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MS Code § 69-2-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-17. Repayment of interest loans from Emerging Crops Fund

  Repayment of the interest loan from the fund shall be deferred for a period of time not more than five (5) years or the time when the emerging crop should reach maturity. The schedule for repayment of the interest loan shall be a period of time equal to two (2) times the period that interest is paid on the loan for that emerging crop from the fund. No interest shall be charged on interest loans from the fund, and only the amount actually loaned from the fund shall be required to be repaid.   Repayment of interest loans from the fund shall be made to the lender, which shall remit the amounts collected to the department for deposit into the fund. However, if the repayment period for an interest loan exceeds the time for repayment of the principal loan amount to the lender, when the final principal payment is made to the lender all subsequent interest loan payments shall be made by the farmer, directly to the department to be deposited into the fund.   The lender shall notify the department, as soon as possible, of any change in the principal loan status, release of collateral or any other matter that may adversely affect the security of the state's loan.
MS Code § 69-2-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-19. Issuance of general obligation bonds for Emerging Crops Fund; limit on amount of bonds issued

  The Mississippi Development Authority is authorized, at one time, or from time to time, to declare by resolution the necessity for issuance of negotiable general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi to provide funds for the Emerging Crops Fund established in Section 69-2-13. Upon the adoption of a resolution by the board, declaring the necessity for the issuance of any part or all of the general obligation bonds authorized by Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39, the authority shall deliver a certified copy of its resolution or resolutions to the State Bond Commission. Upon receipt of same, the State Bond Commission, in its discretion, shall act as the issuing agent, prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids, issue and sell the bonds so authorized to be sold, and do any and all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds. The amount of bonds issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 shall not exceed One Hundred Nine Million Dollars ($109,000,000.00) in the aggregate; however:   An additional amount of bonds may be issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 in an amount not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), and the proceeds of any such additional bonds shall be used solely for the purposes described in Section 69-2-13(14); and   An additional amount of bonds may be issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 in an amount not to exceed Seventeen Million Dollars ($17,000,000.00), and the proceeds of such additional bonds shall be used solely for the purposes described in Section 69-2-13(16).     No bonds may be issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 after October 1, 2019.
MS Code § 69-2-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-21. Full faith, credit, and taxing power of state pledged to payment of bonds

 For the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the State of Mississippi are hereby irrevocably pledged. If the Legislature finds that there are sufficient funds available in the General Fund of the State Treasury to pay maturing principal and accruing interest of the bonds, and if the Legislature appropriates such available funds for the purpose of paying such maturing principal and accruing interest, then the maturing principal and accruing interest of the bonds shall be paid from appropriations made by the Legislature from the General Fund of the State Treasury. However, if there are not sufficient funds available in the General Fund of the State Treasury to pay the maturing principal and accruing interest of the bonds, or if such funds are available but the Legislature fails to appropriate a sufficient amount thereof to pay such maturing principal and accruing interest as the same becomes due, then there shall be levied annually upon all taxable property in the State of Mississippi an ad valorem tax at the rate sufficient to provide the funds required to pay the bonds at maturity and the interest on the bonds as it accrues.
MS Code § 69-2-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-23. Execution, delivery, conversion, redemption, and sale of general obligation bonds

 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.
MS Code § 69-2-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-25. Interest and interest rates on bonds

 No bond issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 of this chapter 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.
MS Code § 69-2-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-27. Notice of bond sales

 Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least one time which shall be made not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the City of Jackson selected by the State Bond Commission.
MS Code § 69-2-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-29. Execution procedures for bonds and coupons

 All bonds shall be executed on behalf of the state by the manual or facsimile signature of the chairman of the State Bond Commission and shall be countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the secretary of the State Bond Commission. All coupons shall be executed on behalf of the state by the facsimile signatures of the chairman and secretary of the State Bond Commission. If the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on the bonds or interest coupons shall cease to be such officers before delivery of the bonds, such signatures or countersignatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery, or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.
MS Code § 69-2-30 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-30. Borrowing funds for Emerging Crops Fund in lieu of issuing bonds

  In lieu of the issuance of bonds pursuant to the authority granted in Section 69-2-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, the State Bond Commission is authorized and empowered, if more economically feasible, to borrow funds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount specified in Section 69-2-19, Mississippi Code of 1972. The Bond Commission, to evidence such loan, may issue and sell the negotiable coupon notes of the State of Mississippi, which notes may be issued in series, from time to time, as the proceeds thereof are needed. The notes shall be in such form and shall have such details as may be provided by the commission, except that the notes of each series shall be issued with final maturity not more than five (5) years from the date of such series. For the prompt payment of such notes at maturity, both principal and interest, the same pledges may be made as are authorized for the repayment of bonds in Section 69-2-21, Mississippi Code of 1972.   The notes herein authorized shall be sold from time to time by the Bond Commission as the need for the proceeds thereof may arise, and the Bond Commission shall advertise and accept bids therefor and issue and sell such notes at a price which will result in the lowest interest rate on the best terms obtainable for the state.   The Bond Commission in providing for the issuance of the notes herein authorized shall have discretion in fixing the terms and details thereof and may provide for the issuance of such notes in such form, executed in such manner, and payable at such place or places, and containing such terms, covenants and provisions as the Bond Commission may provide.
MS Code § 69-2-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-31. Transfer and disbursement of proceeds of sale of bonds and notes

 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.
MS Code § 69-2-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-33. Duties of Attorney General with respect to bonds and notes; costs of issuing bonds and notes

 Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall represent the department in issuing, selling and validating bonds or notes authorized under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 of this chapter, and the department is authorized to pay from the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds or notes, or from other funds available to the department, the reasonable cost of approving attorney's fees, validating, printing and cost of delivery of such bonds or notes.
MS Code § 69-2-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-35. Bonds and notes as legal investments for banks and other entities

 Bonds or notes issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 of this chapter shall be legal investments for commercial banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state.
MS Code § 69-2-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-37. Tax treatment of bonds and notes, and income therefrom

 All bonds or notes issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 of this chapter and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Mississippi except gift, transfer and inheritance taxes.
MS Code § 69-2-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-39. Empowering clause; exemption from limitations generally imposed on state obligations

 Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 of this chapter, without reference to any statute not referred to herein, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of such bonds or notes, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, and none of the present restrictions, requirements, conditions or limitations of law applicable to the issuance or sale of bonds, notes or other obligations by the state shall apply to the issuance and sale of bonds or notes under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 of this chapter, and no proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such bonds or notes other than those provided for and required herein, and all powers necessary to be exercised in order to carry out the provisions of Sections 69-2-13 through 69-2-37 of this chapter are hereby conferred.
MS Code § 69-2-40 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-40. Limits on attorney fees; government officials and associates not to derive income from issuance of bonds or disposition of property

  Any attorney's fees paid as the result of the issuance of bonds under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 of this chapter shall be in compliance with the limits on attorney's fees for bond issues as adopted by the State Bond Commission. Attorney's fees paid as the result of the issuance of such bonds are subject to negotiation but in no event may they exceed the limits established by the State Bond Commission. A detailed accounting of all expenses incurred by all persons, firms, corporations, associations or other organizations involved in such bond issues shall be submitted to the State Bond Commission within ninety (90) days after the issuance of such bonds and shall be a matter of public record.   No member of the Legislature, elected official or appointed official, or any partner or associate of any member of the Legislature, elected official or appointed official, shall derive any income from the issuance of any bonds or the disposition of any property under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 of this chapter contrary to the provisions of Section 109, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, or Article 3, Chapter 4, Title 25, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 69-2-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-41. Savings clause

 If for any reason any section, paragraph, provision, clause or part of Sections 69-2-13 through 69-2-39 of this chapter shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, that section shall not affect or invalidate any other section, paragraph, provision, clause or part of this chapter not in and of itself invalid, but the remaining portions thereof shall be in force without regard to that so invalidated.
MS Code § 69-2-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|Voluntary Farm Debt Mediation Program|§ 69-2-51. Prospective repeal of voluntary mediation provisions

 Sections 69-2-43 through 69-2-49 of this chapter, which create a Farm Mediation Office in the Department of Agriculture and Commerce and which provide for the mediation of certain agricultural debts, shall stand repealed from and after July 1, 1992.
MS Code § 69-3-4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 3 - Agricultural Seeds|Article 1 - Sales|§ 69-3-4. Transfers of Bermuda grass; permit required; fee; misrepresentation and infringement of brand prohibited; penalties; rules and regulations

  Every person, firm, association or corporation that shall transfer ownership of Bermuda grass for commercial sprigging, or that shall issue, use or circulate any certificate, advertisement, tag, seal, poster, letterhead, marking circular, written or printed representation or description of or pertaining to Bermuda grass intended for commercial sprigging or sale shall conform to the standards or requirements as made by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. Such persons, firms, associations and corporations, before transferring ownership of Bermuda grass, on or before the first day of July of each year, shall secure an annual permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture to engage in such business or practice. The annual permit fee shall not exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each person or place of business.   If a person, firm, association or corporation discovers a new selection of Bermuda grass, such entity shall not name the grass in such a manner as to misrepresent, infringe or mimic a name already on the market. The commissioner may revoke the permit of any person who misrepresents, infringes or mimics a name in violation of this section.   Any person who transfers ownership of Bermuda grass for commercial sprigging without a permit as required under this section shall be subject to a civil penalty, not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). All penalties levied by the commissioner shall be paid into the General Fund in the State Treasury.   The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act.
MS Code § 69-3-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 3 - Agricultural Seeds|Article 1 - Sales|§ 69-3-6. Seed inspection fees

  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.   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.   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.   Every seedsman must:   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;   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;   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.     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.   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.
MS Code § 69-3-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 3 - Agricultural Seeds|Article 1 - Sales|§ 69-3-7. Records

  Each person handling seed shall keep for a period of two (2) years a complete seed record of agricultural, vegetable, flower, or tree and shrub seeds handled.   The records shall include the information for seed records as defined in Section 69-3-1.   The commissioner or his duly authorized agents shall have the right to inspect such records for the purpose of the effective administration of this article.
MS Code § 69-3-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 3 - Agricultural Seeds|Article 1 - Sales|§ 69-3-11. Exemptions

 Agricultural seed or mixtures of same, vegetable seed, flower seed, and tree and shrub seed shall be exempt from provisions of this article:    When sold and delivered by a farmer-grower of this state on his own premises, but a farmer-grower is required to label seed when sold and shipped away from his premises, but is not required to hold the seedsman's permit. These provisions do not apply to commercial growers of seed.   When sold or represented to be sold for purposes other than seeding, providing that the vendor shall make it unmistakably clear to the purchaser of such seed that it is not for seeding purposes.   When seed for processing is being transported to, or consigned to, or stored in a processing or cleaning establishment, provided that the invoice or labeling accompanying said seed bears the statement "seed for processing." Other labeling or representation which may be made with respect to the uncleaned or unprocessed seed shall be subject to this article.   No label shall be required, unless requested by the purchaser, on agricultural seed, mixtures of same, vegetable seed, flower, and tree and shrub seed when such seeds are sold directly to and in the presence of the purchaser and taken from a container labeled in accordance with this article.   No person shall be subjected to the penalties of this article for having sold, offered or exposed for sale in this state agricultural seed, mixtures of same, vegetable seed, flower seed, or tree and shrub seed which were incorrectly labeled or represented as to kind, variety or origin, which seed cannot be identified by examination thereof, unless he has failed to obtain an invoice or grower's declaration or other labeling information and to take such other precautions as may be reasonable to insure the identity to be that stated.