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MS Code § 69-37-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-15. Certification of Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation as official administrative and regulatory body; effect; revocation; debts of corporation not a liability of bureau or department

 Upon determination by the bureau that the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation meets the requirements of Section 69-37-13, the bureau shall certify the corporation as the official administrative and regulatory body for all Mississippi cotton growers who are members of a cotton growers association as defined in Section 69-37-5. The certification shall be for the purposes of this chapter only and shall not affect other organizations or associations of cotton growers established for other purposes.   The bureau shall certify only one (1) corporation and may revoke the certification of the corporation if at any time the corporation fails to meet the requirements of this chapter. The debts of the corporation, if there are any, shall not become the liability of the bureau or the department.
MS Code § 69-37-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-19. Conduct of referenda; expenses

 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.
MS Code § 69-37-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-21. Subsequent referenda; annual report; limitation on assessment of fees

  If any referendum conducted under this chapter fails to receive the required number of affirmative votes, the bureau, at the request of the corporation, shall be authorized to call other referenda.   After the passage of any referendum, the eligible voters may be allowed, by subsequent referenda to be held upon recommendation of the corporation, to vote on whether to continue with the program and/or to modify the assessment fee. However, before any referendum is held proposing any modifications of the assessment, the corporation must submit its recommendation to the commissioner for approval. Upon petition by twenty percent (20%) of all eligible voting cotton growers within the state, the corporation shall be required to conduct a subsequent referendum on the question called in the petition, provided that the corporation is required to hold no more than one (1) petitioned referendum during any given calendar year. All the requirements for an initial referendum must be met in any subsequent referenda. The results of the referendum, along with annual audits of all monies expended on programs affected by the referendum, shall be reported each year to the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairmen of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee.   It is the intent of the Legislature that the cost of the containment/maintenance phase of the boll weevil eradication program be borne by the producers, and that any subsequent debt incurred by the program be funded by subsidies, loans and grants from the federal government and other sources.   No assessment under any subsequent referendum for a containment/maintenance program may exceed Twelve Dollars ($12.00) an acre, and it shall be incumbent upon the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation to levy only that amount necessary to ensure the financial stability of the eradication program.
MS Code § 69-37-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-23. Liens to secure payment of assessments and penalties; destruction of untreatable commercial cotton as nuisance; compensation

  For statewide management when assessments are established by passage of a referendum, the commissioner shall have a lien for payment of the assessments, together with any penalties levied under this chapter, against all cotton grown by each cotton grower who grows cotton within the state. This lien shall be of equal dignity with liens for taxes in favor of the state and the commissioner is authorized to issue executions for the collection of the assessments and liens described in this section in like manner as executions are issued for ad valorem property taxes due the state.   In addition, the commissioner shall have a special lien on cotton for payment of assessments, together with any penalties levied under this chapter, which shall be superior to any other lien provided by law, shall arise as of the time the assessments become due and payable, and shall cover all cotton grown by the cotton grower from the date the lien arises until the assessments are paid. However, any buyer of cotton shall take free of the lien if the buyer has not received written notice of the lien from the commissioner, or if he has paid for the cotton by a check in which the department is named as joint payee.   A cotton grower who fails to pay when due and upon reasonable notice any assessment levied under this chapter shall be subject to a per acre penalty as established in the bureau's regulations, in addition to the assessment.   Commercial cotton that is located in sites that cannot be treated adequately because of health, environmental or other concerns shall be deemed to be a public nuisance and shall be destroyed promptly. The commissioner, with the consent of the corporation and the approval of the Attorney General, may apply to the circuit court of the judicial circuit in which the public nuisance is located to have the nuisance condemned and destroyed. This injunctive relief shall be available to the commissioner notwithstanding the existence of any other legal remedy and the commissioner shall not be required to file a bond.  In those cases where commercial cotton is destroyed because of prevented treatment due to health or environmental concerns, the owner of the cotton shall be compensated for that portion of the crop that is destroyed. The per acre amount of the payments shall be based on a reasonable estimate of the value of the crop as determined by the commissioner in consultation with the corporation and the affected producer. Payments for those losses shall be funded by assessment fees paid by cotton growers and administered by the corporation.
MS Code § 69-37-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-25. Quarantine, and control of movement of articles from infested areas in other states, by regulation of Bureau of Plant Industry

 The Bureau of Plant Industry is authorized to promulgate regulations quarantining this state, or any portion thereof, and governing the storage, treatment, or other handling in the quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of regulated articles into or from such areas. The bureau shall determine when such action is necessary, or appears reasonably necessary, to prevent or retard the spread of the boll weevil. The bureau is also authorized to promulgate regulations governing the movement of regulated articles from other states or portions thereof into this state when such state is known to be infested with the boll weevil. The promulgation of these regulations shall conform in all aspects to the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, Sections 25-43-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, and sound principles of quarantines.
MS Code § 69-37-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-27. Suppression, pre-eradication, eradication and no-growth zones; growers to share costs; notice, referenda, penalties, and appeal of penalties

 The bureau, with the concurrence of the corporation, is authorized to designate by regulation one or more areas of this state as "suppression zones," "pre-eradication zones" or "eradication zones" where the specified boll weevil management programs will be undertaken. The bureau, with the concurrence of the corporation, is authorized to promulgate reasonable regulations regarding areas where cotton cannot be planted within a specified management zone when there is reason to believe that growing cotton in those areas will jeopardize the success of the program or present a hazard to public health or safety. The bureau, with the concurrence of the corporation, is authorized to issue regulations prohibiting the planting of noncommercial cotton in the management zones and requiring that all growers of commercial cotton in these zones participate in the specified boll weevil management program and share equitably in the cost. The costs shall be determined by available scientific data on the basis of the level of boll weevil infestation and the anticipated costs of the program in the various regions and shall be approved via referendum by cotton growers within the affected area under procedures set forth in this chapter. Notice of the prohibition and requirement shall be given by publication for one (1) day each week for three (3) successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the affected area. The bureau, with the concurrence of the corporation, is authorized to set by regulation a reasonable schedule of penalty fees to be assessed when growers in designated "management zones" do not meet the requirements of regulations issued by the bureau with respect to reporting of acreage and participation in cost-sharing as prescribed by regulation. The penalty fees shall not exceed a charge of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per acre. The cotton grower charged with those penalties has the right to appeal this decision to the corporation.
MS Code § 69-37-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-29. Destruction or treatment of cotton in eradication zones; compensation

 The commissioner, with the concurrence of the corporation, is authorized to destroy, or cause to be treated with pesticides, volunteer or other noncommercial cotton and to establish procedures for the purchase and destruction of commercial cotton in eradication zones when the commissioner deems the action necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. No payment shall be made by the commissioner to the owner or lessee for the destruction or injury of any cotton that was planted in an eradication zone after publication of notice as provided in this chapter, or was otherwise handled in violation of this chapter or the regulations adopted under this chapter. However, the commissioner shall pay for losses resulting from the destruction of cotton that was planted in those zones before promulgation of the notice. Payments for those losses shall be funded by assessment fees paid by cotton growers and administered by the corporation.
MS Code § 69-37-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-31. Regulations pertaining to livestock pasturage, human entry, honeybee colonies, and other activities affecting boll weevil control programs

  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.   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.
MS Code § 69-37-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-33. Penalties for violations

  Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated hereunder, or who shall alter, forge or counterfeit or use without authority any certificate or permit or other document provided for in this chapter or in the regulations promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Any person who, except in compliance with the regulations of the bureau, shall move any regulated article into this state from any other state, which the bureau found in such regulations is infested by the boll weevil, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
MS Code § 69-37-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-35. Exemptions from assessment penalties for financial hardship; payment plan

 The commissioner, with the consent of the corporation, is authorized to exempt from the assessment penalty requirements set forth in this chapter those cotton growers for whom paying the assessment penalties would impose an undue financial hardship, and the commissioner is authorized to establish, upon the recommendation of the corporation, a payment plan in those hardship cases. This exemption shall be implemented as follows:   The commissioner, with the consent of the corporation, shall adopt rules and regulations defining the criteria to be used in determining financial hardship. However, no exemption shall be granted to any cotton grower who, after the amount of assessments and penalties otherwise due has been subtracted from his taxable net income, has a net income exceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) for the year in which he seeks an exemption;   Any cotton grower who claims an exemption shall apply on a form prescribed by the commissioner. A separate application shall be filed for each calendar year in which a cotton grower claims an exemption. Each application shall contain an explanation of the conditions to be met for approval. An oath shall be included on the form that upon completion shall be returned to the commissioner;   The commissioner shall forward all completed exemption application forms to the corporation. The corporation shall determine from the information contained in the application forms whether or not the applicants qualify for a hardship exemption (exemption from penalty) and may recommend a payment plan to the commissioner; and   The corporation shall notify the commissioner of its determination, which shall be binding upon the applicants. Upon receipt of the determination of the corporation, the commissioner shall promptly notify each affected cotton grower of that determination. If an exemption has been denied, assessments and penalties for the year in which the application was made shall become due at the time they would otherwise have become due had no application for exemption been filed or within thirty (30) days after the date of the commissioner's notice of an adverse determination, whichever is later.
MS Code § 69-37-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-37. Extension of chapter to other cotton pests upon recommendation of the corporation

 This chapter shall be extended to include all other cotton pest species upon recommendation of the corporation.
MS Code § 69-37-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-39. Boll Weevil Management Fund; deposits; disbursements

 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.
MS Code § 69-37-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act|§ 69-37-41. Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation to be certified as administering authority to plan and implement boll weevil management programs

 From and after July 1, 2010, the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation shall be certified by the Bureau of Plant Industry as the administering authority to plan and implement boll weevil management programs in this state, and all records, duties, responsibilities, assets, contractual rights and obligations relating to the administration, planning and implementation of boll weevil management programs in this state shall be under the jurisdiction of the corporation upon certification by the bureau.If for any reason the corporation fails to meet the criteria established in Sections 69-37-1 through 69-37-39, the bureau may certify an alternate cotton grower's association to serve as administrative authority of boll weevil management programs.
MS Code § 69-39-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 39 - Agricultural Liming Materials|§ 69-39-1. Short title; administration of chapter

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Mississippi Agricultural Liming Materials Act of 1993." This chapter shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi herein referred to as the "commissioner."
MS Code § 69-39-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 39 - Agricultural Liming Materials|§ 69-39-3. Definitions

 The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "Agricultural liming materials" means products containing calcium and magnesium compounds that are capable of neutralizing soil acidity.   "Limestone" means a material consisting essentially of calcium carbonate or a combination of calcium carbonate with magnesium carbonate capable of neutralizing soil acidity.   "Calcitic limestone" means a calcareous rock composed wholly or largely of calcium carbonate.   "Dolomitic limestone" means a calcareous rock composed of calcium and magnesium carbonates with a minimum elemental magnesium (Mg) content of six percent (6%).   "Burnt lime" means a material made from limestone that consists essentially of calcium oxide or a combination of calcium oxide with magnesium oxide.   "Hydrated lime" means a material, made from burnt lime, that consists of calcium hydroxide or a combination of calcium hydroxide with magnesium oxide and/or magnesium hydroxide.   "Marl" or "chalk" means a granular or loosely consolidated earthy material composed largely of sea shell fragments and calcium carbonate.   "Ground shells" means a product obtained by the grinding of shells of mollusks and that shall carry the name of mollusk origin.   "Industrial by-product" means any industrial waste or by-product containing calcium or calcium and magnesium in forms that will neutralize soil acidity.   "Brand" means the term, designation, trademark, product name or other specific designation under which individual agricultural liming material is offered for sale.   "Fineness" means the percentage by weight of the material that will pass United States Standard sieves of specified sizes. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations relating to fineness.   "Ton" means 2,000 pounds avoirdupois.   "Percent" or "percentage" means by weight.   "Bulk" means in nonpackaged form.   "Label" or "labeling" means all written, printed or graphic matter upon or accompanying any agricultural liming material or advertisements, brochures, posters, television and radio announcements used in promoting the sale of such agricultural liming material.   "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi, or his agents and employees.   "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity or organization.   "Calcium carbonate equivalent" means the acid neutralizing capacity of an agricultural liming material expressed as weight percentage of calcium carbonate.   "Weight" means the weight of undried material as offered for sale.
MS Code § 69-39-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 39 - Agricultural Liming Materials|§ 69-39-7. Sale of liming materials not in compliance with chapter, or toxic to plants or animals, prohibited

  No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state unless it complies with provisions of this chapter and regulations pertaining thereto.   No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state that contains toxic materials in quantities injurious to plants or animals.
MS Code § 69-39-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 39 - Agricultural Liming Materials|§ 69-39-9. Sale and distribution permit required; applications

 Every manufacturer or distributor who sells, offers for sale, exposes for sale, distributes or solicits orders for sale of any agricultural liming material to a distributor, retailer or farmer in the State of Mississippi, before selling or offering such agricultural liming material for sale or distributing or soliciting orders for sale shall secure a permit from the commissioner to engage in such business. Permit applications for each office or place of business in the State of Mississippi of such manufacturer or distributor shall be submitted upon forms prescribed by the commissioner. Such permit applications shall contain the name and address of the manufacturer or distributor and such other information as may be required by the commissioner for the effective enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and rules and regulations which may be adopted under Section 69-39-13.
MS Code § 69-39-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 39 - Agricultural Liming Materials|§ 69-39-11. Annual registration of liming products

  Each separately identified product shall be registered once each year before being distributed in this state. The application for registration shall be submitted to the commissioner on forms furnished or approved by him. Upon approval by the commissioner, a copy of the registration shall be furnished to the applicant.   A distributor shall not be required to register any brand of agricultural liming material that is already registered under this chapter by another person, providing the label does not differ in any respect.