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MS Code § 79-22-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-25. Management plan to be developed; Aquatic Ventures Center

 The department may, as funds are made available by the Legislature, develop an Aquatic Ventures Center.   The center may develop but shall not be limited to the following activities:   Plan and conduct a program promoting cultured aquatic products and associated technologies, including demonstration, training and technical assistance;   Disseminate information about the technologies and species suitable for Mississippi and provide informal education relative thereto;   Produce and coordinate the production of species of aquatic products that can be introduced into the state's waters, particularly its marine waters, to increase recreational and commercial fishing opportunities;   Encourage expanding or new aquaculture activities which add to the economy of the state;   Provide an opportunity for all state agencies, universities and colleges and federal agencies that are involved in activities that relate directly or indirectly to aquaculture to participate in the Center's program and to display their products;   Maintain a coordinated liaison with other aquacultural enterprises, including federal agencies;   Provide opportunity for Mississippi aquaculture associations to participate in the Center's program to advertise their cultured aquatic products.   Provide for increased opportunities to market all Mississippi cultured aquatic products.   Increase tourism to Mississippi by attracting tourists to visit the Center, to stay in hotels and to utilize restaurants and the services provided by other Mississippi businesses.   Inform aquaculturists of the availability of forming aquatic products marketing associations under the state "Co-operative Aquatic Products Marketing Law" and, as needed, aid them in forming such associations.   Encourage and authorize the establishment of commercial aquaculture parks where a number of entrepreneur aquaculturists can establish aquaculture ventures. All Mississippi governmental entities, universities and colleges shall provide coordinated support for investors who are citizens of the United States and would like to establish a commercial aquaculture park in Mississippi and who intend to provide for innovative and effective coordinated efforts within the park, as well as among other parks, relative to water resources utilization, production, processing and marketing applicable to cultured aquatic products.   The department may solicit and accept financial and professional support from any private or public sources, including the federal government.
MS Code § 79-22-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-27. Order to stop sale or distribution of product found in violation of chapter

 The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce is authorized, in his discretion, to issue an order to stop the sale or distribution of any product found to be in violation of this chapter. Any order to stop the sale of any product regulated under the provisions of this chapter may be appealed to the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County or the chancery court in the county where the violation occurred within thirty (30) days of receipt of such order.
MS Code § 79-22-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-29. Penalties

 Any person violating this chapter or any regulation of the department issued under this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation nor less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). In the case of a violation involving the marketing of non-cultured game fish, each fish is counted as a separate violation. When necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter, in addition to all other remedies in law or equity, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may petition the chancery court for an injunction to prevent any violation of the provisions of this chapter, or the continuance of any such violation, or to enforce compliance herewith. The chancery court is hereby vested with authority to enter jurisdiction on any such petition to determine the cause and to issue process as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as exempting any aquaculture facility from local, state or federal requirements applicable to such facilities.
MS Code § 79-22-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-31. Application to state educational institutions

 State educational institutions shall be subject to the above regulations but shall be exempt from fees.
MS Code § 79-22-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988|§ 79-22-33. Application to catfish farming industry

 This chapter shall not apply to the catfish farming industry and the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to regulate the growing, farming, harvesting, processing and sale of catfish or catfish products which are harvested from privately owned ponds and have been fed commercially prepared feed and have been subject to a quality check before harvesting and processing.
MS Code § 79-23-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 23 - Commercial and Proprietary Information|§ 79-23-1. Commercial and financial information exempt from provisions of public access; application of Trade Secrets Act

  Commercial and financial information of a proprietary nature required to be submitted to a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section 25-61-3, by a firm, business, partnership, association, corporation, individual or other like entity, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to deny access to such information submitted to a regulatory agency by a public utility that is related to the establishment of, or changes in, rates regulated by such agency.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny a public utility the right to protect trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information, as provided in subsection (1) of Section 25-61-9.   Trade secrets and confidential commercial and financial information of a proprietary nature developed by a college or university under contract with a firm, business, partnership, association, corporation, individual or other like entity shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.   Misappropriation of a trade secret shall be governed by the provisions of Mississippi Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Section 75-26-1 through 75-26-19.
MS Code § 79-25-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 25 - Mississippi Shareholder Protection Act|§ 79-25-1. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Shareholder Protection Act".
MS Code § 79-25-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 25 - Mississippi Shareholder Protection Act|§ 79-25-5. Voting requirements

 In addition to any vote otherwise required by law, by the certificate of incorporation of the corporation, or by the bylaws of the corporation, a business combination shall be approved by the affirmative vote of at least:   Eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast by outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation, voting together as a single class; and   Two-thirds (2/3) of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock other than voting stock held by the interested shareholder who is (or whose affiliate or associate is) a party to the business combination or an affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder, voting together as a single class.
MS Code § 79-25-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 25 - Mississippi Shareholder Protection Act|§ 79-25-9. Severability

 In the event that any portion or provision of the Mississippi Shareholder Protection Act (Sections 79-25-1 et seq.) is void, invalid, invalidated or otherwise found to be unenforceable for any reason, such portion or provision shall be deleted from the act and each and all of the remaining portions or provisions of the act shall remain effective, and the act shall be interpreted as if the void, invalid or unenforceable portion or provision never existed.
MS Code § 79-27-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 27 - Mississippi Control Share Act|§ 79-27-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Control Share Act."
MS Code § 79-27-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 27 - Mississippi Control Share Act|§ 79-27-3. Application of chapter; election to be subject to chapter

  This chapter applies to all issuing public corporations in existence on and after January 1, 1991.   A domestic corporation that is not an issuing public corporation but that has one hundred (100) or more shareholders of record and meets one (1) of the requirements set forth in Section 79-27-5(g)(i)(B), or an issuing public corporation to which this chapter does not apply, may elect to be subject to this chapter as an issuing public corporation by amending its articles of incorporation to provide that this chapter shall apply to the corporation as of a specified date and filing the amendment in the office of the Secretary of State on or before such date. Any corporation so electing shall be an "issuing public corporation" for purposes of this chapter.
MS Code § 79-27-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 27 - Mississippi Control Share Act|§ 79-27-7. Voting power of control shares

  Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation before either a control share acquisition occurs or a disclosure statement is delivered, control shares that are the subject of a control share acquisition have only such voting rights as are accorded under this section.   Subject to subsections (3) through (5) of this section, the voting power of control shares having voting power of one-fifth (/f1o5) or more of all voting power is reduced to zero unless the shareholders of the issuing public corporation approve a resolution pursuant to the procedure set forth in Section 79-27-9 according the shares the same voting rights as they had before they became control shares.   Except as provided in Section 79-27-9(6), the voting power of control shares representing voting power of less than one-fifth (1/5) of all voting power is not affected by this chapter.   If control shares of the acquiring person previously have been accorded (pursuant to the procedure set forth in Section 79-27-9) the same voting rights they had before they became control shares, or if such control shares were acquired in a transaction excluded from the definition of "control share acquisition," then only the voting power of control shares acquired in a subsequent control share acquisition by such acquiring person within a higher range of voting power shall be reduced to zero.   The voting rights of control shares are restored to those accorded such shares prior to the control share acquisition in any of the following circumstances: (a) if, by reason of subsequent issuance of shares or other transactions by the issuing public corporation, the voting power of those control shares is reduced to a range of voting power for which approval has been granted or is not required; or (b) upon transfer to a person other than an acquiring person; or (c) the expiration of three (3) years after the date of a vote of shareholders pursuant to Section 79-27-9 failing to approve the resolution according voting rights to those control shares.
MS Code § 79-27-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 27 - Mississippi Control Share Act|§ 79-27-11. Acquisition of control shares at time when corporation was not subject to chapter, or pursuant to contract entered into at time when corporation was not subject to chapter

  This section applies to all transactions that, but for Section 79-27-5(e)(iii)(A) and (B), would be control share acquisitions in which:   The acquiring person is or includes an affiliate of the issuing public corporation;   The corporation has, by a provision in its articles of incorporation adopted within the prior twelve (12) months, elected not to be subject to this chapter; and   The acquiring person has acquired a majority or more of all voting power.     Within thirty (30) days after a control share acquisition subject to subsection (1) of this section, the acquiring person must make a written offer to purchase the shares of each remaining shareholder at a price at least equal to the highest price at which the control shares were acquired by the acquiring person within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the offer.   Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude the simultaneous application of this section and the Mississippi Shareholder Protection Act, Section 79-25-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 79-33-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 33 - Corporate Successor Asbestos-Related Liability in Connection with Mergers or Consolidations|§ 79-33-1. Definitions

 The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "Asbestos claim" means any claim, wherever or whenever made, for damages, losses, indemnification, contribution, or other relief arising out of, based on, or in any way related to asbestos, including:   Property damage caused by the installation, presence or removal of asbestos;   The health effects of exposure to asbestos, including any claim for:   1. Personal injury or death;   2. Mental or emotional injury;   3. Risk of disease or other injury; or   4. The costs of medical monitoring or surveillance; and   Any claim made by or on behalf of any person exposed to asbestos, or a representative, spouse, parent, child or other relative of the person.   "Corporation" means a corporation for profit, including:   A domestic corporation organized under the laws of this state; or   A foreign corporation organized under laws other than the laws of this state.   "Successor asbestos-related liabilities" means any liabilities, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due, that are related in any way to asbestos claims that were assumed or incurred by a corporation as a result of or in connection with a merger or consolidation, or the plan of merger or consolidation related to the merger or consolidation, with or into another corporation or that are related in any way to asbestos claims based on the exercise of control or the ownership of stock of the corporation before the merger or consolidation. The term includes liabilities that, after the time of the merger or consolidation for which the fair market value of total gross assets is determined under Section 79-33-7, were or are paid or otherwise discharged, or committed to be paid or otherwise discharged, by or on behalf of the corporation, or by a successor of the corporation, or by or on behalf of a transferor, in connection with settlements, judgments, or other discharges in this state or another jurisdiction.   "Successor" means a corporation that assumes or incurs, or has assumed or incurred, successor asbestos-related liabilities.   "Transferor" means a corporation from which successor asbestos-related liabilities are or were assumed or incurred.
MS Code § 79-33-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 33 - Corporate Successor Asbestos-Related Liability in Connection with Mergers or Consolidations|§ 79-33-3. Applicability

  The limitations in Section 79-33-5 shall apply to the following:   A domestic corporation or a foreign corporation that has had a certificate of authority to transact business in this state and who is or has done business in this state that is a successor which became a successor prior to May 13, 1968, or which is any of that successor corporation's successors but in the latter case only to the extent of the limitations of liability applied under Section 79-33-5(2);   All asbestos claims, including asbestos claims that are pending on April 20, 2004, and all litigation involving asbestos claims, including litigation that is pending on April 20, 2004;   Successors of a corporation to which this chapter applies.     The limitations in Section 79-33-5 shall not apply to:   Workers' compensation benefits paid by or on behalf of an employer to an employee under this state's workers' compensation act or a comparable workers' compensation law of another jurisdiction;   Any claim against a corporation that does not constitute a successor asbestos-related liability;   An insurance company, as that term is defined in Section 83-5-5; or   Any obligations under the National Labor Relations Act (29 USCS Section 151 et seq.), as amended, or under any collective bargaining agreement.
MS Code § 79-33-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 33 - Corporate Successor Asbestos-Related Liability in Connection with Mergers or Consolidations|§ 79-33-5. Liabilities limited to fair market value of total gross assets at time of merger or consolidation; liabilities assumed or incurred in connection with prior merger or consolidation

  Except as further limited in subsection (2) of this section, the cumulative successor asbestos-related liabilities of a corporation are limited to the fair market value of the total gross assets of the transferor determined as of the time of the merger or consolidation. The corporation does not have any responsibility for successor asbestos-related liabilities in excess of this limitation.   If the transferor had assumed or incurred successor asbestos-related liabilities in connection with a prior merger or consolidation with a prior transferor, then the fair market value of the total assets of the prior transferor, determined as of the time of such earlier merger or consolidation, shall be substituted for the limitation set forth in subsection (1) of this section, for purposes of determining the limitation of liability of a corporation.
MS Code § 79-33-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 33 - Corporate Successor Asbestos-Related Liability in Connection with Mergers or Consolidations|§ 79-33-7. Establishment of fair market value of total gross assets

  A corporation may establish the fair market value of total gross assets for the purpose of the limitations under Section 79-33-5 through any method reasonable under the circumstances, including:   By reference to the going concern value of the assets or to the purchase price attributable to or paid for the assets in an arm's-length transaction; or   In the absence of other readily available information from which fair market value can be determined, by reference to the value of the assets recorded on a balance sheet. A showing by the successor of a reasonable determination of fair market value of total assets if prima facie evidence of the fair market value of those assets.     Total gross assets include intangible assets.   Total gross assets include the aggregate coverage under any applicable liability insurance that was issued to the transferor whose assets are being valued for purposes of this title and which insurance has been collected or is collectable to cover successor asbestos-related liabilities (except compensation for liabilities arising from workers' exposure to asbestos solely during the course of their employment by the transferor). A settlement of a dispute concerning such insurance coverage entered into by a transferor or successor with the insurers of the transferor before April 20, 2004, shall be determinative of the aggregate coverage of such liability insurance to be included in the calculation of the transferor's total gross assets.   After a successor has established a reasonable determination of the fair market value of total assets under this title, a claimant that disputes that determination of the fair market value has the burden of establishing a different fair market value of those assets.
MS Code § 79-33-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 33 - Corporate Successor Asbestos-Related Liability in Connection with Mergers or Consolidations|§ 79-33-9. Adjustments to fair market value of total gross assets

  Except as provided in subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section, the fair market value of total gross assets at the time of a merger or consolidation increases annually at a rate equal to the sum of:   The prime rate as listed in the first edition of the Wall Street Journal published for each calendar year since the merger or consolidation, unless the prime rate is not published in that edition of the Wall Street Journal, in which case any reasonable determination of the prime rate on the first business day of the year may be used; and   One percent (1%).     The rate in subsection (1) of this section is not compounded.   The adjustment of fair market value of total gross assets continues as provided under subsection (1) of this section until the date the adjusted value is exceeded by the cumulative amounts of successor asbestos-related liabilities paid or committed to be paid by or on behalf of the corporation or a predecessor, or by or on behalf of a transferor, after the time of the merger or consolidation for which the fair market value of total gross assets is determined.   No adjustment of the fair market value of total gross assets shall be applied to any liability insurance otherwise included in the definition of the total gross assets by Section 79-33-7(3).
MS Code § 79-33-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 33 - Corporate Successor Asbestos-Related Liability in Connection with Mergers or Consolidations|§ 79-33-11. Choice of law

 The courts in this state shall apply, to the fullest extent permissible under the United States Constitution, this state's substantive law, including the limitation under this chapter, to the issue of successor asbestos-related liabilities.
MS Code § 79-35-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 35 - The Mississippi Registered Agents Act|§ 79-35-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mississippi Registered Agents Act.