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MS Code § 75-57-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board|§ 75-57-115. Calibration of metering equipment in delivery vehicles used in dispensing liquefied compressed gas

 The board shall require that metering equipment in delivery vehicles used in dispensing of liquefied compressed gas shall be calibrated to an accuracy of a plus or minus tolerance of two percent (2%) at least once a year. This requirement shall not apply to delivery vehicles used in dispensing anhydrous ammonia. All retail stationary dispensing equipment with dispensing capabilities of less than fifty (50) gallons per minute shall be calibrated to an accuracy of a plus or minus tolerance of two percent (2%) every two (2) years. Certificates showing such calibration shall be kept at the dealer's place of business and shall be presented upon demand of the Commissioner of Insurance for inspection by the board. This section shall not apply to anhydrous ammonia dispensing equipment.
MS Code § 75-57-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board|§ 75-57-117. Judicial review

  Any individual aggrieved by a final decision of the board shall be entitled to judicial review.   Any appeal from the board's decision shall be filed in the circuit court of the county where the board has its office. 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 before the board, 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 to the circuit court.   The scope of review of the circuit court in such cases shall be limited to a review of the record made before the board to determine if the action of the board is unlawful for the reason that it was:   Not supported by any substantial evidence;   Arbitrary or capricious; or   In violation of some statutory or constitutional right of the individual.     No relief shall be granted based upon the court's finding of harmless error by the board in complying with the procedural requirements of this chapter. If 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.   Any party aggrieved by action of the circuit court may appeal in the manner provided by law.
MS Code § 75-61-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 61 - Manufacture and Sale of Jewelry and Optical Equipment|Article 1 - Auctioneers of Jewelry|§ 75-61-1. Jewelry auction sales regulated

 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or dispose of, or offer for sale, in the State of Mississippi, at public auction, or to cause or permit to be sold, disposed of or offered for sale in the State of Mississippi, at public auction, any gold, silver or plated ware, precious stones, cut glass, china, watches, clocks or jewelry, whether the same be their own property, or whether in so doing they act as an agent or employee of others; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to sales at public auction of stock on hand for more than ninety (90) days preceding the beginning of said sale, if the person, firm or corporation owning the same shall have been, for a period of one (1) year next preceding said sale, continuously in business in the county wherein such sale is held or to be held, as a retail or wholesale merchant of such goods, wares and merchandise as are being sold or offered for sale at said auction; provided, further, that the stock on hand of said merchant or merchants, whose stocks are to be sold at public auction, shall not be increased, or replenished, in anticipation of such sale, nor within ninety (90) days preceding the beginning of said sale, nor pending said sale; and provided, further, that said auction sale shall be held on successive days, Sunday and legal holidays excepted, but shall not continue for more than thirty (30) days, at any one time; and, provided further, that the same person, firm or corporation shall not hold more than one such auction sale within a period of one (1) year.
MS Code § 75-61-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 61 - Manufacture and Sale of Jewelry and Optical Equipment|Article 1 - Auctioneers of Jewelry|§ 75-61-3. Inventory to be furnished chancery clerk

 No person, firm or corporation shall sell, or offer for sale, in any county of this state at auction, a stock of merchandise consisting of gold, silver, or plated ware, precious stones, watches, clocks, cut glass, china, or jewelry, without first having filed with the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which said sale is to be conducted a full and complete inventory of each article or class of articles to be offered at said auction sale, with an affidavit in support thereof, including (1) the description and acquisition cost of each article or class of articles, together with the name of the manufacturer thereof, where ascertainable; (2) the number of articles in each such class; (3) the serial number of each such article, where numbered; and (4) the aggregate acquisition cost of all the stock of such merchandise to be offered at said public auction. There shall be appended to said inventory an affidavit which shall state (1) that the said inventory is true and correct, together with the aggregate acquisition cost thereof; (2) that said articles of merchandise were acquired in the usual course of trade, and not for the purpose of offering the same for sale at said auction; (3) that none of the listed articles of merchandise was acquired within the ninety (90) day period immediately preceding the beginning of said auction sale; and (4) that no additional merchandise as described above will be acquired or offered for sale during the said auction. True copies of said inventory shall be kept posted in a public place on the premises where the said auction sale is being conducted, which shall be corrected at the close of each day's business so as to accurately show the number of articles remaining to be sold in each such class, together with their aggregate acquisition cost. In case the merchandise to be sold belongs to an individual, the inventory and affidavit shall be made by the owner. In case the merchandise belongs to a firm, the inventory and affidavit shall be made by a member thereof, and in the case of the corporation, the inventory and affidavit shall be made by an officer, or the general manager, or by someone having personal knowledge of the facts. No additions shall thereafter be made to said stock to be offered at said auction sale. The said inventory and affidavit shall be a part of the records of said chancery clerk, and he shall be paid a fee of two and one-half dollars ($2.50) by the person filing said inventory.
MS Code § 75-61-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 61 - Manufacture and Sale of Jewelry and Optical Equipment|Article 1 - Auctioneers of Jewelry|§ 75-61-5. Bond to be furnished chancery clerk

 At the time of the filing of the inventory provided for in Section 75-61-3, and before any such auction sale is commenced, the person, firm or corporation conducting said sale shall file with the said inventory, with the chancery clerk of the county where said sale is to be conducted, a bond in the penal sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00), to be approved by said chancery clerk, conditioned for the faithful compliance with the provisions of this article, and for the protection of any purchasers at said sale who may suffer loss because of misrepresentation or breach of warranty. Said bond shall be filed by said chancery clerk with said inventory, and shall be and remain a part of the public records of his office.
MS Code § 75-61-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 61 - Manufacture and Sale of Jewelry and Optical Equipment|Article 1 - Auctioneers of Jewelry|§ 75-61-7. Hours of sale limited

 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer to sell, at auction, any such gold, silver, plated ware, clocks, watches, cut glass, china ware, or jewelry from the 1st day of April to the 30th day of September, both inclusive, between the hours of seven o'clock in the evening and seven o'clock the following morning, and from the 1st day of October to the 31st day of March, both inclusive, between the hours of five o'clock in the evening and eight o'clock the following morning.
MS Code § 75-61-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 61 - Manufacture and Sale of Jewelry and Optical Equipment|Article 1 - Auctioneers of Jewelry|§ 75-61-9. Penalty

 Each separate sale of any article of merchandise above described at public auction without first having complied with all the provisions of this article shall constitute a separate violation or offense, and whoever violates any of the provisions of said article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each such offense.
MS Code § 75-61-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 61 - Manufacture and Sale of Jewelry and Optical Equipment|Article 1 - Auctioneers of Jewelry|§ 75-61-11. Warranties; statements or representations made

 Every person, firm or corporation conducting such auctions shall be truthful in marking or describing the quantity, quality, size, grade, or kind, or value, of merchandise being offered at auction, and for the purpose hereof all such statements or representations shall be warranties.
MS Code § 75-61-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 61 - Manufacture and Sale of Jewelry and Optical Equipment|Article 1 - Auctioneers of Jewelry|§ 75-61-13. Article not to apply to certain sales

 This article shall not apply to judicial sales, nor to sales by executors or administrators, nor to sales by legally and duly appointed trustees of unredeemed pledges, nor to articles that constitute any part of regular household furnishings.
MS Code § 75-61-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 61 - Manufacture and Sale of Jewelry and Optical Equipment|Article 3 - Manufacture and Sale of Eyeglasses and Sunglasses|§ 75-61-101. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term "person" shall also include any company, firm, association or corporation as well as an individual.
MS Code § 75-61-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 61 - Manufacture and Sale of Jewelry and Optical Equipment|Article 3 - Manufacture and Sale of Eyeglasses and Sunglasses|§ 75-61-103. Regulation of fabrication or sale

 No person shall fabricate, sell, offer to sell, or have in his possession with intent to sell or offer to sell eyeglasses or sunglasses unless they are fitted with plastic lenses, with laminated lenses, or with glass lenses which are tempered or case hardened. Glass lenses shall have a minimum center thickness of two (2) millimeters, in all cases except those cases where such lenses will not fulfill the visual requirements of the particular patient.
MS Code § 75-61-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 61 - Manufacture and Sale of Jewelry and Optical Equipment|Article 3 - Manufacture and Sale of Eyeglasses and Sunglasses|§ 75-61-105. Penalties

 A violation of this article shall constitute a misdemeanor, and a conviction therefor shall result in a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each separate offense.
MS Code § 75-63-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 63 - Sales of Cemetery Merchandise and Funeral Services|Article 1 - In General|§ 75-63-5. Cemeteries not required to accept property or perform services contrary to law

 Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to require any cemetery to accept any personal property, or perform any personal services contrary to law or ordinances pertaining to the burial of deceased human beings, or contrary to rules and regulations of a cemetery pertaining to the quality and kind of personal property that may be used in connection with the burial of deceased human beings in any such cemetery.
MS Code § 75-63-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 63 - Sales of Cemetery Merchandise and Funeral Services|Article 1 - In General|§ 75-63-25. Certain preneed cemetery and funeral contracts overrule conflicting wishes of next of kin; preneed contract providers have right to rely on contract and perform obligations in accordance with contract

  Any preneed contract which is executed by the decedent for his own arrangements and is fully funded overrules, following the decedent's death, the conflicting wishes of the decedent's next of kin, unless a compelling public interest makes it impossible to comply with a decedent's directions in a preneed contract.   The provisions of this section shall not prevent the decedent's next of kin or surviving heirs at law from, at their own expense, pursuing reasonable services and making reasonable arrangements that do not conflict with the decedent's directions in a preneed contract.   All contract providers shall have the right to rely on the preneed contract and perform obligations in accordance with the preneed contract. There shall be no liability for any contract provider who in good faith performs his obligations pursuant to the preneed contract, provided the preneed contract is in compliance with Section 75-63-51 et seq. and any rules promulgated thereunder.
MS Code § 75-63-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 63 - Sales of Cemetery Merchandise and Funeral Services|Article 3 - Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration|§ 75-63-51. Short title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration Act."
MS Code § 75-63-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 63 - Sales of Cemetery Merchandise and Funeral Services|Article 3 - Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration|§ 75-63-57. Record-keeping requirements

 The contract provider or its successor shall maintain in this state a copy of all preneed contracts and associated accounts, books and records for a period of the lifetime of each contract and for two (2) years after the death of a contract insured. The trustee shall maintain a copy of all trust documents for a period of the lifetime of each contract and for two (2) years after the death of a contract insured.
MS Code § 75-63-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 63 - Sales of Cemetery Merchandise and Funeral Services|Article 3 - Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration|§ 75-63-61. Requirements for contract funded by insurance

  If the preneed contract is funded with insurance, and payment is made to the contract seller rather than directly to the life insurance company, the contract seller shall timely submit to the insurance company all premiums collected from the contract purchaser.   At the time of death, the proceeds of the policy shall be settled in accordance with the policy. If the contract provider furnishes merchandise and services as indicated in the contract, the contract provider is entitled to retain the proceeds of the policy in accordance with the preneed contract. If the contract provider does not furnish merchandise and/or services as provided in the preneed contract, the contract provider shall pay to the estate of the contract insured or the substitute provider of the merchandise and/or services the proceeds of the policy within ten (10) days of receipt of these proceeds.
MS Code § 75-63-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 63 - Sales of Cemetery Merchandise and Funeral Services|Article 3 - Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration|§ 75-63-63. Preneed contracts to be portable; who may name a substitute provider

 Preneed contracts entered into in this state shall be portable. The naming of a substitute provider shall be in writing by the contract beneficiary or by one who is authorized by law to act on their behalf. If the preneed contract is funded by trust, the notice of a substitute provider shall be made to the original preneed contract seller and the trustee holding funds for the beneficiary. Upon receipt of the notice of substitute provider, the original provider shall be relieved of all obligations to perform the contract including all obligations of reporting and accounting. If the preneed contract is funded by insurance, the change of beneficiary shall be made in writing to the insurance company. If for any reason insurance proceeds are paid to a preneed seller who did not furnish the final needs of the beneficiary at their time of need, the policy proceeds shall be paid in full to the substitute provider or the estate of the preneed beneficiary within ten (10) days of receipt.
MS Code § 75-63-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 63 - Sales of Cemetery Merchandise and Funeral Services|Article 3 - Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration|§ 75-63-65. Sellers of preneed contracts required to register with Secretary of State; registration fees; regulations and registration requirements; registration forms

  Any establishment or organization that engages in the business of selling preneed merchandise and/or services shall register with the Secretary of State and shall pay a registration fee. A separate registration is required for each separate corporation or business entity. Applicants for registration shall provide the Secretary of State with any information and documents as he may require. The establishment or organization shall pay to the Secretary of State for the initial registration of the main establishment or organization a fee of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). For each year thereafter, the registration fee shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year due at the time that the annual report is required to be filed with the Secretary of State.   Any person who engages in the business of selling preneed contracts shall register with the Secretary of State and shall be subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of State as provided in this article.   The Secretary of State shall establish regulations to register each establishment or organization selling preneed merchandise or services. No establishment or organization shall be registered to sell preneed merchandise or services that the establishment or organization cannot lawfully provide at the time of a person's death. The Secretary of State shall also maintain a record of all individuals who are registered to sell preneed merchandise or services through the registered establishment.   The Secretary of State shall establish regulations to register each person selling preneed contracts, including the establishment through which the seller will be selling. No person shall be registered to sell preneed contracts without indicating the establishment for which he is selling. Only a registered preneed establishment can sponsor a person for registration.The preneed operator shall inform the Secretary of State of any changes with its sales agents within thirty (30) calendar days of the same.   The Secretary of State shall develop and furnish the forms necessary for the registration of establishments and individuals selling preneed contracts.
MS Code § 75-63-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 63 - Sales of Cemetery Merchandise and Funeral Services|Article 3 - Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration|§ 75-63-67. Annual written or electronic reports of preneed contract sales and of all trust fund account activity to be submitted to Secretary of State; penalty for late reports

  Every preneed establishment shall annually submit a written or electronic report to the Secretary of State of its preneed contract sales and performance of those contracts. This report shall be filed on or before March 31 of each year for the calendar year ending the preceding December 31. The Secretary of State shall impose an administrative fine in the amount of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per day for each day that the report is late. The administrative fine shall be in addition to any other administrative penalties provided under this article. The Secretary of State shall promulgate rules and regulations to regulate preneed contracts and the duties and responsibilities of preneed establishments; the content and filing procedure of reports; and filings of additional reports if deemed necessary by the Secretary of State to carry out the purposes of this article. The Secretary of State may assess any fines and fees necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.   Every preneed trust officer or trust financial institution shall annually submit to the Secretary of State a statement of all trust fund account activity on or before March 31 of each year for the calendar year ending the preceding December 31. The statement or report shall reflect the trust balance as of December 31 for the preceding calendar year. The Secretary of State is authorized to assess a penalty against the trust institution for each day the statement is late, not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) in any one (1) year.
MS Code § 75-63-68 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 63 - Sales of Cemetery Merchandise and Funeral Services|Article 3 - Preneed Cemetery and Funeral Registration|§ 75-63-68. Conversion of trust funded prepaid funeral benefits to insurance funded prepaid funeral benefits or annuity contract upon appeal to Secretary of State; written disclosure of terms to affected preneed purchasers

 A registered preneed contract provider may convert trust funded prepaid funeral benefits to insurance funded prepaid funeral benefits or annuity contracts upon appeal to the Secretary of State. If approved, the Secretary of State shall issue an order authorizing the withdrawal of funds for the provider to purchase preneed insurance or annuity contracts. The preneed seller shall disclose in writing to all affected preneed purchasers the terms of the insurance policy or annuity contract. Except as provided in this section, no funds deposited in trust with a trustee shall be withdrawn by the trustee to purchase a preneed insurance policy or annuity contracts.