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MS Code § 77-9-509 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Railroad Police Officers|§ 77-9-509. Liability of railroad for acts of officer; indemnification

 The railroad by the act of requesting the appointment of any such railroad police officer shall be liable and responsible for all acts of such policeman while he is acting or purporting to act under the provisions of Sections 77-9-501 through 77-9-517 whether such action be authorized by said sections or not; further the railroad shall indemnify the State of Mississippi, the commissioner of public safety and any sheriff for any loss, costs, or expenses incurred by virtue of any act, deed, or omission committed by any such policeman while he is acting or purporting to act under the provisions of Sections 77-9-501 through 77-9-517 whether such act, deed, or omission is authorized by said sections or not.
MS Code § 77-9-511 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Railroad Police Officers|§ 77-9-511. Powers of officers appointed and commissioned in other states

 The governor of this state may enter into agreement with the governor of any other state empowering qualified persons, as defined in Section 77-9-503(b), who are railroad police officers appointed and commissioned in either state, to exercise their powers and authority as defined in Sections 77-9-501 through 77-9-517 in the other state.
MS Code § 77-9-513 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Railroad Police Officers|§ 77-9-513. Fee for commission; bond; "hold harmless" provision

 Each railroad policeman commissioned under Sections 77-9-501 through 77-9-517 shall pay to the commissioner of public safety a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for the issuance of such commission, and shall file a bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) with the commissioner of public safety, for the lawful and faithful performance of his duties. The cost of the permit and bond shall be borne by the railroad requesting the appointment of such railroad police officer. The filing of such bond shall not relieve any railroad from any civil liability it may otherwise incur in accordance with the provisions of Section 77-9-509. Any railroad requesting and obtaining the appointment and commission of a railroad policeman under the provisions of Sections 77-9-501 through 77-9-517 shall indemnify and hold the State of Mississippi, the commissioner of public safety, and any sheriff executing a written permission as provided herein harmless from any and all liability which any or all of them might otherwise incur for the negligent or unlawful acts of said railroad police officer.
MS Code § 77-9-515 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Railroad Police Officers|§ 77-9-515. Termination of powers and authority of officers

 The powers and authority of any railroad police officer, whether appointed or commissioned pursuant to the provisions of Sections 77-9-501 through 77-9-517 or any former law of this state may be terminated at any time by the commissioner of public safety.
MS Code § 77-9-517 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Railroad Police Officers|§ 77-9-517. No waiver of sovereign immunity of state

 Nothing contained herein shall be construed to waive the sovereign immunity of the State of Mississippi in whole or in part.
MS Code § 77-9-521 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Abandonment of Railroad Lines|§ 77-9-521. Rail carrier notice of intent to abandon rail line or discontinue service; legislative notification

  A rail carrier making application to the Surface Transportation Board for certificate of abandonment or discontinuance shall provide to the Governor, in addition to the notice of intent to abandon or discontinue provided for in the Interstate Commerce Act (Subtitle IV to Title 49, United States Code Service, Section 10,101 et seq.), a copy of the application for a certificate of abandonment or discontinuance, an accurate and understandable summary of the rail carrier's application and the reasons for the proposed abandonment or discontinuance, a statement containing the estimate of the subsidy and minimum purchase price required to keep the line in operation.   Upon receipt by the Governor of the notice, application and other information described in subsection (1) of this section, the Governor shall forthwith transmit a copy thereof to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and to the Secretary of the Senate, who shall then immediately notify the respective Chairmen of the Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives and the Highways and Transportation Committee of the Senate of the receipt of such notice. The respective chairmen of such committees shall then notify those members of the Legislature, representing legislative districts within which the proposed railroad line abandonment or discontinuance is planned, of such abandonment or discontinuance.
MS Code § 77-9-523 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Abandonment of Railroad Lines|§ 77-9-523. Legislative committees to consider proposed abandonment

 Each member of the Legislature representing a legislative district within which the proposed railroad abandonment or discontinuance is planned shall recommend to his respective House Transportation Committee or Senate Highways and Transportation Committee chairman, after reviewing such information as is available, whether or not a public hearing should be held to investigate and consider the proposed railroad abandonment or discontinuance. The Chairman of the Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Highways and Transportation Committee of the Senate shall then confer with each other and, if the Legislature is not in session at the time, then also with the House Management Committee and the Lieutenant Governor, and then shall call a joint meeting for the sole purpose of investigating and considering the proposed or intended abandonment or discontinuance. Each chairman may, in his discretion, and based upon the recommendations of the legislators representing the districts within which the proposed railroad abandonment or discontinuance is planned, appoint three (3) members from his committee and call a joint meeting for the sole purpose of investigating and considering the proposed or intended abandonment or discontinuance.
MS Code § 77-9-525 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Abandonment of Railroad Lines|§ 77-9-525. Public hearing; resolution as to position on proposed abandonment

 A public hearing, in the discretion of the Senate Highway and Transportation Committee and the House Transportation Committee chairmen, may be held by the chairmen and three (3) appointed members of the committees meeting concurrently to receive testimony within twenty (20) days after the receipt of notice to the chairmen of the statement of intent to abandon or discontinue service. The committees may adopt, by a majority vote of those members present and voting, a concurrent resolution memorializing the Surface Transportation Board either to permit or to refuse to permit the person, company or other legal entity owning or operating the railroad to abandon the rail line or discontinue rail service thereon, stating the reasons supporting the position. If a concurrent resolution is adopted by both of the committees, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall forthwith transmit certified copies of such resolution to the Surface Transportation Board, the Mississippi Transportation Commission and to each of the members of Congress elected from the state.
MS Code § 77-9-527 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Abandonment of Railroad Lines|§ 77-9-527. Transportation Commission authorized to acquire railroads proposed to be abandoned or discontinued; powers of commission in regard to such railroads

  If a rail carrier files a notice of intent to abandon or discontinue as provided for in the Interstate Commerce Act, the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall have the power to acquire the railroad that is proposed to be abandoned or discontinued. The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall have the power to construct, own, hold, control, use, extend, relocate, operate, maintain, repair, equip and lease such railroad and any machinery, equipment or other facilities required and incidental to the ownership and operation of such railroad.   For the purposes provided for in subsection (1) of this section, the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall have the power to acquire rights-of-way, land, easements, property and interests in property by gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise. In exercising condemnation under this section, the commission shall condemn property in the manner provided by law.
MS Code § 79-4-1.01 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Short Title and Reservation of Power|§ 79-4-1.01. Short title

 Sections 79-4-1.01 et seq. shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Business Corporation Act."
MS Code § 79-4-1.02 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Short Title and Reservation of Power|§ 79-4-1.02. Reservation of power to amend or repeal

 The Mississippi Legislature has power to amend or repeal all or part of Sections 79-4-1.01 et seq. at any time and all domestic and foreign corporations subject to Sections 79-4-1.01 et seq. are governed by the amendment or repeal.
MS Code § 79-4-1.21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Filing Documents|§ 79-4-1.21. Forms

 The Secretary of State may prescribe and furnish on request forms for: (1) an application for a certificate of existence, (2) a foreign corporation's application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state, (3) a foreign corporation's application for a certificate of withdrawal and (4) the annual report. If the Secretary of State so requires, use of these forms is mandatory.   The Secretary of State may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by Sections 79-4-1.01 et seq. but their use is not mandatory.
MS Code § 79-4-1.22 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Filing Documents|§ 79-4-1.22. Filing service and copying fees; discounts; expedited filing service

 The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered to him for filing:   Document Fee (1) Articles of incorporation $ 50.00 (2) [Reserved] (3) Application for reserved name 25.00 (4) Notice of transfer or cancellation of reserved name 25.00 (5) [Reserved] (6) [Reserved] (7) [Reserved] (8) [Reserved] (9) [Reserved] (10) Amendment of articles of Incorporation 50.00 (11) Restatement of articles of incorporation 50.00 with amendment of articles 50.00 (12) Articles of merger or share exchange 50.00 (13) Articles of dissolution 25.00 (14) Articles of revocation of dissolution 25.00 (15) Certificate of administrative dissolution No fee (16) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution 50.00 (17) Certificate of reinstatement No fee (18) Certificate of judicial dissolution No fee (19) Application for certificate of authority 500.00 (20) Application for amended certificate of authority 50.00 (21) Application for certificate of withdrawal 25.00 (22) Certificate of revocation of authority to transact business No fee (23) Application for reinstatement following administrative revocation 100.00 (24) Certificate of reinstatement No fee (25) Annual report 25.00 (26) Articles of correction 50.00 (27) Application for certificate of existence or authorization 25.00 (28) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by et seq. 25.00 Section 79-4-1.01   Click to view   The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) each time process is served on him under Section 79-4-1.01 et seq. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if he prevails in the proceeding.   The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed document relating to a domestic or foreign corporation:    One Dollar ($1.00) a page for copying; and   Ten Dollars ($10.00) for the certificate.    The Secretary of State may collect a filing fee greater than the fee set out herein, not to exceed the actual costs of processing the filing, if the form for filing as prescribed by the Secretary of State has not been used.   The Secretary of State may promulgate rules to:   Reduce the filing fees prescribed in this section or provide for discounts of fees to encourage online filing of documents or for other reasons as determined by the Secretary of State; and   Provide for documents to be filed and accepted on an expedited basis upon the request of the applicant. The Secretary of State may promulgate rules to provide for an additional reasonable filing fee not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) to be paid by the applicant and collected by the Secretary of State for the expedited filing services.
MS Code § 79-4-1.23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Filing Documents|§ 79-4-1.23. Effective time and date of document

 Except as provided in subsection (b) and Section 79-4-1.24(c), a document accepted for filing is effective:    At the date and time of filing, as evidenced by such means as the Secretary of State may use for the purpose of recording the date and time of filing; or   At the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.    A document may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the ninetieth day after the date it is filed.   Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any document that has a delayed effective time and date shall not become effective if, prior to the effective time and date, a statement of withdrawal is filed with the Secretary of State.
MS Code § 79-4-1.24 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Filing Documents|§ 79-4-1.24. Correcting filed document

 A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed by the Secretary of State if (1) the document contains an inaccuracy, or (2) the document was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified or acknowledged, or (3) the electronic transmission was defective.   A document is corrected:    By preparing articles of correction that (i) describe the document (including its filing date) or attach a copy of it to the articles, (ii) specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected, and (iii) correct the inaccuracy or defect; and   By delivering the articles to the Secretary of State for filing.    Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.
MS Code § 79-4-1.25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Filing Documents|§ 79-4-1.25. Duty of Secretary of State

 If a document delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Section 79-4-1.20, the Secretary of State shall file it.   The Secretary of State files a document by recording it as filed on the date and time of receipt. After filing a document, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of the date and time of filing.   If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document, he shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within ten (10) days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his refusal.   The Secretary of State's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. His filing or refusing to file a document does not:    Affect the validity or invalidity of the document, in whole or in part;   Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document;   Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.
MS Code § 79-4-1.26 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Filing Documents|§ 79-4-1.26. Appeal from Secretary of State's refusal to file document

 If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document delivered to his office for filing, the domestic or foreign corporation may appeal the refusal to the chancery court of the county where the corporation's principal office is or will be located, or the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, if the corporation does not have a principal office in this state. The appeal is commenced by petitioning the court to compel filing the document and by attaching to the petition the document and the Secretary of State's explanation of his refusal to file.   The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to file the document or take other action the court considers appropriate.   The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.
MS Code § 79-4-1.27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Filing Documents|§ 79-4-1.27. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document

 A certificate from the Secretary of State delivered with a copy of the document filed by the Secretary of State, is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the Secretary of State.
MS Code § 79-4-1.28 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Filing Documents|§ 79-4-1.28. Certificate of existence

 Anyone may apply to the Secretary of State to furnish a certificate of existence for a domestic corporation or a certificate of authorization for a foreign corporation.   A certificate of existence or authorization sets forth:    The domestic corporation's corporate name or the foreign corporation's corporate name used in this state;   That (i) the domestic corporation is duly incorporated under the law of this state, the date of its incorporation and the period of its duration, if less than perpetual; or (ii) that the foreign corporation is authorized to transact business in this state;   That all fees, taxes and penalties owed to this state have been paid, if (i) payment is reflected in the records of the Secretary of State; and (ii) nonpayment affects the existence or authorization of the domestic or foreign corporation;   That its most recent annual report required by Section 79-4-16.22 has been delivered to the Secretary of State;   That articles of dissolution have not been filed; and   Other facts of record in the office of the Secretary of State that may be requested by the applicant.    Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of existence or authorization issued by the Secretary of State may be relied upon as conclusive evidence that the domestic or foreign corporation is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state.
MS Code § 79-4-1.29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Filing Documents|§ 79-4-1.29. Penalty for signing false document

 A person commits an offense if he signs a document he knows is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing.   An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
MS Code § 79-4-1.30 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Secretary of State|§ 79-4-1.30. Powers

 The Secretary of State has the power reasonably necessary to perform the duties required of him by Sections 79-4-1.01 et seq.
MS Code § 79-4-1.42 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|Secretary of State|§ 79-4-1.42. Number of shareholders

 For purposes of Sections 79-4-1.01 et seq., the following identified as a shareholder in a corporation's current record of shareholders constitutes one (1) shareholder:    Three (3) or fewer co-owners;   A corporation, partnership, trust, estate or other entity;   The trustees, guardians, custodians or other fiduciaries of a single trust, estate or account.    For purposes of Sections 79-4-1.01 et seq., shareholdings registered in substantially similar names constitute one (1) shareholder if it is reasonable to believe that the names represent the same person.