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MS Code § 65-39-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-35. Effective date of reduction in certain taxes and fees

 The date upon which the taxes and fees levied and charged under the provisions of Sections 27-55-11, 27-57-37, 27-59-11, 27-19-43, 27-19-309, 27-65-75, and Sections 27-55-519 and 27-55-521 are reduced under such sections shall be the first day of the month immediately following the date upon which:   The Mississippi Transportation Commission certifies to the State Tax Commission that:   The highway program created under Section 65-3-97 and the Gaming Counties Infrastructure Program created under Section 65-39-3, are completed and no funds are any longer necessary to pay the costs of such programs; and   The Mississippi Transportation Commission will not declare the necessity for additional borrowings under Section 65-9-27, or for additional bonds under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33; and   The State Treasurer certifies:   That the amount on deposit in the Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund, together with earnings on investments to accrue to such fund, is equal to or greater than the aggregate of the entire principal, redemption premium (if any), and interest due and to become due (until the final maturity date or earlier scheduled redemption date) on all general obligation bonds issued under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33; and   That all principal, interest, cost and other expenses for all bonds, notes or other borrowings under Section 65-9-27 and Section 31-17-127 (including redemption notes, if any) have been paid and are completely satisfied.
MS Code § 65-39-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-37. State matching share for federal Special Category Projects

 The Mississippi Transportation Commission may require the Mississippi Department of Transportation to provide the twenty percent (20%) state matching share and federal nonparticipating costs for Special Category Projects as provided for in Public Law 102-240 (the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991). In addition to any other authorized use, such funds may be expended for Special Category Projects within Public Law 102-240 as set forth in Section 1103 "High Cost Bridge Projects," Section 1104 "Congestion Relief Projects," Section 1105 "High Priority Corridors on National Highway System," Section 1106 "Rural and Urban Access Projects," Section 1107 "Innovative Projects," and Section 1108 "Priority Intermodal Projects." The department shall use funds obtained pursuant to this section for the specific purpose of facilitating the use of additional eighty percent (80%) federal funds provided to the Mississippi Department of Transportation from the Congress of the United States throughout each of the five (5) Congressional Districts of the State of Mississippi. The department also shall utilize any funds obtained pursuant to this section to provide the state matching share and nonparticipating share for preliminary engineering and right-of-way acquisition work for all projects so authorized and shall provide the state share and nonparticipating portion for all projects for which the federal share of the construction is provided through funds not within the normal annual apportionment of the Highway Trust Fund to the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 67-1-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law" of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 67-1-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-3. Prohibition reannounced as law of State

 The policy of this State is reannounced in favor of prohibition of the manufacture, sale, distribution, possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor; and the provisions against such manufacture, sale, distribution, possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor, as contained in Chapter 31 of Title 97, Mississippi Code of 1972 and elsewhere, are hereby redeclared the law of this state. The purpose and intent of this chapter is to vigorously enforce the prohibition laws throughout the state, except in those counties and municipalities voting themselves out from under the prohibition law in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and, in those counties and municipalities, to require strict regulation and supervision of the manufacture, sale, distribution, possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor under a system of state licensing of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, which licenses shall be subject to revocation for violations of this chapter.   All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this chapter are repealed only to the extent of such conflict; however, except as is provided in this chapter, all laws prohibiting the manufacture, sale, distribution and possession of alcoholic beverages, which are not in conflict with this chapter shall remain in full force and effect, and all such laws shall remain in full force and effect in counties and municipalities wherein the manufacture, sale, distribution and possession of alcoholic beverages has not been authorized as a result of an election held under Section 67-1-11 or Section 67-1-14, Mississippi Code of 1972, or as otherwise provided in this chapter.
MS Code § 67-1-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-7. General applicability of chapter

  Except as otherwise provided in Section 67-9-1 for the transportation and possession of limited amounts of alcoholic beverages for the use of an alcohol processing permittee, and subject to all of the provisions and restrictions contained in this chapter, the manufacture, sale, distribution, possession and transportation of alcoholic beverages shall be lawful, subject to the restrictions hereinafter imposed, in those counties and municipalities of this state in which, at a local option election called and held for that purpose under the provisions of this chapter, a majority of the qualified electors voting in such election shall vote in favor thereof. Except as otherwise provided in Section 67-1-51 for holders of a caterer's permit, the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages shall not be permissible or lawful in counties except in (a) incorporated municipalities located within such counties, (b) qualified resort areas within such counties approved as such by the State Tax Commission, or (c) clubs within such counties, whether within a municipality or not. The manufacture, sale, distribution and possession of native wines shall be lawful in any location within any such county except those locations where the manufacture, sale or distribution is prohibited by law other than this section or by regulations of the commission.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, within any state park or any state park facility that has been declared a qualified resort area by the commission, and within any qualified resort area as defined under Section 67-1-5(o)(iii), an on-premises retailer's permit may be issued for the qualified resort area, and the permittee may lawfully sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on his licensed premises regardless of whether or not the county or municipality in which the qualified resort area is located has voted in favor of coming out from under the dry law, and it shall be lawful to receive, store, sell, possess and consume alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises, and to sell, distribute and transport alcoholic beverages to the licensed premises.
MS Code § 67-1-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-9. Alcoholic beverages prohibited except as authorized in this chapter; penalties

  It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, distill, brew, sell, possess, import into this state, export from the state, transport, distribute, warehouse, store, solicit, take order for, bottle, rectify, blend, treat, mix or process any alcoholic beverage except as authorized in this chapter. However, nothing contained herein shall prevent importers, wineries and distillers of alcoholic beverages from storing such alcoholic beverages in private bonded warehouses located within the State of Mississippi for the ultimate use and benefit of the Department of Revenue as provided in Section 67-1-41. The department is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the establishment of such private bonded warehouses and for the control of alcoholic beverages stored in such warehouses. Additionally, nothing herein contained shall prevent any duly licensed practicing physician or dentist from possessing or using alcoholic liquor in the strict practice of his profession, or prevent any hospital or other institution caring for sick and diseased persons, from possessing and using alcoholic liquor for the treatment of bona fide patients of such hospital or other institution. Any drugstore employing a licensed pharmacist may possess and use alcoholic liquors in the combination of prescriptions of duly licensed physicians. The possession and dispensation of wine by an authorized representative of any church for the purpose of conducting any bona fide rite or religious ceremony conducted by such church shall not be prohibited by this chapter.   Any person, upon conviction of any provision of this section, shall be punished as follows:   By a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than one (1) week nor more than three (3) months, or both, for the first conviction under this section.   By a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than sixty (60) days, nor more than six (6) months, or both fine and imprisonment, for the second conviction for violating this section.   By a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not less than one (1) year, nor more than five (5) years, or both fine and imprisonment, for conviction the third time under this section for the violation thereof after having been twice convicted of its violation.     Nothing in this section shall make it unlawful to transport bottles or containers of alcoholic beverages that are legally purchased in this state if the bottles or containers are unopened and are being transported on state or federal highway.
MS Code § 67-1-10 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-10. Penalties for owning, controlling or possessing illegal distillery, or parts thereof; exceptions

 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to own or control or have in such person's, firm's or corporation's possession any distillery commonly called a still or any integral part thereof. It shall not be unlawful to own or have in possession a distillery or still in the following circumstances:   Where the same is used exclusively for the distillation of rosin products;   Where the same is used exclusively for the distillation of water;   Where the same is kept and lawfully used in any laboratory;   Where the same is in the possession of any officers of the law, to be disposed of according to law; or   Where the person or corporation can prove that the same is in his or their possession for the purpose of being delivered up to an officer of the law to be disposed of according to law. Any person guilty of violating this section shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be confined in the State Penitentiary not less than one (1) year, nor more than three (3) years for a first offense, and for a second offense he shall be confined in the State Penitentiary not less than five (5), nor more than ten (10) years.
MS Code § 67-1-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-13. Local option election to render chapter ineffective in county

  When this chapter has been made effective and operative in any county as a result of an election called and held as provided in Section 67-1-11, the same may be made ineffective and inapplicable therein by an election called and held upon a petition filed with the board of supervisors requesting same signed by at least twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever number is the lesser, of the qualified electors of the county as is otherwise provided in Section 67-1-11, all of the provisions of which shall be fully applicable thereto. However, nothing herein shall authorize or permit the calling and holding of any election under this chapter in any county more often than once every two (2) years. If in such election, a majority of the qualified electors participating therein shall vote against the legalized sale of intoxicating liquor, then the prohibition laws of the State of Mississippi, except as otherwise provided under Section 67-9-1 and 67-1-7(2), shall become applicable in said county.   Notwithstanding an election reinstating the prohibition laws in a political subdivision, the holder of a native wine producer's permit or a native wine retailer's permit is allowed to continue to operate under such permits and to renew such permits. Possession of native wines and personal property related to the activities of the native wine permit holder which would otherwise be unlawful under prohibition shall be allowed subject to regulations of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division.
MS Code § 67-1-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-15. Local option elections in counties having two judicial districts

 In any county having two judicial districts, each such judicial district shall be construed to be a political subdivision or subdivision of government on the same basis as a county, and as such, a judicial district will be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, and immunities as a county for the purposes of authorizing the sale of intoxicating liquor therein under the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 67-1-18 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-18. Disposal of seized property by Department of Revenue

  Any alcoholic beverage, light wine, beer or raw material seized under the authority of this chapter, Chapter 3 of Title 67, or Chapter 31 of Title 97, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be submitted to the custody of the Mississippi Department of Revenue for disposition.     Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the department shall not dispose of any alcoholic beverage, light wine, beer or raw material without first providing reasonable notice to all individuals having an interest in the property and an opportunity for them to appear and establish their right or claim to the property. If no hearing is requested by the passage of the appropriate deadline, the department shall require the alcoholic beverages, light wine, beer or raw materials to be sold for the benefit of the state or destroyed.   The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection shall not apply in cases in which the owner or possessor of the alcoholic beverage, light wine, beer or raw material is convicted of possession of alcoholic beverages, beer or light wine in a location in which such possession is prohibited by law, or convicted of a violation of Section 67-1-81(2) or 67-3-70. In such cases, the alcoholic beverage, light wine, beer or raw materials seized in connection with the violation may be disposed of in the manner prescribed by the department.       If the department orders the property, other than alcoholic beverages, sold, then the property shall be sold to the highest bidder, the bidder being any person, firm or government agency. The offer for sale shall be made to not less than three (3) qualified prospective buyers, by mailing them an invitation to bid, which shall describe the property, terms of sale, method of delivery, manner of bidding and fixing a time of not more than fifteen (15) days from the date of invitation for opening of bids received by the department.   All bids and payment shall be made in the manner as prescribed by the department. Bids, after opening, shall be subject to public inspection.     If the department orders the sale of seized alcoholic beverages, it may place the alcoholic beverages in the state inventory to be sold to authorized retailers in the same manner as other alcoholic beverages in the state inventory are sold.   Any appeal from a seizure and disposal made under this section shall be made pursuant to Section 67-1-72.
MS Code § 67-1-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-19. Administration of chapter

 The administration and enforcement of this chapter shall be vested in the Department of Revenue. There is hereby created the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division within and as a part of the Department of Revenue.
MS Code § 67-1-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-23. Appointment of division personnel; oath

 The Commissioner of Revenue of the Department of Revenue shall appoint a director of the division, and may appoint or employ such agents, inspectors, clerks and other employees for such division as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter or to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred by this chapter upon the department. The Commissioner of Revenue shall have the authority to employ, compensate, terminate, suspend with or without pay, promote, demote, transfer or reprimand the director, agents, inspectors, clerks and other employees of the division. The director and all permanent employees of the division shall devote their full time to the duties of their respective offices.
MS Code § 67-1-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-25. Qualifications of personnel

 No person shall be appointed director, agent or inspector for the commission under this chapter who is not a citizen of the United States. No director, agent, inspector or other employee shall be appointed under this chapter who has been convicted of any violation of any federal or state law concerning the manufacture, sale or possession of alcoholic liquor prior or subsequent to July 1, 1966, or who has paid a fine or penalty in settlement of any prosecution against him for any violation of such laws or shall have forfeited his bond to appear in court to answer charges for any such violation, nor shall any person be so appointed who has been convicted of a felony in any state or federal court. No person appointed or employed by the commission under this chapter may, directly or indirectly, individually or as a member of a partnership or limited liability company, or as a shareholder of a corporation, have any interest whatsoever in the manufacture, sale or distribution of alcoholic liquor, or receive any compensation or profit therefrom, or have any interest whatsoever in the purchases or sales made by the persons authorized by this chapter to purchase or to sell alcoholic liquor.   This section shall not prevent any person appointed or employed by the commission from purchasing and keeping in his possession for the use of himself or members of his family or guests any alcoholic liquor which may be purchased or kept by any other person by virtue of this chapter.
MS Code § 67-1-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-27. Bonds of personnel

 Before entering into the duties of his office, the director, and such other agents, inspectors and employees appointed under the provisions of this chapter as the commission shall designate, shall give surety bond, with some company authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi and approved by the State Insurance Commissioner, appearing thereon as surety, in a sum of not less than five thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties. The premiums for such bonds shall be paid out of funds appropriated for the support of the commission.
MS Code § 67-1-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-29. Compensation of personnel

 The director, secretary, agents, inspectors, clerks and employees of the commission appointed under this chapter shall receive such reasonable compensation as may be fixed by the commission. The director and all agents, inspectors, clerks, and other employees shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary traveling and other expenses and disbursements incurred or made by them in the discharge of their official duties. Such compensation and expenses shall be paid from funds appropriated for the support of the commission.
MS Code § 67-1-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 1 - Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control|§ 67-1-31. Law enforcement authority of agents and inspectors; liability of members of commission for acts or omissions of agents or inspectors

 The commission shall issue to all agents and inspectors appointed under this chapter a written certificate of appointment under the seal of said commission, of which judicial notice shall be taken by all courts of this state. Such agents and inspectors are hereby declared to be police officers in enforcing the provisions of this chapter, and in the performance of their duties such employees shall have the authority to bear arms, to make arrests, to make searches and seizures under this chapter, and to serve any protest, notice or order connected with the enforcement of this chapter by whatever officer or authority of court issued. The members of the commission shall not be personally liable to any person on account of any act, neglect or omission of any such agent or inspector.   The powers and duties of the agents and inspectors shall include, in addition to all others prescribed by law the following powers: to arrest, without warrant, any person committing or attempting to commit a misdemeanor, felony or a breach of the peace within his presence or view, and to pursue and so arrest any person committing such an offense to and at any place in the state where the person may go or be; and to aid and assist any law enforcement officer, if requested. Nothing herein shall be construed as granting agents and inspectors of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the State Tax Commission general police powers.