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MS Code § 79-16-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-31. Consequences of transacting business without authority

  A foreign business trust transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority.   The successor to a foreign business trust that transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority and the assignee of a cause of action arising out of that business may not maintain a proceeding based on that cause of action in any court in this state until the foreign business trust or its successor obtains a certificate of authority.   A court may stay a proceeding commenced by a foreign business trust, its successor or assignee until it determines whether the foreign business trust or its successor requires a certificate of authority. If it so determines, the court may further stay a proceeding until the foreign business trust or its successor obtains a certificate.   A foreign business trust is liable for a civil penalty of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each day, but not to exceed a total of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each year it transacts business in this state without a certificate of authority. The Attorney General may collect all penalties due under this subsection.   Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the failure of a foreign business trust to obtain a certificate of authority does not impair the validity of its acts or prevent it from defending any proceeding in this state.
MS Code § 79-16-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-33. Fees

 The Secretary of State shall charge and collect from foreign business trust for:    Filings required by the Mississippi Registered Agents Act, the fees required by Section 79-35-3;   Filing an application of a foreign business trust for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state and issuing a certificate of authority, Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00);   Filing a certificate of correction or amendment of a foreign business trust authorized to transact business in this state, Fifty Dollars ($50.00);   Filing an application for withdrawal of a foreign business trust and issuing a certificate of withdrawal, Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00);   Filing any other statement or report of a foreign business trust, Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00);   For furnishing a certified copy of any document, instrument or paper relating to a foreign business trust, One Dollar ($1.00) per page and Ten Dollars ($10.00) for the certificate and affixing the seal thereto; and   At the time of any service of process on him as resident agent of a foreign business trust, Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), which amount may be recovered as taxable cost by the party to the suit or action causing such service to be made if such party prevails in the suit or action.
MS Code § 79-16-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-35. Laws applicable to foreign business trust previously transacting business in this state

  Foreign business trusts which are transacting business in this state at the time this law takes effect, for a purpose or purposes for which a foreign business trust might secure such authority under said law, shall, subject to the limitations set forth in their respective certificates of authority, be entitled to all the rights and privileges applicable to foreign business trusts procuring certificates of authority to transact business, and such foreign business trusts shall be subject to all the limitations, restrictions, liabilities and duties prescribed herein for foreign business trusts procuring certificates of authority to transact business in this state.   Within one (1) year from July 1, 1998, all foreign business trust transacting business within the state at the time said chapter takes effect shall secure a certificate of authority or be subject to the penalties, restrictions and limitations otherwise herein provided.
MS Code § 79-17-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-1. Agriculture classified as primary industry

 Agriculture is the primary industry in the State of Mississippi, and it is in the interest of said state and its inhabitants that agriculture be classified in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth.
MS Code § 79-17-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-3. A supplementary law

 This chapter is supplementary of and not amendatory or in alteration of any other laws for the accomplishment of any of the purposes herein set forth, and shall apply only to organizations created and operating hereunder.
MS Code § 79-17-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-5. How may be cited

 This chapter shall be known as the "Agricultural Association Law," and may be cited as such and may be abbreviated as "A.A.L."
MS Code § 79-17-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-7. Purposes

 The purposes of this chapter are to promote the general welfare of agriculture; to enable producers of agricultural products whether in the State of Mississippi or not to co-operate in the productions, processing, packing, distribution, financing and marketing of agricultural products, and the elimination of speculation and waste therein; to enable such producers to organize incorporated associations with or without capital stock and not for profit but for service to their members by the organization and operation of such corporations by a simplified and inexpensive procedure for the promotion and accomplishment of such co-operation and the general welfare of agriculture.
MS Code § 79-17-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-9. Name of associations incorporated hereunder

 Any such incorporated association shall have a distinctive name, the concluding part of which shall be "A.A.L." in parentheses; and no organization not created under this chapter, whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall use or have as a part of its name or title the letters "A.A.L." When any federation shall be organized under this chapter, and shall have adopted as a part of its name any distinctive words which are indicative of its field of service, such as the words "farm bureau," no person, firm, corporation or association shall be entitled to use such words as a part of its name unless it be a member of such federation; and if any member thereof shall cease to be a member, it shall thereupon be required to change its name so as to eliminate the use of such words therein.
MS Code § 79-17-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-11. Unlawful use of the words "farm bureau."

  The use of the words "farm bureau" by any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other business enterprise doing business in the State of Mississippi, except by the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation or its subsidiaries or affiliate associations, shall be unlawful.   The use of the words "farm bureau," either preceded by or followed by the name of any state, county, or town or by any word designating a product, service, activity, or enterprise in the State of Mississippi shall be unlawful; provided, however, this shall not limit nor affect the right of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, or any of its affiliate associations, in the free use of such words.   The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation may authorize its affiliate or associate organizations, services, or activities to use the words "farm bureau" by resolution duly adopted and spread upon the minutes of its board of directors, a certified copy of which shall be filed with the secretary of state before such words shall be used by any other than the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation.   Any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or both.
MS Code § 79-17-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-13. How associations may be formed

 Three (3) or more producers of agricultural products in the State of Mississippi who may desire that they, their associates, and successors shall come under this chapter and enjoy its benefits may enter into articles of association and incorporation, which shall set forth the name of the organization, the period of its existence (which shall be for not more than ninety-nine (99) years), its domicile, and that it is to be organized and operated under this chapter. Such articles shall be in duplicate and signed and acknowledged by all those named therein and filed with the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Upon the receipt of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) as a recording fee, the Secretary of State shall file both of said copies, endorsing thereon over his official signature the filing and the date thereof. Thereupon and by such filing and indorsement, said association described in the said articles shall be and become a complete and valid corporation without capital stock and without individual liability on the part of the organizers, their associates and successors, who may become members of such incorporated association, or on the part of the directors and officers of such organization, notwithstanding indebtedness be incurred by said corporation and it be without capital stock. Such articles when so filed shall be the charter of such corporation. Upon the filing and endorsement of the articles as aforesaid, the Secretary of State shall return one (1) of said copies of said articles to said corporation, which shall have the same recorded in the record of charters in the office of the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which the principal office or place of business of such corporation is located, and the Secretary of State shall retain the other copy of said articles for his files and record it and said endorsements thereon in the records of charters in his office. Such articles may be amended by the same procedure except that the proposed amendment shall be signed by two (2) executive officers, only after authority given by the vote of a majority of the members present at any membership meeting duly called and held; provided, however, that notice of such meeting and a statement of the substance of the proposed amendment to the articles of association and incorporation shall be mailed or delivered by hand to all members of the incorporated association at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of such meeting. The recording fee for an amendment to such articles shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00).
MS Code § 79-17-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-15. Organization, officers, bylaws

 A majority of the organizing members named in the articles, at a time and place agreed upon in writing by all of the said organizers or when and where all are present or upon call of a majority of such organizers and upon five (5) days' notice thereof in writing giving the time, place and purposes of the meeting by United States mail or delivery by hand to all of the others of said organizing members, may make permanent organization of such corporation and adopt bylaws for the same and elect the members of the board of directors and such officers as under the bylaws may be elected by the members. The bylaws so adopted may be amended by the vote of a majority of the members present at any membership meeting duly called and held; provided, however, notice of such meeting and a statement of the substance of the proposed bylaw amendment shall be mailed or delivered by hand to all members of the incorporated association at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of such meeting.
MS Code § 79-17-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-17. Board of directors to control affairs

 The affairs of such incorporated association shall be conducted, controlled and managed by a board of directors of such number and with such terms of office as may be provided by the bylaws.
MS Code § 79-17-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-19. Voting by mail, dues and fees

 The bylaws may provide among other things for voting of the members by mail and for membership fees and dues, and shall provide how membership in the incorporated association may be acquired and lost.
MS Code § 79-17-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-21. Membership nontransferable

 All memberships shall be personal to the member and equal in right, and shall not be transferable, assignable, vendible, inheritable, devisable, or seizable; and each member shall have one (1) vote only.
MS Code § 79-17-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-27. Charges for expenses and creating reserve

 Such incorporated association may make charges to its members and deductions from the proceeds of their products for services rendered to them for the purpose of paying the expenses of operation and the maintenance and development of such association, and for the creation and maintenance of reserves for the purpose of paying expenses, retiring obligations, acquiring, maintaining and operating property necessary or useful in carrying out the purposes of this chapter and for caring for contingencies, and such reserves may be used or distributed as may be deemed proper by the board of directors under the bylaws; and such corporation may make patronage dividends or distributions to its members and may do any and all things not unlawful in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, and shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities of other corporations not inconsistent with this chapter.
MS Code § 79-17-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-29. Certain suits authorized

 Such incorporated association may sue and be sued; and may collect, sue for and realize on claims for the purchase money of products sold by it for its members and/or nonmembers, and on claims for freight overcharges on, and for loss and damage to, shipments made by it for its members and/or nonmembers, for the use and benefit of such persons.
MS Code § 79-17-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-31. Associations may federate

 Such associations incorporated hereunder may, in carrying out their purposes, become members of and enjoy the facilities and co-operation of any federation whose members are agricultural societies, organizations or associations, whose purposes and operations are in any way promotive of and not inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter.
MS Code § 79-17-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-33. How federation managed

 Five (5) or more associations or corporations organized under this chapter, or whose purposes and operations are in any way promotive of, and not inconsistent with, the purposes of this chapter, whether incorporated hereunder or not, may organize and incorporate a federation of such incorporated associations as members thereof. Such incorporated federation shall be managed by a board of directors to be composed of representatives of such constituent member associations. The articles of association and incorporation for such federation shall contain the names of the constituent member associations, and the signatures and acknowledgments thereto shall be by an executive officer of each of the constituent associations; and the other procedure and details of incorporation shall be the same as herein provided for the incorporation of the constituent incorporated associations. The organization meeting and adoption of bylaws shall be by representatives chosen by the respective constituent members for that purpose, one (1) for each member. In the organization and management of such federation each constituent member shall be entitled to one (1) vote only, and if any constituent member has more than one (1) representative as members of the board of directors of said federation, such representatives as directors shall jointly have one (1) vote only, it being intended that such a federation may be incorporated hereunder as aforesaid for the purposes and with all the rights and powers herein given to associations of producers of agricultural products hereunder. After such federation has been organized and incorporated as provided herein, agricultural societies, organizations, associations or corporations, whose purposes and operations are in any way promotive of, and not inconsistent with, the purposes of this chapter, whether incorporated under this chapter or not, may become members of such federation, and are accepted by the federation; and any such federation may limit its membership to associations incorporated under this chapter.   Such federation may be organized with capital stock at the option of the organizing associations, and in that event the provisions of this chapter applying to capital stock organization of incorporated associations shall apply also to such federation, but in addition the common stock thereof shall be owned only by member associations. And the management shall be vested in a board of directors of such number as the bylaws may provide, elected by the shareholders. Such federation may begin business as soon as the organizing associations have paid for at least one (1) share of stock each.   The representatives of the member associations in the case of non-stock federations, and the directors of capital stock federations, need not be producers of agricultural products, shareholders or members of the constituent members.
MS Code § 79-17-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-35. "Producers" defined

 Producers of agricultural products herein mentioned shall include individual persons, partnerships, associations and corporations who produce such products either directly or as landlords, tenants or share-croppers.
MS Code § 79-17-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-37. Powers of federation

 Any such federation incorporated hereunder for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of this chapter and the rendition of services to its constituent members and their members shall have all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities herein given its constituent members as an incorporated association hereunder. The members of the constituent members of such federation shall be treated as members of the federation to the extent that services rendered to them by the federation shall be considered to be rendered to its own members.   Each incorporated association or federation organized hereunder shall be exempt from the payment of income and franchise taxes, and shall be exempt from the payment of sales taxes on all agricultural products and products of the farm, grove, or garden grown in Mississippi. All exemptions applying to agricultural products grown in Mississippi in the possession or under the control of the producer shall apply similarly and completely to such products when delivered by the producer to such association or federation, and while in its possession or under its control or owner of it.   All shares of stock in any federation or association organized under this chapter shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation. Dividends or other net earnings paid to the holders of such stock, or to members of such federation or association, however, shall not be exempt from income taxation in the hands of such shareholder or member.
MS Code § 79-17-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-39. "Agricultural products" defined

 Agricultural products as herein defined shall include the products of field, pasture, meadow and garden, and fruits, melons, berries, nuts and vegetables, live stock, poultry and poultry products, dairy products and all other things commonly known as agricultural products.
MS Code § 79-17-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form|§ 79-17-41.

 Repealed by Laws of 2013, Ch. 419, § 6, effective from and after July 1, 2013.
MS Code § 79-19-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-1. Declaration of policy

 It is the purpose of this chapter to promote, foster and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of agricultural products through cooperation and to eliminate speculation and waste; and to make the distribution of agricultural products as direct as can be efficiently done between producer and consumer; and to stabilize the marketing of agricultural products; and to promote, foster and encourage the live stock and poultry industry.
MS Code § 79-19-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 79-19-3. Definitions; nature of associations; short title

 As used in this chapter:   The term "agricultural product" shall include horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, live stock, poultry, bee and any other farm products;   The term "member" shall include actual members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations organized with capital stock;   The term "association" means any association organized under this chapter; and   The term "person" shall include individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations and associations.   Associations organized hereunder shall be deemed nonprofit, inasmuch as they are not organized to make profits for themselves, as such, or for their members, as such, but only for their members as producers.   This chapter shall be referred to as the "Cooperative Marketing Law and Cooperative Live Stock and Poultry Raising Law."