Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-33 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 69-15-301 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-301
Status: in_force

(1) The work of tick eradication shall be prosecuted by the Board of Animal Health under the following provisions: The State Veterinarian, with the approval and consent of the board, shall hire an assistant executive officer for tick eradication who shall receive a salary of not exceeding Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) per annum to be fixed by the board, who shall be duly qualified for the work and of recognized ability and experience in tick eradication and who shall have full authority and jurisdiction, subject to the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health in the matter, direction and administration of the work of eradication of the Texas and splenic fever and the fever-carrying tick, in the State of Mississippi, until such time as in the judgment of the board it is necessary for the prosecution to a successful conclusion of the campaign of eradicating said ticks and tick fever.

(2) The assistant executive officer shall have for the purpose of eradication of the Texas and splenic fever or fever-carrying tick, all the powers, authority and jurisdiction now conferred by law upon the Executive Officer of the Board of Animal Health, upon the conditions and limitations set forth in this section.

(3) The assistant executive officer shall employ such inspectors and range riders and other employees as may be deemed necessary by the Board of Animal Health for the successful prosecution of the work of eradication of the Texas and splenic fever and fever-carrying tick, the compensation of such inspectors, range riders, and other employees to be fixed by the board and paid out of any appropriation made to the board for tick eradication.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-13
Status: in_force

Jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the distribution, sale and transportation of pesticides is vested exclusively in the commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 55-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-55-5
Status: in_force

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

(2) The department may:

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

(b) Contract with an entity to administer the programs established in this chapter. When contracting with the entity to administer the programs, the department shall be exempt from Section 27-104-7(2)(g) requiring approval by the Public Procurement Review Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-107 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-107
Status: in_force

Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-14 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-14
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-14
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund designated as the Wildflower Seed Revolving Fund to be used by the Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission to contract for the purchase of wildflower seeds from public or private providers, for resale to local conservation districts or other governmental entities for planting programs.

(2) The Wildflower Revolving Fund shall be funded by monies received from the sale of seeds to the local conservation districts or other governmental entities. Monies collected from the sales shall be deposited into the Wildflower Revolving Fund. The State Treasurer shall make disbursements for payment of purchase of wildflower seeds upon requisition by the Soil and Water Conservation Commission and upon the issuance of warrants by the Department of Finance and Administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-19
Status: in_force

The proceeds of bonds sold pursuant to Section 69-5-17 shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of a special fund known as the State Fair Fund, and shall be used solely for payment of the cost of the project or combined projects, and shall be disbursed upon order of the State Building Commission under such restrictions, if any, as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide. Provided, however, that any surplus in the State Fair Fund over and above the requirements to meet the payments on outstanding bonds and interest thereon when due may, in the discretion of the State Bond Commission, be invested in United States Government bills, notes or bonds, Mississippi General Obligation Bonds, Mississippi Revenue Bonds, Mississippi State Highway Bonds, or in bonds of any municipality or any county in Mississippi; and, upon the sale thereof, the entire proceeds of the sale, including all earnings from the investment, shall be paid into the State Fair Fund. If the proceeds of bonds sold pursuant to Section 69-5-17 , by error of calculation or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the project or combined projects, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, additional revenue bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit which, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, shall be deemed to be one of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same purpose; provided, that in no event shall the outstanding bonds total more than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000.00). If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, the surplus shall be paid into the fund established for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-9
Status: in_force

Nothing in Sections 69-5-1 to 69-5-9 shall be construed to mean a change in the location or limit the number of district or divert any appropriation made by the Legislature to the various livestock shows in Mississippi now set up and designated by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-45 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 69-15-55 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-55
Status: in_force

(1) The Board of Animal Health, upon notice from the reviewing officer that a hearing is requested, shall appoint a three-member hearing committee which shall consist of one (1) attorney from the Attorney General's office, and two (2) representatives from the Department of Agriculture or from the membership of the Board of Animal Health. The hearing committee shall, within thirty (30) days of notification from the reviewing officer, conduct a hearing at a date, time and place to be determined by the hearing committee, provided that such hearing shall be held and conducted within the county in which the accused resides or in a situs mutually agreeable and that for good cause shown the hearing committee may grant a continuance or continuances of such hearings. Written notice of date, time and place of such hearing shall be mailed to the accused by registered mail, return receipt requested, no less than fifteen (15) days prior to the commencing of the hearing.

(2) A duly qualified court reporter shall be in attendance and shall make a full and complete transcript of the proceedings. The hearing shall be closed unless the accused shall request a public hearing. The hearing committee shall have the right and duty to impose reasonable restrictions as it may deem necessary or appropriate to insure an orderly, expeditious and impartial proceeding, and shall admit all relevant and material evidence except evidence which is unduly repetitious.

(3) For purposes of such hearing, the committee is hereby empowered to require the attendance of witnesses, administer oaths and hear testimony, either oral or documentary, for and against the accused. The board shall have the authority to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records or other documentary evidence at a hearing pending before the board. Subpoenas to be issued shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county where they are to be executed and the sheriff shall cause them to be served. In case of the failure of any person to comply with any subpoena issued by the board, the board or its authorized representative may invoke the aid of any court of general jurisdiction of this state. The court may thereupon order such person to comply with the requirements of the subpoena. Failure to comply with the order of the court may be treated as contempt thereof.

(4) At the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing committee, upon the majority vote of the members of such committee, shall transmit to the Board of Animal Health a written opinion incorporating findings of fact and recommendations for penalties which shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 69-3-25 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-25
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any provision of this article or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall pay 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.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-126 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-126
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-126
Status: in_force

The department may require any holder of an applicator's or pilot's license to maintain records and furnish reports giving any information with respect to the licensee's purchase and application of any agricultural substances and any other aspect of the licensee's activities under this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 69-13-303 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 13-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-303
Status: in_force

On receiving notice of the taking up of an estray, the ranger or justice of the peace shall issue his summons to two disinterested and competent persons of the neighborhood who, first having been sworn to value and appraise the same truly, shall value and appraise such animal and certify the valuation under their hands, together with a particular description of the kind, marks, brand, stature, color, and age, which certificate shall be returned or transmitted to the ranger within ten days to be registered.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-3
Status: in_force

No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer for sale any biologics, drugs, remedies, tonics, medicine or other health preparation in the State of Mississippi designed for or to be administered to any livestock, poultry or any other animals until same has been registered with and approved for distribution by the board of animal health as herein provided for. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the sale of any antibiotics by any concern to farmers or livestock owners.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-311 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-311
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not, without the effective consent of the owner, enter or remain in an animal facility with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility if the person:

(a) Had notice that the entry was forbidden; or

(b) Received notice to depart but failed to do so.

(2) For purposes of this section, “notice” means:

(a) Oral or written communication by the owner or someone with apparent authority to act for the owner;

(b) Fencing or other enclosure obviously designed to exclude intruders or to contain animals; or

(c) A sign or signs posted on the property or at the entrance to the building, reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders, indicating that entry is forbidden.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-329 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-329
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-329
Status: in_force

A justice of the peace, where there is a county ranger, shall not have authority to do any act concerning estrays, except to take the information from the taker up and to issue the summons for the appraisers; and he shall be entitled to the same fee for such service as the ranger, to be collected and paid over by the ranger; but if there be not a ranger, a justice of the peace may perform all the duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-27 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-27
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person to act as a licensed pesticide dealer without being licensed by the commissioner. A license shall be required for each location or outlet located within this state from which such pesticides are distributed. Any dealer who has no pesticide outlet licensed within this state and who distributes such pesticides directly into this state shall obtain a pesticide dealer license for his principal out-of-state location or outlet.

(2) Application for a license shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the commissioner, and shall include the name and address of the applicant, the name of the pesticide dealer manager, the address of each outlet, the name of the resident agent if the dealer is not a resident of this state, and any other information required by the commissioner.

(3) This section shall not apply to (a) a licensed pesticide applicator who sells pesticides only as an integral part of his pesticide application service where such pesticides are applied by the commercial applicator; or (b) any federal, state, county or municipal agency which provides pesticides only for its own programs.

(4) The commissioner may set standards and qualifications for licensing of pesticide dealers and dealer managers to determine their competency.

(5) Licenses for pesticide dealers will expire on December 31 of each year and must be renewed annually.

(6) The commissioner may prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to licensing of pesticide dealers, including but not limited to record keeping, and may at any time cancel, suspend or revoke a pesticide dealer license when he finds there has been a failure or refusal to comply with the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder. The regulatory action authorized in this subsection shall be governed by Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-15
Status: in_force

Whenever an inspection made pursuant to this article discloses that any places, or plants, or plant products or things or substances used or connected therewith, are infested or infected with any insect, pest, disease or noxious weed listed as a public nuisance, or are dead or of stock so seriously weakened by drying, excessive heat or cold, or any other condition that makes it unable to grow satisfactorily when given reasonable care, as required above herein, in the rules and regulations made pursuant hereto, written notice thereof shall be given the owner or other person in possession or control of the place where found and such owner or other person shall proceed to control, eradicate or prevent the dissemination of such insect, pest, disease or noxious weed, and to remove, cut or destroy infested and infected plants and plant products, or dead or dying plants, or things or substances used or connected therewith, within the time and in the manner prescribed by said notice or the said rules and regulations. Whenever such owner or other person cannot be found, or shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey the requirements of said notice and the rules and regulations so made, such requirements shall be carried out by inspectors or other employees of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce as the law allows.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-113 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-113
Status: in_force

(1) Every operator of a livestock market where livestock is sold shall keep a copy of the register of brands and marks in his place of business where it will be easily accessible for public inspection.

(2) The operator of every livestock market where livestock is sold, together with all dealers, slaughterers and butchers who buy livestock for slaughter which was not purchased at a livestock market, shall keep a record covering all livestock received, including:

(a) The name and address of the owner of the livestock;

(b) The license tag number of the vehicle delivering the livestock;

(c) The name and address of the driver of the vehicle delivering the livestock and his motor vehicle operator's license number or Social Security number, preferably both;

(d) The number of livestock received; and

(e) A description of livestock including color.

These records shall be kept for public inspection for a period of two (2) years after the livestock is received.

(3) Livestock hide dealers are required to keep a record of all hides of livestock received by them, including:

(a) The name and address of the owner of the hides;

(b) The vehicle tag number of the vehicle delivering the hides;

(c) The name and address of the driver of the vehicle and his motor vehicle operator's license number or Social Security number, preferably both; and

(d) A description of the hides, including any brands or marks.

Livestock hide dealers shall keep such records for a period of two (2) years from the time of purchase.

(4) Any livestock market operator, dealer, slaughterer, butcher or livestock hide dealer who fails to keep these records and make them available to authorized inspectors or officers of the law shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-213 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-213
Status: in_force

Any person who continues the operation of any of the businesses for which a license is required under the provisions of this article, without having complied with the provisions hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-6 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-6
Status: in_force

(1) The department may establish seed inspection fees, prescribe and furnish forms, and require the filing of reports necessary for the payment of the inspection fees. The department may inspect the record of any seedsman during the normal hours of business operation as it deems necessary.

(2) All fees collected under this section shall be deposited into a special fund in the State Treasury. The department may expend the monies in the fund by an annual appropriation approved by the Legislature for the support of the Seed Division of the Bureau of Plant Industry.

(3) Every seedsman who sells or distributes seed for sale, whether in bulk or in containers, within or into Mississippi for planting purposes, shall be assessed a seed inspection fee as required by the department.

(4) Every seedsman must:

(a) Pay an inspection fee on the total number of pounds of seed sold or otherwise distributed for sale within or into the state. Payment of the seed inspection fees shall be the responsibility of the seedsman initiating the first sale of seed within or into the state;

(b) Maintain records, as required by the department, that accurately reflect the total pounds of seed subject to the fees that are handled, sold or offered, or distributed for sale;

(c) File quarterly reports on forms provided or approved by the department, covering the total pounds of all sales of seed subject to the fee and sold during the preceding quarter. The reports and fees due shall be filed with the department no later than thirty (30) days following the end of each calendar quarter.

(5) A seedsman who does not file the quarterly report by the due date shall pay a penalty fee as provided by the regulations of the department. The penalty fee shall be waived if the seedsman obtains prior written approval from the department for a late filing and complies with the late filing requirements.

(6) If a seedsman does not comply with all the requirements of this section, the commissioner may suspend the seedsman's permit until the seedsman is in compliance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 69-7-612 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 69-31-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-11
Status: in_force

Every moisture-measuring device offered for sale, processing or storage shall be used in a location visible to the general public and the detailed procedure for operating a moisture-measuring device shall be displayed in a conspicuous place proximate to the moisture-measuring device.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-15
Status: in_force

Any livestock as referred to in Section 69-13-1 , found running at large upon the lands of any other person than the owner or custodian of such stock, may be taken up by any sheriff, constable, marshal, or other peace officer of the state within his territorial jurisdiction, and confined within a safe enclosure. If such animal, or animals, taken up be infested with, or exposed to Texas fever tick, they may be dipped by such officers, or persons, having such animal, or animals, so confined, until said livestock are free from infestation, and said dipping shall be under the rules and regulations prescribed by the board of animal health as near as possible. And the charges for so taking up and confining, together with any damage done by said stock, if any, shall be a special, first and paramount lien upon said livestock, and unless same are paid by the owner, or persons having such livestock under his control, when so notified, such livestock shall be sold as estrays, and the cost of taking up and confining, and damages, if any, together with other costs and expenses, shall first be deducted, and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the owner, or person having such livestock under his control, and the officer, or person, taking up such livestock, in addition to all other charges as now allowed by law, shall receive 50 cents per head for each dipping of each animal infested with or exposed to fever tick.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-31 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-31
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Agriculture and Commerce is authorized to hire and designate area law enforcement officers on a contractual basis to provide security and to enforce all laws of the State of Mississippi on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds Complex. All officers must have attended and satisfactorily completed the training course required for law enforcement officers at the Law Enforcement Officer's Training Academy or an equivalent facility. All officers must be current with this certification. A complete record of all law enforcement training of each employee will be maintained in each employee's record of employment. Furthermore, the Department of Agriculture and Commerce may enter into a contract with any certified law enforcement officer to provide security to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce with jurisdiction to enforce all laws of the State of Mississippi on property known as the “Mississippi State Fairgrounds Complex” and any and all of its outlying buildings and property.

(2)(a) All officers while in performance of their duty on the premises or at any of the facilities at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds Complex under the direction or control of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce and public property immediately adjacent to such facilities shall:

(i) Be required to dress in uniforms prescribed by the respective law enforcement agency by which he or she is employed; and

(ii) Be authorized to carry weapons.

(b) Employees designated as officers shall be duly sworn and vested with authority to bear arms and make arrests, and shall exercise primarily the responsibilities of the prevention and detection of crime, the apprehension of criminals, and the enforcement of the ordinances and policies of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, a political subdivision of the State of Mississippi. Employees designated as such officers shall be considered law enforcement officers within the meaning of Section 45-6-3 .

(3) The identities and personal information of the officers under the authority of this section are confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed by the department. The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall redact the identities and personal information of officers contracted to serve on the Mississippi State Fairground Complex, from all contracts disclosed as public records in compliance with the Mississippi Public Records Act, prescribed under Section 25-61-1 et seq. ; and such law enforcement contracts shall not be posted on the Department of Finance and Administration's searchable website, as required by the Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act, prescribed under Section 27-104-151 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-3
Status: in_force

The commissioner is hereby charged with the enforcement of this chapter and is empowered to promulgate rules, regulations, specifications, standards and tests as may be necessary in order to secure the efficient administration of this chapter. The department may, from time to time, publish such data in connection with the administration of this chapter as may be of public interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-602 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-602
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-602
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that aquaculture sales and consumption have increased worldwide and that the use of antibiotics or chemicals not approved for use in food-producing animals in the United States is permitted in aquaculture in other countries and that consumers of aquaculture in Mississippi should be provided clear information as to where the aquaculture product originates from to protect the health and welfare of Mississippi consumers; and the Legislature also finds that food-misrepresentation or the passing off of less expensive aquaculture products as pricier aquaculture products to unknowing customers and retailers has become an issue in the marketplace and is a deceitful practice used on consumers and retailers alike and that consumers and retailers should be informed of the country and species of fish.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-23 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 69-7-659 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-659
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-659
Status: in_force

(1) Each processor shall use one of the following methods to purchase catfish products:

(a) The processor may deliver to the producer or his duly authorized representative and any secured parties the full amount of the purchase price on the same day the catfish product is purchased and possession is transferred.

(b) The processor may before the close of the twenty-eighth (28th) calendar day following the purchase of the catfish products and transfer of possession thereof, deliver to the producer or his duly authorized representative and any secured parties the full amount of the purchase price. If the producer or his duly authorized representative or secured parties are not present to receive payment at the point of transfer or possession, as herein provided, the processor shall wire transfer funds or place a check in the United States mail for the full amount of the purchase price, properly addressed to the producer and any secured parties, within the time limits specified in this subsection. Such action shall be deemed in compliance with the requirement for prompt payment under this paragraph.

(c) The parties to the purchase and sale of catfish products may expressly agree in writing, before such purchase or sale, to effect payment in a manner other than that required in paragraphs (a) or (b) provided the manner of payment does not interfere with the rights of secured parties. Any such agreement shall be disclosed in the records of any producer selling the catfish, and in the processors records and on the accounts or other documents issued by the processors relating to the transaction.

(2) In the event the processor shall elect the method prescribed in subsection (1)(b) of this section, to purchase catfish products, such processor shall, prior to such transaction, be required to:

(a) Be bonded in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or in an amount which may be determined by the commissioner;

(b) Post a security bond in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or in an amount which may be determined by the commissioner; or

(c) Provide cash security, letters of credit and/or such other evidences of security as shall be authorized by the commissioner.

(3) Any delay or attempt to delay, by a processor purchasing catfish products, the collection of funds as herein provided, or otherwise, for the purpose of or resulting in extending the normal period of payment for such catfish shall be considered an “unfair practice” in violation of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-323 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-323
Status: in_force

No person, firm, organization or corporation shall sell, offer for sale, or advertise for sale shell eggs that do not meet the minimum requirements for U. S. Consumer Grade AA, Grade A, or Grade B. Any change in the U. S. standards of quality for individual eggs made by the U. S. Department of Agriculture not conforming to the above designated standards shall be adopted in lieu of the above designated standards.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-7
Status: in_force

Wherever used or referred to in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(a) “District” or “soil and water conservation district” means a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body, corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of this article, for the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions hereinafter set forth.

(b) “Commissioner” means one of the members of the governing body of a district, elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(c) “Committee” or “State Soil and Water Conservation Committee” means the state and soil and water conservation commission as renamed under the provisions of Section 67-27-2 and created in Section 69-27-9 .

(d) “Petition” means a petition filed under the provisions of Section 69-27-15 for the creation of a district.

(e) “Nominating petition” means a petition filed under the provisions of Section 69-27-31 to nominate candidates for the office of commissioner of a soil and water conservation district.

(f) “State” means the State of Mississippi.

(g) “Agency of this state” includes the government of this state and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the government of this state.

(h) “United States” or “agencies of the United States” includes the United States of America, the United States Department of Agriculture, and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.

(i) “Government” or “governmental” includes the government of this state, the government of the United States, and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them.

(j) “Landowner” or “owner of land” includes any person, firm or corporation who shall hold legal or equitable title to any lands lying within a district organized under the provisions of this article.

(k) “Land operator” or “operator of land” includes any person, firm or corporation, other than the owner, who shall be in possession of any lands lying within a district organized under the provisions of this article, whether as lessee, renter, tenant or otherwise.

(l) “Due notice” means notice published at least three (3) times with an interval of at least seven (7) days between each publication date, in a newspaper of general circulation within the area where the land proposed to be included in a conservation district is located, or if no such newspaper or general circulation be available, by posting at a reasonable number (not less than five (5)) of conspicuous places within such area, such posting to include posting one (1) copy upon the bulletin board of the courthouse of each county where any of the lands in such proposed district may be located. Notice shall also be given by United States mail to all of the landowners of the proposed district or the district of any hearing or election. At any hearing held pursuant to such notice, at the time and place designated in such notice, adjournment may be made from time to time without the necessity of renewing such notice for such adjourned dates.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-9
Status: in_force

Any person who shall, with intent to defraud, brand or mis-brand, mark or mismark any neat cattle or swine not his own; or any person who shall intentionally brand over a previous brand or in any manner alter, deface or obliterate a previous brand or earmark, or shall cut out and obliterate a previous brand or earmark on any neat cattle or swine, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary not less than six months nor more than one year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 37-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-19
Status: in_force

The arrangements for and management of any referendum held under this chapter shall be under the direction of the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation. The corporation shall bear all expenses incurred in conducting the referendum, to include furnishing the ballots and arranging for the necessary poll holders.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-9
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) No such bond and insurance shall be required from any person providing professional services as defined in this chapter if the Commissioner of Insurance certifies that such bond and insurance is not available to such person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-63 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-63
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(a) Not supported by any substantial evidence;

(b) Arbitrary or capricious; or

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

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

(5) Any party aggrieved by action of the circuit court may appeal to the State Supreme Court in the manner provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-13
Status: in_force

A disclaimer, nonwarranty or limited warranty used on labels or in advertisement shall not directly or indirectly deny or modify any information required by this article or the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-27-341 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-341
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-341
Status: in_force

The commission is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations or methods of accounting as may be necessary or expedient to give effect to the purposes expressed in Sections 69-27-331 through 69-27-341 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-33 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-23-125 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-125
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 . The commissioner or his representative may enter upon public or private premises at reasonable times for the purpose of enforcing said sections, and may investigate complaints of injury or accidents resulting from use of restricted use pesticides.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-113 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-113
Status: in_force

Nothing herein shall be construed or operate to impose any obligation or liability upon the university or other than as herein specified.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-303 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-303
Status: in_force

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

(a) “Actor” means a person accused of any of the offenses defined in this article.

(b) “Animal” means a warm or cold-blooded animal used in food or fiber production, agriculture, exhibition, research, testing, experimentation or education, including poultry, fish and insects.

(c) “Animal research or exhibiting facility,” hereinafter referred to as an “animal facility,” includes a vehicle, building, separately secured yard, pad, pond, enclosure, structure or premises where an animal is kept, shown, handled, housed, exhibited, bred or offered for sale and any building, laboratory, institution, organization or school in which a person or persons are engaged in research, testing, educational or experimental activities or in which any commercial or academic enterprise is using warm-blooded or cold-blooded animals for food or fiber production, agriculture, research, testing, experimentation or education.

(d) “Consent” means assent in fact, whether express or apparent.

(e) “Deprive” means:

(i) To purposely or knowingly withhold an animal or other property from the owner permanently or for such an extended time that a major portion of the value or enjoyment of the animal or property is lost to the owner;

(ii) To restore the animal or other property only upon payment for reward or other compensation; or

(iii) To dispose of an animal or other property in a manner that makes recovery of the animal or property by the owner unlikely.

(f) “Effective consent” includes consent by a person legally authorized to act for the owner. Consent is not effective if:

(i) Induced by force, threat, false pretenses or fraud;

(ii) Given by a person the actor knows is not legally authorized to act for the owner;

(iii) Given by a person who by reason of youth, mental disease or defect or intoxication is known by the actor to be unable to make reasonable decisions; or

(iv) Given solely to detect the commission of an offense.

(g) “Owner” means a person who has title to the property, possession of the property, whether lawful or not, or a greater right to possession of the property than the actor.

(h) “Person” means an individual, corporation, association, nonprofit corporation, joint-stock company, firm, trust, partnership, two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest or other legal entity.

(i) “Possession” means actual care, custody, control or management.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-9
Status: in_force

The commissioner and the corporation or their authorized agent(s), after first notifying the owner, shall have authority to enter cotton fields, cotton processing facilities and other premises in order to carry out survey, suppression or eradication activities, including treatment with pesticides and monitoring of growing cotton or other host plants as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner and the corporation or their authorized agent(s) shall have authority to make inspection of any fields or premises in this state and any property located therein for the purpose of determining whether such property is infested with the boll weevil and for determining the extent of infestation. Such inspection and other activities may be conducted in a reasonable manner without a warrant at any reasonable time. Any judge of this state may, within his or her jurisdiction and upon proper cause shown, issue a warrant giving the commissioner the right of entry to any premises for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section or other activities authorized by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 17-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-7
Status: in_force

Any biologics, drugs, remedies, tonics, medicine or other preparation hereinabove referred to which are licensed or which are authorized to be sold under and in accordance with the Public Health Service Act of July 1, 1944 (58 Stat. 682; 42 U.S.C. Supp.V. 201 et seq.) or under the animal virus-serum-toxin law of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 832; 21 U.S.C. 151 et seq. ) shall be exempt from the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-7-261 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-261
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-261
Status: in_force

The board shall plan and conduct campaigns for commodity advertising, publicity, consumer information and sales promotion to increase consumption of eggs and may contract for any advertising, publicity, consumer information and sales promotion services. To accomplish such purposes, the board shall have power and it shall be the duty of the board to disseminate information:

(a) Relating to eggs and the importance thereof in the diet of the people in preserving public health, economy thereof and the importance of eggs in the nutrition of children.

(b) On the various economic aspects relating to the business of producing and marketing eggs in Mississippi.

(c) To decide upon some distinctive and suggestive emblem for Mississippi produced eggs, and to promote the use of same in the advertisement of Mississippi eggs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-608 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-608
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-608
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(4) In addition to any other civil or criminal penalties, any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or who otherwise misrepresents as catfish any fish or fish product not defined as catfish under this article shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). For a second offense, a person shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00). For any subsequent violations, a person shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by having the license for the retail or food establishment suspended indefinitely or until such establishment has corrected the violation, or both. Any person against whom a complaint is made or who has been made subject to a fine or license suspension as provided by this subsection, may avail themselves of a due process administrative hearing as provided by Section 69-7-616 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-305 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 69-7-405 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-405
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-405
Status: in_force

Whenever either the committee created by Section 69-7-401 or the committee created by Section 69-7-403 deems it advisable to regulate the marketing of fresh vegetables in any manner considered by them to be helpful to the industry during any specified period, it may so recommend in writing to the commissioner of agriculture and commerce. At the time of submitting such recommendations the committee shall furnish to the commissioner of agriculture and commerce all pertinent data and information upon which it acted in making such recommendations, along with such other data and information as the commissioner of agriculture and commerce may request.

Based upon the recommendation of the committee created for the districts under consideration and upon the information submitted in connection therewith, and upon other available data, the commissioner of agriculture and commerce may regulate the marketing of fresh vegetables produced in the area defined by this article, for any specified period, by regulating the handling of any vegetable produced in the districts defined in Sections 69-7-401 or 69-7-403 in one or more of the following manners:

(a) By prohibiting unfair methods of competition and unfair trade practices in the purchase or sale thereof.

(b) By limiting the grade, size, and maturity of any vegetable which each handler may purchase from or handle on behalf of any and all producers thereof during any specified period or periods.

(c) Providing that any vegetable or any grade, size or quality thereof shall be purchased or sold or offered for sale by the handlers thereof only at prices filed by such handlers in the manner provided in such regulation.

(d) Providing for the regulating of the handling of any vegetable in the same manner and for the same period in effect under any federal marketing agreement.

(e) Specifying standard containers which may be used in the purchase or sale of any vegetables.

(f) Requiring that all containers used in the sale of any vegetable shall be plainly marked with the grade and size of the contents therein.

(g) With respect to the districts defined in Section 69-7-401 , in order to provide proper maturity requiring that no vegetable may be sold prior to a date fixed in the regulation without permission from the commissioner of agriculture and commerce.

(h) With respect to the districts defined in Section 69-7-403 , in order to provide proper maturity requiring that no vegetable may be sold prior to a date fixed in the regulation.

The commissioner of agriculture and commerce shall immediately make publication for the issuance of any such regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-9
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) No such bond and insurance shall be required from any person providing professional services as defined in this chapter if the Commissioner of Insurance certifies that such bond and insurance is not available to such person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-305 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-305
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian shall appoint the necessary number of local state inspectors and range riders to assist the counties in systematic tick eradication, who shall be commissioned by the Board of Animal Health as livestock inspectors. The salaries of said inspectors and range riders shall be fixed by the Board of Animal Health and shall be sufficient to insure the employment of competent men. If the services of any of said inspectors or range riders is not satisfactory to the State Veterinarian, his services shall be immediately discontinued, and the decision of the state veterinarian, after confirmation by the board, shall be final without recourse and the commission of said inspector shall be cancelled. The salaries of said inspectors shall be paid from funds at the disposal of the Board of Animal Health, drawn by secretary and approved by chairman.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-15
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) No article shall be deemed in violation of this chapter when intended solely for export to a foreign country, and when prepared or packaged according to the specifications or directions of the purchaser. If not so exported, all the provisions of this chapter shall apply.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 8-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-9
Status: in_force

(1) Each collecting person shall collect and remit the assessments levied by this section in accordance with Section 69-8-7 .

(2) Each collecting person shall remit all assessments to the council with the required report no later than the fifteenth day of the month following the close of the reporting period.

(a) Assessments collected by the council are not state funds and will not be required to be deposited in the State Treasury.

(b) Each calendar month shall be a reporting period. The reporting period shall end at the close of business on the last day of the month.

(c) Required report information and forms shall be determined and provided by the council.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-267 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-267
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-267
Status: in_force

Every person owning over three thousand (3,000) hens, or who is engaged or who engages in the business of selling eggs to a retailer who retails eggs in the State of Mississippi shall prior to offering for sale or selling eggs to a retailer, secure a license for such business from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, which license shall first be approved by the board. Applications for licenses shall be on forms furnished by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, and shall show the name and address of the applicant and such other information as to identity, kind and type of business engaged in as the commissioner shall deem pertinent. Each license application shall be accompanied by a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00). All licenses issued shall expire on June 30 each year. The license may be revoked or suspended by the board for violation of any provision of this article or rules and regulations duly promulgated by the board for the enforcement of this article, or for the violation of any laws of the State of Mississippi pertaining to producing, grading, classifying or marketing eggs in Mississippi or regulations of the State Department of Agriculture and Commerce duly promulgated for such purposes. For the first offense, the license may be suspended for a period of not more than thirty (30) days; for the second offense, the license may be suspended for not more than sixty (60) days; for the third offense, the license may be suspended for not more than one (1) year. For any subsequent offense, the license may be suspended for any period, or may be revoked. Such disciplinary action shall be the result of not less than board action. Any person against whom such disciplinary action has been taken may apply to the board for a hearing in order to show cause why the disciplinary action shall not be taken. Such petition for a hearing shall act as supersedeas of the disciplinary action until such time as the board shall give the applicant an opportunity for a hearing; provided, however, that if such hearing is granted and any continuation or delay is the result of the action of the applicant, the supersedeas shall not continue past the date set by the board for such hearing.

Application for reinstatement of a revoked license may be made upon expiration of the period of revocation or if permanently revoked, then after twelve (12) months from date of said revocation. Each reinstatement application shall be accompanied by a reinstatement fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00). All licenses shall be valid until suspended or revoked as herein provided or until cancelled by the licensee. Licenses shall not be transferable. Proceeds from the license fees collected under this article shall be transmitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the special fund as provided for elsewhere in this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-121 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-121
Status: in_force

Any person found by the department to have violated any of the provisions of this article, any rule, regulation or written order of the department or any condition or limitation of a license issued by the department shall be subject to disciplinary action. Disciplinary matters shall be conducted as administrative proceedings under Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63 . Any person found guilty of a violation shall be subject to the administrative or civil penalties as provided by Section 69-25-51 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-111 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-111
Status: in_force

The state seed certifying agency shall not have the power to engage in the sale or processing of seeds, plants or plant parts or other farm products or to designate any agency or individual for these purposes except that the state seed certifying agency may promote the sale of certified seeds in general through advertising.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-6 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-6
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) The board shall make a report of all income and expenditures made annually and provide copies of such report to the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-253 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-253
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-253
Status: in_force

There is hereby continued the Mississippi Egg Marketing Board with domicile at the capital city of the state. The board shall be composed of five (5) members: one (1) member shall be the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce as ex officio member. One (1) member shall be an egg producer as defined in this article. Three (3) members shall be employed by or associated with egg industry related businesses, or disciplines which include poultry support, marketing, promotion, home economist, extension poultry science agencies and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. No more than one (1) industry-related business or discipline member shall be employed by, associated with or have a financial interest in the same company or subsidiary.

The Governor shall appoint the members from a list provided by the board based upon a poll of its members. The terms shall be for six (6) years. Each member shall serve, after the completion of his term, until his successor is appointed and duly qualified. Each vacancy shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.

The terms of office of persons appointed under the original act shall continue until the expiration of the terms to which they were appointed, the intent of this article being to continue the Mississippi Egg Marketing Board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-9
Status: in_force

In open range counties all fences four feet high, in good repair, and substantially and closely built with rails, planks, pickets, hedges or other substantial material, or with wires or wires and plank are lawful fences; and lawful fences may be made by raising the ground into a ridge and erecting thereon a fence of rails, planks, pickets, hedges, wires, or planks and wires, or other substantial material so that the ridge and fence together be four feet high, and such material so used shall not be more than six inches apart.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-307 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-5-109 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-109
Status: in_force

A roundup show shall be held, in addition to the livestock and dairy shows, once each year at a time and place to be fixed by the directors mentioned in Section 69-5-101 , and under the supervision and rules and regulations promulgated by said directors. At such roundup show the owners of any livestock, who have won prizes or awards within the immediately preceding twelve months in any of the livestock or dairy shows referred to in this article may exhibit such livestock and compete for prizes or awards offered by the directors of such livestock shows or for prizes or awards offered by any person or corporation, through the directors, upon complying with the regulations governing such roundup show. The roundup shall be held in the district agreeing to pay the expense thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-5
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall apply to the dispensing of biologics, drugs, remedies, tonics, medicines or preparations hereinabove referred to by a licensed veterinarian if same is delivered by the licensed practitioner in the course of his professional practice or upon his prescription.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-7
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit employees of the State Highway Department or the employees of a county or municipality from engaging in normal activities of maintenance on the rights-of-way of public roads, streets or highways. Nor shall the provisions of this chapter be construed to grant the owner of any pecan trees the right to harvest pecans from the rights-of-way of any interstate or other limited access highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-69 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-69
Status: in_force

No person shall be subject to criminal prosecution or to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or issue concerning which he may be required to testify to or produce evidence, or provide documentation, before the board or at any of its hearings or conferences, or in compliance with any subpoena, however, no person testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature has determined that the boll weevil is a public nuisance, a pest and a menace to the cotton industry. The purpose of this chapter is:

(a) To provide procedures through which cotton growers in the State of Mississippi may manage boll weevil suppression, pre-eradication or eradication programs and boll weevil containment/maintenance programs;

(b) To provide for certification of the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation to cooperate with state and federal agencies in the administration of cost-sharing programs for suppression, pre-eradication, eradication or post-eradication of boll weevils in Mississippi; and

(c) To empower the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce to promulgate and enforce regulations in support of those programs. This chapter should be construed liberally to achieve these purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-1-17
Status: in_force

In order to facilitate the collection and collation of the accurate information of the resources of the state along all lines, the heads of the several departments of the state government and of the state institutions are hereby required to furnish accurately such information as may be at their command to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce when called upon for same; and the commissioner is hereby empowered to enter manufacturing establishments chartered by the state, in prosecution of this work, and the corporations operating the same shall furnish such information as may not be injurious to their business, when requested to furnish same by the commissioner. The commissioner and his clerks shall have the right to accept and use free transportation over steamships, steamboat and railway lines.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-15
Status: in_force

(1) The words “ revenue bonds ” shall be deemed to mean bonds payable solely from the net revenue received by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

The Department of Finance and Administration shall have power and is hereby authorized, at one time or from time to time by resolution, to authorize the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds to provide funds for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of construction and/or improvements requested by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce pursuant to Section 69-5-13 , or the cost of any purchase of property or improvements thereon pursuant to Section 17-17-49 , but in no event shall the amount of such bonds outstanding at any one time exceed Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00); and shall cause a certified copy of such resolution to be delivered to the State Bond Commission. No bonds shall be issued under this section after April 23, 2008. Upon the receipt of said authorizing resolution, the State Bond Commission, acting as the issuing agent, shall issue and sell the revenue bonds of the State of Mississippi when authorized at the time and in the amount indicated in said resolution, prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids therefor, issue and sell the bonds, and do any and all other things necessary and advisable in the issuance and sale of said bonds. The principal of and the interest on such revenue bonds shall be payable solely from a special fund to be provided for that purpose from the net revenue received by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Such bonds shall bear date or dates, be in such denomination or denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates, provided that the bonds of any issue shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103 , be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature at such time or times, be redeemable prior to maturity at such time or times and upon such terms, with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges, and shall be substantially in such form, all as shall be determined by the State Bond Commission. Such bonds shall mature in annual installments beginning not more than three (3) years from date thereof and extending not more than twenty (20) years from date thereof. Such bonds shall be signed by the Chairman of the State Bond Commission, or by his facsimile signature, and the official seal of the State Bond Commission shall be affixed thereto, and attested by the Secretary of the State Bond Commission. The interest coupons, if any, to be attached to such bonds or other certificates thereon may be executed by the facsimile signatures of said officers. Whenever any such bonds shall have been signed by the officials herein designated to sign the bonds who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers prior to the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds and coupons shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until the delivery of the same to the purchaser or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.

(2) No bonds shall be issued under the authority of this section prior to February 1, 1983; thereafter such bonds may be issued provided that the expansion and other improvements of the Mississippi Industrial Showcase and Trade Mart Building shall have priority in the use of the proceeds of such bonds and provided that the Department of Finance and Administration has approved plans to increase the size of such building by at least fifty percent (50%).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 46-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-3
Status: in_force

(1) There is created the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Board, hereinafter referred to as “the board,” for the purpose of assisting Mississippi agricultural industry in the development, marketing and distribution of agricultural products.

(2) The board shall be composed of the following members:

(a) The Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, or a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee designated by the chairman, as a nonvoting member;

(b) The Chairman of the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee or a member of the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee designated by the chairman, as a nonvoting member;

(c) The Chairman of the Senate Forestry Committee, or a member of the Senate Forestry Committee designated by the chairman, as a nonvoting member;

(d) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority, or his designee;

(e) The Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, or his designee;

(f) The President of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, or his designee;

(g) The Director of the Cooperative Extension Service at Mississippi State University, or his designee;

(h) The Executive Director of the Agribusiness and Natural Resource Development Center at Alcorn State University, or his designee;

(i) The Director of the Agricultural Finance Division of the Mississippi Development Authority, or his designee;

(j) The Director of the Agriculture Marketing Division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, or his designee;

(k) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Forestry Commission, or his designee; and

(l) Three (3) individuals appointed by the Governor who are active producers of Mississippi land, water or timber commodities. The Governor shall appoint one (1) such person from each Supreme Court district.

(3) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority and the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall serve as cochairmen of the board.

(4) The board shall meet at least once each calendar quarter at the call of the cochairmen. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum at all meetings. An affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting is required in the adoption of any actions taken by the board. All members must be notified, in writing, of all regular and special meetings of the board, which notices must be mailed at least ten (10) days before the dates of the meetings. All meetings shall take place at the State Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, or at a location to be determined by the cochairmen. The board shall provide a copy of the minutes of each of its meetings to the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Chairman of the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee.

(5) Members of the board shall not receive compensation. However, each member may be paid travel expenses and meals and lodging expenses as provided in Section 25-3-41 , for such expenses incurred in furtherance of their duties. Travel expenses and meals and lodging expenses and other necessary expenses incurred by the board shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the Mississippi Development Authority.

(6) In carrying out the provisions of the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act, the board may utilize the services, facilities and personnel of all departments, agencies, offices and institutions of the state, and all such departments, agencies, offices and institutions shall cooperate with the board in carrying out the provisions of such act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 44-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-44-15
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) The commissioner may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction on disbursements made to the board from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-2-31 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-2-31
Status: in_force

Upon the issuance and sale of bonds or notes, the State Bond Commission shall transfer the proceeds of any such sale or sales to the Emerging Crops Fund. The proceeds of such bonds or notes shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the department under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds or notes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 35-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-15
Status: in_force

Any referendum conducted under the provisions of this act shall be held on a statewide basis. In such referendum, the bulk tank units eligible for participation shall vote upon the question of whether or not there shall be levied an annual assessment for a period of five (5) years in the amount set forth in the call for such referendum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-31 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-31
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have power to make reciprocal agreements with the responsible officials of other states under which nursery stock or plants from any other state may be sold or delivered in Mississippi under the same conditions required for the sale or delivery of Mississippi nursery stock or plants in the state concerned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-65 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-65
Status: in_force

(1) Each violation of the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health or violations of any other of the laws governing the eradication of contagious diseases in animals and livestock shall be subject to the imposition of a civil penalty up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

(2) When one or more animals are involved and are the subject of the violation each animal shall constitute a separate violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-67 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-67
Status: in_force

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

(2) This section is intended to be cumulative and not to repeal or limit or abridge any laws in this state which provide for assistance to soil conservation districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-127 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-127
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-127
Status: in_force

The commissioner may obtain an injunction to enjoin the violation of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 or any regulations issued under those sections in the chancery court of the county in which the violation occurs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-105
Status: in_force

The purpose of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 is to provide a means for the state certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides required under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and to regulate in the public interest the use and application of restricted use pesticides, except as the application of restricted use pesticides is regulated under Sections 69-19-1 through 69-19-15 or 69-21-101 through 69-21-128 , and to designate the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce as the agency responsible for administering a plan for certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides and to cooperate with the United States Environmental Protection Agency as provided for in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and for other purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-501 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-501
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-501
Status: in_force

In recognition of the fact that domestic fish farming has become an important part of the agricultural economy of this state, the Legislature hereby determines and declares that whenever any of the statutes, laws, or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, shall use any of the following terms, such terms so used and when used, shall be deemed and construed to include within the common or statutory definition thereof, the following:

(a) The term “agriculture” or “agricultural pursuit” or any similar term shall include the cultivation, growing, harvesting and/or marketing of domesticated fish.

(b) The term “cultivated crop” shall include domesticated fish which are grown, managed or harvested on an annual, semiannual, biennial or short interval basis.

(c) The term “livestock” shall include domesticated fish which are grown, managed, harvested and/or marketed as a cultivated crop.

(d) The term “domesticated fish” shall be understood to mean any fish that are spawned and grown, managed, harvested and marketed on an annual, semiannual, biennial or short term basis, in privately owned waters.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-203
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this article to vest the boards of supervisors of the several counties of the state with broad discretion and power of determining the location and types of fences and cattlegaps on the highways referred to in Section 69-13-205 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-5
Status: in_force

Professional services are defined as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

(f) Soil classifying work. Receiving compensation for plotting the boundaries of soil and describing and evaluating the kinds of soil as to their behavior and response to management under various uses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-107 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-107
Status: in_force

Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-612 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-19-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 19-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-13
Status: in_force

The Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture and Commerce, in cases of natural disaster, may waive any and all provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-321 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-321
Status: in_force

Producers selling eggs of their own production, when offered on their own premises, or selling less than six (6) dozen eggs per week, are exempt from the provisions of this article.

All eggs, egg products, egg handlers and egg producers which are exempt under the provisions of U. S. Public Law 91-597 , commonly referred to as the “Egg Products Inspection Act”, or the regulations pertaining thereto, shall likewise be exempt from the provisions of this article to the same extent that such eggs, egg products, egg handlers, and egg producers are exempt from said Public Law 91-597 and the regulations pertaining thereto.

The name and address of the producer, packer or distributor shall appear on the container.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-15-57 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-57
Status: in_force

The reviewing officer and/or the hearing committee shall certify findings and recommendations to the Board of Animal Health within five (5) days of the conclusion of the proceedings. The Board of Animal Health shall, at its next regular meeting, review such findings and recommendations and approve, modify or reverse the recommendations made as a result of the review and hearing. The Board of Animal Health shall then notify the accused violator of its decision by certified mail at a mailing address provided during the proceedings, or at the accused violator's last-known address.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-111 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-111
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall prescribe and furnish forms on which applications for registration, reregistration and transfer of brands or marks shall be made and shall furnish such forms to the sheriff and the county agricultural agent of each county of the state to be distributed on request to livestock owners desiring to make application for registration of brands or marks and such applications may also be furnished to applicants by the department. The department shall maintain a complete register of all brands or marks, showing the name and address of the owner, and shall annually publish and distribute copies of this register and supplementary copies thereof to every livestock market and sheriff's office and chancery clerk in the state. Copies of the register of brands and marks may be furnished to other persons requesting such copies, at a price to be determined by the department. Copies of the register of brands and marks shall be published in booklet form. The department shall also determine from its records of registration the ownership of any estrayed cattle and furnish such information to interested persons, upon receipt of notice giving details of the kind of animal, color, weight, size, sex, age, marks, brands and other identifying information.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 39-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-15
Status: in_force

The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop sale, use or removal” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of agricultural liming material and to hold at a designated place when the commissioner finds such agricultural liming material is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant thereto until the law has been complied with and the agricultural liming material is released in writing by the commissioner or the violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The commissioner shall release the agricultural liming material so withdrawn when the requirements of the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant thereto have been complied with and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawal have been paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-305 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-305
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian shall appoint the necessary number of local state inspectors and range riders to assist the counties in systematic tick eradication, who shall be commissioned by the Board of Animal Health as livestock inspectors. The salaries of said inspectors and range riders shall be fixed by the Board of Animal Health and shall be sufficient to insure the employment of competent men. If the services of any of said inspectors or range riders is not satisfactory to the State Veterinarian, his services shall be immediately discontinued, and the decision of the state veterinarian, after confirmation by the board, shall be final without recourse and the commission of said inspector shall be cancelled. The salaries of said inspectors shall be paid from funds at the disposal of the Board of Animal Health, drawn by secretary and approved by chairman.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-3
Status: in_force

(1) There is created the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Board, hereinafter referred to as “the board,” for the purpose of assisting Mississippi agricultural industry in the development, marketing and distribution of agricultural products.

(2) The board shall be composed of the following members:

(a) The Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, or a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee designated by the chairman, as a nonvoting member;

(b) The Chairman of the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee or a member of the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee designated by the chairman, as a nonvoting member;

(c) The Chairman of the Senate Forestry Committee, or a member of the Senate Forestry Committee designated by the chairman, as a nonvoting member;

(d) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority, or his designee;

(e) The Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, or his designee;

(f) The President of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, or his designee;

(g) The Director of the Cooperative Extension Service at Mississippi State University, or his designee;

(h) The Executive Director of the Agribusiness and Natural Resource Development Center at Alcorn State University, or his designee;

(i) The Director of the Agricultural Finance Division of the Mississippi Development Authority, or his designee;

(j) The Director of the Agriculture Marketing Division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, or his designee;

(k) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Forestry Commission, or his designee; and

(l) Three (3) individuals appointed by the Governor who are active producers of Mississippi land, water or timber commodities. The Governor shall appoint one (1) such person from each Supreme Court district.

(3) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority and the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall serve as cochairmen of the board.

(4) The board shall meet at least once each calendar quarter at the call of the cochairmen. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum at all meetings. An affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting is required in the adoption of any actions taken by the board. All members must be notified, in writing, of all regular and special meetings of the board, which notices must be mailed at least ten (10) days before the dates of the meetings. All meetings shall take place at the State Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, or at a location to be determined by the cochairmen. The board shall provide a copy of the minutes of each of its meetings to the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Chairman of the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee.

(5) Members of the board shall not receive compensation. However, each member may be paid travel expenses and meals and lodging expenses as provided in Section 25-3-41 , for such expenses incurred in furtherance of their duties. Travel expenses and meals and lodging expenses and other necessary expenses incurred by the board shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the Mississippi Development Authority.

(6) In carrying out the provisions of the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act, the board may utilize the services, facilities and personnel of all departments, agencies, offices and institutions of the state, and all such departments, agencies, offices and institutions shall cooperate with the board in carrying out the provisions of such act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-5
Status: in_force

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

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and the Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry shall appoint a full-time State Entomologist, who shall be a qualified entomologist and whose office shall be at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-31 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-31
Status: in_force

(1) The bureau, with the concurrence of the corporation, is authorized to promulgate reasonable regulations restricting the pasturage of livestock, entry by persons, location of honeybee colonies or other activities affecting the boll weevil eradication program in affected areas, for limited periods of time, which have been or will be treated with pesticides or otherwise treated to cause the eradication of the boll weevil, or in any other areas that may be affected by those treatments.

(2) The bureau shall also have authority to adopt any other rules and regulations as it deems necessary to further effectuate the purposes of this chapter, provided that those other rules and regulations are approved by the corporation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-128 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 21-128
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-128
Status: in_force

All aircraft being used for the aerial application of agricultural substances in this state must be registered with the department. Registration shall be valid for a period of time established by rules and regulation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 23-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and cited as the Mississippi Pesticide Law of 1975.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-15
Status: in_force

(1) The words “ revenue bonds ” shall be deemed to mean bonds payable solely from the net revenue received by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

The Department of Finance and Administration shall have power and is hereby authorized, at one time or from time to time by resolution, to authorize the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds to provide funds for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of construction and/or improvements requested by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce pursuant to Section 69-5-13 , or the cost of any purchase of property or improvements thereon pursuant to Section 17-17-49 , but in no event shall the amount of such bonds outstanding at any one time exceed Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00); and shall cause a certified copy of such resolution to be delivered to the State Bond Commission. No bonds shall be issued under this section after April 23, 2008. Upon the receipt of said authorizing resolution, the State Bond Commission, acting as the issuing agent, shall issue and sell the revenue bonds of the State of Mississippi when authorized at the time and in the amount indicated in said resolution, prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids therefor, issue and sell the bonds, and do any and all other things necessary and advisable in the issuance and sale of said bonds. The principal of and the interest on such revenue bonds shall be payable solely from a special fund to be provided for that purpose from the net revenue received by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Such bonds shall bear date or dates, be in such denomination or denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates, provided that the bonds of any issue shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103 , be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature at such time or times, be redeemable prior to maturity at such time or times and upon such terms, with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges, and shall be substantially in such form, all as shall be determined by the State Bond Commission. Such bonds shall mature in annual installments beginning not more than three (3) years from date thereof and extending not more than twenty (20) years from date thereof. Such bonds shall be signed by the Chairman of the State Bond Commission, or by his facsimile signature, and the official seal of the State Bond Commission shall be affixed thereto, and attested by the Secretary of the State Bond Commission. The interest coupons, if any, to be attached to such bonds or other certificates thereon may be executed by the facsimile signatures of said officers. Whenever any such bonds shall have been signed by the officials herein designated to sign the bonds who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers prior to the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds and coupons shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until the delivery of the same to the purchaser or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.

(2) No bonds shall be issued under the authority of this section prior to February 1, 1983; thereafter such bonds may be issued provided that the expansion and other improvements of the Mississippi Industrial Showcase and Trade Mart Building shall have priority in the use of the proceeds of such bonds and provided that the Department of Finance and Administration has approved plans to increase the size of such building by at least fifty percent (50%).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 37-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature has determined that the boll weevil is a public nuisance, a pest and a menace to the cotton industry. The purpose of this chapter is:

(a) To provide procedures through which cotton growers in the State of Mississippi may manage boll weevil suppression, pre-eradication or eradication programs and boll weevil containment/maintenance programs;

(b) To provide for certification of the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation to cooperate with state and federal agencies in the administration of cost-sharing programs for suppression, pre-eradication, eradication or post-eradication of boll weevils in Mississippi; and

(c) To empower the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce to promulgate and enforce regulations in support of those programs. This chapter should be construed liberally to achieve these purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 35-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-11
Status: in_force

(1) With respect to any referendum conducted under the provisions of this act, the state ADA and extension service shall, before calling and announcing such referendum, fix, determine and publicly announce at least thirty (30) days before the date determined upon for such referendum, the date, hours and polling places for voting in such referendum, the amount and basis of the assessment proposed to be collected, the means by which such assessment shall be collected if authorized by the producers, and the general purposes to which said amount so collected shall be applied. No annual assessment levied under the provisions of this act shall exceed the federally mandated Fifteen Cents (15¢) per hundredweight of milk produced, however an amount not to exceed Ten Cents (10¢) per hundredweight of milk produced shall be credited to the State ADA for dairy product promotion or nutrition education programs.

(2) As an alternative method of conducting a referendum under the provisions of this act, the state ADA and extension service in its discretion may conduct the referendum by a mail ballot as herein provided. In the event that a decision is made to conduct a mail ballot, public notice of said mail ballot shall be made at least thirty (30) days before the date of said referendum. Said notice shall contain the same information required by subsection (1) of this section except that the notice will also state that the ballot is to be conducted by mail rather than at polling places. The notice shall also state that official ballots are being mailed on a date specified in the notice to all bulk tank units known by the state ADA and extension service to be eligible to vote and that any bulk tank unit not receiving by mail an official ballot by a date specified in the notice will have ten (10) days thereafter to apply for an official ballot at the office of the state ADA. The notice shall state the deadline for the receipt of all ballots and the address of the state ADA.

(3) Official ballots shall be prepared by the state ADA and extension service and mailed by first class mail to the last known address of all bulk tank units known to be eligible to vote. As announced in the public notice, said ballots shall be made available for a period of not less than ten (10) days, to those who are eligible to vote in said referendum and did not receive a ballot by mail.

(4) Before any bulk tank unit shall receive an official ballot, he shall furnish such proof as the state ADA and extension service may require of his eligibility to vote in said referendum. The state ADA shall keep a list of those bulk tank units who receive official ballots. No bulk tank unit may receive more than one (1) official ballot unless the bulk tank unit proves to the satisfaction of the state ADA and extension service that the ballot has been lost or destroyed.

(5) No votes shall be counted which are not on official ballots. To be eligible to be counted, ballots must be received by the state ADA at the place and by the deadline previously announced in the public notice of said referendum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-211 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-24-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 24-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-19
Status: in_force

No person shall distribute a misbranded soil or plant amendment. A soil or plant amendment shall be deemed to be misbranded if:

(a) its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;

(b) if it is distributed under the name of another soil or plant amendment;

(c) if it is not labeled as required in Sections 69-24-7 and 69-24-9 and in accordance with regulations prescribed under this chapter;

(d) if it purports to be or is represented as a soil or plant amendment or represented as containing a soil or plant amendment, unless such soil or plant amendment conforms to the definitions of identity, if any, prescribed by regulation. In the adopting of such regulations, the commissioner and State Chemist shall give due regard to commonly accepted definitions and official terms such as those issued by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials; or

(e) if it does not conform to ingredient form, minimums, labeling and investigational allowances in the regulations adopted by the commissioner and State Chemist.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-27 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 69-7-405 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-405
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-405
Status: in_force

Whenever either the committee created by Section 69-7-401 or the committee created by Section 69-7-403 deems it advisable to regulate the marketing of fresh vegetables in any manner considered by them to be helpful to the industry during any specified period, it may so recommend in writing to the commissioner of agriculture and commerce. At the time of submitting such recommendations the committee shall furnish to the commissioner of agriculture and commerce all pertinent data and information upon which it acted in making such recommendations, along with such other data and information as the commissioner of agriculture and commerce may request.

Based upon the recommendation of the committee created for the districts under consideration and upon the information submitted in connection therewith, and upon other available data, the commissioner of agriculture and commerce may regulate the marketing of fresh vegetables produced in the area defined by this article, for any specified period, by regulating the handling of any vegetable produced in the districts defined in Sections 69-7-401 or 69-7-403 in one or more of the following manners:

(a) By prohibiting unfair methods of competition and unfair trade practices in the purchase or sale thereof.

(b) By limiting the grade, size, and maturity of any vegetable which each handler may purchase from or handle on behalf of any and all producers thereof during any specified period or periods.

(c) Providing that any vegetable or any grade, size or quality thereof shall be purchased or sold or offered for sale by the handlers thereof only at prices filed by such handlers in the manner provided in such regulation.

(d) Providing for the regulating of the handling of any vegetable in the same manner and for the same period in effect under any federal marketing agreement.

(e) Specifying standard containers which may be used in the purchase or sale of any vegetables.

(f) Requiring that all containers used in the sale of any vegetable shall be plainly marked with the grade and size of the contents therein.

(g) With respect to the districts defined in Section 69-7-401 , in order to provide proper maturity requiring that no vegetable may be sold prior to a date fixed in the regulation without permission from the commissioner of agriculture and commerce.

(h) With respect to the districts defined in Section 69-7-403 , in order to provide proper maturity requiring that no vegetable may be sold prior to a date fixed in the regulation.

The commissioner of agriculture and commerce shall immediately make publication for the issuance of any such regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 24-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-3
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be administered by the commissioner of agriculture and commerce of the State of Mississippi, hereinafter referred to as the commissioner, and the State Chemist of Mississippi, as specified in the following sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-107 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-3-107
Status: in_force

The work of the official state seed certifying agency shall be on a self-supporting basis.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-321 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / 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. § 69-28-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 28-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-9
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(c) The local soil and water conservation district, in cooperation with the local road manager, or his counterpart, as well as the Mississippi Department of Transportation, may erect signs as may be appropriate to recognize a designated agricultural district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 39-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-13
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) The results of official analyses of agricultural liming materials and portions of official samples shall be distributed by the State Chemist as provided by regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter at least annually.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-201 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-7-602 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-602
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-602
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that aquaculture sales and consumption have increased worldwide and that the use of antibiotics or chemicals not approved for use in food-producing animals in the United States is permitted in aquaculture in other countries and that consumers of aquaculture in Mississippi should be provided clear information as to where the aquaculture product originates from to protect the health and welfare of Mississippi consumers; and the Legislature also finds that food-misrepresentation or the passing off of less expensive aquaculture products as pricier aquaculture products to unknowing customers and retailers has become an issue in the marketplace and is a deceitful practice used on consumers and retailers alike and that consumers and retailers should be informed of the country and species of fish.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-19
Status: in_force

Every owner of livestock referred to in Section 69-13-1 shall be liable for damages for all injuries and trespasses committed by such animals by breaking and entering into or upon the lands, grounds, or premises of another person; and the person injured shall have a lien upon the animal, or animals, trespassing for all such damage. The damages for such trespass shall not be less than ten dollars ($10.00) for each horse, cow or hog, and five dollars ($5.00) for each of the other kinds of stock; and for every succeeding offense, after the owner has been notified of the first trespass or injury, double damages shall be recovered with costs. For breaking or entering into a pasture or waste ground, however, double damage shall not be recoverable, and the damages in such cases may be assessed as low as eight dollars ($8.00) for each horse, cow or hog and two dollars ($2.00) for each of the other kinds of livestock.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-305 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 15-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-305
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian shall appoint the necessary number of local state inspectors and range riders to assist the counties in systematic tick eradication, who shall be commissioned by the Board of Animal Health as livestock inspectors. The salaries of said inspectors and range riders shall be fixed by the Board of Animal Health and shall be sufficient to insure the employment of competent men. If the services of any of said inspectors or range riders is not satisfactory to the State Veterinarian, his services shall be immediately discontinued, and the decision of the state veterinarian, after confirmation by the board, shall be final without recourse and the commission of said inspector shall be cancelled. The salaries of said inspectors shall be paid from funds at the disposal of the Board of Animal Health, drawn by secretary and approved by chairman.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-105
Status: in_force

Upon the acceptance by the Secretary of Agriculture of each such plan submitted pursuant to Section 69-27-103 , the university is authorized and empowered to accept and receive all grants of money made pursuant to said Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act for the purpose of enabling the state to carry out the provisions of such plan, and all such funds, together with any moneys which may be appropriated by the state for such purpose, shall be available to the university for expenditures necessary in carrying out the plan, including administrative expenses, expenditures in connection with educational programs in aid of the plan, and benefit payments.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-107 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-107
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol shall, in the alternative:

(a) Provide necessary equipment to remove such livestock from the highways and shall impound all livestock found on all highways as provided in this article, or

(b) Contract for and obtain the services of private individuals to remove such livestock from the highways and impound the same in the private pen or enclosures provided by such private individuals, in accordance with the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-21
Status: in_force

The committee shall publish the results of a referendum held pursuant to the provisions of this article and shall thereafter consider and determine whether the operation of the district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible. If the committee shall determine that the operation of such district is not administratively practicable and feasible, it shall record such determination and deny the petition. If the committee shall determine that the operation of such district is administratively practicable and feasible, it shall record such determination and shall proceed with the organization of the district in the manner hereinafter provided. In making such determination the committee shall give due regard and weight to the attitude of the owners and operators of lands lying within the defined boundaries, the number of landowners eligible to vote in such referendum in favor of the creation of the district to the total number of votes cast, the approximate wealth and income of the landowners of the proposed district, the probable expenses 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 determinations set forth in Section 69-27-3 , but the committee shall not have authority to determine that the operation of the proposed district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible unless at least a majority of the votes cast in the referendum upon the proposition of creation of the district shall have been cast in favor of the creation of such district. In the event a majority of the votes cast in the referendum shall not have been cast in favor of the creation of such district, then in no event shall any of the expenses incident to the conduct of the referendum, investigation or other proceedings had in connection therewith be assessed against any party other than such parties as signed the original petition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 35-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-35-1
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as the “Mississippi Dairy Promotion Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-39 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-39
Status: in_force

There is created within the State Treasury a special fund to be designated the “Boll Weevil Management Fund” into which shall be deposited all the revenues required to be deposited into the fund under Section 27-65-75(14) . Money deposited into the fund shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal year and investment earning on the proceeds in the special fund shall be deposited into the fund. Money from the fund shall be disbursed therefrom upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon requisitions signed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to assist the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation in carrying out its duties under the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act ( Section 69-37-1 et seq. ). The commissioner shall disburse all of the money the department receives from the fund to the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation, as defined in Section 69-37-5 , for the exclusive purpose of reducing the per acre grower assessments.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-26-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 26-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-26-5
Status: in_force

Within the meaning of Article VI(b) or VIII(a), a request or application for assistance from the Insurance Fund may be made by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or the Governor whenever in such official's judgment the conditions qualifying this state for such assistance exist and it would be in the best interest of this state to make such request.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-29 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-29
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Commerce may by regulation establish policies for the issuance of free passes. These policies shall not prohibit officials of the fair or designated authority from entering said places for inspection purposes; shall not apply to press reporters designated to report news items; and shall not prohibit the commission from declaring specified days, such as Press Day, Legislator's Day, or any other special day.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-109 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-109
Status: in_force

All brands or marks of cattle and other livestock, upon being registered with the department shall be reregistered once every five (5) years thereafter. Those brands or marks which have been filed and recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State after January 1, 1946, give the owner priority to the use of such brand or mark, and in event of duplication, the brand or mark first filed with the Secretary of State shall have priority over any same or similar brand or mark filed with the Secretary of State thereafter.

After the effective date of this article it shall be necessary for all such owners of brands or marks who have filed and recorded brands or marks in the Office of the Secretary of State after January 1, 1946, to reregister any and all such brands or marks with the department, and pay the necessary registration fee. Brands or marks recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State before January 1, 1946, are not recognized for the purpose of priority, because of the confused state of the records. After the registration of such brands or marks with the department, they must be reregistered not later than five (5) years thereafter, or ownership thereto will be lost.

All brands or marks registered after the effective date of this article shall be reregistered on or before five (5) years after the date of registration. Upon the transfer of any such brand or mark, notice of such transfer shall be furnished the department by the transferor, and the department shall keep a record of all such transfers.

At least ninety (90) days before the renewal date for all brands or marks, the department shall notify all persons having brands or marks registered of the date on which such brand or mark must be renewed. On or before the renewal date of all brands or marks the registered owner thereof shall pay to the department a renewal fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) and shall furnish such additional information as the department may require on forms to be furnished by the department. If any cattle owner fails to renew any brand or mark registered in his name, such brand or mark shall be forfeited and shall be available to any other applicant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-115 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-115
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall have authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this article and that shall facilitate the tracing and identification of livestock and afford protection against stealing and unlawful dealing in livestock.

Any driver moving livestock from any advertised sale shall have a bill of sale or other written evidence of purchase for the livestock in his possession, to be shown on request of any duly authorized law enforcement officer and to be delivered to the purchaser with delivery of the livestock.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-331 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-27-19 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 27-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-19
Status: in_force

(1) After the committee has made and recorded a determination that there is need, in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare, for the organization of a district in a particular territory and has defined the boundaries thereof, it shall consider the question whether the operation of a district within such boundaries with the powers conferred upon soil and water conservation districts in this article is administratively practicable and feasible. To assist the committee in the determination of such administrative practicability and feasibility, it shall be the duty of the committee, within a reasonable time after entry of the finding that there is need for the organization of the proposed district and the determination of the boundaries thereof, to hold a referendum within the proposed district upon the proposition of the creation of the district, and to cause due notice of such referendum to be given. The question shall be submitted by ballots upon which the words “for creation of a soil and water conservation district of the lands below described and lying in the county(ies) of __________ and __________,” and “against creation of a soil and water conservation district of the lands below described and lying in the county(ies) of __________ and __________,” 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 creation of such district. The ballot shall set forth the boundaries of such proposed district as determined by the committee. All owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the territory, as determined by the state soil and water conservation committee, shall be eligible to vote in such referendum. Only such landowners shall be eligible to vote.

(2) The committee shall pay expenses for the issuance of such notices and the conduct of such hearings and referendums as hereinabove provided for and shall supervise the conduct of such hearings and referendums. It shall issue appropriate regulations governing the conduct of such hearings and referendums, and providing for the registration prior to the date of the referendum of all eligible voters, or prescribing some other appropriate procedure for the determination of those eligible as voters in such referendum. No informalities in the conduct of such referendum or in any matters relating thereto shall invalidate said referendum or the results thereof if notice thereof shall have been given substantially as herein provided and said referendum shall have been fairly conducted.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-213 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-213
Status: in_force

(1) Upon a determination by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, the following may constitute negligent violations:

(a) Failing to provide a legal description of land on which the grower produces hemp;

(b) Failing to obtain a license or other required authorization from the department;

(c) Failing to register with the department;

(d) Producing Cannabis sativa L. with a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of more than five-tenths percent (0.5%) on a dry weight basis; or

(e) Any other violation of the State Plan, including any rules and regulations set forth by the department.

(2) Corrective action plan. (a) A hemp grower shall comply with a plan established by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee to correct the negligent violation, including:

(i) A reasonable date by which the hemp grower shall correct the negligent violation; and

(ii) A requirement that the hemp grower shall periodically report to the commissioner or the commissioner's designee regarding the compliance with the corrective plan for a period of not less than the next two (2) calendar years.

(b) The department shall notify the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics of all corrective action plans implemented by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.

(3) Result of negligent violation. A hemp grower that negligently violates the State Plan shall not, as a result of that violation, be subject to any criminal enforcement action by a state, county or local government entity.

(4) Repeat violations. A hemp grower that negligently violates the State Plan three (3) times in a five-year period shall be ineligible to produce hemp for a period of five (5) years beginning on the date of the third violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-213 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-213
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the various counties of the State of Mississippi which are not engaged in the eradication of bovine tuberculosis on the area plan, may in their discretion, pay indemnity on cattle which react to a co-operative tuberculin test authorized by the Mississippi Board of Animal Health on the same basis as provided in Section 69-15-211 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-13
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may employ, prescribe the duties of, and fix the compensation of, such inspectors and other employees as he may require and incur such expenses as may be necessary, within the limits of appropriations made by law. He shall cooperate with other departments, boards and officers of this state and of the United States as far as practicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 28-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-9
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(c) The local soil and water conservation district, in cooperation with the local road manager, or his counterpart, as well as the Mississippi Department of Transportation, may erect signs as may be appropriate to recognize a designated agricultural district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-101
Status: in_force

Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 may be known as the “Mississippi Pesticide Application Law of 1975.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-351 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-351
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-351
Status: in_force

No bond issued under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified on the bonds; and all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity. All interest accruing on bonds shall be payable semiannually or annually, except the first interest coupon attached to any bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year. If bonds are issued in coupon form, no interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon, and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted. If serial bonds, such bonds shall mature annually, and the first maturity date thereof shall not be more than five (5) years from the date of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-317 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-317
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-317
Status: in_force

The owner of all estrays appraised at more than fifty dollars shall be allowed three months; the owners of estrays appraised at twenty dollars and not exceeding fifty dollars, shall be allowed two months; and the owner of estrays valued at less than twenty dollars shall be allowed one month from the date of the certificate of appraisement to claim and prove property to the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-21-101
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and cited as the “Agricultural Aviation Licensing Law of 2009.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-61 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-61
Status: in_force

The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall determine from each existing soil and water conservation district from which territory may be withdrawn in the adjustment of boundaries, or revision of a district, the value of cash or bonds on hand, and shall also make an appraisal of the cash value of the equipment, land, or other property of these affected districts, on hand as of the date of issuance of the certificate of organization by the Secretary of State to the revised district, and shall divide the liquid assets on the basis of the proportion of territory withdrawn from the existing district to the total territory in the existing district, make equitable distribution of the equipment, and partition any real property. The decision of the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee in this division of assets shall be final.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-349 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 69-13-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-3
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall provide for the holding of elections under the provisions of this article in the same manner as now provided by law for holding special elections in the county and the ballots for such election shall have written or printed upon them the following:

“For State-Wide Stock Law ___

Against State-Wide Stock Law ___”

But the result of said election in any county shall in no wise affect the operation of the state-wide stock law in so far as it relates to hogs. When an election has been held in any county, then no other election shall be held in that county within twelve months.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 69-13-307 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 69-31-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 31-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-9
Status: in_force

(1) Any defective moisture-measuring device, while so marked, sealed, or tagged, as provided in Section 69-31-7 , may be used to ascertain the moisture content of agricultural products offered for sale, processing or storage, only under the following conditions:

(a) The owner or user shall make adjustment for error on all agricultural products tested, and the owner or user shall keep a record open to inspection, of every commercial sample of agricultural products inspected by means of the defective device, showing that such adjustment was made on all such agricultural products tested.

(b) The device shall be repaired to comply with Section 69-31-7 within thirty (30) days after inspection and the department thereupon notified that the device has been repaired accordingly.

(2) If, upon reinspection, the device is again rejected under the provisions of Section 69-31-7 , such device shall be sealed and shall not be used until repaired and reinspected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-51 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-51
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-69 to establish an administrative hearing procedure under the Board of Animal Health to enforce the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health and the statutes and laws of the State of Mississippi pertaining to the control and eradication of tuberculosis, anthrax, hog cholera, Texas and splenic fever and the fever-carrying tick (Margaropus annulatus), cattle brucellosis, anaplasmosis, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, muscosal disease, cattle viral diarrhea, cattle scabies, sheep scabies, swine erysipelas, swine brucellosis, equine encephalomyelitis, rabies, vesicular diseases, salmonella group, newcastle disease, infectious laryngotracheitis, ornithosis-psittacosis, mycoplasma group, equine infectious anemia and any suspected new and/or foreign diseases of livestock and poultry, and all other diseases of animals in this state, currently in effect or hereafter made and promulgated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-111 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-111
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(5) If the commissioner finds the applicant qualified in the classification for which he has applied, he shall issue a certified applicator's license limited to that classification. Expiration dates of licenses may be established by regulation, unless revoked, suspended, denied, cancelled or modified prior thereto by the commissioner for cause as hereinafter provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-29 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-29
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce for the same purposes and in the same manner and with the same authority, as provided in Section 69-25-27 , may prohibit and prevent the introduction into or the transportation through the state of any such plants and plant products or other thing or substance except when contained in such container, car, boat, or vehicle and shall prevent the escape or waste of any part of the same while being introduced into or transported through the state, and may likewise prohibit and prevent the opening of such container, car, boat, or vehicle containing such plant or plant product or other thing or substance within the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-5
Status: in_force

None of the provisions of this article shall apply to any county which is in whole or in part within a levee district bordering on the Mississippi River, unless an order has been passed by the board of supervisors of such county after thirty (30) days notice by publication of its intention so to do.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 8-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-15
Status: in_force

(1) Any collecting person, who fails to file a report or pay any assessment within the time required by the commissioner, shall remit to the council a penalty of five percent (5%) of the assessment determined to be due, plus one percent (1%) for each month of delay, or fraction thereof, beginning the first month after the report was required to be filed or the assessment became due.

(2) Any collecting person who makes a false claim shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) payable to the council.

(3) Any collecting person required to pay an assessment as provided by this chapter, who refuses to allow full inspection of their records by the council, or who shall hinder or in any way delay or prevent the inspection of their records is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-315 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-315
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this article, the state veterinarian or an authorized agent of the State Veterinarian, shall apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of mandamus or shall institute such other proceedings as may be necessary and proper to compel such county boards of supervisors to comply with the provisions of this article applying to them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-7
Status: in_force

Wherever used or referred to in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(a) “District” or “soil and water conservation district” means a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body, corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of this article, for the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions hereinafter set forth.

(b) “Commissioner” means one of the members of the governing body of a district, elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(c) “Committee” or “State Soil and Water Conservation Committee” means the state and soil and water conservation commission as renamed under the provisions of Section 67-27-2 and created in Section 69-27-9 .

(d) “Petition” means a petition filed under the provisions of Section 69-27-15 for the creation of a district.

(e) “Nominating petition” means a petition filed under the provisions of Section 69-27-31 to nominate candidates for the office of commissioner of a soil and water conservation district.

(f) “State” means the State of Mississippi.

(g) “Agency of this state” includes the government of this state and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the government of this state.

(h) “United States” or “agencies of the United States” includes the United States of America, the United States Department of Agriculture, and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.

(i) “Government” or “governmental” includes the government of this state, the government of the United States, and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them.

(j) “Landowner” or “owner of land” includes any person, firm or corporation who shall hold legal or equitable title to any lands lying within a district organized under the provisions of this article.

(k) “Land operator” or “operator of land” includes any person, firm or corporation, other than the owner, who shall be in possession of any lands lying within a district organized under the provisions of this article, whether as lessee, renter, tenant or otherwise.

(l) “Due notice” means notice published at least three (3) times with an interval of at least seven (7) days between each publication date, in a newspaper of general circulation within the area where the land proposed to be included in a conservation district is located, or if no such newspaper or general circulation be available, by posting at a reasonable number (not less than five (5)) of conspicuous places within such area, such posting to include posting one (1) copy upon the bulletin board of the courthouse of each county where any of the lands in such proposed district may be located. Notice shall also be given by United States mail to all of the landowners of the proposed district or the district of any hearing or election. At any hearing held pursuant to such notice, at the time and place designated in such notice, adjournment may be made from time to time without the necessity of renewing such notice for such adjourned dates.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-11-13
Status: in_force

In addition to other quarantine powers now authorized by law, the commissioner, the state veterinarian, or any authorized employee of the state board of animal health are hereby authorized and empowered to quarantine any premises, area or enclosure on which swine are fed with garbage and no person shall move or allow to be moved any swine from any quarantined premises or areas except under conditions and requirements prescribed under rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Quarantine notices and orders shall be served upon owners or persons having possession of swine in the manner now provided by law for quarantining premises on which diseased livestock are kept.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-51-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-29-105 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 69-9-13 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-13
Status: in_force

The State Tax Commission shall provide any information necessary to assist the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce in collecting the assessments provided for in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-45-11
Status: in_force

(1) Any person or business who participates in the Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Program shall register annually with the department on forms prescribed by the department. The department is authorized to charge an annual marketing assessment to defray costs and expenses associated with the program. The department serves to promote agriculture products in the state; thus, it assumes no legal liability by registering these persons or businesses.

(2)(a) The department may accept, budget, receive and expend funds from any source to implement, market and promote the program;

(b) The department may allow a federal, state or local governmental entity or a public, private, commercial or charitable entity to use, publish or advertise the entity's name on department property in its publications;

(c) Any funds received from this advertising shall be retained by the department and expended to market and promote the Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Program; and

(d) The department may accept, budget, receive and expend these funds in accordance with rules and regulations of the Department of Finance and Administration in the manner consistent with the escalation of federal funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-367 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-367
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-367
Status: in_force

If for any reason any section, paragraph, provision, clause or part of Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, that section shall not affect or invalidate any other section, paragraph, provision, clause or part of sections 69-27-331 through 69-27-367 not in and of itself invalid, but the remaining portions thereof shall be in force without regard to that so invalidated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 36-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-7
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may adopt such rules and regulations, in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedure Act, Section 25-43-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 , as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and the Southern Dairy Compact.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-101 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 69-7-275 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-275
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-275
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall not apply to any egg producer who has less than three thousand (3,000) laying hens, nor to any eggs produced and also used for hatching purposes, nor eggs produced or purchased for further processing by egg breaking plants.

For the purposes of this article, anyone not the owner of the chickens or eggs who performs the services of caring for the chickens, gathering the eggs and related services for a contractor or employer, and who does not otherwise engage in distribution or sale of such eggs, shall be excepted from the provisions of this article, shall not be considered as a “producer” as defined herein, and shall not be liable for any assessments provided herein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-333 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 13-333
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-333
Status: in_force

It shall not be lawful for a drover or other person to drive any horse, mule, cattle, hog, or sheep of another from the lands to which the same may belong, whether the same be an estray or not; but it shall be his duty, if any other such stock shall join his, immediately to halt at the nearest convenient place and separate such stock as does not belong to him or to the person for whom he may be employed; and if any person shall violate the provisions of this section, he shall forfeit twenty dollars for every offense, with costs, recoverable before a justice of the peace, by and for the use of any person who will sue for the same, and shall also be liable in damages to the party injured; and when any person employed in driving stock shall violate the provisions of this section, he and his employer shall be liable to the like penalties; but the recovery of such penalty shall not be a bar to indictment for larceny.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-333 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-333
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-333
Status: in_force

It shall not be lawful for a drover or other person to drive any horse, mule, cattle, hog, or sheep of another from the lands to which the same may belong, whether the same be an estray or not; but it shall be his duty, if any other such stock shall join his, immediately to halt at the nearest convenient place and separate such stock as does not belong to him or to the person for whom he may be employed; and if any person shall violate the provisions of this section, he shall forfeit twenty dollars for every offense, with costs, recoverable before a justice of the peace, by and for the use of any person who will sue for the same, and shall also be liable in damages to the party injured; and when any person employed in driving stock shall violate the provisions of this section, he and his employer shall be liable to the like penalties; but the recovery of such penalty shall not be a bar to indictment for larceny.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 36-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-9
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 28-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-28-11
Status: in_force

An agricultural district may be comprised of ownerships residing in more than one (1) soil and water conservation district as long as the conditions of a contiguous boundary are satisfied. In such case, each soil and water conservation district shall have the responsibility to meet the requirements of this chapter within the county of its jurisdiction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-211 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 15-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-211
Status: in_force

The county boards of supervisors of counties engaged in eradicating tuberculosis in livestock under the area plan in co-operation with the board of animal health and the United States Bureau of Animal Industry may pay out of the general funds of the county money for necessary expenditure including the employment of accredited or approved veterinarians and for the payment of indemnity to cattle owners who have animals slaughtered because of having reacted to a tuberculin test authorized by the board and the United States Bureau of Animal Industry. Provided that said animals so classed are appraised and slaughtered as provided in the rules and regulations of the board of animal health. The indemnity received shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for each grade animal or one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each registered animal so condemned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-17 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-17
Status: in_force

Within sixty (60) days after a petition pursuant to Section 69-27-15 has been filed with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, it shall cause due notice to be given of a proposed hearing upon the question of the desirability and necessity in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare, of the creation of such district, upon the question of the appropriate boundaries to be assigned to such district, upon the propriety of the petition and other proceedings taken under this article, and upon all questions relevant to such inquiries. All owners and all operators of land within the limits of the territory described in the petition, and of lands within any territory considered for addition to such described territory, and all other interested parties, shall have the right to attend such hearings and to be heard. If it shall appear upon the hearing that it may be desirable to include within the proposed district territory outside of the area within which due notice of the hearing has been given, the hearing shall be adjourned and due notice of further hearing shall be given throughout the entire area considered for inclusion in the district, and such further hearing held. After such hearing, if the committee shall determine, upon the facts presented at such hearing and upon such other relevant facts and information as may be available, 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 considered at the hearing, it shall make and record such determination, and shall define, by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, the boundaries of such district. In making such determination and in defining such boundaries, the committee shall give due weight and consideration to the topography of the area considered and of the state, the composition of soils therein, the distribution of erosion, the prevailing water and land use practices, the desirability and necessity of including within the boundaries the particular lands under consideration and the benefit such lands may receive from being included within such boundaries, the relation of the proposed area to existing watersheds and agricultural regions, and to other soil and water conservation districts already organized or proposed for organization under the provisions of this article, and such other physical, geographical, and economic factors as are relevant, having due regard to the legislative determinations set forth in Section 69-27-3 . The territory to be included within such boundaries need not be contiguous. If the committee shall determine after such hearing, after due consideration of the said relevant facts, that there is no need for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory considered at the hearing, it shall make and record such determination and shall deny the petition. After twelve (12) months shall have expired from the date of the denial of any such petition, subsequent petitions covering the same or substantially the same territory may be filed as aforesaid and new hearings held and determinations made thereon. If it be determined that there is no need for such soil and water conservation district, then in no event shall any expense or part thereof, incurred in connection with the hearing or other proceedings had to determine such question, be assessed against any landowner or other party except those landowners signing the original petition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 36-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-36-7
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may adopt such rules and regulations, in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedure Act, Section 25-43-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 , as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and the Southern Dairy Compact.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-203 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 69-23-127 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-127
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-127
Status: in_force

The commissioner may obtain an injunction to enjoin the violation of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 or any regulations issued under those sections in the chancery court of the county in which the violation occurs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-103 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-103
Status: in_force

Any person selling or dispensing tranquilizers or drugs manufactured for injection into livestock by means of an instrument identified in Section 69-17-101 for the purpose of rendering livestock docile, shall maintain a register wherein he shall enter the date such drug is sold or dispensed, the name and address of the purchaser or receiver, and the identity and quantity of said drug.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-25 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-25
Status: in_force

If the amount claimed for the damages by animals trespassing exceed two hundred dollars, the plaintiff will proceed by petition in the circuit court, wherein the proceedings shall be according to the practice of that court; and the clerk shall perform the ministerial duties prescribed for justices of the peace in cases before them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 69-33-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-3
Status: in_force

When pecan trees are grown on private property and the branches of such trees extend over a public road, street or highway right-of-way, any pecans falling from any such pecan trees onto such public right-of-way shall be deemed the property of the owner of such pecan trees until the end of the harvesting season, and it shall be unlawful for any person, without the permission of the owner of such trees, to remove such pecans from any such public right-of-way during the harvesting season. It shall be unlawful for any person, without the permission of the owner of such trees, to pick or otherwise remove any pecans from the limbs or branches of pecan trees or to cause pecans to fall from such trees. Any person found to be in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined an amount not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days in jail, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-6 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-9-6
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) The board shall make a report of all income and expenditures made annually and provide copies of such report to the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-201 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-201
Status: in_force

This article shall be known as the “Highway Fencing Law.”