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MS Code § 65-43-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-37. Bonds; use of proceeds

 The proceeds of the bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be used solely for the purposes provided in Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39, including the costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds.
MS Code § 65-43-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-39. Bonds; issuance of warrants for payment

 The State Treasurer is authorized, without further process of law, to certify to the Department of Finance and Administration the necessity for warrants, and the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to issue such warrants, in such amounts as may be necessary to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, or the accreted value of, all bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39; and the State Treasurer shall forward the necessary amount to the designated place or places of payment of such bonds in ample time to discharge such bonds, or the interest thereon, on the due dates thereof.
MS Code § 65-43-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Evasion|§ 65-43-71. Definitions

 The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, as used in Sections 65-43-71 through 65-43-85 and Section 65-43-6:   "Toll facility operator" means any private company contracting with a governmental entity to collect tolls or fees for the use of any toll road or toll bridge as authorized under Section 65-43-3;   "Processing agency" means a governmental entity, or a toll facility operator designated by any governmental entity, responsible for the processing of the notices of toll evasions and notices of delinquent toll evasions and penalties. A processing agency may include a public agency or private vendor with which any governmental entity contracts for the processing of notices of toll evasions and notices of delinquent toll evasions;   "Toll facility" means any road or bridge for which tolls or fees are charged for the use thereof.
MS Code § 65-43-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Evasion|§ 65-43-73. Use of toll facility without payment of tolls prohibited; notice of toll evasion violation; contents of notice; timing of notice

  A person may not use any toll facility without payment of tolls, except as specifically provided by statute, ordinance, regulation or rule of a governing entity.   If a vehicle is found by automated devices, visual observation, or otherwise to have evaded tolls on any toll facility, the processing agency shall, within thirty (30) days of the violation, forward to the registered owner of the vehicle involved in the violation, by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal delivery, a notice of toll evasion violation setting forth the violation, including reference to the statute, ordinance, regulation or rule violated, the approximate time and location of the violation and the amount of the toll owed by the violator. Included with the notice of toll evasion violation shall be an affidavit of nonliability that complies with the requirements of Section 65-43-81. In the case of joint ownership of a motor vehicle, the notice must be mailed to the first name appearing on the registration, unless the first name is a business organization, in which case the second name appearing on the registration may be used. Mailing the notice to the address provided for notice or personal delivery constitutes legal notification to the violator. If accurate information concerning the identity and address of the registered owner of the vehicle is not available to the processing agency within thirty (30) days of the violation, the processing agency shall have an additional forty-five (45) calendar days to obtain such information and forward the notice of toll evasion violation. If after ninety (90) calendar days of the violation the processing agency has not obtained accurate information concerning the identity and address of the registered owner of the vehicle, the processing agency may publish the notice of the toll evasion for two (2) weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the county of the registered owner's last known residence. This publication shall constitute legal notification to the violator. The notice of toll evasion violation shall also set forth the following:   The vehicle license plate number;   If practicable, the registration expiration date and the make of the vehicle;   A clear and concise explanation of the procedures for contesting the violation and appealing an adverse decision.     A violation of subsection (1) of this section is an infraction subject to a penalty established pursuant to Section 65-43-75. The collection of civil penalties shall be governed by the civil administrative procedures set forth in Section 65-43-77.
MS Code § 65-43-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Evasion|§ 65-43-75. Written notice of toll evasion penalty to accompany notice of toll evasion violation; penalties

  The notice of toll evasion violation shall be accompanied by a written notice of the toll evasion penalty due for that violation, the address of the person authorized to receive payment of the toll evasion penalty, an affidavit of nonliability and a statement that payment of the toll evasion penalty for the toll evasion violation may be sent through the mail.   The schedule of toll evasion penalties for toll evasion violations shall be established by the governmental entity having jurisdiction over the toll road, but shall not exceed the amount of the unpaid toll plus One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per violation.   Toll evasion penalties under this section may be collected as civil penalties.   If the amount of the unpaid toll, along with any applicable toll evasion penalty, is received by the person authorized to receive the deposit of these fees and there is no contest as to that toll evasion violation pursuant to Sections 65-43-71 through 65-43-83, the proceedings shall terminate.   The amount of the unpaid toll, and any applicable penalties, shall be retained by or remitted to the governmental entity having jurisdiction over the toll road.
MS Code § 65-43-77 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Evasion|§ 65-43-77. Establishment of system of civil administrative adjudication; administrative fees and charges

 The governmental entity shall establish a system of civil administrative adjudication to adjudicate the contest of any alleged instances of a vehicle's operation on a toll facility without the required toll having been paid, such system shall include a schedule of administrative fees and charges due in addition to the unpaid toll and/or penalty.
MS Code § 65-43-79 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Evasion|§ 65-43-79. Appeal from decision of adjudicative process

  Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the adjudicative process set forth in Section 65-43-77, may appeal such decision within ten (10) days from the date of the postmark appearing on the notice of final decision mailed to the contestant. The appeal shall be initiated by the filing of a written notice of appeal accompanied by a bill of exceptions which shall embody the facts, order and decision of the adjudicative body and which shall be signed by the party executing the final decision appealed from. The contestant shall file the notice of appeal and bill of exceptions in the circuit court of the county in which the alleged violation took place and the court shall hear and determine the same on the case as presented by the bill of exceptions as an appellate court and shall affirm or reverse the final decision. A copy of that notice and bill of exceptions must be provided to all parties or their attorneys of record and the lower authority whose order or judgment is being appealed. A certificate of service must accompany the written notice of appeal. If the decision be reversed, the circuit court shall render such order or judgment and certify same to that body; and the costs shall be awarded as in other cases. The contents of the adjudicative body's official file in the case, including a copy of the notice of toll evasion violation, shall be made a part of the record on appeal and shall constitute prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. A copy of the written notice of appeal shall be served by the contestant by certified mail, return receipt requested, upon the adjudicative body by service upon the party executing the final decision.   If no written notice of appeal of the final decision is filed within the period set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the decision shall be deemed final.   If the toll evasion penalty, along with the amount of the unpaid toll, have not been paid and the decision resulting from the judicial review of the final decision is adverse to the contestant, the processing agency may, promptly after the decision becomes final, proceed to collect the penalty.
MS Code § 65-43-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Evasion|§ 65-43-81. Final notice of toll evasion; delivery; contents of notice; consequence of failure to pay toll evasion penalty

  If the payment of the amount of the unpaid toll, and any applicable toll evasion penalty, is not received by the person authorized to receive payment of these fees by the time and date fixed for appearance on the notice of toll evasion violation, the processing agency shall deliver to the registered owner a final notice of toll evasion violation.   Delivery of a final notice of toll evasion violation under this section shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the registered owner, or by personal delivery. If delivery by certified mail or personal delivery is refused by the registered owner, then the processing agency may publish the notice of delinquent toll evasion for two (2) weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county of the registered owner's last known residence.   The final notice of toll evasion violation shall contain the information specified in Section 65-43-73, and shall also contain a notice to the registered owner that he must either:   Pay the amount of the unpaid toll, and any applicable penalty, or   Provide proof of payment of the unpaid toll, and any applicable penalty or an affidavit of nonliability.     If the registered owner fails to pay the toll evasion penalty, as required, the registered owner shall be deemed responsible for the violation and the amount of the unpaid toll and any administrative fees or charges which shall be due to the governmental entity by the registered owner.
MS Code § 65-43-83 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Evasion|§ 65-43-83. Effect of return of affidavit of nonliability

  If the affidavit of nonliability is returned to the governmental entity within thirty (30) days of the mailing of the notice of toll evasion violation, together with the proof of a written rental agreement or lease between a bona fide renting or leasing company and its customer which identifies the rentee or lessee and provides the driver's license number, name, and address of the rentee or lessee, the processing agency shall mail, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the rentee or lessee identified in the affidavit of nonliability a final notice of toll evasion violation.   If the affidavit of nonliability is returned with evidence that the registered owner served has made a bona fide sale or transfer of the vehicle and has delivered possession thereof to the purchaser prior to the date of the alleged violation, the processing agency shall cancel the notice of toll evasion violation with respect to that registered owner and the processing agency shall mail, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the purchaser identified in the affidavit of nonliability a final notice of toll evasion violation. If payment is not received within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of the final notice of toll evasion violation, the processing agency may proceed against the purchaser identified pursuant to Section 65-43-73.
MS Code § 65-43-85 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Evasion|§ 65-43-85. Contracts with collection agencies to collect unpaid toll evasion penalties, fees and charges authorized

 The processing agency may contract with a collection agency to collect unpaid toll evasion penalties, fees and charges.
MS Code § 69-1-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-1. Department of Agriculture and Commerce created

  A Department of Agriculture and Commerce is created and established under the management and control of a public officer to be known as the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, who shall have competent knowledge of agriculture, mining, manufacturing, statistics and general industries, must be an experienced and practical agriculturist; must be a resident of the state for five (5) years immediately preceding the day of election; and shall be elected by the people at the time and in the manner that other state officers are elected.   The residency requirements specified under this section shall apply to elections held from and after January 1, 2020.
MS Code § 69-1-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-3. Term of office of commissioner

 The term of office of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall be four years, and any vacancy occurring shall be filled by appointment by the Governor as provided by law.
MS Code § 69-1-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-5. Oath and bond of commissioner

 The commissioner, before entering upon the duties of the office, must take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution, and must enter into bond payable to the State of Mississippi, in the sum of five thousand dollars with a guaranty company, the expense of such bond being paid by the state. The bond must be approved by the Attorney General and when approved shall, together with the oath of office, be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
MS Code § 69-1-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-7. Place of office

 The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce must keep his office in the city of Jackson.
MS Code § 69-1-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-9. Appointment of clerk; oath and term of office

 The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce must appoint a clerk, who must take the oath of office to discharge faithfully all the duties, which are or may be required of him by law. The clerk shall hold office during the term of the commissioner by whom he is appointed, and until the appointment and qualification of his successor, unless sooner removed.
MS Code § 69-1-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-11. Duties and salary of clerk

 The clerk must discharge such duties as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. The expense necessarily incurred by the clerk in traveling on business of the department, under direction of the commissioner, must be paid for and charged against the department.
MS Code § 69-1-14 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-14. Employment of counsel by commissioner; compensation and expenses

  The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized and empowered to employ an attorney to represent the department of agriculture and commerce and to fix his compensation subject to the approval of the state personnel board. Said attorney shall be a full-time employee of the department of agriculture and commerce and shall be furnished such office space and clerical assistance as shall be necessary. In addition to his duties with the department of agriculture and commerce, said attorney shall represent the board of animal health, the Mississippi State Fair Commission and the Mississippi Central Market Board. The salary and expenses of said attorney shall be paid from any funds available to the department of agriculture and commerce, the board of animal health, the Mississippi Fair Commission and the Mississippi Central Market Board in a ratio commensurate with the services provided by said attorney to each of the said agencies.   The Department of Agriculture and Commerce, the board of animal health, the Mississippi Fair Commission and the Mississippi Central Market Board are hereby authorized and empowered to expend such sums from any funds available for the purposes of paying the salary and expenses of the attorney provided for in subsection (1).
MS Code § 69-1-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-15. Commissioner to make report

 The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall make and submit to the Governor on or before the 10th day of January each year a report showing all the expenditures of the bureau for the preceding year and shall make a full and comprehensive report of the scope of the work and expenditures of the bureau to each session of the Legislature within ten days of the convening thereof.
MS Code § 69-1-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-17. State institutions to aid in furnishing data; free transportation

 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.
MS Code § 69-1-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-19. Commissioner to establish grades and standards of farm products

 The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized to establish grades and standards from time to time for farm products grown or produced in this state, provided that any grade or standard on any farm product which may be established by the United States Department of Agriculture under authority of congress shall also be established by the commissioner of agriculture and commerce as the standard for this state.   The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may also establish standard sizes for boxes, or containers, used in the handling of fruits and vegetables in this state, provided such standards established by the commissioner shall conform with the federal standard container act of congress. The commissioner may also establish the standard weight of each box or container when filled with fruits or vegetables.
MS Code § 69-1-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-21. Certifying grade and condition of farm products

  The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized to investigate and certify to shippers and other financially interested parties, the grade, quality or condition of farm products in accordance with the standard established by him. The certificates issued by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter shall be received in all counties of this state as prima facie evidence of the truth of statements contained therein. For this service the commissioner may charge reasonable fees designed to cover the cost of these services.   All fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the state treasury.
MS Code § 69-1-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-23. Inspection of grain crops; definitions; licensing of inspectors; grading samples

  The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby designated as the official inspection agency within the State of Mississippi, or for a company domiciled in the State of Mississippi, to certify to producers, shippers, and other financially interested parties the grade, quality, or condition of grain crops. Grain crops for the purpose of this chapter shall be those crops for which standards have been established under the United States Grain Standards Act; namely, wheat, oats, corn, barley, rye, flaxseed, soybeans, grain sorghum, and mixed grains and other crops for which standards may hereafter be established.   The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall have the sole authority to recommend to the U. S. Department of Agriculture the licensing of inspectors for the purpose of carrying out the inspection, grading and certification of grain inspection under the United States Department of Agriculture Grain Standards Act, except that those persons already licensed as of this date under any other authority may continue to operate in their respective designated areas.   The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall adopt rules and regulations to provide that any grain producer, submitting grain for sale at any elevator in the state, shall be entitled to have that grain graded by an official inspector. The grain producer shall be responsible for and shall pay the cost of grading such sample.