Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-217 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-217
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-217
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the tax collector to preserve all assessments so certified to him, to note upon the real property assessment roll of the county or county district upon which ad valorem taxes are to be collected for the year in which said work was done, the fact that said land is subject to a special soil erosion fund tax, and to collect with the other taxes payable on February first, giving a separate receipt therefor, the amount of the special soil erosion fund tax then due accordingly, and to so continue from year to year until such a special tax has been paid in full. If said special tax was to be paid in one payment within one year after completion of the work, the assessment shall be made accordingly, and the tax shall be then payable, and shall be collected at the time shown by the assessment. In event said tax or any part thereof is not paid when due, the tax collector shall advertise and sell the land liable therefor as in the case of lands sold for the non-payment of drainage district taxes, and all provisions of law applicable to such drainage district tax sales shall be applied in the case of soil erosion fund tax sales, except that if there are no other bidders the soil erosion committee shall become the purchaser on behalf of and in the name of the county, a sale or sales may be made on the first Monday of any month, and such sales shall be subordinate to all other sales of taxes, prior or subsequent, to the same extent as sales for other special improvements. For the protection of its rights hereunder, any of said counties may redeem from sale of any such lands to the state after any tax sale thereof by payment to the state of the state taxes with damages thereon and costs of sale.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-333 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-333
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-333
Status: in_force

The powers of enforcement of this article shall be vested in the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-2 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-2
Status: in_force

(1) Every person, firm, association or corporation, before seeking to sell or transfer dogs or cats, or both, for research, shall obtain a license from the Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau. The fee and requirements for such license shall be set by the Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau. Application for such license shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the director. Such license shall be nontransferable, renewable annually. A new license shall be issued if there is any change in the location or ownership of the business.

(2) At the time application is made for a license under subsection (1) of this section and before the issuance of such license by the Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau, the applicant shall file with the director a bond in the penal sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) payable to the State of Mississippi with surety to be approved by the Secretary of State for the faithful performance of the requirements of this section. Evidence shall be supplied to the director annually, at the time license is renewed, that the bond continues in force and effect. In the event the bond is cancelled or will not be renewed, the bonding company shall notify the director in writing at least thirty (30) days before the cancellation of such bond. If a bond is cancelled or fails to be renewed, the license issued under this section shall stand void automatically. The license shall not stand void if a new bond as required herein is filed with the director before the expiration date of the original bond.

(3) The following information shall be recorded by every person, firm, association or corporation licensed under this section for each dog or cat received, sold or transferred under the provisions of this section:

(a) The name, address and telephone number of the person, firm, association or corporation from whom each dog or cat was received and to whom each dog or cat was delivered.

(b) A complete description of each dog or cat received, sold or transferred, including a photograph of each side of the animal.

(c) Any other information as required by the Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau.

(4) The Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.

(5) Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction for a first violation, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both. Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction for a second or subsequent violation, shall be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary for not less than one (1) year or a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both. Any person who holds a license issued under this section who is convicted of any violation of this section, shall have his license revoked for a minimum of one (1) year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-25 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-25
Status: in_force

If the amount claimed for the damages by animals trespassing exceed two hundred dollars, the plaintiff will proceed by petition in the circuit court, wherein the proceedings shall be according to the practice of that court; and the clerk shall perform the ministerial duties prescribed for justices of the peace in cases before them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-133 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-133
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-133
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall appoint an advisory committee, and by regulation establish the composition of the committee to include representatives from the agriculture, agribusiness and related industries.

The purpose of the committee shall be to advise and assist the commissioner in developing regulations and plans for implementing the provisions of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 and a pesticide regulatory program to meet the requirements of FIFRA.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-309 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-309
Status: in_force

If it shall be determined by the State Veterinarian, or his authorized agent, that any county or counties shall be partially or completely infested with the cattle tick (Margaropus annulatus), the board of supervisors of said counties which are partially or completely infested with the cattle tick (Margaropus annulatus) shall immediately take up the work of systematic tick eradication as provided in this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-203
Status: in_force

The director of the state extension service, the director of the state agricultural and forestry experiment station, and the state forester of the State of Mississippi shall, on written application of any five or more landowners of said county, owning an aggregate of not less than seventy-five hundred acres of land therein, appoint a soil erosion committee for said county, to consist of three members, each to be over twenty-five years of age and the record owner of not less than one hundred and sixty acres of land within the county. The term of each member of said committee shall be five years from the date of his appointment, but any member may be removed from office as other public officers and the term of any member of said committee shall cease, if he fails to maintain his ownership of the requisite one hundred and sixty acres of land in the county. Vacancies on said committee shall be filled for a term of five years by appointment in the same manner as the original members were appointed. The members of said committee shall receive no pay for the services to be performed hereunder, but one member of said committee shall be designated by it as secretary of the committee, who shall be paid his reasonable expense out of the soil erosion funds herein provided for, by order of the board of supervisors, upon certificate of the committee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-119 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-119
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may provide technical guidance and outreach to landowners, farmers and producers regarding the management of nuisance wildlife on private agricultural and forestry lands. The commissioner is authorized to partner with state and federal agencies regarding nuisance wildlife management and to promote awareness across the state. The department is authorized to accept and expend any special funds received through grants or any other source as appropriated by the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-103
Status: in_force

Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 shall be administered by the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, or his agent, herein referred to as the “commissioner.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 31-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-5
Status: in_force

The department shall inspect or cause to be inspected at least annually every moisture-measuring device used in commerce in this state, except those belonging to the United States or the state, or any subdivision of either, except as may be requested. The department may inspect or cause to be inspected at the convenience of the department any moisture-measuring device upon a request in writing from the owner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-117 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-117
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any of the counties composing the Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association, as provided by Section 69-5-115 , is authorized and empowered within its discretion to appropriate not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars per annum out of the general funds of such counties or as hereinafter provided for the purpose of maintaining and supporting the said Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association, and to aid in payment of premiums and awards given by livestock shows held by said association in said livestock district, and to help defray the expenses of such livestock shows; and any funds appropriated for the purpose herein provided may be appropriated by the board direct for the purpose herein mentioned, or the board may pay such funds direct to the directors of said livestock fair association, and said funds shall be used exclusively for the purpose herein mentioned; and if said funds are paid to the directors of said livestock fair association, then said funds shall be used exclusively by the directors of the livestock fair association for the purpose of maintaining and supporting the livestock fair association, and to aid in the payment of premiums and awards given by livestock shows held by said association in said district; and in the event said funds are appropriated and paid over to the directors of said association, it shall be the duty of said directors to keep a strict account of how such funds are used for that association, and they are hereby required to render to the board an itemized statement annually of all expenditures made by it under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-5
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

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

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

(c) “ Person ” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, business, trust, legal representative or any other business unit.

(d) “ Reproduce ” means to stencil, emboss, print, engrave, impress, imprint, lithograph or duplicate in any manner or to cause any such acts to be done.

(e) “ Agricultural product ” means any product that is at least fifty-one percent (51%) grown, processed or manufactured in the State of Mississippi.

(f) “ Division ” means the Division of Market Development within the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

The words “logo” and “program,” whenever used in this chapter, shall include the plural as well as the singular.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 44-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-1
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to promote the growth and development of the corn industry in Mississippi by research, advertisement promotions and education and market development, thereby promoting the general welfare of the people of this state.

For purposes of this chapter:

(a) “ Board ” means the Mississippi Corn Promotion Board.

(b) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-5
Status: in_force

Any pecans remaining on a public road, street or highway right-of-way during that portion of each calendar year except the harvesting season shall be deemed to be abandoned by the owner of such pecans, and it shall not be unlawful for any person to remove such pecans from such public right-of-way, except during the harvesting season.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 23-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-15
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) No article shall be deemed in violation of this chapter when intended solely for export to a foreign country, and when prepared or packaged according to the specifications or directions of the purchaser. If not so exported, all the provisions of this chapter shall apply.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-315 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-315
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this article, the state veterinarian or an authorized agent of the State Veterinarian, shall apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of mandamus or shall institute such other proceedings as may be necessary and proper to compel such county boards of supervisors to comply with the provisions of this article applying to them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-19
Status: in_force

The arrangements for and management of any referendum held under this chapter shall be under the direction of the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation. The corporation shall bear all expenses incurred in conducting the referendum, to include furnishing the ballots and arranging for the necessary poll holders.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 48-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-13
Status: in_force

The State Tax Commission shall provide any information necessary to assist the department in collecting the assessments provided for in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-119 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-119
Status: in_force

(1) A fee of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each aircraft owned, operated, used and employed in aerial application by an applicator shall be paid to the department for the issuance or required renewal of a license for an applicator. Each aircraft shall be identified at all times by a device supplied to the registered applicator by the department.

(2) A fee of not more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for each pilot engaged in aerial application shall be paid to the department for the issuance or required renewal of a license for a pilot. Each pilot shall have in his possession at all times an identification card supplied by the department.

(3) All of the fees collected under this section shall be deposited in a special fund in the Treasury of the State of Mississippi and subject to appropriation by the Mississippi Legislature. The fees shall be used by the department for the administration and enforcement of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-655 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-655
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-655
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that a burden on and an obstruction to intrastate commerce in the catfish farming industry is caused when payment is not made for the catfish and that such arrangements are contrary to the public interest. This article is intended to remedy such burden on and obstruction to intrastate commerce in catfish and to protect the public interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 24-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-17
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(5) For the purpose of determining commercial values to be applied under the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall determine from the registrant's sales invoice the values charged for the soil or plant amending ingredients. If no invoice is available or if the invoice fails to provide sufficient information, the commissioner may use other methods to determine values. The values so determined shall be used in determining and assessing penalties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-119 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-119
Status: in_force

Minors owning cattle or stock separate from that of the father or guardian may have a brand and mark, which shall be recorded; the father or guardian shall be responsible for the proper use of such brand and mark of any such minor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-61 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-61
Status: in_force

The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall determine from each existing soil and water conservation district from which territory may be withdrawn in the adjustment of boundaries, or revision of a district, the value of cash or bonds on hand, and shall also make an appraisal of the cash value of the equipment, land, or other property of these affected districts, on hand as of the date of issuance of the certificate of organization by the Secretary of State to the revised district, and shall divide the liquid assets on the basis of the proportion of territory withdrawn from the existing district to the total territory in the existing district, make equitable distribution of the equipment, and partition any real property. The decision of the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee in this division of assets shall be final.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-255 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-255
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-255
Status: in_force

A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business and the carrying out of the duties of the board. Each member shall subscribe to the oath of office prescribed for state officers. No member shall receive any salary, but each member shall receive per diem compensation as authorized in Section 25-3-69 , and shall be reimbursed for expenses in the manner and amount specified in Section 25-3-41 .

The Mississippi Egg Marketing Board shall be and is hereby declared and created a corporate body. The board shall have the power to contract and be contracted with, and shall have and possess all the powers of a body corporate for all purposes necessary for fully carrying out the provisions of this article. The board shall adopt a corporate seal by which it shall authenticate its proceedings. Copies of the proceedings, records and acts of the board and certificates purporting to relate the facts concerning such proceedings, records and acts signed by the chairman of the board and authenticated by said seal shall be prima facie evidence thereof in all the courts of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-207 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-207
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors in said counties are hereby authorized and empowered in their discretion to levy a tax on the taxable property in said counties lying outside municipalities not exceeding two mills per annum thereon for the purpose of paying the cost of construction and maintenance of such fences and cattlegaps. In order to raise additional revenue for the purpose of paying the cost of construction and maintaining such fences and cattlegaps, the board of supervisors in those counties which have heretofore elected not to come under the statewide livestock law may in their discretion levy a tax against the owners of cattle permitted to roam at large in the amount of twenty-five cents (25¢) per head for cattle located in the respective counties in which an election has carried.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-327 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-327
Status: in_force

The ranger is authorized to administer all oaths and take affidavits necessary in the discharge of his duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-107 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 17-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-107
Status: in_force

Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-367 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-367
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-367
Status: in_force

If for any reason any section, paragraph, provision, clause or part of Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, that section shall not affect or invalidate any other section, paragraph, provision, clause or part of sections 69-27-331 through 69-27-367 not in and of itself invalid, but the remaining portions thereof shall be in force without regard to that so invalidated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 35-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-7
Status: in_force

No association, meeting or activity undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this act and intended to benefit all of the producers and handlers of milk and dairy products in Mississippi shall be deemed or considered illegal or in restraint of trade.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-13
Status: in_force

Jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the distribution, sale and transportation of pesticides is vested exclusively in the commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-114 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-114
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-114
Status: in_force

In any livestock facility constructed, renovated or expanded with funds from the grant program authorized under Section 18, Chapter 530, Laws of 1995, the members of the Future Farmers of America, the 4-H Club, the Junior Livestock Association, the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association and the United States Pony Club, Inc., may hold up to three (3) animal or livestock shows or sales per year per facility at no charge for use of the facility or for utilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-115 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-115
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized subject to the approval of the building commission to acquire by purchase, donation, lease or condemnation, and for and in the name of the State of Mississippi, a suitable site or sites, accessible to highways and railroads and air terminal facilities, and to erect and install thereon such structures, facilities, and equipment as may be necessary for the inspection, grading, standardization, classification, refrigeration, processing and marketing of such products (for both food and feed), within the amount appropriated for such purposes by the Legislature and subject to the approval of the building commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 39-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-7
Status: in_force

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

(2) No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state that contains toxic materials in quantities injurious to plants or animals.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-215 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-215
Status: in_force

If a hemp grower violates the State Plan, including growing hemp containing a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration that exceeds three-tenths percent (0.3%) on a dry mass basis or a tolerance range as specified by USDA, with a culpable mental state greater than negligence as determined by the department, the commissioner shall immediately report the violation and the hemp grower to the United States Attorney General, the Mississippi Attorney General and the Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner. Such violations shall also be referred to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics for investigation. The Bureau of Narcotics may detain, seize and/or destroy the crop and may initiate a criminal case for any violation of this article or the Mississippi Uniform Controlled Substances Law. The Mississippi Attorney General shall, in person or by his or her designee, prosecute all criminal actions related to violations arising under this chapter relating to hemp, on behalf of the State. Violations of the State Plan that involve culpability greater than negligence must be reported to the United States Attorney General and the Mississippi Attorney General. The provisions of Section 69-25-213 shall not apply to nonnegligent violations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-209 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-209
Status: in_force

Any person feeling aggrieved with the decision of the commissioner of agriculture and commerce in refusing to grant a license hereunder shall have recourse by an appeal to the chancery court of Hinds County, Mississippi, by petition filed within thirty days from the date of final refusal to issue such license. The chancery court of Hinds County shall have and it is hereby given full jurisdiction of such appeal and it may enter any appropriate orders therein in term time or in vacation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-11
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner or his employees, with proper identification and during normal working hours, shall have free access to all places of business, factories, buildings, carriages, cars, stores, warehouses and other places where pesticides are offered for sale or kept for sale or distribution or use and application, and shall have authority to inspect or open any container of pesticide and to take a sample for the purpose of examination and analysis. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to take such samples and deliver them to the State Chemist for examination and analysis.

(2) It shall be the duty of the State Chemist to cause as many analyses to be made of samples delivered to him by the commissioner as may be necessary to properly carry into effect the intent of this chapter. He shall make reports of such analysis to the commissioner and to the manufacturer, firm or person responsible for placing on the market the pesticide represented by the samples.

(3) If it appears that any pesticide fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or if provisions of this chapter are violated, the commissioner may proceed with appropriate action as provided in this chapter or under the administrative hearing procedures provided in Section 69-25-51 et seq. If, in the opinion of the commissioner, it appears that the provisions of the chapter have been violated, the commissioner may refer the facts to the county attorney, district attorney or Attorney General.

(4) It shall be the duty of each county attorney, district attorney or Attorney General to whom any such violation is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in the appropriate court without delay.

(5) The commissioner shall, by publication in such manner as he may prescribe, give notice of all judgments entered in actions instituted under the authority of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-111 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-111
Status: in_force

The owners of livestock which through their owner's negligence are found on federal or state designated paved highways or highway rights-of-way shall be subject to any damages as a result of wrecks, loss of life or bodily injury as a result of said livestock being on the above designated highways. This section shall not be applicable to any such highway or highway right-of-way or any type of highway or road located on any levee maintained by the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners or the board of levee commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta through maintenance contracts calling for or permitting pasturage of livestock on levee rights-of-way.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-329 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-329
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-329
Status: in_force

Any person or persons who shall wilfully damage or destroy by any means, any vat erected, or in the process of being erected, as herein provided for tick eradication purposes, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned not less than six months, or more than five years in the state prison.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-103
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall have full and plenary power to deal with Africanized honey bees (Apris mellifera scutellata) and with American and European foul brood, and all other contagious or infectious diseases and parasites of honey bees which, in its opinion, may be prevented, controlled or eradicated; and shall have full power and is hereby authorized to make, promulgate and enforce such rules, ordinances and regulations and to perform such acts, through its agents or otherwise, as in its judgment may be necessary to control, eradicate or prevent the introduction, spread or dissemination of Africanized honey bees and all contagious diseases of honey bees and parasites as far as may be possible and all such rules, ordinances and regulations of said department shall have the force and effect of law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-117 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-117
Status: in_force

This article is cumulative and in addition to all other livestock laws and does not repeal any presently existing laws with reference to the powers and duties of the county ranger of the law on estrays. This article shall be liberally interpreted in order to accomplish its purpose and it shall not be interpreted to repeal any law unless specifically so provided herein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-109 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-109
Status: in_force

(1) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article or of the rules or regulations of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, adopted in accordance with the provisions thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months in the county jail.

(2) In addition to the criminal penalty imposed under subsection (1) of this section, each violation of this article or the applicable rules and regulations established by the commissioner pertaining hereto shall subject the violator to administrative action as provided in Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-2 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 15-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-2
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Board of Animal Health is to be composed of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and the heads of the Animal and Dairy Science and Poultry Science Departments at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science and one (1) person appointed by the President of Alcorn State University from its land grant staff as five (5) ex officio members with full voting rights, and ten (10) other members of the board to be appointed by the Governor as hereinafter provided. The board shall select annually a chairman and vice chairman from any members of the board.

(2) The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint eleven (11) other members from the following groups or associations from a written list of recommendations from such groups or associations:

One (1) licensed and practicing veterinarian who holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree, from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi State Veterinary Medical Association;

One (1) general farmer from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation;

One (1) poultry breeder and producer from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Poultry Association;

One (1) small ruminant breeder and producer from a written list of three (3) recommendations, one (1) recommendation submitted by each of the following: the Mississippi Sheep Producers' Association, the Mississippi Club Goat Association, and the Mississippi Goat Association. If an association fails to timely submit its recommendation, the Governor may appoint the member from the list of recommendations submitted by the other associations;

One (1) beef cattle breeder and producer from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association;

One (1) swine breeder and producer from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Pork Producers' Association;

One (1) dairy breeder and producer from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the American Dairy Association of Mississippi;

One (1) horse breeder and producer from a written list of four (4) recommendations, one (1) recommendation submitted by each of the following: the Mississippi Quarter Horse Association, Tennessee Walking Horse Association, Mississippi Cutting Horse Association and Mississippi State Equine Association. If an association fails to timely submit its recommendation, the Governor may appoint the member from the list of recommendations submitted by the other associations;

One (1) catfish breeder and producer from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Catfish Association;

One (1) member of the Mississippi Livestock Auction Association from a written list of three (3) recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Livestock Auction Association.

All members shall take and subscribe to the general oath of office as provided in Section 268, Mississippi Constitution of 1890 , and file the same with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.

(3) Effective August 1, 1968, the dairy producer member shall be appointed for a one-year term; the Livestock Auction Association member shall be appointed for a two-year term; and the meat packer member shall be appointed for a three-year term; the catfish producer member shall be appointed for a four-year term; and the horse producer member shall be appointed for a five-year term.

Effective August 1, 1969, the poultry producer member shall be appointed for a two-year term; on August 1, 1970, the sheep producer member shall be appointed for a three-year term; on August 1, 1971, the swine producing member shall be appointed for a four-year term; on August 1, 1972, the general farmer member shall be appointed for a five-year term; on August 1, 1973, the veterinarian member shall be appointed for a six-year term; and on August 1, 1974, the beef cattle producer member shall be appointed for a seven-year term.

All subsequent appointments shall be for four-year terms, except for appointments to fill vacancies which shall be for the unexpired term only.

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

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

(5) On or before July 1, 1998, the board shall appoint, from a written list of not less than three (3) licensed veterinarians submitted by the commissioner, the State Veterinarian.

(6) There is created an advisory council to advise the Board of Animal Health on matters concerning the board. The council shall be composed of the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and one (1) appointee of the Lieutenant Governor and one (1) appointee of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The members of the advisory council shall serve in an advisory capacity only. For attending meetings of the council, such legislators shall receive per diem and expenses which shall be paid from the contingent expense funds of their respective houses in the same amounts provided for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session; however, no per diem or expenses for attending meetings of the council shall be paid while the Legislature is in session. No per diem and expenses shall be paid except for attending meetings of the council without prior approval of the proper committee in their respective houses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 24-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-13
Status: in_force

(1) There shall be paid to the commissioner for all soil or plant amendments distributed in this state an inspection fee of Thirty-five Cents ($.35) per ton. However, products sold in packages of ten (10) pounds or less or one (1) gallon or less shall be subject to an annual inspection fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in lieu of the Thirty-five Cents ($.35) per ton fee. The annual inspection fee shall be paid upon date of registration.

(2) Every person who distributes a soil or plant amendment in the state shall file with the commissioner, on forms furnished by him, an annual statement setting forth the number of net tons of each soil or plant amendment distributed in the state during the previous year. The statement shall be due within thirty (30) days following the reporting year. The statement shall be accompanied by a payment of the inspection fee at the rate of Thirty-five Cents ($.35) per ton, except as specified in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) When more than one (1) distributor is involved in the distribution of a soil or plant amendment product, the last registrant who distributes to a nonregistrant (dealer or consumer) is responsible for reporting the tonnage and paying the inspection fees unless the reporting and paying of fees has been made by a prior distributor of the soil or plant amendment product. If the statement is not filed or is filed falsely, or the inspection fee is not paid within thirty (30) days following the reporting year, the commissioner and State Chemist may revoke the registration of the products and a penalty of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per day for each subsequent day shall be assessed against the registrant. The inspection fee and the penalty shall constitute a debt and become the basis for a judgment against the registrant, which may be collected by the commissioner and in any court of competent jurisdiction without prior demand.

(4) The statement required by this section shall not be a public record, and it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to divulge any information given in the statement which would reveal the business operations of a person or registrant filing the statement; provided, however, that nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to prevent or make unlawful the use of information concerning the business operation of any registrant in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted under this chapter, including any civil action for collection of unpaid inspection fees, which action is hereby authorized and which shall be as an action at law in the name of the commissioner.

(5) All fees paid to the commissioner for registration, inspection, or penalties for product deficiencies shall be deposited into the General Fund account of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-101
Status: in_force

It shall be and is hereby declared unlawful for any livestock to roam at large on the federal or state designated paved highways or highway rights-of-way of the State of Mississippi, except, however, that in those counties that have heretofore voted to come out from under the statewide stock law this shall only apply to U.S. designated highways, Mississippi Highway 55, and all paved Mississippi highways where said highways traverse more than one (1) county and connect directly with another paved highway in another state being extensively traveled by citizens of other states, and the rights-of-way thereof; and except also that this section shall not apply to any such highway or highway right-of-way or any type of highway or road located on any levee maintained by the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners or the board of levee commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta through maintenance contracts calling for or permitting pasturage of livestock on levee rights-of-way.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-61 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 15-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-61
Status: in_force

The Board of Animal Health shall have jurisdiction over all persons and property necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-69 , the rules and regulations of the board, and all other laws relating to the prevention and eradication of diseases in animals and livestock. The board may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-69 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-209 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 13-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-209
Status: in_force

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

In addition thereto, the counties bordering on the Gulf of Mexico now authorized by law to levy and collect a sea wall tax under Section 65-33-47, Mississippi Code of 1972 , may use such proceeds of this tax as required to construct and maintain said fences and cattlegaps, but not to exceed one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mill of said sea wall tax.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-605 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-605
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-605
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “ Capable of use as human food ” means and shall apply to any catfish or part or product thereof unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the commissioner to deter its use as human food, or unless it is naturally inedible by humans.

(b) “ Catfish ” means any species within the family Ictaluridae.

(c) “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi.

(d) “ Direct retail sale ” means the sale of catfish products individually or in small quantities directly to the consumer.

(e) “ Distributor ” means any person offering for sale, exchange or barter any catfish product destined for direct retail sale in the State of Mississippi.

(f) “ Farm-raised Catfish ” means the catfish product has been specifically produced in fresh water according to the usual and customary techniques of commercial aquaculture and includes fillets, steaks, nuggets and any other flesh from a “Farm-raised Catfish.”

(g) “ Fish ” means species of fish similar to catfish in the families of Siluridae, Clariidae and Pangasiidae.

(h) “ Food service establishment ” means a restaurant, cafeteria, lunch room, food stand, saloon, tavern, bar, lounge or other similar facility operated as an enterprise engaged in the business of selling food to the public.

(i) “ Label ” means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a catfish product is offered for direct retail sale.

(j) “ Labeling ” means all labels and other written, printed or graphic matter upon a catfish product, or any of its containers or wrappers, offered for direct retail sale.

(k) “ Menu ” means any listing of food and beverage options for a diner or customer to select from regardless of its form.

(l) “ Pay pond ” means a circumscribed body of water owned by a person and operated solely for recreational fishing purposes on a commercial basis for profit.

(m) “ Person ” includes any individual, partnership, corporation and association or other legal entity.

(n) “ Processor ” means any person engaged in handling, storing, preparing, manufacturing, packing or holding catfish products.

(o) “ Producer ” means any person engaged in the business of harvesting catfish, by any method, intended for direct retail sale.

(p) “ Product ” means any catfish product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any catfish or portion thereof, except products which contain catfish only in small proportions or historically have not been, in the judgment of the commissioner, considered by consumers as products of the United States commercial catfish industry and which are exempted from definition as a catfish product by the commissioner under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that the catfish or portions thereof contained therein are not adulterated and that such products are not represented as catfish products.

(q) “ Product name ” means the name of the catfish item intended for retail sale which identifies it as to kind, class or specific use.

(r) “ Retailer ” means any person offering for sale catfish products to individual consumers and representing the last sale prior to human consumption and includes food service establishments unless otherwise stated herein.

(s) “ River or Lake Catfish ” means the catfish product has been produced in a freshwater lake, river or stream but has not been produced according to the usual and customary techniques of commercial aquaculture.

(t) “ Wholesaler ” means any person offering for sale any catfish product destined for direct retail sale in the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-9
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner is authorized:

(a) To declare as a pest any form of plant or animal life or virus which is injurious to plants, man, domestic animals, articles or substances;

(b) To determine whether pesticides registered under authority of Section 24(c) of FIFRA are highly toxic to man as described in federal regulations;

(c) To determine standards of coloring or discoloring for pesticides and to subject pesticides to the requirements of Section 69-23-5(1) .

(2) The commissioner may adopt, amend or repeal rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, rules and regulations providing for the collection and examination of samples; the safe handling, transportation, storage, display, distribution and disposal of pesticides and their containers; protecting the environment; labeling and adopting state restricted pesticide uses.

(3) In order to avoid confusion endangering the public health resulting from diverse requirements, particularly as to the labeling and coloring of pesticides, and to avoid increased costs to the people of this state due to the necessity of complying with such diverse requirements in the manufacture and sale of such pesticides, it is desirable that there should be uniformity between the requirements of the several states and the federal government relating to such pesticides. To this end the commissioner is authorized to adopt such regulations, applicable to and in conformity with the primary standards established by this chapter, as have been or may be prescribed by the United States government for pesticides.

(4) No action taken by the commissioner under this section shall be effective unless and until such action is approved by the advisory board created under Section 69-25-3, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 55-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Agriculture Stabilization Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 39-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-3
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “Agricultural liming materials” means products containing calcium and magnesium compounds that are capable of neutralizing soil acidity.

(b) “Limestone” means a material consisting essentially of calcium carbonate or a combination of calcium carbonate with magnesium carbonate capable of neutralizing soil acidity.

(c) “Calcitic limestone” means a calcareous rock composed wholly or largely of calcium carbonate.

(d) “Dolomitic limestone” means a calcareous rock composed of calcium and magnesium carbonates with a minimum elemental magnesium (Mg) content of six percent (6%).

(e) “Burnt lime” means a material made from limestone that consists essentially of calcium oxide or a combination of calcium oxide with magnesium oxide.

(f) “Hydrated lime” means a material, made from burnt lime, that consists of calcium hydroxide or a combination of calcium hydroxide with magnesium oxide and/or magnesium hydroxide.

(g) “Marl” or “chalk” means a granular or loosely consolidated earthy material composed largely of sea shell fragments and calcium carbonate.

(h) “Ground shells” means a product obtained by the grinding of shells of mollusks and that shall carry the name of mollusk origin.

(i) “Industrial by-product” means any industrial waste or by-product containing calcium or calcium and magnesium in forms that will neutralize soil acidity.

(j) “Brand” means the term, designation, trademark, product name or other specific designation under which individual agricultural liming material is offered for sale.

(k) “Fineness” means the percentage by weight of the material that will pass United States Standard sieves of specified sizes. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations relating to fineness.

(l) “Ton” means 2,000 pounds avoirdupois.

(m) “Percent” or “percentage” means by weight.

(n) “Bulk” means in nonpackaged form.

(o) “Label” or “labeling” means all written, printed or graphic matter upon or accompanying any agricultural liming material or advertisements, brochures, posters, television and radio announcements used in promoting the sale of such agricultural liming material.

(p) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi, or his agents and employees.

(q) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity or organization.

(r) “Calcium carbonate equivalent” means the acid neutralizing capacity of an agricultural liming material expressed as weight percentage of calcium carbonate.

(s) “Weight” means the weight of undried material as offered for sale.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-351 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-351
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-351
Status: in_force

No bond issued under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified on the bonds; and all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity. All interest accruing on bonds shall be payable semiannually or annually, except the first interest coupon attached to any bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year. If bonds are issued in coupon form, no interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon, and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted. If serial bonds, such bonds shall mature annually, and the first maturity date thereof shall not be more than five (5) years from the date of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-11
Status: in_force

Every moisture-measuring device offered for sale, processing or storage shall be used in a location visible to the general public and the detailed procedure for operating a moisture-measuring device shall be displayed in a conspicuous place proximate to the moisture-measuring device.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 13-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-19
Status: in_force

Every owner of livestock referred to in Section 69-13-1 shall be liable for damages for all injuries and trespasses committed by such animals by breaking and entering into or upon the lands, grounds, or premises of another person; and the person injured shall have a lien upon the animal, or animals, trespassing for all such damage. The damages for such trespass shall not be less than ten dollars ($10.00) for each horse, cow or hog, and five dollars ($5.00) for each of the other kinds of stock; and for every succeeding offense, after the owner has been notified of the first trespass or injury, double damages shall be recovered with costs. For breaking or entering into a pasture or waste ground, however, double damage shall not be recoverable, and the damages in such cases may be assessed as low as eight dollars ($8.00) for each horse, cow or hog and two dollars ($2.00) for each of the other kinds of livestock.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-1
Status: in_force

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

(2) In order to promote agricultural and industrial development in Mississippi and to encourage the farmers to grow better livestock and agricultural products, there is hereby created an advisory council to be hereafter known as the “Mississippi Fair Advisory Council.” The department shall receive input and guidance from the advisory council, which shall be composed of the following: The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, chairman, the Director of the Mississippi State University Extension Service, President of the Mississippi Livestock Association, the Director of Mississippi Vocational Education, the Director of the Mississippi Development Authority, the Mayor of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, the Dean and Director of Alcorn State University School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, and an appointee of the Governor, all to serve without salary compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-39 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-39
Status: in_force

The commissioners shall have authority to go upon any lands within the district to determine whether land-use regulations adopted under the provisions of Section 69-27-37 are being observed. The commissioners are further authorized to provide by ordinance that any landowner or operator who shall sustain damages from any violation of such regulations by any other landowner or operator may recover damages at law from such other landowner or operator for such violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-608 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-608
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-608
Status: in_force

(1) The term “ catfish ” shall not be used as a common name or used to advertise, distribute or label any fish or fish product except for those species within the definition of catfish in Section 69-7-605 .

(2) It is unlawful to use the term “ catfish ” in the advertising, distributing, labeling or selling of any of those species within the family of Siluridae, Clariidae and Pangasiidae or any other fish not within the definition of catfish in Section 69-7-605 .

(3)(a) The commissioner shall regulate and inspect retail and food service establishments under this article.

(b) The commissioner shall notify, in writing, any retailer or food service establishment violating this article and shall give the retailer or food service establishment three (3) days to correct the violation. No penalties under this article shall apply to any retailer or food service establishment that corrects the violation within three (3) days from the date notified by the commissioner.

(4) In addition to any other civil or criminal penalties, any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or who otherwise misrepresents as catfish any fish or fish product not defined as catfish under this article shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). For a second offense, a person shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00). For any subsequent violations, a person shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by having the license for the retail or food establishment suspended indefinitely or until such establishment has corrected the violation, or both. Any person against whom a complaint is made or who has been made subject to a fine or license suspension as provided by this subsection, may avail themselves of a due process administrative hearing as provided by Section 69-7-616 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-305 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-305
Status: in_force

The commission and districts are authorized to employ such professional and clerical assistance and obtain such supplies and equipment as needed to implement this program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-15
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner may conduct an audit of the board to verify compliance with any rules and regulations promulgated for the efficient enforcement of this chapter.

(2) Under this section, the audited board shall provide information to the commissioner that verifies the amounts received and expended from the fees assessed and collected by the department and remitted to the board. Records maintained in the course of the normal conduct of business by the board may serve as verification.

(3) The commissioner may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction on disbursements made to the board from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 19-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-5
Status: in_force

Professional services are defined as follows:

(a) Entomological work. Receiving fees for advice or prescriptions for the control or eradication of any insect pest or rodent. Receiving fees for actual spraying, dusting, fumigating or any other methods used for the control or eradication of any insect pest or rodent. When the majority of the income of an operation, business or individual comes from the actual operation of a farm and the sale of crops therefrom and, as a service to other farmers, these services are performed, such services shall not be included in this definition.

(b) Plant pathological work. Receiving fees for advice or prescriptions for the control or eradication of any plant disease. Receiving fees for actual spraying or any other methods used for the control or eradication of any plant disease. When the majority of the income of an operation, business or individual comes from the actual operation of a farm and the sale of crops therefrom and, as a service to other farmers, these services are performed, such services shall not be included in this definition.

(c) Horticultural and floricultural work. Receiving fees for landscaping and setting of plants or for the sale of any plants for which the seller contracts to render future services.

(d) Tree surgery work. Advertising in a local phone book, newspaper, newsletter, bulletin or other prominently displayed sign as a licensed or bonded tree surgeon and receiving compensation for any work or consultation relative to the care, pruning, cabling, bracing, topping, trimming, fertilizing, cavity work and removal of ornamental trees and shrubs in any manner. Nothing shall prevent any person from performing such services as long as their advertising does not include the description licensed or bonded.

(e) Weed control work. Receiving fees for advice or prescriptions for the control or eradication of any weed. Receiving fees for actual spraying or other methods used for the control or eradication of any plant which grows where not wanted. When the majority of the income of an operation, business or individual comes from the actual operation of a farm and the sale of crops therefrom and, as a service to other farmers, these services are performed, such services shall not be included in this definition.

(f) Soil classifying work. Receiving compensation for plotting the boundaries of soil and describing and evaluating the kinds of soil as to their behavior and response to management under various uses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-111 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-111
Status: in_force

The university shall render for each year an annual report to the Governor, who shall transmit a copy thereof to each house of the Legislature, covering its administration of such plan, as referred to in this article, and all operations thereunder, including also the expenditure of funds, and each such report shall be printed as a public document promptly upon its transmittal to the Governor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 36-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-9
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall violate this chapter, the Southern Dairy Compact, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to either this chapter or the compact.

(2) In addition to any other penalties provided by law, a civil penalty of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) may be imposed for each violation, licenses may be revoked or suspended, or an additional penalty may be imposed in lieu of revocation or suspension.

(3) Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-201 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 15-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-201
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian, with the approval and consent of the Board of Animal Health is directed to employ one or more qualified veterinarians to be paid from the funds at the disposal of said board, who shall cooperate with the veterinarians of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, in testing cattle for tuberculosis in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-27 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-27
Status: in_force

By virtue of the powers conferred herein and for the purpose of protecting the environment, agricultural and horticultural production, the plant life and plant products of this state, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may prevent and prohibit the introduction into the state for the purpose of transportation through the state of any such plants and plant products or other things or substance hereinbefore mentioned to the same extent and for the same purpose and with the same authority that is provided above with reference to the introduction of the same into the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 55-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Agriculture Stabilization Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-11
Status: in_force

For any person to haul, transport or carry any livestock upon and over the public highways, roads and streets of this state by means of a motor vehicle or other vehicle drawn or propelled by a motor vehicle, such person shall have in his possession a bill of sale showing: (i) from whom such livestock was purchased; (ii) description of such livestock, with brands or earmarks, if any; (iii) signature and address of the seller; and (iv) the date of sale and delivery.

Any sheriff, constable, agricultural and livestock theft investigator or police officer shall have the power to inspect any livestock in the process of transportation upon the highways of Mississippi.

Any person who shall violate any provisions of this section, or Section 69-29-9 , shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months. Any person convicted of stealing livestock is subject to the penalties provided in Section 97-17-53 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-23 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 35-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-23
Status: in_force

The state ADA and extension service shall likewise prepare and distribute in advance of such referendum all necessary ballots for the purposes thereof, and shall, under rules and regulations promulgated, arrange for the necessary poll holders for conducting the said referendum; and following such referendum and within ten (10) days thereafter shall canvas and publicly declare the result of such referendum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-117 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-117
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who is a nonresident of this state and who intends to perform agricultural aircraft operations in this state as an applicator or pilot shall obtain the appropriate applicator's or pilot's license under this article and comply with all the other licensing requirements for a resident licensee. Nonresident applicators shall also designate and maintain a resident agent in this state for service of process.

(2) Any person who is duly licensed as an agricultural aviation pilot in another state, whose requirements for licensure as an agricultural aviation pilot are at least equal to those of this state, may be granted an agricultural aviation pilot's license by this state upon the submission of the required application, provided the laws of the state from which the applicant comes grant similar privileges to applicants from this state. The department is authorized to enter into a reciprocity agreement with any state meeting the qualifications of this subsection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 36-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-5
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may, by lawful means, obtain information pertaining to the dairy industry which he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the provisions of this chapter and the Southern Dairy Compact. Such information may be utilized by the commissioner, the delegates, and the Southern Dairy Compact Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-335 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-335
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-335
Status: in_force

For any failure of the ranger to make out and put up a correct list of all the estrays in his county, or to make his report to the board of supervisors as required, the board of supervisors may fine the ranger not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, which may be collected by scire facias and execution.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-331 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-331
Status: in_force

If any person shall suffer any stallion above the age of two years to run at large, out of an inclosure, it shall be lawful for any person to confine and geld such stallion, at the risk of the owner; but this section shall not apply to such stallions as are usually kept up, and happen to get out by accident.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-665 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-665
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-665
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the efficient enforcement of this article.

(2) Before the issuance, amendment or repeal of any rule or regulation authorized by this article, the commissioner shall publish the proposed regulation, amendment or notice to repeal an existing regulation in a manner reasonably calculated to give interested parties adequate notice and shall afford all interested persons an opportunity to present their views thereon, orally or in writing, within a reasonable period of time. After consideration of all views presented by interested persons, the commissioner shall take appropriate action to issue the proposed rules or regulations or to amend or repeal an existing rule or regulation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-327 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-327
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the sheriff in any county in which the work of tick eradication is in progress, to render all livestock inspectors any assistance in the enforcement of this article and the regulations of the board of animal health. If the sheriff of any county shall neglect, fail or refuse to render this assistance when so required, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punishable as in other cases of malfeasance or misfeasance in office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-121 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 23-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-121
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service shall conduct courses of instruction and training for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-313 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-313
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors, after being notified by the State Veterinarian that the cattle tick (Margaropus annulatus) is known to exist in their respective counties, shall provide such number of dipping vats as may be fixed by the State Veterinarian or his authorized representative, and provide the proper chemicals and other materials necessary to be used in the work of systematic tick eradication in such counties, and said work of systematic tick eradication shall begin on the date indicated by the State Veterinarian and continue until the cattle tick (Margaropus annulatus) is completely eradicated, and notice in writing of same is given by the State Veterinarian.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 13-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-21
Status: in_force

The person taking up an animal trespassing, after two days may begin his action to recover damages and charges and to enforce his lien, by filing a bill of particulars of his damages, together with a description of the animal on which the lien is claimed, with a justice of the peace, if his claim does not exceed two hundred dollars; and the justice shall issue a summons for the owner or person entitled to the custody, returnable instanter at such place as he shall designate; and if the animal be not in the custody of the plaintiff, the justice may issue a writ commanding the officer to seize the animal. The summons being executed and returned, the justice shall proceed as in other suits. If the justice finds in favor of the plaintiff, he will assess the damages and charges and enter judgment accordingly, and direct the animal to be sold to satisfy the judgment; and if the animal be not in custody of the plaintiff or officer the order for sale may embrace a command to levy upon it.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 36-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-9
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall violate this chapter, the Southern Dairy Compact, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to either this chapter or the compact.

(2) In addition to any other penalties provided by law, a civil penalty of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) may be imposed for each violation, licenses may be revoked or suspended, or an additional penalty may be imposed in lieu of revocation or suspension.

(3) Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-331 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-331
Status: in_force

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

(2) When necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter, in addition to all other remedies in law or equity, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may and is hereby authorized to petition the chancery court for an injunction to prevent any violation of the provisions of this chapter, or the continuance of any such violation or to enforce compliance herewith. The chancery court is hereby vested with authority to entertain jurisdiction on any such petition to determine the cause and to issue such process as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-7
Status: repealed

(1) Within ninety (90) days after the levy of the national beef promotion and research program established by the “Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985” is finally adjudicated unconstitutional, the commissioner is authorized to call a referendum allowing producers to vote as to whether an assessment of One Dollar ($1.00) per head on all cattle sold in the state shall be levied for the purpose of promotion and development of the Mississippi cattle industry.

(a) A cattle producer who owned or produced cattle in the year immediately preceding the referendum shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote.

(b) The council shall bear all expenses incurred in conducting a referendum.

(c) If a majority of the producers voting in the referendum vote in favor of the assessment, then a sum of One Dollar ($1.00) per head shall be levied on all cattle sold in the state. This assessment shall be applicable to all sales made on or after a date specified by the commissioner but no later than ninety (90) days after certification of the results of the election.

(d) The assessment shall be a continuing levy until either terminated by the council or repealed by a majority vote in a subsequent referendum.

(2) Subsequent referendums:

(a) Upon petition by ten percent (10%) of the producers, the commissioner shall call for a subsequent referendum to allow producers to vote on the assessment.

(b) If a referendum fails to receive a majority of affirmative votes, then the commissioner shall be authorized to call another referendum in the next succeeding year. No such referendum shall be held within a period of twelve (12) months from the date on which the last referendum was held.

(3) If this program is terminated as a result of referendum vote or for any other reason, collections received prior to the last day of the program as designated by the commissioner, will be expended within ninety (90) days in the manner in which the program was operated.

(4) The commissioner, with the approval of the council, may promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 11-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-13
Status: in_force

In addition to other quarantine powers now authorized by law, the commissioner, the state veterinarian, or any authorized employee of the state board of animal health are hereby authorized and empowered to quarantine any premises, area or enclosure on which swine are fed with garbage and no person shall move or allow to be moved any swine from any quarantined premises or areas except under conditions and requirements prescribed under rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Quarantine notices and orders shall be served upon owners or persons having possession of swine in the manner now provided by law for quarantining premises on which diseased livestock are kept.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-105
Status: in_force

Any sheriff, constable, police officer, highway patrolman, or special investigator authorized under the provisions of Section 69-29-1, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall have the power to inspect the register of drugs dispensed required to be maintained by this article at a reasonable time during normal business hours of the dispenser or vendor thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-17
Status: in_force

(1) At the request of the corporation, the bureau shall authorize a statewide referendum among all Mississippi cotton growers on the question of whether an assessment, not to exceed One Dollar ($1.00) per acre, shall be levied upon all cotton producers to offset, in whole or in part, the cost of maintaining the corporation, conducting referenda, and/or conducting a program to collect data and information on boll weevil populations and control costs. Any assessments levied for data-collecting programs as a result of the referendum shall be in addition to assessments being collected to support any other boll weevil management programs in the state.

(2) At the request of the corporation, the bureau shall authorize a statewide referendum among all Mississippi cotton growers on the question of whether an assessment, not to exceed Twelve Dollars ($12.00) per acre, shall be levied upon all cotton growers to offset, in whole or in part, the cost of managing boll weevil suppression, pre-eradication, eradication, or post-eradication programs authorized by this chapter or by any other law of this state. The programs shall be designed on a statewide basis.

(3) The assessment levied under this chapter shall be based upon the level of boll weevil infestation and the anticipated cost of conducting the proposed program, as determined by available scientific data, and the number of acres of cotton planted in the specified management zone. The maximum amount of the assessment, the period of time for which it shall be levied, how it shall be levied, and when it shall be paid shall be determined by the bureau and the board and established by regulations according to this section. The maximum amount of the assessment, the period of time for which it will be levied, and when the payment is due shall appear on all ballots for the referenda authorized by subsections (1) and (2) of this section.

(4) All cotton growers having membership in a local cotton growers association shall be entitled to vote in any referendum authorized by subsections (1) and (2) of this section, and the bureau, after consultation with the corporation, shall determine any questions of eligibility to vote. A cotton grower must be growing cotton within this state and be a member of a local cotton growers association in order to be eligible to vote in elections and referenda concerning boll weevil management practices.

(5) Each eligible cotton grower shall be mailed a ballot upon which to cast a vote for or against the boll weevil suppression, pre-eradication, eradication or post-eradication program.

(6) Passage of a referendum under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall require that at least twenty percent (20%) of the registered cotton growers vote in the referendum and that a majority of those voting statewide approve the referendum.

(7)(a) The assessments collected by the department under this chapter shall be promptly remitted to the State Treasury on behalf of the corporation in the special fund established in paragraph (b) of this subsection to be held in trust for the use and benefit of the corporation in administering the designated boll weevil management program through the suppression, pre-eradication, eradication or post-eradication of boll weevils.

(b) There is created within the State Treasury a special fund to be designated the “Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation Trust Fund” into which shall be deposited all the revenues collected by the department for assessments levied under the provisions of this section. Monies in the fund shall be disbursed upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon requisitions signed by the corporation's board. Monies in the fund shall remain inviolate and any unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year, and any interest earned thereon, shall be divested to the corporation.

(8)(a) The corporation shall provide to the department an annual audit of its accounts performed by a certified public accountant.

(b) The corporation shall provide the annual audit no later than November 15 for the preceding calendar year.

(9) The assessments collected by the department under this chapter shall not be considered as “state” funds.

(10) Upon completion or termination of a program, any unused funds shall be transferred to and deposited in the Boll Weevil Management Fund created under Section 69-37-39 , for the purpose of being used if there is a future occurrence of a boll weevil outbreak in the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-111 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 23-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-111
Status: in_force

(1) After October 21, 1976, it is unlawful for any person to engage in the application or use of any pesticide that is restricted by EPA or the commissioner, except as provided for and defined in Sections 69-19-1 through 69-19-15 , 69-21-101 through 69-21-128 and 69-23-1 through 69-23-29 , without being certified or licensed by the commissioner.

(2) The commissioner may classify licenses or permits to be issued under Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 . Separate classifications and subclassifications may be specified by the commissioner in conformity with FIFRA. Each classification may be subject to separate requirements of testing procedures.

(3) Application for license shall be made on a form provided by the commissioner and shall contain information regarding the applicant's qualifications, proposed operations, and license classification or classifications as prescribed by regulations.

(4) The commissioner shall require each applicant for a certified applicator's license to demonstrate competency by a written or oral examination, or any other equivalent procedure as may be adopted by the commissioner by regulation, that he possesses adequate knowledge with respect to the proper use and application of pesticides in the particular categories or classification for which application for license is made. The commissioner may cooperate with other state, federal and private agencies in preparing, administering and evaluating examinations or other equivalent procedures, including training, for determining competency of certified applicators, and shall consider and be guided by certification requirements set forth by EPA.

(5) If the commissioner finds the applicant qualified in the classification for which he has applied, he shall issue a certified applicator's license limited to that classification. Expiration dates of licenses may be established by regulation, unless revoked, suspended, denied, cancelled or modified prior thereto by the commissioner for cause as hereinafter provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-113 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-113
Status: in_force

Nothing herein shall be construed or operate to impose any obligation or liability upon the university or other than as herein specified.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-26-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 26-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-26-3
Status: in_force

Pursuant to Article IV(h) of the Compact, copies of bylaws and amendments thereto shall be filed with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-403 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-403
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-403
Status: in_force

A committee is hereby created to consist of nine members, six of whom shall be producers of fruits or vegetables and three of whom shall be handlers of fruits or vegetables, to be nominated and appointed as herein provided, from the following described districts:

(a) District No. 1 shall be composed of Lamar County and shall be represented by one producer.

(b) District No. 2 shall be composed of Stone County and shall be represented by one producer.

(c) District No. 3 shall be composed of Perry County and shall be represented by one producer.

(d) District No. 4 shall be composed of Jefferson Davis County and shall be represented by one producer.

(e) District No. 5 shall be composed of Covington County and shall be represented by one producer.

(f) District No. 6 shall be composed of a combination of all of the above named counties, and shall be represented by four handlers selected from the counties at large.

Committee members provided for in this section shall be chosen at meetings of growers or shippers held prior to March 15th of each year, such meetings to be called by the committee then serving. Members shall serve for a period of one year beginning April 1st, each year and shall serve without compensation. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the selection of a member.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-103
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to supervise and regulate for the public good all commercial aerial application within the State of Mississippi, to establish and promote a close working relationship between the agricultural aviation industry and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, and to regulate the licensing of all persons, including pilots, engaged in the aerial application of pesticides, poisons, seeds, fertilizer and chemicals and to require the registration of all commercial agricultural aircraft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-7
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter the word “person” shall be construed to mean an individual, a partnership, or a corporation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-3
Status: in_force

(1) Every seedsman who sells, offers for sale, exposes for sale, distributes or solicits orders for the sale of any agricultural seed or mixtures thereof, vegetable seed, flower seed, or tree and shrub seed as defined in Section 69-3-1 to farmers, retail seed dealers, wholesale distributors, or to others who use or plant such seed in the State of Mississippi, shall, before selling or offering such seed for sale or distributing or soliciting orders for the sale of such seed and on or before the first day of July of each year, secure an annual permit from the commissioner to engage in such business. Seed dealers and other sellers of seed shall apply for an annual permit upon forms prescribed by the commissioner and such a permit shall be issued upon the payment of the following permit fees when the application is in proper form:

(a) Each seedsman selling packet seed, in closed containers of less than four (4) ounces, through commission merchants or agents, shall furnish each agent with permit at fee of Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) per agent. A separate permit shall be required for each location or place of business with rack display.

(b) For each seedsman engaged in selling vegetable seed at retail from containers of four (4) ounces or more, not displayed on a rack, a permit fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) for each such place of business. This permit will qualify the seedsman to only sell vegetable seeds, as identified by the Federal Seed Act, directly to the consumer.

(c) For each seedsman engaged in selling seed at retail to the consumer, except vegetable seed dealers as defined above and packet seed agents, a permit fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each such place of business. This permit will qualify the seedsman to only sell seed to the consumer for sowing but not for resale.

(d) For each seedsman engaged in selling seed to wholesale distributors only, a permit fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) for each such place of business of the seller. This permit will qualify the seedsman to sell only to “wholesale distributors.”

(e) For each seedsman engaged in selling seed as a wholesale distributor, a permit fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each such place of business. This permit qualifies a seedsman to sell at levels for permits required by paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this subsection.

(2) Out-of-state seedsmen who sell or ship seed into this state shall obtain a permit in the same manner as described in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of subsection (1).

(3) For the purpose of enforcement of the permit provisions of this section, the type of permit held by the buyer shall determine the type of permit required of the seller.

(4) Permits shall be renewed annually, beginning July 1, and may be revoked for cause by the commissioner. Failure to renew such permit by September 1 of each year will incur a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) to the cost of the permit. The initial registration will be at the prescribed fee. However, the fee for first time permit applicants received on or after April 1 will be prorated by the commissioner for all classifications except packet agent permits.

(5) The Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station shall be exempt from permit requirements for seed distributed for increase.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-7
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian is authorized and empowered to employ the necessary professional, technical and clerical personnel as he deems necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the board, and to fix their compensation. The board shall appoint from a written list of not less than three (3) licensed veterinarians submitted by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, a duly licensed and practicing veterinarian as the State Veterinarian, who shall hold a Degree of Veterinary Medicine from a recognized college or university and shall have been engaged in the practice of veterinary science for not less than ten (10) years prior to his appointment. The State Veterinarian shall serve at the will and pleasure of the board and shall enter into a surety bond for the faithful performance of his duties, and the premium therefor shall be paid by the board. The board shall also be authorized to employ an attorney as authorized in Section 69-1-14, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-6 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-6
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) The board shall make a report of all income and expenditures made annually and provide copies of such report to the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-19
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, carry, ship, or deliver for carriage or shipment within this state, any plants or plant products or other thing or substitute listed, as required in such rules and regulations made by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce unless such plant or plant products or other thing or substance have been officially inspected and a certificate issued by an inspector of the commissioner stating that the plants or plant products or other thing or substance have been inspected and found to be apparently free from insect pests, diseases and noxious weeds, and any other facts provided for in the rules and regulations made pursuant to this statute. For the issuance of such certificate, the commissioner may require the payment of a reasonable fee to cover the expense of such an inspection and certification provided, however, that if such plants or plant products or other thing or substance were brought into the state in compliance with the requirements of law such certificate required may be accepted in lieu of the inspection and certificate required by this section in such cases as shall be provided for in the rules and regulations made hereunder. If it shall be found at any time that a certificate of inspection issued or accepted pursuant to the provisions of this section is being used in connection with plants and plant products or other things or substances which are infested or infected with insect pests, diseases or noxious weeds listed in the rules and regulations, its further use may be prohibited, subject to such inspection and other dispositions of the plants and plant product involved as may be provided for by the commissioner. All monies collected by the commissioner where not otherwise provided shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund revenue receipts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-27 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-27
Status: in_force

The bureau, with the concurrence of the corporation, is authorized to designate by regulation one or more areas of this state as “suppression zones,” “pre-eradication zones” or “eradication zones” where the specified boll weevil management programs will be undertaken. The bureau, with the concurrence of the corporation, is authorized to promulgate reasonable regulations regarding areas where cotton cannot be planted within a specified management zone when there is reason to believe that growing cotton in those areas will jeopardize the success of the program or present a hazard to public health or safety. The bureau, with the concurrence of the corporation, is authorized to issue regulations prohibiting the planting of noncommercial cotton in the management zones and requiring that all growers of commercial cotton in these zones participate in the specified boll weevil management program and share equitably in the cost. The costs shall be determined by available scientific data on the basis of the level of boll weevil infestation and the anticipated costs of the program in the various regions and shall be approved via referendum by cotton growers within the affected area under procedures set forth in this chapter. Notice of the prohibition and requirement shall be given by publication for one (1) day each week for three (3) successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the affected area. The bureau, with the concurrence of the corporation, is authorized to set by regulation a reasonable schedule of penalty fees to be assessed when growers in designated “management zones” do not meet the requirements of regulations issued by the bureau with respect to reporting of acreage and participation in cost-sharing as prescribed by regulation. The penalty fees shall not exceed a charge of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per acre. The cotton grower charged with those penalties has the right to appeal this decision to the corporation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-209 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-209
Status: in_force

Any person feeling aggrieved with the decision of the commissioner of agriculture and commerce in refusing to grant a license hereunder shall have recourse by an appeal to the chancery court of Hinds County, Mississippi, by petition filed within thirty days from the date of final refusal to issue such license. The chancery court of Hinds County shall have and it is hereby given full jurisdiction of such appeal and it may enter any appropriate orders therein in term time or in vacation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-23 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-23
Status: in_force

The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop sale, use or removal” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of soil or plant amendment and to hold at a designated place, when the commissioner finds said soil or plant amendment is offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, until the law has been complied with and said soil or plant amendment is released in writing by the commissioner, or said violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The commissioner shall release the soil or plant amendment so withdrawn when the requirements of the provisions of the chapter have been complied with and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawal from sale have been paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 39-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-15
Status: in_force

The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop sale, use or removal” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of agricultural liming material and to hold at a designated place when the commissioner finds such agricultural liming material is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant thereto until the law has been complied with and the agricultural liming material is released in writing by the commissioner or the violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The commissioner shall release the agricultural liming material so withdrawn when the requirements of the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant thereto have been complied with and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawal have been paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-207 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 15-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-207
Status: in_force

In counties doing tuberculosis eradication work under the provisions of this article, owners of cattle are required to submit all their cattle to be tuberculin tested at such time and place as designated by the board of animal health, and provide such help as may be needed by the inspector doing the work.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 39-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-17
Status: in_force

(1) If upon official laboratory analysis, any agricultural liming material sold in this state is found to be below the labeled guarantee for calcium carbonate equivalent, neutralizing value, magnesium, available phosphorous, available potassium or above the labeled guarantee for moisture content or screening standards (fineness) as provided under terms of this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder, the commissioner shall impose a civil penalty as provided by regulation for the effective administration and enforcement of this chapter. Such civil penalty shall be assessed to the manufacturer/packer for packaged material and to the final seller holding a permit issued under terms of this chapter for material sold in bulk.

(2) When the commissioner determines that a person has violated terms of this chapter, other than subsection (1) of this section, depending upon the gravity of the offense, he shall assess a civil penalty in an amount not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

(3) All civil penalties assessed as provided herein shall be paid to the commissioner within thirty (30) days from the date of assessment. Penalties which are not paid in full within the prescribed thirty (30) days shall be considered delinquent and an additional penalty of ten percent (10%) of the balance due shall be added to the assessed penalty for each month such penalty continues to be delinquent.

(4) The commissioner is authorized to apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.

(5) Any person required by this chapter to obtain a permit from the commissioner before engaging in business, who shall engage in such business without having first obtained such license or shall engage in such business after such license shall have expired or shall have been revoked by the commissioner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) and not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each day in violation shall constitute a separate offense.

(6) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the commissioner or his representative to report for prosecution or for the institution of seizure proceedings as a result of minor violations of this chapter when he believes that the public interests are best served by a suitable notice or warning in writing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-15
Status: in_force

Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision, or provisions, of this article shall have his registration rejected or revoked, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, in addition to the foregoing, may be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned in jail not exceeding thirty days, either or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-207 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-207
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors in said counties are hereby authorized and empowered in their discretion to levy a tax on the taxable property in said counties lying outside municipalities not exceeding two mills per annum thereon for the purpose of paying the cost of construction and maintenance of such fences and cattlegaps. In order to raise additional revenue for the purpose of paying the cost of construction and maintaining such fences and cattlegaps, the board of supervisors in those counties which have heretofore elected not to come under the statewide livestock law may in their discretion levy a tax against the owners of cattle permitted to roam at large in the amount of twenty-five cents (25¢) per head for cattle located in the respective counties in which an election has carried.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-27 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-27
Status: in_force

Petitions for including additional territory within an existing district may be filed with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, and the proceedings herein provided for in the case of petitions to organize a district shall be observed in the case of petitions for such inclusion. The committee shall prescribe the form for such petitions, which shall be as nearly as may be in the form prescribed in this article for petitions to organize a district. Where the total number of landowners in the area proposed for inclusion shall be less than twenty-five (25), the petition may be filed when signed by a majority of the owners of such area, and in such cases no referendum need be held. In referendums upon petitions for such inclusion, only owners of land lying within the proposed additional area shall be eligible to vote.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-101
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Central Market Board is hereby abolished, and all of the powers, duties, property, contractual rights and obligations, and unexpended funds of that commission shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce on July 1, 2021. Wherever the term “ Central Market Board ” appears in any laws or regulation, the same shall mean the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, hereinafter referred to as “the department.” The transfer of personnel shall be commensurate with the number and classification of positions allocated to the commission.

For the purpose of aiding, establishing and providing proper facilities for the efficient handling of farm and other food products in the interest of farmer, consumer, the general public and the State of Mississippi, and to assist in the disposal and sale of such products, there is hereby created a Mississippi Farmers Market, hereinafter referred to as the “market” at 929 High Street in Jackson.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 55-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-3
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(c) The Sweet Potato Farm Sustainment Grant Program for the purpose of providing grants to sweet potato farmers to cover expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-319 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-319
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-319
Status: in_force

The owner of any animal sold as an estray, may apply to the board of supervisors of the county within three years, and, upon proof of title, the said board shall order the net proceeds of the sale thereof to be refunded to him out of the county treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-115 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-115
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized subject to the approval of the building commission to acquire by purchase, donation, lease or condemnation, and for and in the name of the State of Mississippi, a suitable site or sites, accessible to highways and railroads and air terminal facilities, and to erect and install thereon such structures, facilities, and equipment as may be necessary for the inspection, grading, standardization, classification, refrigeration, processing and marketing of such products (for both food and feed), within the amount appropriated for such purposes by the Legislature and subject to the approval of the building commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-27 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 35-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-27
Status: in_force

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

(2) In the event of a failure to pay part or all of an assessment levied pursuant to this act, the Attorney General of the state shall, upon the request of the state ADA, enforce the provisions of this act and collect such monies for payment to the state ADA. In the alternative to requesting the Attorney General to enforce the provisions of this act, the state ADA may bring a civil action to collect assessment from a handler failing to pay such assessments. A handler found to have failed to pay assessments pursuant to this act shall also be liable for reasonable attorney's fees and costs in the collection of such assessments.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-11
Status: in_force

The inspections and the quarantine enforcement referred to in this article shall be conducted under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce by the Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry and the State Entomologist at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science and such assistants as may become necessary. It shall be the duty of the Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry and the State Entomologist to make recommendations to the commissioner regarding quarantines and regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 17-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-11
Status: in_force

The said Board of Animal Health is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations not inconsistent with this article, which may be necessary to its effective administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-47 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-47
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who shall violate any provisions or requirements of this article, or of the rules and regulations made or of any notice given pursuant thereto or shall forge, counterfeit, deface, destroy or wrongfully use any certificate provided for herein or in the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court having jurisdiction.

(2) In addition to the criminal penalty imposed under subsection (1) of this section, each violation of this article or the applicable rules and regulations established by the commissioner pertaining hereto shall subject the violator to administrative action as provided in Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 13-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-9
Status: in_force

In open range counties all fences four feet high, in good repair, and substantially and closely built with rails, planks, pickets, hedges or other substantial material, or with wires or wires and plank are lawful fences; and lawful fences may be made by raising the ground into a ridge and erecting thereon a fence of rails, planks, pickets, hedges, wires, or planks and wires, or other substantial material so that the ridge and fence together be four feet high, and such material so used shall not be more than six inches apart.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-7
Status: in_force

Every butcher or dealer in cattle, sheep, or hogs, who shall fail to enter in a book or register the names of all persons for whom he buys, and a description by marks, brands, and otherwise of all animals bought or kept by him for slaughter, or to allow an inspection of such entries at any time, by any person interested to make it, shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months, or be fined one hundred dollars, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-21
Status: in_force

Any person in this state who receives from without the state any plant or plant product, or other thing or substance as to which the requirements of section next before the last above have not been complied with, or who receives any plant or plant product, or other thing or substance, sold, given away, carried, shipped, or delivered for carriage or shipment within this state as to which the requirements of next foregoing section have not been complied with, shall immediately inform the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or an inspector thereof and isolate and hold the plant or plant product or other thing or substance unopened or unused subject to such inspection and other disposition as may be provided for by the commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-105
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them:

(a) “ Aerial application ” means the practice of engaging in agricultural aircraft operations.

(b) “ Agricultural aircraft operation ” means:

(i) Dispensing any pesticide, seed, poison, chemical or fertilizer by aircraft;

(ii) Dispensing any other substance intended for plant nourishment, soil treatment, propagation of plant life or pest control by aircraft; or

(iii) Engaging in dispensing activities directly affecting agriculture, horticulture or forest preservation by aircraft.

(c) “ Agricultural substance ” means any seed, fertilizer or pesticide that is used, applied, sprayed or administered in an agricultural, horticultural or forestry setting.

(d) “ Aircraft ” means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented that is used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air over land and water, and that is designed for or adaptable for use in agricultural aircraft operation.

(e) “ Applicator ” means any person, as defined in this section, who is licensed under this article to engage in the business of agricultural aircraft operations; who may or may not be a pilot.

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

(g) “ Defoliant ” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for causing the leaves or foliage to drop from a plant, with or without causing abscission.

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

(i) “ Desiccant ” means any substances or mixtures of substances intended for artificially accelerating the drying of plant tissues.

(j) “ Insect ” means any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the Class Insecta, comprising six-legged, usually winged forms, as for example, beetles, bugs and flies; and to other classes of arthropods whose members are wingless and usually have more than six (6) legs, as for example, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes and wood lice.

(k) “ Person ” shall mean any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, company, trust, association or other legal entity.

(l) “ Pesticide ” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, mitigating or attracting any pests; and shall also include adjuvants intended to enhance the effectiveness of pesticides; and any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant.

(m) “ Pilot ” means the operator of an aircraft used in agricultural aircraft operation; however, a pilot may also be a person who is licensed as an applicator under the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-313 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-313
Status: in_force

If the estray shall not be claimed and proved within the time allowed and before actual sale, the same shall be sold by the ranger at the courthouse door, for cash, after giving three weeks' notice of the time and place of sale by an advertisement put up in one of the most public places in each supervisor's district, one of which shall be at the courthouse door; and the sale may be made on the first Monday of any month, and between the hours of twelve and four o'clock of the day of the sale; and estray horses, mules, jacks, jennets, and colts over two years old, and work-oxen shall be delivered at the courthouse on the day of sale. All other estrays may be delivered on the premises of the taker up.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-51 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 25-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-51
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(a) Issue a warning letter.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(4) If the accused requests a hearing with the department, in writing, within thirty (30) days from receipt of the decision of the reviewing officer, the commissioner shall appoint three (3) members of the advisory board to the Bureau of Plant Industry to act as a hearing committee and a hearing shall be scheduled. If the accused fails to request a hearing within the thirty-day period, the decision of the reviewing officer is final.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-115 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-115
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(h) Impersonate any state or federal official;

(i) Commit a violation under FIFRA;

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

(k) Commit any other act or omission specified in the regulations adopted under Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-25 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 25-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-25
Status: in_force

Whenever the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall find that there exists in this state, or any part thereof, any insect pest, disease or noxious weed, and that its dissemination should be controlled or prevented, the commissioner shall give public notice thereof, specifying the plants or plant products or other thing or substance infested, infected or declared noxious or likely to become infested or infected therewith, and the movement, planting or other use of any such plant or plant product, or other thing or substance specified in such notice as likely to carry and disseminate such insect pest, disease or noxious weed, except under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the commissioner as to inspection, treatment and disposition, shall be prohibited within such area as may be designated in the public notice until the commissioner shall find that the danger of the dissemination of such insect pest, disease or noxious weed has ceased to exist, of which the commissioner shall give public notice.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-9
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) No such bond and insurance shall be required from any person providing professional services as defined in this chapter if the Commissioner of Insurance certifies that such bond and insurance is not available to such person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-113 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 21-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-113
Status: in_force

(1) There shall be a license for an applicator and a separate and distinct license for a pilot. It is unlawful for any person to act, operate or do business as an applicator or pilot, or to engage in agricultural aircraft operations, unless that person has the appropriate applicator's or pilot's license issued by the department. Applicator's or pilot's licenses shall only be issued upon application to the department, payment of application fees and meeting any other requirements set by regulation or law. The application shall contain information regarding the applicant's qualifications and proposed operations, and any other information as may be specified by the department. All applicants for a pilot's license must have appropriate Federal Aviation Administration certification.

(2) Applicator's and pilot's licenses are not transferable. Licenses shall be effective for the period prescribed by regulation of the department. Any licensee wishing to have a license renewed must submit an application for renewal with the department at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of the license. If the applicant submits a timely and complete application for renewal, and the department, through no fault of the applicant, fails to reissue the license on or before the expiration date of the existing license, the existing license shall remain in effect until final action on the renewal application is taken by the department. Licenses are subject to modification, revocation or suspension for cause at any time during the effective dates of the license, subject to constitutional requirements.

(3) Any person seeking to obtain a license as an applicator in this state shall submit with his application proof of payment of all ad valorem and other taxes that may be applicable on the applicant's aircraft and other equipment.

(4) All persons licensed under this article shall be known as registered applicators or pilots, and shall be issued a certificate by the department as proof of registration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 35-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-21
Status: in_force

The hours, voting places, rules and regulations of the milk and dairy products, said referendum date, hours, voting places, rules and regulations with respect to the holding of such referendum shall be published by the state ADA and extension service through the medium of the public press in the state at least thirty (30) days before the holding of such referendum, and direct written notice thereof shall likewise be given to all dairy-related organizations within the state and to each county extension agent and shall likewise state the method by which such assessment shall be collected and how the proceeds thereof shall be administered and the purposes to which the same shall be applied, which purposes shall be in keeping with the provisions of this act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-7
Status: in_force

The commissioner, with the approval of the corporation, is authorized to carry out programs to suppress or eradicate the boll weevil in this state through suppression, pre-eradication, post-eradication, or containment/maintenance programs. The commissioner is authorized to cooperate with any agency of any state or the federal government, any other agency in this state, any person engaged in growing, processing, marketing, or handling cotton, or any group of those persons in this state in programs to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and may enter into written agreements to effectuate those purposes. The agreements may provide for cost sharing and for division of duties and responsibilities under this chapter and may include other provisions generally to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-321 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-321
Status: in_force

The ranger may seize and sell any estray which shall not be delivered according to law, and shall be allowed for such seizure the same fees as a sheriff is entitled to for executing a writ of execution.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-67 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-67
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of any county is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to make contributions to the various soil conservation districts either now or hereafter located entirely or partially within such county, under the provisions of this article, or elsewhere in the laws of this state.

(2) This section is intended to be cumulative and not to repeal or limit or abridge any laws in this state which provide for assistance to soil conservation districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-105
Status: in_force

(1) The boards of supervisors in the various counties are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to put into effect the provisions of this section by order of said respective boards spread upon the minutes of such board when petitioned by a majority of livestock owners in any county or affected district.

(2) The board of supervisors of any county, when petitioned, electing to come under the provisions of this section shall be authorized to appropriate money from the general fund or fix the levy annually of an ad valorem tax, not to exceed two (2) mills, upon the assessed valuation of all real and personal property within the area petitioned for and/or fix a fee not to exceed Twenty-five Cents (25¢) per head on livestock annually, based on cost estimates for a program of controlling or eradicating ticks, flies, and other nuisance insects by dipping livestock or by other appropriate methods.

(3) The board of supervisors of any county, upon designating an area where the program shall be operated, shall request the technical assistance of the Board of Animal Health. The Board of Animal Health shall cooperate in general planning, technical supervision, furnish specifications for vats, and other equipment, select approved chemical agents and test same for effectiveness.

(4) The board of supervisors of any county is authorized to construct dipping vats in suitable locations, purchase other equipment and supplies, and employ such personnel as necessary, including inspectors who shall be enforcement officers for the county board of supervisors.

It shall be the duty of each livestock owner within the area of program operations to cooperate with the board of supervisors and its representatives and comply with the provisions of this section.

(5) The board of supervisors of any county shall have the authority to require all owners when necessary to assemble all their livestock at a designated time and place and have same dipped or treated according to prescribed methods.

Owners who refuse or fail to comply after having been duly notified to have livestock assembled and dipped or treated as prescribed shall be in violation of the provisions of this section and shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 69-15-53 through 69-15-69 .

(6) The purpose of this section is to supplement and be in addition to Section 69-15-307, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and related statutes. Nothing in this section to the contrary shall replace or minimize existing statute concerning existing laws for the eradication of the cattle fever tick (Margaropus annulatus).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-119 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 21-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-119
Status: in_force

(1) A fee of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each aircraft owned, operated, used and employed in aerial application by an applicator shall be paid to the department for the issuance or required renewal of a license for an applicator. Each aircraft shall be identified at all times by a device supplied to the registered applicator by the department.

(2) A fee of not more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for each pilot engaged in aerial application shall be paid to the department for the issuance or required renewal of a license for a pilot. Each pilot shall have in his possession at all times an identification card supplied by the department.

(3) All of the fees collected under this section shall be deposited in a special fund in the Treasury of the State of Mississippi and subject to appropriation by the Mississippi Legislature. The fees shall be used by the department for the administration and enforcement of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-313 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-313
Status: in_force

Any eligible landowner or land operator who wishes to receive cost-share assistance shall file an application with the soil and water conservation district stating the practice to be implemented. Upon the receipt of an application, the district shall:

(a) Make a need and feasibility determination;

(b) Inform the landowner or land operator of the result of the needs and feasibility study and inform the landowner or land operator as to what practice is approved for installation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-19
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, with the approval of the Attorney General as provided in Section 69-1-25 , promulgate such rules and regulations in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law as may be necessary for the effective enforcement of this chapter. The regulations shall have the full force and effect of law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-21
Status: in_force

No person shall distribute an adulterated soil or plant amendment. A soil or plant amendment shall be deemed to be adulterated if:

(a) it contains any deleterious or harmful agent in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant, human, animal or aquatic life when applied in accordance with directions for use on the label, or if adequate warning statements and directions for use, which may be necessary to protect plant, human, animal or aquatic life are not shown upon the label;

(b) if its composition falls below or differs from that which it is purported to possess by its labeling; or

(c) if it contains unwanted crop or weed seed, or primary noxious or secondary noxious weed seed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-63 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-63
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(a) Not supported by any substantial evidence;

(b) Arbitrary or capricious; or

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

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

(5) Any party aggrieved by action of the circuit court may appeal to the State Supreme Court in the manner provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 55-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-7
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

(3) The use of funds allocated under these programs shall be subject to audit by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Inspector General and the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor. Each person receiving funds under these programs found to be fully or partially noncompliant with the requirements in this chapter shall return to the state all or a portion of the funds received.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-203
Status: in_force

When the theft of any livestock or poultry shall be reported to the sheriff of the county where the theft occurred, it shall be the duty of the sheriff to make prompt and diligent effort to arrest the thief or thieves. At the same time, it shall be the duty of the president of the association to assist the sheriff in the capture of the thief or thieves by posting or publishing the standing reward offered by the association for information leading to arrest and conviction of the said thief or thieves, but in case of a theft of poultry no such reward shall be offered by the association where the value of the poultry stolen would amount to a misdemeanor only. When additional assistance may be needed to bring those guilty of the theft of any livestock or poultry to justice, the president of the association, or in his absence or disability, three or more directors of the association may, in their discretion, notify the Governor and request his assistance. When the Governor shall receive such request it shall then be his duty to offer such reward as he may deem proper for arrest and conviction of the said thief or thieves, or for information leading to the arrest and conviction, but such reward shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) in any particular case. In case it is impossible to break up livestock and poultry thefts without employment of detectives, then the Governor may, in his discretion, employ a reliable detective to assist the sheriff and the association in any county. The reward to be offered by the Governor and the expense of detectives shall be paid out of the Governor's contingent fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-11
Status: in_force

The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee may employ an administrative officer and such technical experts and such other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. The committee may call upon the Attorney General of the state for such legal services as it may require, or may employ its own counsel and legal staff. It shall have authority to delegate to its chairman, to one or more of its members, or to one or more agents or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. The committee shall supply itself with suitable office accommodations at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science or at Jackson, or at any place where the committee shall designate. Upon request of the committee, for the purpose of carrying out any of its functions, the supervising officer of any state agency or of any state institution of learning shall, insofar as may be possible under available appropriations, and having due regard for the needs of the agency to which the request is directed, assign or detail to the committee, members of the staff or personnel of such agency or institution of learning, the duty of making such special reports, surveys or studies as the committee may request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-61 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-61
Status: in_force

The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall determine from each existing soil and water conservation district from which territory may be withdrawn in the adjustment of boundaries, or revision of a district, the value of cash or bonds on hand, and shall also make an appraisal of the cash value of the equipment, land, or other property of these affected districts, on hand as of the date of issuance of the certificate of organization by the Secretary of State to the revised district, and shall divide the liquid assets on the basis of the proportion of territory withdrawn from the existing district to the total territory in the existing district, make equitable distribution of the equipment, and partition any real property. The decision of the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee in this division of assets shall be final.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-6 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-6
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) The board shall make a report of all income and expenditures made annually and provide copies of such report to the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 39-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-13
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be the duty of the commissioner who may act through his authorized agent, to sample, inspect and submit to the State Chemist for analysis or test agricultural liming materials distributed within this state as he may deem necessary to determine whether such agricultural liming materials are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner, individually or through his agent, is authorized to enter upon any public or private premises or carriers during regular business hours in order to have access to agricultural liming material subject to the provisions of this chapter and regulations adopted pursuant thereto and to the records relating to the distribution of such materials.

(2) All samples of agricultural liming material drawn by the commissioner or his designated agent as official samples shall be forwarded to the State Chemist for analysis or test. The State Chemist shall perform all necessary analyses and tests and furnish the commissioner with an official laboratory report of his findings or determinations at no cost to the commissioner for such analyses, tests or reports.

(3) The methods of analysis and sampling shall be those approved by the commissioner and the State Chemist, and shall be guided by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) procedures.

(4) The results of official analyses of agricultural liming materials and portions of official samples shall be distributed by the State Chemist as provided by regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter at least annually.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 24-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-11
Status: in_force

The commissioner and State Chemist are authorized and empowered to refuse registration of a soil or plant amendment if they find the brand of soil or plant amendment violates any section of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter. The commissioner and State Chemist are authorized and empowered to cancel the registration of any brand of soil or plant amendments upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the evasions or attempted evasions of the provisions of this chapter, or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder; provided, that no registration shall be revoked until the registrant shall have been given the opportunity to appear for a hearing by the commissioner and State Chemist.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-57 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-57
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have jurisdiction over all persons and property necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this article and he may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-201 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-201
Status: in_force

For the purpose of encouraging the production of more and better livestock and poultry in this state, and for the purpose of preventing theft of livestock and poultry by posting cash rewards for the arrest and conviction of livestock and poultry thieves, and requesting the Governor to aid by posting rewards and employing detectives for this purpose, all owners of livestock and poultry and land owners in any county are hereby authorized and encouraged to organize a county livestock and poultry owners protective association, hereinafter referred to as the association. All persons owning land in the county and all persons owning any livestock or poultry in the county are eligible to membership in the association. They shall organize by meeting at the county courthouse, by electing a president of the association and a secretary, and a treasurer, who shall each agree to serve for one year, without pay, when their successors shall be elected. There shall be a board of directors, not to exceed three members from each beat in the county, elected at the same time and in the same manner as the other officers. No legal charter of incorporation shall be necessary. Each county association shall have authority to make and publish its own by-laws and fix the amount of annual dues. The association, being purely voluntary, may disband or continue to function, as the members shall determine. Any association already organized in any county shall be deemed to be lawfully organized for the purpose of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 15-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-103
Status: in_force

(1) All pens, stalls, barns, or other places where livestock are placed or held for exhibits or shows at all fairs within the state shall be sprayed with an approved insecticide before any animals are placed therein, and immediately after removal of such animals, all such pens, stalls, barns, or other places where such animals have been confined shall be sprayed with an approved disinfectant. Such spraying shall be done under the direction or supervision of the board of animal health. It shall be the duty of the fair managers to see that the provisions hereof are complied with.

(2) All community sale barns within the state where any kind of livestock is sold, shall be sprayed with an approved insecticide before any animals are placed therein and immediately after removal of such animals. Such spraying shall be done at the expense of the owners of said sale barns, and done under directions of the board of animal health. Failure by the owners of said sale barns to comply with the provisions hereof shall be punished by a fine imposed upon them of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 28-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-9
Status: in_force

Upon establishment of an agricultural district, the following procedures, limitations and responsibilities shall apply:

(a) Any ownership within an agricultural district that has received a notice of condemnation proceedings against its property may request the local soil and water conservation district to conduct a public hearing to review the project's impact on that property. Such public hearing shall be held within forty-five (45) calendar days of the receipt of such summons of condemnation proceedings.

(b) The local soil and water conservation district with assistance of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall provide appropriate notification about establishment of the agricultural district to local and state government agencies, local media and other communication networks. The soil and water conservation district shall also issue appropriate certificates of recognition to the respective ownerships within the agricultural district.

(c) The local soil and water conservation district, in cooperation with the local road manager, or his counterpart, as well as the Mississippi Department of Transportation, may erect signs as may be appropriate to recognize a designated agricultural district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 46-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-9
Status: in_force

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “2022 MS Land, Water and Timber Resources Fund,” which shall consist of funds made available by the Legislature in any manner and funds from any other source designated for deposit into such fund. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. Monies in the fund shall be used by the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes provided in Section 69-46-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-115 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-115
Status: in_force

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of Article 5 of this chapter, or any of the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health, relative to the control and eradication of tuberculosis, anthrax, hog cholera, Texas and splenic fever and the fever-carrying tick (Margaropus annulatus), cattle brucellosis, anaplasmosis, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, muscosal disease, cattle viral diarrhea, cattle scabies, sheep scabies, swine erysipelas, swine brucellosis, equine encephalomyelitis, rabies, vesicular diseases, salmonella group, newcastle disease, infectious laryngotracheitis, ornithosis-psittacosis, mycoplasma group, equine infectious anemia and any suspected new and/or foreign diseases of livestock and poultry, and all other diseases of animals in this state, made and promulgated thereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 69-15-53 through 69-15-69 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-5
Status: in_force

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

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and the Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry shall appoint a full-time State Entomologist, who shall be a qualified entomologist and whose office shall be at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 39-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-17
Status: in_force

(1) If upon official laboratory analysis, any agricultural liming material sold in this state is found to be below the labeled guarantee for calcium carbonate equivalent, neutralizing value, magnesium, available phosphorous, available potassium or above the labeled guarantee for moisture content or screening standards (fineness) as provided under terms of this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder, the commissioner shall impose a civil penalty as provided by regulation for the effective administration and enforcement of this chapter. Such civil penalty shall be assessed to the manufacturer/packer for packaged material and to the final seller holding a permit issued under terms of this chapter for material sold in bulk.

(2) When the commissioner determines that a person has violated terms of this chapter, other than subsection (1) of this section, depending upon the gravity of the offense, he shall assess a civil penalty in an amount not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

(3) All civil penalties assessed as provided herein shall be paid to the commissioner within thirty (30) days from the date of assessment. Penalties which are not paid in full within the prescribed thirty (30) days shall be considered delinquent and an additional penalty of ten percent (10%) of the balance due shall be added to the assessed penalty for each month such penalty continues to be delinquent.

(4) The commissioner is authorized to apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.

(5) Any person required by this chapter to obtain a permit from the commissioner before engaging in business, who shall engage in such business without having first obtained such license or shall engage in such business after such license shall have expired or shall have been revoked by the commissioner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) and not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each day in violation shall constitute a separate offense.

(6) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the commissioner or his representative to report for prosecution or for the institution of seizure proceedings as a result of minor violations of this chapter when he believes that the public interests are best served by a suitable notice or warning in writing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-407 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-407
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-407
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have authority and police power to enforce any and all regulations issued pursuant thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-14 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 48-14
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-14
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner may conduct an audit of the board to verify compliance with any rules and regulations promulgated for the efficient enforcement of this chapter.

(2) Under this section, the audited board shall provide information to the commissioner that verifies the amounts received and expended from the fees assessed and collected by the department and remitted to the board. Records maintained in the course of the normal conduct of business by the board may serve as verification.

(3) The commissioner may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction on disbursements made to the board from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-221 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-221
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-221
Status: in_force

No person shall operate as a hemp processor without first having secured a surety bond pursuant to this section. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to require hemp processors to secure a surety bond. A hemp processor may file with the department, in lieu of a surety bond, a certificate of deposit or irrevocable letter of credit from any bank or banking corporation insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Rules and regulations required for certificates of deposit and irrevocable letters of credit shall be promulgated by the commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-363 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-363
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-363
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation except gift, transfer and inheritance taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-109 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-109
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out each such plan submitted pursuant to Section 69-27-103 , and accepted by the Secretary of Agriculture, according to its terms, the university, through its board of trustees, is hereby authorized to delegate any of the powers herein conferred to such agents or agencies as may be designated by the university and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 36-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-5
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may, by lawful means, obtain information pertaining to the dairy industry which he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the provisions of this chapter and the Southern Dairy Compact. Such information may be utilized by the commissioner, the delegates, and the Southern Dairy Compact Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-15
Status: in_force

Upon determination by the bureau that the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation meets the requirements of Section 69-37-13 , the bureau shall certify the corporation as the official administrative and regulatory body for all Mississippi cotton growers who are members of a cotton growers association as defined in Section 69-37-5 . The certification shall be for the purposes of this chapter only and shall not affect other organizations or associations of cotton growers established for other purposes.

The bureau shall certify only one (1) corporation and may revoke the certification of the corporation if at any time the corporation fails to meet the requirements of this chapter. The debts of the corporation, if there are any, shall not become the liability of the bureau or the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-5
Status: in_force

None of the provisions of this article shall apply to any county which is in whole or in part within a levee district bordering on the Mississippi River, unless an order has been passed by the board of supervisors of such county after thirty (30) days notice by publication of its intention so to do.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 13-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-5
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article as to holding elections as provided in Section 69-13-1 , shall not apply in any county where or in which more than one-fourth of the total number of acres of land in such county, according to the federal farm census of 1930, are in actual cultivation, that is to say that in all counties in the state in which one-fourth of the land is in cultivation, according to the federal farm census of 1930, the provisions of the state-wide stock law shall be and remain in full force and effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-2 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-2
Status: in_force

(1) Every person, firm, association or corporation, before seeking to sell or transfer dogs or cats, or both, for research, shall obtain a license from the Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau. The fee and requirements for such license shall be set by the Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau. Application for such license shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the director. Such license shall be nontransferable, renewable annually. A new license shall be issued if there is any change in the location or ownership of the business.

(2) At the time application is made for a license under subsection (1) of this section and before the issuance of such license by the Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau, the applicant shall file with the director a bond in the penal sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) payable to the State of Mississippi with surety to be approved by the Secretary of State for the faithful performance of the requirements of this section. Evidence shall be supplied to the director annually, at the time license is renewed, that the bond continues in force and effect. In the event the bond is cancelled or will not be renewed, the bonding company shall notify the director in writing at least thirty (30) days before the cancellation of such bond. If a bond is cancelled or fails to be renewed, the license issued under this section shall stand void automatically. The license shall not stand void if a new bond as required herein is filed with the director before the expiration date of the original bond.

(3) The following information shall be recorded by every person, firm, association or corporation licensed under this section for each dog or cat received, sold or transferred under the provisions of this section:

(a) The name, address and telephone number of the person, firm, association or corporation from whom each dog or cat was received and to whom each dog or cat was delivered.

(b) A complete description of each dog or cat received, sold or transferred, including a photograph of each side of the animal.

(c) Any other information as required by the Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau.

(4) The Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.

(5) Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction for a first violation, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both. Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction for a second or subsequent violation, shall be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary for not less than one (1) year or a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both. Any person who holds a license issued under this section who is convicted of any violation of this section, shall have his license revoked for a minimum of one (1) year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-401 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-401
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-401
Status: in_force

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Natural Resources Conservation Education Fund.” The fund shall consist of such monies as are required to be deposited therein under Section 27-19-56.19 ; any gifts, grants or other contributions from any federal, state or local government or any person, firm or corporation; and such other monies as the Legislature may appropriate or authorize to be deposited into the fund. Monies in the fund may be used upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission to develop, produce and distribute materials used to educate individuals, groups or both, as to the natural resources of the State of Mississippi and the conservation of such resources.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-101
Status: in_force

All honey bees shipped or moved into the State of Mississippi shall be accompanied by a certificate of inspection signed by the State Entomologist, State Apiary Inspector or corresponding official of the state or country from which such bees are shipped or moved. Such certificate shall certify to the apparent freedom of the bees and their combs and hives, from contagious and infectious diseases and parasites and must be based upon an actual inspection of the bees themselves within a period of sixty (60) days preceding the date of shipment; provided, that when honey bees are to be shipped into this state from other states or countries wherein no official apiary inspector or State Entomologist is available, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce may issue permit for such shipment upon presentation of suitable evidence showing such bees to be free from disease. The provisions of this section shall not apply to shipments of live bees in wire cages, when without combs of honey.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 19-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-3
Status: in_force

This chapter shall apply only to persons soliciting work and engaged in the work defined in this chapter as a profession; but in no event shall it be construed so as to apply to any person employed by the owners or others in possession of property to work under his supervision in grafting, spraying, dusting cotton or any such work.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-5
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(i) The skull and crossbones;

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

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

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

(e) Any pesticide which is adulterated or misbranded.

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

(2) It shall be unlawful:

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

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

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

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

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

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

(3) In addition to any criminal remedy set forth in subsection (2), remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret shall be governed by the Mississippi Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Sections 75 - 26 -1 through 75-26-19.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-61 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-61
Status: in_force

(1) When a violation occurs, or is about to occur, that presents and clear and present danger to the public health, safety or welfare and requires immediate action, the commissioner, department field inspectors, or any person authorized by the commissioner, may issue an order to be effective immediately, prior to notice and a hearing, that imposes any or all of the following penalties against the accused:

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

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

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

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

The order shall be served upon the accused in the same manner that the summons and complaint may be served upon him, except that, in the alternative, it may be served by giving a copy of the order to the attendant or clerk at the accused's establishment. The accused shall then have thirty (30) days after service of the order to request an informal administrative review before the Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry, or his designee, who shall act as reviewing officer. If the accused requests a review within thirty (30) days, the reviewing officer shall conduct an informal administrative review within ten (10) days after the request is made. If the accused does not request an informal administrative review within thirty (30) days, then he is deemed to have waived his right to a review. At the informal administrative review, subpoena power shall not be available, witnesses shall not be sworn nor be subject to cross-examination and there shall be no court reporter or record made of the proceedings. Each party may present its case in the form of documents or oral statements. The rules of evidence shall not apply. The reviewing officer's decision shall be in writing, and it shall be delivered to the parties by certified mail.

If either party is aggrieved by the order of the reviewing officer, he may request a full evidentiary hearing before the hearing committee in accordance with the procedures in Sections 69-25-51 and 69-25-53 . The request for an evidentiary hearing must be made with the department within thirty (30) days of receipt of the decision of the reviewing officer. Failure to request an evidentiary hearing within the thirty (30) days is deemed a waiver of such right. If either party is aggrieved by the decision of the hearing committee, he shall have the right of judicial review in circuit court and in the Supreme Court as provided in Section 69-25-59 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-105
Status: in_force

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

The said department through its agents or employees may require the removal from this state of any honey bees or beekeeping fixtures which have been brought into the state in violation of the provisions of this article, or if finding any honey bees or fixtures infected with any contagious or infectious disease or parasite or if finding that such bees are Africanized or if such bees or fixtures have been exposed to danger of infection by such diseases, may require the destruction, treatment or disinfection of such infected or exposed bees, hives, fixtures or appliances.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-305 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-305
Status: in_force

A person shall not, without the effective consent of the owner, acquire or otherwise exercise control over an animal facility, an animal from an animal facility or other property from an animal facility with the intent to deprive the owner of the facility, animal or property and to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-3
Status: in_force

This chapter shall apply only to persons soliciting work and engaged in the work defined in this chapter as a profession; but in no event shall it be construed so as to apply to any person employed by the owners or others in possession of property to work under his supervision in grafting, spraying, dusting cotton or any such work.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-329 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 15-329
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-329
Status: in_force

Any person or persons who shall wilfully damage or destroy by any means, any vat erected, or in the process of being erected, as herein provided for tick eradication purposes, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned not less than six months, or more than five years in the state prison.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 8-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-13
Status: in_force

(1) Any producer may request and receive a refund of assessments levied on the sale of the producer's cattle.

(a) The request may be made only by the producer.

(b) The request must be made to the council in writing within forty-five (45) days from the date of sale.

(c) The request must include the name and address of the sale market or purchaser, date of sale, number of head sold and assessed, and proof that the assessment was deducted.

(2) The council shall mail payment of assessment refunds to the requesting producer within thirty (30) days of receiving the request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-11
Status: in_force

The commissioner, the state veterinarian or any authorized employee of the department of agriculture and commerce shall have power and authority to enter upon any private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to the feeding of swine to determine whether the requirements of this chapter are or are not being complied with and to inspect such premises for the purpose of eradicating and controlling contagious and infectious diseases of swine.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-69 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-69
Status: in_force

In so far as any of the provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this article shall be controlling.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 55-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-5
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall implement regulations and develop procedures to govern the administration and eligibility requirements of the programs established in this chapter.

(2) The department may:

(a) Retain up to three percent (3%) of the funds appropriated to the programs established in this chapter to pay reasonable expenses incurred in the administration of the programs.

(b) Contract with an entity to administer the programs established in this chapter. When contracting with the entity to administer the programs, the department shall be exempt from Section 27-104-7(2)(g) requiring approval by the Public Procurement Review Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-133 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-133
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-133
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall appoint an advisory committee, and by regulation establish the composition of the committee to include representatives from the agriculture, agribusiness and related industries.

The purpose of the committee shall be to advise and assist the commissioner in developing regulations and plans for implementing the provisions of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 and a pesticide regulatory program to meet the requirements of FIFRA.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-5
Status: in_force

Professional services are defined as follows:

(a) Entomological work. Receiving fees for advice or prescriptions for the control or eradication of any insect pest or rodent. Receiving fees for actual spraying, dusting, fumigating or any other methods used for the control or eradication of any insect pest or rodent. When the majority of the income of an operation, business or individual comes from the actual operation of a farm and the sale of crops therefrom and, as a service to other farmers, these services are performed, such services shall not be included in this definition.

(b) Plant pathological work. Receiving fees for advice or prescriptions for the control or eradication of any plant disease. Receiving fees for actual spraying or any other methods used for the control or eradication of any plant disease. When the majority of the income of an operation, business or individual comes from the actual operation of a farm and the sale of crops therefrom and, as a service to other farmers, these services are performed, such services shall not be included in this definition.

(c) Horticultural and floricultural work. Receiving fees for landscaping and setting of plants or for the sale of any plants for which the seller contracts to render future services.

(d) Tree surgery work. Advertising in a local phone book, newspaper, newsletter, bulletin or other prominently displayed sign as a licensed or bonded tree surgeon and receiving compensation for any work or consultation relative to the care, pruning, cabling, bracing, topping, trimming, fertilizing, cavity work and removal of ornamental trees and shrubs in any manner. Nothing shall prevent any person from performing such services as long as their advertising does not include the description licensed or bonded.

(e) Weed control work. Receiving fees for advice or prescriptions for the control or eradication of any weed. Receiving fees for actual spraying or other methods used for the control or eradication of any plant which grows where not wanted. When the majority of the income of an operation, business or individual comes from the actual operation of a farm and the sale of crops therefrom and, as a service to other farmers, these services are performed, such services shall not be included in this definition.

(f) Soil classifying work. Receiving compensation for plotting the boundaries of soil and describing and evaluating the kinds of soil as to their behavior and response to management under various uses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 23-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-105
Status: in_force

The purpose of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 is to provide a means for the state certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides required under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and to regulate in the public interest the use and application of restricted use pesticides, except as the application of restricted use pesticides is regulated under Sections 69-19-1 through 69-19-15 or 69-21-101 through 69-21-128 , and to designate the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce as the agency responsible for administering a plan for certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides and to cooperate with the United States Environmental Protection Agency as provided for in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and for other purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-7
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter the word “person” shall be construed to mean an individual, a partnership, or a corporation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that there is a need for a Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Program to increase consumer awareness and expand the market for Mississippi's agricultural products. The Legislature further finds that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, through, but not limited to, product identification programs and subsidies, loans and grants, shall promote and advertise such products.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-31 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-31
Status: in_force

Within thirty (30) days after the date of issuance by the Secretary of State of a certificate of organization of a soil and water conservation district, nominating petitions may be filed with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee to nominate candidates for commissioners of such district. The committee shall have authority to extend the time within which nominating petitions may be filed. No such nominating petition shall be accepted by the committee unless it shall be subscribed by twenty-five (25) or more owners of lands lying within the boundaries of such district. Landowners may sign more than one such nominating petition to nominate more than one candidate for commissioner but in no event shall a landowner sign more than three (3) such nominating petitions. The committee is hereby authorized to enact and implement rules to provide that not more than one commissioner shall be a resident of any one county or supervisors district, unless there is no person qualified and willing to serve in another county or supervisors district. The committee shall give due notice of an election to be held for the election of three (3) commissioners for the district. The names of all nominees, on behalf of whom such nominating petitions have been filed within the time herein designated, shall appear, arranged in alphabetical order of the surnames, upon ballots, with a square before each name and a direction to insert an X mark in the square before any three (3) names to indicate the voter's preference. All owners of lands lying within the district shall be eligible to vote in such election. Only such landowners shall be eligible to vote. The three (3) candidates who receive a majority of the votes cast in such an election shall be elected commissioners for such district. In the event any candidate fails to receive a majority, then the candidates receiving the largest number of votes shall run off in an election to be held two (2) weeks thereafter. The committee shall pay all the expenses of such elections, shall supervise conduct thereof, shall prescribe regulations governing the conduct of such election and the determination of the eligibility of voters therein, and shall publish the results of same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 48-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-48-9
Status: in_force

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

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

(a) By voluntary payment by the person liable.

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

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

(4) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person who purchases two thousand (2,000) pounds (one (1) ton) gross weight, or less in any calendar year, provided he is not regularly engaged in the purchase of peanuts.