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MS Code § 37-101-307 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-307. Manner of payment of principal and interest on bonds

 The principal of and interest on such bonds shall be payable in the manner hereinafter set forth. Such bonds shall bear such date or dates, be in such denomination or denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates, be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature absolutely at such time or times, be redeemable prior to maturity at such time or times and upon such terms, with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges, and shall be substantially in such form, all as shall be determined by resolution of the State Bond Commission.
MS Code § 37-101-309 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-309. Execution of bonds

 Such bonds shall be signed by the Chairman of the State Bond Commission, or by his facsimile signature, and the official seal of the State Bond Commission shall be affixed thereto, attested by the Secretary of the State Bond Commission. The interest coupons, if any, to be attached to such bonds may be executed by the facsimile signatures of such officers. Whenever any such bonds shall have been signed by the officials herein designated to sign the bonds, who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers prior to the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds and coupons shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until the delivery of the same to the purchaser, or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear. Provided, however, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, such bonds may be issued as provided in the Registered Bond Act of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 37-101-311 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-311. Negotiability of bonds and coupons; tax exemption

 All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331 shall be and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code and in exercising the powers granted by Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331, the State Bond Commission shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code. Such bonds and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 37-101-313 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-313. Powers and duties of State Bond Commission; sale of bonds; interest rates

 The State Bond Commission shall act as the issuing agent for such bonds, prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids, issue and sell the bonds so authorized to be sold, pay all fees and costs incurred in such issuance and sale, and do any and all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds. The State Bond Commission shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at public sale and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. All bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding the limits set forth in Section 75-17-101, Mississippi Code of 1972. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually; provided that the first interest payment may be for any period of not more than one (1) year.   Each interest rate specified in any bid must be in a multiple of one-eighth of one percent (1/8 of 1%) or one-tenth of one percent (1/10 of 1%) and a zero rate of interest cannot be named.   Notice of the sale of any such bond shall be published at least one (1) time, the first of which shall be made not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals with a national circulation, to be selected by the State Bond Commission.   The State Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331, may provide that bonds, at the option of the State of Mississippi, may be called in for payment and redemption in reverse order of maturity at the call price named therein and accrued interest on such date or dates named therein.
MS Code § 37-101-315 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-315. Liability of state on bonds

 The bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331 shall be general obligations of the State of Mississippi, and for the payment thereof the full faith and credit of the State of Mississippi are hereby irrevocably pledged. If the funds appropriated by the Legislature be insufficient to pay the principal of and the interest on such bonds as they become due, then the deficiency shall be paid by the State Treasurer from any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated. All such bonds shall contain recitals on their faces substantially covering the foregoing provisions of this section.
MS Code § 37-101-317 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-317. Warrants for payment of principal and interest

 The State Treasurer is hereby authorized, without further process of law, to certify to the Fiscal Management Board the necessity for warrants, and the board is hereby authorized and directed to issue such warrants payable out of any funds authorized by Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331 for such purpose, in such amounts as may be necessary to pay when due the principal of and interest on all bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331; and the State Treasurer shall forward the necessary amount to the designated place or places of payment of such bonds in ample time to discharge such bonds, or the interest thereon, on the due dates thereof.
MS Code § 37-101-319 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-319. Proceedings and conditions for issuance of bonds; resolutions providing for issuance of bonds

 Such general obligation bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331. Any resolution providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds under the provisions of Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331 shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the State Bond Commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of the State Bond Commission by a majority of its members.
MS Code § 37-101-321 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-321. Validation of bonds

 The bonds authorized under the authority of Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331 may be validated in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, in the manner and with the force and effect provided now or hereafter by Chapter 13, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the validation of county, municipal, school district and other bonds. The notice to taxpayers required by the aforesaid statute shall be published in a newspaper published in the City of Jackson, Mississippi.
MS Code § 37-101-323 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-323. Higher Education Capital Improvement Fund

 The proceeds of the bonds authorized in Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331 shall be deposited in a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury to be known as the "Higher Education Capital Improvement Fund." The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the purposes herein provided, including the costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds. The costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds shall be disbursed by warrant upon requisition of the State Bond Commission, signed by the Governor. The expenditure of the remaining money shall be under the direction of the Office of General Services, and such funds shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the Fiscal Management Board, which warrants shall be issued upon requisitions signed by the Executive Director of the Office of General Services.
MS Code § 37-101-325 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-325. Protection and enforcement of rights of holders of bonds and coupons

 Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331 or of any of the interest coupons pertaining thereto may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights granted hereunder, or under such resolution, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331 to be performed, in order to provide for the payment of bonds and interest thereon.
MS Code § 37-101-327 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-327. Bonds as legal investments and securities

 All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331 shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
MS Code § 37-101-329 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-329. Construction of provisions

 Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331 shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted, but Sections 37-101-301 through 37-101-331 shall not be deemed to repeal or to be in derogation of any existing law of this state.
MS Code § 37-101-331 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Issuance of General Obligation Bonds for Various Institutions of Higher Learning, the Education and Research Center, and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|§ 37-101-331. Report as to renovations and repairs at state community and junior colleges

 It is the express intent of the Legislature that the capital renovation and repair needs of state community and junior colleges be comprehensively addressed by appropriate legislation during the 1989 Regular Legislative Session; and, to that end, the Mississippi Community College Board is hereby directed to prepare a complete report detailing:   Repair and renovation needs;   The financing capabilities of each community and junior college district; and   The total millage levied in each community and junior college district for the support of the district, the amount of revenue generated in each district by the millage imposed, and an assessment of what capital renovation and repair needs can be financed under existing levying authority.   The board shall submit such report to the Legislature on or before January 3, 1989, in order that the Legislature be made fully cognizant of such needs and capabilities. The Governor's Office of General Services is directed to provide the fullest degree of reasonable cooperation to the Mississippi Community College Board in the preparation of this report.
MS Code § 37-101-351 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Executive Institute|§ 37-101-351. Authority to establish executive institute; purpose

 The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning is hereby authorized to establish an executive institute which shall be responsible for providing advanced training and assessment for public sector executives, elected officials, state board and commission members, and officers and employees of local government entities of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 37-101-353 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Executive Institute|§ 37-101-353. Authority of board of trustees

 The board is authorized to take any and all necessary and proper action for the implementation of Sections 37-101-351 through 37-101-357, including but not limited to (a) pursuing cooperative ventures with the John C. Stennis Institute of Government; and (b) pursuing cooperative ventures with the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development.
MS Code § 37-101-355 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Executive Institute|§ 37-101-355. Authorization for governmental agencies and entities to pay fees and tuition for personnel to attend institute

 State agencies, political subdivisions and local governmental entities of the State of Mississippi are authorized to pay from available funds reasonable fees and tuition for their executives, officials and employees to attend an authorized executive institute pursuant to Section 37-101-351.
MS Code § 37-101-357 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Executive Institute|§ 37-101-357. Report to Legislature

 The board shall submit to the Legislature and report no later than December 1, 1990, and December 1 of the next two (2) years thereafter outlining the status, structure and programs of the institute.
MS Code § 37-101-413 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Equipment Leasing and Purchase Program|§ 37-101-413. Equipment leasing and purchase program; actions by board of trustees

  As used in this section, the term "state institutions of higher learning" means those institutions identified in Section 37-101-1 and the University Research Center.   The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning may establish an equipment leasing and purchase program for the use of the state institutions of higher learning. In establishing and administering the program, the board may perform the following actions:   Adopt policies and procedures to implement the program;   Establish offices or subordinate units as may be necessary for the administration of the program;   Adopt rules and regulations pertaining to the program;   Acquire by purchase, lease or lease-purchase contract and retain or transfer ownership or possession of instructional and other equipment;   Contract for the leasing of such properties and for the financing of leases and purchases;   Enter into contracts with others to provide any services deemed necessary and advisable by the board;   Make purchases and enter into leases according to the requirements of the state public purchasing laws and the requirements of those laws establishing the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services;   Enter into lease financing agreements in connection with purchases made under the authority of this section;   Require the transfer of appropriations of general funds or self-generated funds from the state institutions to those funds that the board may determine are required in connection with any lease financing agreements;   Develop administrative methods for determining age, useful life, replacement value, current use, condition and other characteristics of instructional and research equipment at the state institutions and research facilities;   Determine obsolescence of the equipment and establish priorities for replacement or provision of the equipment or its transfer to another state institution that can continue to utilize it; and   Develop long-range plans for the orderly and systematic acquisition and utilization of the instructional and research equipment in order to eliminate waste and duplication, provide the maximum efficiency of use for expenditures, and achieve equitable allocations of equipment funds to the state institutions consistent with the roles of the institutions and disciplines served.     All institutions of higher learning desiring to purchase, lease or lease-purchase equipment involving an expenditure or expenditures of more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) must procure that equipment under the equipment leasing and purchase program unless funds for the procurement of the equipment under the program are unavailable or the equipment can be procured elsewhere at an overall cost lower than that for which the equipment can be procured under the program.
MS Code § 37-113-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-1. Name

 The name of the state institution of higher learning designated heretofore as Mississippi A & M College, and subsequently as Mississippi State College, is hereby changed to Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, and wherever the term Mississippi A & M College or Mississippi State College appears in the laws of the State of Mississippi, the same shall be construed to refer to the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.
MS Code § 37-113-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-3. Organization of the university

 The state institution of higher learning, as incorporated by an act of the legislature, approved February 28, 1878, by the name of the "Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi," and established in pursuance of that act, shall continue to exist as a body-politic and corporate, by the name of the "Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science," with all its property and the franchises, rights, powers, and privileges heretofore conferred on it by law, or properly incident to such a body and necessary to accomplish the purpose of its creation; said university may receive and hold all real and personal property conveyed to it for such purpose.
MS Code § 37-113-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-5. Appropriation for the support of the university

 The interest arising from the proceeds of the fund known as the "Agricultural Land Scrip Fund" is appropriated and devoted, to the extent of one-half of it, to the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, and may be drawn from the treasury, upon warrant of the auditor, to be issued upon the requisitions of the treasurer, from time to time, as such interest may accrue and be wanted for the use of the university.
MS Code § 37-113-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-6. University lands shall not be taxed

 The lands and property of Mississippi State University shall not be subject to state, county or municipal taxation. The buildings and improvements that are or may be erected on any land belonging to the university that has been or may be leased to private entities for the purpose of affording affordable board to the students attending the institution shall not be subject to taxation.
MS Code § 37-113-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-9. Apportionment of students

 The right belongs to each county to have a number of students admitted to the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science proportionate to its number of educable males compared with the whole number in the state.
MS Code § 37-113-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-11. Making and announcement of apportionment of students

 The apportionment of students to be admitted to the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science shall be made and announced by the president of the university annually, on or before the first day of July, and communicated to the superintendent of education of the counties. The total attendance at any session shall not exceed the entire allotment to the several counties for such session.