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MS Code § 45-6-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 6 - Law Enforcement Officers Training Program|§ 45-6-21. Motorcycle Officers Training Program Fund created; funding of expenses of Motorcycle Officers Training Program; deposit of user charges and fees authorized under this section into State General Fund

  There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Motorcycle Officers Training Program Fund, which shall be administered by the Office of the Attorney General. The purpose of the fund shall be to provide funding for the training of state and local law enforcement officers, including, but not limited to, motorcycle officers training. All courses provided under the Motorcycle Officers Training Program shall be administered and approved by the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Association. Monies in the fund shall be expended by the Attorney General, upon appropriation by the Legislature. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal-year limitations, and shall consist of:   Monies appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of funding the Motorcycle Officers Training Program;   The interest accruing to the fund;   Monies received under the provisions of Section 99-19-73;   Monies received from the federal government;   Donations; and   Monies received from such other sources as may be provided by law.     From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of the Motorcycle Officers Training Program shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law and as determined by the State Fiscal Officer.   From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
MS Code § 45-10-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 10 - Novelty Lighters|§ 45-10-1. Definition

 For purposes of this chapter, "novelty lighter" means a mechanical or electrical device typically used for lighting cigarettes, cigars or pipes, grills, fireplaces, campfires or campfire stoves that is designed to resemble a cartoon character, toy, gun, watch, musical instrument, vehicle, animal, food or beverage, or similar articles, or that plays musical notes, or has flashing lights for entertainment or has other entertaining features.A novelty lighter may operate on any fuel, including butane, isobutane or liquid fuel. "Novelty lighter" does not include:   A lighter manufactured prior to January 1, 1980;   A lighter incapable of being fueled or lacking a device necessary to produce combustion or a flame;   Standard disposable and refillable lighters that are printed or decorated with logos, labels, decals or artwork, or heat shrinkable sleeves.
MS Code § 45-10-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 10 - Novelty Lighters|§ 45-10-3. Prohibition; penalty

 A person may not sell at retail, offer for retail sale or distribute for retail sale or promotion in this state a novelty lighter.A person who violates this section commits a civil violation for which a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) may be imposed.
MS Code § 45-10-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 10 - Novelty Lighters|§ 45-10-5. Exception

 The prohibition specified in Section 45-10-3 does not apply to the transportation of novelty lighters through this state or the storage of novelty lighters in a warehouse or distribution center in this state that is closed to the public for purposes of retail sales.
MS Code § 45-10-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 10 - Novelty Lighters|§ 45-10-7. Enforcement

 This section may be enforced by the State Fire Marshal's office; a state, county or municipal law enforcement officer; or a municipal code enforcement officer.
MS Code § 45-12-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act [For contingent repeal of this chapter, see § 45-12-21]|§ 45-12-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act."
MS Code § 45-12-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act [For contingent repeal of this chapter, see § 45-12-21]|§ 45-12-3. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   "Agent" means any person authorized by the commissioner to purchase and affix stamps on packages of cigarettes.   "Commissioner" means the Chairman of the State Tax Commission of the State of Mississippi, and his authorized agents and employees.   "State Fire Marshal" means the Commissioner of Insurance and State Fire Marshal of the State of Mississippi, and his authorized agents and employees.   "Cigarette" means:   Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco; or   Any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco which, because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette as described in subparagraph (i) above.   "Manufacturer" means:   Any entity which manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere that such manufacturer intends to be sold in this state, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer; or   Any entity that becomes a successor of an entity described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.   "Quality control and quality assurance program" means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing. Such a program ensures that the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in subsection (1)(f) of Section 45-12-5 for all test trials used to certify cigarettes in accordance with this chapter.   "Repeatability" means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall ninety-five percent (95%) of the time.   "Retail dealer" means any person, other than a manufacturer or wholesale dealer, engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products.   "Sale" means any transfer of title or possession or both, exchange or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means whatever or any agreement therefor. In addition to cash and credit sales, the giving of cigarettes as samples, prizes or gifts, and the exchanging of cigarettes for any consideration other than money, are considered sales.   "Sell" means to sell, or to offer or agree to do the same.   "Wholesale dealer" means any person, other than a manufacturer, who sells cigarettes or tobacco products to retail dealers or other persons for purposes of resale, and any person who owns, operates or maintains one or more cigarette or tobacco product vending machines in, at or upon premises owned or occupied by any other person.
MS Code § 45-12-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act [For contingent repeal of this chapter, see § 45-12-21]|§ 45-12-7. Certification and product change

  Each manufacturer shall submit to the State Fire Marshal a written certification attesting that:   Each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested in accordance with Section 45-12-5; and   Each cigarette listed in the certification meets the performance standard set forth in Section 45-12-5.     Each cigarette listed in the certification shall be described with the following information:   Brand, or trade name on the package;   Style, such as light or ultra light;   Length in millimeters;   Circumference in millimeters;   Flavor, such as menthol or chocolate, if applicable;   Filter or nonfilter;   Package description, such as soft pack or box;   Marking pursuant to Section 45-12-9;   The name, address and telephone number of the laboratory, if different than the manufacturer that conducted the test; and   The date that the testing occurred.     The State Fire Marshal shall make certifications available to the Attorney General for purposes consistent with this chapter and the commissioner for the purposes of ensuring compliance with this section.   Each cigarette certified under this section shall be recertified every three (3) years.   For each brand family of cigarettes listed for certification, a manufacturer shall pay a fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to the State Fire Marshal. The fee paid shall apply to all cigarettes within the brand family certified and shall include any new cigarette certified within the brand family during the three-year certification period.   If a manufacturer has certified a cigarette pursuant to this section, and thereafter makes any change to such cigarette that is likely to alter its compliance with the reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards required by this section, that cigarette shall not be sold or offered for sale in this state until the manufacturer retests the cigarette in accordance with the testing standards set forth in Section 45-12-5 and maintains records of that retesting as required by Section 45-12-5. Any altered cigarette which does not meet the performance standard set forth in Section 45-12-5 may not be sold in this state.
MS Code § 45-12-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act [For contingent repeal of this chapter, see § 45-12-21]|§ 45-12-9. Marking of cigarette packaging

  Cigarettes that are certified by a manufacturer in accordance with Section 45-12-7 shall be marked to indicate compliance with the requirements of Section 45-12-5. The marking shall be in eight-point type or larger and consist of the letters "FSC," which signifies Fire Standard Compliant, permanently printed, stamped, engraved or embossed on the package at or near the UPC Code.   A manufacturer shall use only one (1) marking, and shall apply this marking uniformly for all packages, including, but not limited to, packs, cartons, and cases, and brands marketed by that manufacturer.   Manufacturers certifying cigarettes in accordance with Section 45-12-7 shall provide a copy of the certifications to all wholesale dealers and agents to which they sell cigarettes. Wholesale dealers, agents and retail dealers shall permit the State Fire Marshal, the commissioner, the Attorney General and their employees to inspect markings of cigarette packaging marked in accordance with this section.
MS Code § 45-12-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act [For contingent repeal of this chapter, see § 45-12-21]|§ 45-12-13. Implementation

  The State Fire Marshal may promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to Section 25-43-1 et seq., necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.   The commissioner in the regular course of conducting inspections of wholesale dealers, agents and retail dealers, as authorized under Section 27-69-1 et seq., may inspect such cigarettes to determine if the cigarettes are marked as required by Section 45-12-9. If the cigarettes are not marked as required, the commissioner shall notify the State Fire Marshal.
MS Code § 45-12-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act [For contingent repeal of this chapter, see § 45-12-21]|§ 45-12-15. Inspection

 To enforce the provisions of this chapter, the Attorney General, the commissioner and the State Fire Marshal, their duly authorized representatives and other law enforcement personnel, are hereby authorized to examine the books, papers, invoices and other records of any person in possession, control or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, stored, sold or offered for sale, as well as the stock of cigarettes on the premises. Every person in the possession, control or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, sold or offered for sale, is hereby directed and required to give the Attorney General, the commissioner and the State Fire Marshal, their duly authorized representatives and other law enforcement personnel, the means, facilities and opportunity for the examinations authorized by this section.
MS Code § 45-12-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act [For contingent repeal of this chapter, see § 45-12-21]|§ 45-12-17. Cigarette Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Fund

 There is hereby established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Cigarette Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Fund." The fund shall consist of all certification fees paid under Section 45-12-7 and all monies recovered as penalties under Section 45-12-11. The monies shall be deposited to the credit of the fund and shall, in addition to any other monies made available for such purpose, be used by the State Fire Marshal to defray costs incurred by the State Fire Marshal in fulfilling his duties under this chapter, and to support fire safety and prevention programs.
MS Code § 45-12-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act [For contingent repeal of this chapter, see § 45-12-21]|§ 45-12-19. Sale outside of Mississippi

 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person or entity from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of Section 45-12-5 if the cigarettes are, or will be, stamped for sale in another state or are packaged for sale outside the United States and that person or entity has taken reasonable steps to ensure that such cigarettes will not be sold or offered for sale to persons located in this state.
MS Code § 45-12-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act [For contingent repeal of this chapter, see § 45-12-21]|§ 45-12-21. Preemption

 This chapter shall be repealed if a federal reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard is adopted and becomes effective.
MS Code § 45-12-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act [For contingent repeal of this chapter, see § 45-12-21]|§ 45-12-23. Local regulation

 This chapter preempts any local law, ordinance or regulation that conflicts with any provision of this chapter or any policy of the state implemented in accordance with this chapter and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a governmental unit of this state may not enact or enforce an ordinance, local law or regulation conflicting with or preempted by this chapter.
MS Code § 45-15-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 15 - High Voltage Power Lines|§ 45-15-1. Definitions

 The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances, if any, where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:   "High voltage" means a voltage in excess of six hundred (600) volts between conductors or from any conductor to ground.   "Overhead lines" mean all bare or insulated electrical conductors installed above the ground.   "Person" means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation or governmental entity.   "Authorized person" means:   An employee or agent of an electric utility which generates, transmits or delivers electricity.   An employee or agent of a utility which provides and whose work relates to communication services or state, county or municipal agencies which have authorized circuit construction on or near the poles or structures of a utility.   An employee or agent of an industrial plant whose work relates to the electrical system of the industrial plant.   An employee or agent of a cable television or communication services company or an employee of a contractor of a cable television or communication services company if specifically authorized by the owner of the poles to make cable television or communication services attachments.   An employee or agent of a rail transportation company whose work relates to the electrical systems of the rail transportation company.   An employee or agent of a state, county or municipal electric utility or agency which has or whose work relates to overhead electrical lines, circuit construction or conductors on poles or structures of any type.   "Electric utility" means any person engaged in the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity.   "Warning sign" means a weather-resistant sign of not less than seven (7) inches by ten (10) inches reading as follows: "DANGER-UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE THIS EQUIPMENT NEARER THAN 10 FEET TO HIGH VOLTAGE OVERHEAD LINES."
MS Code § 45-15-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 15 - High Voltage Power Lines|§ 45-15-3. Activities performed in close proximity to high voltage overhead lines; precautions

 Unless the procedures have been followed as provided by Sections 45-15-9 and 45-15-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, to deter contact with high voltage overhead lines:   No person shall, individually or through an agent or employee, perform or require any other person to perform any function or activity upon any land, building, highway or other premises if at any time during the performance of that function or activity the person performing the function or activity could be reasonably expected to move or be placed within ten (10) feet of any high voltage overhead line or if any equipment or part of any tool or material used by the person could be reasonably expected to move or be placed within ten (10) feet of any high voltage overhead line during the performance of any function or activity.   No person shall, individually or through an agent or employee, operate or bring any mechanical equipment or hoisting equipment or any other equipment or part of any tool or material within ten (10) feet of any high voltage overhead line.   The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons lawfully occupying the land where the line is located and engaged in the regular and ordinary functions and activities of farming, ranching or other agricultural pursuits.
MS Code § 45-15-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 15 - High Voltage Power Lines|§ 45-15-5. Activities performed in close proximity to high voltage overhead lines; employees

 No person shall permit any employee to do any of the things prohibited in Section 45-15-3.
MS Code § 45-15-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 15 - High Voltage Power Lines|§ 45-15-7. Certain methods not to be employed in obtaining the required ten-foot clearance

 The ten-foot clearance required in Section 45-15-3 shall not be provided by movement of the high voltage overhead line through strain impressed, by attachments, or otherwise.
MS Code § 45-15-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 15 - High Voltage Power Lines|§ 45-15-11. Safety requirements and procedures required to operate crane, derrick, hoisting equipment, or similar apparatus which can be brought within ten feet of lines

 No person shall operate any crane, derrick, power shovel, drilling rig, pile driver, hoisting equipment, or similar apparatus, or any part thereof, which could be brought within ten (10) feet of any high voltage overhead line, unless:   There is posted and maintained a warning sign, as herein defined, clearly legible and placed as follows:   Within the equipment readily visible to the operator of such equipment when at the controls of such equipment; and   On the outside of the equipment in such number and location as to be readily visible to mechanics or other persons engaged in the work operations;   There is installed an insulated cage-type guard or protective device about the boom or arm of all equipment, except backhoes or dippers and, where the equipment includes a lifting hook device, all lifting lines are equipped with insulator links on the lift hook connection; and   A person is designated to observe clearance of the equipment from any nearby high voltage overhead lines and to give timely warning for all operations where it is difficult by visual means for the operator to determine and to maintain the required clearance.
MS Code § 45-15-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 15 - High Voltage Power Lines|§ 45-15-13. Violation of chapter; application of chapter

  Any person who knowingly violates this chapter may be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to be imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction against said person and such penalty shall be deposited in the General Fund.   There is hereby created a right of action on behalf of any electric utility which is required to pay any sum for injury or death of any person resulting from contact with a high voltage overhead line against any person whose negligence is a proximate contributing cause of such injury or death for that portion of any non-agreed judgment for damages rendered against and paid by the electric utility and attributable to the negligence of such person, however, the electric utility may not recover any portion of such sum which is attributable to its own negligence. The right of action created hereby shall not be available against persons who comply with the provisions of this chapter, and violations of this chapter shall not be considered negligence per se but may be considered as evidence of negligence.   Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to alter, amend, restrict or limit the liability of persons as defined herein for violation of his duty under current law to use a high degree of care in the construction, maintenance and supply of electricity; nor shall any person be relieved from liability as a result of violations of standards under existing law regarding the construction, maintenance and supply of electricity, where such failure to use a high degree of care or violations of existing standards are found to be a cause of damage to property, personal injury or death.   Other than an electric utility filing a claim under this chapter, nothing contained herein shall be construed to alter, amend or expand in any way the provisions of Section 71-3-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, as to an employee, his legal representative, husband or wife, parents, dependents, next of kin or anyone otherwise entitled to recover damages at common law or otherwise from such employer on account of such injury or death.   Nothing contained herein shall be considered as a waiver of immunity in whole or in part as to any governmental entity or construed to alter, amend, restrict or limit in any way the protections provided in Sections 11-46-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.   The provisions contained in this chapter do not apply to construction, reconstruction, operation or maintenance by an authorized person of overhead electrical or communication circuits or conductors and their supporting structures or electrical generating, transmission or distribution systems or communication systems.