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MS Code § 37-145-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 145 - Mississippi Opportunity Loan Program Act|§ 37-145-55. Security for student loan revenue bonds

 The bonds may be secured by an indenture by and between the company and a corporate trustee which may be any bank or other corporation having the power of a trust company or any trust company within or without this state. Such indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the company in relation to the exercise of its powers.
MS Code § 37-145-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 145 - Mississippi Opportunity Loan Program Act|§ 37-145-57. Validity and sufficiency of signatures upon bonds

 In the event that any of the members or officers of the board of directors of the company shall cease to be members or officers of the board prior to the delivery of any bonds signed by them, their signatures or facsimiles thereof shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such members or officers had remained in office until such delivery.
MS Code § 37-145-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 145 - Mississippi Opportunity Loan Program Act|§ 37-145-59. Funds and accounts to carry out provisions relating to student loan revenue bonds

 The company may create and establish such funds and accounts as may be necessary or desirable for its purposes pursuant to Sections 37-145-43 through 37-145-73.
MS Code § 37-145-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 145 - Mississippi Opportunity Loan Program Act|§ 37-145-61. Issuer authorized to contract with bondholders; trusts and security for payment of bonds

 The company shall have the power to contract with the holders of any of its bonds as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and payment of any money of the company, and of any money held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds, and to carry out such contract. Money held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds and deposits of money may be secured in the same manner as money of the company, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give security for the deposits.
MS Code § 37-145-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 145 - Mississippi Opportunity Loan Program Act|§ 37-145-63. Subsequent amendments not to limit vested rights of bondholders

 Subsequent amendments to Sections 37-145-43 through 37-145-73 shall not limit the rights vested in the company with respect to any agreements made with, or remedies available to, the holders of bonds issued under Sections 37-145-43 through 37-145-73 prior to the enactment of the amendments until the bonds, together with all interest thereon, and all costs and expenses in connection with any proceeding by or on behalf of the holders, are fully met and discharged.
MS Code § 37-145-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 145 - Mississippi Opportunity Loan Program Act|§ 37-145-65. Payment of expenses of company issuing bonds; no state or public liability or indebtedness

 All expenses incurred by the company in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be payable from funds in the Mississippi Opportunity Loan Fund, and nothing in Sections 37-145-43 through 37-145-73 shall be construed to authorize the company to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any other political subdivision thereof.
MS Code § 37-145-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 145 - Mississippi Opportunity Loan Program Act|§ 37-145-67. Public function; student loan revenue bond income tax exempt

 The company is hereby declared to be performing a public function and to be a public body corporate and a political subdivision of the state. Accordingly, the income, including any profit made on the sale thereof from all bonds issued by the company pursuant to Sections 37-145-43 through 37-145-73, shall at all times be exempt from all taxation by the state or any public subdivision thereof. If, after all indebtedness and other obligations of the company are discharged the company is dissolved, its remaining assets shall inure to the benefit of the state.
MS Code § 37-145-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 145 - Mississippi Opportunity Loan Program Act|§ 37-145-69. Student loan revenue bonds legal investments and securities

 The bonds issued by and under the authority of Sections 37-145-43 through 37-145-73 by the company are declared to be legal investments in which all public officers or public bodies of the state, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on insurance business, all banks, bankers, banking associations, trust companies, savings associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons who are now or may later be authorized to invest in bonds or in other obligations of the state, may invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with and received by all public officers and bodies of the state or any agency or political subdivision of the state and all municipalities and public corporations for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may be later authorized by law.
MS Code § 37-145-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 145 - Mississippi Opportunity Loan Program Act|§ 37-145-71. Borrowing funds to support guaranty student loan function; limit on obligation; debt solely that of board of trustees

 The board of trustees is authorized to borrow funds from public or private sources under such provisions pertaining to rates of interest, repayment schedules, collateral and other requirements as may be approved by the board of trustees for the support of the guaranty student loan function of the board. The obligations so incurred by the board of trustees shall be limited to the amount of indebtedness as may be supported by revenues available from the board's guaranty student loan function and such obligations shall not constitute a debt, liability or general obligation of the state or any political subdivision thereof (other than the board of trustees), or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or any political subdivision thereof (other than the board of trustees), but shall be payable solely as provided by the board of trustees.
MS Code § 37-145-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 145 - Mississippi Opportunity Loan Program Act|§ 37-145-73. Guarantee reserve funds

 In addition to any other funds it may establish, the board of trustees may, by resolution, establish one or more special funds pursuant to this section, referred to herein as "guarantee reserve funds," and may pay into such reserve funds:   Any moneys appropriated and made available by the state for the purposes of such guarantee reserve fund;   Any proceeds from the sale of notes or bonds to the extent provided in the resolutions of the board of trustees authorizing the issuance thereof;   Any moneys which may be made available to the board of trustees from any other sources for the purposes of such guarantee reserve fund; and   Any income or interest earned by, or increment to, any reserve fund due to investment shall be deposited in the reserve fund.   The board of trustees may by resolution provide for the establishment of a guarantee reserve fund requirement for any guarantee reserve fund established pursuant to this section.   The board of trustees shall, on or before January 1 of each year, make and deliver to the Governor of the state a certificate stating the sum, if any, required to restore the guarantee reserve fund to the fund requirement. The Governor shall transmit to the State Legislature a request for the amount, if any, required to restore the guarantee reserve fund to the required funding level. The State Legislature may, but shall not be required to, make any such appropriations so requested. All sums appropriated by the State Legislature for such restoration and paid shall be deposited by the board of trustees in the guarantee reserve fund.   Any moneys appropriated by the State Legislature for the purposes of the guarantee reserve fund established pursuant to this section shall not revert to the General Fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year.
MS Code § 37-146-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 146 - Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program|§ 37-146-1. Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program established

 There is established the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program for the purpose of identifying and recruiting qualified university and college students from rural areas of the state for dental school matriculation. The program shall consist of three (3) distinct phases through which participants will progress, including:   Undergraduate pre-dental education;   Dental school and residency; and   Initial entry into dental practice in a rural or underserved area of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 37-146-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 146 - Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program|§ 37-146-5. Powers and duties of commission

 The Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Commission shall have the following powers and duties:   Developing the administrative policy for the commission and the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program;   Promulgating rules and regulations, with the advice and consent of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, pertaining to the implementation and operation of the Rural Dentists Scholarship Program;   Developing and implementing strategies and activities for the identification and recruitment of students and for marketing the program and for the implementation of the program. In developing these strategies, the board shall seek the input of various organizations and entities.   Establishing a budget, with the advice and consent of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, to support the activities of the program and periodically reviewing and if appropriate, revising, the scholarship and other stipends offered through the program;   Advising the University of Mississippi Medical Center regarding hiring appropriate staff necessary to work in conjunction with the Executive Director of the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program.   Reviewing participants' progress in the program and mentoring students and dentists participating in the program;   The commission shall have the authority through use of generally applicable definitions, to designate an area of the state as underserved or rural. The method by which these designations shall be made shall be contained in rules and regulations promulgated by the commission.
MS Code § 37-146-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 146 - Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program|§ 37-146-7. Identification and recruitment of undergraduate participants; designation of underserved or rural area; applicant qualifications; maximum number of new admissions per year

  The commission shall develop and implement policies and procedures designed to recruit, identify and enroll undergraduate students who demonstrate necessary interest, commitment, aptitude and academic achievement to pursue careers as dentists in rural or dentally underserved areas of Mississippi, and to develop and implement the programs designed to foster successful entry of participants into dental school, completion of dental school, and establishment and maintenance of a career in dentistry in a rural or underserved area of Mississippi.   The commission shall have the authority through use of generally applicable definitions, to designate an area of the state as underserved or rural.   The commission, in conjunction with the University of Mississippi Medical Center, shall have the authority to provide students selected for scholarship funding with faculty mentors and other programs designed to enhance the students' likelihood of admission to the dental school. The commission and the University of Mississippi Medical Center will develop coursework that will help provide scholarship students with the skills necessary for sustained and successful dental practice in rural Mississippi.   Each applicant for admission to the program must submit an application to the commission that conforms to requirements established by the commission.   In selecting participants for the program, the board may only accept an applicant if his or her academic record and other characteristics, if given consideration by the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry Admissions Committee, would be considered credible and competitive.   An applicant for the program may be admitted only upon a majority vote of the members of the commission.   Up to three (3) students will be admitted to the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program each year.
MS Code § 37-146-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 146 - Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program|§ 37-146-9. Participants to adhere to program policies and practices to remain in program; forgiveness or repayment of financial assistance under certain circumstances

  Participants must adhere to the policies and practices as stipulated by the commission to continue in the program.   Students in the program may receive tuition or other financial support that may be provided by the commission. If a student in the program is admitted to and completes dental school, any tuition or other educational and living support provided to the student by the commission will be forgiven. However, if the student is not successful in being accepted into dental school within three (3) years of entry into the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program, or if the student otherwise breaches his or her agreement with the commission, all financial assistance provided to the student must be repaid according to policies adopted by the board.
MS Code § 37-146-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 146 - Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program|§ 37-146-11. Participants may apply to any accredited dental school in Mississippi; early admissions process for students applying to University of Mississippi School of Dentistry

  Students in the program may apply to the Mississippi Dental School.   Students in the program seeking admission to the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry shall be eligible for the admissions process pursuant to criteria established by the School of Dentistry Admissions Committee which will include consideration of the attributes of participation in the program.   In carrying out the admissions process developed for the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program participants under this section, the goal is for the program to work with the School of Dentistry to enhance the capability of participants to successfully enter and complete dental school and enter practice in rural or underserved areas in Mississippi. To the extent feasible, the early admissions process should be completed before December 1 of the year preceding a student's admission to dental school.
MS Code § 37-146-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 146 - Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program|§ 37-146-13. Ongoing financial support for program participants who attend dental school; preference for ongoing support to University of Mississippi School of Dentistry students; students obligated for one year of practice for every year of financial assistance received

  Subject to the availability of funding, students in the program who successfully matriculate to dental school are eligible for ongoing financial support in accordance with policies and requirements of the commission and in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations. The number of students to be supported at the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry and at other schools will be established by policy prescribed by the commission.   Subject to the availability of funding, students enrolled at the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry may receive tuition support, funding to assist with the cost of books and a living stipend, as prescribed by policy of the commission and in accordance with applicable regulations. Preferences for ongoing funding must be given to those students admitted to the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry.   For each year that a student in dental school receives financial assistance, the student is obligated for one (1) year of practice as a dentist in a rural or underserved area in Mississippi. Breach of the agreement at any stage of training shall invoke the repayment of all financial assistance provided to the student through the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program along with other penalties that may be prescribed in policy by the commission.
MS Code § 37-146-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 146 - Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program|§ 37-146-15.

  Upon completion of dental school and/or a dental residency program approved by the commission, a participant in the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program must proceed to enter the full-time practice of dentistry in a rural or underserved area in Mississippi, as defined by the commission and consistent with generally acceptable designations. If an area experiences significant changes in its dental or general community which are not reflected by dental health professional shortage area (HPSA), the commission may receive testimony and, in its discretion, may qualify the area as a dentally underserved or rural area to allow the program participant to fulfill his or her practice obligation.   Upon entering the practice of dentistry, a participant in the program must serve in a dental health professional shortage area (HPSA) or rural area otherwise approved for practice under subsection (1) of this section for a number of years which corresponds to the number of years, not to exceed five (5), for which the participant received funding through the program. Any participant who fails to complete the period of practice for which he or she is obligated to provide services in a dental health professional shortage area (HPSA) or rural area in exchange for financial assistance received through the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program shall be liable for the repayment of all financial assistance provided to the participant through the program, along with other penalties that may be prescribed by the commission, an amount which shall be reduced on a pro rata basis for actual years of practice by the dentist in the area designated by the commission.
MS Code § 37-146-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 146 - Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program|§ 37-146-19. Initial practice entry support system for program participants

 The Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program, acting through the commission, shall make an effort to establish an initial practice entry support system for participants in the program.
MS Code § 37-146-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 146 - Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program|§ 37-146-21. Limitation of program and commission governing and administrative authority

 This chapter may not be construed as granting the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program or its governing commission any governing or administrative authority over any program administered by any college, university, dental school or residency program in this state or any other program established by state law.
MS Code § 37-147-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 147 - Mississippi University Research Authority Act|§ 37-147-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi University Research Authority Act."
MS Code § 37-147-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 147 - Mississippi University Research Authority Act|§ 37-147-3. Mississippi University Research Authority established; purpose

 There is hereby created and established the Mississippi University Research Authority to promote the public welfare and prosperity of the people of Mississippi and foster economic development within the state by forging links among the state's educational institutions, businesses and industrial communities and state government through the development of cooperative ventures of innovative technological significance which will advance education, research or economic development within the state.
MS Code § 37-147-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 147 - Mississippi University Research Authority Act|§ 37-147-5. Definitions

 The following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:   "Act" means the Mississippi University Research Authority Act;   "Authority" means the entity created pursuant to this act;   "Board" means the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning;   "Technological innovations" means research, development, prototype assembly, manufacture, patenting, licensing, marketing and sale of inventions, ideas, practices, applications, processes, machines, technology and related property rights of all kinds; and   "University" means a Mississippi educational institution established pursuant to the provisions of Section 213A of the 1890 Constitution of the State of Mississippi.   "Intellectual property" means any formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique or process created primarily as a result of the research effort of an employee or employees of an institution of higher learning of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 37-147-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 147 - Mississippi University Research Authority Act|§ 37-147-7. Composition of Authority

 The authority shall be composed of the following members: five members appointed by the Board from among the chief research officers of the eight institutions of higher learning, to serve at the will and pleasure of the board; the vice-president of the board during the term of his office; the Director of the Department of Economic and Community Development, or his designee; the President of the Mississippi Resource Development Corporation, a non-profit corporation organized and operating under the laws of the State of Mississippi; and the Commissioner of Higher Education as an ex-officio, non-voting member.
MS Code § 37-147-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 147 - Mississippi University Research Authority Act|§ 37-147-9. Executive director of authority

 The authority shall select an executive director who shall be the administrative officer of the authority and shall perform such duties as are required of him by law and such other duties as may be assigned by the authority. The executive director shall possess such qualifications as may be established by the authority. He shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the authority.   The executive director, with the approval of the authority, shall employ such technical, professional and clerical help as may be authorized by the authority; and the authority, upon recommendation of the executive director, shall define the duties and fix the compensation of such employees.