Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-23 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-23
Status: in_force

(1) If the committee shall determine that the operation of the proposed district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible, it shall appoint two (2) commissioners to act, with the three (3) commissioners elected as provided hereinafter, as the governing body of the district. Such district shall be a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body, corporate and politic, upon the taking of the following proceedings:

The two (2) appointed commissioners shall present to the Secretary of State an application signed by them, which shall set forth (and such application need contain no detail other than the mere recitals): (a) that a petition for the creation of the district was filed with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee pursuant to the provisions of this article, and that the proceedings specified in this article were taken pursuant to such petition; that the application is being filed in order to complete the organization of the district as a governmental subdivision and a public body, corporate and politic, under this article; and that the committee has appointed them as commissioners; (b) the name and official residence of each of the commissioners, together with a certified copy of the appointments evidencing their right to office; (c) the term of office of each of the commissioners; (d) the name which is proposed for the district; and (e) the location of the principal office of the commissioners of the district. The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the said commissioners before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take and certify oaths, who shall certify upon the application that he personally knows the commissioners and knows them to be the officers as affirmed in the application, and that each has subscribed thereto in the officer's presence. The application shall be accompanied by a statement by the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, which shall certify (and such statement need contain no detail other than the mere recitals) that a petition was filed, notice issued, and hearing held as aforesaid; that the committee did duly determine that there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare, for a soil and water conservation district to function in the proposed territory and did define the boundaries thereof; that notice was given and a referendum held on the question of the creation of such district, and that the result of such referendum showed a majority of the votes cast in such referendum to be in favor of the creation of the district; that thereafter the committee did duly determine that the operation of the proposed district is administratively practicable and feasible. The said statement shall set forth the boundaries of the district as they have been defined by the committee.

The Secretary of State shall examine the application and statement, and, if he finds that the name proposed for the district is not identical with that of any other soil and water conservation district of this state or so nearly similar as to lead to confusion or uncertainty, he shall receive and file them and shall record them in an appropriate book of record in his office. If the Secretary of State shall find that the name proposed for the district is identical with that of any other soil and water conservation district of this state, or so nearly similar as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, he shall certify such fact to the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, which shall thereupon submit to the Secretary of State a new name for said district, which shall not be subject to such defects. Upon receipt of such new name, free of such defects, the Secretary of State shall record the application and statement, with the name so modified, in an appropriate book of record in his office. When the application and statement have been made, filed and recorded, as herein provided, the district shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body, corporate and politic. The Secretary of State shall make and issue to the said commissioners a certificate, under the seal of the state, of the due organization of the said district, and shall record such certificate with the application and statement. The boundaries of such district shall include the territory as determined by the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee as aforesaid, but in no event shall they include any area included within the boundaries of another soil and water conservation district organized under the provisions of this article.

(2) In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract, proceeding, or action of the district, the district shall be deemed to have been established in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid sections upon proof of the issuance of the aforesaid certificate by the Secretary of State. A copy of such certificate duly certified by the Secretary of State shall be admissible in evidence in any such action or proceeding and shall be proof of the filing and contents thereof. However, the procedural steps required for the issuance of a certificate by the Secretary of State may be attacked in any suit or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract, proceeding, or action of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-25 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 35-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-25
Status: in_force

(1) In conducting any referendum under this act, the state ADA and extension service shall consider the approval or disapproval by any cooperative association engaged in a bona fide manner in marketing milk or the dairy products as the approval or disapproval of the producers who are members of or under contract with such cooperative association of producers.

(2) In order to be eligible to vote in a referendum, a cooperative association must:

(a) Certify to the state ADA and extension service in conjunction with casting its ballot, that the association is organized under the provisions of the “Capper-Volstead Act” and that it is engaged in a bona fide manner in marketing its members' milk or dairy products;

(b) Certify to the state ADA and extension service in conjunction with casting its ballot, the number of bulk tank units on whose behalf the cooperative association is casting a ballot, that such bulk tank units are members of or under contract with the cooperative association and that the association was engaged during the representative period in marketing the milk of each of the bulk tank units for whom the cooperative association claims the right to vote;

(c) Furnish to the state ADA and extension service in conjunction with casting its ballot, a copy of the resolution authorizing the casting of the ballot;

(d) Certify to the state ADA and extension service in conjunction with casting its ballot, that the cooperative association has complied with the requirements of subsection (3) of this section; and

(e) Agree to make available to the state ADA and extension service necessary records and information pertaining to the representative period to validate the eligibility of the cooperative association to vote and to verify the number and identity of the producers on whose behalf the cooperative association claims the right to vote.

(3) Not later then thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of the referendum, each cooperative association shall notify the state ADA and extension service as to whether or not the association intends to vote on behalf of its bulk tank units.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 69-27-343 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-343
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-343
Status: in_force

There is created in the State Treasury a revolving fund which shall be comprised of any monies appropriated thereto by the Legislature, the proceeds from any bonds issued under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 , and payments made by districts to the commission for amortization purposes. The costs of all machinery and equipment acquired by the commission for soil and water conservation districts under Sections 69-27-331 through 69-27-341 shall be paid from the revolving fund. The monies in the revolving fund shall not be used for any purpose other than to make available to soil and water conservation districts the machinery and equipment of the type referred to in Section 69-27-331 or to make principal and interest payments on the bond issue as required by Section 69-27-347 . The monies in the revolving fund shall not lapse to the General Fund at the end of the fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 44-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-7
Status: in_force

(1) Any purchaser who fails to file a report or to pay any assessment within the time required by the department shall forfeit to the department a penalty of five percent (5%) of the assessment determined to be due, plus one percent (1%) of 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 one thousand (1,000) or fewer bushels of corn in any calendar year, provided he is not regularly engaged in the purchase of corn.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-29-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 69-27-39 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-7-651 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-651
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-651
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act of 1986.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-45 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-45
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have power and authority to enforce his rules, ordinances and regulations in any court of competent jurisdiction by civil, as well as criminal proceedings, and if the remedy to be pursued be by writ of injunction, no court of this state shall have right previous to a trial upon the merits to set aside such writ on bond. It shall be the duty of the attorney general, district attorneys and county attorneys to represent said commissioner whenever called upon to do so. Said commissioner in the discharge of his duties and the enforcement of the powers herein delegated, may send for books and papers, administer oaths, hear witness, etc., and to that end it is made the duty of the various sheriffs throughout the state to serve all summons and other papers upon the request of said commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 28-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-1
Status: in_force

It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature to encourage the conservation, protection and responsible utilization of lands that are managed for purposes of agricultural production. It is recognized that such lands are finite, fragile and valuable resources that contribute economically and socially to the well-being of the State of Mississippi. It is also recognized that these lands are subject to change and conversion from agricultural production as a result of urban expansion, transportation projects, water impoundments, utility expansion and similar land development measures. It is the policy of the Legislature to provide a process for the recognition of lands dedicated to agricultural production and to assure an accurate understanding of the impacts of public policy decisions that might otherwise alter the capability of those lands to remain in agricultural production.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-113 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-113
Status: in_force

Any nonresident commercial applicator applying for a license under Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 to operate in the state shall file a written power of attorney designating the Secretary of State as the agent of such nonresident upon whom service of process may be had in the event of any suit against the nonresident person, and such power of attorney shall be prepared and in such form as to render effective the jurisdiction of the courts of this state over such nonresident applicant. Any nonresident who has a duly appointed resident agent upon whom process may be served as provided by law shall not be required to designate the Secretary of State as such agent. The Secretary of State shall be allowed such fees therefor as provided by law for designating resident agents. The commissioner shall be furnished with a copy of such designation of the Secretary of State or of a resident agent, such copy to be duly certified by the Secretary of State.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-669 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-669
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-669
Status: in_force

(1) If any person subject to this article violates any of the provisions of this article, or of any order of the commissioner under this article, relating to the purchase, sale or handling of catfish, he shall be liable to the person or person injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of such violation.

(2) Such liability may be enforced either (a) by complaint to the commissioner or (b) by suit in any circuit court of competent jurisdiction; but this section shall not in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this article are in addition to such remedies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-209 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-209
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of a county as designated in Section 69-27-201 may, on the recommendation of the soil erosion committee, or shall, if so required by the election hereinafter provided for, advertise for bids as in other cases and purchase the proper terracing and/or ditching machinery, either for the county as a whole or for any one or more supervisors districts thereof as a soil erosion district, and provide the necessary labor for the operation thereof, and the necessary supplies and maintenance to properly operate the same, subject, however, to the approval of the soil erosion committee herein otherwise provided. In event the board of supervisors shall fail or refuse to advertise for bids for the purchase of any machinery recommended by said soil erosion committee within sixty (60) days after receipt of such recommendation, it shall, on the filing with it of a petition signed by ten percent (10%) or more of the qualified electors of the county as a whole, or of one or more supervisors districts as the petition may provide, call and hold as in other cases a special election in said county, or in such one or more supervisors districts, within sixty (60) days after the filing of the petition, in which election the question shall be, for or against the purchase of terracing and/or ditching machinery for the county, or for one or more supervisors districts as the case may be; and if a majority of the votes cast in said election be in favor of the purchase of such machinery, then said board shall, at its next meeting, advertise for bids for the purchase thereof, and thereafter further perform the duties required of it hereunder with respect to soil erosion work. Such advertisement for bids shall constitute notice to the public of the intention of the board to make such purchase and the board may proceed accordingly unless on or before the first day of the meeting at which said bids are to be opened a petition, signed by twenty percent (20%) or more of the qualified electors of the county, exclusive of those who pay poll tax only, or if the soil erosion district is composed of one or more supervisors districts then of twenty percent (20%) or more of such soil erosion district, shall be filed with the clerk of the board protesting against such purchase, in which event such purchase shall not be made unless approved in an election called and held for the purpose in the manner provided for the calling and holding of elections on the question of the issuance of tax anticipation note or notes. Said board shall have full supervision of all soil erosion work, the machinery, labor, supplies, contracts, and the funds arising from work performed, from taxation, if any, or otherwise, except to the extent herein otherwise specifically provided; and in administering the soil erosion fund the board shall take into consideration the repairs and replacements incident to the operation of the character of machinery in use in order that the work may continue without undue interruption as long as may be necessary. In event machinery be purchased hereunder for soil erosion districts composed of one or more supervisors districts, but less than the whole county, then the soil erosion fund shall be administered in one or more subdivisions as may be necessary, so as to keep separate the operations of the several soil erosion districts of the county, and the taxes levied, if any, shall likewise be levied upon said separate soil erosion districts, in the same manner as for separate road districts; and for these purposes such separate soil erosion districts may be designated by name or number, to be declared by the board. All acts and proceedings of the board with respect to soil erosion work and the funds thereof shall be by order upon its minutes, as in other cases. Contracts for terracing and/or ditching shall be performed as nearly as possible in the order of their dates, any deviation therefrom by reason of necessity, public convenience, causes beyond the control of the committee, or agreement with the landowners, to be under the direction of the soil erosion committee. Only one (1) committee shall be appointed in said county, regardless of the number of soil erosion districts in operation therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-331 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 69-25-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 69-29-315 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-315
Status: in_force

(1) A person violating the provisions of Sections 69-29-305 , 69-29-307 and 69-29-309 , upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or both.

(2) A person violating the provisions of Section 69-29-311 , upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-349 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-349
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-349
Status: in_force

Such bonds may be executed and delivered by the state at any time and from time to time, may be in such form and denominations and of such terms and maturities, may be in fully registered form or in bearer form registrable either as to principal or interest or both, may bear such conversion privileges and be payable in such installments and at such time or times not exceeding twenty (20) years from the date thereof, may be payable at such place or places, whether within or without the State of Mississippi, may bear interest payable at such time or times and at such place or places and evidenced in such manner, and may contain such provisions not inconsistent herewith, all as shall be provided in the proceedings of the State Bond Commission under which the bonds are authorized to be issued. Such bonds shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that authorized by law for general obligation bonds. If deemed advisable by the State Bond Commission, there may be retained in the proceedings under which any such bonds are authorized to be issued an option to redeem all or any part thereof as may be specified in such proceedings, at such price or prices and after such notice or notices and on such terms and conditions as may be set forth in such proceedings and briefly recited or referred to on the face of the bonds, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to confer on the state any right or option to redeem any bonds, except as may be provided in the proceedings under which they shall be issued. Any such bonds shall be sold on sealed bids at public sale, and for such price as the State Bond Commission determines to be in the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale shall be made at a price less than par value plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. The state may pay all expenses, premiums and commissions which the State Bond Commission may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance thereof, but solely from the proceeds of the bonds. The issuance by the state of one or more series of bonds shall not preclude it from issuing other series of bonds, but the proceedings under which any subsequent bonds may be issued shall recognize and protect any prior pledge made for any prior issuance of bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 69-25-45 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 25-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-45
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have power and authority to enforce his rules, ordinances and regulations in any court of competent jurisdiction by civil, as well as criminal proceedings, and if the remedy to be pursued be by writ of injunction, no court of this state shall have right previous to a trial upon the merits to set aside such writ on bond. It shall be the duty of the attorney general, district attorneys and county attorneys to represent said commissioner whenever called upon to do so. Said commissioner in the discharge of his duties and the enforcement of the powers herein delegated, may send for books and papers, administer oaths, hear witness, etc., and to that end it is made the duty of the various sheriffs throughout the state to serve all summons and other papers upon the request of said commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-23-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-21
Status: in_force

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

(a) If it is adulterated or misbranded;

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

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

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

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

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

(4) The remedy in this section is supplemental to and not in replacement of the remedies under Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 35-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-13
Status: in_force

The arrangements for, management and supervision of any referendum conducted under the provisions of this act shall be under the direction of the state ADA in cooperation with the county extension agent of each county in the state, and any and all expenses in connection therewith shall be borne by the state ADA.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-42-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 42-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-42-1
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “ Agribusiness ” means any agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural, manufacturing, research and development or processing enterprise or enterprises.

(b) “ Farmer ” means a resident of Mississippi who engages or wishes to engage in the commercial production of crops on land in Mississippi. The term shall include individuals, partnerships and corporations.

(2) The Mississippi Development Authority shall develop and implement a program to stimulate growth in the agricultural industry for agribusiness concerns and farmers.

(3) The program developed and implemented by the Mississippi Development Authority under this section shall:

(a) Increase the availability of financial assistance available to agribusiness concerns and farmers;

(b) Provide incentives for agribusiness concerns and farmers which will encourage growth in the Mississippi agricultural industry;

(c) Assist new agribusiness concerns and farmers in developing and implementing business plans;

(d) Develop methods for increasing markets for the goods and services of agribusiness concerns and farmers;

(e) Work with public and private entities in disseminating information about public and private programs that benefit agribusiness concerns and farmers; and

(f) Identify sources of financial assistance available to agribusiness concerns and farmers and assist agribusiness concerns and farmers with the preparation of applications for assistance from public and private sources.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 10-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-7
Status: in_force

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

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

(a) By voluntary payment by the person liable.

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

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

(4) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person who purchases one thousand (1,000) or less bushels of rice in any calendar year, provided he is not regularly engaged in the purchase of rice.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-221 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / 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. § 69-11-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-5
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, municipality, county, political subdivision, governmental agency or department, institution, individual, partnership, corporation, association, other entity or organization to feed garbage to swine, except as permitted under subsection (2) of this section.

(2) This chapter shall not apply to any person who feeds only household garbage to swine for household consumption only.

(3) This chapter shall not apply to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The department is authorized to feed to swine cooked garbage and vegetable refuse. The Mississippi Department of Corrections shall follow applicable state rules, regulations and guidelines that are equal to or exceed federal rules and regulations for cooking and feeding cooked garbage to swine. The Mississippi Department of Corrections may market and use for consumption swine that has been fed garbage.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-203
Status: in_force

Every person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity in this state, engaged in the business of operating an incubator, or incubators, for hatching baby chicks and ratites, including baby ostrich, emu and rhea, for sale, distribution or under contract, either oral or written, for the production of ostrich, emu, rhea, broilers, laying hens, roosters or eggs for sale, distribution or processing by contract with others, either oral or written, is required to obtain a license to engage in such business from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall charge a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) for such license and a like fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) for the renewal thereof, which license must be renewed annually on or before July 1 of each succeeding year. The fees charged for the license shall be paid by the commissioner to the State Treasurer, who shall deposit the same in the General Fund in the State Treasury. Strict accounting of all fees charged hereunder shall be made by the commissioner.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to require any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, who may be engaged in the businesses covered by this article wholly for themselves, or any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, who purchases his own flocks and becomes wholly responsible for the growing and feeding thereof, to obtain a license hereunder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-25 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-15-327 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-27-303 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-303
Status: in_force

The commission shall serve as the administrator of the provisions of this article and shall serve as the disbursing agency for funds to be expended from and deposited to the credit of the Soil and Water Cost-Share Program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-35 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-35
Status: in_force

The commissioner, with the consent of the corporation, is authorized to exempt from the assessment penalty requirements set forth in this chapter those cotton growers for whom paying the assessment penalties would impose an undue financial hardship, and the commissioner is authorized to establish, upon the recommendation of the corporation, a payment plan in those hardship cases. This exemption shall be implemented as follows:

(a) The commissioner, with the consent of the corporation, shall adopt rules and regulations defining the criteria to be used in determining financial hardship. However, no exemption shall be granted to any cotton grower who, after the amount of assessments and penalties otherwise due has been subtracted from his taxable net income, has a net income exceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) for the year in which he seeks an exemption;

(b) Any cotton grower who claims an exemption shall apply on a form prescribed by the commissioner. A separate application shall be filed for each calendar year in which a cotton grower claims an exemption. Each application shall contain an explanation of the conditions to be met for approval. An oath shall be included on the form that upon completion shall be returned to the commissioner;

(c) The commissioner shall forward all completed exemption application forms to the corporation. The corporation shall determine from the information contained in the application forms whether or not the applicants qualify for a hardship exemption (exemption from penalty) and may recommend a payment plan to the commissioner; and

(d) The corporation shall notify the commissioner of its determination, which shall be binding upon the applicants. Upon receipt of the determination of the corporation, the commissioner shall promptly notify each affected cotton grower of that determination. If an exemption has been denied, assessments and penalties for the year in which the application was made shall become due at the time they would otherwise have become due had no application for exemption been filed or within thirty (30) days after the date of the commissioner's notice of an adverse determination, whichever is later.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-25-47 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 69-23-23 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-23
Status: in_force

(1) Any nonresident individual, partnership, association, firm, or corporation desiring to distribute, sell, or offer for sale within this state any product described in this chapter, and any such nonresident who may be subject otherwise to the provisions of such chapter, shall file a written power of attorney designating the Secretary of State as the agent of such nonresident upon whom service of process may be had in the event of any suit against said nonresident individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation; and such power of attorney shall be so prepared in such form as to render effective the jurisdiction of the courts of Mississippi over such nonresident applicants and make such applicants amenable to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state. Provided, however, that any such nonresident who has a duly appointed resident agent upon whom process may be served as provided by law shall not be required to designate the Secretary of State as such agent. The Secretary of State shall be allowed such fees therefor as provided by law for designating resident agents. The commissioner shall be furnished with a copy of such designation of the Secretary of State or of a resident agent, such copy to be duly certified by the Secretary of State.

(2) The commissioner may also require such nonresident subject to the provisions of this chapter to furnish to him a fidelity bond or other security satisfactory to him and conditioned that the principal therein named shall pay for any and all damages suffered by any person by reason of the negligence of the principal or his or its agents in the conduct of said business and shall honestly conduct said business and as otherwise conditioned by said commissioner, provided that in no case shall a bond or other security less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) be required. A copy of said bond duly certified by the commissioner shall be received as evidence in all courts of this state without further proof. Any person having a right of action against such person, firm, association or corporation may bring suit against the principal and sureties on such bond. Should the surety furnished become unsatisfactory, said applicant shall execute a new bond and should he fail to do so, it shall be the duty of the commissioner to cancel his license and give him notice of said fact, and it shall be unlawful thereafter for such person to engage in said business without obtaining a new license.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-223 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-223
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-223
Status: in_force

In the event of a tax levy being made to pay the purchase price of any equipment purchased under this article, the county shall not be authorized to purchase any additional equipment until enough money has been collected from the use of equipment already purchased, sufficient to pay back into the county treasury the full amount collected by such tax levy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-7
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may conduct inspections and promulgate and enforce quarantine regulations as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this article.

(2)(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall, from time to time, make rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions and requirements of this article, including rules and regulations under which his inspectors and other employees shall:

(i) Inspect places, plants and plant products, and things, and substances used or connected therewith;

(ii) Investigate, control, eradicate and prevent the dissemination of insect pests, diseases and noxious weeds; and

(iii) Supervise or cause the treatment, cutting and destruction of plants and plant products and other things infested or infected therewith.

(b) No rule or regulation shall be effective unless first submitted to and approved by the advisory board established under the provisions of Section 69-25-3 .

(c) The inspectors and employees employed by the commissioner may carry out and execute the regulations and orders of the commissioner and under direction of the commissioner carry out the provisions of this article.

(3) To carry out the provisions of this article, the commissioner or his representative may enter into compacts and memorandums of agreement and/or understanding with governmental agencies or private organizations. The Bureau of Plant Industry may establish statewide or regional cooperative weed management areas for any or all of the weeds listed as noxious under officially promulgated regulations. Under such authority, the Bureau of Plant Industry may serve as lead agency in establishing control and/or eradication programs for regulated pests and noxious weeds and actively seek grants and external resources to provide matching resources for other avenues of funding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 55-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-9
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall report on the utilization of the programs to the Chair of the Agriculture Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House and the Governor by December 15, 2020. At a minimum, the report shall contain:

(a) The name of each grant participant; and

(b) The total amount of payment received by each participant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-63 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-63
Status: in_force

At any time after the organization of a district under the provisions of this article, any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the boundaries of such district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee praying that the operations of the district be terminated and the existence of the district discontinued. The committee may conduct such public meetings and public hearings upon such petition as may be necessary to assist it in the consideration thereof. Within sixty (60) days after such a petition has been received by the committee, it shall give due notice of the holding of a referendum, and shall supervise such referendum, and issue appropriate regulations governing the conduct thereof, the question to be submitted by ballots upon which the words “For terminating the existence of the __________ (name of the soil and water conservation district to be here inserted)” and “Against terminating the existence of the __________ (name of the soil and water conservation district to be here inserted)” shall appear, with a square before each proposition and a direction to insert an X mark in the square before one or the other of said propositions as the voter may favor or oppose discontinuance of such district. All owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the district shall be eligible to vote in such referendum. Only such landowners shall be eligible to vote. No informalities in the conduct of such referendum or in any matters relating thereto shall invalidate such referendum or the result thereof if notice thereof shall have been given substantially as herein provided and said referendum shall have been fairly conducted.

The committee shall publish the result of such referendum and shall thereafter consider and determine whether the continued operation of the district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible. If the committee shall determine that the continued operation of such district is administratively practicable and feasible, it shall record such determination and deny the petition. If the committee shall determine that the continued operation of such district is not administratively practicable and feasible, it shall record such determination and shall certify such determination to the commissioners of the district. In making such determination the committee shall give due regard and weight to the attitudes of the owners and operators of lands lying within the district, the number of landowners eligible to vote in such referendum who shall have voted, the proportion of the votes cast in such referendum in favor of the discontinuance in the district to the total number of votes cast, the approximate wealth and income of the landowners of the district, the probable expense of carrying on erosion-control operations within such district, and such other economic and social factors as may be relevant to such determination, having due regard to the legislative findings set forth in Section 69-27-3 . However, the committee shall not have authority to determine that the continued operation of the district is administratively practicable and feasible unless at least a majority of the votes cast in the referendum shall have been cast in favor of the continuance of such district.

Upon receipt from the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee of a certification that the committee has determined that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible, pursuant to the provisions of this section, the commissioners shall forthwith proceed to terminate the affairs of the district. The commissioners shall dispose of all property belonging to the district at public auction and shall pay over the proceeds of such sale to be covered into the state treasury. The commissioners shall thereupon file an application, duly verified, with the Secretary of State for the discontinuance of such district, and shall transmit with such application the certificate of the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee setting forth the determination of the committee that the continued operation of such district is not administratively practicable and feasible. The application shall recite that the property of the district has been disposed of and the proceeds paid over as in this section provided, and shall set forth a full accounting of such properties and proceeds of the sale. The Secretary of State shall issue to the commissioners a certificate of dissolution and shall record such certificate in an appropriate book of record in his office.

Upon the issuance of a certificate of dissolution under the provisions of this section, all ordinances and regulations theretofore adopted and in force within such district shall be of no further force and effect. All contracts theretofore entered into, to which the district or commissioners are parties, shall remain in full force and effect for the period provided in such contracts. The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall be substituted for the district or commissioners as party to such contracts. The committee shall be entitled to all benefits and subject to all liabilities under such contracts and shall have the same right and liability to perform, to require performance, to sue and be sued thereon, and to modify or terminate such contracts by mutual consent or otherwise as the commissioners of the district would have had. Such dissolution shall not affect the lien of any judgment entered under the provisions of Section 69-27-41 , nor the pendency of any action instituted under the provisions of such section, and the committee shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the district or commissioners as to such liens and actions.

The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall not entertain petition for the discontinuance of any district nor conduct referendums upon such petitions nor make determinations pursuant to such petitions in accordance with the provisions of this section, more often than once in one (1) year.

In the event a majority of the landowners vote to dissolve a district the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall dissolve same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-29 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 35-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-29
Status: in_force

In the event such referendum is carried in the affirmative and the assessment is levied and collected as provided herein and under the regulations to be promulgated by the state ADA, any bulk tank unit upon and against whom such assessments shall have been levied and collected under the provisions of this act, if a bulk tank unit is dissatisfied with said assessment and the result thereof, such unit shall have the right to demand that the treasurer of the state ADA refund such assessment so collected from such bulk tank unit, provided such demand for refund is made in writing within thirty (30) days from the date on which said assessment is collected or due to be collected, whichever is earlier, from such bulk tank unit under the rules and regulations of the state ADA. Pursuant to the Dairy Promotion Stabilization Act of 1983, 7 U.S.C. Section 4510 et seq., any such funds shall be transferred to the National Dairy Board by the treasurer of the state ADA.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-2 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 10-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-2
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Rice Promotion Board is created, to be composed of twelve (12) members to be appointed by the Governor to serve terms of four (4) years, as hereinafter provided. All of the twelve (12) members of the board shall be producers of rice in the State of Mississippi. Within ten (10) days following March 9, 1995, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., the Mississippi Rice Council for Market Development and the Delta Council shall each submit the names of six (6) rice producers to the Governor, and he shall appoint four (4) members from the nominees of each organization to serve on the board on rotating four-year terms. The original board shall be appointed with members of each of the aforenamed organizations appointed as follows: one (1) for one (1) year, one (1) for two (2) years, one (1) for three (3) years and one (1) for four (4) years. Each year thereafter, not less than thirty (30) days before the expiration of the terms of expiring board members, the aforenamed organizations shall submit the names of four (4) nominees to the Governor and succeeding boards shall be appointed by the Governor in the same manner, giving equal representation to each organization. Vacancies which occur shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made.

(2) The members of the board shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment, and shall elect a chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer from the membership of the board, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such officers or specifically designated by the board. The chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer shall be bonded in an amount not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). The cost of the bonds shall be paid from the funds received under the provisions of Section 69-10-1 et seq. Such bond shall be a security for any illegal act of such member of the board and recovery thereon may be had by the state for any injury by such illegal act of such member. The board may establish rules and regulations for its own government and the administration of the affairs of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-109 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-9-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-11
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling to the extent of the conflict.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-211 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-211
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(a) A license or registration requirement;

(b) License or registration terms or conditions;

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

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

(3) The department may impose administrative penalties for violations under this section in accordance with Section 69-25-51 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-13
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian is vested with authority to appoint and commission, without salary from the state, as its inspectors, representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture, and to accept from the United States Government such assistance, financial and otherwise, for carrying out the purpose of this statute, as may be available from time to time.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-63 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-63
Status: in_force

When any penalty assessed by the hearing officer or committee is not paid, the department may file suit in a court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of reducing the order of the hearing officer or committee to judgment, and if successful on the merits, the department shall be entitled to an award for reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-13
Status: in_force

The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall have the following duties and powers:

(a) To offer any assistance as may be appropriate to the commissioners of soil and water conservation districts in the carrying out of their powers and programs.

(b) To keep the commissioners of each of the districts informed of the activities and experience of all other districts, and to facilitate cooperation between districts.

(c) To coordinate the programs of the soil and water conservation districts.

(d) To secure the cooperation and assistance of the United States and any of its agencies and of agencies of this state in the work of the districts.

(e) To disseminate information concerning the activities and programs of the soil and water conservation districts, and to encourage the formation of districts.

(f) To seek and receive grants of monies, and other assets, from any source to carry out this article.

(g) To distribute any appropriated or other funds or assets under its control, from state, federal or other governmental agencies or political subdivisions, or from private grants, including matching funds to districts.

(h) To establish and administer qualification standards for district commissioners and officers.

(i) To give guidance and overall supervision to districts when assistance is requested, or acceptable.

(j) To study, classify and evaluate land use needs and problems in the State of Mississippi; to make recommendations leading to adoption of land use policy and broad guidelines for meeting the needs and problems so identified.

(k) To demonstrate to landowners and operators within the state, equipment that will demonstrate energy and soil and water conservation.

(l) To enter into and to authorize the executive director to execute with the approval of the commission, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding with any federal or state agency or subdivision thereof, or any public or private institution location inside or outside the State of Mississippi, or any person, corporation or association in connection with carrying out the purposes of this article.

(m) To cooperate with the Commission on Environmental Quality in addressing agricultural nonpoint source pollution. Subject to Section 49-17-13, Mississippi Code of 1972 , the Commission on Environmental Quality and the commission shall enter into a memorandum of understanding which shall establish the commission's role in nonpoint source pollution issues.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-201 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-201
Status: in_force

For the purpose of preventing soil erosion and its accompanying evils in Attala, Carroll, Claiborne, Clay, Copiah, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Grenada, Hancock, Harrison, Holmes, Humphreys, Itawamba, Jackson, Kemper, Lamar, Leake, Lee, Madison, Monroe, Neshoba, Oktibbeha, Pearl River, Pike, Prentiss, Rankin, Scott, Stone, Tishomingo, Union, Warren and Webster Counties, Mississippi, so far as possible, said counties are hereby authorized to declare it to be the policy of the county to encourage and assist owners of land therein to properly terrace and ditch their agricultural lands, and cooperate with the federal government in soil erosion work.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-121 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-121
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-7
Status: in_force

The commissioner is hereby charged with the execution and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the state veterinarian shall have authority to exercise all of the powers vested in the commissioner in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-119 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-119
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of all counties in this state, composing the Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association as provided in Section 69-5-115 is authorized and empowered, in its discretion to levy annually a special tax of not exceeding one-fourth of a mill on the dollar, on all of the taxable property of the county, for the purpose of deriving sufficient funds for the purpose of maintaining and supporting the Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association, and to aid in the payment of premiums and awards given by livestock shows conducted by said association in said district, and to help defray the expenses of such livestock shows of said district. All revenue derived from such tax levy, shall be covered in a special fund of the county to be known as, “Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association Fund,” and shall be used exclusively for the purpose herein mentioned. However, the levy made under the terms of this section shall not be considered in making disbursements under Sections 27-33-1 to 27-33-65, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 28-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-7
Status: in_force

(a) Upon review of a petition, the local soil and water conservation district commissioners may approve designation of an agricultural district. A designated agricultural district shall be established for a period of five (5) years and reviewed for redesignation every five (5) years thereafter. However, the soil and water conservation district may review the status of designation at any time upon the written request and justification of the respective county board of supervisors, city board of aldermen, city council, city selectmen, city commissioners, city manager or mayor or upon a decision of the district commissioners that such a review is appropriate. The soil and water conservation district commissioners may sustain or repeal designation of an agricultural district based upon the following:

(i) The continued viability of the agricultural district. An agricultural district may become reduced in acreage based upon the voluntary withdrawal of any of the ownerships. However, the agricultural district shall cease to exist if the total acreage drops below twenty (20) acres;

(ii) The impacts and consequences of proposed land development; and

(iii) Other factors that the district commissioners may find relevant.

(b) Any ownership, or any successor heir of the ownership, within an agricultural district may withdraw from the agricultural district upon notifying the local soil and water conservation district in writing.

(c) Landowners may submit or resubmit petitions for designation or redesignation at any time to the local soil and water conservation district.

(d) If a petition is rejected or the local soil and water conservation district commissioners repeal designation of an agricultural district, the ownerships within the agricultural district may appeal the decision of the district commissioners to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Based upon a review of all relevant information and following a public hearing, the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission may either sustain or overturn the decision of the local soil and water conservation district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 17-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-101
Status: in_force

Every person, except a bona fide merchant, who owns or possesses an instrument designed to project a tranquilizer or drug by means of compressed gas, explosion, or by mechanical means, into livestock for the purpose of rendering the animal docile, by whatever name known, shall register same within thirty days with the commissioner of public safety on forms to be provided by him. Any person hereafter coming into possession of or owning such instrument shall immediately register same with the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner shall make forms available to the general public at all Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol substations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-201 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-201
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, every person, firm, corporation, association or other legal entity who is engaged in hatching baby chicks and ratites, including baby ostrich, emu and rhea, for sale, distribution or under contract, either oral or written, for the production of ostrich, emu, rhea, broilers, laying hens, roosters or eggs, and every person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, who procures the production of ostrich, emu, rhea, broilers, laying hens, roosters or eggs for sale, distribution or processing by contract with others, either oral or written, shall be considered “doing business” within the State of Mississippi, and every person, firm, corporation, association or other legal entity that is a nonresident of this state and who desires to “do business” within this state as covered by this article shall, as a condition precedent to obtaining a license hereunder, appoint or designate a resident of the State of Mississippi as agent for the service of process and shall file such appointment or designation with the Secretary of State. Thereafter, the service of summons upon the agent appointed or designated shall be sufficient to give the courts of this state jurisdiction of any cause of action arising under the terms of this article. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity who “does business” under the provisions of this article, whether under a license or otherwise, without appointing or designating an agent as herein required shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State as such agent and may be proceeded against in courts of this state by service of process upon the Secretary of State.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-319 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-319
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-319
Status: in_force

Quarantines and dipping notices for cattle, horses, jacks, jennets and mules, the owner or owners of which cannot be found, shall be served by posting copy of such notice in not less than three public places within the county in community where stock were found, one of which shall be placed at the county court house. Such posting shall be due and legal notice.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-612 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-612
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-612
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall have authority to enter the premises of any wholesaler, distributor or retailer to pull samples of catfish and other similar fish for laboratory testing to test for species identification and/or any other testing as may be necessary to determine compliance with this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-21
Status: in_force

Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 69-5-15 and 69-5-19 shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the State of Mississippi or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the special revenues provided therefor as hereinabove set forth, and the issuance of such revenue bonds shall not directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the state to levy or pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor, and all such bonds shall contain recitals on their face substantially covering the foregoing provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Program Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-307 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 13-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-307
Status: in_force

Any person taking up estrays may retain possession thereof and use and employ the same in a proper and reasonable manner until claimed or sold according to law, without being liable to the owner thereof, and shall provide such estrays with sufficient wholesome sustenance; and if an animal so taken up die or accidentally get away, the taker up shall not be answerable for the same unless such death or escape be occasioned by ill treatment or neglect. Any person taking up and using an estray under the provisions of this section shall be liable for reasonable hire for the use thereof, to be fixed by the ranger, the same to be set off against the expense of keeping said estray.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-115 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-115
Status: in_force

Any person who wrongfully removes impounded livestock from the enclosure provided by the board of supervisors under this article, without paying all fees and assessments against same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as in other cases provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-307 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-307
Status: in_force

A person shall not, without the effective consent of the owner, damage or destroy an animal facility or an animal or property in or on an animal facility with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 35-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-17
Status: in_force

If in such referendum called under the provisions of this act a simple majority of the bulk tank units eligible to participate and voting therein shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of such assessment proposed in such milk referendum covered thereby, then such assessment shall be collected in the manner determined and announced by the state ADA.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 69-13-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-11
Status: in_force

In counties in the State of Mississippi wherein sea walls or similar structures are constructed and maintained by the county, and in which there are two or more municipalities, each of which have ten thousand inhabitants or more, the board of supervisors in such counties may, by ordinance, create a stock law district of such area adjoining such sea wall or structure as such board may determine and adjudicate, not to extend more than one mile from such sea wall. The ordinance which may be so adopted by the board of supervisors creating such a stock law district may prohibit live stock such as cattle, horses, mules, jacks, jennets, sheep, goats, or hogs, running at large within the territory so designated as the stock law district, and such ordinance so adopted by the board of supervisors shall provide the method in which such stock law may be enforced in said district, and the penalty for the violation thereof, shall be in accordance with the provisions of the general statewide stock law.

The board of supervisors is hereby authorized and empowered to accept donations, grants or gifts from any private individual, corporation or organization, for the purpose of building and constructing fence or fences as necessary to protect such area.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-603 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-603
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-603
Status: in_force

This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-5
Status: in_force

(1) Each container of agricultural, vegetable, flower, or tree and shrub seeds sold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale, or transported within this state for seeding purposes shall bear thereon or have attached in a conspicuous place a plainly written or printed label or tag in the English language, giving the following information:

(a) For agricultural seed:

(i) The commonly accepted name of kind and variety of each agricultural seed present in excess of five percent (5%) of the whole and the percentage by weight of each in the order of its predominance. When more than one (1) kind and variety is required to be named, the word “mixture” or the word “mixed” shall be shown conspicuously on the label, but the commissioner may by regulation permit certain kinds of seed to be labeled “mixed” without showing the percentage of each variety present. Hybrids shall be labeled with the name and/or number by which the hybrid is commonly designated.

(ii) Lot number or other designation.

(iii) Net weight.

(iv) Origin.

(v) Percentage by weight of all weed seed, including noxious weed seed.

(vi) Percentage by weight of inert matter.

(vii) Percentage by weight of other crop seed.

(viii) For each named agricultural seed:

1. Percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed or firm seed.

2. Percentage of hard seed, if present.

3. Percentage of firm ungerminated seed, if present.

4. The calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentages.

(ix) The name and number per pound of each kind of restricted noxious weed seed.

(x) The name and address, or the registered code number, of the person who labeled the seed, or who sells, offers or exposes the seed for sale within this state.

(xi) In addition to the above label requirements, the commissioner may, by regulation, require certain additional information for the label.

(b) For vegetable seed in containers of more than one (1) pound:

(i) Name of kind and variety of seed.

(ii) Net weight.

(iii) Lot number or other identification.

(iv) Percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed.

(v) Percentage of hard seed, if present.

(vi) Calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentages.

(vii) The name and address, or the registered code number, of the person who labeled the seed, or who sells, offers or exposes the seed for sale within this state.

(viii) For seeds which germinate less than standards prescribed under rules and regulations, the words “below standard” in not less than 8-point type must be written or printed on face of tag in addition to other information required.

(c) For vegetable seed in containers of one (1) pound or less:

(i) Name of kind and variety.

(ii) The name and address, or the registered code number, of the person who labeled the seed, or who sells, offers or exposes the seed for sale within this state.

(iii) For seed which germinate less than the standards prescribed for such seed under rules and regulations, the following additional information must be shown:

1. Percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed.

2. Percentage of hard seed, if present.

3. Calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentage.

4. The words “below standard” in not less than 8-point type.

(d) For flower seed:

Flower seed shall be labeled to comply with rules and regulations promulgated under this article.

(e) For tree and shrub seed:

Tree and shrub seed shall be labeled to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated under this article.

(f) For treated seed:

All seed treated shall be labeled to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated under this article.

(2) The labeler shall keep records of the year of production and blending components of all agricultural or vegetable seed in each lot labeled, distributed or offered for sale within the state. Upon request the records of each lot of seed shall be made available to the purchaser of seed from such lots either through information on the label, the container or other means that may be required by regulation to provide the information requested in a timely manner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-47 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-27-55 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-55
Status: in_force

Any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the limits of a portion of a soil and water conservation district organized under the provisions of this article may petition the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee asking that the described area be withdrawn from the present district, or that the district be dissolved, and consolidated with another district or segment of another district, and that the area withdraw or the composite area be designated as an individual soil and water conservation district, with all the powers and responsibilities designated to soil and water conservation districts by law. Such petition shall set forth:

(a) The proposed name of such district.

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

(c) A description of the territory proposed to be included in the adjusted boundaries, or the territory to be withdrawn from an existing district, and the total territory to be included in the new district.

(d) A request that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries for such district; that one or more public hearings be held to determine the feasibility and propriety of such changes; and that the committee determine that such adjustments be made or such district created.

Where more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee may consolidate all or any such petitions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-11
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall charge for admission to the State Fair. The proceeds thereof shall be used for the repayment of revenue bonds issued for the purpose of constructing, equipping and furnishing new buildings and making improvements on the State Fairgrounds.

(2) Funds collected in excess of those required to retire any outstanding bond indebtedness may be used as operating revenue for the Department of Agriculture and Commerce for operating and administrative costs associated with the State Fairgrounds, and such excess funds received by the department shall be deposited in a special fund account managed by the department for the benefit of the State Fairgrounds.

(3) The State Treasurer is hereby directed to invest such excess funds to the credit of the special account managed by the department for the benefit of the State Fairgrounds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 10-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-1
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to promote the growth and development of the rice industry in Mississippi by research, advertisement promotions and education and market development, thereby promoting the general welfare of the people of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 69-13-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-11
Status: in_force

In counties in the State of Mississippi wherein sea walls or similar structures are constructed and maintained by the county, and in which there are two or more municipalities, each of which have ten thousand inhabitants or more, the board of supervisors in such counties may, by ordinance, create a stock law district of such area adjoining such sea wall or structure as such board may determine and adjudicate, not to extend more than one mile from such sea wall. The ordinance which may be so adopted by the board of supervisors creating such a stock law district may prohibit live stock such as cattle, horses, mules, jacks, jennets, sheep, goats, or hogs, running at large within the territory so designated as the stock law district, and such ordinance so adopted by the board of supervisors shall provide the method in which such stock law may be enforced in said district, and the penalty for the violation thereof, shall be in accordance with the provisions of the general statewide stock law.

The board of supervisors is hereby authorized and empowered to accept donations, grants or gifts from any private individual, corporation or organization, for the purpose of building and constructing fence or fences as necessary to protect such area.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-11
Status: in_force

(1) The College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science shall maintain a complete and adequate veterinary diagnostic laboratory in the Jackson vicinity and any person licensed to practice veterinary medicine, veterinary surgery, veterinary dentistry, or any vocational-agriculture teacher, bona fide farmer or county agent in the State of Mississippi or agent of the State Veterinarian shall have made available to him services of the laboratory. The laboratory shall examine and conduct laboratory tests on specimens submitted by any licensed veterinarian, or vocational-agriculture teacher, bona fide farmer or county agent of this state or agent of the State Veterinarian and issue appropriate reports. The College of Veterinary Medicine shall be required to set reasonable fees for such examinations, tests, reports or other diagnostic service.

(2) The College of Veterinary Medicine shall select a director of the laboratory who holds a degree of veterinary medicine from a recognized college or university; is board certified in one (1) of the following basic diagnostic disciplines; toxicology, pathology, microbiology, virology or clinical pathology and has engaged in the practice of veterinary clinical diagnosis for at least ten (10) years, five (5) years of which were in a supervisory capacity. The director shall select and recommend for employment such veterinarians, bacteriologists, pathologists, technicians, clerical assistants, and other personnel necessary to carry out the objective of this section. The salaries, compensation and expenses of such employees shall be sufficient to insure the employment of competent persons and shall be paid from funds at the disposal of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. The director shall be responsible to the College of Veterinary Medicine for the daily operations of the laboratory.

(3) There is created an advisory council to advise the College of Veterinary Medicine on matters concerning the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. The council shall be composed of the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, or his designee; the Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, or his designee; the Chairman of the Board of Animal Health; the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce; a person appointed by the President of Alcorn State University from its land grant staff who is not a member of the Board of Animal Health; a licensed and practicing veterinarian appointed by the President of the Mississippi State Veterinary Medical Association who is not a member of the Board of Animal Health; the State Veterinarian; the State Chemist; and the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. This advisory council shall meet at least twice a year, upon written notification at least fourteen (14) days in advance, to be called by the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. A meeting may also be called by the Commissioner of Agriculture or by a majority of the advisory council with fourteen (14) days' written notice.

The members of the advisory council shall serve in an advisory capacity only. For attending meetings of the council, 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.

(4) All funds, property and other assets and all current positions of the diagnostic laboratory shall be transferred to the College of Veterinary Medicine on July 1, 2002. The budget of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory shall be funded as a separate line item within the general appropriation bill for the College of Veterinary Medicine.

(5) Information and records pertaining to all animal diseases within the state will be kept confidential except for those reports concerning diseases that are specifically regulated for mandatory control and eradication, or when release of such information is deemed necessary by the State Veterinarian to protect the public health, other livestock or wildlife.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-109 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-109
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of Sections 69-23-1 through 69-23-135 .

(2) In adopting regulations, the commissioner shall give consideration to pertinent research findings and recommendations of other agencies of this state or federal government. The commissioner shall report to the Legislature on or before February 1 of each year any regulation promulgated under this section which is more restrictive than applicable federal regulations.

(3) Regulations promulgated by the commissioner under Sections 69-23-1 through 69-23-135 shall not be effective until approved by the advisory board created under Section 69-25-3 .

(4) In order to eliminate inequitable application or establishment of opposing regulations, the authority to regulate any matter pertaining to the registration, sale, handling, distribution, notification of use, application and use of pesticides shall vest solely in the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, except where other state agencies, including the Agricultural Aviation Board, exercise such regulatory authority under state law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-667 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-667
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-667
Status: in_force

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

(2) Any person adversely affected by an act, order or ruling made by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this article may, within forty-five (45) days thereafter, bring action in the Hinds County Circuit Court, First Judicial District, for judicial review of such actions. The form of the proceeding shall be any which may be provided by statutes of this state to review decisions of administrative agencies, or in the absence or inadequacy thereof any applicable form of legal action, including actions for declaratory judgments or writs of prohibitory or mandatory injunctions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-107 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-107
Status: in_force

In all suits at law or in equity, or in any criminal proceedings when the title or right of possession is involved, a copy of the certificate of brand or mark registration verified by affidavit of the department shall be received in evidence by the court as evidence of the registration of such brand or mark in accordance with the requirements of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-273 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-273
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-273
Status: in_force

Any person required to pay the assessment provided for in this article who refuses to allow full inspection of the premises, or any books, records or other documents relating to the liability of such person for the assessment herein imposed, or who shall hinder or in any way delay or prevent such inspection, or who shall fail or refuse to properly and timely pay all costs incurred by the board or the commissioner in conducting such examinations, 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 in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or both.

Whoever violates any other provision of this article or any rule or regulation of the board pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction of a first offense, he shall be punished by a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00); upon a second offense, a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00); and upon a third or subsequent offense, a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 69-13-111 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 69-13-325 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-325
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-325
Status: in_force

The books kept by the ranger for the registration of estrays shall be open to the inspection of every person free of charge; and, at the expiration of his office, shall be handed over to his successor; and, when filed, shall be deposited with the clerk of the chancery court of the county, who shall preserve them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-10-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 10-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-13
Status: in_force

The State Tax Commission shall provide any information necessary to assist the Department of Agriculture and Commerce in collecting the assessments provided for in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 35-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-17
Status: in_force

If in such referendum called under the provisions of this act a simple majority of the bulk tank units eligible to participate and voting therein shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of such assessment proposed in such milk referendum covered thereby, then such assessment shall be collected in the manner determined and announced by the state ADA.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-323 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-323
Status: in_force

The ranger shall note the time and amount of sale in his register opposite the record of the certificate of such estray, and shall forthwith pay over to the depository of the county the net proceeds of such sale, after deducting all lawful charges; and it shall be his duty to make a full report in writing, under oath, to the board of supervisors, at each regular meeting in January and July, of the amount of money received by him on account of the sale of estrays, and a detailed statement of the disposition thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-51-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 51-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-51-1
Status: in_force

It is the goal of this state to encourage ethanol production plants in the state to utilize Mississippi-produced corn and other agriculture and forest resource commodities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-201 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-201
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to have in possession or keep, sell or offer for sale, barter, exchange, give away or otherwise dispose of hog cholera virus, except at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science and under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian and with a special written permit issued by the board of animal health. “Hog cholera virus” means an unattenuated virus administered to swine for the purpose of immunizing such swine from the disease known as hog cholera.

(2) Any person, firm, corporation or association violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-4 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-4
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-4
Status: in_force

(1) Every person, firm, association or corporation that shall transfer ownership of Bermuda grass for commercial sprigging, or that shall issue, use or circulate any certificate, advertisement, tag, seal, poster, letterhead, marking circular, written or printed representation or description of or pertaining to Bermuda grass intended for commercial sprigging or sale shall conform to the standards or requirements as made by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. Such persons, firms, associations and corporations, before transferring ownership of Bermuda grass, on or before the first day of July of each year, shall secure an annual permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture to engage in such business or practice. The annual permit fee shall not exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each person or place of business.

(2) If a person, firm, association or corporation discovers a new selection of Bermuda grass, such entity shall not name the grass in such a manner as to misrepresent, infringe or mimic a name already on the market. The commissioner may revoke the permit of any person who misrepresents, infringes or mimics a name in violation of this section.

(3) Any person who transfers ownership of Bermuda grass for commercial sprigging without a permit as required under this section shall be subject to a civil penalty, not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). All penalties levied by the commissioner shall be paid into the General Fund in the State Treasury.

(4) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 69-27-303 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-303
Status: in_force

The commission shall serve as the administrator of the provisions of this article and shall serve as the disbursing agency for funds to be expended from and deposited to the credit of the Soil and Water Cost-Share Program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-53 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-53
Status: in_force

(1) When any allegation or charge has been made against a person for violating the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health or the law relating to the prevention and eradication of diseases in animals and livestock, the Board of Animal Health shall direct the State Veterinarian to act as the reviewing officer. The reviewing officer shall (a) cause the complaint to be in writing and signed by the person making the charge; (b) insure that the complaint is filed in the office of the Board of Animal Health; and (c) send a copy of the complaint and any supporting documents to the person accused along with a request for the accused to respond to the allegations within thirty (30) days. Such notification shall be accomplished by any of the methods provided for in Rule 4 of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure . Upon receipt of the response and any supporting documents from the accused, the reviewing officer shall screen all information on file to determine the merit of the complaint or lack thereof.

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

(3) If the reviewing officer determines that there are reasonable grounds to indicate that a violation has occurred or the accused admits to the truth of the allegations upon which the complaint is based, the reviewing officer may levy a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation.

(4) If the accused requests a hearing, in writing, within thirty (30) days, the reviewing officer shall notify the Board of Animal Health and a hearing shall be scheduled. The actions of the State Veterinarian with respect to subsections (2) and (3) above shall be reviewable at such hearing, if so requested. The party requesting a hearing shall file a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) along with the request for hearing to cover the cost of a court reporter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-47-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 47-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-47-15
Status: in_force

(1) The department may conduct or provide for audits of all documents used to verify that certified products meet organic standards.

(2) These audits shall include, where appropriate:

(a) An inventory audit, a listing of the formulations of the product, percent accuracy in labeling, the amount bought and sold per product and producer or destination and the number of vendors and amount of product per vendor; or

(b) A farm audit, listing the amounts sold per product, date and destination and the area and location planted of each product with dates of harvest.

(3) Information contained in audit records that is exempt under the Public Records Act of Mississippi shall remain confidential. Such exempt confidential information shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) Information that, if released, would give advantage to competitors or bidders; and

(b) Trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential by statute or judicial decision.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-13
Status: in_force

The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall have the following duties and powers:

(a) To offer any assistance as may be appropriate to the commissioners of soil and water conservation districts in the carrying out of their powers and programs.

(b) To keep the commissioners of each of the districts informed of the activities and experience of all other districts, and to facilitate cooperation between districts.

(c) To coordinate the programs of the soil and water conservation districts.

(d) To secure the cooperation and assistance of the United States and any of its agencies and of agencies of this state in the work of the districts.

(e) To disseminate information concerning the activities and programs of the soil and water conservation districts, and to encourage the formation of districts.

(f) To seek and receive grants of monies, and other assets, from any source to carry out this article.

(g) To distribute any appropriated or other funds or assets under its control, from state, federal or other governmental agencies or political subdivisions, or from private grants, including matching funds to districts.

(h) To establish and administer qualification standards for district commissioners and officers.

(i) To give guidance and overall supervision to districts when assistance is requested, or acceptable.

(j) To study, classify and evaluate land use needs and problems in the State of Mississippi; to make recommendations leading to adoption of land use policy and broad guidelines for meeting the needs and problems so identified.

(k) To demonstrate to landowners and operators within the state, equipment that will demonstrate energy and soil and water conservation.

(l) To enter into and to authorize the executive director to execute with the approval of the commission, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding with any federal or state agency or subdivision thereof, or any public or private institution location inside or outside the State of Mississippi, or any person, corporation or association in connection with carrying out the purposes of this article.

(m) To cooperate with the Commission on Environmental Quality in addressing agricultural nonpoint source pollution. Subject to Section 49-17-13, Mississippi Code of 1972 , the Commission on Environmental Quality and the commission shall enter into a memorandum of understanding which shall establish the commission's role in nonpoint source pollution issues.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 8-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-5
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Beef Industry Council is created and shall be composed of eighteen (18) members as follows:

(a) Seven (7) members appointed by the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, of whom one (1) shall be a meat scientist or a meat packer;

(b) One (1) member appointed by the Mississippi Cattlewomen's Association;

(c) Five (5) members appointed by the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, of whom one (1) shall be a dairy farmer and one (1) shall be a beef retailer;

(d) Five (5) members appointed by the Mississippi Livestock Marketing Association.

(2) Within thirty (30) 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, each organization shall select its members to serve on the council. The members of the council shall meet and organize after their appointment and shall select a chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer from the membership of the council. The council may establish rules and regulations for the administration of the duties of the council. The minutes of the council shall reflect the votes taken by the council concerning any contracts for projects of research, education, advertisement or promotion of the beef industry.

(3) The chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer shall be bonded in an amount not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). The cost of the bonds shall be paid from the funds received under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 24-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Mississippi Soil and Plant Amendment Law of 1978”.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-339 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-339
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-339
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Military Department, acting through the training site supervisor at Camp Shelby, is hereby authorized and empowered to take up and impound in a proper enclosure all livestock found roaming at large upon any state-owned or leased lands comprising the state military reservation in Forrest and contiguous counties, in violation of the statewide stock law statutes.

(2) The training site supervisor shall provide a safe and secure enclosure in which such livestock shall be impounded, and will insure that such animals are cared for in a humane manner until removed for such enclosure as hereinafter provided. It shall be unlawful for any owner of livestock or any other person to remove such livestock without the authority of the training site supervisor, and such offense shall be deemed a misdemeanor.

(3) There is hereby created a statutory lien in the amount of the cost of impounding each animal, not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00), against each head of cattle, horse or mule, and all other livestock so found upon and impounded upon the state military reservation; and in addition a lien of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per day shall accrue for the feeding and care of each animal so impounded. No animal shall be removed by its owner until the full lien is paid in cash to the training site supervisor, who shall give a receipt for such money paid and account for the same in the manner to be established by the military department. All funds collected under this section shall be forwarded to the adjutant general on or before the fifth day of each month, and such funds shall be expended under his supervision in carrying out the provisions of this section and in making improvements to the military reservation.

(4) The training site supervisor shall publish a monthly notice in one (1) newspaper having general circulation in Forrest County, the general description of the livestock impounded and held on the end of the preceding month, and said notice shall offer the lawful owners the opportunity to claim their livestock by a day and hour certain, but not less than ten (10) days, after paying the full statutory lien imposed. All animals not claimed by the designated date and hour may be sold as a herd to the highest bidder for cash within ten (10) days and a proper receipt shall be given the purchaser and the funds accounted for as provided for in the preceding subsection.

(5) This section is declared to be remedial legislation and is enacted for the purposes of protecting the personal and real property of the state military reservation known as Camp Shelby from livestock illegally thereon, and enhancing the safety of members of the National Guard and other reserve military forces of Mississippi and other states which train and conduct military exercises and maneuvers on said lands; and neither the training site supervisor, nor any other public employee, shall be liable in any civil or criminal court in carrying out the provisions of this section. The purchasers of livestock under the provisions of this section shall receive a valid title, and such purchaser shall not be liable in a civil or criminal court to any person for any purchase made under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-321 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-321
Status: in_force

Cattle, horses, jacks, jennets or mules infested with or exposed to the cattle tick (margaropus annulatus), in any county known to be partly or wholly infested with such tick, the owner or owners of which, after five days written notice from a livestock inspector, or such animals as are provided for under Section 69-15-319 , shall fail or refuse to dip such animals at a time and place designated in such notice and regularly every 14 days thereafter until released, in a vat properly charged with arsenical solution, under the supervision of a livestock inspector, said cattle, horses, jacks, jennets or mules shall be dipped, quarantined and placed in the custody of the sheriff, by the livestock inspector. Suitably fenced areas for holding such cattle while in the custody of the sheriff shall be provided by the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-17-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-1
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the “Livestock Biologics and Drug Law of 1958.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-401 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 69-25-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-7
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may conduct inspections and promulgate and enforce quarantine regulations as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this article.

(2)(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall, from time to time, make rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions and requirements of this article, including rules and regulations under which his inspectors and other employees shall:

(i) Inspect places, plants and plant products, and things, and substances used or connected therewith;

(ii) Investigate, control, eradicate and prevent the dissemination of insect pests, diseases and noxious weeds; and

(iii) Supervise or cause the treatment, cutting and destruction of plants and plant products and other things infested or infected therewith.

(b) No rule or regulation shall be effective unless first submitted to and approved by the advisory board established under the provisions of Section 69-25-3 .

(c) The inspectors and employees employed by the commissioner may carry out and execute the regulations and orders of the commissioner and under direction of the commissioner carry out the provisions of this article.

(3) To carry out the provisions of this article, the commissioner or his representative may enter into compacts and memorandums of agreement and/or understanding with governmental agencies or private organizations. The Bureau of Plant Industry may establish statewide or regional cooperative weed management areas for any or all of the weeds listed as noxious under officially promulgated regulations. Under such authority, the Bureau of Plant Industry may serve as lead agency in establishing control and/or eradication programs for regulated pests and noxious weeds and actively seek grants and external resources to provide matching resources for other avenues of funding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-15
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for a person to remove any collar, tag or marking device on any animal not owned by such person and without the permission of the owner of the animal. Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction for a first violation, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) 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.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-327 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / 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. § 69-27-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-15
Status: in_force

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

(a) The proposed name of said district.

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

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

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

Where more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee may consolidate all or any such petitions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-23-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-17-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-9
Status: in_force

The application for registration shall be made in such form and contain such information as may be prescribed by the Board of Animal Health of the State of Mississippi and shall give in detail the composition of the preparation, the safety of its use, recommendations and directions for use, claims of effectiveness and proof of all claims, and shall include an official product label and any other evidence which the said board considers necessary in determining eligibility of registration in compliance with this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-5
Status: in_force

(1) There is imposed and levied an assessment at the rate of One Cent (1¢) per bushel on all soybeans grown within the State of Mississippi, and such assessment shall be deducted by the purchaser from the amount paid the producer at the first point of sale, whether within or without the state. Assessments on soybeans put under loan to the Commodity Credit Corporation or purchased by the Commodity Credit Corporation and delivered to it shall be payable when such soybeans are placed under loan or are purchased. The Commodity Credit Corporation may require deduction and payment of the assessment from the loan proceeds or from the purchase price on the behalf of the producer. Assessments on soybeans put under loan to the Commodity Credit Corporation and redeemed by the producer before the takeover date, if already paid by having been deducted from the loan proceeds, shall not be deducted by each handler from the amount paid the producer at the first point of sale as provided in this section; otherwise, the assessment shall be deducted. Any soybean producer may request and receive a refund of the amount of assessment deducted from the sale of his soybeans provided he makes a written application with the Department of Agriculture and Commerce within sixty (60) days from date of sale, supported by bona fide copies of sales slips signed by the purchaser. The application forms shall be prepared by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce and shall be available at the first point of sale. All such applications shall be processed and refunds paid by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce within sixty (60) days after the funds have been received by the department. Each marketing agency shall be furnished a poster to be displayed in a prominent place, stating that refunds are available and forms to be used, including self-addressed envelopes, are available at its office.

(2) The assessment imposed and levied by this section shall be payable to and collected by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, hereafter referred to as “the department,” from the purchaser of such soybeans at the first point of sale or from the Commodity Credit Corporation as provided in subsection (1) of this section. The proceeds of the assessment collected by the department shall be deposited with the State Treasurer in a special fund, known as the “ Mississippi Soybean Promotion Fund ,” and promptly remitted to the Mississippi State University Foundation under the terms and conditions as the Soybean Promotion Board deems necessary to ensure that the assessments are used properly in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The State Fiscal Officer is authorized to issue warrants for the payment of monies from the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Fund upon requisition by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, or his designee, for refunds to producers as provided under subsection (1) of this section.

(3) The department shall pay over to the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Fund the funds collected, less three and one-half percent (3- 1 / 2 %) of the gross amount collected. The payments to the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board shall be accompanied by a complete report of all funds collected and disbursed.

(4) Each purchaser or the Commodity Credit Corporation shall keep a complete and accurate record of all soybeans handled by him and shall furnish each producer with a signed sales slip showing the number of bushels purchased from him and the amount deducted by him for the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Fund. Such records shall be in such form and contain such other information as the department shall by rule or regulation prescribe. The records shall be preserved by the purchaser for a period of two (2) years and shall be offered for inspection at any time upon oral or written demand by the department or any duly authorized agent or representative thereof. Every purchaser or the Commodity Credit Corporation, at such time or times as the department may require, shall submit reports or other documentary information deemed necessary for the efficient and equitable collection of the assessment imposed in this chapter. The department shall have the power to cause any duly authorized agent or representative to enter upon the premises of any purchaser of soybeans and examine or cause to be examined by such agent only books, papers and records which deal in any way with the payment of the assessment or enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-15
Status: in_force

(1) It is the duty of the commissioner and State Chemist, who may act through their duly authorized agents, to sample, inspect, make analyses of, and test soil or plant amendments distributed within the State of Mississippi at any time and place, and to such an extent they may deem necessary to determine whether such soil or plant amendments are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner, individually or through his agents, is authorized to enter upon any public or private premises of carriers during regular business hours in order to have access to soil or plant amendments subject to provisions of the chapter and the rules and regulations pertaining thereto, and to the records relating to their distribution.

(2) The methods of analysis and sampling shall be those adopted by the State Chemist from sources such as the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, or other sources acceptable to the State Chemist.

(3) The results of official analyses of soil or plant amendments and portions of official samples shall be distributed by the State Chemist as provided by regulation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-117 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-117
Status: in_force

(1) All equidae located on any premises within the state where the public participates in equine activities for any purpose, including, but not limited to, training, breeding, performing or exhibition shall be accompanied by the original copy of a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test. All equidae moving within the state for any reason shall be accompanied by the original copy of a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test. Equidae being sold at a public sale or sold at a private sale shall have a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test.

(2) The Board of Animal Health shall promulgate rules and regulations to enforce this section.

(3) Any person violating this section or the rules and regulations promulgated under this section by the Board of Animal Health is subject to the penalties provided in Section 69-15-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-107 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-107
Status: in_force

When used in the context of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 , the following terms shall be ascribed the following meanings:

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

(b) “ Certification ” means the recognition by a state that a person is competent and thus authorized to use or supervise the use of restricted use pesticides.

(c) “ Certified applicator ” means any person who is certified to use or supervise the use of any restricted use pesticide covered by this certification.

(d) “ Commercial applicator ” means a certified applicator (whether or not he is a private applicator with respect to some uses) who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide that is classified for restricted use for any purpose or on any property other than as provided by the definition of “private applicator.”

(e) “ Division ” means the Bureau of Plant Industry within the Regulatory Office of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

(f) “ Division of Plant Industry ” means the Bureau of Plant Industry within the Regulatory Office of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

(g) “ EPA ” means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(h) “ FIFRA ” means the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended.

(i) “ License ” means a license, certificate or permit.

(j) “ Person ” means any individual, partnership, association, corporation or organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not.

(k) “ Pest ” means:

(i) Any insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, weeds; and

(ii) Other forms of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life or virus, bacteria, or other microorganism (except viruses, bacteria or other microorganism on or in living man or other living animals) that the commissioner declares to be a pest.

(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) “ Private applicator ” means a certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide that is classified for restricted use for purposes of producing any agricultural commodity on property owned, rented or controlled by him or his employer or, if applied without compensation other than trading of personal services between producers of agricultural commodities, on the property of another person, subject to regulations adopted under authority granted by Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 .

(n) “ Public applicator ” means any individual who applies restricted use pesticides as an employee of a state agency, municipal corporation, public utility, or other governmental agency. This term does not include employees who work under direct “on-the-job” supervision of a public applicator.

(o) “ Restricted use pesticide ” means any pesticide classified for restricted use by EPA or by the commissioner.

(p) “ State restricted pesticide use ” means any pesticide use which, when used as directed or in accordance with a widespread and commonly recognized practice, the commissioner determines subsequent to a hearing, requires additional restrictions for that use to protect the environment including man, lands, beneficial insects, animals, crops and wildlife, other than pests.

(q) “ Under the direct supervision of a certified applicator ” means, unless otherwise prescribed by its labeling, a pesticide that is to be applied by a competent person acting under the instructions and control of a certified applicator who is available if and when needed, even though that certified applicator is not physically present at the time and place the pesticide is applied.

(r) “ Unreasonable adverse effects on the environment ” means any unreasonable risk to man or the environment, taking into account the economic, social and environmental costs and benefits of the use of any pesticide.

(s) Words and terms as 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 , when used in Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 shall have the same meaning ascribed therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-63 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-63
Status: in_force

At any time after the organization of a district under the provisions of this article, any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the boundaries of such district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee praying that the operations of the district be terminated and the existence of the district discontinued. The committee may conduct such public meetings and public hearings upon such petition as may be necessary to assist it in the consideration thereof. Within sixty (60) days after such a petition has been received by the committee, it shall give due notice of the holding of a referendum, and shall supervise such referendum, and issue appropriate regulations governing the conduct thereof, the question to be submitted by ballots upon which the words “For terminating the existence of the __________ (name of the soil and water conservation district to be here inserted)” and “Against terminating the existence of the __________ (name of the soil and water conservation district to be here inserted)” shall appear, with a square before each proposition and a direction to insert an X mark in the square before one or the other of said propositions as the voter may favor or oppose discontinuance of such district. All owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the district shall be eligible to vote in such referendum. Only such landowners shall be eligible to vote. No informalities in the conduct of such referendum or in any matters relating thereto shall invalidate such referendum or the result thereof if notice thereof shall have been given substantially as herein provided and said referendum shall have been fairly conducted.

The committee shall publish the result of such referendum and shall thereafter consider and determine whether the continued operation of the district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible. If the committee shall determine that the continued operation of such district is administratively practicable and feasible, it shall record such determination and deny the petition. If the committee shall determine that the continued operation of such district is not administratively practicable and feasible, it shall record such determination and shall certify such determination to the commissioners of the district. In making such determination the committee shall give due regard and weight to the attitudes of the owners and operators of lands lying within the district, the number of landowners eligible to vote in such referendum who shall have voted, the proportion of the votes cast in such referendum in favor of the discontinuance in the district to the total number of votes cast, the approximate wealth and income of the landowners of the district, the probable expense of carrying on erosion-control operations within such district, and such other economic and social factors as may be relevant to such determination, having due regard to the legislative findings set forth in Section 69-27-3 . However, the committee shall not have authority to determine that the continued operation of the district is administratively practicable and feasible unless at least a majority of the votes cast in the referendum shall have been cast in favor of the continuance of such district.

Upon receipt from the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee of a certification that the committee has determined that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible, pursuant to the provisions of this section, the commissioners shall forthwith proceed to terminate the affairs of the district. The commissioners shall dispose of all property belonging to the district at public auction and shall pay over the proceeds of such sale to be covered into the state treasury. The commissioners shall thereupon file an application, duly verified, with the Secretary of State for the discontinuance of such district, and shall transmit with such application the certificate of the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee setting forth the determination of the committee that the continued operation of such district is not administratively practicable and feasible. The application shall recite that the property of the district has been disposed of and the proceeds paid over as in this section provided, and shall set forth a full accounting of such properties and proceeds of the sale. The Secretary of State shall issue to the commissioners a certificate of dissolution and shall record such certificate in an appropriate book of record in his office.

Upon the issuance of a certificate of dissolution under the provisions of this section, all ordinances and regulations theretofore adopted and in force within such district shall be of no further force and effect. All contracts theretofore entered into, to which the district or commissioners are parties, shall remain in full force and effect for the period provided in such contracts. The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall be substituted for the district or commissioners as party to such contracts. The committee shall be entitled to all benefits and subject to all liabilities under such contracts and shall have the same right and liability to perform, to require performance, to sue and be sued thereon, and to modify or terminate such contracts by mutual consent or otherwise as the commissioners of the district would have had. Such dissolution shall not affect the lien of any judgment entered under the provisions of Section 69-27-41 , nor the pendency of any action instituted under the provisions of such section, and the committee shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the district or commissioners as to such liens and actions.

The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall not entertain petition for the discontinuance of any district nor conduct referendums upon such petitions nor make determinations pursuant to such petitions in accordance with the provisions of this section, more often than once in one (1) year.

In the event a majority of the landowners vote to dissolve a district the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall dissolve same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-33 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 35-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-33
Status: in_force

The date of any initial referendums authorized under the provisions of this act shall be set on or before June 1, 1989.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 69-37-25 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 37-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-25
Status: in_force

The Bureau of Plant Industry is authorized to promulgate regulations quarantining this state, or any portion thereof, and governing the storage, treatment, or other handling in the quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of regulated articles into or from such areas. The bureau shall determine when such action is necessary, or appears reasonably necessary, to prevent or retard the spread of the boll weevil. The bureau is also authorized to promulgate regulations governing the movement of regulated articles from other states or portions thereof into this state when such state is known to be infested with the boll weevil. The promulgation of these regulations shall conform in all aspects to the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, Sections 25-43-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 , and sound principles of quarantines.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-39 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 25-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-39
Status: in_force

In construing and enforcing the provisions of this article, omission or failure of any official, agent or other person acting for or employed by any association, partnership, or corporation within the scope of his employment of office shall, in every case, also be deemed the act, omission or failure of such association, partnership or corporation as well as that of the person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-13-23 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 13-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-23
Status: in_force

The party against whom judgment may be given in a case to enforce a lien pursuant to Section 69-13-21 may appeal to the circuit court as other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 69-1-53 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-53
Status: in_force

The Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University shall in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks: (a) study the development of a test that can be used in the field for identifying differences between wild species of game fish and game fish produced in an aquacultural facility; and (b) research the culture feasibility and market potential of the sale of hybrid bream and hybrid black stripe crappie as authorized in Section 79-22-9 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-221 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-27-59 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-59
Status: in_force

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

(2) The provisions of Sections 69-27-55 to 69-27-61 shall not be interpreted to remove from office commissioners previously appointed or elected to serve existing soil and water conservation districts. However, the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee is empowered to establish rules whereby these officers will continue to serve, either in the existing district, or in the newly constituted district, until the termination date of their present term of office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-41 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-41
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or any of his inspectors or employees shall be a proper party in any court of equity to effectively carry out any of the provisions of this article when an injunction would be a proper remedy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-37 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-37
Status: repealed

The commissioners of any district shall have authority to formulate regulations governing the use of lands within the district in the interest of conserving water and soil and soil resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion subject to the approval of and acceptance by two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the landowners owning at least sixty-six and two-thirds per cent (66 2 / 3 ) of the lands affected by such proposed regulations. Such regulations shall be compatible with state laws, particularly those related to the board of water commissioners.

The commissioners may conduct such public meetings and public hearings upon tentative regulations as may be necessary to assist them in this work. The commissioners shall not have authority to enact such water and land use regulations into law until after they shall have caused due notice to be given of their intention to conduct a referendum for submission of such regulations to the owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the district for their indication of approval or disapproval of such proposed regulations, and until after the commissioners have considered the result of such referendum. The proposed regulations shall be embodied in a proposed ordinance. Copies of such proposed ordinance shall be available for the inspection of all eligible voters during the period between publication of such notice and the date of the referendum. The notices of the referendum shall recite the contents of such proposed ordinance, or shall state where copies of such proposed ordinance may be examined. The question shall be submitted by ballots, upon which the words “for approval of proposed ordinance No. __________, prescribing land and water use regulations for conservation of soil and water and prevention of erosion” and “against approval of proposed ordinance No. __________, prescribing water and land use regulations for conservation of soil and water and prevention of erosion” shall appear, with a square before each proposition and a direction to insert an X mark in the square before one or the other of said propositions as the voter may favor or oppose approval of such proposed ordinance. The commissioners shall supervise such referendum, shall prescribe appropriate regulations governing the conduct thereof, and shall publish the result thereof. All owners of land within the district shall be eligible to vote in such referendum. Only such landowners shall be eligible to vote. No informalities in the conduct of such referendum or in any matters relating thereto shall invalidate said referendum or the result thereof if notice thereof shall have been given substantially as herein provided and said referendum shall have been fairly conducted.

The commissioners shall not have authority to enact such proposed ordinance into law unless two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the landowners owning at least sixty-six and two-thirds per cent (66 2 / 3 %) of all lands affected by such proposed ordinance shall have voted in favor thereof. The approval of the proposed ordinance by two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the landowners owning at least sixty-six and two-thirds per cent (66 2 / 3 %) of the land affected by such ordinance shall not be deemed to require the commissioners to enact such proposed ordinance into law. Water and land use regulations prescribed in ordinances adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section by the commissioners of any district shall have the force and effect of law in the said district.

Any owners or operators of land within such district may at any time file a petition with the commissioners asking that any or all of the water and land use regulations prescribed in any ordinance adopted by the commissioners under the provisions of this section shall be amended, supplemented or repealed. Water and land use regulations prescribed in any ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be amended, supplemented, or repealed except in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this section for adoption of water and land use regulations. Referendums on adoption, amendment, supplementation, or repeal of water and land use regulations shall not be held more often than once in twelve (12) months.

The regulations to be adopted by the commissioners under the provisions of this section may include:

(a) Provisions requiring the carrying out of necessary engineering operations, including the construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, dikes, ponds, ditches, and other necessary structures.

(b) Provisions requiring observance of particular methods of cultivation, including contour cultivating, contour furrowing, lister furrowing, sowing, planting, strip cropping, seeding, and planting of lands to water conserving and erosion-preventing plants, trees, and grasses, afforestation, and reforestation.

(c) Specifications of cropping programs and tillage practices to be observed.

(d) Provisions requiring the retirement from cultivation of highly erodible areas or of areas on which erosion may not be adequately controlled if cultivation is carried on.

(e) Provisions for such other means, measures, operations, and programs as may assist conservation of water and soil resources and prevent or control soil erosion in the district having due regard to the legislative findings set forth in Section 69-27-3 .

The regulations shall be uniform throughout the territory comprised within the district except that the commissioners may classify the lands within the district with reference to such factors as soil type, degree of slope, degree of erosion threatened or existing, cropping and tillage practices in use, and other relevant factors, and may provide regulations varying with the type or class of land affected, but uniform as to all lands within each class or type. Copies of water and land use regulations adopted under the provisions of this section shall be made available to all owners and operators of lands lying within the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-209 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 69-15-313 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 69-8-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Producer ” means any person who owns or acquires ownership of cattle, except that a person shall not be considered to be a producer if that person's only share in the proceeds of a sale of cattle or beef is a sales commission, handling fee or other service fee.

(b) “ Collecting person ” means any livestock dealer licensed under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended, who makes payment to a producer for cattle purchased in Mississippi.

(c) “ Council ” means the “Mississippi Beef Industry Council.”

(d) “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce for the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-135 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-135
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(2) Each violation of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued under this chapter shall subject the violator to administrative action as provided for in Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 69-10-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 10-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-9
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(4) If the board fails to make an annual report in violation of the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the board shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-35 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-35
Status: in_force

A soil and water conservation district organized under the provisions of this article shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such district and the commissioners thereof shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted in other sections of this article:

(a) To conduct surveys, investigations and research relating to the character of soil erosion and the preventive and control measures needed, to publish results of such surveys, investigations or research, and to disseminate information concerning such preventive and control measures. However, in order to avoid duplication of research activities, no district shall initiate any research program except in cooperation with the government of this state or any of its agencies, or with the United States or any of its agencies.

(b) To conduct demonstration projects within the district on lands owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on any other lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner of such lands or the necessary rights or interests in such lands, in order to demonstrate by example the means, methods, and measures by which water and soil resources may be conserved, and soil erosion in the form of soil washing may be prevented and controlled.

(c) To carry out preventive and control measures within the district including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, changes in use of land, and the measures listed in subsection (c), Section 69-27-3 , on lands owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on any other lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner of such lands.

(d) To cooperate, or enter into agreements with, and within the limits of appropriations duly made available to it by law, to furnish financial or other aid to any agency, governmental or otherwise, or any owner or operator of lands within the district, in the carrying on of erosion control and prevention operations within the district, subject to such conditions as the commissioners may deem necessary to advance the purposes of this article.

(e) To obtain options upon and to acquire by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, grant, bequest, or devise, any property, real or personal, or rights or interests therein, and all such property shall be exempt from state, county, or municipal taxation; to maintain, administer, and improve any properties acquired, to receive income from such properties and to expend such income in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this article; and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any of its property or interests therein in furtherance of the purposes and the provisions of this article. Notwithstanding any provisions of general law to the contrary, no land or interest therein described under this subsection shall be acquired for recreational purposes by eminent domain proceedings after the effective date of this article.

(f) To make available, on such terms as it shall prescribe, to landowners and operators within the district, agricultural and engineering machinery and equipment, fertilizer, seeds, and seedlings, and such other material or equipment, as will assist such landowners and operators to carry on operations upon their lands for the conservation of soil and water resources and for the prevention and control of soil erosion, and to purchase comprehensive insurance on such agricultural and engineering equipment.

(g) To construct, improve, and maintain such structures as may be necessary or convenient for the performance of any of the operations authorized in this article, with the consent of two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the landowners owning sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2 / 3 %) of all lands affected, whether the owners of such land live within such district or not.

(h) To develop comprehensive plans for the conservation of soil and water resources and for the control and prevention of soil erosion within the district, and to bring such plans and information to the attention of owners and operators of lands within the district.

(i) To acquire by purchase or lease, and to administer, any water and soil conservation, erosion-control or erosion-prevention project located within its boundaries undertaken by the United States or any of its agencies, or by this state or any of its agencies; to manage as agent of the United States or any of its agencies, or of this state or any of its agencies, any water and soil conservation, erosion-control or erosion-prevention project within its boundaries; to act as agent for the United States or any of its agencies, or for this state or any of its agencies, in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, or administration of any soil and water conservation, erosion-control or erosion-prevention project within its boundaries; to accept donations, gifts and contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise, from the United States or any of its agencies, or from this state or any of its agencies, or from private sources, and to use or expend such monies, services, materials, or other contributions in carrying on its operations.

(j) To assist individual landowners or operators and organized groups, associations, or other agencies or units of government to plan and establish recreational facilities for family use, income-producing purposes, or for community access.

(k) To enter into contracts with the approval of the Governor with any agency of the federal or state government or its political subdivisions to accomplish the objectives of this article.

(l) To collect cost-sharing funds, and to establish and implement procedures compatible with the purposes of this article for the necessary financing of water and soil conservation district activities, including the administration of any federal funds made available for the use of the district.

(m) To receive and expend funds or monies or other assets from any state or federal agency or any other source, public or private, in furtherance of the purposes of this article.

(n) To sue and be sued in the name of the district; to have a seal, which seal shall be judicially noticed; to have perpetual succession unless terminated as hereinafter provided; to make and execute contracts and other instruments, necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers; to make, and from time to time amend and repeal rules and regulations not inconsistent with this article, to carry into effect its purposes and powers.

(o) As a condition to the extending of any benefits under this article to, or the performance of work upon, any lands not owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies, the commissioners may require contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise to any operations conferring such benefits, and may require landowners and operators to enter into and perform such agreements or covenants as to the permanent use of such lands as will tend to prevent or control erosion thereon.

(p) No provision with respect to the acquisition, operation, or disposition of property by other public bodies shall be applicable to a district organized hereunder unless the Legislature shall specifically so state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-105
Status: in_force

(1) Any cattle or other livestock owner, who uses or desires to use and adopt a brand or mark to identify his livestock must register his brand or mark by making application for such registration to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Not only all livestock owners who have their cattle branded before this law goes into effect must apply for registration, but also those persons who desire to brand or mark their livestock for the first time must apply for registration, and submit their proposed brand or mark to the department for clearing before it is applied. The application shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the department, which application shall be accompanied by a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) and a facsimile of the brand or mark or proposed brand or mark to be registered shall also be furnished by the applicant. All fees collected hereunder for registration, transfer, or reregistration of brands or marks shall be deposited in the State Treasury. If the brand or mark described in the application has not previously been registered by another cattle owner, or does not closely resemble a registered brand or mark, the department shall approve the application, register the brand or mark in the name of the applicant, and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration. In case of duplication of brands or marks as shown by applications, the owner of the brand or mark who first records with the department will be recognized. When a livestock owner, who has registered a brand or mark with the department, transfers such brand or mark to another person, he shall immediately notify the department of the transfer, giving the date of transfer, and the name and address of the transferee. Upon receipt of the notice and a transfer fee of Two Dollars ($2.00), the department shall cause such transfer to be noted in the register of brands and marks, and such brand or mark shall not be used by the new owner until permission has been given by the department for the use of such brand or mark.

(2) No two (2) or more brands or marks of the same design or figure, and no two (2) or more earmarks of the same kind shall be adopted, designed and recorded, and when a brand, mark or earmark shall have been designed, adopted and recorded, the person so adopting and recording same shall be entitled to the exclusive use thereof, and it shall be his exclusive property, but the right to the use of such brand or mark may be sold and transferred by an instrument in writing, signed, acknowledged and recorded in the chancery clerk's office of the county where the brand, mark or earmark is recorded. When the right to the use of a brand, mark or earmark has been sold and transferred and recorded as herein provided, the chancery clerk shall note on the “brand, mark and earmark book” that such brand, mark or earmark has been sold and transferred, giving the book and page where such transfer is recorded.

(3) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of subsection (2) of this section 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. § 69-7-113 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-113
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall keep, or have kept, records of all leases, rentals, sales, and expense items which shall be audited as other state records are audited and the department shall make, or cause to be made, a report of receipts and disbursements and other information pertaining to the operations of the market to each regular session of the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-207 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-207
Status: in_force

(1) Pursuant to the provisions of this article, cultivation and processing of hemp, as defined in Section 69-25-203 , are authorized in this state. Cultivation and processing of hemp are subject to regulation by the department and may only be performed by persons or business entities that hold a valid license or registration issued hereunder.

(2) The commissioner shall create a State Plan for submission to and approval by the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Secretary of Agriculture. The commissioner and department shall promulgate such reasonable regulations as necessary to implement the State Plan and provisions of this article. The commissioner and the department shall be authorized to promulgate any rule or regulation deemed necessary for the administration of the provisions of this article in compliance with any federal law, rule or regulation promulgated by the United States Department of Agriculture.

(3) The department is authorized to accept applications, and issue licenses and/or registrations for all hemp growers and hemp processors. The department shall adopt and enforce all rules and regulations related to those licenses and/or registrations.

(4) All hemp growers must be licensed by the department.

(5) All hemp processors must register with the department.

(6) All licensed holders and registered processors shall keep and maintain crop and/or processing records in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and enforced by the department. The department may subject the required records to inspection. The department may make an inspection for the purpose of ensuring compliance with:

(a) USDA guidelines;

(b) Provisions of this article;

(c) Department rules and regulations;

(d) Any terms or conditions of a license issued hereunder;

(e) Registration with the department; or

(f) A final department order directed to the grower's or processor's hemp operations or activities.

(7) All hemp growers and processors shall be subject to a background investigation conducted by the Department of Public Safety, which shall include both a state and federal background check.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-305 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-45-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-9
Status: in_force

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the division to establish and coordinate the Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Program. The duties of the division shall include, but are not limited to:

(a) Developing a logo and authorizing the use of that logo;

(b) Developing a program for loans, grants and subsidies;

(c) Registering participants;

(d) Requesting and collecting reimbursements from program participants;

(e) Promoting and advertising Mississippi and its agricultural products through the purchase of promotional items;

(f) Developing in-kind advertising programs and promotional materials; and

(g) Contracting with media representatives for the purpose of dispersing promotional materials.

(2) The commissioner shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-35 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-35
Status: in_force

The commissioner, with the consent of the corporation, is authorized to exempt from the assessment penalty requirements set forth in this chapter those cotton growers for whom paying the assessment penalties would impose an undue financial hardship, and the commissioner is authorized to establish, upon the recommendation of the corporation, a payment plan in those hardship cases. This exemption shall be implemented as follows:

(a) The commissioner, with the consent of the corporation, shall adopt rules and regulations defining the criteria to be used in determining financial hardship. However, no exemption shall be granted to any cotton grower who, after the amount of assessments and penalties otherwise due has been subtracted from his taxable net income, has a net income exceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) for the year in which he seeks an exemption;

(b) Any cotton grower who claims an exemption shall apply on a form prescribed by the commissioner. A separate application shall be filed for each calendar year in which a cotton grower claims an exemption. Each application shall contain an explanation of the conditions to be met for approval. An oath shall be included on the form that upon completion shall be returned to the commissioner;

(c) The commissioner shall forward all completed exemption application forms to the corporation. The corporation shall determine from the information contained in the application forms whether or not the applicants qualify for a hardship exemption (exemption from penalty) and may recommend a payment plan to the commissioner; and

(d) The corporation shall notify the commissioner of its determination, which shall be binding upon the applicants. Upon receipt of the determination of the corporation, the commissioner shall promptly notify each affected cotton grower of that determination. If an exemption has been denied, assessments and penalties for the year in which the application was made shall become due at the time they would otherwise have become due had no application for exemption been filed or within thirty (30) days after the date of the commissioner's notice of an adverse determination, whichever is later.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-33 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 25-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-33
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors in the various counties of the state and the governing bodies in the various municipalities of the state are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to appropriate money out of the general funds of the counties and municipalities to be used for the purpose of cooperating with the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce in eradicating serious insect pests, rodents, plant parasites, plant diseases and noxious weeds and in protecting the counties and municipalities from serious insect pests, rodents, plant parasites, plant diseases and noxious weeds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 17-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-13
Status: in_force

The said Board of Animal Health and its authorized representatives shall have the right to inspect, investigate, sample and seize in accordance with lawful procedure any product covered by this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-305 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 69-25-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-17
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to bring or cause to be brought into this state any plant or plant product or other thing listed as required above herein, in the rules and regulations made pursuant hereto, unless thereby plainly and legibly marked thereon or affixed thereto, or on or to the car or other vehicle carrying, or the bundle, package or other container of the same, in a conspicuous place, a statement or a tag or other device showing the names and addresses of the consignors or shippers and the consignee or person to whom shipped, the general nature and quantity of the contents, and the name of the locality where grown or shipped, together with a certificate of inspection of the proper official of the state, territory, district or county from which it was brought or shipped, showing that such plant or plant product or other thing or substance was found or believed to be free from insect pests, diseases and noxious weeds, and any other information required by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce such as certificates of fumigation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-27 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-27
Status: in_force

The owner of the animal, or person entitled to the custody, may, after suit is brought and before final judgment, replevy the animal by giving bond, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the justice of the peace, clerk, constable, or sheriff, in double the value thereof; and thereafter the suit shall proceed and the bond be in the place of the animal, and judgment may be rendered against the obligors therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / 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.