, District 6820, Rotary International, may prescribe, and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the department shall certify to the State Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the distinctive license tags issued under this section. The State Treasurer shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be disbursed equally to District 6800, District 6820 and District 6840, Rotary International.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed proportionately in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.

(7) In order for a distinctive license tag to be issued under this section, the provisions of Section 27-19-44(5) must be satisfied for the distinctive license tag before July 1, 2021.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-301 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 107-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-301
Status: in_force

The Legislature of the State of Mississippi hereby ratifies a compact on behalf of the State of Mississippi with any other state legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:

The contracting states solemnly agree:

Article 1. The purpose of this compact is to provide mutual aid among the states in meeting any emergency or disaster caused by earthquakes or other seismic disturbances. The full, immediate and effective utilization of the resources of the respective states, including such resources as may be available from the United States government or any other source, is necessary to provide needed short-term earthquake disaster assistance to states requesting aid. These resources shall be incorporated into a plan or plans of mutual aid to be developed among the appropriate agencies of states that are parties to this compact. These agencies shall develop and follow procedures designed to assure the maintenance of resource inventories and the exchange of information about earthquakes and disaster response. It is the policy of the party states to carry out this compact in a spirit of cooperation to provide the most effective earthquake disaster assistance to the residents of the states and to provide an equitable division of any necessary earthquake relief efforts in order to avoid a disproportionate allocation of contributed resources.

Article 2. Each party state shall have the duty to formulate earthquake relief plans and programs within such state. There shall be frequent consultation between the representatives of such states and with the United States government and the free exchange of relief plans and information, including inventories of any materials and equipment available for response to earthquake emergencies. To this end, each state will maintain a bank of standardized data which will establish a comprehensive listing of all resources within the compact region that might be needed during an earthquake disaster. The inventory will be shared equitably among the party states in the event of an earthquake, recognizing each state's primary responsibility to assist and protect its residents. Each party state shall also share any available information on earthquake forecasts and reports of seismic activity.

Article 3. Whenever the Governor of a party state requests aid from the Governor of another party state pursuant to this compact in coping with an earthquake emergency, the requested state shall make available all possible aid to the requesting state consonant with the maintenance of protection of its residents and the policies stated in Article 1.

Article 4. Whenever the officers or employees of any party state are rendering aid in another state pursuant to the request of another party state under this compact, those officers or employees shall, while under the direction of the authorities of the state to which they are rendering aid, have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities as comparable officers and employees of the state to which they are rendering aid. Any person holding a license, certificate or other permit issued by any state demonstrating the meeting of qualifications for professional, mechanical or other skills may render aid involving such skill in any party state to meet an earthquake emergency, and the state in which aid is rendered shall give due recognition to such license, certificate or other permit as if issued in the state in which aid is rendered.

Article 5. No party or its officers, employees or other persons, certified by party states pursuant to agreed upon criteria and procedures for certification, rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be liable on account of any act or omission in good faith on their part while so engaged, or on account of maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection therewith.

Article 6. Nothing in this agreement precludes any state from entering into supplementary agreements with another state or states for the undertaking of mutual aid and exchange of information in the event of an earthquake emergency. These supplementary agreements may comprehend but are not limited to provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and other persons and the exchange of medical, fire, police, public utility reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel, equipment and supplies.

Article 7. Each party state shall provide compensation and death benefits to its insured officers, employees or other persons certified by party states, pursuant to agreed upon criteria and procedures for certification, and the representatives of deceased officers, employees and other certified persons sustaining injuries or death while rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact, in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within the state by or in which the officer, employee or certified person was regularly employed.

Article 8. Any party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be reimbursed by the party state receiving such aid for any loss or damage to, or expense incurred in the operation of, and equipment answering a request for aid, and for the cost of all materials, transportation, wages, salaries and maintenance of officers, employees and equipment incurred in connection with such request, including amounts paid under Article 7, provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent any assisting party state from assuming such loss, damage, expense or other cost or from loaning such equipment or from donating such services to the receiving party state without charge or cost. Any two (2) or more party states may enter into supplementary agreements establishing a different allocation of costs as among those states. The United States government may relieve the party state receiving aid from any liability and reimburse the party state rendering aid for loss, damage or expense incurred within the terms of this article.

Article 9. Plans for the orderly evacuation and reception of the civilian population as the result of an earthquake emergency shall be worked out from time to time between representatives of the party states. Such plans shall include the manner of transporting such evacuees, the number of evacuees to be received in different areas, the manner in which food, clothing, housing and medical care will be provided, the registration of the evacuees, the providing of facilities for the notification of relatives or friends and the forwarding of such evacuees to other areas or the bringing in of additional materials and supplies, and all other relevant factors. The plans must provide that the party state receiving evacuees shall be reimbursed generally for the out-of-pocket expenses incurred in receiving and caring for the evacuees, for expenditures and transportation, food, clothing, medicines and medical care and like items. These expenditures shall be reimbursed by the party state of which the evacuees are residents or by the United States government under plans approved by it. The party state of which the evacuees are residents shall assume the responsibility for the ultimate support or repatriation of such evacuees.

Article 10. Any state of the United States shall be eligible to become party to this compact. As to any eligible party state, this compact shall become effective when such state shall have enacted it into law; provided that it shall not become initially effective until enacted into law by two (2) party states.

Article 11. Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall become effective until ninety (90) days after the Governor of the withdrawing state shall have set formal notice in writing to the Governor of each other party state informing such Governors of the action of the Legislature in repealing the compact and declaring an intention to withdraw. A withdrawing state shall be liable for any obligations which it may have incurred on account of its party status up to the effective date of withdrawal, except that if the withdrawing state has specifically undertaken or committed itself to any performance of an obligation extending beyond the effective date of withdrawal, it shall remain liable to the extent of such obligation.

Article 12. This compact is to be construed to effectuate the purposes stated in Article 1. If any provision of this compact is declared unconstitutional or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances is not to be affected by it.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.190 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-56.190
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.190
Status: in_force

(1) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive license tag for each motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as a supporter of boxing in the State of Mississippi. The distinctive license tags so issued shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the Mississippi Athletic Commission, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2009, any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify the total fees collected under this section to the State Treasurer who shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a)(i) Twelve Dollars ($12.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the Mississippi Athletic Commission to pay travel expenses for amateur boxing athletes attending boxing events.

(ii) Twelve Dollars ($12.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the Mississippi Athletic Commission for its official use.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-51 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 31 / Section 59-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-51
Status: in_force

All funds collected by the commission under the provisions of this chapter, or under the provisions of any other law, which may now or in the future be collected by said commission, are hereby designated as public funds of the State of Mississippi and shall be by it deposited in accordance with Section 7-9-21 . Allocations of gasoline, diesel fuel or kerosene tax to the counties shall be made by the commission as provided by law and reported to the state treasurer at the end of each month. The state treasurer shall issue his requisition in payment thereof on the state auditor, who shall issue his warrant on the state Treasurer, as is provided for the disbursement of other state funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-85 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 41 / Section 65-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-85
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for:

(a) Any person to engage or continue in any business for which a tax is imposed by this chapter without procuring a license as required by Section 27-65-27 of this chapter, or after such license has been revoked, or who shall fail or refuse to make the return provided to be made in Section 27-65-33 of this chapter;

(b) Any person to make any false or fraudulent return or false statement in any return, with intent to defraud the state or to evade the payment of the tax imposed by this chapter, or any part thereof;

(c) Any person to aid or abet another in any attempt to evade the payment of the tax imposed by this chapter, or any part thereof;

(d) The president, vice president, secretary or treasurer of any company to make or permit to be made for any company or association any false return, or any false statement in any return required by this chapter with the intent to evade the payment of the tax due;

(e) Any person to represent to any retailer that purchases of merchandise are for resale, causing the retailer to not collect the tax imposed by this chapter, when in fact the purchase is being made for the use of the person;

(f) Any person to use another person's permit to engage in business issued under Section 27-65-27 for the purpose of avoiding the payment of taxes imposed by this chapter;

(g) Any person to use an exemption authorized under this chapter for the purpose of avoiding the payment of tax he is required to pay under this chapter;

(h) Any person to fail or refuse to permit the examination of any book, paper, account, record or other data by the commissioner, or his duly appointed agent, as required by this chapter, including the records of any common carrier, bank, wholesale or retail dealer in any kind of merchandise whether in regard to his own or another's return;

(i) To fail or refuse to permit the inspection or appraisal of any property by the commissioner or his duly appointed agent;

(j) To refuse to offer testimony or produce any record as required by this chapter;

(k) Any person using the public roads and highways of this state for the transportation of merchandise for sale, whether such person be a contract carrier or operating a private vehicle, other than a common carrier operating under the Interstate Commerce Commission or the Mississippi Public Service Commission, and having a permanent office in this state where proper records of merchandise transported are kept and available for inspection by the commissioner or his agents, to fail to have in his or her possession at all times while such merchandise is being transported, and allow inspection of, the invoices or sales tickets correctly disclosing the nature and quantity of such merchandise and the consignor and consignee of each article being transported. However, the records of a common carrier shall be open for inspection at any time for the purpose of obtaining any information bearing upon the administration of this chapter. In the case of any vehicle engaged in the transportation of merchandise for sale, neither belonging to nor operated by a regulated common carrier and not keeping complete records in this state, the commissioner or his authorized agents may examine any invoices or sales tickets carried by the person in charge of the vehicle, and may compare them with the character and quantity of merchandise being transported and the consignee thereof, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the provisions of law are being complied with. The absence of such invoices or delivery or sales tickets indicating to whom said merchandise belongs, or is to be delivered, in the hands of such person so engaged in transporting the merchandise, shall be prima facie evidence that such person is transporting such merchandise in violation of this chapter and liable for all penalties imposed under this section.

(2) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months in the county jail, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. In addition to the foregoing penalties, any person who shall knowingly swear to or verify any false or fraudulent return or statement shall be guilty of the offense of perjury and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished in the manner provided by law.

(3) The commissioner may require the attendance of any person and take his testimony with respect to any matter pertaining to any taxpayer's liability for taxes under this chapter, with power to administer oaths to such person or persons. If any person summoned as a witness shall fail to obey any summons to appear before the commissioner or his authorized agent, or shall refuse to testify or answer any material question or to produce any book, record, paper or other data when required to do so, the failure or refusal shall be reported to the Attorney General, the district attorney or county attorney, who shall thereupon institute proceedings in the circuit court of the county where such witness resides to compel obedience to any summons of the commissioner, or his authorized agent. The proceedings shall be by petition for citation to the person refusing to obey such summons, to show cause why the person should not be required to obey such summons. The circuit judge of the district may hear such petition in termtime or vacation upon two (2) days' notice to the person sought to be cited; and the circuit judge may enter such order as he may deem proper, and punish any failure to comply with the order as for any other contempt of the court. Officers who serve summonses or subpoenas, and witnesses attending, shall receive like compensation as officers and witnesses in the justice courts; and such compensation shall be paid from the proper appropriation for the administration of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-115 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 107-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-115
Status: in_force

(1) The Commission of Budget and Accounting, hereinafter referred to as “commission,” with the concurrence of the state bond commission, is hereby authorized to borrow at one (1) time or as needed the aggregate sum of five million five hundred thousand dollars ($5,500,000.00) from one or multiples of “state general fund agencies” or “state special fund agencies” for the purpose of making loans to eligible counties and municipalities, and said commission is hereby made the loan committee for such purposes as hereinafter provided. In making such loans, the commission is authorized to utilize any of its general powers provided by Chapter 496, Laws of 1962, as amended, appearing as Sections 27-103-1 through 27-103-71 .

(2) Any loans made to a county or municipality under the provisions of this section are hereby made full faith and credit obligations of such counties and municipalities to the State of Mississippi and binding on the governing bodies obtaining such loans and their successors in office until repaid in full as to principal and interest thereon without regard to existing statutory limitations.

(3) The commission shall require a certified copy of a resolution, order or other appropriate excerpts of the official minutes of the governing board or authorities, to be of such general form and content as the commission may deem appropriate, together with application forms for such state loans.

(4) All loans made under the provisions of this section shall be evidenced by negotiable promissory notes of the county or municipality to be in such standard form and content of acceptable banking standards, shall mature at such times, to bear interest as hereinafter provided, and shall bear the signature of the president or presiding officer and clerk of the board of supervisors and the official seal, or the mayor or presiding officer and city clerk and the official seal.

(5) The loans made hereunder shall bear no interest for the first two (2) years from the date of the loan. However, the loans shall bear the following interest rates thereafter:

Third year

Three percent (3%) per annum

Fourth year

Four percent (4%) per annum

Fifth year

Five percent (5%) per annum

Sixth year and thereafter

Six percent (6%) per annum

(6) The governing authorities, borrowing money under Sections 27-107-111 through 27-107-125 , are hereby authorized and empowered to levy not to exceed two (2) mills on all of the taxable property of the county or municipality at any time after the loan is made, and said levy is hereby designated to repay the loan and it shall not be charged against the existing general laws as to limitations of millage for local governmental purposes.

(7) In the event that such loan has not been repaid or arrangements satisfactory to the commission have not been made to repay same within five (5) years from the making of such loan, the commission shall determine that there is a default in the terms of the promissory note, including any interest due thereon, shall enter an order to that effect upon its official minutes and send a certified copy of said order by certified mail, postage prepaid, to the chancery clerk or city clerk, as the case may be. If said default is not satisfied in full on or before the first day of March next following, a local ad valorem tax of two (2) mills or so much thereof as may be required to liquidate the entire indebtedness owed the state within a reasonable number of years as determined by the commission, shall be levied by the county or municipality on all the taxable property in said county or city to be collected in the same manner, time and form as the existing local ad valorem tax levies, and shall be paid into the state treasury. Failure or refusal of any county or municipality to levy the tax hereinabove referred to or to otherwise discharge its obligation to the state shall forfeit the right of said county or municipality to receive reimbursement for homestead exemption until such time as its indebtedness has been discharged or arrangements to discharge said indebtedness satisfactorily to the commission have been made. Homestead exemption funds forfeited hereby shall, upon demand by the commission made in writing upon the Mississippi State Tax Commission, be paid to the commission and applied in the discharge of the obligation.

(8) The proceeds of all loans shall be used only for public governmental functions, services, payment of emergency indebtedness incurred as a direct result of the excessive rain or floods of the spring of 1975, and expenditures authorized by general law and for matching federal grants, private gifts and donations, such federal grants, private gifts and donations being hereby authorized to be received and disbursed as public funds.

(9) The Commission of Budget and Accounting in determining the total amount of loan to each qualifying political subdivision shall take into consideration the extent and degree of the damage, destruction or loss to public properties and the dollar value thereof; the reasonable expectation of loss of present and future revenues; the destruction and damages to tax-producing real and personal property; and all appropriate economic factors affecting the ability of said political subdivision to provide necessary public functions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.318 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-56.318
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.318
Status: in_force

(1) In recognition of the patriotic services rendered the United States, Mississippi and the citizens thereof, any resident of the state, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive motor vehicle license plate or tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name identifying him as a supporter of the United States Marine Corps. The distinctive license tags so issued shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2012, any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify the total fees collected under this section to the State Treasurer who shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-145 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 31 / Section 107-145
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-145
Status: in_force

The commission shall have authority to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the purposes of Sections 27-107-131 through 27-107-145 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-45-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-45-3
Status: in_force

The owner, or any persons for him with his consent, or any person interested in the land sold for taxes, may redeem the same, or any part of it, where it is separable by legal subdivisions of not less than forty (40) acres, or any undivided interest in it, at any time within two (2) years after the day of sale, by paying to the chancery clerk, regardless of the amount of the purchaser's bid at the tax sale, the amount of all taxes for which the land was sold, with all costs incident to the sale, and five percent (5%) damages on the amount of taxes for which the land was sold, and interest on all such taxes and costs at the rate of one and one-half percent (1- 1 / 2 %) per month, or any fractional part thereof, from the date of such sale, and all costs that have accrued on the land since the sale, with interest thereon from the date such costs shall have accrued, at the rate of one and one-half percent (1- 1 / 2 %) per month, or any fractional part thereof; saving only to infants who have or may hereafter inherit or acquire land by will and persons of unsound mind whose land may be sold for taxes, the right to redeem the same within two (2) years after attaining full age or being restored to sanity, from the state or any purchaser thereof, on the terms herein prescribed, and on their paying the value of any permanent improvements on the land made after the expiration of two (2) years from the date of the sale of the lands for taxes. Upon such payment to the chancery clerk as hereinabove provided, he shall execute to the person redeeming the land a release of all claim or title of the state or purchaser to such land, which said release shall be attested by the seal of the chancery clerk and shall be entitled to be recorded without acknowledgment, as deeds are recorded. Said release when so executed and attested shall operate as a quitclaim on the part of the state or purchaser of any right or title under said tax sale.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-7 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 31-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-7
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of any county or the governing authority of any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to exempt from ad valorem taxation, excepting ad valorem taxes for school district purposes, all or any portion of the value of the products, including finished goods, owned by or remaining in the hands of any manufacturer, or its subsidiary, or any distributor or wholesale merchant, located within such county or municipality. The time of such exemption shall be for a period not to exceed a total of ten (10) years, which shall commence from the date such exemption is granted. Any request for an exemption must be made in writing to the board of supervisors or the municipal governing authority.

(2) The exemption granted herein shall be in addition to all other exemptions heretofore granted by the laws of the State of Mississippi.

(3) It is the sense of the Legislature that time limits imposed in Section 182, Mississippi Constitution of 1890 , on the terms of certain ad valorem tax exemptions which may be granted to manufacturers and other new enterprises of public utility apply only to the physical plant of such manufacturers and enterprises and to any personal property necessary for the operation thereof; and any exemption for the finished products of such manufacturers and enterprises granted by the governing authorities of any county or municipality under this section after December 31, 1960, but prior to July 1, 1982, shall not be affected by the time limits established in subsequent amendments to this section after July 1, 1982, but shall remain in full force and effect subject to the original terms granted by such governing authorities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-129 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 31 / Section 103-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-129
Status: in_force

(1) To enable the Legislative Budget Office to prepare such budget, it shall have full and plenary power and authority to require all general-fund and special-fund agencies and the Mississippi Department of Transportation and the Division of State Aid Road Construction of the Mississippi Department of Transportation to file a budget request with such information and in such form and in such detail as it may deem necessary and advisable, and it shall have the further power and authority to reduce or eliminate any item or items of requested appropriation by any state agency in the Legislative Budget Office's recommended budget to the Legislature. However, where any item of requested appropriation shall be so reduced or eliminated, the head of the agency involved shall have the right to appear before the appropriate legislative committee to urge a revision of the budget to restore the item reduced or eliminated. The budget requests shall include a definition of the mission of the agency, a description of the duties and responsibilities of the agency, financial data relative to the various programs operated by the agency and performance measures associated with each program of the agency. The performance measures to be contained within the agency budget request shall be developed by cooperative efforts of the Legislative Budget Office, the Department of Finance and Administration and the agency itself and shall be approved jointly by the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration prior to inclusion within the agency budget request. The budget requests shall also include in an addendum format a five-year strategic plan for the agency which shall include, but not be limited to, the following items of information:

(a) A comprehensive mission statement,

(b) Performance effectiveness objectives for each program of the agency for each of the five (5) years covered by the plan,

(c) A description of significant external factors which may affect the projected levels of performance,

(d) A description of the agency's internal management system utilized to evaluate its performance achievements in relationship to the targeted performance levels,

(e) An evaluation by the agency of the agency's performance achievements in relationship to the targeted performance levels for the two (2) preceding fiscal years for which accounting records have been finalized.

(2) All agencies enumerated in subsection (1) of this section shall include in their budget requests the following information regarding contract workers for the most recently completed fiscal year:

(a) The name of each worker;

(b) The specific type of services provided;

(c) Hourly rate of compensation, or the basis for compensation if a rate other than the hourly rate is used;

(d) Total gross salary or wages paid; and

(e) Whether the worker is a retired member of the Public Employees' Retirement System.

(3)(a) In addition to any other information required by law, each state agency, general-fund agency and special-fund agency, as defined in Section 27-103-103 , desiring to purchase any vehicle as defined by this section shall submit as part of its budget request to the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration a detailed justification for the proposed purchase. The Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration shall jointly prescribe the forms and formats to be used by agencies making the requests. Such forms shall require, at minimum, the following information:

(i) The kind of vehicle to be purchased;

(ii) The person to whom the vehicle will be assigned and the employment responsibilities of that person which necessitate a state-owned vehicle;

(iii) Whether the vehicle is a work vehicle or passenger vehicle; and

(iv) If the vehicle is assigned to a pool and not an individual, the purposes for which the pool vehicle is assigned and the names of the anticipated users of the pool vehicle.

(b) The Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration shall offer a recommendation to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on all agency requests for vehicles. In making the recommendation, the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration may consider break-even analyses for the kind of vehicle requested, the travel patterns of the person for whom the vehicle shall be acquired, and shall determine if there exists surplus vehicles in the possession of other agencies that could be used as a substitute for a new vehicle and why such vehicle should not be used. The purchase of vehicles by an agency shall be a specific line item in the agency's appropriation bill.

(c) If an agency determines that an urgent need exists for a vehicle when it is not feasible to obtain prior legislative approval, the agency may make an emergency request to the Bureau of Fleet Management. Any emergency determination shall be made only upon the existence of extraordinary circumstances. The Bureau of Fleet Management shall make a recommendation to the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration and shall give notification of such recommendation to the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House and the Chairmen of the Senate and House of Representatives Appropriations Committees. The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall have the final authority to approve or disapprove the emergency request. The executive director must set forth specific reasons for approval which shall be a public record. If approved and if adequate funding is available, the agency may purchase a specific vehicle to meet its specific emergency needs. The Bureau of Fleet Management shall report any emergency purchase to the Legislative Budget Office. Any such vehicle shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as provided for nonemergency vehicles.

(d) For purposes of subsections (3) and (4) of this section, the term “ passenger vehicle ” shall mean a vehicle used primarily in transporting agency personnel and the agency's equipment from one location to another. This term shall include only those vehicles for which a license plate or tag is required under Chapter 19, Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(e) For purposes of subsections (3) and (4) of this section, the term “ work vehicle ” shall mean a vehicle used primarily to perform a work assignment or task while incidentally transporting agency personnel and agency equipment from one location to another. This term shall include only those vehicles for which a license plate or tag is required under Chapter 19, Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(4) All state agencies, special-fund agencies and general-fund agencies making budget requests under the authority of this section shall include with their budget requests a report of all passenger and work vehicles in their possession. Such report shall detail the persons to whom the vehicles are assigned and the purposes for the vehicles.

(5) Subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall not apply to any vehicle assigned to a sworn officer of the Department of Public Safety and used in undercover operations.

(6) The provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall not apply to any state institution of higher learning.

(7) The purchase of wireless communication devices as defined in Section 25-53-191 by any state agency, special-fund agency or general-fund agency making budget requests under the authority of this section shall be a specific line item in the agency's appropriation bill.

(8)(a) Beginning with the fiscal year 2017 budget submission, the Legislative Budget Office shall annually publish on its website all budget requests submitted under the authority of this section by state agencies, special-fund agencies and general-fund agencies and shall include all budget units for which budget requests are submitted.

(b) Beginning with the fiscal year 2017 budget submission, any state agency, special-fund agency and general-fund agency making a budget request under the authority of this section shall annually publish on its agency website a copy of the budget request that it submitted.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-19 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 69-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-19
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to dealers in tobacco made the subject of interstate sales, except as provided in Chapter 70, Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-307 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 105-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-307
Status: in_force

When no bid is made by any qualified financial institution in the county or in the adjoining county to qualify as a depository at the January meeting, the board of supervisors shall readvertise at some subsequent meeting for a depository and select same, in the manner provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-185 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 51 / Section 107-185
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-185
Status: in_force

The total authorized expenditure of state funds under the provisions of Sections 27-107-169 through 27-107-189 from either an appropriation by the legislature or from funds borrowed under the provisions of Section 27-107-187 shall not exceed an aggregate amount of three million dollars ($3,000,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.166 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-56.166
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.166
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2015, any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive license tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as a supporter of D'Iberville High School. The distinctive license tags so issued shall display the words “D'Iberville High School” and shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the principal of D'Iberville High School, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrent with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the State Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the distinctive license tags issued under this section. The State Treasurer shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the D'Iberville High School Parent-Teacher Association.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.

(7) In order for a distinctive license tag to be issued under this section, the provisions of Section 27-19-44(3) must be satisfied for the distinctive license tag before July 1, 2018.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-75-13 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 75-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-75-13
Status: in_force

The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, or the officer authorized by the law of the State of Mississippi to collect the tax owing to the State of Mississippi, or its political subdivisions, is hereby empowered in his official capacity to bring and prosecute to final judgment or decree suits in the courts of other states or territories of the United States and the District of Columbia in the name of the State of Mississippi, or its political subdivisions, to recover any taxes, as defined in this chapter, and which includes penalties and interest, which are now or may hereafter be owing to the State of Mississippi, or its political subdivisions, and to take such other proceedings as authorized by the laws of the state where the suit is brought to collect or enforce any judgment or decree rendered therein. The officer bringing such suit is authorized to pay any court costs or court fees which may be incurred in such suit and required to be paid by the laws of the state, territory or District of Columbia wherein the action is brought, and such court costs or fees may be paid out of the fund appropriated for the operation of the office of such officer bringing said suit, and any political subdivision of the state may allow or appropriate funds necessary to pay such costs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-341 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 35-341
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-341
Status: in_force

With respect to properties appraised and assessed by county tax assessors pursuant to Sections 27-35-331 through 27-35-343 , the assessments so made shall constitute the assessment thereof for purposes of ad valorem taxes imposed by municipalities or other taxing districts on properties located therein. Assessing jurisdiction over such properties is specifically not conferred upon municipal authorities or authorities of other taxing districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-71 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 31 / Section 69-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-71
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall appoint such agents as are authorized by law to administer the provisions of this chapter, and all such agents shall have for identification purposes, a badge prescribed by the commissioner, together with proper credentials signed by him and attested by the secretary of the commission.

It shall be unlawful for any person to falsely represent himself as an agent of the commissioner, or to have in his possession any badge, any device or certificate of authority, unless he be duly appointed and an acting agent of the commissioner in the administration of this chapter, and such person violating this provision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

All agents of the commissioner shall be authorized to arrest any person found in possession of, or transporting any tobacco subject to confiscation, and upon making an arrest shall take the offender before a proper officer without unnecessary delay, for examination of his case.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-823 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-823
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-823
Status: in_force

The department shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Act which are necessary to implement and carry out its duties and functions under this article. Local governments may also promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the local administration of their authority granted under this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-53-9 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 39 / Section 53-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-53-9
Status: in_force

Manufactured homes and mobile homes shall be assessed in the same manner as property of like value is assessed on the land rolls or manufactured home rolls on which they appear.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-305 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 105-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-305
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors at the regular December 1997 meeting, and annually thereafter or, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, thereafter at such other interval of time as determined by the board of supervisors, up to every four (4) years, shall give notice to all financial institutions in its county whose accounts are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor thereto), by publication, that bids will be received from financial institutions at the following January meeting, or some subsequent meeting, for the privilege of keeping the county funds, or any part thereof, which notice shall refer by name to this article and it shall not be necessary to incorporate in the notice the provisions of this article; and at the January meeting, or a subsequent meeting as may be designated in the notice, as the case may be, the board of supervisors shall receive such bids or proposals as the financial institutions may make for the privilege of keeping the county funds, or any part thereof. The bids or proposals shall designate the kind of security as authorized by law which the financial institutions propose to give as security for funds, and the board shall cause the county funds and all other funds in the hands of the county treasurer to be deposited in the qualified financial institution or qualified institutions proposing the best terms, taking into consideration all material aspects of the proposal, including, but not limited to, net earnings, account costs, costs of transfer of accounts from existing depositories, banking services provided and other service considerations, and meeting the requirements provided in Section 27-105-315 , having in view the safety of such funds. However, if a bank submits a bid or offer to the board of supervisors to act as a depository for the county and the bid or offer, if accepted, would result in a contract in which a member of the board of supervisors would have a direct or indirect interest, the board of supervisors may elect to not open or consider any bids received and submit the matter to the State Treasurer. Upon receipt of the bids received from the board of supervisors, the State Treasurer shall open and consider the bids received, select a depository or depositories, make all decisions and take any action within the authority of the board of supervisors under this section relating to the selection of a depository or depositories, including:

(a) The selecting and opening of accounts;

(b) Approval of securities;

(c) The transfer and deposit of funds between depositories; and

(d) All other related functions.

If the board of supervisors elects to open and consider the bids or offers, it shall not open or consider any bid which, if accepted, would result in a contract in which a member of the board of supervisors would have a direct or indirect interest. The board is prohibited from designating a depository during the last year of a four-year term.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.323 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-56.323
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.323
Status: in_force

(1) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive license tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as a supporter of the Vancleave Home Run Club. The distinctive license tags so issued shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the Vancleave Home Run Club, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2013, any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the State Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the distinctive license tags issued under this section. The State Treasurer shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the Vancleave Home Run Club.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-25 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 69-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-25
Status: in_force

All taxes and penalties imposed under the provisions of this chapter remaining due and unpaid shall constitute a debt to the State of Mississippi, which may be collected from the person owing same by suit or otherwise.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-93 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 65-93
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-93
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner shall, from time to time, promulgate rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of the sales tax law, for making returns and for the ascertainment, assessment and collection of the tax imposed by the sales tax law as he may deem necessary to enforce its provisions; and, upon request, he shall furnish any taxpayer with a copy of the rules and regulations.

(2) All forms, necessary for the enforcement of the sales tax law, shall be prescribed, printed and furnished by the commissioner.

(3) The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations providing for the issuance of permits to manufacturers, utilities, construction contractors, companies receiving bond financing through the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation or the Mississippi Development Authority, and other taxpayers as determined by the commissioner, and the commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations providing for the issuance of a permit to any qualified business or industry, which is certified as such by the Mississippi Development Authority pursuant to the Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive Act and awarded any mFlex tax incentive amount for such qualified business's or industry's qualified economic development project, certified as such by the Mississippi Development Authority pursuant to the Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive Act, to purchase tangible personal property taxed under Section 27-65-17 , items taxed under Section 27-65-18 , items taxed under Section 27-65-19 , services taxed under Section 27-65-23 , items taxed under Section 27-65-24 , and items taxed under Section 27-65-26 without the payment to the vendor of the tax imposed by the sales and use tax laws, and providing for persons to report and pay the tax directly to the commissioner in instances where the commissioner determines that these provisions will facilitate and expedite the collection of the tax at the proper rates which may be due on purchases by the permittee. Under the provisions of this chapter, the vendor is relieved of collecting and remitting the taxes specified hereunder and the person holding the permit shall become liable for such taxes instead of the seller. The full enforcement provisions of the sales tax law shall apply in the collection of the tax from the permittee.

The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations providing for the issuance of a permit to and at the election of purchasers and users of computer software or computer software services to purchase such items and services without the payment to the vendor of the tax imposed by the sales and use tax laws, and providing for persons to report and pay the tax directly to the commissioner. Under the provisions of this chapter, the vendor is relieved of collecting and remitting the taxes specified hereunder and the person holding the permit shall become liable for such taxes instead of the seller. The full enforcement provisions of the sales tax law shall apply in the collection of the tax from the permittee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-49-7 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 49-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-49-7
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall not allow to the collector a credit for the insolvent list he reports, merely because he presents it duly sworn to, but the board shall examine carefully each election district and city, town, or village list as reported, and shall scrutinize each name and amount reported insolvent, and shall use any knowledge had by any member of the board, and avail of any information by witnesses to test the accuracy of the report. The board shall not allow the collector credit for the taxes of any delinquent who may be ascertained to have anything in possession or in action by a sale of which the collector would be able to make the taxes; and all of the list for which the board shall not allow a credit shall be charged against the collector.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.374 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 8 / Section 19-56.374
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.374
Status: in_force

(1) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive license tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as a supporter of the Pontotoc City School District. The distinctive license tags so issued shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the Pontotoc City School District, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2014, any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the State Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the distinctive license tags issued under this section. The State Treasurer shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the Pontotoc City School District.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.251 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-56.251
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.251
Status: in_force

(1) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive license tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as a supporter of Farm Families of Mississippi. The distinctive license tags so issued shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2011, any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the State Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the distinctive license tags issued under this section. The State Treasurer shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to Mississippi Farm Bureau Foundation and Relief Fund, Inc.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-325 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 104-325
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-325
Status: in_force

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Lost Revenue Fund,” which shall consist of funds calculated based on a reduction in the state's general revenue due to the coronavirus public health emergency, made available through the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund established by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and transferred into the fund by act of the Legislature. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. Monies in the fund shall be used by the Department of Finance and Administration, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purpose of providing government services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-175 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 31 / Section 107-175
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-175
Status: in_force

The Commission of Budget and Accounting shall require a certified copy of a resolution, order, or other appropriate excerpt of the official minutes of the state agency governing board, to be of such general form and content as the commission may deem appropriate, together with application forms for such allocations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-1-1 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-1-1
Status: in_force

The assessor of each county, except in those counties wherein the office of assessor and the office of tax collector are combined as provided in Section 27-1-7 , shall take and file the oath of office required by the Constitution and give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 41 / Section 115-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature recognizes that the operations of a state lottery are unique activities for state government and that a corporate structure will best enable the lottery to be managed in an entrepreneurial and business-like manner. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Mississippi Lottery Corporation shall be accountable to the Governor, the Legislature, and the people of the state through a system of audits, reports, and disclosures as required by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-85 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 65-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-85
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for:

(a) Any person to engage or continue in any business for which a tax is imposed by this chapter without procuring a license as required by Section 27-65-27 of this chapter, or after such license has been revoked, or who shall fail or refuse to make the return provided to be made in Section 27-65-33 of this chapter;

(b) Any person to make any false or fraudulent return or false statement in any return, with intent to defraud the state or to evade the payment of the tax imposed by this chapter, or any part thereof;

(c) Any person to aid or abet another in any attempt to evade the payment of the tax imposed by this chapter, or any part thereof;

(d) The president, vice president, secretary or treasurer of any company to make or permit to be made for any company or association any false return, or any false statement in any return required by this chapter with the intent to evade the payment of the tax due;

(e) Any person to represent to any retailer that purchases of merchandise are for resale, causing the retailer to not collect the tax imposed by this chapter, when in fact the purchase is being made for the use of the person;

(f) Any person to use another person's permit to engage in business issued under Section 27-65-27 for the purpose of avoiding the payment of taxes imposed by this chapter;

(g) Any person to use an exemption authorized under this chapter for the purpose of avoiding the payment of tax he is required to pay under this chapter;

(h) Any person to fail or refuse to permit the examination of any book, paper, account, record or other data by the commissioner, or his duly appointed agent, as required by this chapter, including the records of any common carrier, bank, wholesale or retail dealer in any kind of merchandise whether in regard to his own or another's return;

(i) To fail or refuse to permit the inspection or appraisal of any property by the commissioner or his duly appointed agent;

(j) To refuse to offer testimony or produce any record as required by this chapter;

(k) Any person using the public roads and highways of this state for the transportation of merchandise for sale, whether such person be a contract carrier or operating a private vehicle, other than a common carrier operating under the Interstate Commerce Commission or the Mississippi Public Service Commission, and having a permanent office in this state where proper records of merchandise transported are kept and available for inspection by the commissioner or his agents, to fail to have in his or her possession at all times while such merchandise is being transported, and allow inspection of, the invoices or sales tickets correctly disclosing the nature and quantity of such merchandise and the consignor and consignee of each article being transported. However, the records of a common carrier shall be open for inspection at any time for the purpose of obtaining any information bearing upon the administration of this chapter. In the case of any vehicle engaged in the transportation of merchandise for sale, neither belonging to nor operated by a regulated common carrier and not keeping complete records in this state, the commissioner or his authorized agents may examine any invoices or sales tickets carried by the person in charge of the vehicle, and may compare them with the character and quantity of merchandise being transported and the consignee thereof, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the provisions of law are being complied with. The absence of such invoices or delivery or sales tickets indicating to whom said merchandise belongs, or is to be delivered, in the hands of such person so engaged in transporting the merchandise, shall be prima facie evidence that such person is transporting such merchandise in violation of this chapter and liable for all penalties imposed under this section.

(2) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months in the county jail, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. In addition to the foregoing penalties, any person who shall knowingly swear to or verify any false or fraudulent return or statement shall be guilty of the offense of perjury and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished in the manner provided by law.

(3) The commissioner may require the attendance of any person and take his testimony with respect to any matter pertaining to any taxpayer's liability for taxes under this chapter, with power to administer oaths to such person or persons. If any person summoned as a witness shall fail to obey any summons to appear before the commissioner or his authorized agent, or shall refuse to testify or answer any material question or to produce any book, record, paper or other data when required to do so, the failure or refusal shall be reported to the Attorney General, the district attorney or county attorney, who shall thereupon institute proceedings in the circuit court of the county where such witness resides to compel obedience to any summons of the commissioner, or his authorized agent. The proceedings shall be by petition for citation to the person refusing to obey such summons, to show cause why the person should not be required to obey such summons. The circuit judge of the district may hear such petition in termtime or vacation upon two (2) days' notice to the person sought to be cited; and the circuit judge may enter such order as he may deem proper, and punish any failure to comply with the order as for any other contempt of the court. Officers who serve summonses or subpoenas, and witnesses attending, shall receive like compensation as officers and witnesses in the justice courts; and such compensation shall be paid from the proper appropriation for the administration of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-99 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 35-99
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-99
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to employ a timber estimator or timber estimators, as such board of supervisors may deem necessary, to estimate any timber, or to ascertain the quantity and quality of any timber, which may be subject to assessment for taxes under the laws of the State of Mississippi at any time it may become necessary for any board of supervisors to have correct information as to estimates of timber, or correct information as to the quantity and quality of any timber taxable under the laws of the state, in order that such board of supervisors may correctly equalize assessments, and correctly perform the duties required of them with reference to the assessment of property; or at any time it may become necessary for any such board of supervisors to have correct timber estimates or correct information as to the quantity and quality of any taxable timber, for use as evidence in defending any litigation in any court, in which the assessment of any such timber may be contested or attacked, or the collection of taxes thereon may be delayed or prevented.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-27 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 55-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-27
Status: in_force

When gasoline is lost or destroyed in quantities of seven hundred fifty (750) gallons or more through explosion, fire, collision, storage tank wreckage, wreckage of loading or unloading facilities, such as pumps and lines, or acts of Providence while in storage in this state or while being transported in this state, the owner of such gasoline shall be entitled to tax credit or refund of the tax paid thereon.

The department shall be notified by the owner of gasoline lost or destroyed within five (5) days after the loss or destruction is discovered. The department shall make such investigation of the facts and circumstances surrounding such loss or destruction as may be reasonably necessary for the effective administration of this article.

The claim shall be made in the name of the owner of gasoline lost or destroyed and shall be signed by the owner or his authorized agent and filed within three (3) years after the date of loss. All such claims must be accompanied by proof satisfactory to the department that the gasoline for which credit is claimed was destroyed by or through one of the means set forth in the first paragraph of this section, and in all cases where gasoline alleged to have been destroyed was covered by insurance, the department shall not approve such claims unless and until the insurer has acknowledged and actually paid the loss.

Upon receipt of the claim, the department shall determine the amount of refund or tax credit due the claimant and in the case of refund, the amount shall be refunded to the claimant as provided in Section 27-55-19 .

If the department determines that any refund claim shall not be paid, it shall notify the claimant, stating the reason why such claim is disallowed. A claimant may, within sixty (60) days from the date of the written notice of the disallowance of his claims, appeal to the board of review as hereinafter provided in this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-347 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 71-347
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-347
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person who violates any provision of this article, or any rule or regulation promulgated by the commissioner under authority of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this article, or any rules or regulations promulgated by the commissioner under authority of this article, shall forfeit his permit, and shall not thereafter be permitted to engage in any business taxable under the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-73-11 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 39 / Section 73-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-73-11
Status: in_force

Where any tax collector or chancery clerk has, or shall hereafter, by mistake or oversight, erroneously pay into the state treasury any moneys on account of ad valorem or privilege taxes, such officer may make application to the auditor for repayment of such taxes, and the auditor and attorney general shall thoroughly investigate such claim, and if found to be due, the attorney general shall so certify to the auditor, who shall draw his warrant in favor of such tax collector or chancery clerk, to be paid out of the same fund in which it was erroneously paid into the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-129 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 35-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-129
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors, at its July meeting, shall carefully examine the assessment roll, or rolls, returned by the tax assessor and shall then decide if a new assessment be necessary. If it be found that the assessor is incapable, or that his assessment is so imperfect that it ought not to be approved, even if objections be not filed, the board may appoint some suitable person to proceed immediately to make the assessment. The board of supervisors shall in such case adopt an order setting forth the true facts and conditions and the time necessary for making of a new assessment roll, or rolls, and shall certify the order to the Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue shall, upon receipt of the certificate from the board of supervisors, determine and notify the board of supervisors when the roll, or rolls, shall be filed, the time for equalization by the board of supervisors, the giving of notice to taxpayers and the time when objections to the roll, or rolls, shall be heard and determined by the board of supervisors. The person appointed to make the assessment shall proceed immediately to make the assessment in the same manner and with the same powers of the tax assessor when assessments are made at the time provided by law, and shall prepare and file the assessment roll, or rolls, within the time prescribed by the order of the department. The person so appointed and discharging the duty shall be allowed the compensation allowed by law to the assessor for like services, and shall have the same deputies allowed by law to the tax assessor. The board of supervisors shall require of the persons appointed the same bond as is required of the tax assessor. The roll, or rolls, made under the provisions of this section shall be the legal assessment roll and the old one shall be thereby annulled.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.336 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-56.336
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.336
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2016, any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive license tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as a supporter of Brookhaven High School. The distinctive license tags so issued shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the principal of Brookhaven High School, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the State Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the distinctive license tags issued under this section. The State Treasurer shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to Brookhaven High School.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.

(7) In order for a distinctive license tag to be issued under this section, the provisions of Section 27-19-44(3) must be satisfied for the distinctive license tag before July 1, 2019.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-13-37 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-13-37
Status: in_force

When any property is offered for sale under authority of a warrant or writ of execution for the collection of franchise taxes, penalties, or interest, and no bid is submitted equal to the reasonable value of the property, the commissioner or his agent may bid therefor on behalf of the State of Mississippi an amount not to exceed the amount of the warrant and costs, and, if declared the successful bidder for the particular piece of property, such title as may be conveyed shall pass to the state, and the state's interest in the property may then be sold at public or private sale to the best interest of the state; provided, however, that the taxpayer shall have a period of sixty days from the date of such sale within which to redeem such property, except perishables, by payment of the entire tax due together with all penalties, interest, and lawful costs. In the event of such redemption, the commissioner shall issue, or cause to be issued, his certificate of redemption upon request of the taxpayer, which certificate of redemption may be filed as a deed in the appropriate public office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.166 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-56.166
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.166
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2015, any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive license tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as a supporter of D'Iberville High School. The distinctive license tags so issued shall display the words “D'Iberville High School” and shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the principal of D'Iberville High School, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrent with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the State Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the distinctive license tags issued under this section. The State Treasurer shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the D'Iberville High School Parent-Teacher Association.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.

(7) In order for a distinctive license tag to be issued under this section, the provisions of Section 27-19-44(3) must be satisfied for the distinctive license tag before July 1, 2018.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-343 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 71-343
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-343
Status: in_force

No levee district or other taxing district, except as hereinafter provided, shall impose any privilege tax on any business licensed under the provisions of Section 67-3-27, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-541 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 55-541
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-541
Status: in_force

Every common or contract carrier transporting special fuel, by whatever means, from a point outside this state to any point in this state, shall report, in writing, all deliveries of special fuel to points within this state to the commission on forms prescribed by the commission or, with the approval of the commission, furnish the required information on machine-prepared schedules, and such other information as may be necessary for the proper administration of this article.

The reports required in this section shall be for information purposes only and the commission may, in its discretion, waive the filing of any of these reports not necessary for proper administration of this article. The reports required in this section shall be signed and contain a declaration that the statements contained therein are true and are made under penalty of perjury. Such reports required in this section shall be filed with the commission on or before the 20th day of each month following the month in which the transaction occurred.

Any such person failing or refusing to file such report on or before the date required by law, or who shall omit any shipment of diesel fuel, kerosene or special fuel from such report, shall be subject to a penalty which shall be a percentage of the tax imposed by law on the total amount of the taxable products involved as follows:

(a) Not more than ten percent (10%) for the first failure, refusal or omission; and

(b) Not more than twenty percent (20%) for the second and any subsequent failure, refusal or omission.

The commission may waive such penalty upon good cause shown.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-75-9 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 75-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-75-9
Status: in_force

The rights granted by Sections 27-75-5 and 27-75-7 shall apply to all taxes owing to such other state or its political subdivision or District of Columbia, as mentioned therein, which may be or become owing to it both before and after May 1, 1954.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-31 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 53 / Section 71-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-31
Status: in_force

Nothing herein shall be construed to make lawful the sale, possession, distribution or transportation of alcoholic beverages in this state, except to the extent, in the manner and in the localities that same shall be made lawful and legal under the provisions of the alcoholic beverage control law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-155 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 104-155
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-155
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Finance and Administration shall develop and operate a searchable website that includes information on expenditures of state funds from all funding sources. The website shall have a unique and simplified website address, and the department shall require each agency that maintains a generally accessible Internet site or for which a generally accessible Internet site is maintained to include a link on the front page of the agency's Internet site to the searchable website required under this section.

(a) With regard to disbursement of funds, the website shall include, but not be limited to:

(i) The name and principal location of the entity or recipients of the funds, excluding release of information relating to an individual's place of residence, the identity of recipients of state or federal assistance payments, and any other information deemed confidential by state or federal law relating to privacy rights;

(ii) The amount of state funds expended;

(iii) A descriptive purpose of the funding action or expenditure;

(iv) The funding source of the expenditure;

(v) The budget program or activity of the expenditure;

(vi) The specific source of authority and descriptive purpose of the expenditure, to include a link to the funding authorization document(s) in a searchable PDF form;

(vii) The specific source of authority for the expenditure including, but not limited to, a grant, subgrant, contract, or the general discretion of the agency director, provided that if the authority is a grant, subgrant or contract, the website entry shall include a grant, subgrant or contract number or similar information that clearly identifies the specific source of authority. The information required under this paragraph includes data relative to tax exemptions and credits;

(viii) The expending agency;

(ix) The type of transaction;

(x) The expected performance outcomes achieved for the funding action or expenditure;

(xi) Links to any state audit or report relating to the entity or recipient of funds or the budget program or activity or agency; and

(xii) Any other information deemed relevant by the Department of Finance and Administration.

(b) When the expenditure of state funds involves the expenditure of bond proceeds, the searchable website must include a clear, detailed description of the purpose of the bonds, a current status report on the project or projects being financed by the bonds, and a current status report on the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds.

(c) The searchable website must include access to an electronic summary of each grant, including amendments; subgrant, including amendments; contract, including amendments; and payment voucher that includes, wherever possible, a hyperlink to the actual document in a searchable PDF format, subject to the restrictions in paragraph (d) of this section. The Department of Finance and Administration may cooperate with other agencies to accomplish the requirements of this paragraph.

(d) Nothing in Sections 27-104-151 through 27-104-159 shall permit or require the disclosure of trade secrets or other proprietary information, including confidential vendor information, or any other information that is required to be confidential by state or federal law.

(e) The information available from the searchable website must be updated no later than fourteen (14) days after the receipt of data from an agency, and the Department of Finance and Administration shall require each agency to provide to the department access to all data that is required to be accessible from the searchable website within fourteen (14) days of each expenditure, grant award, including amendments; subgrant, including amendments; or contract, including amendments; executed by the agency.

(f) The searchable website must include all information required by this section for all transactions that are initiated in fiscal year 2015 or later. In addition, all information that is included on the searchable website from the date of the inception of the website until July 1, 2014, must be maintained on the website according to the requirements of this section before July 1, 2014, and remain accessible for ten (10) years from the date it was originally made available. All data on the searchable website must remain accessible to the public for a minimum of ten (10) years.

(g) For the purposes of this subsection (1), the term “contract” includes, but is not limited to, personal and professional services contracts.

(2) The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall create the IHL Accountability and Transparency website to include its executive office and the institutions of higher learning no later than July 1, 2012. This website shall:

(a) Provide access to existing financial reports, financial audits, budgets and other financial documents that are used to allocate, appropriate, spend and account for appropriated funds;

(b) Have a unique and simplified website address;

(c) Be directly accessible via a link from the main page of the Department of Finance and Administration website, as well as the IHL website and the main page of the website of each institution of higher learning;

(d) Include other links, features or functionality that will assist the public in obtaining and reviewing public financial information;

(e) Report expenditure information currently available within these enterprise resource planning (ERP) computer systems; and

(f) Design the reporting format using the existing capabilities of these ERP computer systems.

(3) The Mississippi Community College Board shall create the Community and Junior Colleges Accountability and Transparency website to include its executive office and the community and junior colleges no later than July 1, 2012. This website shall:

(a) Provide access to existing financial reports, financial audits, budgets and other financial documents that are used to allocate, appropriate, spend and account for appropriated funds;

(b) Have a unique and simplified website address;

(c) Be directly accessible via a link from the main page of the Department of Finance and Administration website, as well as the Mississippi Community College Board website and the main page of the website of each community and junior college;

(d) Include other links, features or functionality that will assist the public in obtaining and reviewing public financial information;

(e) Report expenditure information currently available within the computer system of each community and junior college; and

(f) Design the reporting format using the existing capabilities of the computer system of each community and junior college.

(4) Not later than January 1, 2016, the owner or owners of a community hospital, as defined in Section 41-13-10 , shall create and maintain an accountability and transparency website for the community hospital or set up a separate section for the community hospital on the current website of the owner or owners. This website of the community hospital or section of the website of the owner or owners shall:

(a) Provide access to existing financial reports, financial audits, budgets and other financial documents of the community hospital that are used to allocate, appropriate, spend and account for public funds;

(b) Have a unique and simplified website address if it is a new website for the community hospital, or be an easily accessible section of the website of the owner or owners;

(c) Include links, features or functionality that will assist the public in obtaining and reviewing public financial information of the community hospital;

(d) Report expenditure information of the community hospital in functional expenditure categories that is currently available within the computer system of the community hospital; and

(e) Design the reporting format using the existing capabilities of the computer system or systems of the owner or owners of the community hospital.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-33 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 61-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-33
Status: in_force

In the event that any taxes or penalties imposed by this chapter have been erroneously or illegally collected from any person, the commission may permit such person to take credit against a subsequent tax report for the amount of the erroneous payment, or the amount may be refunded to the person in the same manner as provided in Section 27-55-19 . No refunds shall be made under the provisions of this section unless a written claim is filed setting forth the circumstances by reason of which such refund should be allowed. Such claim shall be in such form as the commission shall prescribe and shall be filed with the commission within three (3) years from the date of payment of the taxes erroneously or illegally collected. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a refund or credit for tax paid on fuel tax reports not subject to tax or which is exempt from tax, provided there has not been a willful disregard of the provisions of this chapter and further provided that the claim is filed within three (3) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-21 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 8 / Section 19-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-21
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, the term “ electric vehicle ” means a vehicle that is powered solely by an electric motor drawing current from rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, or other portable sources of electrical current, is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads and highways, and is required to have a license tag under Section 27-19-1 et seq. , for operation on public streets, roads and highways.

(2)(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, there is imposed an annual tax on each electric vehicle, which shall be in addition to any other taxes for which the vehicle is liable. The tax shall be paid to the county tax collector at the same time and in the same manner as the annual highway privilege tax is paid. The amount of the tax shall be One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00). The tax shall not be imposed on an electric vehicle that is exempt from ad valorem taxation under Sections 27-19-53 and 27-51-41(2)(j) .

(b) Beginning July 1, 2021, and each succeeding July 1 thereafter, the rate of the tax imposed under this section and in effect at the end of the preceding state fiscal year shall be adjusted by increasing the tax by a percentage amount equal to the United States inflation rate for the previous calendar year ending on December 31 as certified by the Department of Finance and Administration. The United States inflation rate for a calendar year shall be the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year for urban consumers as calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. In adjusting the amount of the tax, amounts equal to or greater than Fifty Cents (50¢) shall be rounded to the next highest whole dollar.

(3) The tax collector shall have a special designation for electric vehicles in the vehicle records of the tax collector's office so that the owners of electric vehicles will be provided with the proper forms for paying the tax imposed by this section.

(4) The tax collector shall remit the proceeds of the tax collected under this section to the Department of Revenue, and the department shall apportion the proceeds of the tax among the various purposes specified in Section 27-5-101 for gasoline and diesel fuel taxes in the same proportion that those taxes were apportioned for those purposes during the previous state fiscal year and such funds shall be used solely for the repair and maintenance of roads, streets and bridges.

(5) The Department of Revenue shall have all of the power and authority that it has for enforcement of the motor vehicle privilege tax laws ( Section 27-19-1 et seq. ) to enforce the provisions of this section. The Commissioner of Revenue may adopt any rules or regulations that he deems necessary for the proper administration of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 115-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature recognizes that the operations of a state lottery are unique activities for state government and that a corporate structure will best enable the lottery to be managed in an entrepreneurial and business-like manner. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Mississippi Lottery Corporation shall be accountable to the Governor, the Legislature, and the people of the state through a system of audits, reports, and disclosures as required by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-177 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 107-177
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-177
Status: in_force

The proceeds of all allocations shall be used only for reimbursement of the agencies' expenses for emergency or disaster-related duties and for the repair or replacement of publicly owned property or equipment damaged or lost as a direct result of the excessive rains and floods of the spring of 1979.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-345 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 71-345
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-345
Status: in_force

Any municipality, in which any business licensed under the provisions of Section 67-3-27, Mississippi Code of 1972 , may be carried on, shall have the right to impose upon persons engaged in such business an annual privilege tax of not more than fifty percent (50%) of the tax imposed by Section 27-71-303 of this article, and any county, in which any business licensed under the provisions of Section 67-3-27, Mississippi Code of 1972 , may be carried on outside of the territory taxed by municipalities, shall have the right to impose upon persons engaged in such business an annual privilege tax of not more than fifty percent (50%) of the tax imposed by Section 27-71-303 of this article; provided, however, that no person engaged in the business of manufacturer, brewpub, wholesaler or distributor of light wines, light spirit products or beer shall be taxed by any municipality other than that in which the warehouse or plant of such wholesaler or distributor, or the premises of such brewpub, is located, nor shall any county impose any such tax upon such manufacturer, brewpub, wholesaler or distributor of light wines, light spirit products or beer if the place of business is located within the jurisdiction of any municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-491 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-491
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-491
Status: in_force

The certificate of exemption provided for above is hereby declared to be a personal privilege, peculiar to the grantee and is not transferable, and no business may be conducted thereunder by any person other than the grantee.

The holder of any such certificate of exemption is hereby required to keep and display the same as in the case of the holder of a privilege license. Any person who shall engage in any business as an exempt person, without first complying with the requirements above set forth, shall be liable to prosecution and punishment as is provided for persons doing business without a license, and in addition thereto, shall be liable for any and all privilege taxes and damages, provided for in the case of non-exempt persons failing to obtain privilege licenses; and any person who shall make a false representation, or affidavit, in order to secure such exemption shall be punishable as in the case of perjury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-77-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 53 / Section 77-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-77-3
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created a board of review within the agency to conduct the duties assigned to it in this chapter and any other responsibility as assigned by the commissioner. The board of review shall be composed of qualified employees of the agency appointed to the board by the commissioner. The commissioner shall determine the number of members on the board of review and may increase or decrease this number as needed. The commissioner is authorized to remove and/or replace a member of the board of review with or without cause.

(2) The board of review may perform its duties and responsibilities en banc or in panels of not less than three (3) members. When an appeal or other matter is considered by a panel, only the members on that panel may deliberate and vote on the appeal or matter being considered. The decision of a panel shall be deemed the final decision of the board of review. Nothing in this section shall prevent a member of the board of review from attending and/or participating in a hearing on an appeal being conducted before a panel on which he is not a member.

(3) No business shall be transacted by either the board of review en banc or by a panel of the board of review without the presence of a quorum. Three (3) members shall constitute a quorum for both the board of review and a panel of the board of review.

(4) The commissioner shall designate one (1) member of the board of review to be the chairman of the board of review. The chairman of the board of review shall preside at any meeting or hearing of the board of review en banc and at any meeting or hearing of a panel of the board of review where he is a member of that panel. In case of the absence of the chairman of the board of review at a meeting or hearing of the board of review en banc or in the case of a meeting or hearings of a panel of which he is not a member, the chairman of the board of review shall designate another member of the board of review to preside at the meeting or hearing. If circumstances do not permit such designation prior to the meeting or hearing being convened, the member of the board of review with the most tenure on the board of review shall preside. The presiding officer of a meeting or hearing of the board of review en banc or of a panel of the board of review, shall be responsible for the taking of minutes of such meeting or hearing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-11 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 59-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-11
Status: in_force

(1) A tax at the rate of One-fourth Cent ( 1 / 4 ¢) per gallon is hereby levied upon any person engaged in business as a distributor of compressed gas, excepting natural gas, for the privilege of engaging in such business or acting as such distributor. The tax shall be based on all compressed gas, excepting natural gas, stored, used, distributed, manufactured, refined, distilled, blended or compounded in this state or received in this state for sale, storage, distribution or for any other purpose.

The tax levied herein shall become due and payable when:

(a) Compressed gas is withdrawn from storage at a refinery, marine or pipeline terminal, or underground caverns or cavities except when withdrawal is by pipeline or barge;

(b) Compressed gas imported by a common carrier is unloaded by that carrier unless the compressed gas is unloaded directly into an underground cavern or cavity for storage or directly into the storage tanks of a refinery, marine or pipeline terminal; or

(c) Compressed gas imported by any person, other than a common carrier, enters the State of Mississippi, unless the compressed gas is unloaded directly into an underground cavern or cavity for storage or directly into the storage tanks of a refinery, marine or pipeline terminal.

(2)(a) A tax at the rate of Seventeen Cents (17¢) per gallon until the date specified in Section 65-39-35 , and Thirteen and Four-tenths Cents (13.4¢) per gallon thereafter, is levied upon any distributor of compressed gas for the privilege of engaging in the business of selling or delivering compressed gas, excepting compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas, for use in a motor vehicle or motor vehicles on the highways of this state.

(b) A tax at the rate of Eighteen Cents (18¢) per one hundred (100) cubic feet until the date specified in Section 65-39-35 , and Fourteen and Four-tenths Cents (14.4¢) per one hundred (100) cubic feet thereafter, is levied upon any distributor of compressed gas for the privilege of engaging in the business of selling or delivering compressed natural gas for use in a motor vehicle or motor vehicles on the highways of this state.

(c) A tax at the rate of Eighteen Cents (18¢) per diesel gallon equivalent until the date specified in Section 65-39-35 , and Fourteen and Four-tenths Cents (14.4¢) per diesel gallon equivalent thereafter, is levied upon any distributor of liquefied natural gas for the privilege of engaging in the business of selling or delivering liquefied natural gas for use in a motor vehicle or motor vehicles on the highways of this state.

(d) A tax at the rate of Eighteen Cents (18¢) per one hundred (100) cubic feet until the date specified in Section 65-39-35 , and Fourteen and Four-tenths Cents (14.4¢) per one hundred (100) cubic feet thereafter, is levied upon any public utility for the privilege of engaging in the business of selling or delivering natural gas to a user for the purpose of being used as a fuel in a motor vehicle or motor vehicles on the highways of this state, and the taxes shall be collected from the user whenever practical.

(e) The taxes levied in this subsection shall not apply when sales or deliveries are made to persons who are holders of permitted compressed gas user's decals.

(3) Upon every person operating on the highways of this state a motor vehicle or motor vehicles using or capable of using any compressed gas, except liquefied natural gas, as a motor fuel and having a gross license tag weight classification of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or less, there is hereby levied an annual privilege tax of One Hundred Ninety-five Dollars ($195.00) until the date specified in Section 65-39-35 , and One Hundred Sixty-five Dollars ($165.00) thereafter.

(4)(a) Upon every person operating on the highways of this state a motor vehicle or motor vehicles using or capable of using compressed gas and having a gross license tag weight classification greater than ten thousand (10,000) pounds, there is hereby levied:

(i) A privilege tax of Seventeen Cents (17¢) per gallon until the date specified in Section 65-39-35 , and Thirteen and Four-tenths Cents (13.4¢) per gallon thereafter, on all compressed gas, excepting compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas, used on the highways of this state;

(ii) A privilege tax of Eighteen Cents (18¢) per one hundred (100) cubic feet until the date specified in Section 65-39-35 , and Fourteen and Four-tenths Cents (14.4¢) per one hundred (100) cubic feet thereafter, on all compressed natural gas used on the highways of this state; and

(iii) A privilege tax of Eighteen Cents (18¢) per diesel gallon equivalent until the date specified in Section 65-39-35 , and Fourteen and Four-tenths Cents (14.4¢) per diesel gallon equivalent thereafter, on all liquefied natural gas used on the highways of this state.

(b) The taxes levied in this subsection shall not apply to owners or operators classified by the department as nonpermitted users.

(5) All owners and operators of motor vehicles that have a gross license tag weight classification greater than ten thousand (10,000) pounds, but not exceeding twenty thousand (20,000) pounds shall prepay Two Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($225.00) of the tax annually, and all owners and operators of motor vehicles that have a gross license tag weight classification greater than twenty thousand (20,000) pounds shall prepay Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) of the tax annually. On motor vehicles that have a gross license tag weight exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds, that are exclusively used by a farmer for transporting farm products produced on his own farm and also farm supplies, materials and equipment used in the growing or production of his agricultural products and have a “farm” or “F” motor vehicle license tag, the prepaid portion of the privilege tax shall be One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00).

(6) The department, in its discretion, may authorize or require the owner or operator of five (5) or more motor vehicles that use or are capable of using compressed gas on the highway to pay the excise tax on all compressed gas purchased for any purpose and the excise tax shall be collected by the distributor of compressed gas at the time of sale or delivery. The owners or operators authorized or required to do so shall be classified as nonpermitted users.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.354 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-56.354
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.354
Status: in_force

(1) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive license tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as a supporter of the Hills Chapel Patriots. The distinctive license tags so issued shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the Principal of Hills Chapel Middle School, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2013, any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the State Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the distinctive license tags issued under this section. The State Treasurer shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to Hills Chapel Middle School.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-43-7 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 43-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-43-7
Status: in_force

The notice shall be mailed to said lienors, if any, to the post-office address of the lienors, if such address is set forth in the instrument creating the lien, otherwise to the post-office address of said lienors, if actually known to the clerk, and if unknown to the clerk then addressed to the county site of the said county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-63 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 39 / Section 69-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-63
Status: in_force

If any of the stamps sold by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or any stamps in his possession, shall become damaged to the extent that they cannot be used, then the commissioner shall destroy said stamps. However, he shall first make a list thereof as to the denominations and amounts of said stamps, and shall submit the list and stamps to the state treasurer, and the stamps shall be counted and such lists shall be attested by the state treasurer, and after such verification and attest, said damaged stamps shall be destroyed then and there in the presence of the state treasurer, and the said list of denominations and amounts which have been attested by the state treasurer shall be kept as a permanent record in the office of the commissioner. If such damaged stamps shall have been sold by this state to any dealer under the provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall exchange new stamps for such damaged stamps and shall dispose of the same as provided in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-325 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 71-325
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-325
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every wholesaler or distributor of light wines, light spirit products or beer licensed under the provisions of Section 67-3-27, Mississippi Code of 1972 , to file with the commissioner, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, a report covering all sales of such light wines, light spirit products or beer during the preceding month. Such report shall show the names and post-office addresses of all persons to whom such light wines, light spirit products or beer have been sold or delivered and the quantities and invoice prices of the light wines, light spirit products or beer thus sold or delivered.

It shall be the duty of each retail dealer in such light wines, light spirit products or beer to procure from the distributor or wholesaler from whom such light wines, light spirit products or beer were purchased or acquired, invoices showing the quantity of the light wines, light spirit products or beer purchased or acquired, and the date of each delivery thereof. Such invoices shall be preserved by the retailer and shall be open for inspection by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent for a period of two (2) years. It shall likewise be the duty of such retail dealer to file with the commissioner, on or before the fifteenth day of each calendar month, a report showing all purchases of such light wines, light spirit products or beer made by him during the preceding month. Such report shall disclose the names and addresses of all persons from whom such light wines, light spirit products or beer have been purchased or received by him during the preceding month and the quantities thus purchased or received.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-159 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 107-159
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-159
Status: in_force

No application for grants or loans under the authority of Sections 27-107-153 through 27-107-167 shall be filed after January 20, 1980, and no application for a grant or loan shall be approved after March 31, 1980.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-109-11 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 109-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-109-11
Status: in_force

(1) Each applicant for a privilege license for a cruise vessel shall pay an application fee of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

(2) Each licensee shall pay a license fee of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

(3) Each cruise vessel licensed hereunder shall pay a boarding fee of Three Dollars and Fifty Cents ($3.50) per passenger to the commission. Of this fee, sixty percent (60%) shall be retained by the state, twenty percent (20%) shall be returned to the county of the port and twenty percent (20%) shall be returned to the municipality of the port.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-106-15 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 106-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-106-15
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 27-106-13 , an investment may be made in a person engaged in investment activities in Iran, as described in Section 27-106-7 , on a case by case basis, if:

(a) The investment activities in Iran were made before July 1, 2015, the investment activities in Iran have not been expanded or renewed after July 1, 2015, and the person has adopted, publicized and is implementing a formal plan to cease the investment activities in Iran and to refrain from engaging in any new investments in Iran; or

(b) The investor makes a determination that the investments are necessary in order to perform its functions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-41 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 65-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-41
Status: in_force

The tax imposed by this chapter or damages assessed or interest applied by authority of this chapter shall constitute a debt due the State of Mississippi from the time the tax is due until it is paid and shall be a lien upon the property or rights to property of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter including the statute of limitations set forth in Section 27-65-42 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-167 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 104-167
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-167
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration shall publish on its searchable website the annual report of each agency, board, commission, department and institution required to be prepared by Section 27-101-1 . The Department of Finance and Administration shall have the authority to establish the forms, processes, procedures and timelines to furnish the annual report. All such agencies, boards, commissions, departments and institutions shall fully cooperate with the Department of Finance and Administration in providing the information necessary to comply with the requirements of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-77 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-77
Status: in_force

(1) Individual resident taxpayers of Mississippi whose gross income is derived from sources both within and without the State of Mississippi shall be allowed a tax credit for income tax paid to another state, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia against the amount of tax found to be due to the State of Mississippi.

(2) This tax credit shall be limited in amount, however, as provided below:

(a) The tax credit may not exceed the amount of income tax due the State of Mississippi.

(b) The tax credit may not exceed the amount of income tax actually paid to the other state.

(c) The tax credit may not exceed an amount computed by applying the highest Mississippi rates to the net taxable income reported to the other state. The net taxable income reported to the other state shall be computed on the basis of the provisions contained in the income tax laws and regulations of said other state. Highest rates are meant to mean the highest rates at which the net taxable income reported to the other state is taxable by the State of Mississippi.

(3) Before an individual resident taxpayer of Mississippi may claim the credit allowed under this section, he shall file with his tax return a certificate showing amounts of gross income, net income, and net taxable income derived from sources without this state, together with the amount of tax paid or to be paid on such income.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.367 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 4 / Section 19-56.367
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.367
Status: in_force

(1) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive license tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as a supporter of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. The distinctive license tags so issued shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2014, any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the State Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the distinctive license tags issued under this section. The State Treasurer shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Eight Dollars ($8.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

(b) Eight Dollars ($8.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund created in Section 45-2-1 .

(c) Eight Dollars ($8.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the Police Benevolent Foundation, Inc.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(e) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(f) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-12 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 55-12
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-12
Status: in_force

(1) The United States government, the State of Mississippi, counties, municipalities, school districts and all other political subdivisions of the state, and volunteer fire departments chartered under the laws of the State of Mississippi as nonprofit corporations shall be exempt from excise taxes on gasoline, special fuel and compressed gas as follows:

(a) From the excise tax rate in excess of Nine Cents (9¢) per gallon of gasoline and from the excise tax rate in excess of One Cent (1¢) per gallon of aviation gasoline levied under Section 27-55-11, Mississippi Code of 1972 , Five and Four-tenths Cents (5.4¢) thereof shall be exempt as provided in Section 27-55-19, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(b) From the excise tax rate in excess of Ten Cents (10¢) per gallon of special fuel levied at Eighteen Cents (18¢) per gallon under Sections 27-55-519 and 27-55-521 , Four and Three-fourths Cents (4.75¢) thereof shall be exempt.

(c) From the excise tax rate in excess of One Cent (1¢) per gallon of special fuel taxed at Five and Three-fourths Cents (5.75¢) per gallon and from the excise tax rate in excess of One-half Cent ( 1 / 2 ¢) per gallon of special fuel used in aircraft levied under Section 27-55-519 , Four and Three-fourths Cents (4.75¢) thereof shall be exempt.

(d) From the portion of the excise tax rate on compressed gas used as a motor fuel that exceeds the rate of tax in effect on June 30, 1987, Three Cents (3¢) thereof shall be exempt.

(2) The exemption provided in subsection (1) of this section for sales of gasoline, special fuel and compressed gas to volunteer fire departments shall apply only to sales of gasoline, special fuel and compressed gas for use in a vehicle owned by a volunteer fire department and used for department purposes.

(3) The exemption provided in subsection (1) of this section for sales of gasoline, special fuel and compressed gas also shall apply to sales of gasoline, special fuel and compressed gas to an entity described in Section 27-51-41(2)(u) for use in buses and other motor vehicles that are exempt from ad valorem taxation under Section 27-51-41(2)(u) .

(4) Any person other than a bonded distributor of gasoline, bonded distributor of special fuel or bonded distributor of compressed gas who sells or delivers any gasoline, special fuel or compressed gas, subject to the exemption set forth in this section, is required to obtain credit for such exemption from a bonded distributor of gasoline, special fuel or compressed gas.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-52 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-52
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-52
Status: in_force

Any federal judge or magistrate, any justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, any judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals, any chancellor or circuit court judge, any county court judge, any senior judge on senior status appointed under Section 9-1-107 , the United States Attorney or any attorney assigned to his office, or any state district attorney or assistant district attorney, upon the payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, may, upon request, be issued a motor vehicle license tag by the Department of Revenue whose number cannot be traced except by a law enforcement agency upon a request directed to the Department of Revenue that is related to a legitimate law enforcement purpose. The motor vehicle license tag letters or numbers, or both, shall be assigned by the Department of Revenue and the tag shall be indistinguishable from a regular motor vehicle license tag. The tag shall be applied for at the county tax collector's office and the application shall be directed to the Department of Revenue for issuance of the tag by whatever method the department considers appropriate. For all purposes, other than the issuance of the tag and its inability to be traced, the tag shall be treated in the same manner as a regular motor vehicle license tag.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-53-31 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 53-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-53-31
Status: in_force

If any manufactured home or mobile home on which the ad valorem taxes prescribed in this chapter have been paid shall be totally destroyed by fire, tornado, flood or acts of providence, then the owner of such manufactured home or mobile home, upon filing a petition and submission of sufficient proof to the tax collector, may be credited with the amount of the ad valorem taxes on the proportional part of the taxable year remaining, less ad valorem taxes accruing on the salvage price, if any, in calculating the amount of ad valorem taxes due on any replacement for such a manufactured home or mobile home. In no event, however, shall such person claiming credit under this provision be entitled to a cash refund.

In order to obtain benefit of this credit, such person must submit proof supported by affidavit of three (3) reputable citizens that such manufactured home or mobile home has been totally destroyed and a statement must be made as to the estimated amount of salvage value remaining. The application for this credit and the three (3) supporting affidavits must be notarized by an officer who has legal authority to notarize such instruments.

Any person who makes or swears to a false statement or makes or swears to a statement of facts without personal knowledge of such facts, in any connection with an adjustment claim as referred to above, shall be guilty of perjury and upon conviction shall be punished as now provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.162 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-56.162
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.162
Status: in_force

(1) There shall be issued beginning July 1, 2008, special motor vehicle license tags honoring the family members of service members who have died while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States while the United States was engaged in hostile activities or a time of war. The license tag shall be officially designated as the Gold Star license plate.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and a family member of a service member who has died while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States while the United States was engaged in hostile activities or a time of war, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (5) of this section, shall be issued a Gold Star license tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name. The distinctive license tag shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of supporters of this license tag, may prescribe; however, the license tag shall bear in a conspicuous place a gold star with blue fringe on a white background with a red border that is the symbol for a fallen service member and shall have the words “Gold Star Family” and the branch of the United States Armed Forces in which the family member served displayed on it.

(3) One (1) Gold Star license tag issued to the mother of the service member who died while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States while the United States was engaged in hostile activities or a time of war after September 11, 2001, and one (1) Gold Star license tag issued to the unremarried spouse of the service member who died while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States while the United States was engaged in hostile activities or a time of war after September 11, 2001, shall be exempt from ad valorem taxes, privilege taxes and all other taxes and fees.

(4) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (5) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in this section, beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2008, any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrent with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(6) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the State Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the distinctive license tags issued under this section. The State Treasurer shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of a fund to be administered by the board overseeing the veterans nursing homes in this state for the benefit of indigent veterans who are residents of such nursing homes.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(7) A Gold Star license tag issued pursuant to this section may be personalized in the manner provided for in Section 27-19-48 upon payment of the additional fee prescribed in that section.

(8) In order to qualify as a family member, the person must be directly related to the fallen service member as their unremarried spouse, child, stepchild, legal mother or father, sibling related by blood or legal adoption, step-sibling, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle or stepparent who is currently married to the mother or father of the fallen service member.

(9) Whether a service member is deemed to have died while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States while the United States was engaged in hostile activities or a time of war shall be determined by the classification of death as listed by the United States Department of Defense and may be verified from documentation directly from the Department of Defense or from its subordinate agencies such as the Coast Guard, Reserve or National Guard. A classification of having died while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States while the United States was engaged in hostile activities or a time of war by the Department of Defense shall be prima facie evidence that the service member died in such manner. Documentation of the fact that the service member died while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States while the United States was engaged in hostile activities or a time of war and proof of relationship to the service member shall be required by the county tax collector before issuing a Gold Star license plate. The county tax collector may waive the documentation if he or she has actual knowledge of the family relationship and that the service member died while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States while the United States was involved in hostile activities or a time of war.

(10) The Gold Star license plate shall be issued only to family members of service members that resided in Mississippi at the time of the death of the service member.

(11) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(12) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.

(13) Distinctive license tags shall not be issued under this section after July 8, 2020. A person issued a distinctive license tag under this section before July 8, 2020, may renew the license tag under Section 27-19-56.524(5) in the manner provided for the issuance and renewal of a tag in Section 27-19-56.524(5) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-22.49 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-22.49
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-22.49
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “Employment-related expenses” means and has the same definition as such term has in 26 USCS Section 21 .

(b) “Qualifying individual” means and has the same definition as such term has in 26 USCS Section 21(b)(1)(A) .

(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, any taxpayer allowed to claim a federal income tax credit under 26 USCS Section 21 for employment-related expenses incurred related to one (1) or more qualifying individuals shall be allowed a credit against the taxes imposed under this chapter in the manner prescribed in this section. The amount of the credit shall be equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of the federal income tax credit lawfully claimed by the taxpayer for such employment-related expenses on the taxpayer's federal income tax return. However, the amount of credit that may be utilized by a taxpayer in a taxable year shall be limited to an amount not to exceed the total tax liability of the taxpayer for the taxes imposed under this chapter. In order to claim the credit provided for in this section, a taxpayer must claim the federal income tax credit on the taxpayer's federal income tax return and have an adjusted gross income for such return of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). A taxpayer must provide a copy of such return and any other information required by the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-61 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 115-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-61
Status: in_force

(1) Any contract executed by the corporation with a lottery retailer pursuant to this section shall specify the reasons for which any contract may be cancelled, denied, revoked, suspended, renewal rejected or terminated by the corporation, which reasons may include, but not be limited to:

(a) Commission of a violation of this chapter or administrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(b) Failure to accurately account for lottery tickets, revenues or prizes as required by the corporation.

(c) Commission of any fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.

(d) Insufficient sale of tickets.

(e) Conduct prejudicial to public confidence in the lottery.

(f) The lottery retailer filing for or being placed in bankruptcy or receivership.

(g) Any material change in any matter considered by the corporation in executing the contract with the lottery retailer.

(h) Failure to meet any of the objective criteria established by the board pursuant to this chapter.

(2) If, in the discretion of the president, cancellation, denial, revocation, suspension, rejection of renewal or termination of a lottery retailer contract is in the best interest of the lottery, the public welfare, or the State of Mississippi, the president may cancel, deny, revoke, suspend, reject the renewal, or terminate, after notice and a hearing, any contract issued pursuant to this chapter. Such contract may, however, be temporarily suspended by the president without prior notice, pending any prosecution, hearing or investigation, whether by a third party or by the president. A contract may be cancelled, denied, revoked, suspended, renewal rejected or terminated by the president for any one or more of the reasons enumerated in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.319 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-56.319
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.319
Status: in_force

(1) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and is a member of the Wahabi Shrine Temple in Mississippi, Joppa Shrine Temple in Mississippi or Hamasa Shrine Temple in Mississippi, his wife, widow, mother, daughter or sister, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional annual fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be entitled to a special license tag which displays the Shriners International emblem. The distinctive license tag so issued shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the Wahabi Shrine Temple in Mississippi, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. Applicants for such distinctive license tags shall present to the issuing official documentation as prescribed by the Department of Revenue evidencing eligibility for the distinctive license tag authorized by this section. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2012, any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the State Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the distinctive license tags issued under this section. The State Treasurer shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the Wahabi Shrine Temple in Mississippi. The Wahabi Shrine Temple in Mississippi shall distribute the fees so received to the Joppa Shrine Temple in Mississippi, Hamasa Shrine Temple in Mississippi and Wahabi Shrine Temple in Mississippi, with the fees to be distributed to each of those temples on the basis of the fees generated by the purchase of the distinctive license tags within the counties covered by the particular temple boundary. The Department of Revenue shall furnish to the Wahabi Shrine Temple in Mississippi such information as is necessary for the temple to distribute the fees in the manner herein provided. The Wahabi Shrine Temple in Mississippi is authorized to deduct an administrative fee from the fees distributed to the temples in such amount as is approved by the individual temples receiving the fees to be distributed.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-15 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 55 / Section 61-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-15
Status: in_force

Each permittee, owner or operator liable for tax under this chapter or person licensed under the provisions of the International Fuel Tax Agreement shall maintain and keep for a period of not less than four (4) years such records of all fuel purchases and all fuel used within this state together with invoices, bills of lading, records of distances traveled and other pertinent records as may be required by the commission for the reasonable administration of this chapter or the International Fuel Tax Agreement. The commission shall have the right to examine and inspect, during the usual business hours of the day, all records, books, papers and other documents relating to the tax liability of any such person. In the event such records, books, papers and other documents are not located in this state and available to the commission, then the commission shall have the authority and power to require such owners or operators, or persons licensed under the provisions of the International Fuel Tax Agreement to produce within this state, at such time and place as the commission may designate, all such records, books, papers and other documents or, at the option of the owner or operator, or persons licensed under the provisions of the International Fuel Tax Agreement duly verified copies thereof. Whenever any permittee shall fail or refuse to file any report required by this chapter, or keep and maintain the records required by this chapter, or shall file an incorrect or fraudulent report, or if an audit of the records of such permittee or any other information discloses that taxes are due and unpaid, the commission shall make assessments of taxes, damages and interest which shall be prima facie correct.

All actions by this state for the recovery of additional amounts claimed as tax due under this chapter must be commenced within three (3) years from the date of the filing of the report with the commission, provided that in the case of a fraudulent or false report with intent to evade tax or a failure to file a report, action may be commenced at any time. However, when the commission has initiated an examination of a taxpayer's records in order to verify reports under this chapter and the taxpayer has been notified thereof by certified mail within the three-year examination period provided herein, the determination of the correct tax liability may be made after the expiration of the three-year examination period, provided that such determination shall be made with reasonable promptness and diligence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-239 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 4 / Section 15-239
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-239
Status: in_force

Each officer authorized to issue privilege licenses shall keep a privilege tax register in such form as the state auditor of public accounts shall prescribe in which shall be entered the names of all privilege taxpayers, the amount paid, the serial number of the license issued, the period covered by such license, and the business location. This register shall constitute a permanent record of the officer authorized to collect privilege taxes and shall always be open for inspection by the public. At the end of the year, each such officer shall return to the state auditor of public accounts all unused privilege tax license blanks and three (3) years after the return of such unused privilege tax license blanks, the state auditor of public accounts shall destroy the same. All monies received by the officer authorized by law to issue privilege tax licenses shall be deposited in the state treasury on the same day in which such funds are collected. At the end of each month, the state auditor of public accounts shall carefully check the books and records of the state tax commission and of the commissioner of insurance and of the seafood commission, and shall verify the amounts paid or to be paid into the state treasury insofar as it relates to the collection of privilege taxes; and any duty herein required to the state auditor of public accounts may be performed by his designee for that purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-59 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 35-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-59
Status: in_force

The several columns on each page containing the number of acres, quantities, and values shall be carefully footed up at the bottom of each page, separately, and the sums from each page shall be carried forward to the last page, and the aggregate sums accurately added up and ascertained.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-22.31 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-22.31
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-22.31
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “ Certified historic structure ” means a property located in Mississippi that has been:

(i) Listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places; or

(ii) Determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior and will be listed within thirty (30) months of claiming the rebate or credit authorized by this section; or

(iii) Property designated a Mississippi Landmark by the Department of Archives and History pursuant to Section 39-7-3 et seq.

(b) “ Eligible property ” means property located in Mississippi and offered or used for residential or business purposes.

(c) “ Structure in a certified historic district ” means a structure (and its structural components) located in Mississippi which:

(i) Is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; or

(ii) Has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior and will be listed within thirty (30) months of claiming the rebate or credit authorized by this section; or

(iii) Is located in a registered historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places or located in a potential district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior and will be listed within thirty (30) months of claiming the rebate or credit authorized by this section, and is certified by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior as being of historic significance to the district; or

(iv) Is certified by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History as contributing to the historic significance of:

1. A certified historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places; or

2. A potential district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior and will be listed within thirty (30) months of claiming the rebate or credit authorized by this section; or

3. A local district that has been certified by the United States Department of the Interior.

(d) “ Department ” means the Department of Archives and History.

(2) Any taxpayer incurring costs and expenses for the rehabilitation of eligible property, which is a certified historic structure or a structure in a certified historic district, shall be entitled to a rebate or credit against the taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter in an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the total costs and expenses of rehabilitation incurred after January 1, 2006, which shall include, but not be limited to, qualified rehabilitation expenditures as defined under Section 47(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as amended, and the related regulations thereunder:

(a) If the costs and expenses associated with rehabilitation exceed:

(i) Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) in the case of an owner-occupied dwelling; or

(ii) Fifty percent (50%) of the adjusted basis in the property in the case of all other properties; and

(b) The rehabilitation is consistent with the standards of the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior as determined by the department.

(3) Any taxpayer eligible for the rebate or credit authorized by this section may claim the rebate or credit in phases if:

(a) There is a written set of architectural plans and specifications for all phases of the rehabilitation (written plans outlining and describing all phases of the rehabilitation shall be accepted as written plans and specifications);

(b) The written set of architectural plans and specifications are completed before the physical work on the rehabilitation begins; and

(c) The project receives final certification by the department within sixty (60) months of the project start date certified in the first phase.

(4)(a)(i) If the amount of the tax credit established by this section exceeds the total state income tax liability for the credit year, the amount that exceeds the total state income tax liability may be carried forward for the ten (10) succeeding tax years.

(ii) In lieu of claiming a tax credit, the taxpayer may elect to claim a rebate in the amount of seventy-five percent (75%) of the amount that would be eligible to claim as a credit. The election may be made at any time after the certification of the rebate. If the taxpayer has utilized a tax credit on an income tax return prior to making an election to claim a rebate, then the available rebate will be reduced by the amount of credit utilized.

(iii) Rebate requests shall be submitted to the department on forms prescribed by the department. The department will then provide the taxpayer with a voucher for the approved amount. Within twelve (12) months of the issuance of the voucher by the department, the taxpayer may submit the voucher to the Department of Revenue to receive payment. Rebates shall be made from current tax collections.

(b) Not-for-profit entities, including, but not limited to, nonprofit corporations organized under Section 79-11-101 et seq. , shall be ineligible for the rebate or credit authorized by this section. Credits granted to a partnership, a limited liability company taxed as a partnership or multiple owners of property shall be passed through to the partners, members or owners on a pro rata basis or pursuant to an executed agreement among the partners, members or owners documenting an alternative distribution method. Partners, members or other owners of a pass-through entity are not eligible to elect a refund of excess credit in lieu of a carryforward of the credit. However, a partnership or limited liability company taxed as a partnership may elect to claim a rebate at the entity level on a form prescribed by the department. Additionally, excess tax credits that are attributable to rehabilitated property that was placed in service by a pass-through entity prior to January 1, 2011, and that have previously been allocated to and are held by another pass-through entity prior to January 1, 2011, may be refunded to such other pass-through entity.

(5)(a)(i) To claim the rebate or credit authorized pursuant to this section, the taxpayer shall apply to the department which shall determine the amount of eligible rehabilitation costs and expenses and whether the rehabilitation is consistent with the standards of the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior. The department shall issue a certificate evidencing the date of the rebate or credit and amount of eligible rebate or credit if the taxpayer is found to be eligible for the tax rebate or credit. The taxpayer shall attach the certificate to all income tax returns on which the credit is claimed. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (a), the department shall not issue certificates evidencing the eligible rebate or credit which will result in rebates or credits being awarded in excess of Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000.00) in any one (1) calendar year for projects with total qualified rehabilitation costs and expenses of One Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,750,000.00) or more. The department shall also not issue certificates evidencing the eligible rebate or credit which will result in rebates or credits being awarded in excess of Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000.00) in any one (1) calendar year for projects with total qualified rehabilitation costs and expenses of less than One Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,750,000.00).

(ii) If claiming a credit instead of a rebate, the taxpayer shall claim such credit on the income tax return for the tax year for which the credit is certified.

(b) The date of the rebate or credit shall be certified in the following order:

(i) The rebate or credit shall be certified based on the date of project completion.

(ii) If the eligible rebate or credit exceeds the available limit in the year in which the project is completed, the rebate or credit shall be certified based on the date the certification is issued by the department. The department shall issue the certification in the first calendar year in which the requested rebate or credit would not exceed the calendar year limit.

(c) The aggregate amount of tax rebates or credits that may be awarded under this section shall not exceed One Hundred Eighty Million Dollars ($180,000,000.00).

(6)(a) The rebate or credit received by a taxpayer pursuant to this section is subject to recapture if:

(i) The property is one that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places but is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places within thirty (30) months of claiming the rebate or credit authorized by this section;

(ii) The potential district in which the property is located is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places within thirty (30) months of claiming the rebate or credit authorized by this section; or

(iii) The project has not received final certification by the department within sixty (60) months of the project start date certified in the first phase.

(b) The taxpayer shall notify the department and the Department of Revenue if any of the situations that subject the credit to recapture occur.

(7)(a) The board of trustees of the department shall establish fees to be charged for the services performed by the department under this section and shall publish the fee schedule. The fees contained in the schedule shall be in amounts reasonably calculated to recover the costs incurred by the department for the administration of this section. Any taxpayer desiring to participate in the tax credits authorized by this section shall pay the appropriate fee as contained in the fee schedule to the department, which shall be used by the department, without appropriation, to offset the administrative costs of the department associated with its duties under this section.

(b) There is hereby created within the State Treasury a special fund into which shall be deposited all the fees collected by the department pursuant to this section. Money deposited into the fund shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal year and investment earnings on the proceeds in such special fund shall be deposited into such fund. Money from the fund shall be disbursed upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon requisitions signed by the executive director of the department to assist the department in carrying out its duties under this section.

(8) This section shall only apply to taxpayers:

(a) Who have been issued a certificate evidencing the eligible credit before December 31, 2030; or

(b) Who, before December 31, 2030, have received a determination in writing from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, in accordance with the department's Historic Preservation Certificate Application, Part 2, that the rehabilitation is consistent with the historic character of the property and that the property meets the United States Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, or will meet the standards if certain specified conditions are met, and, who are issued a certificate evidencing the eligible credit on or after December 31, 2030.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-63 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 41-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-63
Status: in_force

If a tax collector sells any land after he shall have received the taxes due thereon, he shall refund to the purchaser the money paid and such sale shall be void.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.371 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-56.371
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.371
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2020, any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive license tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as an enrolled member or descendant of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The distinctive license tags so issued shall display the word “Chahta” and shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. Applicants for such distinctive license tags shall present to the issuing official written proof that the applicant is an enrolled member or descendant of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians by presenting (a) a Tribal Identification Card issued by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, (b) a Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood issued by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, or (c) a Non-Enrolled Member Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood issued by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(3) Any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

(4) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the State Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the distinctive license tags issued under this section. The State Treasurer shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2 .

(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the regular license tag.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.

(7) In order for a distinctive license tag to be issued under this section, the provisions of Section 27-19-44(3) must be satisfied for the distinctive license tag before July 1, 2023.