Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.10 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 4 / Section 19-56.10
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.10
Status: in_force

(1) Owners of motor vehicles upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional annual fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00), shall be issued a special license tag which displays an emblem designed by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

(2) The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall design emblems which shall be displayed on the special license tag. The emblem shall be affixed during the production of the license tag.

(3) Application for the special license tags shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the State Tax Commission. The application and the additional fee, less five percent (5%) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the State Tax Commission on a monthly basis as prescribed by the commission. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(4) The special license tag shall be issued for a one-year period. The additional annual fee shall be due and payable at the time of renewal registration.

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

(a) Twenty Dollars ($20.00) of each additional fee collected on special license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Wildlife Heritage Fund created pursuant to Section 49-5-77 . However, such additional fees collected from the issuance of distinctive license tags from and after July 1, 2003, displaying an emblem depicting any saltwater species shall be deposited into the Coastal Preserve Account in the Seafood Fund created pursuant to Section 49-15-17 .

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on special license tags shall be deposited into the Mississippi Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) The remainder of each such additional fee shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-39-331 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 39-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-39-331
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to set aside, appropriate and expend monies from the general fund to the Mississippi Department of Health, or the University of Mississippi Medical Center after the Mississippi Burn Center is operational, for deposit to the Mississippi Burn Care Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-11 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-11
Status: in_force

(1) On each carrier of property, for each commercial motor vehicle, truck-tractor or road tractor, and on each bus, there is hereby levied an annual highway privilege tax in accordance with the following schedule, except that the gross vehicle weight of buses shall be the gross weight of the vehicle plus one hundred fifty (150) pounds per each regular seat.

RATE OF TAX

GROSS WEIGHT OF VEHICLE NOT TO EXCEED IN POUNDS

COMMON AND CONTRACT CARRIERS OF PROPERTY

PRIVATE COMMERCIAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL CARRIERS OF PROPERTY

PRIVATE CARRIERS OF PROPERTY

0000-- 6000

$

7.20

$

7.20

$

7.20

6001--10000

33.60

25.20

16.80

10001--16000

78.40

70.70

39.20

16001--20000

156.00

129.00

78.00

20001--26000

228.00

192.00

114.00

26001--30000

300.00

247.00

150.00

30001--36000

384.00

318.00

192.00

36001--40000

456.00

378.00

228.00

40001--42000

504.00

420.00

264.00

42001--44000

528.00

444.00

276.00

44001--46000

552.00

456.00

282.00

46001--48000

588.00

492.00

300.00

48001--50000

612.00

507.00

312.00

50001--52000

660.00

540.00

336.00

52001--54000

684.00

564.00

348.00

54001--56000

708.00

588.00

360.00

56001--58000

756.00

624.00

384.00

58001--60000

780.00

642.00

396.00

60001--62000

828.00

828.00

420.00

62001--64000

852.00

852.00

432.00

64001--66000

900.00

900.00

482.00

66001--68000

936.00

936.00

504.00

68001--70000

972.00

972.00

516.00

70001--72000

996.00

996.00

528.00

72001--74000

1,128.00

1,128.00

576.00

74001--76000

1,248.00

1,248.00

612.00

76001--78000

1,380.00

1,380.00

720.00

78001--80000

1,512.00

1,512.00

864.00

80001--88000

1,776.00

1,776.00

1,152.00

The purchase of the license tag exceeding 80,000 gross vehicle weight is limited to the transport of products as provided for harvest permits as defined in Section 27-19-81(4) . Such license tag shall be a “HP” license tag with weight allowance printed on the cab card only.

In addition to the above levied annual highway privilege tax on vehicles with a gross weight exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds, there is levied and shall be collected an additional privilege tax in the amount of One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($1,875.00) for each current or later year model vehicle based upon a licensed weight of eighty-eight thousand (88,000) pounds. This additional privilege tax shall be reduced by the amount of One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) for each year of age to a minimum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and further reduced by the ratio of licensed weight to the maximum weight of eighty-eight thousand (88,000) pounds. During the first year only, the privilege tax monies collected under the provisions of this paragraph shall be distributed to the various counties of the state on the basis of the ratio of the last year of annual ad valorem taxes collected by such counties on such vehicles to the total ad valorem taxes collected by all counties on such vehicles in the same year. In all subsequent years, the distribution to the counties shall be made on the basis of the ratio of the number of motor vehicles registered in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds, in each taxing district in each county, to the total number of such vehicles registered statewide. The counties shall then distribute these proceeds as they would if these collections were ad valorem taxes.

From the privilege tax monies collected under this section, Three Million Seven Hundred Thirty-two Thousand Four Hundred Three Dollars and Eleven Cents ($3,732,403.11) shall be earmarked and set aside to be apportioned and paid to the counties of the state in the manner provided by Section 27-19-159, Mississippi Code of 1972 . Any excess privilege tax monies collected under this section shall be deposited into the State Highway Fund for the construction, maintenance and reconstruction of highways and roads of the State of Mississippi or the payment of interest and principal on bonds authorized by the 1972 Regular Session of the Legislature for construction and reconstruction of highways.

No privilege license shall be issued for any period of time for less than One Dollar ($1.00). Any person making an application for the license tag under this section is required to sign an affidavit attesting to facts indicating the applicability of this section. Proof of purchase of a valid harvest permit for the vehicle must be presented at the time of purchase of the license tag.

The annual highway privilege tax imposed on operators engaged exclusively in the transportation of household goods shall be the same as the tax imposed upon private commercial carriers by this section. In determining the amount of privilege taxes due under the provisions of this section, there shall be allowed a maximum tolerance of five hundred (500) pounds on all classes of carriers except carriers of liquefied compressed gases and in the case of carriers of liquefied compressed gases there shall be allowed a maximum tolerance of two thousand (2,000) pounds.

Any owner or operator who operates a motor vehicle on the public highways, with a license tag attached to it which was issued for another or different vehicle, shall be liable for the privilege tax on said vehicle for twelve (12) months plus a penalty thereon of twenty-five percent (25%).

Carriers of property duly registered and licensed in another state and being used to transport farm harvesting machinery or equipment to and from a particular county in this state may, upon adoption of a resolution by the board of supervisors of the county where such machinery or equipment is being exclusively used in harvesting farm crops within the county, be exempt from the taxes herein levied when the resolution is filed with the Department of Revenue. However, the exemption shall not exceed a period of forty (40) days for any annual period without a second resolution of approval by the board of supervisors who shall have the authority to extend the exemption not to exceed an additional period of twenty (20) days during any annual period.

A private commercial carrier of property hauling interstate may purchase a common and contract carrier of property license plate at the prescribed fee to allow the carrier to lease on a one-way basis per trip without qualifying with the Public Service Commission.

(2) Beginning January 1, 2024, an owner of a carrier of property whose gross vehicle weight does not exceed ten thousand (10,000) pounds may choose a license tag with a black background and a white pinstripe border. “Mississippi” shall be printed at the top, and the name of the county shall be printed at the bottom. The application and the additional fee of Thirty-eight Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($38.25), less Two Dollars ($2.00) to be remitted to the Department of Revenue License Tag Acquisition Fund created in Section 27-19-179 , shall be remitted to the department on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The remaining Thirty-six Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($36.25) of the additional fee shall be deposited to the credit of the Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund established in Section 45-2-1 . In all other respects, tags issued under this subsection (2) shall follow the guidelines for tags issued under subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-51-9 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 51-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-51-9
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the fiscal year shall commence on August 1 and shall end on July 31 of each year. The taxable year shall run concurrently with the taxable year in effect in the law pertaining to the payment of the road and bridge privilege license tax on motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in Section 27-41-2 , ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles shall be collected by the county tax collector for the county and state and by the municipal tax collector for the municipalities. Ad valorem taxes for any ensuing year may be paid during the month as provided in Section 27-19-31 , however, and said ad valorem taxes on any motor vehicle must be paid at the same time or prior to the time that the road and bridge privilege license is issued for the subject motor vehicle, unless herein otherwise specifically exempt from such ad valorem taxes. The ad valorem tax on motor vehicles shall be computed on the millage rates in effect at the time such privilege license tax is to be paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-31 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 31-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-31
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authorities of any municipality are authorized, in their discretion, to grant exemptions from ad valorem taxation, except ad valorem taxation for school district purposes, for new structures or improvements to or renovations of existing structures located in the designated central business district of the municipality, for a period of not more than ten (10) years from the date of the completion of the new structure or the improvement to or renovation of the existing structure for which the exemption is granted.

(2) The governing authorities of any municipality are authorized, in their discretion, to grant exemptions from ad valorem taxation, except ad valorem taxation for school district purposes, for improvement to or renovation of municipally designated residential renewal districts, for a period of not more than ten (10) years from the date of the completion of the improvement to or renovation of the designated residential renewal district for which the exemption is granted.

(3) Any person, firm or corporation desiring to obtain the exemption authorized in this section shall first file a written application therefor with the governing authorities of the municipality, providing full information about the property for which the exemption is requested, including the true value of all such property, and the date from which the exemption is to begin. Any application for an exemption under this section must be made within twelve (12) months from the date of the completion of the new structure or the improvement to or renovation of the existing structure for which the exemption is requested. The governing authorities of the municipality may, by order spread on their minutes, approve such application for all or any part of the property for which the exemption is requested and for all or any part of the authorized period of exemption. The order shall specify the property to be exempted and the dates when such exemption begins and expires. The municipal clerk shall record the application and the order approving the same in a book kept in his office for that purpose, and shall file one (1) copy of the application and the order with the Chairman of the Department of Revenue.

(4) Any exemption granted under this section shall be in lieu of ad valorem tax exemptions authorized under any other provision of law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-13 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 107-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-13
Status: in_force

The state bond commission is hereby authorized and empowered to utilize any of its statutory powers, particularly Chapter 519, Laws of 1968, in carrying out its functions under Sections 27-107-1 through 27-107-15 , and in the repayment of principal and interest on indebtedness due the State Treasury or any general-fund agency or special-fund agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-42 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 55 / Section 65-42
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-42
Status: in_force

(1) The amount of taxes due on any return which has been filed as required by this chapter shall be determined and assessed within thirty-six (36) months from the date the return was filed except as otherwise provided in this section and Section 27-65-55 .

(2) When an examination of a taxpayer's records to verify returns made under this chapter has been initiated and the taxpayer notified of the examination, either by certified mail or personal delivery by an agent of the commissioner, within the thirty-six-month examination period provided for in subsection (1) of this section, the determination of the correct tax liability shall be made by the commissioner within one (1) year after the expiration of the thirty-six-month examination period; however, this limitation shall not apply:

(a) To any tax period for which the taxpayer failed to file a return, in which case the tax, including any applicable penalties and interest, may be assessed by the commissioner at any time and the tax, penalties and/or interest so assessed may be collected by the commissioner as otherwise provided by law.

(b) In the case of a false or fraudulent return with the intent to evade tax. In such a case the commissioner is authorized to compute, determine, and assess at any time the estimated amount of tax due on the return, including any applicable penalties and interest, from any information in his or her possession, and after the tax, penalties and/or interest are assessed, to collect them as otherwise provided by law.

(c) In the case of an agreement in writing entered into by the commissioner and the taxpayer, made prior to the expiration of the applicable time periods provided for in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, consenting to the examination of a return. In such a case the determination of a tax overpayment or deficiency and/or the issuance of an assessment may be made within the agreed upon period. The period agreed upon may be extended by subsequent agreements in writing made before the expiration of the previously agreed upon period.

(d) In a case in which a taxpayer requests an extension of time for filing any return required by this chapter, and the request is granted. In such a case the limitation of time for examining the return and determining any tax overpayment or assessing any tax deficiency from the return shall be extended for a like period.

(3) A taxpayer may apply to the commissioner for revision of the tax assessed against him or her, or paid by him or her, at any time within thirty-six (36) months from the date of the assessment or from the date the return was filed. Unless a claim for credit or refund is filed by the taxpayer within thirty-six (36) months from the time the return was filed or assessment made, no credit or refund shall be allowed.

(4) Taxpayers shall keep and maintain an accurate and complete set of records and other information sufficient to allow the department to determine the correct amount of tax due. The records and other information shall be open and available for inspection by the department upon request at a reasonable time and location. Refusal or delay by the taxpayer to provide documentation for examination upon the department's request shall result in an assessment being made from any information available, which shall be prima facie correct.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-17 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-17
Status: in_force

(1) In all cases where a trailer or semitrailer is used for the transportation of property, either as a common carrier, contract carrier, private commercial carrier, private carrier, or otherwise, and is operated in conjunction with, and is drawn by a tractor, or other motor vehicle, the tax upon such motor vehicle, truck tractor or road tractor shall be calculated and levied on the maximum gross weight of such vehicle, and the tax to be levied upon the operator thereof upon each motor vehicle, truck tractor or road tractor drawing a semitrailer or trailer shall be computed in accordance with the foregoing schedules in the proper classification. In such cases, however, the gross weight of the trailer or semitrailer shall be combined with the gross weight of the truck tractor, road tractor or other motor vehicle, and the total gross weight of both vehicles counted as one (1) unit shall be used in determining the tax to be paid under this article. Provided, however, that no tax shall be levied upon any trailer or any farm tractor using the highways solely in hauling or transporting farm products of the soil from the farm to the gin or market, or transporting fertilizer or feed to the farm, where the gross weight does not exceed eight thousand (8,000) pounds, and where the title to such products is still in the producer thereof.

(2) On each trailer, semitrailer, house trailer, house semitrailer, travel trailer, rental trailer or rental semitrailer used with or drawn by any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state there is hereby levied an annual highway privilege tax of Ten Dollars ($10.00). The highway privilege tax levied in this subsection shall not apply to trailers or semitrailers subject to the tax levied in Section 27-19-18 .

(3) Before issuing a license for any trailer or semitrailer, the owner thereof shall furnish the commission a serial number for such trailer or semitrailer, and if the same does not bear a serial number, then the commission shall assign to the owner a serial number, to be placed on such trailer or semitrailer. Said serial number shall be stamped or printed on such trailer or semitrailer at some convenient and accessible location and shall be used in making application for and issuing the privilege license for such trailer or semitrailer.

(4) No tax shall be imposed on the wagons or trailers, or the tractors drawing same, of circuses, carnivals, fairs and other shows using municipal streets or public highways, when such wagons or trailers are shipped into the State of Mississippi by railroad, and use such streets and highways only in transporting such trailers, or wagons from the railroad to be placed where such circus, carnival, fair or other show is to be held or staged, and in returning such trailers and wagons from such place to the railroad for reloading.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-65 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 55-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-65
Status: repealed

This article shall not release or relinquish any liability or penalty incurred or right accrued under the laws of this state as they existed before January 1, 1970, and such laws shall be considered as remaining in force for the purpose of instituting or sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of any such liability, penalty or right. Such laws shall govern the reporting and payment of taxes on gasoline received, sold, distributed or used by bonded distributors of gasoline or other persons before January 1, 1970. Any and all matters, orders, hearings, and proceedings pending before the comptroller or before any court under provisions of such prior laws shall continue with the same effect as though such prior laws were not amended or repealed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-21 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 71-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-21
Status: in_force

Before any person shall engage in the business of manufacturing or retailing of alcoholic beverages, he may be required to enter into a bond payable to the State of Mississippi, conditioned that he will conduct said business strictly in accordance with the laws of the State of Mississippi, and that he will comply with the rules and regulations prescribed by the department, and pay all taxes due the State of Mississippi. The amount of a bond required of a manufacturer, not including a producer of native wine or native spirit, shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), and the amount required of a retailer shall be Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Provided, however, any retailer whose check for purchase of merchandise or payment of taxes shall be dishonored may be required by the department to post additional bond not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Such bond shall be made in a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi and shall be approved by the department. The department shall be authorized to institute suit in the proper court for any violation of the condition of said bonds. The amount of the bond required of a producer of native wine or native spirit shall be Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

As an alternative to entering into a bond as required by this section, any person who shall engage in the business of manufacturing or retailing alcoholic beverages may, subject to the same conditions of conduct required for bonds, deposit with the State Treasurer the equivalent amount of the bond required for that particular person in cash or securities. The only securities allowable for this purpose are those which may legally be purchased by a bank or for trust funds, having a market value not less than that of the required bond. The department shall file notice with the Treasurer for any violation of the conditions of the cash or security deposit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-49-7 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 49-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-49-7
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall not allow to the collector a credit for the insolvent list he reports, merely because he presents it duly sworn to, but the board shall examine carefully each election district and city, town, or village list as reported, and shall scrutinize each name and amount reported insolvent, and shall use any knowledge had by any member of the board, and avail of any information by witnesses to test the accuracy of the report. The board shall not allow the collector credit for the taxes of any delinquent who may be ascertained to have anything in possession or in action by a sale of which the collector would be able to make the taxes; and all of the list for which the board shall not allow a credit shall be charged against the collector.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-91 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 115-91
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-91
Status: in_force

For informational purposes only, the corporation shall submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee a copy of the corporation's annual operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget shall include an estimate of net proceeds to be deposited into the State Highway Fund during the succeeding fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-106-21 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 106-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-106-21
Status: in_force

The restrictions established under this chapter apply only until:

(a) The President or Congress of the United States, by means including, but not limited to, legislation, executive order or written certification, declares that divestment of the type provided for in this chapter interferes with the conduct of United States foreign policy; or

(b) The United States revokes its current sanctions against Iran.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-11 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 115-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-11
Status: in_force

(1) The president of the corporation shall be appointed by the board subject to the approval of the Governor. The Governor shall, within thirty (30) days after receiving the nomination of the president in writing, either approve or reject the nomination. Failure to take either action within the required time shall constitute approval by the Governor. If the Governor rejects the nomination of the president, then the board shall submit a different nominee to the Governor. The president shall manage the daily affairs of the corporation and shall have such powers and duties as specified by this chapter, by the board, and any rules or regulations adopted by the board. The president shall not be a member of the board. The president shall serve at the will and pleasure of the board.

(2) The president shall employ such personnel as he or she deems necessary. All personnel shall serve at the will and pleasure of the president, unless otherwise specified by the president.

(3) The board shall set the salary of the president.

(4) No employee shall be a member of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-9-7 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-9-7
Status: in_force

The value of the gross estate of the decedent shall be determined by including the value at the time of the decedent's death; or the value of the gross estate may be determined, if the executor so elects, by valuing all the property included in the gross estate as follows:

(1) In the case of property distributed, sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of, within six (6) months after the decedent's death such property shall be valued as of the date of distribution, sale, exchange or other disposition.

(2) In the case of property not distributed, sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of, within six (6) months after the decedent's death such property shall be valued as of the date six (6) months after the decedent's death.

(3) Any interest or estate which is affected by mere lapse of time shall be included as its value as of the time of death (instead of the later date) with adjustment for any difference in its value as of the later date not due to mere lapse of time.

Executors and others filing returns under this chapter shall use whichever of the above methods of valuation more nearly complies with the one used on the federal estate tax return.

The value of the gross estate of the decedent shall be determined by including the value at the time of decedent's death or by use of the above alternative method of valuation of all property, real or personal, tangible or intangible:

(a) To the extent of the interest of deceased in all property in which deceased has an interest, except for the following: (i) in the case of a resident, real property and tangible personal property located outside Mississippi; (ii) the amount of all proceeds of an annuity or other payment receivable by any beneficiary under a military family protection plan, survivor benefit plan or other comparable plan, pursuant to Chapter 73, Title 10, United States Code; (iii) the pay and allowances determined by the United States to be due a member of its armed forces for service in the Vietnam Conflict after August 5, 1964, for the period between the date declared by the United States as the beginning of his missing in action status to the date determined by the United States to be the date of his death; provided, that, in cases where a tax has been paid on such pay and allowances pursuant to this chapter, an application for refund of such tax shall be made by January 1, 1982; and (iv) in the case of a nonresident, intangible personal property even when located in Mississippi;

(b) To the extent of any interest therein held jointly or as tenants by the entirety, by the decedent and any other person, or deposited in banks or other institutions in their joint names and payable to either or the survivor, except such part thereof as may be shown to have originally belonged to such other person and never to have belonged to the decedent, and the burden shall be upon the one seeking to exclude such property from the estate tax to show such part as originally belonged to him; provided, however, if the decedent and the decedent's spouse were the only owners of property or any interests held jointly or as tenants by the entirety, it shall be assumed that each spouse contributed equally to the acquisition of the property unless the surviving spouse shall prove that his or her contribution was greater than one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the cost of such property;

(c) To the extent of any property with respect to which the decedent has at the time of his death a general power of appointment described in this item (c) and to the extent of any property subject to a general power of appointment described in this item (c) that the decedent has at any time before his death exercised or released by deed or other document executed in contemplation of, or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after, his death, except in case of a bona fide sale for a fair consideration in money or money's worth; a general power of appointment is described in this item (c) if, and to the extent that, (i) a deduction was allowed under Section 27-9-10 or subsection (2) of Section 27-9-15 to the estate of the spouse of the decedent for the property subject to the power and (ii) no such deduction would have been allowed for that property if the decedent did not have the power;

(d) To the extent of any property passing under a general power of appointment exercised by the decedent by will, or by deed or other document executed in contemplation of, or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after, his death, except in case of a bona fide sale for a fair consideration in money or money's worth;

(e) To the extent of any property for which a deduction was allowed under subsection (1) of Section 27-9-10 or subsection (2) of Section 27-9-15 to the estate of the decedent's spouse because the property was qualified terminable interest property within the meaning of subsection (1)(a)(i) of Section 27-9-10 ; if the decedent before his death disposed of any part of his qualifying income interest for life, as defined at subsection (1)(a)(ii) of Section 27-9-10, in such property, the value for such property that shall be included shall be equal to the product of the value of such property multiplied by the fractional part of the qualifying income interest for life that is held by the decedent at his death; if, however, the decedent before his death disposed of any part of his qualifying income interest for life in contemplation of, or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after, his death, except in case of a bona fide sale for a fair consideration in money or money's worth, the value for such property that shall be included shall instead be equal to the product of the value of such property multiplied by the sum of (i) the fractional part of the qualifying income interest for life that is held by the decedent at his death and (ii) the fractional part of such interest that was so disposed before his death;

(f) To the extent of any interest therein of which the decedent has at any time made a transfer, or with respect to which he has at any time created a trust in contemplation of or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after his death, whether such transfer or trust is made or created before or after March 22, 1956, except in case of a bona fide sale for a fair consideration in money or money's worth; any transfer of a material part of his property in the nature of a final disposition or distribution thereof, made by a decedent within three (3) years of his death without consideration shall be deemed prima facie to have been made in contemplation of death, within the meaning of this statute, and the burden of proof shall be on the person administering the estate or the beneficiaries of the estate to establish that said transfer was not so made by such decedent;

(g) To the extent of the amount receivable by the executor as insurance under policies on the life of the decedent; to the extent of the amount receivable by all other beneficiaries as insurance under policies on the life of the decedent with respect to which the decedent possessed at his death any of the incidents of ownership exercisable either alone or in conjunction with any other person;

(h) With respect to any annuity plan of a decedent, other than an annuity described in item (a) of this subsection, to the extent only of the decedent's contribution to such plan or plans.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-57 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 55-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-57
Status: in_force

Every person who shall haul, transport, or convey more than fifty (50) gallons of gasoline into this state over any highway, street, or public road thereof upon which the comptroller has established an inspection station as provided in Section 27-5-73, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall stop at such station and shall submit the vehicle transporting such gasoline and the contents thereof to the inspection of the representative of the comptroller on duty at such station and shall also make available for inspection by the representative a copy of the bill of sale, invoice or other written record required by this article. If the tax on such gasoline has not been paid, and such gasoline is not for delivery to a bonded Mississippi distributor, or is not being transported in interstate commerce, then the operator of such vehicle shall forthwith pay the tax on such gasoline to the comptroller's representative at such station. This provision shall not apply to a common or contract carrier.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-81 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 104-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-81
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of this section:

(a) “ Agency ” means any agency, department, institution or officer of the State of Mississippi.

(b) “ Revenue maximization contract ” means a contract or other agreement between an agency and a person or entity under which the person or entity will seek to maximize federal funds for the use of the agency.

(2) If an agency enters into a revenue maximization contract with a person or entity after June 30, 2001, the contract must contain an indemnification provision that holds the person or entity liable to the state for reimbursement of the amount of federal funds that the state may be required to repay to the federal government as a result of any actions taken under the contract by the person or entity on behalf of the agency, or any actions taken by the agency as recommended by the person or entity, up to the amount that the person or entity received from the agency under the contract.

(3) If a revenue maximization contract entered into after June 30, 2001, does not contain the indemnification provision required by subsection (2) of this section, the indemnification requirement of subsection (2) shall be considered to be part of the contract by operation of law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-9 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 107-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-9
Status: in_force

The Commission of Budget and Accounting shall require boards of supervisors and the governing authorities of municipalities to maintain such minute books and other records as said commission deems reasonable and necessary for carrying out the purposes of Sections 27-107-1 through 27-107-15 , including auditing by the state auditor of all expenditures of grants and loans made pursuant to the provisions of said sections, and also of federal grants, private gifts and donations authorized to be received hereunder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-349 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 71-349
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-349
Status: in_force

(1) Every manufacturer or importer of light wine, light spirit product or beer shall designate sales territories for each of its brands sold in Mississippi and shall name one (1) licensed light wine, light spirit product or beer wholesaler in each territory who, within such territory, shall be the licensed wholesaler for the brand or brands assigned by the manufacturer or importer. If the manufacturer or importer supplies more than one (1) brand, sales territories may be granted to a different wholesaler for the sale of each brand. No licensed wholesaler shall distribute the specified brand or brands of light wine, light spirit product or beer outside his assigned territory, nor shall he knowingly sell to a retailer whose licensed retail establishment is located outside his assigned territory.

(2) A licensed wholesaler designated as the licensed wholesaler for light wine, light spirit product or beer within a designated sales territory shall present that light wine, light spirit product or beer for sale to all licensed retailers within the designated sales territory without discrimination in service. A licensed wholesaler shall not sell, supply or deliver, either directly or indirectly through a third party, any light wine, light spirit product or beer to a licensed retailer outside of the designated sales territory of the designated wholesaler, nor to any person the licensed wholesaler has reason to believe will sell or supply any quantity of the light wine, light spirit product or beer to any retail location outside of the designated sales territory of the licensed wholesaler.

(3) All light wines, light spirit products or beer shall be transported only by a marked conveyance owned or leased by the licensed wholesaler and operated by the licensed wholesaler or an employee of the wholesaler for the products of a manufacturer or importer within the designated sales territory to the address and location of a licensed retail dealer within that designated sales territory.

(4) Any light wine, light spirit product or beer sold by the licensed wholesaler shall not be delivered to, received by or stored at any place other than the address and location of the licensed retailer for which the required licenses and permits have been issued.

(5) With the approval of the designated manufacturer, a licensed wholesaler may sell the designated brands to a licensed retailer located in a designated sales territory of another licensed wholesaler if the former licensed wholesaler is unable temporarily for any reason to provide the designated brands of the designated manufacturer within its designated sales territory.

(6) All light wine, light spirit product or beer purchased by a licensed wholesaler for resale in this state shall come into the physical possession of the licensed wholesaler and be unloaded in and distributed from the warehouse of the licensed wholesaler located in this state before being resold in this state.

(7) As used in this section, the term “ sales territory ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 67-7-5 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-17 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 71-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-17
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to counterfeit or reuse any label prescribed by the commission and used to identify alcoholic beverages sold at wholesale by the commission and, upon conviction, the person shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than one (1) year, nor more than ten (10) years, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-22.15 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-22.15
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-22.15
Status: in_force

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

(a) “ Approved reforestation practices ” means the following practices for establishing a crop of trees suitable for manufacturing into forest products:

(i) “Pine and hardwood tree planting practices” including the cost of seedlings, planting by hand or machine, and site preparation.

(ii) “Mixed-stand regeneration practices” to establish a mixed-crop of pine and hardwood trees by planting or direct seeding, or both, including the cost of seedlings, seed/acorns, planting, seeding and site preparation.

(iii) “Direct seeding practices” to establish a crop of pine or oak trees by directly applying seed/acorns to the site including the cost of seed/acorns, seeding and site preparation.

(iv) “Post-planting site preparation practices” to reduce or control undesirable competition within the first growing season of an established crop of trees.

Approved reforestation practices shall not include the establishment of orchards, Christmas trees or ornamental trees.

(b) “ Eligible tree species ” means pine and hardwood commercial tree species suitable for manufacturing into forest products.

(c) “ Cost-share assistance ” means partial financial payment for approved reforestation practices from the state government as authorized under Sections 49-19-201 through 49-19-227 , or the federal government.

(d) “ Eligible owner ” means a private individual, group or association, but the term shall not mean private corporations which manufacture products or provide public utility services of any type or any subsidiary of such corporations.

(e) “ Eligible lands ” means nonindustrial private lands owned by a private individual, group or association, but shall not mean lands owned by private corporations which manufacture products or provide public utility services of any type or any subsidiary of such corporations.

(f) “ Reforestation prescription or plan ” means a written description of the approved reforestation practices that the eligible owner plans to use and includes a legal description and map of the area to be reforested, a list of the tree seedling or seed species to be used in the reforestation and the site preparation practices that will be utilized.

(2) Subject to the limitations provided in subsection (3) of this section, upon submission to the State Tax Commission of the written verification provided for in subsection (5) of this section and such other documentation as the State Tax Commission may require, any eligible owner who incurs costs for approved reforestation practices for eligible tree species on eligible lands shall be allowed a credit, in an amount equal to the lesser of fifty percent (50%) of the actual costs of the approved reforestation practices or fifty percent (50%) of the average cost of approved practices as established by the Mississippi Forestry Commission under Section 49-19-219 , against the taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter for the tax year in which the costs are incurred.

(3) The maximum amount of the credit provided for in subsection (2) of this section that may be utilized in any one (1) taxable year shall not exceed the lesser of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or the amount of income tax imposed upon the eligible owner for the taxable year reduced by the sum of all other credits allowable to the eligible owner under this chapter, except credit for tax payments made by or on behalf of the eligible owner. Any unused portion of the credit may be carried forward for succeeding tax years. The maximum dollar amount of the credit provided for in subsection (2) of this section that an eligible owner may utilize during his lifetime shall be Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) in the aggregate.

(4) If an eligible owner receives any state or federal cost share assistance funds to defray the cost of an approved reforestation practice, the cost of that practice on the same acre or acres within the same tax year is not eligible for the credit provided in this section unless the eligible owner's adjusted gross income is less than the federal earned income credit level.

(5) To be eligible for the tax credit, an eligible owner must have a reforestation prescription or plan prepared for the eligible lands by a graduate forester of a college, school or university accredited by the Society of American Foresters or by a registered forester under the Foresters Registration Law of 1977. The forester must verify in writing that the reforestation practices were completed and that the reforestation prescription or plan was followed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-97 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 35-97
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-97
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may require any person, firm, corporation, or bank to bring their books before them while sitting as an equalization board or when hearing objections or complaints, or when sitting to carry out the orders of the tax commission, and such other papers as will fully inform them as to the true value of the property to be assessed. Any person or concern failing or refusing to comply with such demand shall be precluded from objecting to any such assessment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-12 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 59-12
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-12
Status: in_force

There shall not be included in the measure of the tax levied in this chapter any compressed gas:

(a) Sold or delivered by a permitted distributor of compressed gas to a second permitted distributor of compressed gas, who shall become liable for the tax unless said compressed gas is sold by the second permitted distributor to a third permitted distributor. The third permitted distributor of compressed gas shall be liable for the tax.

(b) Which as an unfinished product, is used by a refinery in the manufacturing or refining of petroleum products.

(c) Sold to the United States government for use of the armed forces only, and delivered in quantities of not less than four thousand (4,000) gallons.

(d) Delivered to a bonded warehouse for storage within this state for the United States Department of Interior.

(e) Exported to a destination beyond the boundaries of this state by a permitted distributor of compressed gas, when the tax on such compressed gas has been paid or on which the tax liability imposed by this chapter has accrued against said permitted distributor.

(f) Exported by any person to a destination beyond the borders of this state in quantities of not less than three thousand (3,000) gallons by ship, vessel, barge, railroad tank car, or pipeline, or by tank truck if such tank truck is operated by a common or contract carrier.

(g) Sold or delivered to any person within this state to be used in a commercial process where it becomes a component part of any manufactured product or where used as a processing agent in the treatment of raw material in any manufacturing process.

(h) Sold or delivered to be used for test purposes at any regularly established testing laboratory in this state.

(i) Sold or delivered to be used for the purpose of generating electricity.

When compressed gas is excluded from the tax levied in this chapter by one or more of the exemptions provided, the deduction for the exemption may be taken, without the prior approval of the commission, on the monthly tax report of the distributor of compressed gas importing, selling, delivering or exporting such compressed gas. The commission may require such proof as is reasonably necessary for the administration of this chapter.

Any person who has delivered or sold compressed gas on which the tax has been paid by him to the vendor may, if the compressed gas is subject to exemption under this chapter, assign his claim for exemption to any permitted distributor of compressed gas in this state. Such distributor may deduct the amount of the tax exemption from his next compressed gas tax report, provided the distributor furnishes evidence satisfactory to the commission that the claim for exemption is valid.

In order to claim exemptions provided for under this chapter, the distributor of compressed gas must file claims therefor within three (3) years from the date of sale or delivery; otherwise, claims for such exemptions shall be disallowed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-113-1 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 113-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-113-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act of 2015.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-117 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 35-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-117
Status: in_force

When the president of the board of supervisors shall receive notice from the Department of Revenue concerning the results of the examination and action taken by the department in regard to the recapitulation of the assessment rolls of his county, he shall immediately call a meeting of the board of supervisors of his county and shall give notice thereof by publication, five (5) days before the date of the meeting and shall set forth in the notice the purpose of the meeting and notifying all taxpayers that at the meeting the board of supervisors will carry out the instructions of the department and that any taxpayer aggrieved by the action of the board may present objections to that action. When the board of supervisors convenes pursuant to the call and notice of the president, it shall proceed to consider the instructions of the Department of Revenue, and if the board be dissatisfied with the decision of the Department of Revenue, the board may, by order, appeal the decision of the department as provided in Section 27-35-113 . The members of the board, its attorney, tax assessor and chancery clerk may appear before the Board of Tax Appeals and give evidence with reference to the decision of the department. In its aforesaid order, the board may fix a day for its meeting for the further performance of its duties required under this section. The witnesses shall appear before the Board of Tax Appeals at the location set by the Board of Tax Appeals for the hearing on the board's appeal at the time established by the Board of Tax Appeals, or they shall lose their right to be heard. The compensation and expenses, if any, shall be paid by the board of supervisors of the county affected. The Board of Tax Appeals shall hear the complaints and objections of any board of supervisors and witnesses and may adopt an order modifying or rescinding the decision of the department as the evidence so requires but not inconsistent with the provisions of Section 27-35-113 . Unless appealed, the decision of the department when made shall be final and it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to immediately take the appropriate action in accordance with the instructions of the department. If the department's decision is appealed, the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals shall be final and it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to immediately take the appropriate action in accordance with the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.120 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-56.120
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.120
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2006, any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-41 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 41-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-41
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the tax collector to present the cash book, required by Section 27-41-39 to be kept by him, to the board of supervisors or county auditor when required. Upon final settlement with the auditor of public accounts, the cash book shall be produced before him, and he shall endorse on it the fact and the date of presentation, and that he has examined the entries it contains of payments made to him of state taxes, and that the entries are correct. The cash book shall remain in the office of the tax collector as a permanent record of the office, and when he goes out of office, his successor shall preserve the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-15 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 4 / Section 19-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-15
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the privilege license tax otherwise levied for the operation of motor vehicles, there is hereby levied on each carrier of property for each motor vehicle, truck tractor or road tractor operated pursuant to the provisions of Section 63-5-47, Mississippi Code of 1972 , an annual highway privilege tax of Eight Dollars and Fifty Cents ($8.50) per one thousand (1,000) pounds, or fractional part thereof, in excess of the maximum gross weight on which an annual highway privilege tax has been otherwise paid for said vehicle, said tax to be paid to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

(2) Each and every vehicle subject to the tax levied hereby shall be issued a special permit by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, which permit, or a certified copy thereof, shall be carried by the operator of any such vehicle at all times.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-77-15 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 77-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-77-15
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for the executive director, the Board of Tax Appeals, the commissioner, the agency, or an officer, agent or employee of the agency or the Board of Tax Appeals, to divulge or make known in any manner the information contained in the files, records and orders of the agency, a hearing officer of the agency, the board of review or the Board of Tax Appeals in regard to an appeal to a hearing officer, the board of review or the Board of Tax Appeals under this chapter.

(2) For purposes of this section, the term “ appellant ” means the taxpayer, IFTA licensee, IRP registrant, permittee, tag holder or title interest holder who filed the appeal to the board of review or the Board of Tax Appeals under this chapter which resulted in the files, records and orders of that appeal.

(3) The executive director, the Board of Tax Appeals, the commissioner, the agency, hearing officer or an agent or employee of the agency or the Board of Tax Appeals is permitted to divulge and make known information otherwise prohibited from disclosure under subsection (1) of this section in any of the following circumstances:

(a) Where the information is being disclosed as a result of complying with the provisions of this chapter and/or with regulations promulgated to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Where the information is being provided to the appellant or his designated representative.

(c) Where the information is being disclosed to employees or officers of the agency.

(d) Where the information is being provided or disclosed pursuant to a written authorization executed by the appellant as prescribed by regulation.

(e) Where the information is being provided or disclosed in the course of a court action in which the agency, the Board of Tax Appeals, the commissioner, an officer or employee of the agency or the Board of Tax Appeals and the appellant are parties, including, but not limited to, an action brought under this chapter or in the course of the bankruptcy case of the appellant.

(f) Where the information is being provided to the Internal Revenue Service or a taxing authority of another state under an information exchange agreement where similar information can be obtained by the agency from the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing authority receiving the information.

(g) Where the information is being provided pursuant to the International Registration Plan (IRP) or the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) or any regulations, rules or procedures adopted under such plan or agreement.

(h) Where the disclosure of information is authorized under Section 27-19-123 , 27-55-49 , 27-55-557 , 27-57-39 , 27-59-53 or 27-61-20 .

(i) Where the information is being provided to the State Auditor or his employees in the course of his audit of the agency; however, the prohibitions against disclosure which apply to the agency shall also apply to the State Auditor and his employees or former employees.

(j) Where the information is being provided to the Attorney General or any other attorney representing the state or the agency in an action brought by the appellant to set aside the tax, in an action brought by the state or agency to recover the tax imposed, or in an action where the appellant is being prosecuted for a crime under the tax laws of this state.

(k) Where the information is being provided by the commissioner to a contractor of collection services pursuant to the authority granted the commissioner in Section 27-75-16 .

(l) Where the information is being provided in accordance with a proper judicial order. The term “ proper judicial order ” as used in this paragraph shall not include subpoenas or subpoenas duces tecum, but shall include only those orders entered by a court of record in this state after furnishing notice and a hearing to the appellant and the Department of Revenue. The court shall not authorize the furnishing of such information unless it is satisfied that the information is needed to pursue pending litigation in which the information itself is in issue, or the judge is satisfied that the need for furnishing the information outweighs the rights of the appellant to have such information secreted.

(4) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall prohibit the inspection or disclosure of the minutes of the Board of Tax Appeals except to the extent that such minutes reflect the specific amount of a tax assessment or refund claim or the specific amount of tax or refund claim determined by the Board of Tax Appeals to be due.

(5) Information that is prohibited from being disclosed in subsection (1) of this section shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.

(6) Due to the need to discuss confidential tax information, the hearings before a hearing officer, the board of review and the Board of Tax Appeals under this chapter, and the meetings in which the board of review and the Board of Tax Appeals deliberate and vote on the issues raised at such hearings shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 25-41-1 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-87 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-87
Status: in_force

(1) Any person making the returns and reports required by this article, who shall knowingly declare or swear falsely, shall be guilty of perjury and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years.

(2) If any individual, corporation, partnership or fiduciary, or any officer, employee, or representative thereof, or member of a partnership, required to pay any tax, make any return, or supply any information or exhibit any books, or records, when requested to do so by the commissioner, or any agent designated by the commissioner, whether with reference to their own returns or not, willfully refuses to do so, the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned not more than six (6) months, or both. Failure by any of the previously mentioned entities to supply information pursuant to a written request within a reasonable amount of time may subject the entity to a civil penalty of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per each written request.

(3) Any person violating the provisions of Section 27-7-83 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both, at the discretion of the court, and if the offender be an officer or employee of the state, he shall be dismissed from office and be incapable of holding any public office in this state for a period of five (5) years thereafter.

(4)(a) Any preparer who is grossly negligent in the preparation of a tax return shall be liable for a penalty of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each return so prepared. Every paid preparer must legibly sign each return prepared and must also furnish his federal employer identification number or preparer tax identification number issued by the Internal Revenue Service.

(b) For purposes of this subsection, the term “ grossly negligent ” shall include, but not be limited to:

(i) Submission of returns reflecting a tax liability that is understated by twenty-five percent (25%) or greater.

(ii) Submission of returns containing errors affecting the calculation of tax after being notified of these types of errors by the department.

(iii) Submission of returns claiming a position that is not reasonably sustainable by the department, Board of Tax Appeals or an appropriate appellate court.

(iv) Submission of returns reporting deductions, exemptions or other reductions to income that cannot be documented to support the return.

(c) The penalty provided for in this subsection may be imposed for each return that a preparer has so prepared.

(d) If a paid preparer is assessed a penalty under this subsection and he fails to legibly sign each return and include his federal employer identification number or preparer tax identification number issued by the Internal Revenue Service, the paid preparer shall be liable for a penalty of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) in addition to any other penalty authorized by this subsection.

(e) If any person is found to be engaging in the activity of preparing tax returns for others after being penalized as provided for in this subsection, it shall be the duty of the commissioner to proceed to seek an injunction to prevent the person from continuing the preparation of returns.

(5) Any individual, corporation or other entity who fails to file a return, or fails to file a complete return, within the prescribed time including extensions and after a written request therefor from the Department of Revenue may be subject to a penalty. The penalty is Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per incomplete or omitted attachment or schedule. The maximum penalty per return is Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). The required schedules or attachments are to be specified by the commissioner in the Income Tax Regulations or the instructions with the tax forms.

(6) The commissioner shall make assessments against and effect collection from persons who are subjected to a penalty under this section in the same manner that is provided for the assessment and collection of taxes levied by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-22.27 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-22.27
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-22.27
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “ Business enterprises ” means entities primarily engaged in:

(i) Manufacturing, processing, warehousing, distribution, wholesaling and research and development, or

(ii) Permanent business enterprises designated by rule and regulation of the Mississippi Development Authority as air transportation and maintenance facilities, final destination or resort hotels having a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) guest rooms, recreational facilities that impact tourism, movie industry studios, telecommunications enterprises, data or information processing enterprises or computer software development enterprises or any technology intensive facility or enterprise.

(b) “ Economically distressed community ” means an area within a municipality that contains groupings of census tracts that include and are contiguous to the central business district, where within such census tract groupings at least thirty percent (30%) of the residents have incomes that are less than the national poverty level as published by the United States Bureau of the Census in the most recent decennial census for which data is available; in which the unemployment rate is at least one and one-half (1- 1 / 2 ) times greater than the national average, as determined by the most recent data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, including estimates of unemployment developed using the calculation method of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Census Share; and

(i) The municipal population of which is at least four thousand (4,000) if any portion of the municipality is located within a metropolitan area with a population of fifty thousand (50,000), or more; or

(ii) The municipal population of which is at least one thousand (1,000) if no portion of the municipality is located within a metropolitan area with a population of fifty thousand (50,000), or more.

(c) “ Telecommunications enterprises ” means entities engaged in the creation, display, management, storage, processing, transmission or distribution for compensation of images, text, voice, video or data by wire or by wireless means, or entities engaged in the construction, design, development, manufacture, maintenance or distribution for compensation of devices, products, software or structures used in the above activities. Companies organized to do business as commercial broadcast radio stations, television stations or news organizations primarily serving in-state markets shall not be included within the definition of the term “ telecommunications enterprises .”

(2) The governing authorities of a municipality may designate an area within such municipality as an economically distressed community.

(3) Upon designation of an area within a municipality as an economically distressed community, the governing authorities of a municipality shall apply to the State Tax Commission for certification of the area as an economically distressed community. Such application shall provide the information necessary to establish certification as an economically distressed community. The State Tax Commission shall certify an area within a municipality as an economically distressed community if it finds that the designation meets the criteria provided for in subsection (1)(b) of this section.

(4) Permanent business enterprises in areas within municipalities certified by the State Tax Commission as economically distressed communities are allowed a job tax credit for taxes imposed by Section 27-7-5 equal to ten percent (10%) of the payroll of the enterprise for net new full-time employee jobs for five (5) years beginning with years two (2) through six (6) after the creation of the minimum number of jobs required by this subsection. The number of new full-time jobs must be determined by comparing the monthly average number of full-time employees subject to the Mississippi income tax withholding for the taxable year with the corresponding period of the prior taxable year. Only those permanent business enterprises that increase employment by ten (10) or more in an economically distressed community are eligible for the credit. Credit is not allowed during any of the five (5) years if the net employment increase falls below ten (10). The State Tax Commission shall adjust the credit allowed each year for the net new employment fluctuations above the minimum level of ten (10).

(5) Tax credits for five (5) years for the taxes imposed by Section 27-7-5 shall be awarded for additional net new full-time jobs created by business enterprises qualified under this section. The State Tax Commission shall adjust the credit allowed in the event of payroll fluctuations during the additional five (5) years of credit.

(6) The sale, merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy or relocation from one (1) county to another county within the state of any business enterprise may not create new eligibility in any succeeding business entity, but any unused job tax credit may be transferred and continued by any transferee of the business enterprise. The State Tax Commission shall determine whether or not qualifying net increases or decreases have occurred or proper transfers of credit have been made and may require reports, promulgate regulations, and hold hearings as needed for substantiation and qualification.

(7) Any tax credit claimed under this section but not used in any taxable year may be carried forward for five (5) years from the close of the tax year in which the qualified jobs were established but the credit established by this section taken in any one (1) tax year must be limited to an amount not greater than fifty percent (50%) of the taxpayer's state income tax liability which is attributable to income derived from operations in the state for that year.

(8) No business enterprise for the transportation, handling, storage, processing or disposal of hazardous waste is eligible to receive the tax credits provided in this section.

(9) The credits allowed under this section shall not be used by any business enterprise or corporation other than the business enterprise actually qualifying for the credits.

(10) A business enterprise that receives a tax credit under this section shall not be eligible for the tax credit authorized in Section 57-73-21(2) , (3) and (4) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-68-5 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 68-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-68-5
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that this state may enter into an agreement with one or more states to simplify and modernize sales and use tax administration in order to substantially reduce the burden of tax compliance for all sellers and for all types of commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-125 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 107-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-125
Status: in_force

The commission shall have authority to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the purposes of Sections 27-107-111 through 27-107-125 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-53 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 51 / Section 115-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-53
Status: in_force

(1) The corporation may accept and expend such monies as may be appropriated by the Legislature or such monies as may be received from any source, including income from the corporation's operations, for effectuating its corporate purposes, including the payment of the initial expenses of administration and operation of the corporation and the lottery.

(2) The corporation is intended to be self-sustaining and self-funded. Monies in the State General Fund shall not be used or obligated to pay the prizes of the lottery, and no claim for the payment of an expense of the lottery or prizes of the lottery may be made against any monies other than monies credited to the corporate operating account.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-21 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 104-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-21
Status: in_force

(1) All general and special fund agencies shall, upon making application for federal funds, forward a summary of such applications to the Legislative Budget Office. The Legislative Budget Office shall have an opportunity to review such applications and make its comments thereon to the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration and the state agency making application. Unless otherwise specified in the appropriation bill, the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall have the authority to approve escalations in a budget using one hundred percent (100%) federal money.

(2) New employee positions funded one hundred percent (100%) by or from federal funds may be authorized by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration subject to the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board. No federal funds may be expended for programs or activities other than those which have been authorized by act of the Legislature or which are encompassed by a state agency's program structure as provided by law. The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall immediately send notice of the approval of such budget escalation to the Legislative Budget Office. The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall ensure that the Legislative Budget Office receives timely, detailed and accurate information about the amount and use of federal funds by state agencies.

(3) The Department of Finance and Administration shall require, by rule and regulation, that each agency receiving federal funds shall apply for federal reimbursement for state central services costs in accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-21 or A-87, which reimbursement shall be deposited directly into the Statewide Cost Allocation Fund, which is hereby established within the State Treasury. An agency's failure to timely apply for such reimbursement shall be condition sufficient to authorize the Department of Finance and Administration to transfer an amount equal to not less than fifty percent (50%) nor more than one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount designated to such agency in the applicable fixed cost agreement of the state central service cost allocation plan. These funds shall be transferred from any available funds within such agency into the Statewide Cost Allocation Fund upon execution of a requisition for issuance of warrant by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration. Any funds on hand in said Statewide Cost Allocation Fund at the end of the fiscal year shall lapse into the State General Fund. From and after July 1, 2016, any revenue generated from this fund shall be used only for the maintenance, upkeep and utility costs of state-owned property, and any amount on hand at the end of the fiscal year that is not necessary to defray the cost of such maintenance, upkeep and utility costs shall, after August 15 of each year, be transferred to the State General Fund as authorized by law and as determined by the State Fiscal Officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-301 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 35-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-301
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue is constituted state assessor of railroads and other public service corporations, and it shall, upon the receipt or making of the schedules hereinafter provided for, assess the property of railroads, telegraph, telephone, sleeping car, express, electric power and light companies and other public service corporations liable to taxation in the state, affixing its value for the purposes of ad valorem taxation so that such property shall bear its just proportion of taxation, taking into consideration the value of the franchise and the capital engaged in the business in this state. The state assessor of railroads and other public service corporations may adopt other and further rules necessary and proper to ascertain the value of property to be assessed by it, including the value of the franchise and amount of capital engaged in the business in this state. Provided, however, the Department of Revenue shall be the assessor of railroad and Class IV public service property, but shall not be the assessor of the types and kinds of properties owned by the public service corporations and appraised and assessed by county tax assessors pursuant to Sections 27-35-331 through 27-35-341 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.309 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-56.309
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.309
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(7) In order for a distinctive license tag to be issued under this section, the provisions of Section 27-19-44(3) must be satisfied for the distinctive license tag before July 1, 2018.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-53-23 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 31 / Section 53-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-53-23
Status: in_force

Manufactured homes and mobile homes considered as personal property shall be assessed uniformly according to value and such assessed value shall be determined by an assessment schedule which shall be prepared and made of record by the State Tax Commission and shall be certified to each county tax assessor and tax collector as the official manufactured and mobile home assessment schedule which shall be used by the proper officials in assessing manufactured home or mobile home ad valorem taxes for the year.

In no instance may any taxing agency, under authority of this chapter, either reduce or increase for the purpose of ad valorem taxation the existing value of any manufactured home or mobile home from that shown by the aforesaid assessment schedule.

Any person objecting to the assessment schedule as it affects the assessed value of his manufactured home or mobile home as personal property may proceed as is provided for under Section 27-51-23, Mississippi Code of 1972 . Any person objecting to the real property assessment as it affects the assessed value of his manufactured home or mobile home may proceed as in such cases made and provided by law as pertains to real property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-325 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 71-325
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-325
Status: in_force

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

It shall be the duty of each retail dealer in such light wines, light spirit products or beer to procure from the distributor or wholesaler from whom such light wines, light spirit products or beer were purchased or acquired, invoices showing the quantity of the light wines, light spirit products or beer purchased or acquired, and the date of each delivery thereof. Such invoices shall be preserved by the retailer and shall be open for inspection by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent for a period of two (2) years. It shall likewise be the duty of such retail dealer to file with the commissioner, on or before the fifteenth day of each calendar month, a report showing all purchases of such light wines, light spirit products or beer made by him during the preceding month. Such report shall disclose the names and addresses of all persons from whom such light wines, light spirit products or beer have been purchased or received by him during the preceding month and the quantities thus purchased or received.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-51-23 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 51-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-51-23
Status: in_force

Any person objecting to any portion or portions of the motor vehicle assessment schedule affecting him or her directly shall file a written objection and claim for adjustment, in triplicate, with either the board of supervisors of the county or the municipal board of the municipality or with both such boards, on a form to be designed and supplied by the tax commission. The motor vehicle owner shall set forth therein in detail the grounds for his objection and claim for adjustment, with a full and complete identifiable description of the subject motor vehicle.

If the board of supervisors or the municipal board, as the case may be, is of the opinion that the objection and claim for adjustment of the motor vehicle owner has sufficient merit, then the original and duplicate copies of the said objection and claim together with any recommendation made by either of the said governing boards shall be forwarded to the tax commission for approval or disapproval.

If the tax commission is of the opinion that the said objection contains sufficient merit, then the tax commission shall make whatever adjustment on such claim as in its judgment is fair and equitable; if, on the contrary, the tax commission is of the opinion that the said objection to the proposed assessment does not have sufficient merit then the tax commission shall disapprove the claim. In either case, the tax commission shall return the original copy of the objection and petition to the clerk of the board of supervisors or to the clerk of the municipal board, as the case may be, with its action duly stated thereon. The decision of the tax commission in disapproving such a claim shall be final as between the board of supervisors and/or the municipal board and the tax commission, and the clerk of the respective boards shall then notify the claimant that his adjustment claim has been disapproved by the tax commission.

A petition for adjustment originating in either the county or a municipality of the county, if approved by the tax commission, shall become effective, as approved, in both jurisdictions, and in cases where the county tax collector does not collect said taxes for the municipality, then it shall be the duty of the clerk of the jurisdiction in which the claim for adjustment originated to officially notify the tax collector of the other jurisdiction, by citing the minute record of such action and properly identifying the subject motor vehicle.

If the tax commission approves a claim for the reduction of a proposed assessed value of any specific motor vehicle, then upon receipt of such notice by the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county or by the clerk of the municipal board, as the case may be, a minute record shall be made and a certified copy of such action shall be furnished the tax collector, and in making his report, the tax collector shall cite on the ad valorem tax receipt and in his report the minute book and page as legal reason for such reduction in assessed value on any such motor vehicle. Under no circumstances shall a tax collector vary from the said adopted assessment schedule in calculating and collecting motor vehicle ad valorem taxes unless such petition for reduction has been approved by the tax commission, and the tax collector has filed in his custody written official authority therefor from the clerk of the respective board, and evidence of such action is cited as hereinabove provided. An adjustment of the proposed assessed value of one or more motor vehicles of a certain group or class, under this procedure, shall not affect the proposed assessed value of other motor vehicles of the same group or class.

Any taxpayer dissatisfied with any portion of the assessment schedule directly affecting him may pay the resulting tax under protest and sue for recovery of all or any portion of the tax paid, provided that he requests the tax collector to indicate on the tax receipt at the time the tax is paid that the said tax is being paid under protest. This recourse is available, however, only to the taxpayer who filed objection and adjustment claim to the proposed assessment during the time set for filing such objection, as provided hereinabove, excepting in cases where the cause for such protest originated subsequent to the time for filing such protest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.382 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 8 / Section 19-56.382
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.382
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-207 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 103-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-207
Status: in_force

The Working Cash Balance Revolving Fund is abolished. Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) of the balance remaining in the Working Cash Balance Revolving Fund shall be transferred by the State Treasurer into the General Fund and the remainder of such fund shall be transferred by the State Treasurer into the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund created pursuant to Section 27-103-203 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-43 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 35-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-43
Status: in_force

The assessor shall furnish to the district attorney the names of all persons who wilfully neglect or refuse to give in taxable property, as required by law, and the district attorney shall present the matter to the grand jury. The assessor shall assess said property at such value as he shall think just, according to the best information he can obtain.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.162 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-56.162
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.162
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(13) Distinctive license tags shall not be issued under this section after July 8, 2020. A person issued a distinctive license tag under this section before July 8, 2020, may renew the license tag under Section 27-19-56.524(5) in the manner provided for the issuance and renewal of a tag in Section 27-19-56.524(5) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-231 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 65-231
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-231
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the sales tax imposed in Section 27-65-23, Mississippi Code of 1972 , there is hereby levied upon every person engaging or continuing in this state in the business of renting motor vehicles under rental agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30) continuous days each, a tax at the rate of six percent (6%) of the gross proceeds of such business derived from the rental of motor vehicles, except that motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds shall be excluded from the measure of this tax.

(2) All administrative provisions of the Mississippi Sales Tax Law, including those which fix damages, penalties and interest for nonpayment of taxes, failure to file returns, and for other noncompliance with the provisions of said chapter, and all other requirements and duties imposed upon taxpayers, shall apply to all persons liable for taxes under the provisions of this section, and the commission shall exercise all the power and authority and perform all the duties with respect to taxpayers under this section as are provided in said Sales Tax Law, except that in cases of conflict, then the provisions of this section shall control.

(3) On or before February 15 of each year, the proceeds of the tax imposed by this section on business rental activities shall be paid by the State Tax Commission to the county in which such proceeds were collected. Within seven (7) days after receipt of the tax proceeds, the county shall apportion and pay such tax proceeds as follows: The situs of the rental transactions from which tax proceeds were derived shall first be determined, and then the tax proceeds collected at a situs shall be distributed among the county, municipality and school district of the situs, as appropriate, in the same proportion and in the same manner that motor vehicle ad valorem taxes would be distributed among such taxing districts (based on their respective millage rates) if collected at the same time as the receipt of such proceeds and paid by a motor vehicle owner located at the same address as the situs of the rental transaction.

(4) The governing authorities of the counties, municipalities and school districts may expend the proceeds of such tax for any lawful purposes.

(5) The revenues received by counties and municipalities under subsection (3) of this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the counties and municipalities, and the revenues received by the school districts shall be deposited in any fund designated by the school district.

(6) The revenues received by counties, municipalities and school districts under subsection (3) of this section shall be included and considered as proceeds of ad valorem taxes for the purposes of the growth limitation on ad valorem taxes under Sections 27-39-321 and 27-39-305 .

(7) The tax authorized herein shall be in addition to any other tax authorized by law to be levied on the business activities described in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-17.1 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 65-17.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-17.1
Status: in_force

Sellers of modular homes, panelized homes and precut homes, and panel constructed homes consisting of structural insulated panels, shall disclose to the buyers of such homes the amount of sales tax or use tax paid on the factory built components of such homes. The State Tax Commission shall prescribe by regulation the manner in which such disclosure shall be made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-57-21 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 57-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-57-21
Status: in_force

All administrative provisions of the Mississippi Sales Tax Law, including those which fix damages, penalties and interest for nonpayment of taxes, failure to file returns, and for other noncompliance with the provisions of said chapter, and all other requirements and duties imposed upon taxpayers, shall apply to all persons liable for taxes under the provisions of this article, and the commission shall exercise all the power and authority and perform all the duties with respect to taxpayers under this article as are provided in said sales tax law, except that in cases of conflict, then the provisions of this article shall control.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-9 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 55 / Section 71-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-9
Status: in_force

The commission may promulgate regulations authorizing persons holding on-premises retailer's permits for common carriers, as provided herein, to file periodic reports and pay a tax based upon the value of alcoholic beverages sold while in this state, in lieu of purchasing all such alcoholic beverages from the commission. Such tax shall not be less than an amount equivalent to the gross profit plus all taxes that would have been derived from the sale of a like quantity of alcoholic beverages by the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-49-7 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-49-7
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall not allow to the collector a credit for the insolvent list he reports, merely because he presents it duly sworn to, but the board shall examine carefully each election district and city, town, or village list as reported, and shall scrutinize each name and amount reported insolvent, and shall use any knowledge had by any member of the board, and avail of any information by witnesses to test the accuracy of the report. The board shall not allow the collector credit for the taxes of any delinquent who may be ascertained to have anything in possession or in action by a sale of which the collector would be able to make the taxes; and all of the list for which the board shall not allow a credit shall be charged against the collector.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-23 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 41-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-23
Status: in_force

All coins made current by the laws of the United States, United States treasury notes, and national bank currency, or any lawful money or currency of the United States, shall be received by tax collectors in payment of taxes due the state. In addition thereto, all warrants drawn by the auditor on the state treasurer according to law shall be received in payment of taxes due to the state by the persons to whom such warrants were originally issued, provided, such warrants do not exceed an amount of the state taxes due by the taxpayers to whom such warrants were originally issued. All warrants drawn on the county treasurer according to law shall be received in payment of county taxes, unless otherwise provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-33 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 39 / Section 61-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-33
Status: in_force

In the event that any taxes or penalties imposed by this chapter have been erroneously or illegally collected from any person, the commission may permit such person to take credit against a subsequent tax report for the amount of the erroneous payment, or the amount may be refunded to the person in the same manner as provided in Section 27-55-19 . No refunds shall be made under the provisions of this section unless a written claim is filed setting forth the circumstances by reason of which such refund should be allowed. Such claim shall be in such form as the commission shall prescribe and shall be filed with the commission within three (3) years from the date of payment of the taxes erroneously or illegally collected. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a refund or credit for tax paid on fuel tax reports not subject to tax or which is exempt from tax, provided there has not been a willful disregard of the provisions of this chapter and further provided that the claim is filed within three (3) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-70-23 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 70-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-70-23
Status: in_force

The commissioner is authorized to disclose to the Attorney General any information or document received or generated under this chapter and requested by the Attorney General for purposes of determining compliance with and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner and Attorney General shall share with each other the information and documents received under this chapter, and may share the information and/or documents with other federal or state agencies but only for purposes of enforcement of this chapter or the corresponding laws of other states.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-61 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 69-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-61
Status: in_force

Any person engaged in the business herein taxed, without a permit, or failing to make the report as herein provided, and pay the taxes as herein provided, may be enjoined, at the instance of the commissioner, from continuing the business of selling tobacco until a permit is obtained, and all reports required by this chapter have been filed, and all taxes due hereunder shall have been paid, together with all penalties for which such person is liable, and such injunction shall be applied for by the attorney for the commissioner, any county attorney, or attorney general, or district attorney, on the request of the commissioner, and a temporary injunction shall be issued upon five (5) days' notice, by any judge authorized by law to issue temporary injunctions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-35 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 35-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-35
Status: in_force

The president, cashier or other officer of each bank or banking association in this state, whether organized under the laws of this state or the United States, shall make out and deliver to the county tax assessor, under oath, on or before April 1 of each year, a statement, on the form prescribed and furnished by the state tax commission, of its assets and liabilities, and of the number and par value of all the shares of its capital stock paid in (preferred or common) and the amount of debentures, if any, and of all surplus, undivided profits, reserves or accumulations of any sort; and then the amount of all due and unpaid taxes, declared and unpaid dividends, interest, actual depreciation of personal property not entered on the books, or other similar items, constituting a debt against the reserves of the bank, which when deducted from the sum of the capital and reserves, as above enumerated, shall show correctly the actual net worth of the bank. From the net worth of the bank thus determined, there shall be deducted the amount of capital invested in real estate owned by the bank, as shown by its books, the par value of preferred stock and debentures owned by the reconstruction finance corporation or other similar government agencies, and “earned surplus” to the extent authorized by Section 81-3-11, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and the remainder shall be the basis of the assessment of the intangibles of the bank or of the capital to the owner thereof in case the bank be not a corporation or joint stock company. The taxes levied on any bank or banking association shall be a first lien on its assets. A bank not a corporation or stock company shall make a similar return of its capital and be assessed and pay taxes to the same extent as a bank or banking association.

The tax provided for in Sections 27-35-35 through 27-35-39 shall be in addition to the tax on real property of banks as provided in Section 27-35-11 and the ad valorem tax on the personal property of banks as provided in Section 27-35-12 . All ad valorem taxes on personal property paid by a bank to any county, district or municipality pursuant to Section 27-35-12 , shall be credited against and reduce the tax provided for in Sections 27-35-35 through 27-35-39 . Any tax assessed and paid by a bank to any county, district or municipality on the assessed value of its intangibles pursuant to Sections 27-35-35 through 27-35-39 shall be a credit against the corporation franchise tax of that bank due pursuant to Chapter 13, Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 , in lieu of a deduction thereof from the income of such bank for purposes of Chapter 7, Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-327 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 71-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-327
Status: in_force

Any person engaged in the business of manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler or retailer of light wines, light spirit products or beer and any brewpub shall keep such additional records and make such additional reports with respect to the manufacture, receipt, distribution and sale of such light wines, light spirit products or beer as the commissioner may require. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to prescribe and promulgate uniform rules and regulations for keeping such records and making such reports.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-33-13 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-33-13
Status: in_force

The words “head of a family” when used in this article shall mean a natural person, and be limited to the following:

(a) A married person living with husband or wife.

(b) A person who is unmarried but who permanently maintains a home occupied by himself or herself.

(c) A husband living apart from his wife, but not divorced, having legal custody of one or more of their children and occupying and maintaining a home for them; but if the husband does not have legal custody of one or more children he shall be considered the head of a family if he occupies the home eligible for exemption at the time of separation.

(d) A wife living apart from her husband, but not divorced, having legal custody of one or more of their children and occupying and maintaining a home for them; but if the wife does not have legal custody of one or more children she shall be considered the head of a family if she occupies the home eligible for exemption at the time of separation.

(e) A person who is unmarried, a resident of the state, and permanently maintains a bona fide home for the benefit of one or more persons who are legally, morally, through blood relation or by assumed responsibility, dependent upon him for support even though the said unmarried person, from necessity, does not regularly reside in the home so maintained; but only one (1) home may be so exempted to one (1) person or for the same group.

(f) Any one (1) of a group of two (2) or more persons related within the third degree, computed according to the rule of the civil law, when the members of the group hold collectively eligible title, and the group occupies and maintains a home as defined in this article.

(g) A minor child who holds eligible title to and occupies a home when residing with parent(s) or other legal guardian.

(h) The child of a testator who is responsible for the payment of taxes on a dwelling and the eligible land on which it is located in which he holds a remainder interest in the dwelling and eligible land (as defined in Section 27-33-17(h) ).

(i) A husband living apart from his wife, but not divorced, occupying and maintaining a home, provided the husband submits satisfactory evidence that he has not filed a combined return with his wife during any year for which homestead exemption is sought by him.

(j) A wife living apart from her husband, but not divorced, occupying and maintaining a home, provided the wife submits satisfactory evidence that she has not filed a combined return with her husband during any year for which homestead exemption is sought by her.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-163 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 104-163
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-163
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration shall publish on its searchable website notice of any regular meeting held by a state agency, other than a legislative committee, in accordance with Section 25-41-13 . For purposes of this section, the term “ state agency ” means an agency, department, institution, board, commission, council, office, bureau, division, committee or subcommittee of the state. However, the term “state agency” does not include institutions of higher learning, community and junior colleges, counties or municipalities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-35 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 69-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-35
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every person subject to the provisions of this chapter, to keep an accurate set of records, showing all transactions had with reference to the purchase, sale or gift of cigars, cigarettes, or smoking tobacco, and such person shall keep separately all invoices of cigars, cigarettes or smoking tobacco, and shall keep a record of all stamps purchased, and such records, and all stocks of cigars, cigarettes or smoking tobacco on hand, shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times to the commissioner; provided, however, that all retail dealers, transient vendors, distributing agents, or other dealers purchasing, or receiving cigars, cigarettes, or smoking tobacco from without the state, whether the same shall have been ordered through a wholesaler, or jobber in this state, or by drop shipment, or otherwise, shall within five (5) days after receipt of the same, mail a duplicate invoice of all such purchases, or receipts, to the commissioner, and failure to furnish such duplicate invoices shall be deemed a misdemeanor.

It is further provided that all manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers of cigars, cigarettes or smoking tobacco, who have a permit required by this chapter shall furnish the commissioner with a statement monthly, showing the amount of taxable tobacco received, and must also furnish the commissioner with duplicate invoices covering stamps affixed to drop shipments purchased by retailers.

In the examination of such books, records, etc., the commissioner shall have the power to administer oaths to any person, and any person answering falsely, under oath, any of such questions, shall be guilty of perjury.

If any person being so examined, fails to answer questions propounded to him by the commissioner, or if any person, being summoned to appear and answer such questions, shall fail or refuse to do so, or if any person shall fail or refuse to permit the inspection of his stock of merchandise, or invoices, or books, or papers pertaining to any dealers in cigars, cigarettes or smoking tobacco, the commissioner may make such fact known to the circuit court of the county in which such failure or refusal occurs, or judge thereof in termtime or in vacation, by petition, and such circuit court, or judge thereof, shall issue a summons for such person so refusing, returnable on a date to be fixed by said court, or said judge, and on said date, the said circuit court, or the circuit judge, shall proceed to examine into the truth of the matter set out in said petition, and if the same be found to be true, the said circuit court, or circuit judge, shall issue a writ of subpoena duces tecum ordering and directing the person so summoned to bring into court, and exhibit for the inspection of the commissioner, all such books, records, invoices, etc., as the court may deem proper from all the facts and circumstances in the case. Any person failing or refusing to present such books, records, invoices, etc., or failing or refusing to testify, shall be punished for contempt as provided by Section 9-1-17 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-217 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 65-217
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-217
Status: in_force

The State Tax Commission may enter into tax collection agreements with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. These agreements may provide for the collection by the State Tax Commission for the Indian tribe of any tribal sales or gross receipts tax from reservation lands which are hereby authorized to be imposed subject to the provisions of Sections 27-65-211 through 27-65-221 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-69 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 69-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-69
Status: in_force

Any municipality within this state, in which any business licensed under the provisions of this chapter, may be carried on, shall have the right to impose upon persons engaged in such business, an annual privilege tax of not more than fifty percent (50%) of the permit fee imposed by Section 27-69-7 of this chapter; provided, however, that no person engaged in the wholesale sale, or distribution of cigars, cigarettes or smoking tobacco taxed by this chapter shall be taxed by any municipality other than that in which the warehouse or wholesale business is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-51-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 51-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-51-3
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is, with reference to assessing ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles which are operated upon the public highways of this state, to, (a) fix the taxable year, (b) fix the tax lien date, (c) determine the method of assessing, (d) fix the date for assessing such taxes, (e) prescribe the method of collecting such taxes, and (f) fix the date of collecting such taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-59 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 115-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-59
Status: in_force

The corporation shall require each lottery retailer to post a letter of credit or a bond with the corporation using a surety acceptable to the corporation in an amount not to exceed twice the average lottery ticket sales of the lottery retailer for the period within which the lottery retailer is required to remit lottery funds to the corporation. This section does not apply to lottery tickets which are prepaid by the lottery retailers. The corporation may facilitate the purchase of bonds and letters of credit by establishing lottery retailer pools for the purchase of bonds and letters of credit for lottery retailers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-45 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 31-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-45
Status: in_force

Computer software shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation. For purposes of this section, computer software shall include any program or routine used to cause a computer to perform a specific task or set of tasks, including without limitation, system and application programs and all documentation related thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-30 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-30
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-30
Status: in_force

Military housing units and ancillary supporting facilities that are acquired or constructed pursuant to the Military Housing Privatization Initiative ( 10 USC 2871 et seq. ) to support and house active duty military personnel and their families and Department of Defense civilian personnel shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-9 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 41-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-9
Status: in_force

(1) If any person fails to pay the tax levied and assessed against him when due, he shall be required to pay, in addition to the amount of taxes unpaid after February 1, interest thereon at the rate of one-half of one percent ( 1 / 2 of 1%) per month, or fractional part thereof, from February 1 to the date of payment of such taxes. When the due date for any payment shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday then the payment shall be received by the tax collector on the first working day after such day or days without any interest being owed by the taxpayer.

The interest charge of one-half of one percent ( 1 / 2 of 1%) shall be collected and apportioned and paid into the state, county, levee board or drainage district or municipal treasury. That portion paid into the county or municipal treasury shall be paid into the general fund of such county or municipality.

If any taxpayer neglects or refuses to pay his taxes on the due date thereof, the said taxes shall bear interest at the rate of one-half of one percent ( 1 / 2 of 1%) per month or fractional part thereof from the delinquent date to the date payment of such taxes is made; provided that because of unusual conditions in any county where neither the taxpayer nor the tax collector is negligent or responsible for the delay incident to such tax payments, the Governor of the state may by proclamation before, on or after the due date of such tax payments extend the time for the imposition of this penalty for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days, and if necessary, for two (2) additional periods not to exceed sixty (60) days each.

(2) Such proclamation shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county affected thereby and shall not become effective until so filed. The proclamation shall be spread at large upon the minutes of the next regular meeting of the board of supervisors held after the date of the filing thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-117-9 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 117-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-117-9
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 27-117-7 , an investment may be made in a company engaged in a boycott of Israel, on a case by case basis, if:

(a) The investment was made before December 31, 2019, and the company has adopted, publicized and is implementing a formal plan to cease the boycott of Israel and to refrain from engaging in any new boycott of Israel; or

(b) The investor makes a determination that the investments are necessary in order to perform its functions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-311 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 71-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-311
Status: in_force

Before any person shall engage in the business of manufacturing light wines, light spirit products or beer, in the business of wholesaler or distributor of light wines, light spirit products or beer, or in the business of a brewpub, he shall be required to enter into a good and sufficient bond. The bond shall be made payable to the State of Mississippi, in a sum of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00), the amount to be determined by the Department of Revenue. The bond of a wholesaler, distributor or brewpub shall not exceed the amount of excise tax estimated to be owed by such wholesaler, distributor or brewpub for any sixty-day period. If a manufacturer is operating a small craft brewery and is distributing light wine, light spirit product or beer for sale as authorized under Section 67-3-48 , the manufacturer, in addition to any other required bond, shall enter into a bond not to exceed the amount of excise tax estimated to be owed by such manufacturer for any sixty-day period. The bond shall be conditioned that he will conduct his business strictly in accordance with the laws of the State of Mississippi, and that he will comply with the rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner, and pay the taxes imposed under the provisions of this article for the privilege of engaging or continuing in such business. Such bond shall be made in a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi, and shall be approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall be authorized to institute suit in the proper court on said bond for any violation of the conditions of said bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-201 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 103-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-201
Status: in_force

Chapter 484, Laws of 1992, shall be known and may be cited as the “Budget Reform Act of 1992.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-415 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-415
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-415
Status: in_force

Upon each person selling pistols, dirk knives, sword canes, brass or metallic knuckles, or other deadly weapons (excepting hunting knives, shot guns and rifles)

․․․․․․․․$100.00
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-373 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 55 / Section 104-373
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-373
Status: in_force

(1) A special fund, to be designated as the “2023 Local Improvements Projects Fund,” is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Monies in the fund shall be disbursed by the Department of Finance and Administration as provided in Section 28 of Chapter 549, Laws of 2023. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund.

(2) Contracts or purchases for projects funded with monies disbursed from the 2023 Local Improvements Projects Fund under Section 28 of Chapter 549, Laws of 2023, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 510, Laws of 2024, that involve expenditures that are more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) but not more than Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00), exclusive of freight and shipping charges, must be made from the lowest and best bidder without publishing or posting advertisements for bids after obtaining at least two (2) competitive written bids. Any such contracts or purchases that involve expenditures that are more than Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00), exclusive of freight and shipping charges, must be made from the lowest and best bidder after advertising for competitive bids and obtaining at least three (3) competitive written bids. “ Competitive ” means that the bids are developed based upon comparable identification of the needs and are developed independently and without knowledge of other bids or prospective bids. This provision of this subsection shall supersede any other provision of law to the contrary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-539 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 55-539
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-539
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to use dyed diesel fuel or kerosene in a motor vehicle on a highway unless that use is permitted under Section 4082 of the Internal Revenue Code . A person who operates on a highway a motor vehicle whose supply tank contains dyed diesel fuel or kerosene whose use is unlawful under this section shall be liable for a penalty of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) which shall be in addition to any taxes that may be due.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-303 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 103-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-303
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund, separate and apart from any other fund, to be designated the Capital Expense Fund.

(2) The Capital Expense Fund shall not be considered as a surplus or available funds when adopting a balanced budget as required by law. The State Treasurer shall invest all sums in the Capital Expense Fund not needed for the purposes provided for in this section in certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements and other securities as authorized in Section 27-105-33(d) or Section 7-9-103 , as the State Treasurer may determine to yield the highest market rate available. Interest earned on this fund shall be deposited by the State Treasurer into the State General Fund.

(3) The Capital Expense Fund shall be used for capital expense needs, repair and renovation of state-owned properties and specific expenditures authorized by the Legislature. The Legislature shall designate those capital expense projects, repair and renovation projects and other authorized projects in an appropriation act passed by the Legislature, which shall direct the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration to administer the projects.

(4) In addition to the purposes specified in subsection (3) of this section, the Capital Expense Fund shall be used to provide funds for emergency repairs on state-owned buildings upon requisition of the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration. Whenever the executive director determines that funds are immediately needed for emergency repairs on state-owned buildings, he or she shall requisition the funds needed from the Capital Expense Fund, which shall be subject to the limitations set forth in this subsection. At the same time he or she makes the requisition, the executive director shall notify the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the respective Chairmen of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the House Appropriations Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee and the Legislative Budget Office of his or her determination of the need for the funds, the amount that he or she has requisitioned and where the funds will be used. If the amount requisitioned is available in the Capital Expense Fund, is not allocated for any specific projects as authorized in subsection (3) of this section and is within the limitations set forth below in this subsection, then the executive director may escalate the budget of the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management to use the full amount of the requisitioned funds for the emergency repairs and transfer that amount to the bureau for that purpose. If the amount requisitioned is more than the amount available in the Capital Expense Fund or above the limitations set forth below in this subsection, then the executive director may escalate the budget of the bureau to use the amount that is available within the limitations for the emergency repairs and transfer that amount to the bureau for that purpose. The maximum amount that may be transferred from the Capital Expense Fund to the bureau for any single emergency shall be One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), and the maximum amount that may be transferred to the bureau for all emergencies during any fiscal year shall be Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00).

(5) Funds deposited in the Capital Expense Fund shall be used only for the purposes specified in this section, and as long as the provisions of this section remain in effect, no other expenditure, appropriation or transfer of funds in the Capital Expense Fund shall be made except by act of the Legislature making specific reference to the Capital Expense Fund as the source of those funds.

(6) Unexpended funds in the Capital Expense Fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund but shall remain in the fund for use under this section. Any funds appropriated from the Capital Expense Fund that are unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall lapse into the Capital Expense Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-19 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 41 / Section 69-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-19
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to dealers in tobacco made the subject of interstate sales, except as provided in Chapter 70, Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-12 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 61-12
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-12
Status: in_force

The payment of taxes levied in Sections 27-55-11 and 27-59-11 , Mississippi Code of 1972, and Sections 27-55-519 and 27-55-521 , on gasoline, special fuel, diesel fuel and compressed gas purchased in bulk quantities from a distributor shall be evidenced by invoices showing the quantity of fuel purchased, the type of fuel, the tax rate, the date of the purchase, the purchaser's name and address, and any other information the commission deems necessary for the administration of this chapter. The person withdrawing fuel from bulk storage facilities shall maintain the following records for each withdrawal.

(a) The date the fuel is withdrawn.

(b) The number of gallons.

(c) The fuel type.

(d) The company unit number, or the motor vehicle license plate number and state.

The payment of the aforesaid taxes on gasoline, special fuel, diesel fuel and compressed gas purchased from a distributor or retail dealer and placed in the fuel tank of a motor vehicle shall be evidenced by invoices showing:

(a) The date of sale.

(b) The name and station address of the vendor (printed or with credit card imprint).

(c) The name and address of the purchaser or permittee.

(d) The number of gallons sold.

(e) The signature of the purchaser.

(f) The company unit number, or the motor vehicle license plate number and state.

The invoice must be in triplicate except in cases of credit card purchases. Invoices omitting any of the aforesaid items are not acceptable as proof of purchasing fuel in this state.

When the sale of fuel is through an automated method whereby the purchase is automatically applied to the purchaser's account and a single invoice is issued for multiple purchases, such invoice is acceptable as proof of purchasing fuel in this state.

In cases of a lessee/lessor agreement, invoices will be accepted in either name, provided a legal connection can be made to the reporting party. When the lessor is the reporting party and the lessee is fueling the motor vehicle from his own tax-paid bulk storage facility, the lessee must furnish the following documentation for each instance tax-paid fuel is placed in the motor vehicle:

(a) The date the fuel was withdrawn from the bulk storage facility.

(b) The number of gallons.

(c) The fuel type.

(d) The company unit number, or the motor vehicle license plate number and state.

The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to change, by regulation, the requirements, contents and specifications of the aforesaid invoices when such change is deemed necessary for the administration of this chapter or to achieve uniformity among the states with respect to fuel purchase invoices.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-5-73 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-5-73
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and directed to establish and maintain inspection stations adjacent to or near such highways as it may deem necessary and desirable, and at such locations as it may deem necessary. At least forty (40) of the inspection stations, when established, shall be kept open twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, unless the transportation department determines that adequate enforcement can be maintained by reducing the number of hours that a particular inspection station should remain open. Such inspection stations may be established upon existing rights-of-way or upon additional rights-of-way if it be deemed necessary by the transportation department to acquire such rights-of-way. Necessary driveways shall be constructed across such rights-of-way to the inspection stations and, if necessary, drive-out spaces on the opposite side of the highway from the inspection stations. All inspection stations shall be so located and all drive-outs established and maintained in such a manner that it shall not be necessary for any vehicle to stop with any portion of the vehicle on or within five (5) feet of the paved or traveled portion of the highway. When any inspection station is required to be constructed or reconstructed, the transportation department shall construct the inspection station area with its own forces or by contract.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-67-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 67-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-67-3
Status: in_force

Whenever used in this article, the words, phrases and terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them as follows:

(a) “ Tax Commission ” or “ department ” means the Department of Revenue of the State of Mississippi.

(b) “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of Revenue of the Department of Revenue.

(c) “ Person ” means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, estate, trust, receiver, syndicate or any other group or combination acting as a unit and includes the plural as well as the singular in number. “Person” shall also include husband or wife, or both, where joint benefits are derived from the operation of a business taxed hereunder or where joint benefits are derived from the use of property taxed hereunder.

(d) “ Taxpayer ” means any person liable for the payment of any tax hereunder, or liable for the collection and payment of the tax.

(e) “ Sale ” or “ purchase ” means the exchange of properties for money or other consideration, and the barter of properties or products. Every closed transaction by which title to, or possession of, tangible personal property or specified digital products passes shall constitute a taxable event. A transaction whereby the possession of property or products is transferred but the seller retains title as security for payment of the selling price shall be deemed a sale.

(f) “ Purchase price ” or “ sales price ” means the total amount for which tangible personal property or specified digital product is purchased or sold, valued in money, including installation and service charges, and freight charges to the point of use within this state, without any deduction for cost of property or products sold, expenses or losses, or taxes of any kind except those exempt by the sales tax law. “Purchase price” or “sales price” shall not include cash discounts allowed and taken or merchandise returned by customers when the total sales price is refunded either in cash or by credit, and shall not include amounts allowed for a trade-in of similar property or products. “Purchase price” or “sales price” does not include finance charges, carrying charges or any other addition to the selling price as a result of deferred payments by the purchaser.

(g) “ Lease ” or “ rent ” means any agreement entered into for a consideration that transfers possession or control of tangible personal property or specified digital products to a person for use within this state.

(h) “ Value ” means the estimated or assessed monetary worth of a thing or property. The value of property or products transferred into this state for sales promotion or advertising shall be an amount not less than the cost paid by the transferor or donor. The value of property or products which have been used in another state shall be determined by its cost less straight line depreciation provided that value shall never be less than twenty percent (20%) of the cost or other method acceptable to the commissioner. On property or products imported by the manufacturer thereof for rental or lease within this state, value shall be the manufactured cost of the property and freight to the place of use in Mississippi.

(i) “ Tangible personal property ” means personal property perceptible to the human senses or by chemical analysis, as opposed to real property or intangibles. “Tangible personal property” shall include printed, mimeographed, multigraphed matter, or material reproduced in any other manner, and books, catalogs, manuals, publications or similar documents covering the services of collecting, compiling or analyzing information of any kind or nature. However, reports representing the work of persons such as lawyers, accountants, engineers and similar professionals shall not be included. “Tangible personal property” shall also include tangible advertising or sales promotion materials such as, but not limited to, displays, brochures, signs, catalogs, price lists, point of sale advertising materials and technical manuals. Tangible personal property shall also include computer software.

(j) “ Person doing business in this state ,” “ person maintaining a place of business within this state ,” or any similar term means any person having within this state an office, a distribution house, a salesroom or house, a warehouse, or any other place of business, or owning personal property located in this state used by another person, or installing personal property in this state. This definition also includes any person selling or taking orders for any tangible personal property, either personally, by mail or through an employee representative, salesman, commission agent, canvasser, solicitor or independent contractor or by any other means from within the state. “Person doing business in this state” also includes any marketplace facilitator, marketplace seller, or remote seller with sales that exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) in any consecutive twelve-month period. A sale made through a marketplace facilitator is a sale of the marketplace facilitator and not the sale of a marketplace seller for purposes of determining whether a person exceeds Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) in sales.

Any person doing business under the terms of this article by reason of coming under any one or more of the qualifying provisions listed above shall be considered as doing business on all transactions involving sales to persons within this state.

(k) “ Use ” or “ consumption ” means the first use or intended use within this state of tangible personal property or specified digital product and shall include rental or loan by owners or use by lessees or other persons receiving benefits from use of the property or product. “Use” or “consumption” shall include the benefit realized or to be realized by persons importing or causing to be imported into this state tangible advertising or sales promotion materials.

(l) “ Storage ” means keeping tangible personal property or specified digital product in this state for subsequent use or consumption in this state.

(m) “ Specified digital products ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 27-65-26 .

(n) “ Marketplace facilitator ” means any person who facilitates a retail sale by a seller by:

(i) Listing or advertising for sale by the retailer in any forum, tangible personal property, services or digital goods that are subject to tax under this chapter; and

(ii) Either directly or indirectly through agreements or arrangements with third parties collecting payment from the customer and transmitting that payment to the retailer regardless of whether the marketplace provider receives compensation or other consideration in exchange for its service.

(o) “ Marketplace seller ” means a seller that makes sales through any physical or electronic marketplace owned, operated, or controlled by a marketplace facilitator, even if such seller would not have been required to collect and remit sales tax had the sale not been made through such marketplace.

(p) “ Remote seller ” means a person, other than a marketplace facilitator, that does not maintain a place of business in this state and that through a forum sells tangible personal property, taxable services or specified digital products, the sale or use of which is subject to the tax imposed by this chapter.

(q) “ Computer software ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 27-65-29 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-111 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 107-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-111
Status: in_force

For purposes of Sections 27-107-111 through 27-107-127 , the term “commission of budget and accounting” or “commission” shall mean the state fiscal management board.

The Commission of Budget and Accounting is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to utilize any funds appropriated for such purposes to make grants to boards of supervisors, boards of trustees of public schools and junior colleges, and the mayor and board of aldermen or other governing body of incorporated municipalities for the purpose of assisting such county and municipal government authorities in obtaining federal funds to be used in making repairs, renovations, restoration, construction, reconstruction and related improvements, and restoring or purchasing machinery, equipment and supplies to public office buildings, schools, courthouses, hospitals, water supplies, sewer and utility systems, streets, roads, bridges, ports and airports and other governmental facilities, all of such being publicly owned and governed by said governing authorities having statutory power thereover, which real, personal or mixed properties were either damaged, destroyed or lost as a direct result of the unprecedented devastation wrought by the excessive rain and floods of the spring of 1975 to the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-9-33 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-9-33
Status: in_force

If the tax or any part thereof is paid or collected out of that part of the estate passing to or in possession of, any person other than the executor in his capacity as such, such person shall be entitled to a reimbursement out of any part of the estate still undistributed or by a just and equitable contribution by the person whose interest in the estate of the decedent would have been reduced if the tax had been paid before the distribution of the estate or whose interest in the estate is subject to an equal or prior liability for the payment of tax, debts, or other charges against the estate, it being the purpose and intent of this section that so far as is practicable and unless otherwise directed by the will of the decedent, the tax shall be paid out of the estate before its distribution; but the commissioner shall not be charged with enforcing contribution from any person or persons.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-325 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 53 / Section 71-325
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-325
Status: in_force

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

It shall be the duty of each retail dealer in such light wines, light spirit products or beer to procure from the distributor or wholesaler from whom such light wines, light spirit products or beer were purchased or acquired, invoices showing the quantity of the light wines, light spirit products or beer purchased or acquired, and the date of each delivery thereof. Such invoices shall be preserved by the retailer and shall be open for inspection by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent for a period of two (2) years. It shall likewise be the duty of such retail dealer to file with the commissioner, on or before the fifteenth day of each calendar month, a report showing all purchases of such light wines, light spirit products or beer made by him during the preceding month. Such report shall disclose the names and addresses of all persons from whom such light wines, light spirit products or beer have been purchased or received by him during the preceding month and the quantities thus purchased or received.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-473 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-473
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-473
Status: in_force

The issuance of a privilege license, or the payment of a tax required therefor, shall not make lawful any business, employment, transaction, article or device, or the operation thereof, contrary to any statute of this state, or any ordinance of any municipality thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-29 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 115-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-29
Status: in_force

(1) The corporation shall establish and maintain a personnel program, including administrative rules and regulations for its employees. The corporation may procure benefit programs or group insurance plans and shall provide or arrange for a retirement plan. Unless otherwise specified by the president, employees of the corporation shall serve at the will and pleasure of the president who shall determine their compensation and benefits. The employees shall be subject to suspension, dismissal, reduction in pay, demotion, transfer, or other personnel action at the discretion of the president and shall not be subject to civil service provisions. The compensation of officers at the division head level and above shall be determined by the board. Corporation employees shall not be considered employees of the State of Mississippi.

(2) No board member, officer or employee of the corporation or any spouse, sibling, ascendant or descendant of a board member, officer or employee shall have a financial interest in any vendor doing business or proposing to do business with the corporation.

(3) No board member, officer or employee of the corporation with decision-making authority shall participate in any decision involving a lottery retailer with whom the board member, officer or employee or any spouse, sibling, ascendant or descendant of such board member, officer or employee has a financial interest.

(4) No officer or employee of the corporation who leaves the employ of the corporation nor any board member may represent any vendor or lottery retailer before the corporation for a period of one (1) year following termination of employment with the corporation or membership on the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.299 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-56.299
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.299
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to Jimmie Rodgers Foundation, Inc.

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

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

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

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

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-21 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 51 / Section 115-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-21
Status: in_force

(1) The president, as chief executive officer of the corporation, shall direct and supervise all administrative and technical activities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and within the administrative rules and regulations adopted by the board. The president shall:

(a) Supervise and administer the operation of the corporation, the lottery and its games.

(b) Employ and direct such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and utilize such services, personnel or facilities of the corporation as he or she may deem necessary.

(c) Contract in accordance with the administrative rules and regulations adopted by the corporation with lottery retailers.

(d) Make available for inspection by the board or any member of the board, upon request, all books, records, files, and other information and documents of his or her office and to advise the board and recommend such administrative rules and regulations and other matters he or she deems necessary and advisable to improve the operation and administration of the lottery.

(e) Subject to the limitations under Section 27-115-69 , enter into any contract pursuant to this chapter with any person for the promotion and operation of the lottery or for the performance of any of the functions as provided in this chapter or administrative rules and regulations adopted by the board.

(f) Attend meetings of the board or appoint a designee to attend on his or her behalf.

(g) Not later than thirty (30) days before the beginning of the corporation's fiscal year, submit the proposed annual budget of the corporation and projected net proceeds to the board for review and approval. In addition, the proposed annual budget of the corporation shall include a personnel table reporting information for each full-time and part-time permanent position, as follows:

(i) The position title and the salary for each position in the existing operating budget for the current fiscal year, indicating whether each position is filled or vacant as of the reporting date.

(ii) The position title and the salary recommended for each position for the next fiscal year.

(2) The president, with the approval of the board, may amend or modify the budget at any time in any manner deemed necessary for the proper operation of the corporation.

(3) Following his or her approval by the Governor and during his or her entire employment by the board, the president shall reside in Mississippi.

(4) The president and the board shall conduct an ongoing examination of the operation and administration of lotteries in other states and/or countries, including reviewing available literature on the subject, of federal laws and regulations which may affect the operation of the lottery, and of the reaction of citizens of this state to existing or proposed features of lottery games with a view toward implementing improvements that will tend to serve the purposes of this chapter. The president may also establish one or more market or equipment research centers for lottery products and may establish lottery player information centers.

(5) The president shall require bond from corporate employees with access to corporate funds or lottery funds in such an amount as provided in the administrative rules and regulations of the board.

(6) The president may:

(a) Require bond from other employees as he or she deems necessary.

(b) For good cause, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any contract entered into in accordance with this chapter or the administrative rules and regulations of the board.

(c) Upon specific or general approval of the board, conduct hearings and administer oaths to persons for the purpose of assuring the security or integrity of lottery operations, or to determine the qualifications or compliance by vendors and retailers.

(d) Upon specific or general approval of the board, enter into personal service contracts pursuant to administrative rules and regulations adopted by the board and compensate such consultants and technical assistants as may be required to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(e) By agreement, secure information and services as he or she may deem necessary from any department, agency or unit of the federal, state or local government, and to the extent allowed by federal or state law, may compensate such department, agency or unit of government for its information and services.

(7) Agencies, departments or units of state government shall cooperate with the corporation to assure the integrity of the lottery and the effective operation of the lottery games.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-89 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 65-89
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-89
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Revenue of the Department of Revenue shall appoint, as needed, such deputies, agents, clerks and stenographers as authorized by law, who shall serve under him, and shall perform such duties as may be required by the commissioner, including the signing of notices, warrants and such other documents as may be specifically designated by the commissioner, not inconsistent with this chapter, and they are hereby authorized to act for the commissioner, as he may prescribe and as provided herein. All of such agents, clerks and stenographers may be removed by the Commissioner of Revenue of the Department of Revenue for cause of which the commissioner shall be the final judge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-53-1 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 53-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-53-1
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter:

(a) “ Manufactured home or manufactured housing ” means any structure transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed and constructed so as to be suitable for use for domestic, commercial or industrial purposes with or without a permanent foundation that complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 USCS, Section 5401 , when such trailer is detached from a motor vehicle and parked on real estate as opposed to being towed by a self-propelled vehicle on the highways of this state. This definition includes all such structures which are parked even for a period of only a few months and excludes only those actually in transit on the highways or parked for no more than an overnight stop.

(b) “ Mobile home ” means any structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed and constructed so as to be suitable for use for domestic, commercial or industrial purposes, with or without a permanent foundation and manufactured prior to June 15, 1976, when such structure is detached from a motor vehicle and parked on real estate as opposed to being towed by a self-propelled vehicle on the highways of this state. This definition includes all such structures which are parked even for a period of only a few months and excludes only those actually in transit on the highways or parked for no more than an overnight stop.

(c) “ In transit home ” means any such manufactured home or mobile home or similar structure or vehicle which is not parked but which is being moved from place to place over the highways and streets of the state by being supported by two (2) or more wheels by motive power not its own and which vehicle is taxed under the provisions of the motor vehicle ad valorem tax law. This definition is limited to those vehicles which are actually in transit and excludes any vehicles which are parked for more than an overnight stop.

(d) “ Person ” means any natural person, agency, firm, corporation, copartnership, joint stock, or other association or organization.

(e) “ Manufactured home roll ” means the special separate assessment roll in which all manufactured and mobile home assessments shall be kept unless and until such manufactured and mobile home shall become an improvement on real estate and placed on the land rolls.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-57-45 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 57-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-57-45
Status: repealed

This article shall not release or relinquish any liability or penalty incurred or right accrued under the provisions of Chapter 588, Laws of 1966, as they existed before January 1, 1970, and such provisions shall be considered as remaining in force for the purpose of instituting or sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of any such liability, penalty or right. Such provisions shall govern the reporting and payment of taxes on lubricating oil received, sold, distributed or used by bonded distributors or other persons before January 1, 1970. Any and all matters, orders, hearings, and proceedings pending before the comptroller or before any court under provisions of such prior law shall continue with the same effect as though such prior provisions were not amended or repealed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-7 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 53 / Section 105-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-7
Status: in_force

The Governor, Attorney General and auditor are authorized to cancel any coupon state bonds payable to bearer and to issue registered bonds in lieu thereof whenever such state bonds are offered as security for deposit. They shall make a full report of all such cancellations and issuance of new bonds, describing fully the bonds cancelled and the new bonds issued, and report same to the next succeeding legislative session.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.176 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-56.176
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.176
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning with any registration year beginning on or after July 1, 2012, any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive license tag for each motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as a supporter of the Mississippi Dental Hygienists Association. The distinctive license tags so issued shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the Mississippi Dental Hygienists Association, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(7) In order for a distinctive license tag to be issued under this section, the provisions of Section 27-19-44(3) must be satisfied for the distinctive tag before July 1, 2015.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-133 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 8 / Section 15-133
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-133
Status: in_force

There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed under Sections 27-15-103 through 27-15-129 , in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the gross premium receipts on new policies written for essential property insurance (as defined in Section 83-34-1 ) within the coast area of this state on or after January 1, 2007, for any domestic or foreign insurance company which writes policies within the coast area; provided, however, the credit allowed hereunder shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) during any calendar year. The State Tax Commission and the Department of Insurance shall determine what constitutes new policies written, or covering risk, within the coast area of this state. Any tax credit claimed under this section but not used in any taxable year may be carried forward for the three (3) succeeding tax years. For purposes of this section, “coast area” shall have the meaning as provided in Section 83-34-1 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-115 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 31-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-115
Status: in_force

All municipalities may grant like exemptions from municipal ad valorem taxation for a period not exceeding ten (10) years to all manufacturers and other new enterprises mentioned in Section 27-31-101 hereof, and gasworks, waterworks, cooperative electrification associations, excepting railroads and additions or expansions or replacements mentioned in Section 27-31-105 hereof; however, municipal authorities, in lieu of granting the exemption for one (1) period of ten (10) years, may grant the exemption in consecutive periods of less than ten (10) years, but the total of such consecutive periods shall not exceed ten (10) years.

No new exemption from ad valorem taxes levied for school district purposes shall be granted pursuant to this section from and after July 1, 1990.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-13-51 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-13-51
Status: in_force

(1) The tax provided by this chapter, together with all interest, increases and penalties, is in addition to all other taxes, and shall become, from the time it is due and payable, a personal debt, from the organization liable to pay the same, to the State of Mississippi.

(2) An entity that is required to file and report for federal income tax purposes on the activity conducted in Mississippi of a qualified subchapter S subsidiary which is subject to income taxation in the manner prescribed in Section 27-8-7 , and the qualified subchapter S subsidiary, shall each be jointly and severally liable for franchise taxes levied by this chapter together with damages and interest when such taxes are due and unpaid.

(3) An entity that is required to file and report for federal income tax purposes on the activity conducted in Mississippi of a single member limited liability company which is not classified as a corporation (and thus disregarded) which is subject to tax in the manner prescribed in Section 79-29-112 , and the single member limited liability company, shall each be jointly and severally liable for franchise taxes levied by this chapter together with damages and interest when such taxes are due and unpaid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-101-5 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 101-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-101-5
Status: in_force

The Department of Finance and Administration may authorize the nonelectronic publication of a limited number of copies of the annual or other reports in meritorious cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-135 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 53 / Section 103-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-135
Status: in_force

(1) At such regular or special times and on such forms as the Legislative Budget Office may require, every tax or fee-collecting or other revenue-producing agency shall furnish the Legislative Budget Office with complete and detailed information as to the amount of revenue collected or otherwise received by it during the then current fiscal year, together with an estimate of the revenue that is anticipated for such succeeding periods as the Legislative Budget Office may require. In addition, each state agency that maintains funds in accounts that are not in the State Treasury shall furnish the Legislative Budget Office with detailed information about the amount of those funds that the agency has on hand and the location of those funds.

(2) At such regular or special times and on such forms as the State Fiscal Officer may require, every tax or fee-collecting or other revenue-producing agency shall furnish the Department of Finance and Administration with complete and detailed information as to the amount of revenue collected or otherwise received by it during the then current fiscal year, together with an estimate of the revenue that is anticipated for such succeeding periods as the board may require. The information required to be furnished under this section shall include all revenues from every fee, penalty, tax, assessment or other charge levied, whether authorized by law or not, and shall further include an itemized statement by the agency of the costs of services for which fees are charged, comparing the costs with revenues generated by the fees.

(3) The State Fiscal Officer shall review the information so furnished and report to the Legislature any fees that do not appear to be reasonably calculated to recover the costs of services for which the fees are charged, and any fees that are collected without legal authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.139 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-56.139
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.139
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2006, any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

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

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be disbursed to the Bicycle Advocacy Group of Mississippi.

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

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

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

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

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

Any municipality within this state, in which any business licensed under the provisions of this chapter, may be carried on, shall have the right to impose upon persons engaged in such business, an annual privilege tax of not more than fifty percent (50%) of the permit fee imposed by Section 27-69-7 of this chapter; provided, however, that no person engaged in the wholesale sale, or distribution of cigars, cigarettes or smoking tobacco taxed by this chapter shall be taxed by any municipality other than that in which the warehouse or wholesale business is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-61 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 41 / Section 41-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-61
Status: in_force

Land in cities, towns, or villages shall be sold by lots or other subdivisions or descriptions by which it is assessed; and it shall not be necessary to offer less than a lot, but it shall not be an objection that less than a lot was sold if it bring enough to pay the taxes for which it is sold.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-302 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 51 / Section 103-302
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-302
Status: in_force

Through August 31, 2018, all funds received by or on behalf of the State of Mississippi through a negotiated settlement for economic damages in connection with the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, except for any funds that are required by the settlement to be paid to any other public entity, shall be deposited into the Budget Contingency Fund for appropriation by the Legislature.

From and after September 1, 2018, all funds received by or on behalf of the State of Mississippi through a negotiated settlement for economic damages in connection with the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, except for any funds that are required by the settlement to be paid to any other public entity, shall be deposited as follows: (a) twenty-five percent (25%) of each annual payment of those funds to the State of Mississippi shall be deposited into the State BP Settlement Fund created in Section 27-103-302.1 , and (b) seventy-five percent (75%) of each annual payment of those funds to the State of Mississippi shall be deposited into the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund created in Section 57-119-1 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.399 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-56.399
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.399
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2015, any person applying for a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with the vehicle's established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37 . The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-111 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 104-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-111
Status: in_force

(a)(i) A special fund, to be designated the “2022 Department of Finance and Administration Statewide Repair and Renovation Fund,” is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund.

(ii) Monies deposited into the fund shall be disbursed, in the discretion of the Department of Finance and Administration, to pay the costs of site and infrastructure improvements, general repairs and renovations, weatherization, roofing, environmental mitigation, mechanical, electrical and structural repairs required for state-owned facilities, universities and community and junior colleges, repairs, renovations and improvements necessary for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act or other codes, purchase and installation of necessary furniture and equipment, and continuation and completion of previously authorized projects.

(b) Amounts deposited into such special fund shall be disbursed to pay the costs of the projects described in paragraph (a) of this section.

(c) The Department of Finance and Administration, acting through the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, is expressly authorized and empowered to receive and expend any local or other source funds in connection with the expenditure of funds provided for in this section. The expenditure of monies deposited into the special fund shall be under the direction of the Department of Finance and Administration, and such funds shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by such department, which warrants shall be issued upon requisitions signed by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, or his designee.