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MS Code § 57-65-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 65 - Mississippi International Trade Institute|§ 57-65-1. Establishment; functions and duties

  The Department of Economic Development may establish a Mississippi International Trade Institute, hereinafter referred to as the MITI.   It shall be the function and duties of the MITI to:   Gather, evaluate, interpret and publish international trade data on Mississippi's foreign trade.   Represent the state in responding to, and assisting, foreign officials or business representatives and domestic representatives in undertaking appropriate foreign trade development.   Establish liaison with those federal and state agencies and organizations engaged in international trade to assure for Mississippi the best possible posture for expanding its international trade economy.   Serve as a clearinghouse for inquiries received from foreign business persons seeking information on product distribution, sales, trade agreements, manufacturing, licensing and similar matters.   Publish a directory of prominent businesses and organizations in Mississippi's foreign trade, with a product guide.   Provide special assistance to Mississippi's agricultural producers and firms engaged in the marketing of agricultural products produced in Mississippi to develop overseas markets.   Communicate with foreign, national, state and local agencies, and public and private persons, associations and corporations regarding international marketing of agricultural products produced in Mississippi.     In executing the duties assigned in this section, the MITI shall work closely with other state and local agencies having responsibility for economic development.   It is the intention of the Legislature that the Department of Economic Development shall establish such institute if personnel and funds are made available therefor.
MS Code § 57-67-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act."
MS Code § 57-67-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-3. Legislative findings and declarations

 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:   There exists in the State of Mississippi a continuing need for gainful employment for the citizens of this state.   To help provide employment opportunities, a division within the Office of the Governor should be created with power to secure the location within this state of the particle beam accelerator known as the Superconducting Super Collider that the United States Department of Energy is planning to build.   In accomplishing this purpose, such division will be acting in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state in the performance of essential public functions and is serving a valid public purpose in improving and otherwise promoting their health, welfare and prosperity, and the enactment of the provisions hereinafter set forth is for a valid public purpose.   Public agencies of the state, as herein defined, must be authorized and empowered to contract with and cooperate with the authority for the purposes herein set out.   The borrowing of money and the issuance of bonds and state bonds for the purposes hereinafter set out serves valid public purposes in that the project will significantly contribute to the employment base and scientific and educational growth of the state.
MS Code § 57-67-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-7. Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Authority created; executive director

  There is created within the Office of the Governor a division to be known as the "Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Authority" for the performance of essential public functions. The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, an executive director, who shall serve at the will and pleasure of the Governor. The Governor shall prescribe the duties of and fix the compensation of such executive director. The executive director shall have the authority to employ and dismiss employees of the authority.   The executive director shall administer, manage and direct the affairs and business of the authority, subject to the policies, direction, control and approval of the Governor.
MS Code § 57-67-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-9. Submission of site proposal; development of project; special advisory committees

  The authority is hereby designated and empowered to act on behalf of the state in submitting a siting proposal for the project. If the authority is not operational as of the date of the proposal, the Governor is authorized to submit the proposal. The authority is empowered to take all steps appropriate or necessary to effect the siting, development, and operation of the Superconducting Super Collider research facility within the state. If the state is selected as the preferred site for the project, the authority is hereby designated and empowered to act on behalf of the state and to represent the state in the planning, financing, development, construction and operation of the project or any facility related to the project. The authority shall take affirmative steps to coordinate fully all aspects of the submission of a siting proposal for the project and, if the state is selected as the preferred site, to coordinate fully the development of the project or any facility related to the project with the United States Department of Energy and other public agencies. Other state agencies and local governmental entities in this state shall cooperate to the fullest extent possible to effectuate the duties of the authority.   To consult with the Governor and with the authority concerning the siting, development and operation of the Superconducting Super Collider research facility in the state, the Governor may establish special advisory committees, as he deems necessary, which may be composed of lay persons, scientists, physicists, engineers, other professionals and anyone having special knowledge of or interest in the project.
MS Code § 57-67-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-13. Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning; powers and duties

  The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning is hereby directed to develop plans for the creation of an Institute of High Energy Physics. Upon notification to the authority by the Department of Energy that the state has been selected as the site of the project, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning not later than one (1) year thereafter shall establish and create the institute. Such institute shall include at least twenty (20) funded faculty positions and shall include facilities to accommodate faculty and graduate students.   The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning is hereby directed to develop plans for the creation of an Institute for Mathematics and Computing Sciences. Upon notification to the authority by the Department of Energy that the state has been selected as the site of the project, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning not later than one (1) year thereafter shall establish and create the institute.   The authority is hereby directed to develop plans for technology transfer activities to ensure private sector conduits for exchange of information, technology and expertise related to the project to generate opportunities for commercial development within the state.
MS Code § 57-67-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-21. Power of authority to issue refunding bonds

 The authority may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds at or prior to maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. Refunding bonds may be issued at such time prior to the maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds as the authority deems to be in the public interest, without notice and without an election on the question of the issuance thereof. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereon, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of such bonds, the expenses of issue of the refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming the bonds being refunded, and such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of such refunding bonds as may be required by the resolution, trust indenture or other security instruments. The issue of refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the holders and the rights, duties and obligations of the authority in respect of the same shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter relating to the issue of bonds other than refunding bonds insofar as the same may be applicable. Any such refunding may be effected, whether the obligations to be refunded shall have then matured or shall thereafter mature, either by the exchange of the refunding bonds for the obligations to be refunded thereby with the consent of the holders of the obligations so to be refunded, or by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof to the payment of the obligations proposed to be refunded thereby, and regardless of whether the obligations proposed to be refunded shall be payable on the same date or different dates or shall be due serially or otherwise.
MS Code § 57-67-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-23. Validation of bonds

 All bonds (other than state bonds, refunding bonds, interim notes and certificates of indebtedness, which may be validated) issued pursuant to Sections 57-67-19 through 57-67-31 shall be validated as provided in Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972; provided, however, that notice of such validation proceedings shall be addressed to the taxpayers of all public agencies and political subdivisions:   Which have contracted with the authority pursuant to Section 57-67-17; and   Whose contracts and the payments to be made thereunder constitute security for the bonds of the authority proposed to be issued, and such notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper or newspapers having a general circulation within the geographical boundaries of each public agency or political subdivision to whose taxpayers the notice is addressed. Such validation proceedings shall be instituted in the First Judicial District of the Chancery Court of Hinds County. The validity of the bonds so validated and of the contracts and payments to be made by the political subdivisions thereunder constituting security for the bonds shall be forever conclusive against the authority and the political subdivisions which are parties to said contracts; and the validity of said bonds and said contracts and the payments to be made thereunder shall never be called in question in any court in this state.
MS Code § 57-67-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-25. Liability for payment of bonds

 Bonds issued pursuant to Sections 57-67-19 through 57-67-31 shall not be deemed to constitute a debt, liability or obligation of the contracting public agency or political subdivisions, within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation, nor shall such bonds constitute a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state or the contracting public agency or political subdivisions, but shall be payable solely from the revenues, moneys and funds of the authority pledged therefor. Each bond shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the authority shall not be obligated to pay the same nor the interest thereon except from those sources above mentioned and pledged therefor and that neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bond.
MS Code § 57-67-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-27. Security for payment of bonds

 The authority may, in any authorizing resolution, trust indenture or other security instrument relating to its bonds, provide for the appointment of a trustee who shall have such powers as are provided therein to represent the registered owners of any issue of bonds in the enforcement or protection of their rights under any such resolution, trust indenture or security instrument. The authority may also provide in such resolution, trust indenture or other security instrument that the trustee, or in the event that the trustee so appointed shall fail or decline to so protect and enforce such registered owners' rights then such percentage of registered owners as shall be set forth in, and subject to the provisions of, such resolution, trust indenture or other security interest, may petition the court of proper jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver of the revenues which are pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds of such registered owners. Such receiver may exercise any power as may be granted in any such resolution, trust indenture or security instrument to collect, enforce and receive all revenues derived from agreements with any public agency or political subdivisions entered pursuant to Section 57-67-17, and carry out the contracts and obligations of the authority in the same manner as the authority itself might do, all under the direction of such court.
MS Code § 57-67-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-31. Obligations of state in connection with bonds

 The state hereby covenants with the registered owners of bonds of the authority issued pursuant to this chapter, that so long as the bonds are outstanding and unpaid the state will not materially limit or materially alter the rights and powers of the authority under this chapter to conduct the activities referred to herein in any way pertinent to the interests of the bondholders including without limitation the authority's right to collect revenues and to fulfill the terms of any covenants made with the registered owners of the bonds, or in any other way materially impair the rights and remedies of the registered owners of the bonds, unless provision for full payment of such bonds, by escrow or otherwise, has been made pursuant to the terms of the bonds or the resolution, trust indenture or security instrument securing the bonds.
MS Code § 57-67-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-33. Taxation of bonds

 Any bonds or state bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, a transaction relating to the sale or securing of such bonds, their transfer and the income therefrom shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any local unit or political subdivision or other instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance and gift taxes.
MS Code § 57-67-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-35. Bonds as legal investments and securities

 All bonds or state bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be legal investments for trustees, other fiduciaries, savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi; and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and other political subdivisions thereof for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
MS Code § 57-67-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 67 - Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider Act|§ 57-67-39. Construction of chapter

 The provisions of this chapter are cumulative of other statutes now or hereafter enacted relating to the authority, and the authority may exercise all presently held powers in the furtherance of this chapter. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or any part of the provisions of this chapter is declared to be unconstitutional or void, or for any reason is declared to be invalid or of no effect, the remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases shall in no manner be affected thereby but shall remain in full force and effect.
MS Code § 57-69-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 69 - Mississippi Minority Business Enterprise Act|§ 57-69-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Minority Business Enterprise Act."
MS Code § 57-69-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 69 - Mississippi Minority Business Enterprise Act|§ 57-69-7. Certification of minority business enterprises

  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority shall certify minority business enterprises that qualify as such. The director shall establish criteria by which minority business enterprises may qualify for certification.   The Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority shall certify minority business enterprises suppliers that qualify as such. The director shall establish criteria by which minority business enterprise suppliers may qualify for certification.
MS Code § 57-69-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 69 - Mississippi Minority Business Enterprise Act|§ 57-69-9. Annual reports on participation in public works and procurement contracts

 Each state agency and educational institution shall report the participation of minority business enterprises in the public works and procurement contracts executed by the agency or institution. The reports shall be made on a an annual basis.
MS Code § 57-71-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 71 - Mississippi Small Enterprise Development Finance Act|§ 57-71-1. Short title

 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Mississippi Small Enterprise Development Finance Act.
MS Code § 57-71-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 71 - Mississippi Small Enterprise Development Finance Act|§ 57-71-3. Purpose

 It is the purpose of this act to promote business and economic development in the State of Mississippi through job producing programs and by providing loans to the Certified Development Company of Mississippi, Inc., as defined in this act; to assist in securing investment in small communities by private companies locating or expanding in the state; and to authorize the issuance of state bonds or notes for funding such programs.
MS Code § 57-71-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 71 - Mississippi Small Enterprise Development Finance Act|§ 57-71-5. Definitions

 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall have the meaning given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "MBFC" or "company" means the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation.   "Private company" means any agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural, industrial, manufacturing or research and development enterprise or enterprises, or the lessor thereof, or any commercial enterprise approved by the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation; however, the term "private company" shall not include any business, corporation or entity having a gaming license issued under Section 75-76-1 et seq.   "Qualified financial institution" means any commercial bank or savings and loan institution approved by the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation to provide letters of credit under this act.   "Letter of credit" means a letter of credit obligation from a qualified financial institution approved by the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation.   "Planning and development districts" means the organized planning and development districts in Mississippi.   "Director" means the Executive Director of the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation.   "Seller" means the State Bond Commission.
MS Code § 57-71-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 71 - Mississippi Small Enterprise Development Finance Act|§ 57-71-7. Small enterprise development finance program

 There is hereby established, under the direction of the Certified Development Company of Mississippi, Inc., a program to be known as the Mississippi Small Enterprise Development Finance Program for the purpose of making loans to qualified private companies in order to provide financing to small businesses which will increase employment and investment in small communities.
MS Code § 57-71-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 57 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 71 - Mississippi Small Enterprise Development Finance Act|§ 57-71-9. Application for loan

 Any private company desiring to borrow from the program shall make application to the company. The company shall define and publish criteria for eligibility for the program and timetable for review.   All loan applications shall identify a qualified financial institution which will issue a letter of credit to the Certified Development Company guaranteeing the loan made pursuant to this act. Such letter of credit will be in a form satisfactory to the Certified Development Company.