Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-713 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-713
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-713
Status: in_force

(1) The corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its members and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the directors without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by committees of the board of directors.

(2) The corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.

(3) The corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.

(4) The corporation shall keep a copy of the following records at its office:

(a) Its bylaws or restated bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;

(b) The minutes of all meetings of the board of directors and records of all actions approved by the directors for the past three (3) years;

(c) A list of the names and business or home addresses of its current directors and officers; and

(d) Its most recent status report delivered to the Secretary of State.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-16-3 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-16-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly provides otherwise:

(a) “ Child ” means a person who has not reached the age of eighteen (18) years or who has not otherwise been legally emancipated.

(b) “ Child residential home ” means any place, facility or home operated by any person which receives children who are not related to the operators and whose parents or guardians are not residents of the same facility for supervision, care, lodging and maintenance for twenty-four (24) hours a day, with or without transfer of custody. This term does not include:

(i) Residential homes licensed by the Department of Child Protection Services under Section 43-15-5 ;

(ii) Any public school;

(iii) Any home operated by a state agency;

(iv) Child care facilities as defined in Section 43-20-5 ;

(v) Youth camps as defined in Section 75-74-3 ;

(vi) Health care facilities licensed by the State Department of Health; or

(vii) The home of an attorney-in-fact operating under a power of attorney executed under Section 93-31-1 et seq.

(c) “ Department ” shall mean the State Department of Health.

(d) “ Person ” shall include an individual, partnership, organization, association or corporation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-15-113 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 14 / Section 15-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-15-113
Status: in_force

(1) If a license is revoked, the department may grant a new license after:

(a) Satisfactory evidence is submitted to the department, evidencing that the conditions upon which revocation was based have been corrected; and

(b) Inspection and compliance with all provisions of this article and applicable rules.

(2) The department may only suspend a license for a period of time which does not exceed the current expiration date of that license.

(3) When a license has been suspended, the department may completely or partially restore the suspended license upon a determination that the:

(a) Conditions upon which the suspension was based have been completely or partially corrected; and

(b) Interests of the public will not be jeopardized by restoration of the license.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-19 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 14 / Section 47-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-19
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to abuse, neglect or exploit any vulnerable person.

(2)(a) Any person who willfully commits an act or willfully omits the performance of any duty, which act or omission contributes to, tends to contribute to, or results in neglect, physical pain, injury, mental anguish, unreasonable confinement or deprivation of services which are necessary to maintain the mental or physical health of a vulnerable person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year in the county jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any accepted medical procedure performed in the usual scope of practice shall not be a violation of this subsection.

(b) Any person who willfully exploits a vulnerable person, where the value of the exploitation is less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year in the county jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment; where the value of the exploitation is Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) or more, the person who exploits a vulnerable person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years.

(3) Any person who willfully inflicts physical pain or injury upon a vulnerable person shall be guilty of felonious abuse or battery, or both, of a vulnerable person and, upon conviction thereof, may be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not more than twenty (20) years.

(4) Any person who willfully inflicts severe mental anguish upon a vulnerable person shall be guilty of a felony and shall be sentenced to not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections and shall be fined not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

(5) For any third or subsequent misdemeanor conviction of any person violating any part of this section, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, such person shall be guilty of a felony and shall be sentenced to not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections and shall be fined not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

(6) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent proceedings against a person under any statute of this state or municipal ordinance defining any act as a crime or misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-9-7 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-9-7
Status: in_force

Assistance shall be given under this chapter to any person who:

(a) Has attained the age of sixty-five (65) years;

(b) Has resided in the state for one (1) year immediately preceding his application and such residence shall not have been established solely or in part for the purpose of enabling the applicant to come within the provisions of this chapter;

(c) Resides in the county in which application is made;

(d) Has not sufficient income or other resources to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health;

(e) Is not an inmate of or being maintained by any county, municipal, state, or national institution at the time of receiving assistance except as a patient in a public medical institution, or is not a patient in any institution for tuberculosis or mental diseases, or is not a patient in any medical institution as a result of having been diagnosed as having tuberculosis or psychosis; in the event the federal Social Security Act or other appropriate federal statutes are so amended as to permit funds appropriated by congress to be used for assistance to aged persons who are inmates of public institutions, then being an inmate of any such institution shall not disqualify any such person for assistance. An inmate of a public institution may, however, make application for such assistance but the assistance if granted shall not begin until after he ceases to be an inmate;

(f) Has not made an assignment or transfer of property so as to render himself eligible for assistance under this chapter at any time within two (2) years immediately prior to the filing of an application for assistance pursuant to the provisions hereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-26-7 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15 / Section 26-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-26-7
Status: in_force

The Department of Child Protection Services shall have the authority to use the services and resources of the State Department of Education, the State Department of Health, the State Department of Human Services, the State Department of Mental Health, Division of Medicaid, and all other appropriate state departments, agencies, institutions or political subdivisions as will aid in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. It shall be the duty of all such state departments, agencies and institutions to make available such services and resources to the department, including, but not necessarily limited to, such services and resources as may be required to perform appropriate criminal history record checks on prospective foster and relative child placements for the purpose of preventing and detecting abuse and neglect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-19-35 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-19-35
Status: in_force

(1) By currently or previously accepting public assistance or making application for child support services for and on behalf of a child or children, the recipient shall be deemed to have made an assignment to the State Department of Human Services of any and all rights and interests in any cause of action, past, present or future, that said recipient or the children may have against any parent failing to provide for the support and maintenance of said minor child or children; said department shall be subrogated to any and all rights, title and interest the recipient or the children may have against any and all property belonging to the absent or nonsupporting parent in the enforcement of any claim for child or spousal support, whether liquidated through court order or not. The recipient of Title IV-D services shall also be deemed, without the necessity of signing any document, to have appointed the State Department of Human Services to act in his or her, as well as the children's, name, place, and stead to perform the specific act of instituting suit to establish paternity or secure support, collecting any and all amounts due and owing for child or spousal support or any other service as required or permitted under Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, and endorsing any and all drafts, checks, money orders or other negotiable instruments representing child or spousal support payments which are received on behalf of the recipient or the children, and retaining any portion thereof permitted under federal and state statutes as reimbursement for public assistance monies previously paid to the recipient or children.

(2) Court orders of support for any child or children receiving services through Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act shall be amended, by operation of law, and without the necessity of a motion by the Child Support Unit and a hearing thereon to provide that the payment of support shall be directed by the absent parent to the Mississippi Department of Human Services Central Receipting and Disbursement Unit as provided in Section 43-19-37 and not to the recipient. The absent parent shall be notified of such amendment prior to it taking effect.

(3) Any attorney authorized by the state to initiate any action pursuant to Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, including, but not limited to, any action initiated pursuant to Sections 43-19-31 et seq. and 93-25-1 et seq. shall be deemed to represent the interest of the State Department of Human Services exclusively; no attorney-client relationship shall exist between said attorney and any recipient of services pursuant to Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act for and on behalf of a child or children, regardless of the name in which the legal proceedings are initiated. Said attorney representing the state in a Title IV-D case is only authorized to appear and prosecute and/or defend issues of support and cannot in a Title IV-D case address or provide representation to the Title IV-D recipient on any other ancillary issues raised or presented in that action.

(4) Said assignment to the State Department of Human Services shall be free of any legal or equitable defense to the payment of child support that may accrue to any person legally liable for the support of any child or children receiving aid from the State Department of Human Services, as a result of the conduct of the person who is accepting public assistance for and on behalf of said child or children.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-781 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 28 / Section 33-781
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-781
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 . Any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the State Bond Commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of the commission by a majority of its members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-781 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 18 / Section 33-781
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-781
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 . Any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the State Bond Commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of the commission by a majority of its members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-31-3 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-31-3
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may purchase, in the name of the county, not more than one hundred and sixty (160) acres of land for a county home and farm; and it may erect thereon suitable buildings and make all necessary contracts for these purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-701 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-701
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-701
Status: in_force

(1) There is established the Mississippi Commission on a Uniform Youth Court System and Procedures. The commission shall consist of the following twenty-one (21) members:

(a) One (1) circuit court judge appointed by the Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court;

(b) One (1) chancery court judge, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court;

(c) The President of the Mississippi Council of Youth Court Judges, or his designee;

(d) Two (2) who may be either family court judges or county court judges, appointed by the President of the Mississippi Council of Youth Court Judges;

(e) Two (2) youth court referees, appointed by the President of the Mississippi Council of Youth Court Judges;

(f) One (1) member of the Mississippi House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House;

(g) One (1) member of the Mississippi Senate to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor;

(h) The directors of the following state agencies or their designated representatives: the Mississippi Department of Human Services and the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services;

(i) The director or his designated representative of the Governor's Office of Federal-State Programs;

(j) Two (2) employees, other than the commissioner, of the Department of Child Protection Services who are supervisors of social workers primarily assigned to youth cases, appointed by the Governor;

(k) One (1) employee, other than the commissioner, of the Department of Child Protection Services who is experienced with the legal process of youth court cases, appointed by the Governor;

(l) One (1) municipal police chief, appointed by the Governor;

(m) One (1) county sheriff, appointed by the Governor;

(n) Two (2) lawyers experienced in youth court work, appointed by the Governor; and

(o) Two (2) prosecuting attorneys who prosecute cases in youth court, appointed by the Governor.

(2) The members shall be appointed to the commission within fifteen (15) days of the effective date of Sections 43-21-701 and 43-21-703 and shall serve until the end of their respective terms of office, if applicable, or until October 1, 2024, whichever occurs first. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. Members shall be eligible for reappointment provided that upon such reappointment they meet the qualifications required of a new appointee.

(3) The commission may elect any officers from among its membership as it deems necessary for the efficient discharge of the commission's duties.

(4) The commission shall adopt rules and regulations governing times and places for meetings and governing the manner of conducting its business. Twelve (12) or more members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting any business of the commission; provided, however, a vote of not less than fourteen (14) members shall be required for any recommendations to the Legislature.

(5) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that state and county employees and officers shall receive any per diem as authorized by law from appropriations available to their respective agencies or political subdivisions. All commission members shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for any actual and reasonable expenses incurred as a necessary incident to service on the commission, including mileage as provided by law.

(6) The commission may select and employ a research director who shall perform the duties which the commission directs, which duties shall include the hiring of such other employees for the commission as the commission may approve. The research director and all other employees of the commission shall be in the state service and their salaries shall be established by the commission subject to approval by the State Personnel Board. Employees of the commission shall be reimbursed for the expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their official duties in the same manner as other state employees. The commission may also employ any consultants it deems necessary, including consultants to compile any demographic data needed to accomplish the duties of the commission.

(7) The Governor's Office of Federal-State Programs shall support the Commission on a Uniform Youth Court System and shall act as agent for any funds made available to the commission for its use. In order to expedite the implementation of the Commission on a Uniform Youth Court System, any funds available to the Governor's Office of Federal-State Programs for the 2023-2024 fiscal year may be expended for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the commission created herein.

(8) The commission may contract for suitable office space in accordance with the provisions of Section 29-5-2, Mississippi Code of 1972 . In addition, the commission may utilize, with their consent, the services, equipment, personnel, information and resources of other state agencies; and may accept voluntary and uncompensated services, contract with individuals, public and private agencies, and request information, reports and data from any agency of the state, or any of its political subdivisions, to the extent authorized by law.

(9) In order to conduct and carry out its purposes, duties and related activities as provided for in this section and Section 43-21-703 , the commission is authorized to apply for and accept gifts, grants, subsidies and other funds from persons, corporations, foundations, the United States government or other entities, provided that the receipt of such gifts, grants, subsidies and funds shall be reported and otherwise accounted for in the manner provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-17 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 33-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-17
Status: in_force

Any two (2) or more authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing (including the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations and giving security therefor), planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating or contracting with respect to a housing project or projects located within the area of operation of any one (1) or more of said authorities. For such purpose an authority may by resolution prescribe and authorize any other housing authority or authorities, so joining or cooperating with it, to act on its behalf with respect to any or all of such powers. Any authorities joining or cooperating with one another may by resolutions appoint from among the commissioners of such authorities an executive committee with full power to act on behalf of such authorities with respect to any or all of their powers, as prescribed by resolutions of such authorities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-55-5 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 29 / Section 55-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-55-5
Status: in_force

(1) Members of the Commission for Volunteer Service shall be appointed by the Governor. The commission shall consist of no fewer than fifteen (15) and no more than twenty-five (25) members.

(2) The commission members shall include as voting members, except as otherwise indicated, at least one (1) of each of the following:

(a) An individual with expertise in the educational, training, and developmental needs of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth.

(b) An individual with experience in promoting service and volunteerism among older adults.

(c) A representative of a community-based agency.

(d) The superintendent of the State Department of Education, or his or her designee.

(e) A representative of local government.

(f) A representative of local labor organizations.

(g) A representative of business.

(h) An individual between the ages of sixteen (16) and twenty-five (25) who is a participant or supervisor in a program as defined in Section 101 of Title I, 42 USCS 12511.

(i) A representative of a national service program described in Section 122(a) of Title I, 42 USCS 12572 .

(j) The employee of the corporation designated under Section 195 of Title I, 42 USCS 12651f , as the representative of the corporation in this state, as a nonvoting member.

(3) In addition to the members described in subsection (2), the commission may include as voting members any of the following:

(a) Local educators.

(b) Experts in the delivery of human, educational, environmental, or public safety services to communities and persons.

(c) Representative of Native American tribes.

(d) Out-of-school youth or other at-risk youth.

(e) Representatives of entities that receive assistance under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, Public Law 93-113, 87 Stat. 394.

(f) A member of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.

(4) Not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the voting commission members shall be officers or employees of this state. The Governor may appoint additional officers or employees of state agencies operating community service, youth service, education, social service, senior service, and job training programs, as nonvoting, ex officio members of the commission.

(5) The Governor shall ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that the commission membership is diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability characteristics.

(6) Except as provided in this subsection, members of the commission shall serve for staggered three-year terms expiring on October 1. The members constituting the Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service under Executive Order No. 1994-742 on March 28, 1996 shall serve on the commission for the remainder of the terms for which they were appointed. Of the additional members, the Governor shall appoint one-third ( 1 / 3 ) of the initial members for a term of one (1) year; one-third (1/3) for a term of two (2) years; and one-third ( 1 / 3 ) for a term of three (3) years. Following expiration of these initial terms, all appointments shall be for three-year renewable terms. Members of the commission may not serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.

(7) A vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments, and any member so appointed shall serve during the remainder of the term for which the vacancy occurred. The vacancy shall not affect the power of the remaining commission members to execute the duties of the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-15-121 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-15-121
Status: in_force

In addition to, and notwithstanding, any other remedy provided by law, the department may, in a manner provided by law and upon the advice of the Attorney General who, except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39 , shall represent the department in the proceedings, maintain an action in the name of the state for injunction or other process against any person or entity to restrain or prevent the establishment, management or operation of a program or facility or performance of services in violation of this article or rules of the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-8 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-8
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-8
Status: in_force

The Department of Human Services, shall administer the following duties and responsibilities:

(a) To implement and administer laws and policy relating to youth services and coordinate the efforts of the department with those of the federal government and other state departments and agencies, county governments, municipal governments and private agencies concerned with providing youth services.

(b) To establish standards, provide technical assistance and exercise the requisite supervision as it relates to youth service programs over all state-supported juvenile correctional facilities.

(c) To promulgate and publish such rules, regulations and policies of the department as are needed for the efficient government and maintenance of all facilities and programs in accord, insofar as possible, with currently accepted standards of juvenile care and treatment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-59-1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 27 / Section 59-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-59-1
Status: in_force

It is declared to be the public policy of this state to encourage, promote and foster the success and well-being of its citizens and to offer unobstructed access to such opportunities as exist in order that all Mississippians may realize the quality of life for their families to which they aspire. It is a higher public purpose of state government to ensure that no individual is denied the opportunity to succeed and make positive contributions to Mississippi's quality of life because of gender. It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to create a Commission on the Status of Women.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-225 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-225
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-225
Status: in_force

(1) A health care provider or vendor committing any act or omission in violation of this article shall be directly liable to the state and shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil penalty equal to the full amount received, plus an additional civil penalty equal to triple the full amount received.

(2) A criminal action need not be brought against a person for that person to be civilly liable under this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-1-35 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-1-35
Status: in_force

(1) The amount of the mandatory state supplementary payment in the case of any eligible individual or couple for any month shall be equal to the amount by which such individual's or couple's December 1973 income (as defined in Section 43-1-33 ) exceeds the amount to which such individual or couple is entitled under Title XVI for such month and the amount of any income of such individual for such month.

(2) If for any month after December 1973 there is a change with respect to any special need or special circumstance as defined in Section 43-1-33(b)(i) which, if such change had existed in December 1973, would have caused a reduction in the amount of such individual's aid or assistance payment; then, for such month and for each month thereafter, the amount of the mandatory minimum state supplementary payment payable to such individual may be reduced by an amount by which the payment would have been reduced by reason of such change.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-311 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 26 / Section 35-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-311
Status: in_force

The governing authorities are hereby authorized and empowered to levy, collect and make any annual special tax or assessment against the benefitted property in the designated area. However, no assessment, not to exceed five (5) mills, made under the provisions of this article shall be made against the benefitted property until notice of the proposed action is furnished to the owners of the property on which said assessment is to be made, in the same manner as provided in Section 21-41-5, Mississippi Code of 1972 . At the meeting called for the hearing of any objections that may be made by said property owners, any property owner aggrieved may appear in person, by attorney, or by petition on any objection to the proposal or any part thereof. The board shall consider the objections, if any, and may confirm, modify or rescind the resolution of necessity and shall determine whether said proposal shall be implemented and how the cost thereof shall be paid. The determination of the board shall be final and conclusive at the expiration of the protest period hereinafter provided, subject only to an appeal to a court of appropriate jurisdiction within thirty (30) days after said order becomes final. If property owners owning more than one-third ( 1 / 3 ) of the front footage of the property in the designated area shall file a protest, then the provisions of this article shall not be utilized. Any protest made, as provided herein, shall be in writing, signed by the property owner or his legal representative and filed with the city clerk within forty-five (45) days of the adjournment of said meeting. The special tax levy herein provided shall not affect or apply to any property in the designated area that is used as residential property and qualifies as a homestead under the provisions of the Homestead Exemption Law being Sections 27-33-3 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-37-2 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-37-2
Status: in_force

The words and terms defined in Section 43-39-5, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall, unless the context otherwise clearly requires, also have the same meanings whenever such words and terms appear in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-503 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 26 / Section 35-503
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-503
Status: in_force

(1) Any county, municipality, regional housing authority, or local housing authority in the state may make application to and contract with the United States or any department thereof for a grant or grants authorized to be made by the United States under the authority of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended ( 42 USC 5301 et seq., as amended), and to comply with all the terms and conditions of such grant or grants.

(2) In addition to the powers granted to counties, municipalities, regional housing authorities, and local housing authorities under the Housing Authorities Law ( Sections 43-33-1 through 43-33-53 ), Sections 43-33-61 through 43-33-69 , Sections 43-33-101 through 43-33-137 , the Urban Renewal Law ( Sections 43-35-1 through 43-35-37 ), and Sections 43-35-301 through 43-35-315 , a county, municipality, regional housing authorities, and local housing authorities shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the programs which are the subject of the grant or grants for which it has so contracted under this section, including, but not limited to, the power to buy, lease or sell real or personal property obtained through the use of or in connection with such grant or grants, and the power to loan funds received under such grant or grants to nonprofit community and economic development corporations, private corporations organized for profit, partnerships, limited partnerships, joint ventures, or other persons, for the purposes of creating job opportunities and to promote local industrial or economic development. A county, municipality, regional housing authority, or local housing authority may charge interest on such loans, if contracted, and may invest or reloan the proceeds of the principal and interest from such loans. However, such loans shall be made only from funds obtained from such grant or grants, or from income produced by such grant or grants.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-231 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 14 / Section 35-231
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-231
Status: in_force

The authority and power conferred upon the municipalities by this article shall be cumulative and in addition to any other authorities and powers conferred upon them by law and shall not be construed to in any way diminish or limit any other such authorities or powers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-39-15 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 33 / Section 39-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-39-15
Status: in_force

Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project will result in the displacement of any person on or after July 1, 1972, the displacing agency shall assure that within a reasonable period of time prior to displacement, there will be available comparable, decent, safe and sanitary replacement housing which is within the financial means of such displaced persons. Regulations issued pursuant to Section 43-39-17 may prescribe situations when these assurances may be waived.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-309 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6 / Section 35-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-309
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of such municipality are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to make such charges as would be deemed proper for the use of such facilities. Any revenue received from any of such charges may be pledged for the payment of bonds issued hereunder or otherwise credited against the cost and expense to be charged against the property benefitted thereby.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-29 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 35-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-29
Status: in_force

Any instrument executed by a municipality and purporting to convey any right, title or interest in any property under this article shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this article in so far as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees or transferees of such property is concerned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-235 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 14 / Section 35-235
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-235
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality which has delegated to its urban renewal agency or redevelopment authority the powers, duties and responsibilities relating to parking facilities as provided for in Section 43-35-201 , may, within their discretion, appoint two (2) additional members to the board of commissioners of such urban renewal agency, in addition to the five (5) members provided for in Section 43-35-33 . Such additional commissioners shall be appointed in the same manner and for the same term, and shall have the same qualifications and shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of Section 43-35-33 and Section 43-35-35 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-704 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6 / Section 33-704
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-704
Status: in_force

(1) There is created by this article the Mississippi Home Corporation, which shall be a continuation of the corporate existence of the Mississippi Housing Finance Corporation and (a) all property, rights and powers of the Mississippi Housing Finance Corporation are vested in, and shall be exercised by, the corporation, subject, however, to all pledges, covenants, agreements, undertakings and trusts made or created by the Mississippi Housing Finance Corporation; (b) all references to the Mississippi Housing Finance Corporation in any other law or regulation shall be deemed to refer to and apply to the corporation; and (c) all regulations of the Mississippi Housing Finance Corporation shall continue to be in effect as the regulations of the corporation until amended, supplemented or rescinded by the corporation in accordance with law.

(2) The corporation is created with power to: raise funds from private investors in order to make such private funds available to finance the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation and improvement of residential and rental housing for persons of low or moderate income within the state; provide financing to qualified sponsors or individuals for a wide range of loans including, but not limited to, housing development, mortgage, rehabilitation or energy conservation loans; make loans to private lenders to finance any of these loans; purchase any of these loans from private lenders; refinance, insure or guarantee any of these loans; provide for temporary or partial financing for any of these purposes; develop, operate and administer housing programs which further its stated goals of improving the availability, affordability and quality of low and moderate income housing in the state; and make grants or loans to private nonprofit developers, local governments or private persons in furtherance of these goals;

(3)(a) The corporation shall be composed of thirteen (13) members. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint the members of the corporation, who shall be residents of the state and shall not hold other public office. There shall be at least one (1) member and not more than three (3) members appointed from each of the five (5) congressional districts in existence on January 1, 1989, and, in addition, from and after September 1, 1980, (i) at least one (1) member shall have at least three (3) years' experience and background in the savings and loan association business, the commercial banking business or the mortgage banking business, (ii) at least one (1) member shall have at least three (3) years' experience and background in the residential housing construction industry, (iii) at least one (1) member shall have at least three (3) years' experience and background in the licensed residential housing brokerage business, and (iv) at least one (1) member shall be a member of the general public not engaged in any business, industry or activity described in clauses (i) through (iii) of this subparagraph; from and after September 1, 1989, (i) at least one (1) member shall have at least three (3) years' experience and background in the manufactured housing business; (ii) at least one (1) member shall have at least three (3) years' experience and background in nonprofit housing development in a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA); (iii) at least one (1) member shall have at least three (3) years' experience and background in nonprofit housing development outside a MSA; and (iv) at least (1) member shall be a low or moderate income person qualified for assistance under this article.

(b) The term of office of the members of the corporation who are serving pursuant to this subsection (3) shall terminate on May 23, 2000.

(4) From and after May 23, 2000, the corporation shall be composed of nine (9) members. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint six (6) members of the corporation, who shall be residents of the state. The Governor shall appoint two (2) members from each Supreme Court District. The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint three (3) members of the corporation, who shall be residents of the state. The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint one (1) member from each Supreme Court District. Two (2) members shall be appointed by the Governor for an initial term of two (2) years, two (2) members shall be appointed by the Governor for an initial term of four (4) years, and two (2) members shall be appointed by the Governor for an initial term of six (6) years. One (1) member shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor for an initial term of two (2) years, one (1) member shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor for an initial term of four (4) years, and one (1) member shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor for an initial term of six (6) years. Thereafter, the terms of members appointed by the Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be as provided in subsection (5) of this section. In the appointment process, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor will attempt to see that all portions of society and its diversity are represented in the membership of the corporation. In the appointment process, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor will attempt to see that persons with substantial housing and financial experience are represented in the membership of the corporation.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3)(b) and subsection (4) of this section, appointments shall be for terms of six (6) years. Each member shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the appropriate appointing authority, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, for the length of the unexpired term only. Any member of the corporation shall be eligible for reappointment. Any member of the corporation may be removed by the appointing authority for misfeasance, malfeasance or willful neglect of duty after reasonable notice and a public hearing, unless the same are expressly waived in writing. Each member of the corporation shall before entering upon his duty take an oath of office to administer the duties of his office faithfully and impartially, and a record of such oath shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The corporation shall annually elect from its membership a chairman who shall be eligible for reelection. The corporation shall annually elect from its membership a vice chairman who shall be eligible for reelection. The corporation shall also elect or appoint, and prescribe the duties of, such other officers (who need not be members) as the corporation deems necessary or advisable, and the corporation shall fix the compensation of such officers. The corporation may delegate to one or more of its members, officers, employees or agents such powers and duties as it may deem proper, not inconsistent with this article or other provisions of law.

(6) In accomplishing its purposes, the corporation is acting in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state and the performance of essential public functions and is serving a vital public purpose in approving and otherwise promoting their health, welfare and prosperity, and the enactment of the provisions hereinafter set forth is for a valid public purpose and is hereby so declared to be such as a matter of express legislative determination.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-59-3 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 59-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-59-3
Status: in_force

(1) There is created the Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women. The commission shall be nonpartisan, and shall be composed of thirteen (13) members to be appointed, with the advice and consent of the Senate, as follows:

(a) Four (4) members shall be appointed by the Governor, including a current or former food stamps recipient and a single parent;

(b) Three (3) members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, including a current or former college educator with expertise in women's issues;

(c) Three (3) members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, including a health care professional knowledgeable in women's health issues; and

(d) Three (3) members shall be appointed by the Attorney General, including a law professor or lawyer with expertise in women's issues.

(2) The members of the commission shall be women and men of recognized ability and achievement who are representative of the ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic and cultural diversity of the population of this state, and who have a proven record of efforts to improve the status of women. The initial term of office of one (1) member appointed by the Governor shall expire on June 30, 2002. The initial terms of office of the remaining members shall be fixed by the appointing authorities so that the term of office of one (1) member appointed by each appointing authority expires on June 30, 2003, the term of office of one (1) member appointed by each expires on June 30, 2004, and the terms of office of the remaining three (3) members expires on June 30, 2005. After the expiration of the initial terms, the terms of office of all members shall be four (4) years each, from the expiration date of the previous term. A member may not serve for more than two (2) consecutive terms. All vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired term.

(3) The commission shall organize by electing a chair, vice chair and secretary from among its members for terms of two (2) years each. Any member is eligible for successive elections to office.

(4) A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for transacting business.

(5) Members of the commission may be reimbursed for expenses as provided in Section 25-3-41 , and may receive per diem as provided in Section 25-3-69 .

(6) The Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House and Attorney General shall notify the Governor after they have made their appointments. The Governor then shall designate a place and time for the initial organizational meeting of the commission, which meeting must be before October 1, 2001.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-705 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 14 / Section 33-705
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-705
Status: in_force

All directors, officers, employees or agents exercising any voting power or discretionary authority shall be required prior to the issuance of any bonds by the corporation to have issued by a surety company licensed to do business in the State of Mississippi a fiduciary bond in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for the faithful performance of their duties. The corporation shall pay the premiums on such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-707 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 11 / Section 33-707
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-707
Status: in_force

(1) The corporation shall appoint, and prescribe the duties of, such officers (who need not be directors) as the corporation deems necessary or advisable, including an executive director and a secretary (who may be the same person), and the corporation shall fix the compensation of such officers. The executive director shall be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall serve at the will and pleasure of the board. The executive director shall administer, manage and direct the affairs and business of the corporation, subject to the policies, control and direction of the directors of the corporation. The secretary of the corporation shall keep a record of the proceedings of the corporation and shall be custodian of all books, documents and papers filed with the corporation, the minute book or journal of the corporation, and its official seal. He shall have authority to cause copies to be made of all minutes and other records and documents of the corporation and to give certificates under the official seal of the corporation to the effect that the copies are true copies, and all persons dealing with the corporation may rely upon the certificates. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the assets of the corporation, except for those assets required by contracts with bondholders to be in the custody of the trustee. The directors of the corporation shall set the investment policy for assets, and the executive director shall be responsible for making investments in accordance with such policy. The treasurer may delegate all or a portion of his duties and responsibilities to the executive director.

(2) The corporation shall have the authority, in its discretion, to employ counsel on an annual basis at an annual salary at an amount it deems proper. Such counsel may, in addition to an annual salary, be paid additional compensation when employed by the corporation in the matter of litigation and the issuance of bonds and the drafting of orders and resolutions in connection therewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-29-21 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 26 / Section 29-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-29-21
Status: in_force

No person shall make any charge or receive any fee for representing any applicant or recipient of assistance in any proceeding hereunder except as to criminal proceedings brought pursuant to Section 43-29-23 of this chapter; or with respect to any application whether such fee or charge be paid by the applicant or recipient or by any other person or persons. Any violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and be punishable as provided in Section 43-29-23 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-309 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-309
Status: in_force

(1) A child who has been ordered or taken into custody may be held in custody for longer than temporary custody if:

(a) A written complaint or petition has been filed; and

(b) A court order has been entered for continued custody following a review of that custody at a detention hearing in delinquency and child in need of supervision cases and at a shelter hearing in abuse and neglect cases.

(2) Reasonable oral or written notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall be given to the child; to his or her parent, guardian or custodian; to his or her guardian ad litem, if any; to his or her Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer, if any; and to his or her counsel. If the parent, guardian or custodian cannot be found, the youth court may hold the hearing in the absence of the child's parent, guardian or custodian.

(3) At the detention or shelter hearing, all parties present shall have the right to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses produced by others. The youth court may, in its discretion, limit the extent but not the right or presentation of evidence and cross-examination of witnesses. The youth court may receive any testimony and other evidence relevant to the necessity for the continued custody of the child without regard to the formal rules of evidence, including hearsay and opinion evidence. All testimony shall be made under oath and may be in narrative form.

(4)(a) At the conclusion of the detention or shelter hearing, the youth court shall order that the child be released to the custody of the child's parent, guardian or custodian unless the youth court finds and the detention or shelter hearing order recites that:

(i) There is probable cause that the youth court has jurisdiction; and

(ii) Custody is necessary as defined in Section 43-21-301(3)(b) .

(b) In the case of a shelter hearing, the shelter hearing order shall further recite that the effect of the continuation of the child's residing within his or her own home would be contrary to the welfare of the child, that the placement of the child in foster care is in the best interest of the child, and, unless the reasonable efforts requirement is bypassed under Section 43-21-603(7)(c) , the order also must state:

(i) Reasonable efforts have been made to maintain the child within his own home, but that the circumstances warrant his removal and there is no reasonable alternative to custody; or

(ii) The circumstances are of such an emergency nature that no reasonable efforts have been made to maintain the child within his own home, and there is no reasonable alternative to custody.

(c) In the event that the court makes a finding in accordance with paragraph (b)(ii) of this subsection, the court shall order that reasonable efforts be made towards the reunification of the child with his or her family.

(5) The child with advice of counsel may waive in writing the time of the detention hearing or the detention hearing itself. The child's guardian ad litem, and parent, guardian or custodian, and child may waive in writing the time of the shelter hearing or the shelter hearing itself. If the child has not reached his tenth birthday, the child's consent shall not be required.

(6) Any order placing a child into custody shall comply with the requirements provided in Section 43-21-301 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-61 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 33-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-61
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any limitations in other laws, an authority may agree to make such payments to the city or county, the state, or any political subdivision thereof (which payments such bodies are hereby authorized to accept) as the authority finds consistent with the maintenance of the low-rent character of housing projects or the achievement of the purposes of Sections 43-33-61 through 43-33-69 and the Housing Authorities Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-101 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-101
Status: in_force

Sections 43-33-103 through 43-33-133 , inclusive, of this article may be referred to as the “Supplemental Housing Authorities Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-35 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-35
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Finance and Administration, for and on behalf of the Department of Human Services and the State of Mississippi, may enter into a purchase contract, a lease-purchase agreement or other similar contract for the acquisition of land, buildings or equipment that would be suitable for use by the Department of Human Services in providing housing and facilities for youth under its jurisdiction regardless of the ages of such youths and that would assist the Department of Human Services in the performance of its duties under Chapter 27, Title 43, Mississippi Code of 1972 . Before entering into any such contract or agreement, the Department of Finance and Administration must first demonstrate to the Public Procurement Review Board satisfactory evidence that the contract or agreement would be economically advantageous to the Department of Human Services.

(2) Acquisition of the property described in subsection (1) of this section shall be made only as provided in subsection (3) and upon legislative approval or upon approval of the State Bond Commission in accordance with the manner and procedure prescribed in Section 27-104-107 .

(3) If Newton County is selected as a site to house a facility under this section, the governing authorities of any municipality in which all or part of the facility is to be located and the Board of Supervisors of Newton County shall adopt resolutions spread on their minutes requesting the location of the facility in such municipality and the county. If such resolutions are adopted, the qualified electors of the municipality, if all or part of the facility is to be located in a municipality, shall vote in an election to be set by the governing authorities to determine if a facility shall be sited. If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the election vote in favor of siting a facility, a second election set by the board of supervisors shall be held in the county. If a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting in the election vote in favor of siting a facility, a facility shall be sited. If a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality voting in the election vote against siting a facility, a second election shall not be held in the county and a facility shall not be sited.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-755 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 14 / Section 33-755
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-755
Status: in_force

Any action or proceeding to which the corporation or the people of the state may be a part in which any question arises as to the validity of this article shall be preferred over all other civil causes in all courts of the state and shall be heard and determined in preference to all other civil business pending therein irrespective of position on the calendar. The same preference shall be granted upon application of counsel to the corporation in any action or proceeding questioning the validity of the article in which he may be allowed to intervene. The venue of any such action or proceeding shall be in the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-1
Status: in_force

This article shall be known as and may be cited as the “Medical Assistance for the Aged Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-31-13 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-31-13
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may allow, as far as be deemed right, the claims of persons, who, by authority of one of the supervisors, have temporarily taken care of, fed, clothed, administered to, or buried such paupers as were at the time proper subjects for relief, but could not at once be removed to the county home.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-103 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-103
Status: in_force

(1) Sections 43-27-101 and 43-27-103 shall enable the development by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Child Protection Services of a system of services for children or youth in the custody of the Department of Human Services or under the supervision of the Department of Child Protection Services, if funds are appropriated to either department for that purpose. The system of services may consist of emergency response services, an early intervention and treatment unit, respite care, crisis nurseries, specialized outpatient or inpatient treatment services, special needs foster care, therapeutic foster care, emergency foster homes, and Medicaid targeted case management for abused and neglected children and youth as well as children adjudicated delinquent or in need of supervision. Any of these services that are provided shall be arranged by and coordinated through the Department of Human Services or the Department of Child Protection Services, and each department may contract with public or private agencies or entities to provide any of the services or may provide any of the services itself. All of the services shall be provided in facilities that meet the standards set by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Child Protection Services for the particular type of facility involved. None of the services provided shall duplicate existing services except where there is a documented need for expansion of the services.

(2) A description of the services that may be provided under Sections 43-27-101 and 43-27-103 are as follows:

(a) “ Emergency response services ” means services to respond to children or youth in severe crisis and include:

(i) Emergency single-point phone lines;

(ii) Crisis care coordinators staffing shifts that enable twenty-four-hour per day response as “frontline” professionals when crisis calls are received, assist with decision-making, family support, initiate plan of action and remain “on call” for the first seventy-two (72) hours for other service professionals to get in place and insure development of a plan of care;

(iii) Acute care/emergency medical response through contracted services with up to five (5) regional hospitals providing emergency room services and hospitalization for up to seventy-two (72) hours with a maximum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per day;

(iv) Case managers;

(v) Respite services; and

(vi) Assessment services contracted with social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists and other health professionals.

(b) “ Early intervention and treatment unit ” means a unique, nonhospital crisis service in a residential context that is able to provide the level of support and intervention needed to resolve the crisis and as an alternative to hospitalization. This unit shall provide specialized assessment, including a variety of treatment options and services to best intervene in a child or youth's crisis, and provide an appropriate plan for further services upon returning to the home and community. Staff-to-child or youth ratio shall be high, with multidisciplinary, specialized services for up to six (6) children or youths at one (1) time, and with the maximum assessment and treatment planning and services being ninety (90) days for most children or youths.

(c) “ Respite care ” means planned temporary care for a period of time ranging from a few hours within a twenty-four-hour period to an overnight or weekend stay to a maximum of ten (10) days. Care may be provided in-home or out-of-home with trained respite parents or counselors and is designed to provide a planned break for the parents from the caretaking role with the child.

(d) “ Crisis nurseries ” means a program providing therapeutic nursery treatment services to preschool aged children who as preschoolers demonstrate significant behavioral or emotional disorders. These services shall be to therapeutically address developmental and emotional behavioral difficulties through direct intervention with the child in a nursery school environment and to intervene with parents to provide education, support and therapeutic services.

(e) “ Specialized outpatient or inpatient treatment services ,” such as sex offender treatment, means specialized treatment for perpetrators of sexual offenses with children.

(f) “ Special needs foster care ” means foster care for those children with a variety of handicapping conditions or disabilities, including serious emotional disturbance.

(g) “ Therapeutic foster care ” means residential mental health services provided to children and adolescents in a family setting, utilizing specially trained foster parents. Therapeutic foster care essentially involves the following features:

(i) Placement with foster parents who have been carefully selected by knowledgeable, well-trained mental health and social service professionals to work with children with an emotional disturbance;

(ii) Provision of special training to the foster parents to assist them in working with children with an emotional disturbance;

(iii) Low staff-to-child ratio, allowing the therapeutic staff to work very closely with each child, the foster parents and the biological parents, if available;

(iv) Creation of a support system among these specially trained foster parents; and

(v) Payment of a special foster care payment to the foster parents.

(h) “ Emergency foster homes ” means those homes used on a short-term basis for (i) children who are temporarily removed from the home in response to a crisis situation, or (ii) youth who exhibit special behavioral or emotional problems for whom removal from the existing home situation is necessary. In some cases they may provide an emergency placement for infants and toddlers for whom no regular foster home is available, rather than placement into an emergency shelter where older and larger groups of children are placed. Foster parents are trained to deal with the special needs of children placed in these emergency homes.

(i) “ Medicaid targeted case management ” means activities that are related to assuring the completion of proper client evaluations; arranging and supporting treatment plans, monitoring services, coordinating service delivery and other related actions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-53 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-53
Status: in_force

In so far as the provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this article shall be controlling.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-12-19 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 11 / Section 12-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-12-19
Status: in_force

The Department of Human Services shall not seek, apply for, accept or renew any waiver of requirements established under 7 USC Section 2015(o) , except during a formal state or federal declaration of a natural disaster.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-725 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 33-725
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-725
Status: in_force

The corporation may, if it deems necessary, create an advisory board to the corporation to assist in the furtherance of the purposes of this article. The corporation shall determine the size, structure and powers and duties of the advisory board. The members of the advisory board shall be appointed by the Governor for the terms set by the corporation and shall serve without compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 33 / Section 47-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Vulnerable Persons Act of 1986.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-781 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-781
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-781
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 . Any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the State Bond Commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of the commission by a majority of its members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-235 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 11 / Section 35-235
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-235
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality which has delegated to its urban renewal agency or redevelopment authority the powers, duties and responsibilities relating to parking facilities as provided for in Section 43-35-201 , may, within their discretion, appoint two (2) additional members to the board of commissioners of such urban renewal agency, in addition to the five (5) members provided for in Section 43-35-33 . Such additional commissioners shall be appointed in the same manner and for the same term, and shall have the same qualifications and shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of Section 43-35-33 and Section 43-35-35 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-29-1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-29-1
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing assistance for permanently totally disabled needy people under the age of (sixty-five) 65 years and over the age of (eighteen) 18 years who are unable to work, a statewide system of assistance is hereby established and shall be in effect in all political subdivisions of the state, to operate with due regard to varying conditions and cost of living, to be financed by state appropriations therefor, and to be administered by the state department of public welfare, as hereinafter provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-505 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-505
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-505
Status: in_force

Service of summons must conform to the Uniform Rules of Youth Court Practice.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-31-7 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 28 / Section 31-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-31-7
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall prescribe such rules as it may deem expedient for the government and support of the county home, and may discharge any superintendent and employ another.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-139 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-139
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-139
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prevent the Governor, in his discretion, from discontinuing or limiting medical assistance to any individuals who are classified or deemed to be within any optional group or optional category of recipients as prescribed under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act or the implementing federal regulations. If the Congress or the United States Department of Health and Human Services ceases to provide federal matching funds for any group or category of recipients or any type of care and services, the division shall cease state funding for such group or category or such type of care and services, notwithstanding any provision of this article. If any state plan amendment submitted to comply with the provisions of Section 43-13-117 is disapproved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the division may operate under the state plan as previously approved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in order to preserve federal matching funds. The division shall provide notice of the disapproval to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Medicaid Committees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-21 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 47-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-21
Status: in_force

At the time the department makes an evaluation of the case reported, in accordance with the provisions of Section 43-47-9 , it shall be determined, according to the regulations set by the department, whether the vulnerable person is financially capable of paying for the essential services. If he is, he shall make reimbursement for the costs of providing the needed essential services. If it is determined that he is not financially capable of paying for such services, they shall be provided at no cost to the recipient of the services. The court may order the department or any public agency to provide for the custody, care and maintenance of such vulnerable person. Provided, however, that the care, custody and maintenance of any vulnerable person shall be within statutory authorization and budgetary means of such institution, facility, agency or department. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, it is not the intent of the Legislature through the adoption of this chapter to authorize any court exercising jurisdiction over a vulnerable person to enlarge or bring about the addition of new groups or categories of recipients or to increase the types of care and services for such persons under the Mississippi Medicaid Law, and any court exercising jurisdiction over a vulnerable person shall not, in any way, enter an order against the Division of Medicaid to provide for the custody, care, or maintenance of a vulnerable person who is not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under Section 43-13-115 or services under Section 43-13-117 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-12-25 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 12-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-12-25
Status: in_force

(1) The Division of Medicaid and the Department of Human Services shall share eligibility information with each other within thirty (30) business days when an enrollee has been disenrolled for any financial or nonfinancial reason that may result in the enrollee's disqualification for benefits with the other department, and shall include the rationale for the action.

(2) Any department, agency or division receiving information under subsection (1) of this section shall establish procedures to redetermine eligibility for any enrollee whose eligibility or benefit levels could change as a result of new information provided under subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-107 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 33-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-107
Status: in_force

The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall be increased from time to time to include one (1) or more additional contiguous counties not already within a regional housing authority if the board of supervisors of each of the counties then included in the area of operation of such regional housing authority, the commissioners of the regional housing authority and the board of supervisors of each such additional county or counties each adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for the inclusion of such additional county or counties in the area of operation of such regional housing authority. Upon the adoption of such resolutions, the county housing authority created for each such additional county shall cease to exist except for the purpose of winding up its affairs and executing a deed to the regional housing authority as hereinafter provided. However, such resolutions shall not be adopted if there is a county housing authority created for any such additional county which has any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness outstanding unless first, all holders of such evidences of indebtedness consent in writing to the substitution of such regional housing authority in lieu of such county housing authority on all such evidences of indebtedness, and second, the commissioners of such county housing authority adopt a resolution consenting to the transfer of all the rights, contracts, obligations, and property, real and personal, of such county housing authority to such regional housing authority as hereinafter provided. When the above conditions are complied with and the area of operation of such regional housing authority is increased to include such additional county, as hereinabove provided, all rights, contracts, agreements, obligations, and property of such county housing authority shall be in the name of and vest in such regional housing authority, all obligations of such county housing authority shall be the obligations of such regional housing authority and all rights and remedies of any person against such county housing authority may be asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against such regional housing authority to the same extent as they might have been asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against such county housing authority.

When any real property of a county housing authority vests in a regional housing authority as provided above, the county housing authority shall execute a deed of such property to the regional housing authority which thereupon shall file such deed in the office provided for the filing of deeds; nothing contained in this sentence shall affect the vesting of property in the regional housing authority as provided above.

The board of supervisors of each of the counties in the regional housing authority, the commissioners of the regional housing authority and the board of supervisors of each such additional county or counties shall by resolution declare that there is a need for the inclusion of such county or counties in the area of operation of the regional housing authority, if (a) the board of supervisors of each such additional county or counties finds that unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in such county or there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such county available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford and (b) the board of supervisors of each of the counties then included in the area of operation of the regional housing authority, the commissioners of the regional housing authority and the board of supervisors of each such additional county or counties find that the regional housing authority would be a more efficient or economical administrative unit to carry out the purposes of this article and the Housing Authorities Law if the area of operation of the regional housing authority is increased to include such additional county or counties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-117.1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-117.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-117.1
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to expand access to Medicaid-funded home- and community-based services for eligible nursing facility residents who choose those services. The Executive Director of the Division of Medicaid is authorized to transfer funds allocated for nursing facility services for eligible residents to cover the cost of services available through the Independent Living Waiver, the Traumatic Brain Injury/Spinal Cord Injury Waiver, the Elderly and Disabled Waiver, and the Assisted Living Waiver programs when eligible residents choose those community services. The amount of funding transferred by the division shall be sufficient to cover the cost of home- and community-based waiver services for each eligible nursing facility residents who choose those services. The number of nursing facility residents who return to the community and home- and community-based waiver services shall not count against the total number of waiver slots for which the Legislature appropriates funding each year. Any funds remaining in the program when a former nursing facility resident ceases to participate in a home- and community-based waiver program under this provision shall be returned to nursing facility funding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-27 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 35-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-27
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking or carrying out of an urban renewal project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) dedicate, sell, convey or lease any of its interest in any property or grant easements, licenses or other rights or privileges therein to a municipality; (2) incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by such public body in exercising the powers granted in this section; (3) do any and all things necessary to aid or cooperate in the planning or carrying out of an urban renewal plan; (4) lend, grant or contribute funds to a municipality; (5) enter into agreements (which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary) with a municipality or other public body respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this article, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with an urban renewal project; and (6) cause public buildings and public facilities, including parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished; furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways or other places; plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of the public body or make exceptions from building regulations; and cause administrative and other services to be furnished to the municipality. If at any time title to or possession of any urban renewal project is held by any public body or governmental agency, other than the municipality, which is authorized by law to engage in the undertaking, carrying out, or administration of urban renewal projects (including any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America), the provisions of the agreements referred to in this section shall inure to the benefit of and may be enforced by such public body or governmental agency. As used in this subsection, the term “municipality” shall also include an urban renewal agency or a housing authority vested with all of the urban renewal project powers pursuant to the provisions of Section 43-35-31 .

(b) Any sale, conveyance, lease or agreement provided for in this section may be made by a public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement or public bidding.

(c) For the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking or carrying out of an urban renewal project of an urban renewal agency or a housing authority hereunder, a municipality may (in addition to its other powers and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine) do and perform any or all of the actions or things which, by the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a public body is authorized to do or perform, including the furnishing of financial and other assistance.

(d) For the purposes of this section, or for the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking or carrying out of an urban renewal project of a municipality, such municipality may (in addition to any authority to issue bonds pursuant to Section 43-35-21 ) issue and sell its general obligation bonds. Any bonds issued by a municipality pursuant to this section shall be issued in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by the laws of this state for the issuance and authorization of bonds by such municipality for public purposes generally.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-19-59 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 14 / Section 19-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-19-59
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Human Services, as the Title IV-D child support enforcement agency of this state, shall use high-volume automated administrative enforcement, to the same extent as used for intrastate cases, in response to a request made by another state to enforce support orders, and shall promptly report the results of such enforcement procedure to the requesting state.

(2) In this section, “ high-volume, automated administrative enforcement ” means the use of automatic data processing to search various available state data bases, including, but not limited to, license records, employment service data, and state new hire registries, to determine whether information is available regarding a parent who owes a child support obligation.

(3) The department may, by electronic or other means, transmit to another state or receive from another state a request for assistance in enforcing support orders through high-volume, automated administrative enforcement, which request:

(a) Shall include such information as will enable the state to which the request is transmitted to compare the information about the cases to the information in the data bases of the state receiving the request; and

(b) Shall constitute a certification by the requesting state:

(i) Of the amount of support under an order the payment of which is in arrears; and

(ii) That the requesting state has complied with all procedural due process requirements applicable to each case.

(c) If the department provides assistance to another state with respect to a case, or if another state seeks assistance from the department pursuant to this section, neither state shall consider the case to be transferred to the caseload of such other state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-31-9 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-31-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may cause the superintendent of the county home to employ in labor such paupers as may be able to work, in such way as it may deem proper without endangering their health or without oppressing them; and a fair amount of the profits resulting from such labor shall be kept and returned to the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-16-3 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 16-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-16-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly provides otherwise:

(a) “ Child ” means a person who has not reached the age of eighteen (18) years or who has not otherwise been legally emancipated.

(b) “ Child residential home ” means any place, facility or home operated by any person which receives children who are not related to the operators and whose parents or guardians are not residents of the same facility for supervision, care, lodging and maintenance for twenty-four (24) hours a day, with or without transfer of custody. This term does not include:

(i) Residential homes licensed by the Department of Child Protection Services under Section 43-15-5 ;

(ii) Any public school;

(iii) Any home operated by a state agency;

(iv) Child care facilities as defined in Section 43-20-5 ;

(v) Youth camps as defined in Section 75-74-3 ;

(vi) Health care facilities licensed by the State Department of Health; or

(vii) The home of an attorney-in-fact operating under a power of attorney executed under Section 93-31-1 et seq.

(c) “ Department ” shall mean the State Department of Health.

(d) “ Person ” shall include an individual, partnership, organization, association or corporation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-28-21 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 28-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-28-21
Status: in_force

Monies paid into or expended out of the ABLE Trust Fund by or on behalf of a designated beneficiary are exempt from all claims of creditors of the designated beneficiary if the participation agreement has not been terminated. Monies paid into the Mississippi ABLE Program and benefits accrued through the program may not be pledged for the purpose of securing a loan.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-213 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-213
Status: in_force

A person shall not make, present or cause to be made or presented a claim for Medicaid benefits, knowing the claim to be false, fictitious or fraudulent.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-7-75 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-7-75
Status: in_force

The Office of the State Long-term Care Facilities Ombudsman may establish committees to assist in carrying out the programs and duties of such office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-125 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-125
Status: in_force

(1) There shall be a Mississippi Council of Youth Court Judges which shall be the official organization of the judges having youth court jurisdiction in this state. The membership of the council shall consist of all the judges and referees of youth courts in the State of Mississippi.

(2) The Mississippi Council of Youth Court Judges is authorized to adopt and, from time to time, amend such rules, regulations or bylaws as it considers necessary to the conduct of its affairs.

(3) The council may elect officers and provide for such meetings of the council as it deems necessary. The council shall meet at least annually for the consideration of:

(a) any and all matters pertaining to the discharge of the official duties and obligations of its members; and

(b) problems that have arisen in connection with the operation of the youth courts in any county or in all counties in order to improve the administration of juvenile justice in the state.

(4) The council shall publish and submit to the governor, the chief justice of the supreme court, and the Mississippi Judicial Council an annual report of the operations which shall include financial and statistical data and may include suggestions and recommendations for legislation.

(5) The council is authorized to receive and expend any funds which may become available from the federal government to carry out any of the purposes of this chapter, and to this end the council may meet any federal requirements not contrary to state law which may be conditions precedent to receiving such federal funds.

(6) The council may cooperate with the federal government in a program for training personnel employed or preparing for employment by the youth court and may receive and expend funds from federal or state sources or from private donations for such purposes. The council may contract with public or nonprofit institutions of higher learning for the training of such personnel, may conduct short-term training courses of its own, may hire experts on a temporary basis for such purpose and may cooperate with the department of youth services or other state departments or agencies in personnel training programs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 47-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Vulnerable Persons Act of 1986.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-915 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 18 / Section 21-915
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-915
Status: in_force

(1) The licensing agency may deny or refuse to renew a license for any of the reasons set forth in subsection (3) of this section.

(2) Before the licensing agency may deny or refuse to renew a license, the county or contractor operating the juvenile detention facility is entitled to a hearing before the director of the licensing agency in order to show cause why the license should not be denied or should be renewed.

(3) The licensing agency may suspend, revoke, or restrict the license of any juvenile detention center upon one or more of the following grounds:

(a) Fraud, misrepresentation or concealment of material facts;

(b) Violation of any of the provisions of Sections 43-21-901 through 43-21-915 or any of the regulations governing the licensing and regulation of juvenile detention facilities promulgated by the licensing agency;

(c) Any conduct, or failure to act that is found or determined by the licensing agency to threaten the health and safety of children at the facility;

(d) Failure of a juvenile detention facility to conduct background checks as required under Section 43-21-907 .

(e) Information that is received by the licensing agency as a result of the criminal records background check and the child abuse registry check on all facility administrators and facility staff under Section 43-21-907 .

(4) The licensing agency shall develop rules and regulations related to the development and implementation of corrective action plans to address violations at facilities before a revocation, suspension, or restriction of the facility's license.

(5) Before the licensing agency may suspend, revoke or restrict the license of a facility, the county or contractor affected by that decision is entitled to a hearing before the director of the licensing agency in which it may show cause why the license should not be suspended, revoked, or restricted.

(6) A juvenile detention facility that disagrees with or is aggrieved by the licensing agency in regard to the denial, refusal to renew, or the suspension, revocation, or restriction of the license for the juvenile detention facility may appeal to the chancery court of the county in which the facility is located. The appeal shall be filed no later than thirty (30) days after the licensee receives written notice of the final administrative action by the licensing agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-117 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-117
Status: in_force

The Department of Child Protection Services is authorized to establish an online automated child welfare information system, if funds are appropriated to the department for that purpose, to give the department the capability to supply foster care, adoption and child abuse and neglect data to the federal Department of Health and Human Services in a specified format as required, and to help the department in tracking child abuse and neglect referrals and the number of children affected in those referrals.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-11-9 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-11-9
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receipt of an application for license and the license fee, the licensing agency shall issue a license if the applicant and the institutional facilities meet the requirements established under this chapter and the requirements of Section 41-7-173 et seq. , where determined by the licensing agency to be applicable. A license, unless suspended or revoked, shall be renewable annually upon payment by (a) the licensee of an institution for the aged or infirm, except for personal care homes, of a renewal fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for each bed in the institution, with a minimum fee per institution of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or (b) the licensee of a personal care home of a renewal fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) for each bed in the institution, with a minimum fee per institution of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), which shall be paid to the licensing agency, and upon filing by the licensee and approval by the licensing agency of an annual report upon such uniform dates and containing such information in such form as the licensing agency prescribes by regulation. Any increase in the fee charged by the licensing agency under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 . Each license shall be issued only for the premises and person or persons or other legal entity or entities named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the licensing agency. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.

(2) A fee known as a “User Fee” shall be applicable and shall be paid to the licensing agency as set out in subsection (1) of this section. Any increase in the fee charged by the licensing agency under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 . This user fee shall be assessed for the purpose of the required reviewing and inspections of the proposal of any institution in which there are additions, renovations, modernizations, expansion, alterations, conversions, modifications or replacement of the entire facility involved in such proposal. This fee includes the reviewing of architectural plans in all steps required. There shall be a minimum user fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and a maximum user fee of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

(3) No governmental entity or agency shall be required to pay the fee or fees set forth in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-39-13 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 39-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-39-13
Status: in_force

(1) Programs or projects undertaken by a displacing agency with public financial assistance shall be planned in a manner that recognizes, at an early stage in the planning of such programs or projects and before the commencement of any actions which will cause displacements, the problems associated with the displacement of individuals, families, businesses and farm operations, and which provides for the resolution of such problems in order to minimize adverse impacts on displaced persons and to expedite program or project advancement and completion.

(2) The head of any displacing agency shall ensure that the relocation assistance advisory services described in subsection (3) of this section are made available to all persons displaced by such agency. If such agency head determines that any person occupying property immediately adjacent to the property where the displacing activity occurs is caused substantial economic injury as a result thereof, the agency head may make advisory services available to such person.

(3) Each relocation assistance advisory program required by subsection (2) of this section shall include such measures, facilities or services as may be necessary or appropriate in order to determine and make timely recommendations on the needs and preferences, if any, of displaced persons for relocation assistance; provide current and continuing information on the availability, sales prices and rental charges of comparable replacement dwellings for displaced homeowners and tenants and suitable locations for businesses and farm operations; assure that a person shall not be required to move from a dwelling unless the person has had a reasonable opportunity to relocate to a comparable replacement dwelling, except in the case of a major disaster as defined in Section 102(2) of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, a national emergency declared by the President or any other emergency which requires the person to move immediately from the dwelling because continued occupancy of such dwelling by the person constitutes a substantial danger to the health or safety of the person; assist a person displaced from a business or farm operation in obtaining and becoming established in a suitable replacement location; supply information concerning other federal and state programs which may be of assistance to displaced persons; supply technical assistance to such persons in applying for assistance under such programs; and provide other advisory services to displaced persons in order to minimize hardships to such persons in adjusting to relocation.

(4) The head of a displacing agency shall coordinate the relocation activities performed by such agency with other federal, state or local governmental actions in the community which could affect the efficient and effective delivery of relocation assistance and related services.

(5) In any case in which a displacing agency acquires property for a program or project, any person who occupies such property on a rental basis for a short term or a period subject to termination when the property is needed for the program or project shall be eligible for advisory services to the extent determined by the displacing agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-51-5 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 14 / Section 51-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-51-5
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Child Protection Services shall engage in a comprehensive planning process to develop, coordinate and implement a meaningful and responsive program of family support and family preservation services. The scope of planning shall address child welfare, housing, mental health, primary health, education, juvenile justice, community-based programs providing family support and family preservation services and other social programs that service children at imminent risk of placement and their families. In developing the plan, the department, in its discretion, may invite active participation from local consumers, practitioners, researchers, foundations, mayors, members of the Legislature and any available federal regional staff.

(2) In addition to the family preservation and family support services defined in Section 41-51-3 , the Department of Child Protection Services shall offer a wide range of services, included, but not limited to, the following: crisis resolution; teaching measures to prevent the repeated occurrence of abuse, neglect and/or family conflict; education in parenting skills, child development, communication, negotiations and home maintenance skills; child and family advocacy; and job-readiness training.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-15-109 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-15-109
Status: in_force

(1) An application for a license under this article shall be made to the department and shall contain information that the department determines is necessary in accordance with established rules.

(2) Information received by the office through reports, complaints, investigations and inspections shall be classified as public in accordance with Title 25, Chapter 61, Mississippi Code of 1972 , Mississippi Public Records Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-59-1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 18 / Section 59-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-59-1
Status: in_force

It is declared to be the public policy of this state to encourage, promote and foster the success and well-being of its citizens and to offer unobstructed access to such opportunities as exist in order that all Mississippians may realize the quality of life for their families to which they aspire. It is a higher public purpose of state government to ensure that no individual is denied the opportunity to succeed and make positive contributions to Mississippi's quality of life because of gender. It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to create a Commission on the Status of Women.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-19-33 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-19-33
Status: in_force

(1) In lieu of legal proceedings instituted to obtain support for a dependent child from the responsible parent, a written stipulated agreement to support said child by periodic payments executed by the responsible parent when acknowledged before a clerk of the court having jurisdiction over such matters or a notary public and filed with and approved by the judge of the court having jurisdiction over such matters shall have the same force and effect, retroactively and prospectively, in accordance with the terms of said agreement as an order of support entered by the court, and shall be enforceable and subject to modification in the same manner as is provided by law for orders of the court in such cases.

(2) In lieu of legal proceedings instituted to establish paternity, a written admission of paternity containing a stipulated agreement of support executed by the putative father of the dependent child, when accompanied by a written declaration in support of establishing paternity provided under penalty of perjury to the best of her knowledge, information and belief by the mother of the dependent child, when acknowledged by the putative father before a clerk of the court having jurisdiction over such matters or a notary public and filed with and approved by the judge of the court having jurisdiction over such matters, shall have the same force and effect, retroactively and prospectively, in accordance with the terms of said agreement, as an order of filiation and support entered by the court, and shall be enforceable and subject to modification in the same manner as is provided by law for orders of the court in such cases.

(3) At any time after filing with the court having continuing jurisdiction of such matters of an acknowledgment of paternity in which a provision of support has not been entered, upon notice the defendant shall be required to appear in court at any time and place named therein, to show cause, if any he can, why the court should not enter an order for the support of the child by periodic payments. The order may include provisions for reimbursement for medical expenses incident to the pregnancy and the birth of the child, accrued maintenance and reasonable expenses of the action under this subsection on the acknowledgment of paternity previously filed with said court. Notice by the department to the defendant shall be given by certified mail, restricted delivery, return receipt requested at his last known mailing address and without the requirement of a summons being issued, and shall be deemed complete as of the date of delivery as evidenced by the return receipt. The required notice may also be delivered by personal service in accordance with Rule 4 of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure insofar as service of an administrative order or notice is concerned. Provided, that in the case of a child who, upon reaching the age of twenty-one (21) years, is mentally or physically incapable of self-support, the putative father shall not be relieved of the duty of support unless said child is a long-term patient in a facility owned or operated by the State of Mississippi. The prior judgment as to paternity shall be res judicata as to that issue and shall not be reconsidered by the court.

(4) Such agreements of support, acknowledgments, declarations and affirmations of paternity and support shall be binding on the person executing the same whether he be an adult or a minor and may include provisions for the reimbursement of medical expenses incident to the pregnancy and birth of the child, accrued maintenance and reasonable expenses of any action previously filed before the court.

(5) In lieu of legal proceedings instituted to enforce an order for support, a written stipulated agreement for the provision of periodic payments towards an arrearage executed by the defendant when acknowledged before a clerk of the court having jurisdiction over such matters or a notary public and filed with and approved by the judge of the court having jurisdiction over such matters shall have the same force and effect, retroactively and prospectively, in accordance with the terms of said agreement as a judgment for overdue support entered by the court, and shall be enforceable and subject to modification in the same manner as is provided by law for orders of the court in such cases.

(6) All agreements entered into under the provisions as set forth hereinabove shall be filed by the clerk of the court having jurisdiction over such matters in the county in which they are entered and filing fees shall be taxed to the responsible parent.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-267 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6 / Section 21-267
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-267
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who shall disclose or encourage the disclosure of any records involving children or the contents thereof without the proper authorization under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail of not more than one (1) year or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(2) Nothing herein shall prevent the youth court from finding in civil contempt, as provided in Section 43-21-153 , any person who shall disclose any records involving children or the contents thereof without the proper authorization under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-31-19 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-31-19
Status: in_force

To entitle any pauper to be supported by the county, he must have been a bona fide resident thereof for six (6) months prior to his application for support; and the settlement of the parent or parents shall entitle the children to a settlement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-215 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-215
Status: in_force

The State Bond Commission shall act as the issuing agent for the bonds authorized under Sections 43-27-207 through 43-27-233 , prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids, issue and sell the bonds so authorized to be sold, pay all fees and costs incurred in such issuance and sale, and do all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of the bonds. The State Bond Commission may pay the costs that are incident to the sale, issuance and delivery of the bonds authorized under Sections 43-27-207 through 43-27-233 from the proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds. The State Bond Commission shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at public sale, and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale may be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to the date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually; however, the first interest payment may be for any period of not more than one (1) year.

Notice of the sale of any such bond shall be published at least one (1) time, not less than ten (10) days before the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers published or having a general circulation in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals with a national circulation, to be selected by the State Bond Commission.

The State Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of Sections 43-27-207 through 43-27-233 , may provide that the bonds, at the option of the State of Mississippi, may be called in for payment and redemption at the call price named therein and accrued interest on such date or dates named therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-29-19 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-29-19
Status: in_force

All assistance grants made under this chapter shall be reconsidered as frequently as may be required by the rules and regulations of the state board. After such further investigation, the amount of assistance may be changed or assistance may be entirely withdrawn if the state commissioner or county department finds that the recipient's circumstances have altered sufficiently to warrant such action. The county department may at any time cancel and revoke assistance for cause and it may for cause suspend assistance for such period as it may deem proper. Whenever assistance is thus withdrawn, revoked, suspended or in any way changed, the county department shall at once report to the State Department such decision together with the record of its investigation. All such decisions shall be subject to review by the state commissioner as provided in Section 43-29-17 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-39 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 33-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-39
Status: in_force

The state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law, or any law amendatory or supplemental thereto, of the State of Mississippi or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States, when such bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the United States government or any agency thereof, and such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits and shall be fully negotiable in this state; it being the purpose of this article to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions, bodies, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including (but not limited to) sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations, and that any such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits and shall be fully negotiable in this state. However, nothing contained in this article with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person, firm or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-3 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 33-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-3
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared (a) that the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern and (b) that it is in the public interest that work on projects for such purposes be commenced as soon as possible in order to relieve unemployment which now constitutes an emergency; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-11 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 27-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-11
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Human Services shall succeed to the exclusive control of all records, books, papers, equipment and supplies, and all lands, buildings and other real and personal property now or hereafter belonging to or assigned to the use and benefit or under the control of the Oakley Youth Development Center, and shall have the exercise and control of the use, distribution and disbursement of all funds, appropriations and taxes now or hereafter in possession, levied, collected or received or appropriated for the use, benefit, support and maintenance of these two (2) institutions, and the department shall have general supervision of all the affairs of the two (2) institutions herein named, and the care and conduct of all buildings and grounds, business methods and arrangements of accounts and records, the organization of the administrative plans of each institution, and all other matters incident to the proper functioning of the institutions. The department shall have full authority over the operation of any and all farms at each of said institutions and over the distribution of agricultural, dairy, livestock and any and all other products therefrom and over all funds received from the sale of hogs and livestock. All sums realized from the sale of products manufactured and fabricated in the shops of the vocational departments of such institutions shall be placed in the revolving fund of the respective institutions in which said products were manufactured, fabricated and sold.

The department shall be authorized to lease the lands for oil, gas and mineral exploration, and for such other purposes as the department deems to be appropriate, on such terms and conditions as the department and lessee agree. The department may contract with the State Forestry Commission for the proper management of forest lands and the sale of timber, and the department is expressly authorized to sell timber and forestry products. The department is further authorized to expend the net proceeds from incomes from all leases and timber sales exclusively for the instructional purposes or operational expenses, or both, at the two (2) institutions under its jurisdiction.

The granting of any leases for oil, gas and mineral exploration shall be on a public bid basis as prescribed by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-59-5 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 33 / Section 59-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-59-5
Status: in_force

The commission shall have the powers and authority necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) To conduct research and to study issues affecting the status of women in Mississippi;

(b) To advise and consult with the executive and legislative branches on policies affecting the status of women in Mississippi;

(c) To publish periodic reports documenting the legal, economic, social and political status, and other concerns of women in Mississippi;

(d) To assess programs and practices in all state agencies as those programs and practices affect women;

(e) To maintain an office and to acquire on a contractual or other basis any legal, technical and research expertise and support services as the commission may require for the discharge of its duties;

(f) To hold hearings, meetings, conferences and workshops, to make and sign any agreements, and to do or perform any acts that may be necessary, desirable or proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter;

(g) To appoint advisers or advisory committees if the commission determines that the experience or expertise of the advisors or advisory committees is needed for projects of the commission;

(h) To apply for and accept funds, grants, gifts and services from the state or federal government or any of their agencies, or any other public or private source, for the purpose of defraying clerical, administrative and other costs as may be necessary in carrying out the commission's duties under this chapter;

(i) To establish nonprofit entities for the purpose of defraying costs incurred in the performance of the commission's duties; and

(j) To utilize voluntary and uncompensated services of private individuals, agencies and organizations as may be offered and needed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-51-3 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 51-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-51-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

(a) “ Child at imminent risk of placement ” means a minor who may be reasonably expected to face, in the near future, commitment to the care or custody of the state as a result of:

(i) Dependency, abuse or neglect;

(ii) Emotional disturbance;

(iii) Family conflict so extensive that reasonable control of the child is not exercised; or

(iv) Delinquency adjudication.

(b) “ Family preservation services ” means services designed to help families alleviate risks or crises that might lead to out-of-home placement of children. The services may include procedures to maintain the safety of children in their own homes, support to families preparing to reunify or adopt and assistance to families in obtaining services and other sources of support necessary to address their multiple needs in a culturally sensitive environment.

(c) “ Family support services ” means preventive community-based activities designed to alleviate stress and to promote parental competencies and behaviors that will increase the ability of families to successfully nurture their children and will enable families to use other resources and opportunities available in the community. These services may include supportive networks designed to enhance child-rearing abilities of parents and to help compensate for the increased social isolation and vulnerability of families. Examples of these services and activities include: respite care for parents and other caregivers; early developmental screening of children to assess the needs of these children and assistance in obtaining specific services to meet their needs; mentoring, tutoring and health education for youth; and a range of center-based activities, such as informal interactions in drop-in centers and parent support groups, and home visiting programs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-851 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-851
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-851
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 43-21-851 through 43-21-871 , the following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “ Association ” means the state Court-Appointed Special Advocate Association established under Section 43-21-865 .

(b) “ Court ” means youth court or, if there is no youth court in the county where the CASA program is located, then chancery court.

(c) “ Court-appointed special advocate case ” or “ CASA case ” means a child or group of siblings who are within the jurisdiction of the court as a result of abuse, neglect or dependency proceedings and for whom the court has appointed and the program director has assigned a CASA volunteer.

(d) “ Court-appointed special advocate program ” or “ CASA program ” means a program by which trained community volunteers are provided to the court for appointment to represent the best interests of children who have come into the court system as a result of dependency, abuse or neglect.

(e) “ Court-appointed special advocate volunteer ” or “ CASA volunteer ” means a person who completes training through, and is supervised by, a CASA program and appointed by a judge to represent the best interests of dependent, abused or neglected children in court.

(f) “ Local board ” means the local board of directors appointed or selected pursuant to Section 43-21-853 to govern a local CASA program.

(g) “ Program director ” means the director of each local CASA program selected under Section 43-21-853 .

(h) “ State board ” means the state board of directors elected under Section 43-21-865 .

(i) “ State director ” means the director of the state association provided for in Section 43-21-869 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-26-15 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 26-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-26-15
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration shall furnish office space for the Department of Child Protection Services in the City of Jackson and is authorized to rent suitable quarters in the city if there is not sufficient room in one (1) of the state office buildings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-37-2 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 37-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-37-2
Status: in_force

The words and terms defined in Section 43-39-5, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall, unless the context otherwise clearly requires, also have the same meanings whenever such words and terms appear in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-67 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-67
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by Sections 43-33-61 and 43-33-63 shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-727 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-727
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-727
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Mississippi Home Corporation Oversight Committee. Such oversight committee shall consist of five (5) Senators appointed by the President of the Senate and five (5) Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall serve in an advisory capacity to the corporation. The members thereof shall report the actions of the corporation to the appropriate legislative committees. The oversight committee shall have no jurisdiction or vote on any matter within the jurisdiction of the corporation. When the Legislature is not in session, members shall be paid per diem and all actual and necessary expenses, including mileage expenses, from their respective contingent expense funds at the rate authorized for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session; however, no per diem and expenses will be paid when the Legislature is in session. The terms of the members of the oversight committee shall expire at the end of their terms of office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-41 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15 / Section 47-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-41
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Public Safety shall establish and maintain a registry, to be known as the Mississippi Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry, containing the name of any individual who has been convicted of the crime of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable person.

(2) The department shall establish and enforce reasonable rules governing the custody, use, and preservation of the reports and records of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable person used in maintaining the registry.

(3) The crime for which an individual was convicted under this chapter shall be confidential and shall not be used or disclosed for any purpose other than the following:

(a) A care facility as required by subsection (6) of this section;

(b) A member of the public as allowed by subsection (7) of this section; and

(c) The public for disclosure of the findings and information about a case pursuant to this chapter that resulted in a fatality.

(4)(a) A court of competent jurisdiction shall notify the department of any criminal conviction that arises out of a violation of this chapter.

(b) The department shall adopt rules prescribing the process for notifying the department as required by paragraph (a) of this subsection. The rules shall include a requirement that documentation verifying the conviction be submitted to the department.

(5)(a) Upon receiving the notifications described in subsection (4) of this section, the department, in addition to entering the individual's name and address on the Mississippi Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry, shall enter information pertaining to the offense or offenses for which the individual was convicted.

(b) The individual's information, once entered on the registry, shall remain on the registry even if the individual fulfills the obligations of any criminal sentencing against that individual except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection.

(c) The department shall adopt rules requiring due process that includes notice by certified mail or by personal service for individuals found to have committed acts of abuse, neglect, or exploitation under this chapter. The department shall adopt rules providing a process by which an individual's name and information may be removed from the Mississippi Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry.

(6) A care facility shall query the Mississippi Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry with regard to an individual who is an employee or prospective employee of the facility to confirm whether the individual has been convicted of a crime of abuse, neglect, or exploitation under this chapter.

(7) A member of the public may request permission from the department to query the Mississippi Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry regarding hiring a caretaker or a person who will be in a position of trust or authority to a vulnerable person.

(a) The department shall promulgate rules governing the method of request and access to the Mississippi Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry by a member of the public regarding hiring a caretaker or a person who will be in a position of trust or authority to a vulnerable person. The rules shall require a member of the public requesting access to the registry to declare the purpose for which they are requesting access and to provide their own name and address and the name and address of the vulnerable person in need.

(b) A member of the public requesting access to query the registry shall only be given access for a limited time as determined by the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-12-11 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 12-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-12-11
Status: in_force

(1) If a discrepancy results from an applicant or recipient's identity information and one or more of the databases or information tools authorized under Sections 43-12-5 through 43-12-17 , the department shall review the respective applicant or recipient's case using the following procedures:

(a) If the information discovered does not result in the department finding a discrepancy or change in an applicant's or recipient's circumstances that may affect eligibility, the department shall take no further action.

(b) If the information discovered under Sections 43-12-5 through 43-12-17 results in the department finding a discrepancy or change in a recipient's circumstances that may affect eligibility, the department shall promptly redetermine eligibility after receiving such information within ten (10) business days, or the minimum required by federal law.

(c) If the information discovered under Sections 43-12-5 through 43-12-17 results in the department finding a discrepancy or change in an applicant's or recipient's circumstances that may affect eligibility, the applicant or recipient shall be given an opportunity to explain the discrepancy; however, self-declarations by applicants or recipients shall not be accepted as verification of categorical and financial eligibility during eligibility evaluations, reviews, and redeterminations.

(d) Unless prohibited by federal law, the department shall provide written notice, within ten (10) business days, or the minimum required by federal law to the applicant or recipient, which shall describe in sufficient detail the circumstances of the discrepancy or change, the manner in which the applicant or recipient may respond, and the consequences of failing to take action. The applicant or recipient shall have ten (10) business days, or the minimum required by federal law, to respond in an attempt to resolve the discrepancy or change. The explanation provided by the recipient or applicant shall be given in writing. After receiving the explanation, the department may request additional documentation if it determines that there is risk of fraud, misrepresentation, or inadequate documentation.

(e) Unless prohibited by federal laws, if the applicant or recipient does not respond to the notice, the department shall, within ten (10) business days, or the minimum required by federal law deny or discontinue assistance for failure to cooperate, in which case the department shall provide notice of intent to deny or discontinue assistance. Eligibility for assistance shall not be established or reestablished until the discrepancy or change has been resolved.

(f) If an applicant or recipient responds to the notice and disagrees with the findings of the match between his or her identity information and one or more databases or information tools authorized under Sections 43-12-5 through 43-12-17 , the department shall review the matter. If the department finds that there has been an error, the department shall take immediate action to correct it and no further action shall be taken. If, after a review, the department determines that there is no error, the department shall determine the effect on the applicant's or recipient's case and take appropriate action. Written notice of the respective department's action shall be given to the applicant or recipient.

(g) If the applicant or recipient agrees with the findings of the match between the applicant's or recipient's identity information and one or more databases or information tools authorized under Sections 43-12-5 through 43-12-17 , the department shall determine the effect on the applicant or recipient's case and take appropriate action. Written notice of the department's action shall be given to the applicant or recipient. In no case shall the department discontinue assistance upon finding a discrepancy or change in circumstances between an individual's identity information and one or more databases or information tools authorized under Sections 43-12-5 through 43-12-17 until the applicant or recipient has been given notice of the discrepancy and the opportunity to respond as required under this section.

(2) The executive director of the department, or his or her designee, at his or her discretion may review the agency conference record of a hearing to determine that the local or state decision was correct. The executive director, or his or her designee, shall prepare a decision summarizing the issue and the basis for the decision. In cases in which the executive director, or his or her designee, finds that the facts in the record are inadequate or that incorrect policy has been applied, he or she will direct the county to get the facts or use correct policy and change the decision, reinstate the payment, or correct the amount of payment retroactively to the date of erroneous action.

(3) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the purposes of carrying out this section.

(4) Wherever applicable and cost-effective, the Division of Medicaid and the Department of Human Services shall share data, data sources, and verification processes aimed at reducing fraud and waste.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-735 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-735
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-735
Status: in_force

It is the intention of the Legislature that:

(a) Any pledge of earnings, revenues or other assets consistent with the provisions of this article shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made;

(b) Any earnings, revenues or other assets so pledged and thereafter received by the corporation shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act;

(c) Such liens shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the corporation irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof; and

(d) Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-715 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 14 / Section 33-715
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-715
Status: in_force

The corporation is not created or organized, and its operations shall not be conducted, for the purpose of making a profit. No part of the revenues or assets of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of or be distributable to its directors or officers or other private persons, except as otherwise provided in this article.

Directors of the corporation shall serve without compensation; provided that all members, except ex officio members, shall receive the per diem established in Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for their attendance at meetings; and all directors shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for any actual and reasonable expenses incurred as a necessary incident to service on the corporation, including mileage, as provided in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-17 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 27 / Section 47-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-17
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any finding by the court of lack of capacity of the vulnerable person to consent, the vulnerable person or the individual, organization or agency designated to be responsible for the vulnerable person, if any, or the State Department of Public Welfare or the county welfare department, shall have the right to bring a motion in the cause for review of any order pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-11-1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-11-1
Status: in_force

When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meaning:

(a) “ Institutions for the aged or infirm ” means a place either governmental or private that provides group living arrangements for four (4) or more persons who are unrelated to the operator and who are being provided food, shelter and personal care, whether any such place is organized or operated for profit or not. The term “ institution for the aged or infirm ” includes nursing homes, pediatric skilled nursing facilities, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, convalescent homes, homes for the aged, adult foster care facilities and special care facilities for paroled inmates, provided that these institutions fall within the scope of the definitions set forth above. The term “institution for the aged or infirm” does not include hospitals, clinics or mental institutions devoted primarily to providing medical service, and does not include any private residence in which the owner of the residence is providing personal care services to disabled or homeless veterans under an agreement with, and in compliance with the standards prescribed by, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, if the owner of the residence also provided personal care services to disabled or homeless veterans at any time during calendar year 2008.

(b) “ Person ” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association or joint-stock association, or any licensee herein or the legal successor thereof.

(c) “ Personal care ” means assistance rendered by personnel of the home to aged or infirm residents in performing one or more of the activities of daily living, which includes, but is not limited to, the bathing, walking, excretory functions, feeding, personal grooming and dressing of such residents.

(d) “ Psychiatric residential treatment facility ” means any nonhospital establishment with permanent facilities which provides a twenty-four-hour program of care by qualified therapists, including, but not limited to, duly licensed mental health professionals, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists and licensed certified social workers, for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents referred to such facility by a court, local school district or by the Department of Human Services, who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring the services of a psychiatric hospital, and are in need of such restorative treatment services. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “ emotionally disturbed ” means a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree, which adversely affects educational performance:

1. An inability to learn which cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory or health factors;

2. An inability to build or maintain satisfactory relationships with peers and teachers;

3. Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances;

4. A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression; or

5. A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems. An establishment furnishing primarily domiciliary care is not within this definition.

(e) “ Pediatric skilled nursing facility ” means an institution or a distinct part of an institution that is primarily engaged in providing to inpatients skilled nursing care and related services for persons under twenty-one (21) years of age who require medical or nursing care or rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled or sick persons.

(f) “ Licensing agency ” means the State Department of Health.

(g) “ Medical records ” mean, without restriction, those medical histories, records, reports, summaries, diagnoses and prognoses, records of treatment and medication ordered and given, notes, entries, x-rays and other written or graphic data prepared, kept, made or maintained in institutions for the aged or infirm that pertain to residency in, or services rendered to residents of, an institution for the aged or infirm.

(h) “ Adult foster care facility ” means a home setting for vulnerable adults in the community who are unable to live independently due to physical, emotional, developmental or mental impairments, or in need of emergency and continuing protective social services for purposes of preventing further abuse or neglect and for safeguarding and enhancing the welfare of the abused or neglected vulnerable adult. Adult foster care programs shall be designed to meet the needs of vulnerable adults with impairments through individual plans of care, which provide a variety of health, social and related support services in a protective setting, enabling participants to live in the community. Adult foster care programs may be (i) traditional, where the foster care provider lives in the residence and is the primary caregiver to clients in the home; (ii) corporate, where the foster care home is operated by a corporation with shift staff delivering services to clients; or (iii) shelter, where the foster care home accepts clients on an emergency short-term basis for up to thirty (30) days.

(i) “ Special care facilities for paroled inmates ” means long-term care and skilled nursing facilities licensed as special care facilities for medically frail paroled inmates, formed to ease the burden of prison overcrowding and provide compassionate release and medical parole initiatives while impacting economic outcomes for the Mississippi prison system. The facilities shall meet all Mississippi Department of Health and federal Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements and shall be regulated by both agencies; provided, however, such regulations shall not be as restrictive as those required for personal care homes and other institutions devoted primarily to providing medical services. The facilities will offer physical, occupational and speech therapy, nursing services, wound care, a dedicated COVID services unit, individualized patient centered plans of care, social services, spiritual services, physical activities, transportation, medication, durable medical equipment, personalized meal plans by a licensed dietician and security services. There may be up to three (3) facilities located in each Supreme Court district, to be designated by the Chairman of the State Parole Board or his designee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-203 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 35-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-203
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any municipality which has elected, or hereafter may elect, to exercise or delegate the power and authority to establish and construct municipal parking facilities for motor vehicles belonging to the general public, as provided in Section 43-35-201 , and the governing authorities of any urban renewal agency or redevelopment authority to which such power and authority shall have been delegated are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring land and property for a municipal parking facility and related structures and also for owning, erecting, building, establishing, operating and maintaining such facilities and related structures and to remodel or repair the same, and to refund outstanding bonds and to pay costs relating to the issuance of such bonds and interest on such bonds and to establish any reserves determined to be appropriate. Such bonds may be issued without an election thereon upon the adoption of a resolution by the governing authorities of such issuing authority. Such bonds shall not be subject to any limitation as to amount, and shall not be included in computing the statutory limitation of indebtedness of such issuing authority under any present or future law. Such bonds shall bear date or dates, shall be of such denomination or denominations, shall bear interest at such rates not to exceed the maximum rate specified in Section 75-17-103 , shall be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature at such time or times and upon such terms and may be made redeemable prior to maturity with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges and shall be in substantially such form as shall be determined by resolution of the governing authorities of such issuing authority.

Such bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the mayor or chairman and clerk or secretary of such issuing authority, with the seal of the issuing authority affixed thereto or reproduced thereon. Whenever such bonds shall have been signed by the officials designated to sign the same who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers prior to the date of the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until the delivery of the same to the purchaser or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-125 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 33-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-125
Status: in_force

If the governing body of each of two (2) or more municipalities (whether or not contiguous) by resolution declares that there is a need for one (1) housing authority to be created for all of such municipalities to exercise in such municipalities the powers and other functions prescribed for a housing authority, a public body corporate and politic to be known as a consolidated housing authority (with such corporate name as it selects) shall thereupon exist for all of such municipalities and exercise its powers and other functions within its area of operation (as herein defined), including the power to undertake projects therein; and thereupon each housing authority (if any) created for each of such municipalities shall cease to exist except for the purpose of winding up its affairs and executing a deed of its real property to the consolidated housing authority. The creation of a consolidated housing authority and the finding of need therefor shall be subject to the same provisions and limitations of this article as are applicable to the creation of a regional housing authority and that all of the provisions of this article applicable to regional housing authorities and the commissioners thereof shall be applicable to consolidated housing authorities and the commissioners thereof. The area of operation of a consolidated housing authority shall include all of the territory within the boundaries of each municipality joining in the creation of such authority together with the territory within five (5) miles of the boundaries of each such municipality, except that such area of operation may be changed to include or exclude any municipality or municipalities (with its aforesaid surrounding territory) in the same manner and under the same provisions as provided in this article for changing the area of operation of a regional housing authority by including or excluding a county or counties. For all such purposes the term “board of supervisors” shall be construed as meaning “governing body”, except in Section 43-33-115 of this article where it shall be construed as meaning “mayor” or other executive head of the municipality, the term “county” shall be construed as meaning “municipality”, and the terms “county housing authority” and “regional housing authority” shall be construed as meaning “housing authority of the city” and “consolidated housing authority,” respectively, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.

The governing body of a municipality for which a housing authority has not been created shall not adopt the above resolution unless it first declares that there is a need for a housing authority to function in said municipality, which declaration shall be made in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the declaration of the governing body of a city required by Section 43-33-5 of the Housing Authorities Law for the purpose of authorizing a housing authority created for a city to transact business and exercise its powers.

Except as otherwise provided herein, a consolidated housing authority and the commissioners thereof shall, within the area of operation of such consolidated housing authority, have the same functions, rights, powers, duties, privileges, immunities and limitations as those provided for housing authorities created for cities, counties, or groups of counties and the commissioners of such housing authorities, in the same manner as though all the provisions of law applicable to housing authorities created for cities, counties, or groups of counties were applicable to consolidated housing authorities.

The term “municipality” as used in this article shall mean any city, town, village or other municipality in the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-39-7 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 39-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-39-7
Status: in_force

(1) If a displacing agency acquires real property for public use, it shall make fair and reasonable relocation payments to displaced persons and businesses as required by this chapter for:

(a) Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation or other personal property;

(b) Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate such property, as determined by the agency;

(c) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm; and

(d) Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a displaced farm, nonprofit organization or small business at its new site in accordance with criteria to be established by the displacing agency, but not to exceed the maximum amount of relocation payments established by applicable federal regulations.

(2) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (1) of this section who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection (1) of this section may receive an expense and dislocation allowance which shall be determined according to a schedule established by the displacing agency.

(3) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (1) of this section, who is displaced from his place of business or from his farm operation and who is eligible under criteria established by the displacing agency may also qualify for the payment authorized by this subsection. Such payment shall consist of a fixed payment in an amount to be determined by the agency, except that such payment shall not be less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than the maximum amount of relocation payments established by applicable federal regulations. A person whose sole business at the displacement dwelling is the rental of such property to others shall not qualify for a payment under this subsection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-12-15 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-12-15
Status: in_force

(1) Thirty (30) business days before entering into a competitively bid contract for the eligibility verification service required by Section 43-12-5 , the department shall provide a written report to the Governor, the Chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the House Public Health and Human Services Committee and the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee, and the House and Senate Medicaid Committees, detailing the data sources proposed to be used by the third-party vendor for eligibility and redeterminations, the relevancy of the information from the data sources, the frequency of how often each data source will be accessed, and an explanation of why other data sources that are readily available are not being used. The report shall include a dynamic cost-benefit analysis that shows the ratio of potential fraud detection to the types and kinds of data sources and information tools proposed to be used by the third-party vendor. The report also shall be provided to the other members of the Legislature upon request.

(2) Six (6) months after the implementation of the eligibility verification service required by Section 43-12-5 , and quarterly thereafter, the department shall provide a written report to the Governor, the chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the House Public Health and Human Services Committee and the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee, and the House and Senate Medicaid Committees, detailing the effectiveness and general findings of the eligibility verification service, including the number of cases reviewed, the number of case closures, the number of referrals for criminal prosecution, recovery of improper payments, collection of civil penalties, and the savings that have resulted from the service. The report also shall be provided to the other members of the Legislature upon request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-39-17 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 39-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-39-17
Status: in_force

(1) The head of the lead agency shall:

(a) Develop and issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;

(b) Ensure that relocation assistance activities under this chapter are coordinated with low-income housing assistance programs or projects by a state agency with federal financial assistance;

(c) Monitor, in coordination with other state agencies, the implementation and enforcement of this chapter; and

(d) Perform such other duties as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(2) The head of the lead agency shall adopt rules and regulations and establish such procedures as he may determine as necessary to assure that:

(a) The payments and assistance authorized by this chapter shall be administered in a manner which is fair and reasonable, and as uniform as practicable;

(b) A displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized for such person by this chapter shall be paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, be paid in advance; and

(c) Any person aggrieved may have his application reviewed by the state agency having authority over such program or project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-607 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-607
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-607
Status: repealed

If this article is repealed, any Medicaid asset protection afforded under Section 43-13-605 shall remain effective for the life of the individual receiving long-term care services under this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-739 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-739
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-739
Status: in_force

The corporation may create and establish one or more reserve funds to be known as “debt service reserve funds” and the corporation may create and establish such other reserve funds as it shall deem advisable and necessary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-69 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-69
Status: in_force

Insofar as the provisions of this second supplemental Housing Authorities Law are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this law shall control.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-717 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 30 / Section 33-717
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-717
Status: in_force

(1) The corporation shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power:

(a) To make and alter bylaws for its organization and internal management;

(b) To sue and be sued, have a seal and alter the same at pleasure, and maintain an office at such place or places in the state as it may determine;

(c) To appoint officers, agents and employees, prescribe their duties and qualifications, and fix their compensation;

(d) To acquire real or personal property, or any interest therein, by purchase, exchange, gift, assignment, transfer, foreclosure, lease, condemnation or otherwise, including rights or easements; to hold, manage, operate or improve real or personal property; to sell, assign, exchange, lease, encumber, mortgage or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property, or any interest therein, or deed of trust or mortgage lien interest owned by it or under its control, custody or in its possession and release or relinquish any right, title, claim, lien, interest, easement or demand however acquired, including any equity or right of redemption in property foreclosed by it and to do any of the foregoing by public sale;

(e) To make and execute agreements, contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers and functions of the corporation under this article;

(f) To employ or contract with architects, engineers, attorneys, accountants, financial experts and other advisors as may be necessary in its judgment and to fix and pay their compensation;

(g) To make and execute contracts for the administration, servicing or collection of any mortgage loan and pay the reasonable value of services rendered to the corporation pursuant to such contracts;

(h) To contract for the employment of a financial advisor, underwriting attorneys, trustees, paying agents, depositories or any consultants retained in connection with the issuance of any bonds or notes including refunding bonds or notes or dealing with the disposition of any proceeds thereof;

(i) To issue negotiable bonds and notes and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof;

(j) Subject to any agreement with bondholders or noteholders, to sell any mortgage loans at public or private sale at the fair market value for such a mortgage; and

(k) Subject to any agreement with bondholders and noteholders, to make, alter or repeal such rules and regulations with respect to the operations, properties and facilities of the corporation as are necessary to carry out its functions and duties in the administration of this article.

(2) The corporation shall also have the power:

(a) To make loans to mortgage lenders for the purpose of:

(i) Making housing development mortgage loans to qualified sponsors for low and moderate income rental or residential housing;

(ii) Making loans to low and moderate income purchasers of residential housing with preference to those who are displaced from adequate housing as a result of a major disaster, whether it be a man-made, technological or natural disaster, upon a declaration by the Governor that a major disaster exists in the state;

(b) To purchase from mortgage lenders any of the loans enumerated in subparagraphs (i) and (ii);

(c) To insure, reinsure or guarantee any of the types of loans enumerated in subparagraphs (i) and (ii);

(d) To make, in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the corporation shall approve, temporary loans, preconstruction loans, interim financing loans to any qualified sponsor and permanent financing to any qualified sponsor of multifamily housing.

(3) The corporation shall also have the power to make loans from funds not otherwise encumbered by pledge or indenture to low and moderate income persons for the following purposes:

(a) Purchasing, improving or rehabilitating existing residential housing and occupied by the owners;

(b) Making loans to qualified nonprofit sponsors, to local housing authorities and to owners of residential housing for the development, construction, purchase, rehabilitation, weatherization or maintenance of residential housing.

(4) Using funds not otherwise encumbered by pledge or indenture, the corporation may:

(a) Establish a rental assistance program;

(b) Provide such advisory consultation, training and educational services as will assist in the planning, construction, rehabilitation and operation of housing, including but not limited to, assistance in community development and organization, home management and advisory services for residents, and in promotion of community organizations and local governments to assist in developing housing;

(c) Encourage research and demonstration projects to develop new and better methods for increasing the supply, types and financing of housing and to receive and accept contributions, grants or aid from any source, public or private, including but not limited to the United States and this state, for carrying out this purpose;

(d) Encourage and stimulate cooperatives and other forms of housing with tenant participation;

(e) Promote innovative programs for home ownership, including but not limited to lease-purchase programs, employer-sponsored housing programs, tenant cooperatives and nonprofit associations;

(f) Design and support programs to address special needs groups including, but not limited to, handicapped, disabled, elderly, homeless, HIV/AIDS carriers and families with children;

(g) Develop a comprehensive plan for, and engage in a yearly planning process for, addressing the housing needs of low and moderate income persons in Mississippi.

(5) The corporation also has the power:

(a) To procure, or require the procurement of, insurance against any loss in connection with its operations, including without limitation the repayment of any mortgage loan or loans, in such amounts and from such insurers, including the federal government, as it may deem necessary or desirable, and to pay any premiums therefor;

(b) Subject to any agreement with bondholders or noteholders: (i) to renegotiate any loan in default; (ii) to waive any default or consent to the modification of the terms of any loan or agreement; (iii) to commence, prosecute and enforce a judgment in any action or proceeding, including without limitation a foreclosure proceeding, to protect or enforce any right conferred upon it by law, mortgage loan agreement, contract or other agreement; (iv) and in connection with any such proceeding, to bid for and purchase the property or acquire or take possession thereof and, in such event, complete, administer and pay the principal of and interest on any obligations incurred in connection with such property and dispose of and otherwise deal with such property in such manner as the corporation may deem advisable to protect its interest therein;

(c) To fix, revise, charge and collect fees and other charges in connection with the making of loans, the purchasing of mortgage loans, and any other services rendered by the corporation;

(d) To arrange for guarantees of its bonds, notes or other obligations by the federal government or by any private insurer and to pay any premiums therefor;

(e) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, but subject to any agreement with bondholders or noteholders, to invest money of the corporation not required for immediate use, including proceeds from the sale of any bonds or notes;

(i) In obligations of any municipality or the state or the United States of America;

(ii) In obligations the principal and interest of which are guaranteed by the state or the United States of America;

(iii) In obligations of any corporation wholly owned by the United States of America;

(iv) In obligations of any corporation sponsored by the United States of America which are, or may become, eligible as collateral for advances to member banks as determined by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;

(v) In obligations of insurance firms or other corporations whose investments are rated “A” or better by recognized rating companies;

(vi) In certificates of deposit or time deposits of qualified depositories of the state as approved by the State Depository Commission, secured in such manner, if any, as the corporation shall determine;

(vii) In contracts for the purchase and sale of obligations of the type specified in items (i) through (v) above;

(viii) In repurchase agreements secured by obligations specified in items (i) through (v) above;

(ix) In money market funds, the assets of which are required to be invested in obligations specified in items (i) through (vi) above;

(f) Subject to any agreement with bondholders or noteholders, to purchase, and to agree to purchase, bonds or notes of the corporation at a price not exceeding: (i) if the bonds or notes are then redeemable, the redemption price then applicable plus accrued interest to the date of purchase; or (ii) if the bonds or notes are not then redeemable, the redemption price applicable on the first date after such purchase upon which the notes or bonds become subject to redemption at the option of the corporation plus accrued interest to the date of purchase;

(g) Subject to the provisions of this article, to contract for and to accept any gifts, grants or loans of funds or property or financial or other aid in any form from federal, state or local governments, private or public entities, or individuals;

(h) To enter into agreements or other transactions with the federal or state government, any agency thereof or any municipality in furtherance of the purposes of this article; to operate and administer loan programs of the federal government, the State of Mississippi, or any governmental agency thereof; and to operate and administer any program of housing assistance for persons and families of low or moderate income, however funded;

(i) To establish a benevolent loan fund, housing development fund, or such additional and further funds as may be necessary and desirable to accomplish any corporate purpose or to comply with the provisions of any agreement made by the corporation or any resolution approved by the corporation. The resolution establishing such a fund shall specify the source of monies from which it shall be funded and the purposes for which monies held in the fund shall be disbursed;

(j) In carrying out the provisions of this article, the corporation shall cooperate with the housing authorities created under Sections 43-33-1 through 43-33-69 and Sections 43-33-101 through 43-33-137, Mississippi Code of 1972;

(k) To accept letters of credit and other credit facilities necessary to make loans authorized herein to repay bonds or notes issued by the corporation;

(l) To do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers given and granted in this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-29 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 28 / Section 35-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-29
Status: in_force

Any instrument executed by a municipality and purporting to convey any right, title or interest in any property under this article shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this article in so far as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees or transferees of such property is concerned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-101 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 31 / Section 35-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-101
Status: in_force

The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this article, shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(a) “Municipality” shall mean any city, town or village in this state.

(b) “Governing body” shall mean the board of aldermen, council, board, or commissioners, or other legislative body, charged with governing a municipality.

(c) “Public officer” shall mean the officer or officers in charge of any municipal department who are authorized by ordinance adopted hereunder to exercise the powers prescribed by such ordinance and by this article.

(d) “Public authority” shall mean any housing authority, or any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the municipality or state relating to health, fire, building regulations, or to other activities concerning buildings in the municipality.

(e) “Owner” shall mean the holder of the title in fee, or a mortgagee or trustee, whose interest is shown of record, or who is in possession of a building, or any person in control of a building, or the agent of any such person.

(f) “Parties in interest” shall mean individuals, associations, or corporations who have an interest of record in or who are in possession of a building.

(g) “Building” means any building or structure or part thereof used and occupied by humans as a dwelling, store, factory, warehouse, requiring the presence of humans therein, or intended to be so used, and includes any yard, garden, parking or storage area, outhouses, and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-759 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 20 / Section 33-759
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-759
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Mississippi Affordable Housing Development Fund to be administered as a revolving fund for the provision of affordable housing to very low income, low income, and moderate income persons. The fund shall be used exclusively to support programs created or administered by the Mississippi Home Corporation under the powers granted to it by law. To this fund shall be deposited all loan repayments, penalties, and other fees and charges accruing to the fund, and any appropriations, donations, gifts, grants or loans which may be made thereto; however, no bond funds shall be deposited into the special fund unless authorized by the Legislature. Monies in the fund which are not currently needed for the programs of the Home Corporation shall be invested by the State Treasurer in such securities as are authorized for the investment of funds of the Home Corporation in Section 43-33-717(5)(e) . The interest received on any such investment shall be credited to the fund. Monies remaining in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the state General Fund.

The State Fiscal Management Board is authorized and directed to draw warrants upon such funds from time to time upon requisition of the Home Corporation executed by its executive director, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay such warrants. The Home Corporation shall have continuing authority to expend funds up to the maximum amount received into the special fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-6-207 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 6-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-6-207
Status: in_force

(1) All state agencies that provide services to persons with disabilities and/or employment services shall coordinate efforts and shall collaborate within and among such agencies to ensure that state programs, policies, procedures and funding support competitive employment in integrated settings for persons with disabilities who are of working age. All such state agencies shall, whenever feasible, share data and information across systems in order to track progress toward full implementation of this article. All such state agencies are encouraged to adopt measurable goals and objectives to promote assessment of progress in implementing this article.

(2) State agencies are authorized to adopt rules and regulations to implement this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-53-1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 39 / Section 53-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-53-1
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there are many efforts currently under way that seek to forge partnerships to coordinate criminal justice and social services approaches to victimization of senior citizens. The TRIAD program, sponsored by the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA), the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), is one such effort. This effort recognizes that senior citizens have the same fundamental desire as other members of our society to live freely, without fear or restriction due to the criminal element, and that the state should seek to expand efforts to reduce crime against this growing and uniquely vulnerable segment of our population.

It is the intent of the Legislature, therefore, to promote a coordinated effort among law enforcement and social services agencies to stem the tide of violence against senior citizens and to support media and non-media strategies aimed at increasing both public understanding of the problem and the senior citizens' skills in preventing crime against themselves and their property, and to address the problem of crime against senior citizens in a systematic and effective manner by promoting and expanding collaborative crime prevention programs, such as the TRIAD model, that assist law enforcement agencies and senior citizens in implementing specific strategies for crime prevention, victim assistance, citizen involvement and public education.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-37-9 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 35 / Section 37-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-37-9
Status: in_force

Where an inverse condemnation proceeding is instituted by the owner of any right, title or interest in real property because of use of his property in any program or project in which federal and/or federal-aid funds are used, the court, rendering a judgment for the plaintiff in such proceeding and awarding compensation for the taking of property, or the state's attorney effecting a settlement of any such proceeding, shall determine and award or allow to such plaintiff, as a part of such judgment or settlement, such sum as will, in the opinion of the court or the state's attorney, reimburse such plaintiff for his reasonable costs, disbursements and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees, actually incurred because of such proceeding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-507 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-507
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-507
Status: in_force

(1) Summons shall be served not less than three (3) days before the date set for the adjudicatory hearing of proceedings concerning the child.

(2) A party other than the child may waive service of summons on himself by written stipulation or by voluntary appearance at the hearing and in the case of written stipulation or voluntary appearance, the youth court may, in its discretion, proceed to a hearing regardless of the date set for the hearing if all other parties are properly before the youth court. At the time of the waiver, a copy of the petition shall be given to the party.

(3) If a child is served with process, the child may waive the three (3) days' time before the hearing, and the youth court may, in its discretion, proceed to a hearing regardless of the date set for the hearing if all other parties are properly before the youth court and the youth court finds all of the following:

(a) the child fully understands his rights and fully understands the potential consequences of the hearing;

(b) the child voluntarily, intelligently, and knowingly waives his rights to three (3) days' time before the hearing;

(c) the child is effectively represented by counsel; and

(d) the child has had in fact sufficient time to prepare.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-354 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-354
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-354
Status: in_force

The statewide incoming wide area telephone service established pursuant to Section 43-21-353 shall be maintained by the Department of Child Protection Services, or its successor, on a twenty-four-hour seven (7) days a week basis.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-29-9 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-29-9
Status: in_force

Whenever a county welfare agent receives an application for assistance under this chapter, an investigation and record shall promptly be made of the circumstances of the applicant to ascertain the facts supporting the application made under this chapter, and such other information as may be required by the rules of the state board. The county department and the state department shall have the power to conduct examinations, and the county board and such officers and employees as are designated by the state commissioner may also administer oaths and affirmation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-15-123 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 12 / Section 15-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-15-123
Status: in_force

Any person, agency, association, corporation, institution, society or other organization violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of illegal placement of children and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment not more than five (5) years, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-555 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 21-555
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-555
Status: in_force

Under no circumstances shall the party or the prosecutor engage in discussion for the purpose of agreeing to exchange concessions by the prosecutor for the party's admission to the petition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-39 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 28 / Section 33-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-39
Status: in_force

The state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law, or any law amendatory or supplemental thereto, of the State of Mississippi or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States, when such bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the United States government or any agency thereof, and such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits and shall be fully negotiable in this state; it being the purpose of this article to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions, bodies, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including (but not limited to) sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations, and that any such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits and shall be fully negotiable in this state. However, nothing contained in this article with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person, firm or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-11-7 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-11-7
Status: in_force

Any person, as defined in Section 43-11-1 , may apply for a license as provided in this section. An application for a license shall be made to the licensing agency upon forms provided by it and shall contain such information as the licensing agency reasonably requires, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with such reasonable standards, rules and regulations as are lawfully prescribed under this chapter. Each application for a license for an institution for the aged or infirm, except for personal care homes, shall be accompanied by a license fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for each bed in the institution, with a minimum fee per institution of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), which shall be paid to the licensing agency. Each application for a license for a personal care home shall be accompanied by a license fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) for each bed in the institution, with a minimum fee per institution of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), which shall be paid to the licensing agency.

Any increase in the fee charged by the licensing agency under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 .

No governmental entity or agency shall be required to pay the fee or fees set forth in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-103 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 35 / Section 35-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-35-103
Status: in_force

It is hereby found and declared that the existence and occupation of dwellings and other buildings in the municipalities of this state, which are unfit for human habitation, use or occupancy, are inimical to the welfare and dangerous and injurious to the health, safety and morals of the people of this state; and that a public necessity exists for the repair or elimination of such buildings.

Whenever any municipality of this state finds that there exist in such municipality buildings, which are unfit for human habitation, use or occupancy, due to dilapidation, defects increasing the hazards of fires, accidents or other calamities, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or due to other conditions rendering such buildings unsafe and unsanitary, and dangerous or detrimental to the health, safety or morals, or which are otherwise inimical to the welfare of the residents of such municipality, power is hereby conferred upon such municipality to exercise its police powers to remedy or eliminate the aforesaid conditions in the manner provided in this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-601 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-601
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-601
Status: in_force

(1) If the child has been adjudicated a delinquent child, a child in need of supervision, a neglected child or an abused child, the youth court shall immediately set a time and place for a disposition hearing which shall be separate, distinct and subsequent to the adjudicatory hearing. The disposition hearing, however, may be held immediately following the adjudicatory hearing unless a continuance is necessary to allow the parties to prepare for their participation in the proceedings.

(2) If the child has been taken into custody, a disposition hearing shall be held within fourteen (14) days after the adjudicatory hearing unless good cause be shown for postponement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-773 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 14 / Section 33-773
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-773
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code, and in exercising the powers granted by Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 , the State Bond Commission shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-12-1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 12-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-12-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Medicaid and Human Services Transparency and Fraud Prevention Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-733 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 14 / Section 33-733
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-733
Status: in_force

The corporation is authorized to issue its bonds or notes for the purpose of refunding any bonds or notes of the corporation then outstanding. In addition, the corporation may issue its bonds or notes for the purpose of refunding any bonds or notes of (a) any local housing authority or authorities, or (b) any regional housing authority or authorities. The corporation shall have no power or authority to issue its bonds or notes for the purpose of refunding bonds or notes of any local housing authority or any regional housing authority unless the refunding and the corporation's participation therein are authorized by a resolution or resolutions adopted by the housing authority or authorities whose bonds or notes will be refunded by the bonds or notes issued by the corporation. The resolution or resolutions shall request the corporation to issue its bonds or notes for the purpose of refunding bonds or notes of the housing authority or authorities then outstanding and shall contain such other terms and conditions as necessary or appropriate. The total amount of any such refunding bonds or notes shall be an amount sufficient to effect the refunding and may include an amount sufficient to pay (a) the principal amount of the refunded bonds or notes, (b) interest accrued or to accrue to the date of maturity or the date of redemption of the bonds or notes to be refunded which need not necessarily be on the first available redemption date, (c) any redemption premiums to be paid thereon, (d) any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with such refunding, and (e) any other reasonable costs deemed necessary by the corporation to effect the refunding. The proceeds of such refunding bonds or notes may be applied in the manner determined by the corporation and may be placed in escrow and invested in the manner and on the terms determined by the corporation. All such bonds or notes shall be refunded in accordance with the Mississippi Bond Refinancing Act, Section 31-27-1 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-61-7 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 18 / Section 61-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-61-7
Status: in_force

Subject to appropriation for the program, the department may provide assistance to persons determined to be eligible for services authorized by this chapter. The assistance provided by the department may include:

(a) Assisting seniors and qualified indigents in accessing manufacturers' pharmaceutical assistance program applications; and

(b) Assisting seniors and qualified indigents in applying for manufacturers' pharmaceutical assistance programs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-707 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-707
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-707
Status: in_force

(1) The corporation shall appoint, and prescribe the duties of, such officers (who need not be directors) as the corporation deems necessary or advisable, including an executive director and a secretary (who may be the same person), and the corporation shall fix the compensation of such officers. The executive director shall be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall serve at the will and pleasure of the board. The executive director shall administer, manage and direct the affairs and business of the corporation, subject to the policies, control and direction of the directors of the corporation. The secretary of the corporation shall keep a record of the proceedings of the corporation and shall be custodian of all books, documents and papers filed with the corporation, the minute book or journal of the corporation, and its official seal. He shall have authority to cause copies to be made of all minutes and other records and documents of the corporation and to give certificates under the official seal of the corporation to the effect that the copies are true copies, and all persons dealing with the corporation may rely upon the certificates. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the assets of the corporation, except for those assets required by contracts with bondholders to be in the custody of the trustee. The directors of the corporation shall set the investment policy for assets, and the executive director shall be responsible for making investments in accordance with such policy. The treasurer may delegate all or a portion of his duties and responsibilities to the executive director.

(2) The corporation shall have the authority, in its discretion, to employ counsel on an annual basis at an annual salary at an amount it deems proper. Such counsel may, in addition to an annual salary, be paid additional compensation when employed by the corporation in the matter of litigation and the issuance of bonds and the drafting of orders and resolutions in connection therewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-37-1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-37-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Real Property Acquisition Policies Law.”

The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to the acquisition of real property under the laws of this state for use in any project or program in which public funds are used.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-2 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-2
Status: in_force

The Department of Human Services shall be the Department of Youth Services and shall retain all powers and duties granted by law to the Department of Youth Services, and wherever the term “Department of Youth Services” appears in any law the same shall mean the Department of Human Services. The executive director of the department may assign to appropriate divisions such powers and duties as deemed appropriate to carry out the functions of the department. The executive director of the department may assign such powers and duties as deemed appropriate to carry out the functions of the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-19-58 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 19-58
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-19-58
Status: in_force

(1) Persons wishing to contest the imposition of an administrative civil penalty under the provisions of Chapter 588, Laws of 1997, shall be entitled to a hearing before the Director of the Department of Human Services or his designee by so requesting within twenty (20) days after receiving notice of the imposition of the administratively imposed civil penalty. The request shall identify the civil penalty contested and legibly state the contestant's name, mailing address and home and daytime phone numbers. The date, time and place for the hearing shall be made as convenient as possible for the contestant, who shall receive notice thereof not less than seven (7) days before the hearing. A hearing on whether to impose a civil penalty and to consider circumstances in mitigation shall be held on the time and the place specified in the notice. The contestant may appear in person, through his attorney or, prior to the date set for the hearing, submit written testimony and other evidence, subject to the penalty for false swearing, for entry in the hearing record.

(2) After the hearing, the director or his designee shall issue his order, which may be appealed to the chancery court of the county in which the contestant resides in the same manner as is provided by law for appeals originating from county courts.

(3) The director or his designee may file the order assessing the penalty, or a certified copy of the order, with the clerk of any chancery court in the state after expiration of the time in which an appeal may be taken, or final determination of the matter on appeal, whereupon the order assessing the penalty shall be enrolled on the judgment roll and may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-63-1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 27 / Section 63-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-63-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Jimmy Kaigler Alzheimer's Support Act.” James Street “Jimmy” Kaigler was born and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and was a graduate of the University of Mississippi. Kaigler served as a Captain in the United States Air Force from 1966 to 1972. Following his tour in Vietnam, Captain Kaigler was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. Kaigler later worked as President and CEO of Memorial Hospital in Gulfport. This chapter shall serve as testament to Captain Kaigler's life as well as a tribute to the loving care provided by his wife and family.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-20-7 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 18 / Section 20-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-20-7
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created an advisory council which shall be appointed by the State Health Officer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the State Health Officer.

(2) The advisory council shall consist of twelve (12) persons, six (6) of whom shall be licensed child care providers, and six (6) of whom shall represent child care professional organizations, child advocacy groups, child care associations or state agencies which provide child care funding, education or services. No more than four (4) members shall be appointed from any one (1) state Supreme Court district.

(3) It shall be the duty of the advisory council to assist and advise the licensing agency in the development of regulations governing the licensure and regulation of child care facilities and to advise the licensing agency on matters relative to the administration and interpretation of the provisions of this chapter.

(4) Members of the advisory council shall be reimbursed for mileage and expenses as is authorized by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-29-37 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 20 / Section 29-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-29-37
Status: in_force

The administration of this chapter, so far as applicable, shall be subject to all of the rules and regulations as prescribed by the state board of public welfare for the administration of old age assistance, as provided by Sections 43-1-1 through 43-1-17 , and 43-9-1 through 43-9-45 , and such other reasonable rules and regulations as may hereafter be promulgated by said board, for the proper administration of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-101 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 20 / Section 33-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-101
Status: in_force

Sections 43-33-103 through 43-33-133 , inclusive, of this article may be referred to as the “Supplemental Housing Authorities Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-509 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-509
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-509
Status: in_force

If any person summoned as herein provided shall without reasonable cause (the judge to determine what is reasonable cause) fails to appear, he may be proceeded against for contempt of court. In case the summons cannot be served or the parties served with summons fail to obey the same, or in any case when it shall be made to appear to the youth court that the service of summons will be ineffectual or the welfare of a child requires that he shall be brought forthwith into the custody of the youth court, a warrant or custody order may be issued against the parent, parents, guardian or custodian or against the child.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-793 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 28 / Section 33-793
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-793
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is authorized, without further process of law, to certify to the Department of Finance and Administration the necessity for warrants, and the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to issue such warrants, in such amounts as may be necessary to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, or the accredit value of, all bonds issued under Sections 43-33-767 through 43-33-797 ; and the State Treasurer shall forward the necessary amount to the designated place or places of payment of such bonds in ample time to discharge such bonds, or the interest thereon, on the due dates thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-31-23 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 31-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-31-23
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may, with the consent of the pauper, contract with any person for keeping and maintaining any pauper for the work or service which may be rendered by him in compensation for his support and maintenance; and if any pauper shall refuse to abide by the disposition made of him by the board, he shall not be entitled to relief during his refusal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-51 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6 / Section 33-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-51
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-16-1 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-16-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Child Residential Home Notification Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-401 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-401
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-27-401
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Human Services, Division of Youth Services, shall establish a pilot program to be known as the “Amer-I-Can Program.” The program is designed for youths who have been committed to or are confined at the Oakley Youth Development Center. The objectives of this program are:

(a) To develop greater self-esteem, assume responsible attitudes and experience a restructuring of habits and conditioning processes;

(b) To develop an appreciation of family members and an understanding of the role family structure has in achieving successful living;

(c) To develop an understanding of the concept of community and collective responsibility;

(d) To develop a prowess in problem solving and decision making that will eliminate many of the difficulties that were encountered in past experiences;

(e) To develop skills in money management and financial stability, thus relieving pressures that have contributed to previous difficulties;

(f) To develop communication skills to better express thoughts and ideas while acquiring an understanding of and respect for the thoughts and ideas of others; and

(g) To acquire employment seeking and retention skills to improve chances of long-term, gainful employment.

(2) The Division of Youth Services shall develop policies and procedures to administer the program and shall choose which youths are eligible to participate in the program.

(3) The department may accept any funds, public or private, made available to it for the program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-59-13 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 28 / Section 59-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-59-13
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Commission on the Status of Women shall be advisory with respect to legislation and regulation and shall not conflict with or supplement state or federal laws or regulations or provide a cause of action relating to any matter contained in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-109 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-109
Status: in_force

Any county or municipality may separately or jointly establish and maintain detention facilities, shelter facilities, foster homes, or any other facility necessary to carry on the work of the youth court. For said purposes, the county or municipality may acquire necessary land by condemnation, by purchase or donation, may issue bonds as now provided by law for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, remodeling or maintaining such facilities; may expend necessary funds from the general fund to construct and maintain such facilities, and may employ architects to design or remodel such facilities. Such facilities may include a place for housing youth court facilities and personnel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-18-3 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 12 / Section 18-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-18-3
Status: in_force

The “ appropriate public authorities ” as used in Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall, with reference to this state, means the Department of Child Protection Services, or with the approval of the Commissioner of Child Protection Services, any regional or local office of the Department of Child Protection Services shall be authorized to receive and act with reference to notices required by Article III.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-757 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 11 / Section 33-757
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-33-757
Status: in_force

The corporation and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by law, provided that no such law shall take effect so long as the corporation shall have bonds, notes, or other obligations outstanding, unless adequate provision has been made for the payment thereof. Upon termination of the existence of the corporation, all of its rights and properties in excess of its obligations shall pass to and be vested in the state as follows:

(a) All excess monies shall be deposited into the General Fund of the State Treasury; and

(b) All of the property shall be vested in the State Fiscal Management Board, or its successor, unless otherwise provided by the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-55-15 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 47 / Section 55-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-55-15
Status: in_force

The commission shall not directly carry out any national service program that receives assistance under Section 121 of Title I, 42 USCS 12571 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-37-7 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 37-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-37-7
Status: in_force

Where a condemnation proceeding is instituted by the state, or a subdivision thereof, for a project which is funded in whole or in part by federal funds to acquire real property for such use and (a) the final judgment is that the real property cannot be acquired by condemnation or (b) the proceeding is abandoned, the owner of any right, title or interest in such real property shall be paid such sum as will, in the opinion of the state or the subdivision thereof, reimburse such owner for his reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees, actually incurred because of the condemnation proceedings. The award of such sums will be paid by the person, agency or other entity which sought to condemn the property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-20-55 — MS Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 20-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-20-55
Status: in_force

The advisory council appointed by the Executive Officer of the State Department of Health under the provisions of Section 43-20-7, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall assist and advise in the development of regulations and standards governing the registration and regulation of family child care homes. Members of the council who are not public employees shall receive per diem compensation as provided under Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and shall be reimbursed for mileage and expenses.