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MS Code § 79-19-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-39. Limitation of the use of term "cooperative."

 No person, firm, corporation, or association hereafter organized or doing business in this state shall be entitled to use the word "cooperative" as part of its corporate or other business name or title for producers' cooperative marketing activities, unless it has complied with the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 79-19-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-41. Interest in other corporations or associations

 An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of, or be a member of any corporation or association, with or without capital stock, engaged in preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, handling, shipping, utilizing, manufacturing, marketing, or selling of the agricultural products handled by the association, or the byproducts thereof. If such corporations are warehousing corporations, they may issue legal warehouse receipts to the association, against the commodities delivered by it, or to any other person; and such legal warehouse receipts shall be considered as adequate collateral to the extent of the usual and current value of the commodity represented thereby. In case such warehouse is licensed or licensed and bonded under the laws of this state or the United States, its warehouse receipts delivered to the association on commodities of the association or its members, or delivered by the association or its members, shall not be challenged or discriminated against because of ownership or control, wholly or in part, by the association.
MS Code § 79-19-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-43. Contracts and agreements with other associations

 Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements and make all necessary and proper stipulations, agreements, and contracts and arrangements with any other corporation, association or associations, formed in this or in any other state, for the cooperative or more economical carrying on of its business, or any part or parts thereof. Any two or more associations may, by agreement between them, unite in employing and using or may separately employ and use the same personnel, methods, means, and agencies for carrying on and conducting their respective businesses.
MS Code § 79-19-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-45. Association heretofore organized may adopt the provisions of this chapter

 Any corporation or association organized under previously existing statutes, or any foreign corporation or association heretofore authorized by the laws of this state to do business in this state, or any foreign corporation or association organized under the laws of another state, may by a majority vote of its directors or members be brought under this chapter. It shall make out in duplicate a statement signed and sworn to by a majority of its directors, to the effect that the corporation or association has by a majority vote of its directors decided to accept the benefits and be bound by the provisions of this chapter. Articles of association shall be filed as required herein except that they shall be signed by a majority of the members of the board of directors. The filing fee shall be the same as for filing an amendment to articles of association.
MS Code § 79-19-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-47. How associations organized in another state may carry on business in this state

 Any cooperative marketing association, organized under appropriate laws of any other state for the purposes and with the restrictions and limitations substantially the same as those set forth herein, may operate and do business in this state with all the rights, powers, and privileges granted to any cooperative marketing association incorporated under this chapter, upon compliance with any or either of the laws of this state regarding the qualification of foreign corporations, to carry on business within this state.
MS Code § 79-19-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-49. Misdemeanor; breach of marketing contract of cooperative association; spreading false reports about the finances or management thereof

 Any person or persons or any corporation whose officers or employees knowingly induce or attempt to induce any member or stockholder of an association organized hereunder to breach his marketing contract with the association, or who knowingly spreads false reports about the finances or management thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), for such offense; and shall be liable to the association aggrieved in a civil suit in the penal sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each such offense.
MS Code § 79-19-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-51. Associations not in restraint of trade

 No association organized hereunder shall be deemed to be in violation of the anti-trust statutes of this state or a combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly, nor in an attempt to lessen competition or fix prices arbitrarily; nor shall the marketing contracts or agreements between the association and its members or any agreements authorized in this chapter be considered illegal or in restraint of trade, or in violation of said anti-trust statutes of said state.
MS Code § 79-19-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-53. Exemptions

 Each association organized hereunder shall be exempt from the payment of ad valorem taxes on agricultural products and products of farm, grove or garden produced by its members within the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 79-19-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-55. Filing fees

 For filing articles of association and amendments to the articles, an association organized under this chapter shall pay to the Secretary of State Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
MS Code § 79-19-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-57. Cooperative marketing associations may maintain replevin

 All cooperative marketing associations organized or doing business under the laws of the State of Mississippi may obtain the possession of personal property to the immediate possession of which they may be entitled, by the action of replevin, and the giving of this means of enforcement of rights shall not be in lieu, or in repeal, of any other rights or remedies now given to cooperative marketing associations under the laws of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 79-19-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-59. Liquidated damages may be recovered

 If such cooperative marketing association recover judgment as plaintiff in replevin and the property sued for be agricultural products and the plaintiff's right to the possession thereof as against the defendant be by virtue of a marketing agreement with a member of such association and the defendant has bonded the property within two (2) days after its seizure in replevin, the plaintiff shall, in addition to the judgment now provided by law, recover as an element of damages, of the defendant and the sureties on his bond, for the wrongful taking and detention or the wrongful detention of the property, a sum equal to such damages as the plaintiff could have recovered of such member of the association as liquidated damages under the marketing agreement, for the breach thereof by wrongful detention or disposal of said property by the member.
MS Code § 79-19-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-61. Loan limited to 50 percent of capital and surplus

 The total liability to any association organized or doing business under the terms of this chapter by a person, company, corporation, or firm for money loaned shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate paid in capital and surplus of said association. The discount of bills of exchange drawn in good faith, against actual existing values of loans made on time secured by warehouse receipts or bills of lading, or actually existing values, shall not be restricted to, or considered as coming within, such limitation of fifty percent (50%).
MS Code § 79-19-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-63. Stock in bank for cooperatives

 All cooperative agricultural associations of any kind or character whatsoever, heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, or otherwise acquire, and to hold stock in the New Orleans Bank for Cooperatives and in the Central Bank for Cooperatives in accordance with the provisions of the Farm Credit Act of 1933 as heretofore amended and as it may hereafter be amended by the Congress of the United States.   All corporations, heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, which are eligible to borrow from production credit associations are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, or otherwise acquire, and to hold stock in production credit associations in accordance with the provisions of the Farm Credit Act of 1933 as heretofore amended and as it may hereafter be amended by the Congress of the United States.
MS Code § 79-19-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-65. Applicability of general nonprofit corporation laws to associations organized under this chapter

 The general nonprofit corporation laws and all powers and rights under those laws apply to the associations organized under this chapter, except where such provisions are in conflict or inconsistent with the express provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 79-22-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988.
MS Code § 79-22-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-3. Legislative purpose

 The Legislature recognizes that aquaculture is the fastest growing segment of the United States agriculture industry and declares that it is the intent of this legislation to effectively encourage and support United States citizens in expanded and new growth of aquaculture in this state while conserving and enhancing aquatic resources and providing mechanisms for increasing aquaculture production which will lead to the creation of new industries, job opportunities, income for aquaculturists, tax revenues and other benefits to this state.
MS Code § 79-22-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-5. Definitions

 For the purpose of this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise:   "Aquaculture" means any form of agriculture that includes the process of growing, farming, cultivating and/or harvesting cultured aquatic products in marine or freshwaters and includes management by an aquaculturist.   "Aquaculturist" is a person who is engaged in the cultivating of cultured aquatic products.   "Aquaculture facility" means any facility or resources that are used for aquaculture activities and operations in Mississippi.   "Cultured aquatic products" are marine or freshwater plants and animals that are propagated, farmed or cultivated in an aquaculture facility under the supervision and management of an aquaculturist or that are naturally produced in an aquaculture facility which at the time of production are under the active supervision and management of an aquaculturist.   "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.   A "cultivation permit" is a permit issued by the department applicable to design criteria to prevent release of certain cultured aquatic products from an aquaculture facility into the environment.   A "marketing permit" is a permit issued by the department to provide a mechanism for tracing certain marketed and cultured aquatic products to verify that they were cultured in an aquaculture facility and were not harvested from wild stocks and to prevent the release of undesirable species into the environment.
MS Code § 79-22-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-7. Marketing permit, generally

 All currently recognized native aquatic plants, animals and nongame fish may be freely produced and marketed by an aquaculturist unless specifically regulated elsewhere. If a marketing permit is needed to aid in selling such cultured aquatic products in other states or countries, then the department shall issue such a permit when requested by an aquaculturist.
MS Code § 79-22-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-9. Cultivation and marketing permit necessary for certain aquatic products; requirements for issuance of permit

  An aquaculturist shall obtain a cultivation and marketing permit for cultured aquatic products produced from the following aquatic plants and animals:   All nonnative aquatic plants and animals, including those that are well established in limited or extensive areas of natural lakes, rivers and streams in this state;   Fish classified as game fish in Mississippi; however, except as authorized in subsection (2), the department shall not issue any such permits for the following game fish: black bass, bream, crappie, flathead catfish, walleye and all members of the family Centrarchidae and Percidae;   Endangered, threatened or protected species;   Any aquatic plants or animals which have been genetically modified or are to be genetically modified by means other than breeding and crossbreeding.     Former subsection (2) shall stand repealed from and after July 1, 2003.   The department shall not issue the permits required in this section until the department approves the proposed aquaculture facility design or the actual facility and such permits shall only be issued to citizens of the United States. The department shall inspect the aquaculture facility prior to the introduction of the aquatic products to be cultured to insure compliance with the approved permit specifications. The department may also conduct periodic inspections of all facilities engaged in the propagation of nonnative species to insure that operational activities comply with approved permit specifications. All required permits shall be renewed annually. For a resident of Mississippi, the fee for a marketing or cultivation permit shall not exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each species of aquatic products produced. The fee for a marketing or cultivation permit issued to a nonresident of Mississippi shall equal the amount imposed by the nonresident's state for such permit on a resident of Mississippi.
MS Code § 79-22-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-11. Withholding permit

 By withholding a culture and/or marketing permit, the department may prohibit the aquaculturing of any species at any location if the department determines it would be detrimental to the public interest and presents its determination in writing with supporting justification.
MS Code § 79-22-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-13. Nonrenewal of permit

 Failure by an aquaculturist to provide any information required by the department to verify that cultured aquatic products are produced under controlled aquacultural conditions and are not harvested from native wild stock shall result in nonrenewal, suspension or cancellation of the permit. The department is authorized, subject to the requirements set forth in the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Other state agencies, at the request of the department, shall assist in the promulgation of such regulations by providing technical expertise or such other assistance as, in the department's discretion, may be required.
MS Code § 79-22-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-15. Issuance of permits for taking of game fish for brood stock; promulgation of regulations; issuance of cultivation and marketing permits; inspections

  The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may issue permits to obtain game fish for use as brood stock in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.   In promulgating these regulations for game fish used for brood stock, the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may specify that a permittee:   Obtain a temporary variance permit from the department;   Provide compensation for each fish taken for brood stock as established by the department and outlined in the permit; and   Shall not sell or transport out of the state brood fish taken from state waters.     The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall not permit the collecting of wild brood stock in any waters where the wildlife department determines that the collection is not in the long-term best interest of the resource.   The Department of Marine Resources may issue permits to obtain estuarine and marine brood stock. The commission may promulgate regulations for such permits and may require a permittee to meet any requirements listed in subsection (2).   The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the Commission on Marine Resources may promulgate regulations which specify design criteria to protect the resources within their jurisdiction and to prevent the release of undesirable species from an aquaculture facility into the environment. The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the Department of Marine Resources may advise the Department of Agriculture and Commerce in issuing cultivation and marketing permits. The permits shall be issued in accordance with the applicable regulations. The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the Department of Marine Resources or the Department of Agriculture and Commerce may inspect operations licensed by cultivation and marketing permits. Any violations of the regulations promulgated by the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks or the Commission on Marine Resources shall be punishable as provided in Section 79-22-29.
MS Code § 79-22-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-17. Building requirements

 The department shall issue a cultivation permit for any aquaculture facility located, in whole or in part, in the Mississippi Sound, the Gulf of Mexico, or bays or estuaries thereof at such time that such facility complies with all state and federal requirements to protect marine resources.
MS Code § 79-22-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-21.

 Editor's Notes -   Former § 79-22-19 related to one-stop permitting for aquaculture activities.   Former § 79-22-21 related to the compliance of aquacultural operations with applicable regulations from the Department of Environmental Quality and Department of Health.
MS Code § 79-22-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-23. Leasing waters; aquaculture lease management program

  The Secretary of State, upon recommendation of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality may lease waters as provided by Section 29-1-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, within the jurisdiction of the state to a person for aquaculture or the production of aquatic products. The Department of Marine Resources is authorized to develop a marine aquaculture lease management program and may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the marine aquaculture lease management program and to regulate the growth of aquaculture.   All state and governmental entities that are involved in the regulation and enforcement of marine aquaculture activities or related activities shall develop a coordinated procedure for one-stop permitting applicable to marine aquaculture activities. One-stop permitting is defined as a procedure that allows an aquaculturist to fill out a joint application form and deposit it with any of the aforementioned governmental agencies. The receiving agency shall forward the joint application or copies of it to the appropriate entities for review and expeditious action. The one-stop permitting procedure document shall state the time schedules for review and action by the applicable agencies after the permit has been received and dated.