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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-57 - Lottery retailer contract not transferable or assignable; issuance and public display of lottery retailer certificate

(1)
No lottery retailer contract awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be transferable or assignable. No lottery retailer shall contract with any person for lottery goods or services except with the approval of the board.
(2)
Each lottery retailer shall be issued a lottery retailer certificate which shall be conspicuously displayed at the place where the lottery retailer is authorized to sell lottery tickets. Lottery tickets shall only be sold by the retailer at the location stated on the lottery retailer certificate.
(3)
For the convenience of the public, all retailers may pay winners up to Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) after performing validation procedures appropriate to the lottery game involved.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 29, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-59 - Lottery retailer to post bond or letter of credit

The corporation shall require each lottery retailer to post a letter of credit or a bond with the corporation using a surety acceptable to the corporation in an amount not to exceed twice the average lottery ticket sales of the lottery retailer for the period within which the lottery retailer is required to remit lottery funds to the corporation. This section does not apply to lottery tickets which are prepaid by the lottery retailers. The corporation may facilitate the purchase of bonds and letters of credit by establishing lottery retailer pools for the purchase of bonds and letters of credit for lottery retailers.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 30, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-61 - Contracting with retailers; contract contents; cancellation, denial, revocation, suspension, rejection of renewal, or termination of lottery retailer contract

(1)
Any contract executed by the corporation with a lottery retailer pursuant to this section shall specify the reasons for which any contract may be cancelled, denied, revoked, suspended, renewal rejected or terminated by the corporation, which reasons may include, but not be limited to:
(a)
Commission of a violation of this chapter or administrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(b)
Failure to accurately account for lottery tickets, revenues or prizes as required by the corporation.
(c)
Commission of any fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.
(d)
Insufficient sale of tickets.
(e)
Conduct prejudicial to public confidence in the lottery.
(f)
The lottery retailer filing for or being placed in bankruptcy or receivership.
(g)
Any material change in any matter considered by the corporation in executing the contract with the lottery retailer.
(h)
Failure to meet any of the objective criteria established by the board pursuant to this chapter.
(2)
If, in the discretion of the president, cancellation, denial, revocation, suspension, rejection of renewal or termination of a lottery retailer contract is in the best interest of the lottery, the public welfare, or the State of Mississippi, the president may cancel, deny, revoke, suspend, reject the renewal, or terminate, after notice and a hearing, any contract issued pursuant to this chapter. Such contract may, however, be temporarily suspended by the president without prior notice, pending any prosecution, hearing or investigation, whether by a third party or by the president. A contract may be cancelled, denied, revoked, suspended, renewal rejected or terminated by the president for any one or more of the reasons enumerated in this section.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 31, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-63 - Proceeds from lottery ticket sales received by retailer to be trust fund

(1)
(a)
All proceeds from the sale of lottery tickets received by a lottery retailer shall constitute a trust fund until paid to the corporation either directly or through the corporation's authorized collection representative. A lottery retailer shall have a fiduciary duty to preserve and account for lottery proceeds, and lottery retailers shall be personally liable for all proceeds. Proceeds shall include unsold instant tickets received by a lottery retailer and cash proceeds of the sale of any lottery products, net of allowable sales commissions and credit for lottery prizes to winners by lottery retailers. Sales proceeds and unused instant tickets shall be delivered to the corporation or its authorized collection representative upon demand.
(b)
The corporation shall, by administrative rules and regulations, require lottery retailers to place all lottery proceeds due the corporation in accounts in institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation not later than the close of the next banking day after the date of their collection by the lottery retailer until the date they are paid over to the corporation. Each lottery retailer shall establish a separate bank account for lottery proceeds which shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds and assets and shall not be commingled with any other funds or assets.
(2)
Whenever any person who receives proceeds from the sale of lottery tickets in the capacity of a lottery retailer becomes insolvent, or dies insolvent, the proceeds due the corporation from such person or his or her estate shall have preference over all debts or demands.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 32, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-65 - Sales and sale price of tickets; gifting tickets

(1)
No person shall sell a ticket at a price other than established by the corporation, unless authorized in writing by the president. No person other than a duly certified lottery retailer shall sell lottery tickets, but this shall not be construed to prevent a person who may lawfully purchase tickets from making a gift of lottery tickets to another. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the corporation from designating certain of its agents and employees to sell lottery tickets directly to the public.
(2)
Lottery tickets may be given by merchants as a means of promoting goods or services to customers or prospective customers subject to approval by the board.
(3)
No lottery retailer shall sell a ticket except from the locations listed in the contract.
(4)
No lottery tickets shall be sold at State of Mississippi safety rest areas.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 33, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-67 - Display of signs on licensed premises providing toll-free telephone number of compulsive or problem gambling referral or information service organizations

The corporation shall require the posting of one or more signs on licensed premises at each point of entry into areas where lottery tickets are sold to inform patrons of a toll-free telephone number of any state or national organization that provides information and referral services regarding compulsive or problem gambling. Failure by the owner of the licensed premises to post and maintain such a sign or signs shall be cause for the imposition of a fine to be determined by the board.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 34, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-71 - Criminal background investigation of potential vendors; criminal background and credit investigations of potential employees

(1)
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety shall perform full criminal background investigations on all potential vendors, including potential lottery retailers, and potential employees of the corporation at the level of division head and above, and at any level within a division handling security, and, as determined by the board, on any other employee of the corporation. The corporation shall reimburse the Department of Public Safety for the actual costs of such investigations.
(2)
The corporation or its division handling security shall:
(a)
Conduct criminal background investigations and credit investigations on all potential employees of the corporation not referred to in subsection (1) of this section or not investigated by the Department of Public Safety.
(b)
Supervise ticket validation and lottery drawings.
(c)
For just cause and subject to the terms of the vendor contract, inspect the facilities of any vendor in order to determine the integrity of the vendor's product and in order to determine whether the vendor is in compliance with its contract.
(d)
Report any suspected violations of this chapter to the appropriate district attorney, or the Attorney General, and law enforcement agencies.
(e)
Upon request, provide assistance to any district attorney, the Attorney General, or law enforcement agency investigating a violation of this chapter.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 36, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-75 - Prohibited acts; penalties

(1)
Any person, with intent to defraud, who falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes or counterfeits a state lottery ticket shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one (1) year and not more than twenty (20) years, by a fine of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
Any person who influences or attempts to influence the winning of a prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception or tampering with lottery equipment or materials shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one (1) year and not more than twenty (20) years, by a fine of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 38, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-77 - Employment of former board members or corporation officers by vendors of the corporation within one year after termination of service with corporation prohibited; exceptions; administration of provisions of section by State Ethics Commission

(1)
No former board member or officer of the corporation, or a corporation or other entity owned, in whole or in part, by a former board member or officer of the corporation, shall solicit or accept employment or enter into a contract for compensation of any kind with a vendor of the corporation within one (1) year after termination of service with the corporation.
(2)
The name of any individual who is a board member or an officer or employee of the corporation shall not appear upon any lottery ticket, lottery game, lottery form or paper used in playing any lottery game.
(3)
Violation of any provision of this section by a board member, officer or employee of the corporation shall constitute cause for removal from office or dismissal from employment.
(4)
The provisions of subsections (1) and (3) of this section shall not apply to ex officio members of the board.
(5)
The State Ethics Commission shall administer and enforce the provisions of this section. The procedures and penalties provided for in Section
25-4-101
et seq. shall apply to the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 39, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-79 - Skimming of lottery proceeds; penalties

(1)
Skimming of lottery proceeds is the intentional excluding, or the taking of any action in an attempt to exclude, of anything or its value from the deposit, counting, collection or computation of gross revenues or net proceeds from lottery activities.
(2)
Whoever commits the crime of skimming of lottery proceeds when the amount skimmed or to be skimmed is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) may be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or may be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
(3)
Whoever commits the crime of skimming of lottery proceeds when the amount skimmed or to be skimmed is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more but less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), shall be imprisoned for not less than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, and may be fined not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or both.
(4)
Whoever commits the crime of skimming of lottery proceeds when the amount skimmed or to be skimmed is Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or more shall be imprisoned for not less than ten (10) years nor more than twenty-five (25) years without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, and may be fined not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or both imprisonment and fine.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 40, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-81 - Possession of illegal lottery devices prohibited; material false statement; material false entry in record submitted to corporation; penalties for violation

No person shall knowingly or intentionally use or possess an illegal lottery device or make a material false statement in any application for a license or proposal to conduct lottery activities or make a material false entry in any book or record which is compiled or maintained or submitted to the corporation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be imprisoned for not less than five (5) years nor more than ten (10) years without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence, and may be fined an amount not to exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or the dollar amount of the false entry or statement, whichever is greater, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 41, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-83 - Illegal lottery devices; definitions; confiscation

(1)
Illegal lottery devices as described in this section are considered gambling devices and contraband.
(2)
As used in this section, the term "illegal lottery device" means:
(a)
Forged, counterfeit, or stolen, or improperly issued or illegally possessed lottery tickets.
(b)
Any device or equipment that is in itself or is being used as part of any sort of a video lottery terminal.
(c)
Any tickets, payouts, receipts or the like which are generated by, taken from or are related to any sort of a video lottery terminal.
(3)
All law enforcement officers of municipal police forces, sheriff's departments, and the state shall confiscate and preserve all illegal lottery devices that come to their attention for evidence in the prosecution of those individuals in possession of same. Any such illegal lottery device will be subject to confiscation and destruction.
(4)
Neither the state nor any political subdivision, agency, agent, or enforcement officer thereof shall be liable civilly or criminally for the destruction of any illegal lottery device.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 42, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-85 - Allocation of revenues

Until June 30, 2028, net proceeds generated by the Alyce G. Clarke Mississippi Lottery Law, created pursuant to Sections this chapter and deposited into the Lottery Proceeds Fund under Section
27-115-51(2)
, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be paid into the State Highway Fund by warrant issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon requisition of the State Transportation Commission as needed to provide funds to repair, renovate and maintain highways and bridges of the state; however, funds paid into the State Highway Fund under this section shall be first used for matching federal funds authorized to the state pursuant to any federal highway infrastructure program implemented after September 1, 2018. However, all such monies deposited into the Lottery Proceeds Fund over Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00) in a fiscal year shall be transferred into the Education Enhancement Fund for the purposes of funding the Early Childhood Learning Collaborative, the Classroom Supply Fund and/or other educational purposes. From and after July 1, 2028, the net proceeds shall be deposited into the Lottery Proceeds Fund and shall be transferred to the State General Fund, except for the amounts over Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00) which shall continue to be deposited in the Education Enhancement Fund as provided above.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 43, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-87 - Corporation division heads, employees are public servants

All division heads, officers and employees of the corporation shall be considered public servants as defined in Section
25-4-103
. All division heads and officers of the corporation are subject to Section
25-4-25
and shall be required to file a Statement of Economic Interest with the Mississippi Ethics Commission.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 44, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-89 - Reports; annual audit by independent auditor

To ensure the financial integrity of the lottery, the corporation through its board shall:
(a)
Compile and submit quarterly and annual reports and financial statements, in compliance with Sections
27-115-19(3)(b)
and
27-115-41
;
(b)
Contract with an independent auditor who is a certified public accountant or firm to conduct an annual financial audit of the books and records of the corporation. The cost of this annual financial audit shall be an operating expense of the corporation:
(i)
Such independent auditor shall have no financial interest in any vendor with whom the corporation is under contract;
(ii)
All contracts for independent auditors shall be reviewed by and subject to the approval of the State Auditor to ensure that the independent auditor is qualified to perform the audit;
(iii)
The audit shall be completed within ninety (90) days after the close of the corporation's fiscal year; and
(iv)
Contracts may be entered into for audit services for a period not to exceed five (5) years and the same firm shall not receive two (2) consecutive audit contracts.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 45, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 115 - ALYCE G. CLARKE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY LAW (§§ 27-115-1 — 27-115-91) › Section 27-115-91 - Informational submission of annual operating budget to Joint Legislative Budget Commission

For informational purposes only, the corporation shall submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee a copy of the corporation's annual operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget shall include an estimate of net proceeds to be deposited into the State Highway Fund during the succeeding fiscal year.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 46, eff. 9/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 117 - ISRAEL SUPPORT ACT OF 2019 (§§ 27-117-1 — 27-117-15) › Section 27-117-1 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Israel Support Act of 2019."
Brought forward by Laws, 2024, ch. 427, SB 2226,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2024.
Added by Laws, 2019, ch. 336, HB 761,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 117 - ISRAEL SUPPORT ACT OF 2019 (§§ 27-117-1 — 27-117-15) › Section 27-117-3 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a)
"Boycott Israel" or "boycott of Israel" means refusing to deal, terminating business activities, or taking other actions to limit commercial relations with Israel, or persons or entities doing business in Israel or in Israeli-controlled territories, in a discriminatory manner. A statement by a company that it is participating in a boycott of Israel, or that it has initiated a boycott in response to a request for a boycott of Israel or in compliance with, or in furtherance of, calls for a boycott of Israel, may be considered by the public fund to be evidence that a company is participating in a boycott of Israel. The term does not include restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by foreign countries against Israel.
(b)
"Company" means an organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or other entity or business association, including all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries, and parent companies, that exists for the purpose of making profit.
(c)
"Expense" means all explicit costs associated with divesting of investments, including, but not limited to, trading costs, brokerage commissions, and any realized losses, and all implicit costs, including, but not limited to, lost opportunity costs resulting from the prohibition from making certain investments.
(d)
"Investment" means a commitment or contribution of funds or property, whatever the source, a loan or other extension of credit, and the entry into or renewal of a contract for goods or services. The term "investment" does not include indirect beneficial ownership through index funds, commingled funds, limited partnerships, derivative instruments or the like.
(e)
"Public fund" means the Public Employees' Retirement System and the Treasurer's office.
(f)
"Scrutinized companies" means companies that boycott Israel or engage in a boycott of Israel.
Brought forward by Laws, 2024, ch. 427, SB 2226,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2024.
Added by Laws, 2019, ch. 336, HB 761,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 117 - ISRAEL SUPPORT ACT OF 2019 (§§ 27-117-1 — 27-117-15) › Section 27-117-5 - Duties of the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration

(1)
Before December 31, 2019, the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall develop or contract to develop, using credible information available to the public, a list of companies determined to engage in a boycott of Israel, as described in this section. When completed, the list must be posted on the website of the Department of Finance and Administration.
(2)
The executive director shall update the list by July 1 of every year.
(3)
Before a company is included on the finalized initial list or updated list, the executive director must do all of the following:
(a)
Provide ninety (90) days' written notice of the executive director's intent to include the company on the list. The notice must inform the company that inclusion on the list will make the company ineligible for investment by the State or Public Employees Retirement System. The notice also must specify that the company, if it ceases its boycott of Israel, may be removed from the list.
(b)
The executive director shall provide a company with an opportunity to comment in writing that it is not engaged in a boycott of Israel. If the company demonstrates to the executive director that the company is not engaged in a boycott of Israel, the company shall not be included on the list.
(4)
The executive director shall make every effort to avoid including a company on the list erroneously.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 427, SB 2226,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Added by Laws, 2019, ch. 336, HB 761,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 117 - ISRAEL SUPPORT ACT OF 2019 (§§ 27-117-1 — 27-117-15) › Section 27-117-7 - Limitation on the Public Employees' Retirement System and State Treasury Investments

(1)
The Public Employees' Retirement System and the State Treasurer may not invest funds with a company that is identified on a list created pursuant to Section
27-117-5
as a company engaging in a boycott of Israel.
(2)
Any existing investments in violation of this chapter as of July 1, 2020, must be divested when prudent to do so but not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the posting is made on the website of the Department of Finance and Administration.
Brought forward by Laws, 2024, ch. 427, SB 2226,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2024.
Added by Laws, 2019, ch. 336, HB 761,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 117 - ISRAEL SUPPORT ACT OF 2019 (§§ 27-117-1 — 27-117-15) › Section 27-117-9 - Exception to investment prohibition

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
27-117-7
, an investment may be made in a company engaged in a boycott of Israel, on a case by case basis, if:
(a)
The investment was made before December 31, 2019, and the company has adopted, publicized and is implementing a formal plan to cease the boycott of Israel and to refrain from engaging in any new boycott of Israel; or
(b)
The investor makes a determination that the investments are necessary in order to perform its functions.
Brought forward by Laws, 2024, ch. 427, SB 2226,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
Added by Laws, 2019, ch. 336, HB 761,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 117 - ISRAEL SUPPORT ACT OF 2019 (§§ 27-117-1 — 27-117-15) › Section 27-117-11 - Limitation of chapter due to fiduciary obligations

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi or the State Treasurer or their agents to take any action as described in this chapter unless it is determined, in good faith, that: the action described in this chapter is consistent with the fiduciary responsibilities of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi or the State Treasurer or their agents; and there are appropriated funds of the state to absorb the expenses necessary to implement this chapter.
Brought forward by Laws, 2024, ch. 427, SB 2226,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2024.
Added by Laws, 2019, ch. 336, HB 761,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 117 - ISRAEL SUPPORT ACT OF 2019 (§§ 27-117-1 — 27-117-15) › Section 27-117-13 - Indemnification of employees and officials for compliance with this chapter

Present, future and former board members, officers, employees and agents of the Public Employees' Retirement System and the Department of Finance and Administration, as well as present, future and former State Treasurers, officers and employees of the State Treasurer and agents retained by the State Treasurer, must be indemnified from the State General Fund and held harmless by the state from all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, judgments, costs, charges and expenses, including court costs and attorney's fees, and against all liability, losses and damages of any nature whatsoever that these present, future or former board members, officers, employees, agents or contract investment managers shall or may at any time sustain by reason of any decision to restrict, reduce or eliminate investments pursuant to this chapter.
Brought forward by Laws, 2024, ch. 427, SB 2226,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2024.
Added by Laws, 2019, ch. 336, HB 761,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 117 - ISRAEL SUPPORT ACT OF 2019 (§§ 27-117-1 — 27-117-15) › Section 27-117-15 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2024, ch. 427, SB 2226,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Added by Laws, 2019, ch. 336, HB 761,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-3 - Sixteenth section or in lieu lands; report of Secretary of State; public officials to supply management and investment information

(1)
The Secretary of State has a supervisory power over sixteenth section lands or lands granted in lieu thereof; and he shall supply to the members of the Legislature, the boards of supervisors, the boards of education and other interested persons information concerning those lands and make such recommendations and suggestions as he may deem proper.
(2)
The Secretary of State shall prepare a report which shall include the terms of all leases on sixteenth section school lands, or lands granted in lieu thereof, the condition of the title to all such lands and the current income from all sources earned by such lands, and he shall maintain such report in his office for examination by any interested person.
(3)
Any state, county, municipal or school district official shall supply annually to the Secretary of State such sixteenth section management information as shall be requested by the secretary. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, the following items pertaining to all new leases, rights-of-way, easements and sales of school trust lands: the number of acres in each parcel; the consideration paid for each transaction; the length and expiration of each lease, easement, or right-of-way; and the use to be made of each parcel. The applicable public official shall likewise report information requested by the Secretary of State on schedule of revenue and expenses and principal fund investments. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, the following items: revenues received from various sources; expenses; escrow funds; principal funds; amounts of monies invested; dates of investment; where invested; form of investment; rate of return of each investment; and the amount of revenue earned upon each investment. The information must be submitted in electronic format in the manner required by the Secretary of State.
The action of mandamus shall lie as is provided under Section
29-3-9
to compel the transmittal of information under this subsection by any public official to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Codes, 1892, § 2577; 1906, § 2915; Hemingway's 1917, § 5250; 1930, § 6033; 1942, § 4122; Laws, 1978, ch. 525, § 4, eff. 7/1/1978.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 365, HB 1439,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-5 - Value of state lands

Whenever the state land commissioner shall need information as to the value of any lands belonging to or claimed by the state, whether the title thereto shall have been acquired by tax sale or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the county tax collector and the county assessor, in response to written inquiry by the state land commissioner, to make written certificate as to the value of such land and the improvements thereon, if any, to the best of their knowledge and belief.
Any assessor or tax collector failing to prepare and mail said certificates shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding ten (10) days, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. §§ 5286a, 5286b; 1930, §§ 6039, 6040; 1942, §§ 4136, 4137; Laws, 1918, ch. 222.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-7 - Suits for or on behalf of public lands

The land commissioner may prosecute suits in the name of the state, concerning the public lands, through the attorney general, a district attorney, or some attorney at law employed by him for that purpose, with the consent of the governor.
Codes, 1892, § 2565; 1906, § 2903; Hemingway's 1917, § 5238; 1930, § 6019; 1942, § 4101.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-9 - Suits for recovery of lands

The land commissioner shall institute and prosecute, and prosecute where already instituted, all necessary suits to cancel patents to lands fraudulently obtained or issued, and to recover the possession of the land; and may, when ordered by the court, make any tender in any suit as well after as before suit is begun.
Codes, 1892, § 2587; 1906, § 2926: Hemingway's 1917, § 5261; 1930, § 6020; 1942, § 4102.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-11 - Fraudulent purchases declared void

All fraudulent purchases of public lands heretofore made are void, excepting the rights of innocent purchasers without notice; and moneys and fees paid in furtherance of any such fraudulent purchase are forfeited to the state.
Codes, 1892, § 2586; 1906, § 2925; Hemingway's 1917, § 5260; 1930, § 6028; 1942, § 4110.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-13 - Private claims to lands

The land commissioner shall investigate all claims of persons to any of the public lands, and shall cause the necessary suits to be instituted and prosecuted, and all pending suits to be prosecuted, to settle controversies concerning them. In all such suits, his findings and report, made upon investigation, shall be prima facie correct.
Codes, 1892, § 2571; 1906, § 2909; Hemingway's 1917, § 5244; 1930, § 6021; 1942, § 4103.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-15 - Counties and municipalities may grant lands to state

The governing authorities of any county or municipality of the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to convey lands to the State of Mississippi for hospitals and other public purposes.
Codes, 1942, § 3975.5; Laws, 1954 Ex. Ch. 32, §§ 1-3, eff. 9/28/1954.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-17 - Protection of public lands from trespass

It is the duty of the land commissioner to see that trespasses be not committed on the public lands; and for that purpose he may cause all necessary inquiries and investigations to be made. He shall cause the proper suits to be instituted and prosecuted for the recovery of possession of any public land adversely held by any person, and for damages against any person trespassing thereon.
Codes, 1892, § 2589; 1906, § 2930; Hemingway's 1917, § 5265; 1930, § 6022; 1942, § 4104.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-19 - Damages for trespass

If any person go or be upon any public land, and cut, fell, or otherwise injure any tree thereon or commit any other trespass on such land, the damages for such trespass shall not be assessed at less than the sum of two dollars ($2.00) per acre for each acre in every subdivision of forty (40) acres of land upon which any trespass was committed by the defendant, besides the statutory damages prescribed for trespass committed as to any tree or timber thereon. All such damages may be recovered in one (1) and the same action, and the secretary of state may institute suits for the recovery of any timber taken contrary to law; but this shall not apply to a person renting public land and having the license of the secretary of state to take trees or timber from contiguous woodland for fuel and the like.
Codes, 1892, § 2590; 1906, § 2931; Hemingway's 1917, § 5266; 1930, § 6023; 1942, § 4105; Laws, 1978, ch. 458, § 19, eff. 1/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-21 - Record of tax lands

The Secretary of State, on receiving from the chancery clerk the list of unredeemed lands sold to the state for taxes, shall enter the same in the register of tax lands by counties and in the regular order of townships, ranges and sections; and if the description of any of the lands be indefinite or defective and need to be made good by reference to the assessment roll under which it was sold, the Secretary of State may add to the description such alternative description as will clearly designate the land, prefacing the same with words "being as appears by the assessment roll of said county, for the year ____________________." The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Governor, may sell the tax lands in the manner provided in this chapter, at such prices and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary of State with the approval of the Governor may fix, subject to the limitations imposed in this chapter, or the Secretary of State, with the approval of the Governor, may transfer any of the tax lands to any other state agency, county, municipality or political subdivision of the state. Such agency or subdivision then may retain or dispose of those lands as provided by law. If a state agency, county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, has applied for transfer or purchase of the tax lands, it shall have priority over all other applicants except the original owner, his heirs or assigns. The courts shall not recognize claims by the original owner, his heirs or assigns after unredeemed lands are sold to the state for taxes and received by the Secretary of State's office or conveyed to a state agency, county, municipality or other political subdivision.
Codes, 1942, § 4071; Laws, 1936, ch. 174; Laws, 1994, ch. 583, § 3; Laws, 2010, ch. 415, § 2, eff. 7/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-23 - Definition

Wherever the words "original owner" appear in this chapter, they shall be construed to mean the owner of the title on date of sale of land for taxes.
Codes, 1942, § 4075; Laws, 1936, ch. 174.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-25 - Lands acquired through error

In cases where lands have passed from the ownership of individuals into that of the state by some mistake, oversight, or unintentional default, the land commissioner, with the approval of the governor and the attorney general, upon satisfactory proof shall, provided said lands are then held by the state, reconvey such lands to their original owners or to those claiming through the original owners upon payment of all taxes, damages, and costs accrued, on such equitable terms as may be agreed upon in each case by the owner and the land commissioner.
In cases where the owners of land have, through mistake, permitted the same to be sold for taxes, and afterwards, to protect their titles, have repurchased from the land commissioner at the price fixed by law the land so forfeited, the state shall, upon satisfactory proof of said facts with the written approval of the governor and the attorney general, refund said purchase money less the amount of taxes, costs, and damages; and the land commissioner shall make a report of such facts to the next session of the legislature and ask an appropriation therefor.
Codes, 1942, §§ 4071, 4072; Laws, 1936, ch. 174; Laws, 1946, ch. 195.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-27 - Lands mistakenly claimed by state stricken from tax list

The land commissioner and auditor are hereby authorized to report to the attorney general any lands that may now or hereafter be claimed by the state on their respective records, the title to which is in doubt, and the attorney general shall make an investigation into the subject matter. If in his opinion the state has no title to said land, he shall so notify the auditor or land commissioner, who shall strike such land from the record in his office and notify, with certified lists of lands so stricken off, the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which such land is situated. The clerk shall report said land to the board of supervisors for new assessment or, if the land be vacant, state, or United States land, the board of supervisors shall have it stricken from the tax sales list in his office, and the tax collector shall be credited as in erroneous assessments.
Codes, 1892, § 3859; 1906, § 2946; Hemingway's 1917, § 5281; 1930, § 6047; 1942, § 4144; Laws, 1942, ch. 235.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-29 - Lands mistakenly sold to state may be stricken

The chancery clerk of any county is hereby authorized to report to the attorney general any lands that have been or may hereafter be sold to the state for delinquent taxes, the validity of which sale is in doubt, and the attorney general shall make an investigation into the subject matter. If in his opinion such sale of said land is void, he shall so notify such chancery clerk in writing, and the said clerk shall strike such land from the list of lands sold to the state of record in his office, and shall report said land to the board of supervisors for a new assessment if the assessment is invalid, or for an order for resale if the assessment is valid.
Codes, 1942, § 4145; Laws, 1942, ch. 235.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-31 - Void tax sales stricken

In all cases where it appears that the claim of title of the state to the lands on the records of the land office is void on account of uncertain description, or was acquired under tax sales which were void and which passed no title to the state, the land commissioner, with the written approval of the attorney general, is hereby authorized and directed to strike such lands from the lists in his office of lands sold to the state for delinquent taxes. The land commissioner shall transmit a list of the lands thus stricken from the records of forfeited state tax lands in his office to the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which such lands are situated, and the clerk of the chancery court shall note the same on the recorded lists in his office and shall file and preserve the list of lands thus stricken from the records in his office. The land commissioner shall at the same time give written notice to the assessor of the county that such lands have been stricken from the lists of lands held by the state for the nonpayment of taxes, and it shall be the duty of the assessor to assess such lands for taxes for the proper year or years at such valuation as the assessor may deem just. Such assessment shall be made in the manner provided by law for the assessment of property which has escaped taxation for former years. And the tax collector shall collect the taxes on such lands in the manner provided by law. The striking of such lands from the lists of forfeited state tax lands in the land commissioner's office, as herein provided, shall cancel all title or claim of the state to such lands, except for taxes due thereon at the time of the sale and accruing after the sale.
Codes, 1892, § 2917; Hemingway's 1917, § 5252; 1930, § 6038; 1942, §§ 4073, 4135; Laws, 1896, ch. 45; Laws, 1936, ch 174.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 29 - PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-18-19) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-211) › IN GENERAL (§§ 29-1-1 — 29-1-149) › Section 29-1-33 - Sale price of tax lands

The land commissioner with the approval of the governor is hereby authorized to sell to any bona fide purchaser any lands which may have been forfeited to the state for the nonpayment of taxes after the time allowed by law for redemption shall have expired, for such price as the land commissioner with the approval of the governor may fix; provided, however, that the minimum price for such forfeited tax land shall be two dollars ($2.00) per acre, except as otherwise provided herein. When the land commissioner has good reason to believe, however, that any of said lands are actually worth more than two dollars ($2.00) per acre, he shall cause a proper investigation to be made for the purpose of ascertaining the actual value of such lands, and such lands shall be sold for such price as the land commissioner with the approval of the governor may fix, provided that such sale price shall not be less than two dollars ($2.00) per acre as aforesaid. The land commissioner may fix different prices for separate tracts of land, but all such prices shall be subject to the approval of the governor.
In cases where it reasonably appears that the actual value of any of said lands is less than two dollars ($2.00) per acre, such lands may be sold by the land commissioner, with the approval of the governor, at a price less than two dollars ($2.00) per acre; provided, however, that in no such case shall such lands be sold for less than the amount of the state, levee board (where the land is situated in a levee district), and county taxes (not including, however, the drainage district tax, if any) for which said lands were sold to the state, plus an amount equal to all penalties, fees, damages, and costs accrued up to and including the date of the sale of such lands to the state.
In selling or contracting for the sale of state forfeited tax lands, it shall not be necessary that the land commissioner include in the sale price of such lands any state, drainage district, county, levee, or municipal taxes, or any special assessment.
Codes, 1942, § 4078; Laws, 1936, ch. 174; Laws, 1946, ch. 421; Laws, 1952, ch. 428.