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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 71 - MISSISSIPPI SECURITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 75-71-1 — 75-71-703) › Article 6 - ADMINISTRATION AND JUDICIAL REVIEW (§§ 75-71-601 — 75-71-613) › Section 75-71-609 - Judicial review

(a)
Petition for judicial review of order; venue; scope of review.
Any person aggrieved by a final order of the administrator may obtain a review of the order in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, by filing in court, within sixty (60) days after the entry of the order, a written petition praying that the order be modified or set aside in whole or in part. A copy of the petition shall be forthwith served upon the administrator and thereupon the administrator shall certify and file in court a copy of the filing and evidence upon which the order was entered. When these have been filed, the court has exclusive jurisdiction to affirm, modify, enforce or set aside the order, in whole or in part. The findings of the administrator as to the facts, if supported by competent material and substantial evidence, are conclusive.
(b)
Adduction of additional evidence.
If either party applies to the court for leave to adduce additional material evidence, and shows to the satisfaction of the court that there were reasonable grounds for failure to adduce the evidence in the hearing before the administrator, the court may order the additional evidence to be taken before the administrator and to be adduced upon the hearing in such manner and upon such conditions as the court considers proper. The administrator may modify his findings and order by reason of the additional evidence and shall file in court the additional evidence together with any modified or new findings or order.
(c)
Stay of administrative order under review.
The commencement of proceedings under subsection (a) does not, unless specifically ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the administrator's order.
Laws, 2009, ch. 528, § 1, eff. 1/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 71 - MISSISSIPPI SECURITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 75-71-1 — 75-71-703) › Article 6 - ADMINISTRATION AND JUDICIAL REVIEW (§§ 75-71-601 — 75-71-613) › Section 75-71-611 - Service of process

(a)
Signed consent to service of process.
A consent to service of process complying with this section required by this chapter must be signed and filed in the form required by a rule or order under this chapter. A consent appointing the administrator the person's agent for service of process in a noncriminal action or proceeding against the person, or the person's successor or personal representative under this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter after the consent is filed, has the same force and validity as if the service were made personally on the person filing the consent. A person that has filed a consent complying with this subsection in connection with a previous application for registration or notice filing need not file an additional consent.
(b)
Conduct constituting appointment of agent for service.
If a person, including a nonresident of this state, engages in an act, practice, or course of business prohibited or made actionable by this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter and the person has not filed a consent to service of process under subsection (a), the act, practice, or course of business constitutes the appointment of the administrator as the person's agent for service of process in a noncriminal action or proceeding against the person or the person's successor or personal representative.
(c)
Procedure for service of process.
Service under subsection (a) or (b) may be made by providing a copy of the process to the office of the administrator, but it is not effective unless:
(1)
The plaintiff, which may be the administrator, promptly sends notice of the service and a copy of the process, return receipt requested, to the defendant or respondent at the address set forth in the consent to service of process or, if a consent to service of process has not been filed, at the last known address, or takes other reasonable steps to give notice; and
(2)
The plaintiff files an affidavit of compliance with this subsection (c) in the action or proceeding on or before the return day of the process, if any, or within the time that the court, or the administrator in a proceeding before the administrator, allows.
(d)
Service in administrative proceedings or civil actions by administrator.
Service pursuant to subsection (c) may be used in a proceeding before the administrator or by the administrator in a civil action in which the administrator is the moving party.
(e)
Opportunity to defend.
If process is served under subsection (c), the court, or the administrator in a proceeding before the administrator, shall order continuances as are necessary or appropriate to afford the defendant or respondent reasonable opportunity to defend.
Laws, 2009, ch. 528, § 1, eff. 1/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 71 - MISSISSIPPI SECURITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 75-71-1 — 75-71-703) › Article 6 - ADMINISTRATION AND JUDICIAL REVIEW (§§ 75-71-601 — 75-71-613) › Section 75-71-612 - Severability clause

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
Laws, 2009, ch. 528, § 1, eff. 1/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 71 - MISSISSIPPI SECURITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 75-71-1 — 75-71-703) › Article 6 - ADMINISTRATION AND JUDICIAL REVIEW (§§ 75-71-601 — 75-71-613) › Section 75-71-613 - Amounts of civil and criminal penalties

(a)
Amount of civil disciplinary penalties imposed - registrants.
The amount of the civil penalty or fine described in Section
75-71-412(c)
is a maximum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for each violation.
(b)
Amount of criminal penalties under Section
75-71-508
.
The amount of the criminal penalty or fine described in Section
75-71-508
is not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for each violation.
(c)
Amount of civil penalty under Section
75-71-603
- civil enforcement.
The amount of the civil penalty described in Section
75-71-603(b)(2)(C)
is a maximum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for each violation, provided that an additional civil penalty may be imposed up to a maximum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) for violations of the chapter committed against elders or disabled persons.
(d)
Amount of civil penalty and further civil penalty under Section
75-71-604
- administrative enforcement.
(1)
The amount of the civil penalty described in Section
75-71-604(d)
is a maximum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for each violation, provided that an additional civil penalty may be imposed up to a maximum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) for violations of the chapter committed against elders or disabled persons.
(2)
The amount of the further civil penalty described in Section
75-71-604(g)
is a maximum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for each violation.
Laws, 2009, ch. 528, § 1, eff. 1/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 71 - MISSISSIPPI SECURITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 75-71-1 — 75-71-703) › Article 7 - TRANSITION (§§ 75-71-701 — 75-71-703) › Section 75-71-701 - Application of chapter to existing proceeding and existing rights and duties

(a)
Applicability of predecessor chapter to pending proceedings and existing rights.
The predecessor chapter exclusively governs all actions or proceedings that are pending on January 1, 2010, or may be instituted on the basis of conduct occurring before January 1, 2010, but a private civil action may not be maintained to enforce any liability under the predecessor chapter unless instituted within any period of limitation that applied when the cause of action accrued or within five (5) years after January 1, 2010, whichever is earlier. This time limitation shall not apply to a civil enforcement action or an administrative enforcement action instituted by the administrator under Section
75-71-603
or Section
75-71-604
.
(b)
Continued effectiveness under predecessor chapter.
All effective registrations under the predecessor chapter, all administrative orders relating to the registrations, rules, statements of policy, interpretative opinions, declaratory rulings, no-action determinations, and conditions imposed on the registrations under the predecessor chapter remain in effect while they would have remained in effect if this chapter had not been enacted. They are considered to have been filed, issued, or imposed under this chapter, but are exclusively governed by the predecessor chapter.
(c)
Applicability of predecessor chapter to offers or sales.
The predecessor chapter exclusively applies to an offer or sale made within one (1) year after January 1, 2010, pursuant to an offering made in good faith before January 1, 2010, on the basis of an exemption available under the predecessor chapter.
(d)
For the purposes of this chapter, "predecessor chapter" means Chapter 71 of Title 75, Mississippi Code of 1972, as it existed on December 31, 2009.
Laws, 2009, ch. 528, § 1, eff. 1/1/2010.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 349, SB 2423, 2, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 71 - MISSISSIPPI SECURITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 75-71-1 — 75-71-703) › Article 7 - TRANSITION (§§ 75-71-701 — 75-71-703) › Section 75-71-703 - through 75-71-735 - [Repealed]

§ 75-71-703 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 414, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-705 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 414, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-707 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 407, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-709 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 407, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-711 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 407, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-713 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 407, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-715 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 408; Laws, 1987, ch. 477, § 15; Laws, 1989, ch. 435, § 1; Laws, 1990, ch. 352, § 13, eff from and after passage (approved March 12, 1990).] § 75-71-717 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 410; Laws, 1987, ch. 477, § 16, eff from and after July 1, 1987.] § 75-71-719 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 410, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-721 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 410, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-723 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 410, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-725 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 410, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-727 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 410, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-729 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 410, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-731 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 410, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-733 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 409, eff from and after July 1, 1981.] § 75-71-735 [Laws, 1981, ch. 521, § 409, eff from and after July 1, 1981.]
Repealed by Laws, 2009, ch. 582, § 2, effective from and after1/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 72 - BUSINESS TAKEOVERS (§§ 75-72-1 — 75-72-121) › GENERAL PROVISIONS [Repealed] (§ 75-72-1) › Section 75-72-1 - through 75-72-23 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1980, ch. 418, § 12, eff. 7/1/1980.
Laws, 1977, ch. 339, §§ 1-12.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 72 - BUSINESS TAKEOVERS (§§ 75-72-1 — 75-72-121) › BUSINESS TENDER OFFER LAW OF 1980 (§§ 75-72-101 — 75-72-121) › Section 75-72-101 - Short title

Sections
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
may be cited as the "Mississippi Business Tender Offer Law of 1980."
Laws, 1980, ch. 418, § 1, eff. 7/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 72 - BUSINESS TAKEOVERS (§§ 75-72-1 — 75-72-121) › BUSINESS TENDER OFFER LAW OF 1980 (§§ 75-72-101 — 75-72-121) › Section 75-72-104 - Transactions exempted from registration requirements

The following transactions are exempted from the registration requirements of this chapter.
(a)
Any offer made by an issuer to purchase its own equity securities or the equity securities of a subsidiary at least two-thirds (2/3) of the equity securities of which are owned either of record or beneficially by the issuer;
(b)
An offer effected by or through a broker-dealer in the ordinary course of his business without solicitation of offers to sell equity securities of the subject company;
(c)
An offer made to the owners of equity securities of a subject company with less than fifty (50) owners of record at the time of the offer;
(d)
An offer or offers to purchase equity securities which, if accepted, will result in the offeror's purchasing two percent (2%) or less of the outstanding equity securities of the same class during the preceding twelve-month period;
(e)
An offer in which the consideration consists, in whole or in part, of securities registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933;
(f)
An offer which the Secretary of State by order, after notice to the offeror and to the subject company and opportunity to respond, shall exempt from the provisions of this law as not being made, or to be made, for the purpose of, and not having the effect of, or to have the effect of, changing or influencing the control of the subject company, or otherwise as not comprehended within the purposes of Sections
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
; or
(g)
An offer which is subject to substantive administrative review of its terms and conditions by a federal or state agency and which the Secretary of State determines by rule, regulation or order has met the purposes of Sections
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
.
Laws, 1987, ch. 478, § 2, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 72 - BUSINESS TAKEOVERS (§§ 75-72-1 — 75-72-121) › BUSINESS TENDER OFFER LAW OF 1980 (§§ 75-72-101 — 75-72-121) › Section 75-72-105 - Disclosure statements required for tender offer; amendment of statements

(1)
No person shall make a tender offer involving a subject company unless the tender offer is effective or exempted under Sections
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
.
(2)
A tender offer shall become effective under Sections
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
on the day upon which the bidder (a) files with the Secretary of State a disclosure statement containing the information prescribed in subsection (3) of this section, a consent by the bidder to service of process, and the filing fee specified in Section
75-72-117
; (b) delivers a copy of the disclosure statement or any required amendment thereto to the subject company at its principal office; and (c) publicly discloses the material terms of the proposed offer.
(3)
The disclosure statement shall be filed on Schedule 14D-1, as such schedule is described in the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and shall contain all amendments thereto.
If there is any material change in any of the information set forth in any disclosure statement or exhibit filed under this section, the person who filed such disclosure statement shall:
(a)
Promptly file an amendment of the disclosure statement or exhibit with the Secretary of State; and
(b)
Not later than the date of filing of such amendment, hand deliver a copy of the amendment to the subject company at its principal office.
(4)
If the bidder or the subject company is a public utility corporation subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission of the State of Mississippi, the Secretary of State shall forthwith, upon receipt of the filing required under subsection (2) of this section, furnish a copy of such filing to the regulatory body having jurisdiction over the bidder or subject company.
(5)
If the bidder or subject company is a domestic insurance company subject to regulation by the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Mississippi, the said commissioner shall, for all purposes of this section, be substituted for the Secretary of State. This section shall not be construed to limit or modify in any way any responsibility, authority, power or jurisdiction of the Secretary of State or the Commissioner of Insurance pursuant to any other section of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
Laws, 1980, ch. 418, § 3; Laws, 1987, ch. 478, § 3, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 72 - BUSINESS TAKEOVERS (§§ 75-72-1 — 75-72-121) › BUSINESS TENDER OFFER LAW OF 1980 (§§ 75-72-101 — 75-72-121) › Section 75-72-107 - Time for filing and delivery of materials; disclosure statement; misleading or untrue statements prohibited

(1)
Copies of all advertisements, circulars, letters or other materials published by the bidder, the subject company or any person who makes a solicitation or recommendation to any offeree in connection with the tender offer (except a person who the term "bidder" does not include in accordance with Section
75-72-103(e)
), soliciting or requesting the acceptance or rejection of the tender offer, with the exception of the initial press release by the bidder to the wire services announcing the intention to make a tender offer as contemplated in Section
75-72-105
shall be filed with the secretary of state and hand delivered to the subject company and the bidder no later than the day (or if such day is not a business day, then on the next succeeding business day) on which copies of the materials are first published or sent or given to any offeree. The person filing materials under this section shall, unless said person shall theretofore have filed a disclosure statement under this or any other section of Sections
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
, file with said materials a disclosure statement, and consent by said person to service of process and the filing fee specified in Section
75-72-117
. Unless the person filing a disclosure statement under this section shall theretofore have filed a disclosure statement under Section
75-72-105
, the form of the disclosure statement filed under this section shall be schedule 14D-9, as said schedule is described in the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and shall contain all exhibits thereto. If there is any material change in any of the information set forth in any disclosure statement or exhibit filed under this section, the person who filed said disclosure statement shall promptly file an amendment of the disclosure statement or exhibit with the secretary of state and, not later than the date of said filing of that amendment, hand deliver a copy of the amendment to the subject company and the bidder.
(2)
The materials described in subsection (1) of this section shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Laws, 1980, ch. 418, § 4, eff. 7/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 72 - BUSINESS TAKEOVERS (§§ 75-72-1 — 75-72-121) › BUSINESS TENDER OFFER LAW OF 1980 (§§ 75-72-101 — 75-72-121) › Section 75-72-111 - Withdrawals or variations of offers

(1)
A bidder shall provide that any equity securities of a subject company deposited or tendered pursuant to a tender offer may be withdrawn by or on behalf of any person who has deposited securities pursuant to the tender offer:
(a)
at any time until the expiration of fifteen (15) business days from the date of such tender offer was first published or sent or given to security holders; and
(b)
on the date and until the expiration of ten (10) business days following the date of another bidder's tender offer is first published or sent or given to security holders for securities of the same class, provided that the bidder has received notice or otherwise has knowledge of the commencement of such other tender offer and, provided further, that withdrawal may only be effected with respect to securities which have not been accepted for payment in the manner set forth in the bidder's tender offer prior to the date such other tender offer is first published or sent or given to security holders; and
(c)
at any time after sixty (60) days from the date the original tender offer was first published or sent or given to security holders. The time periods for withdrawal rights pursuant to this section shall be computed on a concurrent, as opposed to a consecutive, basis.
(2)
If a bidder makes a tender offer for less than all the outstanding equity securities of any class, and if the number of securities deposited or tendered pursuant thereto, within ten (10) days after the offer is first published or sent or given to security holders, or at the written election of the bidder any period which exceeds such ten (10) days and/or any period which exceeds ten (10) days from the date that notice of an increase in the consideration offered is first published or sent or given to offerees, is greater than the number the offeror has offered to accept and pay for, the securities shall be accepted pro rata, disregarding fractions, according to the number of securities deposited or tendered by each offeree.
(3)
If a bidder varies the terms of a tender's offer before its expiration date by increasing the consideration offered to the offerees, the bidder shall pay the increased consideration for all equity securities accepted whether the securities have been accepted by the bidder before or after the variation in the terms of the offer.
(4)
No bidder shall make a tender offer at any time when an injunctive proceeding that has not been finally determined has been brought by the secretary of state against the bidder for violation of Sections
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
unless the bidder shall disclose the pendency of that proceeding in the bidder's disclosure statement filed under Section
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
and in the tender offer materials first published or sent or given to offerees.
Laws, 1980, ch. 418, § 6, eff. 7/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 72 - BUSINESS TAKEOVERS (§§ 75-72-1 — 75-72-121) › BUSINESS TENDER OFFER LAW OF 1980 (§§ 75-72-101 — 75-72-121) › Section 75-72-113 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1987, ch. 478, § 5, eff. 7/1/1987.
Laws, 1980, ch. 418, § 7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 72 - BUSINESS TAKEOVERS (§§ 75-72-1 — 75-72-121) › BUSINESS TENDER OFFER LAW OF 1980 (§§ 75-72-101 — 75-72-121) › Section 75-72-115 - Administration; rules and regulations

Sections
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
shall be administered by the secretary of state, who may promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
, and shall promulgate such rules as may be necessary to ensure that the application and administration of Sections
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
is not inconsistent with the regulation of tender offers under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Laws, 1980, ch. 418, § 8, eff. 7/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 72 - BUSINESS TAKEOVERS (§§ 75-72-1 — 75-72-121) › BUSINESS TENDER OFFER LAW OF 1980 (§§ 75-72-101 — 75-72-121) › Section 75-72-117 - Filing fee for disclosure statements

The secretary of state shall charge a filing fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each disclosure statement filed under Sections
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
.
Laws, 1980, ch. 418, § 9, eff. 7/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 72 - BUSINESS TAKEOVERS (§§ 75-72-1 — 75-72-121) › BUSINESS TENDER OFFER LAW OF 1980 (§§ 75-72-101 — 75-72-121) › Section 75-72-121 - Penalties

(1)
Any person who makes a tender offer involving a subject company without filing a disclosure statement required under Section
75-72-105
may be imprisoned for a period not to exceed one (1) year, or fined an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per day, while the unlawful tender offer is in effect, or both.
(2)
Any person who, in connection with a tender offer, knowingly makes or causes to be made to the secretary of state any representation of a material fact which he knows to be false, or knowingly withholds or causes to be withheld from the secretary of state any information the disclosure of which he knows is necessary, in light of the circumstances, to make not misleading other representations of material facts made or caused to be made by him to the secretary of state, may be imprisoned for a period of not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) years, or fined an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) or both.
(3)
Any person who, in connection with a tender offer, knowingly publishes or sends or gives, or causes to be published, or sends or gives any representation of a material fact which he knows to be false, or knowingly omits to publish information which he knows is necessary, in light of the circumstances, to make not misleading other representations of material facts published, or sends or gives or causes to be published, or sends or gives by him, may be imprisoned for a period of not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) years, or fined an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), or both; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to the mailing by a subject company to the record or beneficial owners of its equity securities of solicitation material published and furnished to the subject company for transmittal to its security holders by the bidder.
(4)
Any person who knowingly violates any provision of Sections
75-72-101
through
75-72-121
for which a specific criminal penalty is not otherwise provided may be imprisoned for a period not to exceed one (1) year, or fined an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
(5)
Nothing herein limits the power of the state to punish any person for conduct which constitutes a crime under any other statute.
Laws, 1980, ch. 418, § 11, eff. 7/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 73 - HOTELS AND INNKEEPERS (§§ 75-73-1 — 75-73-17) › Section 75-73-1 - Copy of law to be posted in all hotels and inns

A copy of Sections
75-73-3
and
75-73-5
shall be posted and kept posted in a conspicuous place in the general office or lobby, provided for the use of guests and patrons of every public inn and hotel.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 2065; 1930, § 5105; 1942, § 7150; Laws, 1910, ch. 163.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 73 - HOTELS AND INNKEEPERS (§§ 75-73-1 — 75-73-17) › Section 75-73-3 - Penalty

Any innkeeper or hotel keeper or manager who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with Section
75-73-1
of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars. Each day's failure, neglect or refusal shall constitute a separate offense, and may be punished as such.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 2065; 1930, § 5106; 1942, § 7151; Laws, 1910, ch. 163.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 73 - HOTELS AND INNKEEPERS (§§ 75-73-1 — 75-73-17) › Section 75-73-5 - Hotels and innkeepers; liability for valuables of guests

No innkeeper, whether individual, partnership or corporation, who constantly has in his inn an iron safe or suitable vault in good order and fit for the safe custody of money, bank notes, jewelry, articles of gold and silver manufacture, precious stones, personal ornaments, railroad mileage books or tickets, negotiable or valuable papers, bullion, and who keeps on the doors of the sleeping rooms used by his guests, locks or bolts, and on the transoms and windows of said rooms suitable fastenings, shall be liable for the loss or injury to any such property suffered by any guest, unless such guest has offered to deliver the same to such innkeeper for custody in such iron safe or vault and such innkeeper has refused or omitted to take it and deposit it in such safe or vault for custody and to give such guest a receipt therefor.
Provided, however, that the innkeeper of any inn shall not be obliged to receive from any one guest for deposit in such safe or vault any property hereinbefore described exceeding a total value of five hundred dollars ($500.00), and shall not be liable for any excess of such property, whether received or not; but such innkeeper may, by special agreement with a guest, receive for deposit in such safe or vault any property on such terms as they may agree to in writing. Every innkeeper shall be liable for any loss of the above enumerated articles by a guest in his inn caused by the theft or negligence of the innkeeper or any of his servants.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 2066; 1930, § 5107; 1942, § 7152; Laws, 1912, ch. 137.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 73 - HOTELS AND INNKEEPERS (§§ 75-73-1 — 75-73-17) › Section 75-73-7 - Loss of property; maximum allowed; guest's responsibility

The liability of the innkeeper of any inn, whether individual, partnership or corporation, for the loss of or injury to personal property placed by his guests under his care other than that described in Section
75-73-5
shall be that of a depository for hire. Provided, however, that in no case shall such liability exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each trunk and contents; twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each valise and contents, and five dollars ($5.00) for each box, bundle or package and contents so placed under his care, unless he shall have consented in writing with such guest to assume a greater liability; except that nothing herein shall prevent any guest of any hotel or inn from recovering at common law the actual value of the contents of any trunk, valise, box or package which, after being given into the care or custody of the hotel or innkeeper or placed in the rooms of a hotel or inn, shall be lost by or through theft, or the negligence, carelessness or omission of any hotel or innkeeper or his servant or employee, and not by or through the carelessness, negligence or omission of such guest.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 2067; 1930, § 5108; 1942, § 7153; Laws, 1912, ch. 137.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 73 - HOTELS AND INNKEEPERS (§§ 75-73-1 — 75-73-17) › Section 75-73-9 - Obtaining board and lodging with intent to defraud

(1)
Any person who shall, for himself or as the agent or representative of another or as an officer of a corporation, obtain food, lodging, money, property or other accommodations of a value less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) at any hotel, motel, motor hotel, motor lodge, inn, boarding or eating house with intent to defraud the owner or keeper thereof, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding one (1) year, or both; but any person who shall, for himself or as the agent or representative of another or as an officer of a corporation, obtain food, lodging, money, property or other accommodations of a value of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) or over at any hotel, motel, motor hotel, motor lodge, inn, boarding or eating house with intent to defraud the owner or keeper thereof shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for a term of one (1) year, or both. In case of a second and subsequent conviction of the offense described, regardless of the value of the food, lodging, money, property or other accommodations obtained, the punishment shall be by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of not exceeding two (2) years.
(2)
No person shall remain in a hotel or motel where his term or stay has expired if the person has been given a separate written notice of his agreed departure date and checkout time at the time he registered in the hotel or motel, the person has signed such notice acknowledging his departure time, and the person has been given written notice at least three (3) hours prior to the time required to leave the hotel or motel room. Willful violations of this subsection shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and each violation shall be a separate offense. This subsection shall not apply in case of serious medical emergency requiring the room's continued use.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 2068; 1930, § 5109; 1942, § 7154; Laws, 1912, ch. 137; Laws, 1964, ch. 370, § 1; Laws, 1984, ch. 434, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1987, ch. 462, § 1, eff. 4/14/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 73 - HOTELS AND INNKEEPERS (§§ 75-73-1 — 75-73-17) › Section 75-73-11 - Proof of fraudulent intent; what constitutes prima facie evidence

Proof that lodging, food, money, property, or other accommodations were obtained by false pretense or by false or fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or other property, that the person refused or neglected to pay for such food, lodging or other accommodations, or that he absconded without paying or offering to pay for such food, lodging or other accommodations, or that he surreptitiously removed or attempted to move his baggage, or that he made, drew, issued, and delivered to the owner or keeper of any hotel, motel, motor hotel, motor lodge, inn, boarding or eating house, any check, draft or order on any bank or other depository in payment of food, lodging, money, property, or other accommodations, and has no funds or has insufficient funds on deposit to his credit in such bank or depository with which such check, draft, or order may be paid in full, and all other checks, drafts, or orders upon such funds then outstanding, shall be deemed prima facie proof of the fraudulent intent mentioned in Section
75-73-9
. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply in cases where there has been an agreement for extension of credit made at the time or before the lodging, food, money, property, or other accommodations have been furnished.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 2069; 1930, § 5110; 1942, § 7155; Laws, 1912, ch. 137; Laws, 1964, ch. 370, § 2, eff. 6/5/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 73 - HOTELS AND INNKEEPERS (§§ 75-73-1 — 75-73-17) › Section 75-73-13 - Hotel authorities may eject violators of the law

(1)
If any person be guilty of disorderly conduct or other conduct prohibited by law, or intoxication or any breach of the peace, or of the use of obscene or profane language on the premises of any hotel, or if any person register at said hotel under an assumed name, then the manager of said hotel or anyone who is at the time acting as said manager or for said manager may eject said person or persons from said hotel premises using only such force as may be necessary to accomplish the same, and may command the assistance of the employees of said hotel to assist in said ejection and may cause any person violating the law to be detained and delivered to the proper authorities.
(2)
If a person who has been given written notice of his agreed departure and checkout time at the time he registered in the hotel or motel, who has signed such notice acknowledging his checkout time, and who has been given written notice at least three (3) hours prior to the time required to leave the hotel or motel room remains in a hotel or motel room after his term or stay has expired, the manager of the hotel or motel or anyone who is at the time acting as said manager or for said manager may eject said person and other occupants and their personal belongings from said hotel or motel premises using the assistance of the appropriate lawful authority to accomplish the same. If the registered occupant is not present, the manager of the hotel or motel, or the person acting as or for said manager, shall make and sign a written, itemized inventory of the personal belongings in the room before same shall be removed, which inventory shall also be signed, as witness thereto, by the lawful authority assisting such hotel or motel manager. Such hotel or motel manager shall use reasonable care to preserve and protect such personal belongings for a period not longer than ten (10) days. No action for damages, or otherwise, shall be maintainable against the owners, operators or managers of a hotel or motel, or appropriate lawful authority for reasonable exercise of rights pursuant to Sections
75-73-9
and
75-73-13
. This subsection shall not apply in case of serious medical emergency requiring the room's continued use.
Codes, 1930, § 5111; 1942, § 7156; Laws, 1922, ch. 263; Laws, 1984, ch. 434, § 2; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1987, ch. 462, § 2, eff. 4/14/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 73 - HOTELS AND INNKEEPERS (§§ 75-73-1 — 75-73-17) › Section 75-73-15 - Innkeepers to have lien on baggage

Keepers of hotels, inns, boarding houses and restaurants shall have a lien on the goods and personal baggage of their guests and boarders to secure the payment of any money due from them for board and lodging and hotel accommodations; and may enforce the same by a seizure and sale of such goods and baggage, as hereinafter provided.
Codes, 1892, § 2697; 1906, § 3057; Hemingway's 1917, § 2399; 1930, § 5112; 1942, § 7157; Laws, 1928, ch. 67.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 73 - HOTELS AND INNKEEPERS (§§ 75-73-1 — 75-73-17) › Section 75-73-17 - How baggage sold, when, and to whom

If the charges when due are not paid within ten (10) days after demand therefor, such hotel, inn, boarding house, or restaurant keeper, may, on giving ten (10) days' notice of the time and place of such sale by posting notice in two public places, one of which shall be in a public place in the hotel, boarding house, inn or restaurant, where such personal baggage or goods are seized, sell such goods and baggage to the highest bidder for cash, and apply the proceeds to the expense of keeping such goods and baggage, and of the sale thereof, and to the satisfaction, in whole or in part, as the case may be, of said lien. The balance of such proceeds, if any there be, shall be paid over to the owner thereof on demand. The demand herein first provided for to be made by the keeper upon the owner for the charges due, may be in person, or by letter, or writing duly stamped, addressed and mailed to such owner to his address if known to such keeper or to the address appearing on the register of such hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant. The demand on the part of the owner for the residue or remainder shall be made within twelve (12) months from the date of sale of such goods or personal baggage. If not demanded within twelve (12) months after date of such sale, such residue or remainder shall be deposited with the chancery clerk of the county in which said hotel, inn, boarding house, or restaurant is located, together with a statement of the proprietor of such hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant of the amount of the lien and costs in enforcing the same, together with a copy of the posted notice and the amount received from the sale of said property so sold at said sale. Said residue shall, by said chancery clerk, be credited to the general revenue fund of said county, subject to the right of said guest, or boarder, or their representatives to reclaim the same at any time within two years from and after the deposit of such residue with the said chancery clerk. Such sale shall be a perpetual bar to any action against said hotel, inn, boarding house, or restaurant keeper for the recovery of such goods or baggage, or of the value thereof, or for any damage growing out of the failure of such guest to receive such goods or personal baggage.
Codes, 1930, § 5113; 1942, § 7158; Laws, 1928, ch. 67.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 74 - YOUTH CAMPS (§§ 75-74-1 — 75-74-19) › Section 75-74-1 - Short title

This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Youth Camp Safety and Health Law."
Laws, 1977, ch. 459, § 1, eff. 7/1/1977.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 74 - YOUTH CAMPS (§§ 75-74-1 — 75-74-19) › Section 75-74-3 - Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context requires a different definition:
(a)
"Board" shall mean the State Board of Health.
(b)
"Camper" shall mean any child six (6) to eighteen (18) years of age who is attending a youth camp.
(c)
"Health officer" shall mean the state health officer, Mississippi State Board of Health.
(d)
"Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, association or organization.
(e)
"Youth camp" shall mean any camp operating on a permanent campsite for four (4) or more consecutive periods of twenty-four (24) hours, and accommodating twenty (20) or more children six (6) to eighteen (18) years of age; provided, however, athletic camps and hunting and fishing camps shall not be included in this definition.
(f)
"Permanent campsite" shall mean a campground containing within the premises thereof permanent structures and installed facilities which are primarily used for camping purposes by a youth camp operator; provided, however, facilities owned by the State of Mississippi, any political subdivision thereof or any public or private university, college or junior college shall not be included in this definition.
(g)
"Youth camp operator" shall mean any person who owns, operates, controls or supervises, whether or not for profit, a youth camp.
Laws, 1977, ch. 459, § 2, eff. 7/1/1977.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 74 - YOUTH CAMPS (§§ 75-74-1 — 75-74-19) › Section 75-74-5 - General duties of youth camp operators

Each youth camp operator shall provide each camper with safe and healthful conditions, facilities and equipment, free from recognized hazards which cause or may tend to cause death, serious illness or bodily harm.
Laws, 1977, ch. 459, § 3, eff. 7/1/1977.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 74 - YOUTH CAMPS (§§ 75-74-1 — 75-74-19) › Section 75-74-7 - State board of health is principal authority on youth camp health and safety

The State Board of Health is the principal authority in the state on matters relating to the condition of safety and health at youth camps in Mississippi. The board has the powers and duties set out in this chapter and all other powers necessary and convenient to carry out its responsibilities.
Laws, 1977, ch. 459, § 4, eff. 7/1/1977.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 74 - YOUTH CAMPS (§§ 75-74-1 — 75-74-19) › Section 75-74-8 - Temporary licenses for nonresident or retired physicians or nurses to practice at youth camps

(1)
Any nonresident physician who is not licensed to practice medicine in this state and any resident physician who is retired from the active practice of medicine in this state may be issued a temporary license by the state board of medical licensure to practice medicine at a youth camp licensed by the State Board of Health under this chapter while serving as a volunteer at such a camp, provided that any such nonresident physician shall hold a valid license to practice medicine in another state and the medical licensing authority of that state shall certify to the board of medical licensure in writing that such license is in good standing, and that any such retired resident physician shall be in good standing with the board of medical licensure.
(2)
Any nonresident registered nurse who is not licensed to practice nursing in this state and any resident registered nurse who is retired from the active practice of nursing in this state may be issued a temporary license by the Mississippi Board of Nursing to practice nursing at a youth camp licensed under this chapter by the State Board of Health while serving as a volunteer at such a camp, provided that any such nonresident nurse shall hold a valid license to practice nursing in another state and the nurse licensing authority of that state shall certify to the board of nursing in writing that such license is in good standing, and that any such retired resident nurse shall be in good standing with the board of nursing. The board of nursing shall be authorized to require any resident registered nurse who has been retired from the active practice of nursing in this state for five (5) or more consecutive years to complete a nursing reorientation program prescribed by the board before the board will issue a temporary license to practice nursing at a youth camp to such nurse.
(3)
A temporary license issued under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall authorize the physician or registered nurse to whom the license is issued to administer treatment and care within the scope of his training to campers and employees of the youth camp, but shall not authorize the physician or registered nurse to otherwise practice in the state. Such temporary license shall be valid only during the time that the physician or registered nurse is in residence at the camp, but in no event shall such license be valid for more than ninety (90) days. A new temporary license shall be obtained by a physician or registered nurse each time that he serves as a volunteer at a youth camp. The fee for each such license shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which shall be payable to the board from which the license is obtained.
Laws, 1981, ch. 428, § 1, eff. 7/1/1981.