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MS Code § 67-5-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 5 - Native Wines|§ 67-5-3. Legislative declaration of intent

 The Legislature of the State of Mississippi, recognizes, by the passage of this chapter, the vital contribution of the agricultural industry to the economy of this state, and declares that the intent of this chapter is to enhance and expand such industry by authorizing and encouraging the domestic production of native wines from grapes, berries, fruits, honey and vegetables grown and produced in Mississippi.   The Legislature further recognizes the vital contribution of the tourist industry to the economy of this state, and declares that the intent of this chapter is to enhance such industry by encouraging the planting and development of native vineyards, the construction of native wineries, and the production and sale of native wines so that tourists traveling through Mississippi may visit vineyards, wineries and wine cellars, and purchase Mississippi domestic wines.   The Legislature of the State of Mississippi further recognizes the need for the expansion, diversification and development of Mississippi economy, and declares that the intent of this chapter is to authorize and encourage the introduction of a new industry into this state which will provide new employment opportunities, additional income, and support for existing industries in this state.
MS Code § 67-5-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 5 - Native Wines|§ 67-5-5. Definitions; qualification period

 For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the definitions ascribed herein, unless the context otherwise requires:   "Native wine" shall mean any product, produced in Mississippi for sale, having an alcohol content not to exceed twenty-one percent (21%) by weight and made in accordance with revenue laws of the United States, which shall be obtained primarily from the alcoholic fermentation of the juice of ripe grapes, fruits, berries, honey or vegetables grown and produced in Mississippi; provided that bulk, concentrated or fortified wines used for blending may be produced without this state and used in producing native wines. The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to permit a producer to import such bulk and/or fortified wines into this state for use in blending with native wines without payment of any excise tax that would otherwise accrue thereon. In order to be classified as "native wine" under the provisions of this chapter, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the finished product by volume shall have been obtained from fermentation of grapes, fruits, berries, honey or vegetables grown and produced in Mississippi.   "Native winery" shall mean any place or establishment within this state where native wine is produced in whole or in part for sale.   "Produce" shall mean to do or to perform any act or thing in the process of making native wine.   "Person" shall mean one or more natural persons, or a corporation, partnership or association.   "Producer" shall mean any person who owns, operates or conducts a native winery, but it does not mean the employees of such persons.   "Consumer" shall mean any person who purchases native wine for the purpose of consuming it, giving it away, or distributing it in any way other than by sale, barter or exchange.   "Commission" shall mean the Mississippi State Tax Commission.   "Division" shall mean the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the State Tax Commission.
MS Code § 67-5-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 5 - Native Wines|§ 67-5-7. Production and sale of native wine legalized

 Hereafter, it shall be lawful to produce native wine in the State of Mississippi including the production of non-alcoholic native wines and juices to be used for sacramental purposes, and to sell such native wine within or without this state; provided such native wine shall be subject to the gallonage excise tax as levied by Section 67-5-13.   The production of native wine is hereby declared, under the laws of this state, to be a privilege, and as such privilege shall be subject to such permit fees upon the exercise of the privilege as levied by Section 67-5-13.
MS Code § 67-5-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 5 - Native Wines|§ 67-5-9. Permits for native wineries; registration of native wineries with secretary of state

  Every native winery in the State of Mississippi shall apply for a permit as provided for in Section 67-1-51, Mississippi Code of 1972, and shall be issued said initial and renewal permit by the commission upon meeting the qualifications and requirements presently set forth by law or regulation for permits authorized by said Section 67-1-51.   Every native winery shall register with the Secretary of State, shall show the location and permit number of said winery, shall show the name and address of the producer owning, conducting or operating the winery, shall show the name and address of all local agents and such other pertinent information which may be required by the Secretary of State, and shall appoint an agent for service of process within the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 67-5-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 5 - Native Wines|§ 67-5-11. Authorized sales by native wineries

 Within the State of Mississippi, every native winery is authorized to make sales to the commission or to consumers at the location of the native winery or its immediate vicinity. Every native winery is authorized to make sales to any producer, manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer or consumer located outside of the State of Mississippi who are authorized by law to purchase the same.
MS Code § 67-5-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 5 - Native Wines|§ 67-5-13. Annual privilege license tax on producers; excise tax on cases sold by producers

  Upon every producer holding a permit for the production of native wine, there is levied and imposed for each location for the privilege of engaging and continuing in this state in the production of native wine an annual privilege license tax in an amount equal to Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each ten thousand (10,000) gallons, or any part thereof, of native wine produced by the winery.   There is levied and assessed an excise tax upon each case of native wine sold by a producer to any source to be collected from the producer in the amount provided for in Section 27-71-7. However, native wine produced in Mississippi for export and sale without this state and native wine produced in Mississippi and sold to the commission shall not be subject to the excise tax, nor shall the tax accrue or be collected on native wines dispensed, as free samples in quantities of not more than six (6) ounces, in the tasting room of a native winery.   The privilege tax imposed by subsection (1) of this section shall be collected in the same manner as presently provided by law for the collection of other alcoholic beverages. The excise tax imposed by subsection (2) of this section shall be reported monthly by the producer to the commission on all sales made in Mississippi to consumers at the location of the native winery or its immediate vicinity, along with a statement of gallonage produced during that month, and the producer shall remit the tax due and owing with each report. The producer shall also include in the report a statement of gallonage sold and exported for sale outside this state.   All taxes levied by and collected under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund.
MS Code § 67-7-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 7 - Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act|§ 67-7-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act."
MS Code § 67-7-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 7 - Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act|§ 67-7-3. Purpose

 The legislative purpose of this chapter is to provide a structure for the business relations between a wholesaler and a supplier of light wine or beer. Regulation in this area is considered necessary for the following reasons:   To maintain stability and healthy competition in the light wine and beer industry in this state.   To promote and maintain a sound, stable and viable system of distribution of light wine and beer to the public.   To provide for the private settlement of disputes between wholesalers and suppliers of light wine or beer as an alternative to civil litigation which consumes the time and resources of the parties and the judicial system.   To promote the public health, safety and welfare.
MS Code § 67-7-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 7 - Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act|§ 67-7-9. Prohibited acts; wholesalers

 A wholesaler shall not do any of the following:   Fail to devote such efforts and resources to the sale and distribution of all the supplier's brands of light wine or beer which the wholesaler has been granted the right to sell or distribute as are required in the wholesaler's agreement with the supplier.   Sell or deliver light wine or beer to a retail licensee located outside the sales territory designated to the wholesaler by the supplier of a particular brand or brands of light wine or beer, except that during periods of temporary service interruptions impacting a particular sales territory, a supplier may appoint another wholesaler to service the sales territory during the period of temporary service interruption. A wholesaler who is designated to service the impacted sales territory during the period of temporary service interruption shall not be in violation of this chapter and shall not have any of the rights provided under Sections 67-7-11 and 67-7-15 with respect to the temporary service territory.   Transfer the wholesaler's business without giving the supplier written notice of intent to transfer the wholesaler's business and, where required by this chapter, receiving the supplier's written approval for the proposed transfer, except that the consent or approval of the supplier shall not be required of any transfer of the wholesaler's business to a designated member, or of any transfer of less than ten percent (10%) of the wholesaler's business unless such transfer results in a change in control. The wholesaler shall give the supplier written notice of any change in ownership of the wholesaler.
MS Code § 67-7-12 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 7 - Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act|§ 67-7-12. Successor supplier to become obligated to all terms and conditions of agreements between original supplier and wholesaler in effect on date of succession

 A successor shall become obligated to all of the terms and conditions of the agreement in effect on the date of succession. This section applies regardless of the character or form of the succession. A successor has the right to contractually require its wholesalers to comply with operational standards of performance if the standards are uniformly established for all the successor's wholesalers and conform to the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 67-7-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 7 - Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act|§ 67-7-13. Transfer of business and assignment of rights of wholesalers

  Upon written notice of intent to transfer the wholesaler's business, any individual owning or deceased individual who owned an interest in a wholesaler may transfer the wholesaler's business to a designated member, or to any other person who meets the nondiscriminatory material and reasonable qualifications and standards required by the supplier for similarly situated wholesalers. The consent or approval of the supplier shall not be required of any transfer of the wholesaler's business, including the assignment of the wholesaler's rights under the agreement, to a designated member or shall not be withheld or unreasonably delayed to a proposed transferee who meets such nondiscriminatory, material and reasonable qualifications and standards. Such designated member or transferee shall in no event be qualified as a transferee, without the written approval or consent of the supplier, where such proposed transferee shall have been involved in the following:   Insolvency, filing of any voluntary or involuntary petition under any bankruptcy or receivership law, or execution of any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or   Revocation or suspension of a special occupational tax license by the regulatory agency of the United States Government or any state, whereby service was interrupted for more than thirty-one (31) days; or   Conviction of the proposed transferee or any owner thereof of a felony under the United States Code or the laws of any state which reasonably may adversely affect the good will or interest of the wholesaler or supplier; or   Had an agreement involuntarily terminated, cancelled, not renewed or discontinued by a supplier for good cause.     The supplier shall not interfere with, prevent or unreasonably delay the transfer of the wholesaler's business, including an assignment of wholesaler's rights under the agreement, if the proposed transferee is a designated member, or if the transferee other than a designated member meets such nondiscriminatory, material and reasonable qualifications and standards required by the supplier for similarly situated wholesalers. Where the transferee is other than a designated member, the supplier may in good faith and for good cause related to the reasonable qualifications refuse to accept the transfer of the wholesaler's business or the assignment of the wholesaler's rights under the agreement.
MS Code § 67-7-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 7 - Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act|§ 67-7-17. Waiver of rights by wholesalers generally; good faith settlement of disputes

 A wholesaler may not waive any of the rights granted in any provision of this chapter and the provisions of any agreement which would have such an effect shall be null and void. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or prohibit good faith dispute settlements voluntarily entered into by the parties.
MS Code § 67-7-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 7 - Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act|§ 67-7-19. Agreements subject to chapter; applicability of terms and conditions of transferred agreements

  This chapter shall apply to agreements entered into or renewed after April 7, 1995.   A transferee of a wholesaler that continues in business as a wholesaler shall have the benefit of and be bound by all terms and conditions of the agreement with the supplier in effect on the date of the transfer, except that a transfer of a wholesaler's business which requires supplier's consent or approval but is disapproved by the supplier shall be null and void.
MS Code § 67-7-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 7 - Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act|§ 67-7-21. Civil damage actions for violations of chapter; damages and costs recoverable; actions for declaratory and injunctive relief; venue

  If a supplier or wholesaler engages in conduct prohibited under this chapter, either party may maintain a civil action against the other to recover actual damages reasonably incurred as the result of the prohibited conduct.   A supplier or wholesaler that violates any provision of this chapter shall be liable for all actual damages and all court costs and, in the court's discretion, reasonable attorney fees incurred by the other party as a result of that violation.   A supplier or wholesaler may bring an action for declaratory judgment for determination of any controversy arising pursuant to this chapter.   Upon proper application to the court, a supplier or wholesaler may obtain injunctive relief against any violation of this chapter.   Any legal action taken under this chapter, or in a dispute over the provisions of an agreement shall be filed in a court, state or federal, located in Mississippi, which state court is located in, or which federal court has jurisdiction and venue of, the county in which the wholesaler maintains its principal place of business in this state.
MS Code § 67-7-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 7 - Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act|§ 67-7-23. Waiver of rights or causes of action

 No right or cause of action authorized by Mississippi law shall be waived by the supplier or wholesaler unless specifically waived in the agreement.
MS Code § 67-9-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 9 - Possession or Transportation of Alcoholic Beverages, Light Wine, or Beer|§ 67-9-1. Transportation and possession of alcoholic beverages, light wine and beer by person holding an alcohol processing permit

 Notwithstanding the provisions of any section of Title 27 or 67, Mississippi Code of 1972, it shall be lawful for any person holding an alcohol processing permit to transport and possess alcoholic beverages, light wine and beer, in any part of the state, for his or her use in cooking, processing or manufacturing products which contain alcoholic beverages as an integral ingredient, in amounts as limited by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the State Tax Commission. The authority to transport and possess alcoholic beverages, light wine and beer under this section exists regardless of whether (a) the county or municipality in which the transportation or possession takes place has voted for or against coming out from under the dry law, or (b) the transportation, storage, sale, distribution, receipt or manufacture of light wine and beer otherwise is prohibited.   The provisions of this section shall not be construed as amending, repealing or otherwise affecting any statute or any lawfully adopted ordinance, rule or regulation that prohibits or restricts the location at which, or the premises upon which, alcoholic beverages, light wine or beer may be sold or consumed.
MS Code § 69-8-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 8 - Beef Promotion and Research Program|§ 69-8-1. Purpose

 The purpose of this chapter shall be to promote the growth and development of the cattle industry in Mississippi through research, advertisement, promotions, education and market development in the absence of any federal programs.
MS Code § 69-8-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 8 - Beef Promotion and Research Program|§ 69-8-3. Definitions

 For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "Producer" means any person who owns or acquires ownership of cattle, except that a person shall not be considered to be a producer if that person's only share in the proceeds of a sale of cattle or beef is a sales commission, handling fee or other service fee.   "Collecting person" means any livestock dealer licensed under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended, who makes payment to a producer for cattle purchased in Mississippi.   "Council" means the "Mississippi Beef Industry Council."   "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce for the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 69-8-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 8 - Beef Promotion and Research Program|§ 69-8-5. Mississippi Beef Industry Council created; membership; organization; rules and regulations; certain officers to be bonded

  The Mississippi Beef Industry Council is created and shall be composed of eighteen (18) members as follows:   Seven (7) members appointed by the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, of whom one (1) shall be a meat scientist or a meat packer;   One (1) member appointed by the Mississippi Cattlewomen's Association;   Five (5) members appointed by the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, of whom one (1) shall be a dairy farmer and one (1) shall be a beef retailer;   Five (5) members appointed by the Mississippi Livestock Marketing Association.     Within thirty (30) days after the levy of the national beef promotion and research program established by the "Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985" is finally adjudicated unconstitutional, each organization shall select its members to serve on the council. The members of the council shall meet and organize after their appointment and shall select a chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer from the membership of the council. The council may establish rules and regulations for the administration of the duties of the council. The minutes of the council shall reflect the votes taken by the council concerning any contracts for projects of research, education, advertisement or promotion of the beef industry.   The chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer shall be bonded in an amount not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). The cost of the bonds shall be paid from the funds received under this chapter.
MS Code § 69-8-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 8 - Beef Promotion and Research Program|§ 69-8-7. Referendum on assessments

  Within ninety (90) days after the levy of the national beef promotion and research program established by the "Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985" is finally adjudicated unconstitutional, the commissioner is authorized to call a referendum allowing producers to vote as to whether an assessment of One Dollar ($1.00) per head on all cattle sold in the state shall be levied for the purpose of promotion and development of the Mississippi cattle industry.   A cattle producer who owned or produced cattle in the year immediately preceding the referendum shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote.   The council shall bear all expenses incurred in conducting a referendum.   If a majority of the producers voting in the referendum vote in favor of the assessment, then a sum of One Dollar ($1.00) per head shall be levied on all cattle sold in the state. This assessment shall be applicable to all sales made on or after a date specified by the commissioner but no later than ninety (90) days after certification of the results of the election.   The assessment shall be a continuing levy until either terminated by the council or repealed by a majority vote in a subsequent referendum.     Subsequent referendums:   Upon petition by ten percent (10%) of the producers, the commissioner shall call for a subsequent referendum to allow producers to vote on the assessment.   If a referendum fails to receive a majority of affirmative votes, then the commissioner shall be authorized to call another referendum in the next succeeding year. No such referendum shall be held within a period of twelve (12) months from the date on which the last referendum was held.     If this program is terminated as a result of referendum vote or for any other reason, collections received prior to the last day of the program as designated by the commissioner, will be expended within ninety (90) days in the manner in which the program was operated.   The commissioner, with the approval of the council, may promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.