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MS Code § 79-21-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 21 - Aquatic Products Marketing Association|General provisions|§ 79-21-17. Articles of association

 Each association formed under this chapter must prepare and file articles of association setting forth:   The name of the association.   The purposes for which it is formed.   The place where its principal business will be transacted.   The term for which it is to exist, not exceeding ninety-nine (99) years.   The number of directors thereof, which must not be less than five (5) and may be any number in excess thereof, and the term of office of such directors.   If organized without capital stock, whether the property rights and interest of each member shall be equal or unequal; and if unequal, the articles shall set forth the general rule or rules applicable to all members by which property rights and interests, respectively, of each member may and shall be determined and fixed; and provision for the admission of new members who shall be entitled to share in the property of the association with the old members, in accordance with such general rule or rules. This paragraph of the articles of association shall not be altered, amended, or repealed except by the written consent of the vote of three-fourths (3/4) of the members.   If organized with capital stock, the amount of such stock and the number of shares into which it is divided and the par value thereof. The capital stock may be divided into preferred and common stock. If so divided the articles of association must contain a statement of the number of shares of stock to which no preference is granted and the nature and definite extent of the preference and privileges granted to each.   The articles must be subscribed by the incorporators and acknowledged by one (1) of them before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take and certify acknowledgments; and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state.
MS Code § 79-21-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 21 - Aquatic Products Marketing Association|General provisions|§ 79-21-19. General cooperative marketing association laws apply

 The general co-operative marketing association laws of this state shall apply to all associations organized pursuant to this chapter. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this chapter, all associations organized pursuant to this chapter shall enjoy all of the rights and privileges of such general co-operative marketing association laws, and shall also be subject to their requirements, liabilities and penalties. To such extent the provisions of Chapter 19, Title 79, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be construed to include associations organized under the provisions of this chapter. However, associations organized under the provisions of this chapter shall be limited to the marketing and distribution of aquatic products and their byproducts, as provided herein; and the general co-operative marketing association laws of this state shall not be construed so as to authorize associations organized under the provisions of this chapter to market or distribute to consumers products other than aquatic products and their byproducts, as provided herein.
MS Code § 79-21-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 21 - Aquatic Products Marketing Association|Statewide Fresh and Salt Water Co-Operatives|§ 79-21-51. Declaration of policy

 In order to promote, foster and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of aquatic products through cooperation and to eliminate speculation and waste; to make the distribution of aquatic products as direct as can be efficiently done between producer and consumer; to stabilize the marketing of aquatic products; and to promote, foster and encourage the aquatic products industry in this state, Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67 are passed.
MS Code § 79-21-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 21 - Aquatic Products Marketing Association|Statewide Fresh and Salt Water Co-Operatives|§ 79-21-53. Definitions

 As used in Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67, Mississippi Code of 1972:   The term "member" shall include actual members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations organized with capital stock.   The term "person" shall include individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations and associations.   The term "association" means any association organized under the terms of Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67, Mississippi Code of 1972.   The term "aquatic product" shall include all commercial products of aquatic life normally found in, or associated with, the salt waters of the State of Mississippi or the United States. It shall specifically include, but is not limited to, shellfish, domesticated fish, fish of all species, and their by-products, normally found in salt water.   The term "commercial fishing" shall include all persons engaged totally or part-time in the business of catching freezing, marketing, processing, transporting, wholesaling or otherwise involved in the utilization of aquatic products from the salt waters of the State of Mississippi or the United States for commercial purposes.   The term "domestic fish farming" shall include all persons engaged in the growing, managing, harvesting and/or marketing of domesticated fish or shellfish as a cultivated crop in privately owned or leased waters or submerged lands.   The term "domesticated fish" means any fish or shellfish that are spawned and grown, managed, harvested and marketed on an annual, semiannual, biennial, or short-term basis in privately owned or leased waters or submerged lands.   The term "producer" means any person engaged totally, or part-time, in the business of commercial fishing or domestic fish farming for the commercial purpose of providing aquatic products to consumers.
MS Code § 79-21-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 21 - Aquatic Products Marketing Association|Statewide Fresh and Salt Water Co-Operatives|§ 79-21-57. Who may organize

 Ten (10) or more persons who are residents of the State of Mississippi and engaged in the business of commercial fishing or domestic fish farming may form a nonprofit, cooperative association, with or without capital stock, under the provisions of Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67.
MS Code § 79-21-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 21 - Aquatic Products Marketing Association|Statewide Fresh and Salt Water Co-Operatives|§ 79-21-59. Purposes

 An association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with the catching, growing, breeding, handling, shipping, or utilization, or moving or marketing of the byproducts thereof of aquatic products of every description, and with the marketing or selling of aquatic products of its members, or with the catching, harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, manufacturing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling, shipping, or utilization thereof, or the manufacturing or marketing of the byproducts thereof; or in connection with the manufacturing, selling, or supplying to its members of machinery, equipment, or supplies; or in the financing of the above-enumerated activities; or in any one or more of the activities specified herein.
MS Code § 79-21-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 21 - Aquatic Products Marketing Association|Statewide Fresh and Salt Water Co-Operatives|§ 79-21-63. Members

  Under the terms and conditions prescribed in its bylaws, an association may admit as members, or issue common stock or certificate of membership, only to persons engaged in commercial fishing or domestic fish farming who catch, take, grow or otherwise obtain aquatic products to be handled by or through the association. Certificate of membership and common stock shall not be transferable and no person shall acquire the same by operation of law or otherwise, except as provided herein.   If a member of a nonstock association be other than a natural person, such member may be represented by an individual, associate, officer, manager or member thereof, duly authorized in writing.   All members engaged in commercial fishing shall be required to have receipts evidencing that they have paid in full all licensing requirements of the State of Mississippi with regard to their fishing operation, including licenses and fees required with regard to their equipment. A failure to pay for such licenses or fees, when required by statute, shall result in the automatic suspension of such member from the association until such licenses or fees are paid in full.   No member of any association organized under the terms of Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67 shall have more than one (1) vote, regardless of the amount of stock or membership capital he may own therein.   Except for debts lawfully contracted between him and the association, no member shall be liable for the debts of the association to an amount exceeding the sum remaining unpaid on his membership fee.   The first meeting of persons at interest, unless otherwise provided for, may be called by notice published in some convenient newspaper at least five (5) days before the time appointed for the meeting, which notice shall be signed by one or more persons named in the articles of association; and the meeting when assembled may proceed to organize the association.
MS Code § 79-21-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 21 - Aquatic Products Marketing Association|Statewide Fresh and Salt Water Co-Operatives|§ 79-21-65. Articles of association

 Each association formed under Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67 must prepare and file articles of association setting forth:   The name of the association.   The purposes for which it is formed.   The place where its principal business will be transacted.   The term for which it is to exist, not exceeding ninety-nine (99) years.   The number of directors thereof, which must not be less than five (5) and may be any number in excess thereof, and the term of office of such directors.   If organized without capital stock, whether the property rights and interest of each member shall be equal or unequal; and if unequal, the articles shall set forth the general rule or rules applicable to all members by which property rights and interests, respectively, of each member may and shall be determined and fixed; and provision for the admission of new members who shall be entitled to share in the property of the association with the old members in accordance with such general rule or rules. This paragraph of the articles of association shall not be altered, amended or repealed except by the written consent of the vote of three-fourths (3/4) of the members.   If organized with capital stock, the amount of such stock and the number of shares into which it is divided and the par value thereof. The capital stock may be divided into preferred and common stock. If so divided, the articles of association must contain a statement of the number of shares of stock to which no preference is granted and the nature and definite extent of the preference and privileges granted to each.   The articles must be subscribed by the incorporators and acknowledged by one (1) of them before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take and certify acknowledgements; and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state.
MS Code § 79-21-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 21 - Aquatic Products Marketing Association|Statewide Fresh and Salt Water Co-Operatives|§ 79-21-67. General cooperative marketing association laws apply

 The general cooperative marketing association laws of this state shall apply to all associations organized pursuant to Section 79-21-51 through 79-21-67. Subject to the foregoing provisions of Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67, all associations organized pursuant to these sections shall enjoy all of the rights and privileges of such general cooperative marketing association laws, and shall also be subject to their requirements, liabilities and penalties. To such extent the provisions of Chapter 19, Title 79, shall be construed to include associations organized under the provisions of Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67. However, associations organized under the provisions of Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67 shall be limited to the marketing and distribution of aquatic products and their byproducts, as provided herein; and the general cooperative marketing association laws of this state shall not be construed so as to authorize associations organized under the provisions of Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67 to market or distribute to consumers products other than aquatic products and their byproducts, as provided herein.
MS Code § 79-29-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 29 - Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 79-29-101. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act."
MS Code § 79-29-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 29 - Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 79-29-103. Reservation of power to amend or repeal

 Any provision of this chapter may be altered from time to time or repealed and all rights of members, managers and officers are subject to this reservation.Unless expressly stated to the contrary in this chapter, including Article 13, any amendment of this chapter shall apply to limited liability companies and members, managers and officers without regard to either the date of the formation of the limited liability company or the date of the enactment of the amendment.
MS Code § 79-29-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 29 - Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 79-29-107. Form of notice and written consents

  Notice under this chapter shall be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances.Notice by electronic transmission is written notice.   Notice may be communicated in person; by mail or other method of delivery; or by telephone, voice mail, email or other electronic means.If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published, or by radio, television or other form of public broadcast communication.   Electronically transmitted written notice by a limited liability company to its members or managers, if in a comprehensible form, is effective when electronically transmitted to the member or manager in a manner authorized by the member or manager, as applicable.   Written notice that is not electronically transmitted by a limited liability company to its members or managers, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the following:   When received;   Five (5) days after its deposit in the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the recipients shown in the limited liability company's current list of members and managers;   On the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee.     Oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner.   Any notice permitted or required to be made under this chapter or under the operating agreement may be waived at any time.   A consent transmitted by electronic transmission by a person or by a person authorized to act for the person shall be deemed to be written and signed for purposes of this chapter.
MS Code § 79-29-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 29 - Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 79-29-109. Name

  The name of each limited liability company as set forth in its certificate of formation:   Must contain the words "limited liability company" or the abbreviation "L.L.C." or "LLC";   May contain the name of a member or manager;   Except as authorized by subsection (3) of this section, must be distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from (i) the name of any domestic or foreign corporation, nonprofit corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or limited liability company that is organized or registered under the laws of this state and which has not been dissolved; and (ii) a name that is reserved or registered in the Office of the Secretary of State for any of the entities named in paragraph (1)(c)(i) of this section which reservation or registration has not expired; and   May not contain the following words:"bank," "banker," "bankers," "banking," "trust company," "insurance," "trust," "corporation," "incorporated," "partnership," "limited partnership," or any combination or abbreviation thereof, or any words or abbreviations of similar import.     The Secretary of State shall reject any certificate of formation that does not comply with subsection (1) of this section.   A limited liability company may apply to the Secretary of State for authorization to use a name that is not distinguishable upon the records in the Office of the Secretary of State from one or more of the names described in subsection (1)(c) of this section.The Secretary of State shall authorize the use of the name applied for if:   The other domestic or foreign limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation or nonprofit corporation consents to the use in writing and submits an undertaking in form satisfactory to the Secretary of State to change its name to a name that is distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from the name of the applying limited liability company; or   The applicant delivers to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing a certified copy of the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to use the name applied for in this state.
MS Code § 79-29-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 29 - Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 79-29-111. Reservation of name

  The right to the use of a legal name under Section 79-29-109 may be reserved by:   A person intending to organize a limited liability company under this chapter and to adopt that name;   A domestic limited liability company or any foreign limited liability company registered in this state which, in either case, intends to adopt that name;   A foreign limited liability company intending to register in this state and adopt that name; and   A person intending to organize a foreign limited liability company and intending to have it registered in this state and adopt that name.     The reservation shall be made by delivering to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing an application, signed by the applicant, specifying the name to be reserved and the name and address of the applicant. If the Secretary of State finds that the name is available for use as a legal name by a domestic or foreign limited liability company, the Secretary of State shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant as a legal name for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days. The one-hundred-eighty-day period may be renewed once by the applicant by filing a renewal application within thirty (30) days before the expiration of the initial one-hundred-eighty-day period. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be transferred to any other person by delivering to the Office of the Secretary of State a notice of the transfer, signed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved and specifying the name and address of the transferee.   The reservation of a specified name may be cancelled by delivering to the Office of the Secretary of State a notice of cancellation, specifying the name reservation to be cancelled and the name and address of the applicant or transferee.   Unless the Secretary of State finds that any application, notice of transfer, or notice of cancellation filed with the Secretary of State as required by this section does not conform to law, upon receipt of all filing fees required by law the Secretary of State shall prepare and return to the person who filed the instrument a copy of the filed instrument with a notation thereon of the action taken by the Secretary of State.   A fee as set forth in Section 79-29-1203 of this chapter shall be paid at the time of the reservation of any name and at the time of the filing of a notice of the transfer or cancellation of any such reservation.
MS Code § 79-29-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 29 - Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 79-29-115. Records to be kept

  Each limited liability company shall keep at its principal place of business the following:(a) a current list of the full name and last known street address of each member and manager; (b) a copy of the certificate of formation, together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which any certificate has been executed; (c) copies of any then effective operating agreement; and (d) unless contained in the certificate of formation or the operating agreement, a writing setting out:(i) the amount of cash and a description and statement of the agreed value of the other property or services contributed by each member and which each member has agreed to contribute; (ii) the times at which or events on the happening of which any additional contributions agreed to be made by each member are to be made; and (iii) any events upon the happening of which the limited liability company is to be dissolved and its affairs wound up.   The failure of the limited liability company to maintain the foregoing required records shall not, for this reason, cause any member to be liable for any debt, obligation or liability of the limited liability company.
MS Code § 79-29-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 29 - Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 79-29-117. Nature of business; powers

  Subject to the provisions of its certificate of formation or the operating agreement and subject to any other laws of this state which govern or limit the conduct of a particular business or activity, a limited liability company may carry on any lawful business, purpose or activity.   Every limited liability company has the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its business and affairs.
MS Code § 79-29-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 29 - Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 79-29-119. Governing law

 The law of this state governs:   The internal affairs of a limited liability company; and   The liability of a member as member, a manager as manager and an officer as officer for the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of a limited liability company.
MS Code § 79-29-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 29 - Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 79-29-121. Business transactions of member or manager with the limited liability company

 A member or manager may lend money to and transact other business with the limited liability company and, subject to other applicable law, has the same rights and obligations with respect thereto as a person who is not a member or manager.